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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO   SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March   31, 2018 .

 

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 000-19709

 


 

BIOLARGO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

 


 

 

     

Delaware

 

65-0159115

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

14921 Chestnut St.

 

Westminster, CA 92683

  (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

(949) 643-9540

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes  ☒       No      ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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  ☐ Emerging growth company ☐
       
  Non-accelerated filer  ☐ Smaller reporting 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 number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of May 12, 2018 was 122,154,066 shares.

 

 

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

 

PART I
     

Item 1

Financial Statements

1
     

Item 2

Management's Discussion and Analysis and Financial Condition and Results of Operations 

24
     

Item 4

Controls and Procedures

32
     
PART II

 

Item 2

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

34
     
Item 5 Other Information 36
     

Item 6

Exhibits

37
     
 

Signatures

37
     
 

Exhibit Index

38

 

i.

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIAR IES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017 AND MARCH 31, 2018

   

DECEMBER

31, 2017

   

MARCH

31, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

Assets

 

Current assets:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 990,457     $ 921,942  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,500

    94,413       102,310  

Inventories

    53,973       56,805  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    20,000       32,745  

Total current assets

    1,158,843       1,113,802  
                 

Leasehold improvement and equipment, net of depreciation

    108,865       117,295  

Other non-current assets

    32,530       32,530  

Deferred offering cost

    195,182       191,494  

Total assets

  $ 1,495,420     $ 1,455,121  
                 

Liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

 

Current liabilities:

               

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  $ 224,105     $ 351,000  

Convertible notes payable

    5,248,847       5,398,847  

Discount on convertible notes payable, net of amortization

    (1,257,182 )     (697,231 )

Total current liabilities

    4,215,770       5,052,616  
                 

Long-term liabilities:

               
Line of credit           390,000  

Convertible notes payable

    1,539,271       1,769,271  

Discount on convertible notes payable and line of credit, net of amortization

    (850,000 )     (1,141,478 )

Total liabilities

    4,905,041       6,070,409  
                 
                 

COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES (Note 11)

               
                 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT):

               

Convertible Preferred Series A, $.00067 Par Value, 50,000,000 Shares Authorized, -no Shares Issued and Outstanding, at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018

           

Common stock, $.00067 Par Value, 200,000,000 Shares Authorized, 104,164,465 and 106,406,584 Shares Issued, at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018

    69,871       71,421  

Additional paid-in capital

    97,093,144       98,605,285  

Accumulated deficit

    (101,204,846 )     (103,825,209 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (62,489 )     (54,840 )

Total Biolargo, Inc. and Subsidiaries stockholders’ equity (deficit)

    (4,104,320 )     (5,203,343 )

Non-controlling interest (Note 9)

    694,699       588,055  

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

    (3,409,621 )     (4,615,288 )

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

  $ 1,495,420     $ 1,455,121  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIAR IES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

FOR THE THREE MONTH S ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2018

(UNAUDITED) 

 

   

MARCH

31, 2017

   

MARCH

31, 2018

 
                 

Revenue

               

Product revenue

  $ 46,017     $ 224,397  

Service revenue

          38,632  

Total revenue

    46,017       263,029  

Cost of revenue

               

Cost of goods sold

    (22,530 )     (134,464 )

Cost of service

          (28,728 )

Gross profit

    23,487       99,837  
                 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    1,055,055       1,169,613  

Research and development

    391,336       521,730  

Depreciation and amortization

    7,924       10,323  

Operating loss

    (1,430,828 )     (1,601,829 )
                 

Other (expense) income

               

Grant income

    58,788       4,669  

Interest expense

    (953,636 )     (832,408 )

Total other (expense) income

    (894,848 )     (827,739 )
                 

Net loss

    (2,325,676 )     (2,429,568 )
                 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (63,256 )     (106,644 )

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

  $ (2,262,420 )   $ (2,322,924 )
                 

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

               
                 

Loss per share attributable to shareholders – basic and diluted

  $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

    94,444,945       104,695,818  
                 

Comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders

               
                 

Net loss

  $ (2,325,676 )   $ (2,429,568 )

Foreign translation adjustment

    (11,376 )     7,649  

Comprehensive loss

    (2,337,052 )     (2,421,919 )
                 

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

    (63,256 )     (106,644 )

Comprehensive loss attributable to shareholders

  $ (2,273,796 )   $ (2,315,275 )

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIA RIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE MONTH S ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(UNAUDITED)

 

   

Common stock

   

Additional

paid-in

   

Accumulated

   

Accumulated

other comprehensive

   

 

Non-

controlling

          
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

capital

   

deficit

   

loss

   

interest

   

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

    104,164,465     $ 69,871     $ 97,093,144     $ (101,204,846 )   $ (62,489 )   $ 694,699     $ (3,409,621 )

Issuance of common stock for service

    714,436       482       195,569                         196,051  

Issuance of common stock for interest

    617,072       458       164,609                         165,067  

Financing fee in stock

    252,385       168       84,905                         85,073  

Sale of stock for cash

    658,226       442       167,778                         168,220  

Stock option compensation expense

                320,090                         320,090  

Warrants and conversion feature issued as discount on convertible notes payable, note payable and line of credit

                281,571                           281,751  

Deemed dividend

                297,439       (297,439 )                  

Net loss

                      (2,322,924 )           (106,644 )     (2,429,568 )

Foreign currency translation

                            7,649             7,649  
                                                         

Balance, March 31, 2018

    106,406,584     $ 71,421     $ 98,605,285     $ (103,825,209 )   $ (54,840 )   $ 588,055     $ (4,615,288 )

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIAR IES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2018

( UNAUDITED )

 

   

March

31, 2017

   

March

31, 2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities

               

Net loss

  $ (2,325,676 )   $ (2,429,568 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

               

Stock option compensation expense

    280,288       320,090  

Common stock issued for interest and fees for services from consultants

    261,409       361,118  

Interest expense related to amortization of the discount on convertible notes payable

    771,124       635,297  

Deferred offering cost expense

          3,688  

Bad debt expense

    15,000        

Depreciation and amortization expense

    7,924       10,323  

Changes in assets and liabilities:

               

Accounts receivable

    (9,442 )     (7,897 )

Inventories

    9,818       (2,832 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    (143,293 )     (12,745 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    36,596       126,895  

Officer bonus

    (80,000 )      

Net cash used in operating activities

    (1,176,252 )     (995,631 )
                 

Cash flows from investing activities

               

Leasehold improvements

          (18,753 )

Net cash used in investing activities

          (18,753 )
                 

Cash flows from financing activities

               

Proceeds from line of credit

    175,000       390,000  

Proceeds from convertible notes

    125,000       380,000  

Proceeds from sale of stock to Lincoln Park Capital

          168,220  

Proceeds from exercise of warrants

    153,000        

Net cash provided by financing activities

    453,000       938,220  
                 
                 

Effect of foreign currency translation

    (11,376 )     7,649  

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

  $ (734,628 )   $ (68,515 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  $ 1,910,153     $ 990,457  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 1,175,525     $ 921,942  
                 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

               

Cash paid during the period for:

               

Interest

  $     $  

Income taxes

  $ 5,350     $  

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

               

Conversion of accounts payable and salary into stock options

  $ 141,763     $  

Fair value of common stock issued for cash for stock financing offering

  $     $ 85,073  

Fair value of warrants issued in conjunction with convertible notes payable

  $ 125,000     $ 281,751  

Settlement of accounts payable and interest in shares of common stock

  $ 261,409     $  
Deemed dividend   $     $ 297,439  

Convertible notes into shares of common stock

  $ 400,000     $  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

Note 1. Business and Liquidity

 

Description of Business

 

We are an innovation company driven by our mission to “make life better” by developing breakthrough platform technologies, nurturing and building businesses around the intellectual property, while providing capital and support along the journey from “cradle” to “maturity”. We have two divisions generating operational revenue – Odor-No-More, selling odor control products, and BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies, LLC (“BLEST”), providing professional engineering services to third party clients as well as working on our product development projects. We have a research and development facility in Canada, and consolidate our financials with our partially owned subsidiary, Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc., a company focused on commercializing our technologies in the medical field (see Note 9).

 

Liquidity / Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of our business. As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, for the three months ended March 31, 2018 we had a net loss of $2,429,568, and used $995,631 cash in operations, and at March 31, 2018, had negative working capital of $3,938,814, current assets of $1,113,802, and an accumulated stockholders’ deficit of $103,825,209. The foregoing factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Ultimately, our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to attract significant new sources of capital, attain a reasonable threshold of operating efficiencies and achieve profitable operations by licensing or otherwise commercializing products incorporating our technologies. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.

 

We have been, and anticipate that we will continue to be, limited in terms of our capital resources. Our total cash balance was $921,942 at March 31, 2018. We had revenues of $263,029 in the three months ended March 31, 2018, which amount was not sufficient to fund our operations.  Although our revenue increased, it was  not  sufficient to fund our operations. We believe our cash position is insufficient to maintain our current level of operations and research/development, and that we will be required to raise substantial additional capital to expand our operations and fund our future business plans. We intend to continue to raise money through private securities offerings for the foreseeable future, and through our agreement with Lincoln Park (see Note  4 ).

 

At times in the past we have not had enough cash or sources of capital to pay our accounts payable and expenses as they arise, and have relied on the issuance of stock options and common stock, as well as extended payment terms with our vendors, to continue to operate. We will be required to raise substantial additional capital to expand our operations, including without limitation, hiring additional personnel, additional scientific and third-party testing, costs associated with obtaining regulatory approvals and filing additional patent applications to protect our intellectual property, and possible strategic acquisitions or alliances, as well as to meet our liabilities as they become due for the next 12 months.

 

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and pursuant to Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. For some of our activities, we are still operating in the early stages of the sales and distribution process, and therefore our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018, or for any other period. These unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 14, 2018.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying balance sheet and related statements of operations, cashflows, and stockholders’ deficit include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its majority owned subsidiaries, and Clyra. Management believes Clyra’s financial statements are appropriately consolidated with that of the Company after reviewing the guidance of ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation” and because the Company is Clyra’s largest shareholder, owning 46.3% of its outstanding voting stock at March 31, 2018, and two members of BioLargo’s board of directors are two of three members of Clyra’s board of directors (see Note 9). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

 

Foreign Currency

 

The Company has designated the functional currency of BioLargo Water, Inc., our Canadian subsidiary, to be the Canadian dollar. Therefore, translation gains and losses resulting from differences in exchange rates are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. Substantially all cash equivalents are held in short-term money market accounts at one of the largest financial institutions in the United States. From time to time, our cash account balances are greater than the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit of $250,000 per owner per bank, and during such times, we are exposed to credit loss for amounts in excess of insured limits in the event of non-performance by the financial institution. We do not anticipate non-performance by our financial institution.

 

Our cash balances were made up of the following:

 

   

DECEMBER

31, 201 7

   

March

3 1 , 201 8

 

BioLargo, Inc. and wholly owned subsidiaries

  $ 461,914     $ 574,106  

Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc.

    528,543       347,836  

Total

  $ 990,457     $ 921,942  

 

Accounts Receivable

 

Trade accounts receivable are recorded net of allowances for doubtful accounts. Estimates for allowances for doubtful accounts are determined based on payment history and individual customer circumstances. The allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018 was $2,500, respectively.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Credit Concentration

 

The Company had three customers during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 that each accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues in the respective periods as follows:

 

   

March

31, 2017

   

March

31, 2018

 

Customer A

    28 %     39 %

Customer B

    17 %     <10 %

Customer C

    12 %     <10 %

Customer D

    <10 %     18 %

Customer E

    <10 %     18 %

 

The Company had five customers that accounted for more than 10% of consolidated accounts receivable at December 31, 2017 and three customers at March 31, 2018 as follows:

 

   

December

31, 2017

   

March

31, 201 8

 

Customer A

    12 %     23 %

Customer B

    19 %     <10 %

Customer C

    12 %     <10 %

Customer D

    10 %     <10 %

Customer E

    10 %     <10 %

Customer F

    <10 %     13 %

Customer G

    <10 %     11 %

 

Inventory

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the average cost method. Inventories consisted of:

 

   

DECEMBER

31, 2017

   

MARCH

31, 2018

 

Raw material

  $ 34,104     $ 48,211  

Finished goods

    19,869       8,594  

Total

  $ 53,973     $ 56,805  

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when accounting for stock-based transactions, debt transactions, deemed dividends, allowance for bad debt, asset depreciation and amortization, among others.

 

The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying these most critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results of our consolidated financial statements.

 

Share-based Payments

 

For stock and stock options issued to consultants and other non-employees for services, the Company measures and records an expense as of the earlier of the date at which either: a commitment for performance by the non-employee has been reached or the non-employee’s performance is complete. The equity instruments are measured at the current fair value, and for stock options, the instruments are measured at fair value using the Black Scholes options model.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

For equity instruments issued and outstanding where performance is not complete, but the instrument has been recorded, those instruments are measured again at their then current fair market values at each of the reporting dates (they are “marked-to market”) until the performance and the contract are complete.

 

Warrants

 

The Unit Offerings of our convertible promissory note and a Series A stock purchase warrant are accounted for under the fair value and relative fair value method.

 

The warrant is first analyzed per its terms as to whether it has derivative features or not. If the warrant is determined to be a derivative, then it is measured at fair value using the Black Scholes Option Model, and recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The warrant is re-measured at its then current fair value at each subsequent reporting date (it is “marked-to-market”).

 

If the warrant is determined to not have derivative features, it is recorded into equity at its fair value using the Black Scholes option model, however, limited to a relative fair value based upon the percentage of its fair value to the total fair value including the fair value of the convertible note.

 

The convertible note is recorded at its fair value, limited to a relative fair value based upon the percentage of its fair value to the total fair value including the fair value of the warrant. Further, the convertible promissory note is examined for any intrinsic beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) of which the convertible price of the note is less than the closing stock price on date of issuance. If the relative fair value method is used to value the convertible promissory note and there is an intrinsic BCF, a further analysis is undertaken of the BCF using an effective conversion price which assumes the conversion price is the relative fair value divided by the number of shares the convertible debt is converted into by its terms. The adjusted BCF value is accounted for as equity.

 

The warrant and BCF relative fair values are also recorded as a discount to the convertible promissory notes. As present, these equity features of the convertible promissory notes have recorded a discount to the convertible notes that is substantially equal to the proceeds received.

 

Non-Cash Transactions

 

We have established a policy relative to the methodology to determine the value assigned to each intangible we acquire, and/or services or products received for non-cash consideration of our common stock. The value is based on the market price of our common stock issued as consideration, at the date of the agreement of each transaction or when the service is rendered or product is received. 

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We adopted ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, Topic 606, as of December 15, 2017 and applied for the fiscal year starting January 1, 2018. The guidance focuses on the core principle for revenue recognition. 

 

The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity should apply the following steps:

 

Step 1:   Identify the contract(s) with a customer.

 

Step 2:   Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Step 3:   Determine the transaction price.

 

Step 4:   Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

 

Step 5:   Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

 

We have revenue from two subsidiaries, Odor-No-More and BLEST. Odor-No-More identifies its contract with the customer through a purchase order whether in writing or verbal, in which the details of the contract are defined including the transaction price and method of shipment. The only performance obligation is to create and ship the product and each product has separate pricing. Odor-No-More recognizes revenue when the order for its goods are shipped, wither FOB warehouse of FOB destination, depending on the customer’s choice of title transfer. Revenue is recognized with a reduction for sales discounts, as appropriate and negotiated in the customer’s purchase order.

 

BLEST, identifies services to be performed in a written contract, which specifies the performance obligations and the rate at which the services will be billed. Each service is separately negotiated and priced. Revenue is recognized when services are performed and completed. BLEST bills time and materials for the services it provides. To date, there have been no discounts or other financing terms for the contracts.

 

We also may generate revenues from royalties and license fees from our intellectual property. In the event we do so, we anticipate a licensee would pay a license fee in one or more installments and ongoing royalties based on their sales of products incorporating or using our licensed intellectual property. Upon entering into a licensing agreement, we will determine the appropriate method of recognizing the royalty and license fees.

 

Government Grants

 

We have been awarded multiple research grants from the Canadian National Research Institute – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The grants received are considered other income and are included in our consolidated statements of operations. We received our first grant in 2015 and have been awarded over 50 grants totaling approximately $1,600,000. Some of the funds from these grants are given directly to third parties (such as the University of Alberta or a third-party research scientist) to support research on our technology. The grants have terms generally ranging between six and eighteen months and support a majority, but not all, of the related research budget costs. This cooperative research allows us to utilize (i) a depth of resources and talent to accomplish highly skilled work, (ii) financial aid to support research and development costs, (iii) independent and credible validation of our technical claims.

 

The grants typically provide for (i) recurring monthly amounts, (ii) reimbursement of costs for research talent for which we invoice to request payment, and (iii) ancillary cost reimbursement for research talent travel related costs. All awarded grants have specific requirements on how the money is spent, typically to employ researchers. None of the funds may be used for general administrative expenses or overhead in the United States. These grants have substantially increased our level of research and development activities in Canada. We continue to apply for Canadian government and agency grants to fund research and development activities. Not all of our grant applications have been awarded, and no assurance can be made that any pending grant application, or any future grant applications, will be awarded.

 

Business S egment I nformation

 

In 2017, the Company operated with three business segments - Odor-No-More, Clyra, and BioLargo/other.  In 2018, the Company determined that it operates a fourth business segment – BLEST, based on the manner in which the chief operating decision maker now manages the engineering division, including resource allocation and performance assessment.

 

Odor-No-More is engaged in developing and selling products using the BioLargo technology. Clyra is engaged in developing medical products using the BioLargo technology, with an emphasis in advanced wound care. BLEST is engaged in providing professional engineering services. BioLargo/Other includes certain functional roles that do not engage in revenue generating activities, such as corporate operations and oversight, research and development, and general corporate and administrative functions, including finance, human resources, marketing and legal.

 

The segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2018, is as follows:

 

   

Odor - No -

More

   

 

Clyra

   

 

BLEST

   

BioLargo /

Other

   

Total

 

Revenues

  $ 224,397     $     $ 38,632     $     $ 263,029  

Cost of goods/services

    (134,464 )           (28,728 )           (163,192 )

Depreciation and amortization

    4,093             6,230             10,323  

Interest expense

                      832,408       832,408  

Expenditures for assets

                18,753             18,753  

Equipment, net of depreciation

    42,299             74,996             117,295  

Net loss

    (200,000 )     (198,721 )     (46,387 )     (1,984,460 )     (2,429,568 )

Tangible assets, net

    293,997       347,836       140,722       448,542       1,231,097  

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

The segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2017, is as follows (BLEST was not formed or operational during the three months ended March 31, 2017, and is thus not reflected in this table):

 

   

Odor - No -

More

   

 

Clyra

   

BioLargo /

Other

   

Total

 

Revenues

  $ 46,017     $     $     $ 46,017  

Cost of goods/services

    (22,530 )                 (22,530 )

Depreciation and amortization

    7,924                   7,924  

Interest expense

          8,750       944,886       953,636  

Expenditures for assets

                       

Equipment, net of depreciation

    54,121                   54,121  

Net loss

    (175,000 )     (137,082 )     (2,013,594 )     (2,325,676 )

Tangible assets, net

    180,292       268,771       1,015,039       1,464,092  

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

We report basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) for common and common share equivalents. Basic EPS is computed by dividing reported earnings by the weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is computed by adding to the weighted average shares the dilutive effect if stock options and warrants were exercised into common stock. For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018, the denominator in the diluted EPS computation is the same as the denominator for basic EPS due to the anti-dilutive effect of the warrants and stock options on the Company’s net loss.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (topic 718)”. The amendments in this Update provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. An entity should account for the effects of a modification unless all the following are met: (i) the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the modified award is the same as the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such an alternative measurement method is used) of the original award immediately before the original award is modified, (ii) The vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified and (iii) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original award is modified. The amendments in this Update are effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Management has analyzed the new guideline and it has not substantially impacted our accounting for stock compensation awards upon adoption in the current period.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based award transactions and adds two practical expedients for nonpublic entities. The new standards are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all the amendments in the same period. Management has analyzed the new guideline and it has not substantially impacted our consolidated financial statements upon adoption during the current period.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, “Leases”. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The new guidelines will create a ROU asset and lease liability for the Company’s lease agreements in place at the time the standard goes into effect. Currently, the Company has two real property leases with terms longer than 12 months.

 

 

Note 3. Change in Derivative Liability Treatment

 

BioLargo adopted ASU 2017-11 as of July 1, 2017. With this adoption, we eliminated the derivative liability, and the changes in the fair value of the derivative liability, related to negative covenants in multiple warrants issued that required a reduction of warrant exercise price under certain circumstances. The Company made a cumulative effect adjustment to the consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2017, which adjusted the beginning balance in the accumulated deficit account by $663,560.

 

 

Note 4. Lincoln Park Financing

 

On August 25, 2017, we entered into a stock purchase agreement (“LPC Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to which Lincoln Park agreed to purchase from us at our request up to an aggregate of $10,000,000 of our common stock (subject to certain limitations) from time to time over a period of three years. Concurrently, we entered into a registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park (“LPC RRA”), pursuant to which we were required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 to register for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of common stock that have been or may be issued to Lincoln Park under the LPC Purchase Agreement. The registration statement was filed, and on September 22, 2017, it was deemed effective by the SEC. The LPC Purchase Agreement allows us, from time to time and at our sole discretion, to direct Lincoln Park to purchase shares of our common stock, subject to limitations in both volume and dollar amount. The volume of shares is limited to a maximum of 50,000 shares if our stock closes at less than $0.50 per share, 75,000 if it closes from $0.50 to $0.74 per share, 100,000 if it closes from $0.75 to $1.24 per share, and 200,000 if it closes at or above $1.25 per share. The maximum dollar amount for any single purchase is $500,000. There are no trading volume requirements under the LPC Purchase Agreement, and we alone control the timing and amount of any sales of our common stock to Lincoln Park. The purchase price of the shares that may be sold to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement is the lower of (i) the lowest sale price on the date of purchase, or (ii) the average of the three lowest closing prices in the prior 12 business days. The purchase price per share will be equitably adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction occurring during the business days used to compute such price. We may at any time in our sole discretion terminate the LPC Purchase Agreement without fee, penalty or cost upon one business day notice. There are no restrictions on future financings, rights of first refusal, participation rights, penalties or liquidated damages in the LPC Purchase Agreement or LPC RRA other than a prohibition on entering into a “Variable Rate Transaction,” as defined in the Purchase Agreement. Lincoln Park may not assign or transfer its rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

 

In consideration for entering into the LPC Purchase Agreement, on August 25, 2017, we issued to Lincoln Park 488,998 shares of common stock as an “initial commitment fee.” For no additional consideration, when and if Lincoln Park purchases (at the Company’s discretion) any portion of the $10,000,000 aggregate commitment, we are required to issue up to 488,998 shares, pro-rata, as “additional commitment shares”. For example, if we elect, at our sole discretion, to require Lincoln Park to purchase $25,000 of our stock, then we would issue 1,222 additional commitment shares, which is the product of $25,000 (the amount we have elected to sell) divided by $10,000,000 (total amount we can sell Lincoln Park pursuant to the LPC Purchase Agreement) multiplied by 488,998 (the total number of additional commitment shares). The additional commitment shares will only be issued pursuant to this formula as and when we elect at our discretion to sell stock to Lincoln Park.

 

From inception of the contract in August 2017 through March 31, 2018, we elected to sell Lincoln Park shares of our common stock for which we received $679,305, and issued Lincoln Park 1,825,000 shares, and 33,217 “additional commitment shares”. We recorded the stock sale in our equity statement and the additional shares issued as a fee for the transaction was offset against the shares issued.

 

During the three-months ended March 31, 2018, we elected to sell to Lincoln Park 650,000 shares of our common stock for which we received $168,220. Additionally, we issued Lincoln Park 8,226 “additional commitment” shares.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

Note 5. Debt Obligations

 

The following table summarizes our debt obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018.

 

   

December

31, 201 7

   

March

31, 201 8

 

C urrent liabilities

               

Convertible notes payable

               

One-year convertible notes, mature July 18, 2018

  $ 280,000     $ 280,000  

Convertible notes, mature June 1, 2018

    4,468,847       4,468,847  

Nine-month convertible note, matures September 18, 2018

    500,000       500,000  

Nine-month convertible note, matures October 16, 2018

          150,000  

Total convertible notes payable

  $ 5,248,847     $ 5,398,847  
                 

L ong-term liabilities :

               

Line of credit, matures September 1, 2019

  $     $ 390,000  

Convertible notes payable

               

Convertible note, matures July 20, 2019

    440,000       440,000  

Convertible notes, mature June 17, 2019

    283,571       283,571  

Convertible notes, mature December 31, 2019

    292,000       292,000  

Convertible note, matures March 8, 2020

          50,000  

Convertible notes, mature June 20, 2020

    523,700       603,700  

Convertible notes, mature April 20, 2021

          100,000  

Total convertible notes payable

  $ 1,539,271     $ 1,769,271  
                 

Total

  $ 6,788,118     $ 7,558,118  

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018, we recorded $953,636 and $832,408 of interest expense related to the amortization of our discount on our convertible notes payable, line of credit, and interest from our convertible notes and line of credit.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2018, holders of notes representing $4,133,738 in the above table agreed to convert their notes prior to maturity (see Note 12).

 

See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, for a complete description of the debt obligations set forth in the above table. The following describes changes to the debt obligations for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

FirstFire Global Opportunity Fund Investment (matures October 16, 2018)

 

On January 16, 2018, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “FirstFire Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “FirstFire RRA”) with FirstFire Global Opportunity Fund, LLC (“FirstFire”), and issued a convertible promissory note (the “FirstFire Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000 at 5% annual interest, which is convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at $0.394 per share, subject to the terms, and certain limitations and conditions set forth in the FirstFire Purchase Agreement and FirstFire Note. FirstFire may convert the FirstFire Note at any time. The Company may require the conversion of the FirstFire Note in the event the Company’s common stock has traded at a price per share of $0.75 or above for the ten trading days immediately preceding the mandatory conversion, and the shares underlying the conversion are subject to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC. The FirstFire Note matures on October 16, 2018.

 

Pursuant to the FirstFire Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 75,000 shares of common stock to FirstFire as a commitment fee (the “FirstFire Commitment Shares”) at $0.39 per share and $29,250 is recorded as a discount on convertible notes and will amortize to interest expense over the term of the note.

 

Under the Note and FirstFire Purchase Agreement, the Company has reserved 394,949 shares of common stock for issuance upon conversion of the Note. Pursuant to the FirstFire RRA, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC registering all shares of common stock into which the FirstFire Note is convertible, and the FirstFire Commitment Shares. The FirstFire Purchase Agreement allows for an adjustment to the number of FirstFire Commitment Shares in the event the closing price of our common stock, on the earlier of the date the registration statement is deemed effective and 20 trading days following the six-month anniversary of the FirstFire Note, is lower than the closing price on January 16, 2018 (which was $0.39). In such event, additional shares would be issued to FirstFire such that the aggregate FirstFire Commitment Shares issued have the same value as the shares issued on January 16, 2018.

 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the registration rights agreements, we filed a registration statement with the SEC which was deemed effective as of February 8, 2018. On February 8, 2018, our common stock last traded at $0.3147 per share. Because the last traded price of our common stock on the date the registration statement was deemed effective was less than the price of our common stock on the dates of the FirstFire Purchase Agreements, at their option, we are required to issue additional “commitment shares”. FirstFire exercised that right, and we issued 36,536 additional shares of our common stock and $11,498 is recorded as additional discount on convertible notes and will amortize to interest expense over the term of the note. 

 

FirstFire represented to the Company, among other things, that it was an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended). The FirstFire Note, FirstFire Purchase Agreement, and the FirstFire RRA contain customary representations, warranties, agreements and conditions including indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The FirstFire Note contains a price protection provision such that if we issue a security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security that was not similarly provided in the FirstFire Note, then the Company shall notify FirstFire of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at its option, shall become a part of the FirstFire Note.

 

Line of credit, matures September 1, 2019

 

On March 1, 2018, we received $390,000 pursuant to a line of credit, accruing interest at a rate of 18% per annum, for which we have pledged our inventory and accounts receivable as collateral. Interest is paid quarterly, and, at the option of the holder, payable in either (i) cash, (ii) our common stock, calculated based on the 20-day average closing price, or (iii) options to purchase our common stock, priced at the 20-day average closing price, the number of shares doubled, and expiring 10 years from the date of grant. The holder of the line of credit has the right to call due the outstanding principal amount on 30-days’ notice at any time after September 1, 2019.

 

Each investor, for no additional consideration, received a warrant to purchase our common stock. (See Note 7). The warrant allows for the purchase of the number of common shares equal to the investment amount (e.g., one warrant share for each dollar invested).

 

Two-Year Convertible Note, matures July 20, 2019

 

On July 20, 2017, the Company accepted $400,000 and issued a promissory note with a 10% original issue discount in the principal amount of $440,000, matures July 20, 2019 and accrues interest at 12%. The note originally provided that interest was to be paid quarterly beginning October 1, 2017, in either cash, common stock, or an option to purchase common stock, in the holder’s discretion.  On January 25, 2018, the interest provisions in the note were modified such that the 12% annual simple interest is due at maturity.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

At maturity, the principal amount of the note and any accrued and unpaid interest automatically converts, at the holder’s option, into either BioLargo common shares at $0.42 per share, 2,000 shares of Clyra Medical Technologies common stock held by BioLargo, or any combination thereof. The fair value of the beneficial conversion feature resulted in a $171,429 recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as a discount on convertible notes payable, net of current portion. The discount will be amortized monthly as interest expense through July 20, 2019.

 

Note payable, matures March 8, 2020

 

On March 8, 2018, we received $50,000 and entered into a note payable. The note is due on upon demand from the noteholder, with sixty days’ notice. The demand may not be made before June 30, 2018, and in the absence of the demand, the maturity date is March 8, 2023. In lieu of interest, we issued the note holder a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.35. The warrant expires February 28, 2023. The shares available for purchase vest in increments of 6,250 shares per month. (See Note 7.)

 

Convertible Notes, mature June 20, 2020 ( Summer 2017 Unit Offering)

 

On May 24, 2017, we commenced a private securities offering (titled the “Summer 2017 Unit Offering”) which offered the sale of $1,500,000 of “Units,” each Unit consisting of a convertible promissory note and stock purchase warrant. Concurrently, we issued Pricing Supplement No. 1 setting the initial unit/conversion price at $0.42 per share, and the initial warrant exercise price at $0.65 per share. The promissory notes issued to investors mature June 20, 2020, and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the amount invested. Any interest due will be paid quarterly in arrears in cash or shares of common stock. If paid by the issuance of common stock, interest is paid at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the interest payment due date. The principal amount of the note may be paid by the issuance of shares of common stock, or cash, upon maturity at the Company’s election. Promissory notes may be converted at any time by the investor, at maturity by the Company, or by the Company prior to maturity, so long as the following conditions are met: (i) the Shares issued as payment are registered with the SEC; and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for ten consecutive trading days at or above three times the Unit price.

 

In addition to the convertible promissory note, each investor received a warrant allowing for the purchase of the number of shares of BioLargo common stock equal to the investment amount divided by the unit/conversion price (e.g., one warrant share for each share of common stock which the investor is eligible to receive through conversion of the note). (See Note 7.) The warrants expire on June 20, 2022. The Company may “call” the warrants, requiring the investor to exercise their warrants within 30 days or forever lose the rights to do so, only if the following conditions have been met: (i) the underlying Shares are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for 10 consecutive trading days at or above two times the exercise price.

 

Through December 31, 2017, we had received $523,700 in investments in the Summer 2017 Unit Offering, from ten accredited investors, all pursuant to Pricing Supplement No. 1. No investments were received pursuant to a second pricing supplement issued on December 11, 2017, setting the unit price at $0.394 per share. On February 22, 2018, we issued Pricing Supplement No. 3, setting the Unit price to $0.30 and the warrant exercise price at $0.48. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we received $80,000 in investments from two accredited investors pursuant to this third pricing supplement. The offering was terminated at the conclusion of processing these two investments.

 

The offering documents assured the investors that in the event a subsequent pricing supplement offered a lower conversion or exercise price, prior investors would be given those favorable terms. Because we issued a third pricing supplement lowering the Unit price to $0.30 per share, the unit price for the prior investors was lowered to $0.30. As a result, the number of warrant shares available for purchase by each investor increased. (See Note 7. )

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2018, holders of $478,700 of Summer 2017 Offering notes elected to accept the Company’s offer of incentive shares to convert these notes prior to maturity (see Note 12).

 

Convertible Notes, mature April 20, 2021 ( Spring 2018 Unit Offering)

 

On March 1, 2018, we commenced a private securities offering (titled the “Spring 2018 Unit Offering”) which offered the sale of $1,500,000 of “Units,” each Unit consisting of a convertible promissory note and stock purchase warrant. Concurrently, we issued Pricing Supplement No. 1 setting the initial unit/conversion price at $0.30 per share, and the initial warrant exercise price at $0.48 per share. The promissory notes issued to investors mature April 20, 2021, and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the amount invested. Any interest due will be paid quarterly in arrears in cash or shares of common stock. If paid by the issuance of common stock, interest is paid at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the interest payment due date. The principal amount of the note may be paid by the issuance of shares of common stock, or cash, upon maturity at the Company’s election. Promissory notes may be converted at any time by the investor, at maturity by the Company, or by the Company prior to maturity, so long as the following conditions are met: (i) the Shares issued as payment are registered with the SEC; and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for ten consecutive trading days at or above three times the Unit price.

 

In addition to the convertible promissory note, each investor will receive a warrant allowing for the purchase of the number of shares of BioLargo common stock equal to the investment amount divided by the unit/conversion price (e.g., one warrant share for each share of common stock which the investor is eligible to receive through conversion of the note). (See Note 7.)  

 

Through March 31, 2018, we had received one investment for $100,000 in this offering, and issued a warrant to purchase 333,333 shares. This investment was received from an entity owned/controlled by a member of our board of directors.  

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

Note 6. Share-Based Compensation

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018, we recorded an aggregate $280,288 and $320,090, respectively, in selling general and administrative expense related to the issuance of stock options.

 

2007 Equity Incentive Plan

 

On September 7, 2007, and as amended April 29, 2011, the BioLargo, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”) was adopted as a means of providing our directors, key employees and consultants additional incentive to provide services. Both stock options and stock grants were made under this plan for a period of 10 years. It expired on its terms on September 7, 2017. The Board’s Compensation Committee administers this plan. As plan administrator, the Compensation Committee has sole discretion to set the price of the options. The Company is in the process of implementing a new stock option plan for 2018.

 

On February 10, 2017, we extended the engagement agreement with our Chief Financial Officer, retroactive to October 1, 2016. The sole consideration for the one-year extension was the issuance of an option to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $0.69 per share which was equal to the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. The option expires February 10, 2027, and vests over the term of the engagement with 125,000 shares having vested as of February 10, 2017, and the remaining shares to vest 25,000 shares monthly beginning March 1, 2017, and each month thereafter, so long as his agreement is in full force and effect. The fair value of the option totaled $207,000, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, $103,500 is recorded as selling, general and administrative expense on our statement of operations. The balance vested monthly through September 30, 2017.

 

Activity for our stock options under the 2007 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 is as follows:

 

                       

Weighted

 
                       

Average

 

As of March 31, 2017:

 

Options

   

Exercise

   

Price per

 
   

Outstanding

   

Price per share

   

share

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

    9,916,586     $ 0.23 1.89     $ 0.44  

Granted

    300,000         0.69         0.69  

Expired

                     

Balance, March 31, 2017

    10,216,586     $ 0.23 1.89     $ 0.47  

 

                       

Weighted

 
                       

Average

 

As of March 31, 2018:

 

Options

     

Exercise

   

Price per

 
   

Outstanding

     

Price per share

   

share

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

    9,831,586     $ 0.23 1.89     $ 0.44  

Granted

                     

Expired

    (50,000

)

      1.89         1.89  

Balance, March 31, 2018

    9,781,586     $ 0.23 1.65     $ 0.43  

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Options issued Outside of the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan

 

On January 31, 2018, we issued options to purchase 18,071 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share, expiring 10 years from the date of grant. The fair value of these options total $5,060 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

On February 28, 2018, we issued options to purchase 21,429 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share expiring 10 years from the date of grant. The fair value of these options total $6,000 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

On March 31, 2018, we issued options to purchase 565,649 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.26 per share to members of our board of directors for services, an employee in lieu of salary, and to consultants for services. The fair value of these options totaled $146,503 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

On February 1, 2017, as part of an agreement we executed with a strategic advisor, we issued an option to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.67, the stock price on grant date. The option expires ten years from the date of issuance and the option vests in 12,500 equal amounts over 24 months. The agreement also calls for the strategic advisor to provide deliverables focused in the water industry such as business plans and strategic initiatives for the Company. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, 25,000 options vested resulting in a fair value of $15,000 recorded as selling, general and administrative expense on our statement of operations. This agreement terminated in November 2017, and the remaining unvested 175,000 options were cancelled.

 

On March 31, 2017, we issued options to purchase 283,526 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share to members of our board of directors, in lieu of $65,000 in fees and to vendors in lieu or accrued and unpaid fees $56,671. The weighted-average fair value of these options totaled $141,763 and an additional $20,092 was recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Activity of our stock options issued outside of the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 is as follows:

 

                       

Weighted

 
                       

Average

 

As of March 31, 2017 :

 

Options

   

Exercise

   

Price per

 
   

Outstanding

   

Price per share

   

share

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

    20,148,766     $ 0.18 1.00     $ 0.40  

Granted

    583,526       0.50 0.67       0.59  

Expired

                     

Balance, March 31, 2017

    20,732,292     $ 0.18 1.00     $ 0.41  

 

                       

Weighted

 
                       

Average

 

As of March 31, 2018 :

 

Options

   

Exercise

   

Price per

 
   

Outstanding

   

Price per share

   

share

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

    20,018,408     $ 0.25 1.00     $ 0.51  

Granted

    619,435       0.26 0.28       0.26  

Expired

    (2,400,000

)

      0.99         0.99  

Balance, March 31, 2018

    18,237,843     $ 0.25 1.00     $ 0.45  

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

For employees, we recognize compensation expense for stock option awards on a straight-line basis over the applicable service period of the award, which is the vesting period. Share-based compensation expense is based on the grant date fair value estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. The following methodology and assumptions were used to calculate share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31:

 

   

2017

   

2018

 
   

Non Plan

   

2007 Plan

   

Non Plan

 

Risk free interest rate

    2.40

%

    2.40 %     2.43

%

Expected volatility

    601

%

    601 %     563

%

Expected dividend yield

                 

Forfeiture rate

                 

Expected life in years

    7       7       7  

 

Expected price volatility is the measure by which our stock price is expected to fluctuate during the expected term of an option. Expected volatility is derived from the historical daily change in the market price of our common stock, as we believe that historical volatility is the best indicator of future volatility.

 

The risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes calculation is based on the prevailing U.S. Treasury yield as determined by the U.S. Federal Reserve. We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

Historically, we have not had significant forfeitures of unvested stock options. A significant number of our stock option grants are fully vested at issuance or have short vesting provisions. Therefore, we have estimated the forfeiture rate of our outstanding stock options as zero.

 

 

Note 7. Warrants

 

Warrants Issued Concurrently with Spring 201 8 Unit Offering

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to the terms of our Spring 2018 Unit Offering (see Note 5), we issued a warrant to purchase up to an aggregate 333,333 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.48 per share to the investor in the Spring 2018 Offering, a member of our board of directors. The warrant expires April 20, 2023 .  The relative fair value of the warrant resulted in $49,306 recorded as a discount on our convertible notes on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued.

 

The Company may “call” these warrants, requiring the holder to exercise their warrants within 30 days or forever lose the rights to do so, if the following conditions have been met: (i) the shares of common stock underlying the warrants are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for 10 consecutive trading days at or above two times the exercise price.

 

Warrants Issued Concurrently with Line of Credit Offering

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to the terms of our Line of Credit (see Note 5, “Line of Credit, matures September 1, 2019”), we issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 390,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.35 per share. These warrants expire March 1, 2023. The relative fair value of these warrants resulted in $85,002 recorded as a discount on our “convertible notes payable and line of credit” on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued.

 

The Company may “call” these warrants, requiring the holder to exercise their warrants within 30 days or forever lose the rights to do so, if the following conditions have been met: (i) the shares of common stock underlying the warrants are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for 10 consecutive trading days at or above two times the exercise price.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Warrants Issued Concurrently with Note Payable

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the note payable. (see Note 5, “Note payable, matures March 8, 2020”), we issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 150,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.35 per share. At the end of each month 6,250 warrants vest as long as the note payable is outstanding. Although the note matures March 8, 2020, the investor may call the note at any time after June 30, 2018. Thus, a minimum of 25,000 warrants will vest, and the fair value of these warrants totaled $6,500. Of this amount $1,625 was recorded as interest expense and the remaining $4,875 is recorded as a discount on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued. These warrants expire February 28, 2023.

 

Warrants Issued to Summer 2017 Unit Offering Investors

 

Pursuant to the Summer 2017 Unit Offering, we issued warrants to purchase the number of shares of stock equal to each investor’s investment amount, divided by the “unit price” set forth in a “pricing supplement”. The offering documents assured the investors that in the event a subsequent pricing supplement offered a lower conversion or exercise price, prior investors would be given those favorable terms. On February 12, 2018, we issued a third pricing supplement, lowering the unit price to $0.30. As a result of this reduction, the number of shares purchasable pursuant to warrants issued to prior investors increased by an aggregate 416,478 shares. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2018, we accepted two final investments in the aggregate amount of $80,000, pursuant to the third pricing supplement, and issued these investors warrants to purchase an aggregate 266,667 shares.  The relative fair value of these warrants, including the increase in purchasable shares, resulted in $103,322 recorded as a discount on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued.

 

Warrants Issued Concurrently with One Year Convertible Notes

 

We have accepted $250,000 investments and issued one-year OID convertible notes on three occasions: July 8, 2016, December 30, 2016, and July 17, 2017. In addition to the notes, the investors received warrants on each of those three dates to purchase an aggregate 400,000 shares of our common stock. These warrants were initially exercisable at $0.65 per share (for July 2016 warrants), $0.70 per share (for December 2016 warrants), and $0.65 per share (for July 2017 warrants), and expire five years from the date of grant. Each of the warrants contain a provision that the exercise price may be reduced in the event we sell our common stock or issue warrants to third parties at a lower prices, with particular exclusions, the details of which are available in our Form 10-K. The exercise price of these warrants has decreased, and the number of shares increased, on multiple occasions prior to December 31, 2017, most recently on December 11, 2017, at which time the exercise price was reduced to $0.394 per share, and the number of shares issuable pursuant to the warrants, in the aggregate, increased from the original 1,200,000 shares, to 2,081,216.

 

On February 22, 2018, we sold shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park Capital at $0.25 per share (see Note 4).  Since these securities were sold at less that the then previously adjusted $0.394 warrant exercise price, the exercise price of the warrants were decreased from $0.394 to $0.25 per share, and the number of shares issuable pursuant to the warrants increased by an aggregate 1,198,784 shares. The fair value of the warrants issued totaled $297,439 and is recorded as a deemed dividend in our equity statement for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

We have certain warrants outstanding to purchase our common stock, at various prices, as described in the following table:

 

   

Number of

             
   

Shares

   

Price Range

 

As of March 31, 201 7

                   

Outstanding as of December 31, 2016

    20,035,114     $ 0.125 1.00  

Issued

    219,298         0.70    

Exercised

    (510,000 )       0.30    

Outstanding as of March 31, 2017

    19,744,412       0.125 1.00  
                     

As of March 31, 2018

                   

Outstanding as of December 31, 2017

    22,104,817     $ 0.125 1.00  

Issued

    2,611,513       0.25 0.48  

Exercised

               

Outstanding as of March 31, 2018

    24,716,330     $ 0.125 1.00  

 

 

The fair value of each award grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The determination of expense of warrants issued for services or settlement also uses the option-pricing model. The principal assumptions we used in applying this model were as follows for the three months ended March   31:

 

   

2017

   

201 8

 

Risk free interest rate

    1.93 %       2.54%    

Expected volatility

    297 %       252%    

Expected dividend yield

               

Forfeiture rate

               

Expected life in years

    5       5 - 10  

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of our common stock.

 

 

Note 8. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses included the following:

 

   

December

   

March

 
      31, 2017       31, 2018  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  $ 173,357     $ 273,817  

Accrued interest

    50,748       77,183  

Total accounts payable and accrued expenses

  $ 224,105     $ 351,000  

 

Issuance of Common Stock in exchange for payment of payables

 

Payment of Officer Salaries

 

On March 31, 2018, we issued 323,030 shares of our common stock at $0.26 per share in lieu of $83,665 of accrued and unpaid obligations to two of our officers. The price-per-share was based on the closing price of our common stock on the last day of the month.

 

Payment of Consultant Fees and Accrued Interest

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we issued 391,406 shares of our common stock, at prices ranging between $0.26 - $0.41 per share, in lieu of $112,388 of accrued and unpaid obligations to consultants.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we issued 144,545 shares of our common stock, at prices ranging between $0.50 - $0.70, in lieu of $82,480 of accrued and unpaid obligations to consultants.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we issued 617,072 shares of our common stock, at $0.25 per share, in lieu of accrued interest totaling $165,067.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we issued 310,404 shares of our common stock, at prices ranging between, $0.53 - $0.70 per share, in lieu of accrued interest totaling $178,929.

 

All of these offerings and sales were made in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Exchange Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as not involving a public offering of securities.

 

 

 

Note 9 . Noncontrolling Interest

 

Clyra Medical Technologies

 

In May 2012, we formed a subsidiary for the purpose of marketing and selling medical products containing our technology, Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc. (“Clyra”). We initially owned 100% of this subsidiary, and then Clyra granted shares to management, such that we owned approximately 85% of Clyra’s shares.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Clyra Private Securities Offering

 

On December 30, 2015, Clyra sold shares of its Series A Preferred Stock (“Preferred Shares”) to Sanatio Capital, LLC (“Sanatio”) for $750,000. As a result of the sale, Sanatio owned 40% of Clyra’s issued and outstanding shares, BioLargo owned 54%, and the remainder was owned by management. Concurrent with the sale of the Preferred Shares, the shareholders entered into a shareholders’ agreement that provides for a three-member board of directors, consisting of the company’s president, a person appointed by BioLargo, and a person appointed by Sanatio. BioLargo appointed its president, Dennis P. Calvert, to serve on Clyra’s board. Sanatio appointed its owner, Jack B. Strommen, to serve on the board. In June 2017, Mr. Strommen was elected to BioLargo’s board of directors.

 

As set forth in Clyra’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, Preferred Shares accrue an annual dividend of 8% for a period of five years. Although the dividends began to accrue immediately, Clyra has no obligation to declare a dividend until a product of the company has received a premarket approval by the United States Federal Drug Administration (“FDA”), or for which a premarket notification pursuant to form 510(k) has been submitted and for which the FDA has given written clearance to market the product in the United States (either, “FDA Approval”). After FDA Approval, annually on December 20, and unless prohibited by California law governing distributions to shareholders, Clyra is required to declare and pay any accruing dividends to holders of Preferred Shares then accrued but unpaid. As the declaration and payment of such dividends is contingent on an uncertain future event, no liability has been recorded for the dividends. The accumulated and undeclared dividend balance as of March 31, 2018 is $135,000.

 

Holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to preferential payments in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends. After such preference, any remaining assets are distributed pro-rata between holders of Clyra common stock and Preferred Shares as if the Preferred Shares had converted to Clyra common stock. Holders of Preferred Shares may convert the shares to Clyra common stock initially on a one-to-one basis. The conversion formula is subject to change in the event Clyra sells stock at a lower price than the price paid by Sanatio.

 

In April 2017, BioLargo purchased 500 shares of Clyra common stock from a former member of Clyra’s management for $40,000.

 

Clyra Line of Credit 

 

On March 31, 2017, Clyra obtained a $250,000 line of credit from Sanatio Capital LLC, accruing interest at a rate of 10% per annum and a 5% original issue discount. The line of credit was scheduled to mature on March 31, 2019, but was subsequently converted to Clyra stock in full payment (see below).

 

In August 2017, Clyra commenced a private securities offering of its common shares at a price of $160 per share, and accepted $1,000,000 in subscriptions. It issued 6,250 shares of its common stock to two investors. Of that amount, BioLargo invested $250,000 and was issued 1,562.5 shares. On August 4, 2017, Clyra issued 1,690 shares of its common stock at $160 per share to Sanatio in exchange for payment of the $270,400 principal and interest outstanding under the line of credit held by Sanatio (see above). Subsequent to the issuance of shares to investors in the offering, and to Sanatio for the conversion of the line of credit, BioLargo owned 15,297.5 shares of Clyra common stock, which is 46.3% of the outstanding stock at Clyra. Two members of BioLargo’s board of directors (Dennis P. Calvert and Jack B. Strommen) comprise a majority of the three-member Clyra board of directors. Management has determined that BioLargo does control Clyra after reviewing the guidance of ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation”. While BioLargo does not have voting interest control through 50% ownership of Clyra, it does exercise control under the Variable Interest Model. BioLargo is the primary beneficiary since it has the power to direct Clyra’s activities that most significantly impact Clyra’s performance and it has the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits (through royalties and licensing) that could be potentially significant to Clyra. BioLargo has consolidated Clyra’s operations through March 31, 2018.

 

On September 27, 2017, Clyra submitted to the FDA an application for premarket notification under Section 510(k) for a wound care product. It is now in the formal review process by the FDA.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

BioLargo Maritime Solutions

 

The Company has an additional subsidiary, BioLargo Maritime Solutions, whereby if certain factors are met, a noncontrolling equity interest in this subsidiary has been pledged to its management.

 

 

Note 10. BioLargo Engineering, Science and Technologies, LLC

 

In September 2017, we commenced a full service environmental engineering firm and formed a Tennessee entity named BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies, LLC (“BLEST”). In conjunction with the start of this subsidiary, we entered into a three-year office lease in the Knoxville Tennessee area, and entered into employment agreements with seven scientists and engineers. These agreements and related operational obligations add approximately $100,000 to our monthly budget for payroll, taxes, benefits, insurance, and other related obligations. The company was capitalized with two classes of membership units: Class A, 100% owned by BioLargo, and Class B, held by management of BLEST, and which initially have no “profit interest,” as that term is defined in Tennessee law. However, over the succeeding five years, the Class B members can earn up to a 30% profit interest. They also have been granted options to purchase up to an aggregate 2,000,000 shares of BioLargo, Inc. common stock. The profit interest and option shares are subject to a five year vesting schedule tied to the performance of the subsidiary, including gross revenue targets that increase over time, obtaining positive cash flow by March 31, 2018, collecting 90% of its account receivables, obtaining a profit of 10% in its first year (and increasing in subsequent years), making progress in the scale-up and commercialization of our AOS system, and using BioLargo research scientists (such as our Canadian team) for billable work on client projects. The details of these transactions were reported on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 8, 2017. Given the significant performance criteria, the Class B units and the stock options will only be recognized in compensation expense if or when the criteria are satisfied. It is still too early to make a determination as to whether BLEST will meet some of the performance criteria. Through March 31, 2018 and as of the end of 2017, BLEST has not met any of the criteria and therefore no portion of the Class B Units and stock options have been earned or vested.

 

 

Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Calvert Employment Agreement

 

On May 2, 2017, the Company entered into an employment agreement with its President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis P. Calvert (the “Calvert Employment Agreement”), replacing in its entirety the previous employment agreement with Mr. Calvert dated April 30, 2007.

 

The Calvert Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Calvert will continue to serve as our President and Chief Executive Officer and receive base compensation equal to his current rate of pay of $288,603 annually. In addition to this base compensation, the agreement provides that he is eligible to participate in incentive plans, stock option plans, and similar arrangements as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, health insurance premium payments for himself and his immediate family, a car allowance of $800 per month, paid vacation of four weeks per year, and bonuses in such amount as the Compensation Committee may determine from time to time.

 

The Calvert Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Calvert will be granted an option (the “Option”) to purchase 3,731,322 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Option shall be a non-qualified stock option, exercisable at $0.45 per share, which represents the market price of the Company’s common stock as of the date of the agreement, exercisable for ten years from the date of grant and vesting in equal increments over five years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of the Option which has not yet vested shall be immediately vested in the event of, and prior to, a change of control, as defined in the Calvert Employment Agreement. The agreement also provides for a grant of 1,500,000 shares of common stock, subject to the execution of a “lock-up agreement” whereby the shares remain unvested unless and until the earlier of (i) a sale of the Company, (ii) the successful commercialization of the Company’s products or technologies as demonstrated by its receipt of at least $3,000,000 in cash, or the recognition of $3,000,000 in revenue, over a 12-month period from the sale of products and/or the license of technology, and (iii) the Company’s breach of the employment agreement resulting in his termination. The Option contains the other terms standard in option agreements issued by the Company, including provisions for a cashless exercise.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

The Calvert Employment Agreement has a term of five years, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its terms. The Calvert Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Calvert’s employment may be terminated by the Company due to his death or disability, for cause, or upon a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or dissolution of the Company. “Disability” as used in the Calvert Employment Agreement means physical or mental incapacity or illness rendering Mr. Calvert unable to perform his duties on a long-term basis (i) as evidenced by his failure or inability to perform his duties for a total of 120 days in any 360-day period, or (ii) as determined by an independent and licensed physician whom Company selects, or (iii) as determined without recourse by the Company’s disability insurance carrier. “Cause” means that Mr. Calvert has (i) engaged in willful misconduct in connection with the Company’s business; or (ii) been convicted of, or plead guilty or nolo ontender in connection with, fraud or any crime that constitutes a felony or that involves moral turpitude or theft. If Mr. Calvert’s employment is terminated due to merger or acquisition, then he will be eligible to receive the greater of (i) one year’s compensation plus an additional one-half year for each year of service since the effective date of the employment agreement or (ii) one year’s compensation plus an additional one-half year for each year remaining in the term of the agreement. Otherwise, he is only entitled to receive compensation due through the date of termination.

  

The Calvert Employment Agreement requires Mr. Calvert to keep certain information confidential, not to solicit customers or employees of the Company or interfere with any business relationship of the Company, and to assign all inventions made or created during the term of the Calvert Employment Agreement as “work made for hire”.

 

Clyra Consulting Agreement

 

Our partially owned subsidiary Clyra (see Note 9) entered into a consulting agreement with Beach House Consulting, LLC, through which Jack B. Strommen will be providing consulting services to Clyra related to its sales and marketing activities once it has received FDA Approval (as defined in Note 9 and the associated agreement) on a product, at which point the agreement provides that Mr. Strommen is to receive $23,438 per month for a period of four years. This agreement has not started, and the total cash obligation related to the agreement would be $1,125,024 over four years.

 

 

Note 12. Subsequent Events.

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report and management noted the following for disclosure.

 

Conversion of Unit Notes

 

On May 7, 2018, we (BioLargo, Inc., the “Company”) issued 15,747,482 shares of our common stock in satisfaction of $4,133,738 of convertible promissory notes issued in our “unit” offerings at varying conversion prices, maturing on the following dates:

 

Note Description

 

Principal Outstanding

March 31, 2018

   

Amount Converted to

Stock

   

Principal Amount

Remaining

 

Convertible notes, mature June 1, 2018

  $ 4,468,847     $ (3,154,467 )   $ 1,314,380  

Convertible notes, mature June 17, 2019

  $ 283,571     $ (283,571 )     ---  

Convertible notes, mature December 31, 2019

  $ 292,000     $ (217,000 )   $ 75,000  

Convertible notes, mature June 20, 2020

  $ 603,700     $ (478,700 )   $ 125,000  

 

These conversions were voluntary on the part of the noteholders and prior to the various maturity dates on notes that were issued in prior “unit” offerings conducted by the Company (2015 Unit Offering, Winter 2016 Unit Offering, and Summer 2017 Unit Offering). We offered these noteholders incentives to convert their notes early.  Noteholders with conversion prices of $0.25 and $0.30 were offered incentive shares equal to one and one-half times the number of shares issuable for the payment of interest that would accrue from the last interest payment date of March 20, 2018, through the maturity of the note, at a fixed price of $0.25 per share (for example, a note that would have yielded $1,000 in interest, would receive 1,000 times 1.5 divided by 0.25 equals 6,000 incentive shares). We offered holders of notes with conversion prices higher than $0.30 the ability to reduce their conversion price to $0.30 by paying additional funds equal to six or twenty percent of their original investment (6% for notes with original conversion prices of $0.35, and 20% for notes with original conversion prices of $0.55 and $0.57). The additional funds did not increase the amount of the note payable, nor did the reduced conversion price affect the number of shares purchasable under the warrant issued with their “unit” investment. Holders of 38 notes elected to pay an aggregate $261,781 to reduce the conversion prices of their notes to $0.30. 

 

 

 

Item 2.          Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding BioLargo’s capital needs, business plans and expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties regarding BioLargo’s ability to carry out its planned development and production of products. Forward-looking statements are made, without limitation, in relation to BioLargo’s operating plans, BioLargo’s liquidity and financial condition, availability of funds, operating and exploration costs and the market in which BioLargo competes. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks outlined in our Form most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and, from time to time, in other reports BioLargo files with the SEC. These factors may cause BioLargo’s actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. BioLargo disclaims any obligation to publicly update these statements, or disclose any difference between its actual results and those reflected in these statements. The information constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

 

Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all statements, including forward-looking statements, set forth in this Form 10-Q are as of March 31, 2018, unless expressly stated otherwise, and we undertake no duty to update this information.

 

As used in this report, “we” and “Company” refers to (i) BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation; (ii) its wholly-owned subsidiaries BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, Odor-No-More, Inc., a California corporation, BioLargo Water USA, Inc., a California corporation, BioLargo Development Corp., a California corporation, BioLargo Maritime Solutions, Inc., a California corporation, BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, and Canadian subsidiary BioLargo Water, Inc.; and (iii) Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc. (“Clyra”), a partially owned subsidiary.

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

 

Our Business- A Sustainable Technology Incubator

 

BioLargo, Inc. is an innovation company driven by our mission is to “make life better” by developing breakthrough platform technologies, nurturing and building businesses around the intellectual property, while providing capital and support along the journey from “cradle” to “maturity”. Our business strategy is straightforward: we invent or acquire technologies that we believe have the potential to be disruptive in large commercial markets; we incubate these technologies to advance and promote their commercial success as we leverage our considerable scientific, engineering, and entrepreneurial talent; we then monetize these technical assets through a variety of business structures that may include licensure, joint venture, sale, spin off, or by deploying direct to market strategies. We seek to unlock the value of the underlying technologies to both advance our purposeful mission while we create value for our stockholders

 

Our first significant commercial success is unfolding now for our odor control products sold through our subsidiary, Odor No More, Inc.  Sales are increasing as we focus on two areas: serving the solid waste handling and wastewater treatment industries with our CupriDyne Clean industrial odor control products, and the U.S. government through our Nature’s Best Solution products. We are gearing up for rapid growth as our products are experiencing market adoption.

 

Our second commercial operation provides professional engineering services, through our subsidiary BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies, LLC (“BLEST”). We provide a menu of professional engineering services to compliment and nurture our technologies as well as serve clients on a fee-for-service basis.

 

 

In addition to our two operating subsidiaries, we have technologies and products in the development pipeline progressing towards commercialization, including our “Advanced Oxidation System,” that we target to have commercially ready in late 2018 or early 2019, and our medical products, which will be ready for commercialization as soon as we pass FDA clearance.

 

Industrial Odor Control — CupriDyne Clean

 

Our CupriDyne Clean industrial products reduce and eliminate tough odors and VOC’s in various industrial settings, delivered as a liquid through misting systems, sprayers, water trucks and similar water delivery systems. We also offer powders that can be mixed to create liquids on site for our customers. We believe the product is the number one performing odor-control product in the market. It is priced 25% to 50% below competing products.

 

We sell CupriDyne Clean for use in landfills, solid waste transfer stations, waste processing and recycling operations, waste-water treatment facilities, waste to energy conversion operations, materials recovery facilities, food processing operations, and livestock production facilities. Customers and experts from these markets report that effective odor control is a top priority in their daily operations and their commitment to serve their local communities where they operate.

 

In mid-2017, we signed “national purchasing agreements” with three of the largest waste management companies in the United States. These agreements provide us “official” vendor status and authorize us to sell product to the customers’ local operations. These customers are expanding the use of CupriDyne Clean.

 

We believe our sales of CupriDyne Clean are expanding because our product works better than competing products by eliminating, rather than masking, odors. Our clients have expressed dissatisfaction with existing products, and have told us that as a result of using our product, neighbor complaints have decreased significantly. We estimate there are almost 2,000 active landfills 1 , almost 8,000 transfer stations 2 , and almost 16,000 public wastewater treatment facilities 3  in the United States. We are very focused on selling to these three markets, and to our “national purchasing agreement” clients.

 

In the first quarter of 2018, we achieved a new record level of sales (see Results of Operations, below). Because of the expanding demand for our products, we also hired two new sales executives to focus on expanding our relationships with already existing national accounts, as well as an account support staff person that started May 1, 2018.  We intend to continue adding both sales and support staff as the demand for our product continues to expand and as capital resources allow. 

 

We believe that our sales executive staff performs a number of critical functions while working to serve our customer’s needs.  They must be knowledgeable about the general operating procedures of our customers.  They need to understand how best to deploy our products to achieve maximum success and value.  They often are called upon to troubleshoot and offer suggestions to help our customers achieve optimal success with the use of our products.

 

As a result of our continued performance and attention to satisfying our customers, we were recently awarded the approvals to begin servicing all of the locations within a regional marketplace operated one of our national accounts. We are also expanding our work within these national accounts around the country.  We also have been asked by a number of our customers, both national and municipal, to develop bids to provide design, build and install proposals for equipment and systems that would be used deliver our product within the local operating environment for our current accounts. We have tasked our engineering team to take the lead on these projects.

 


1 “Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - Economic Impact Analysis for the Proposed New Subpart to the New Source Performance Standards” (2014), by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.

2 The top 5 Waste Management companies in the US, as of 2011, operated 624 transfer stations, and 565 landfills. “Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - Economic Impact Analysis for the Proposed New Subpart to the New Source Performance Standards” (2014), by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. This is a ratio of 1:4 (landfill to transfer stations). The estimated number of transfer stations is this ratio multiplied by the approximate 1,900 total landfills, and rounded.

3 “Failure to Act, The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure” (2011), by American Society of Civil Engineers and Economic Development Research Group. Figure includes treatment facilities owned and operated by municipalities, as well as those owned and/or operated by private entities contracting with municipalities.

 

 

Full Service Environmental Engineering

 

In September 2017 we formed a subsidiary for the purpose of offering full service environmental engineering to third parties, and to provide engineering support services to our internal teams to accelerate the commercialization of our AOS technologies. Its website is found at www.BioLargoEngineering.com .

 

The subsidiary, BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies, LLC (“BLEST”), entered into a three-year office lease in the Knoxville Tennessee area, and entered into employment agreements with seven scientists and engineers with a combined 200+ years’ experience in diverse engineering fields. The team is led by Randall Moore, who served as Manager of Operations for Consulting and Engineering for the Knoxville office of CB&I Environmental & Infrastructure. The other team members are also former employees of CB&I. The team is highly experienced across multiple industries and they are considered experts in their respective fields, including chemical engineering, wastewater treatment (including design, operations, data gathering and data evaluation), process safety, energy efficiency, air pollution, design and control, technology evaluation, technology integration, air quality management & testing, engineering management, permitting, industrial hygiene, applied research and development, air testing, environmental permitting, HAZOP review, chemical processing, thermal design, computational fluid dynamics, mechanical engineering, mechanical design, NEPDES permitting, RCRA/TSCA compliance and permitting,  project management, storm water design & permitting, marine engineering, AutoCAD, bench chemistry, continuous emission monitoring system operator, data handling and evaluation and decommissioning and decontamination of radiological and chemical contaminated facilities.

 

Our engineering team has focused its efforts in two areas. First, servicing third party clients in similar roles as to what they did at CB&I and throughout their well-established careers. Their first client is a CB&I spin off that provides engineering services world wide, and they have already started providing services to local utilities. They are evaluating, bidding on, negotiating, and generally pursing other commercial opportunities immediately.

 

Second, our team is working to assist BioLargo to scale-up, engineer and commercialize our AOS water treatment technologies, as well as support other technology and product development efforts within the BioLargo family of companies, including its industrial odor control solutions. By way of example, the team is working with Odor-No-More and its customers to customize misting systems to deliver the CupriDyne Clean liquid products. BLEST will also pursue new inventions and be available to provide assistance where needed for any commercial opportunities that are presented by and through any and all operating units of BioLargo. 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, BLEST secured a new relationship and was retained to serve as “Owner’s Engineer” for a proposed $687 million integrated biofuels production project to be built on the east coast. The proposed facility would convert hundreds of tons per day of municipal solid wastes and plastics into high-grade fuels and paraffin waxes, while diverting hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from landfills per year. Our team’s initial role in this project is to provide the project’s ownership team with consulting engineering support as the project becomes finalized. BLEST is now under contract to be paid for engineering services rendered for the pre-project phase, and assuming the project moves ahead, we anticipate that our contractual relationship will expand to an important multi-year role in the project’s overall engineering management. BLEST has developed a long list of projects and bids with prospective clients, tracking more than 40 projects and associated bids to supply engineering services to outside clients. The menu includes a long list of projects that would include odor and VOC control, wastewater management, AOS related projects and a host of traditional environmental engineering services. Internal capabilities have also been extended to include research into a new method of lithium refining through strategic relationships. In addition to the ongoing work with the Odor No More division representing more than $300,000 in new business already out to bid, it has secured ongoing work with the APTIM Picatinny Arsenal and it was recently notified that it was in final consideration as a preferred supplier/vendor to one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world to help solve a series of challenges to process and clean up produced water at one facility.  If successfully awarded, the project is estimated to be worth approximately $1.3 million in revenue to BLEST, which would include roughly 50% for materials and equipment and 50% for engineering services. Management believes that any one or two of the prospective projects will carry the BLEST organization to positive cash flow. 

 

Recent client requests have presented opportunities to serve a number of clients with specific interest in managing high concentrations of ammonia and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, wastewater for breweries and legionella management / mitigation strategies for high traffic buildings.

 

Advanced Wound Care - Clyra Medical

 

We formed Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc. (“Clyra”) to commercialize our technology in the medical products industry, which we believe can be disruptive to many existing product lines. Our initial product focus is in the “advanced wound care” field, which includes traumatic injury, diabetic ulcers, and chronic hard-to-heal wounds.

 

Our advanced wound care products combine broad-spectrum antimicrobial capabilities with iodine’s natural and well-understood metabolic pathway to promote healing. Our products are highly differentiated from existing antimicrobials in multiple ways - by the gentle nature in which they can perform, reduced product costs, extended antimicrobial activity, and biofilm efficacy. In addition, iodine has no known acquired microbial resistance, unlike many competing products. We believe the markets for these products will include infection control and wound therapy for chronic wounds. We also intend to pursue and study the use of our technology as a compliment to regenerative tissue therapy. In 2017, we filed a third patent application related to our technology for use in medical products. Two applications were filed in 2016. While these patent applications are pending, we intend to continue expanding patent coverage as we refine our medical products. In late 2017, Clyra completed product development on its first design with its advanced wound care technology, and retained Emergo, a global leader in the medical device regulatory field, to prepare and submit to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) premarket notification of a medical device under Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The 510(k) notification was submitted to the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”). The submission was referred by the CDRH to the FDA Office of Combination Products (“OCP”), which has jurisdiction to classify a product as a drug, device, biological product, or combination product. We asked the OCP for a determination whether our product should be regulated as a medical device, drug, or combination product, and the OCP replied requesting significant additional information. Clyra is evaluating this request and its options on how to move forwarded. While doing so, Clyra has prepared an application for a second product for submission to the FDA under Section 510(k), and has additional products in development. Clyra intends these submissions to be the first two of multiple future FDA submissions for “advanced wound care”, and believes our technology has the potential for disruption in other key medical related fields, including dental and veterinary medicine.   

 

 While we remain confident that we will ultimately receive premarket clearance for our products, we can make no assurance or prediction as to success of Clyra’s efforts, and must wait patiently for the process with the FDA to conclude.

 

 

BioLargo Water and the Advanced Oxidation System - AOS

 

BioLargo Water is our wholly owned subsidiary located on campus at the University of Alberta that has been primarily engaged in the research and development of our Advanced Oxidation System (AOS).  The AOS is a water treatment device in development that generates a series of highly oxidative species of iodine and other molecules that, because of the proprietary configuration and inner constituents of the AOS, eliminate pathogenic organisms with extreme efficacy.

 

The key value proposition of the AOS is its ability to eliminate a wide variety of contaminants with high performance while consuming extremely low levels of input electricity – a trait made possible by the complex set of highly oxidative iodine compounds generated within the AOS reactor. Our proof-of-concept and case studies have generated results that suggest the AOS will be more cost- and energy-efficient than commonly used advanced water treatment technologies such as UV, electro- chlorination, and ozonation. This value proposition sets the AOS technology above other water treatment options, as we believe the AOS may allow safe and reliable water treatment for significantly lower cost compared to its competitors and may even enable advanced water treatment in applications where it otherwise would have been prohibitively costly.

 

Our AOS was the result of break-throughs in both advanced iodine electrochemistry and advances in materials engineering, and its invention led to BioLargo’s co-founding a multi-year research chair whose goal was to solve the contaminated water issues associated with the Canadian Oil Sands at the University of Alberta Department of Engineering in conjunction with the top five oil companies in Canada, the regional water district, and various environmental agencies of the Canadian government. Based on recovering oil prices and our ongoing work in Canada, we recently reinitiated discussions with a number of stakeholders in the oil sands industry to begin commercial piloting for our AOS to help treat and remediate oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) found in tailings ponds in the Canadian oil sands, an application that currently has no good technical solution. We have recently applied for significant grant funding to re-initiate our work to help treat OSPW, and we will be notified about the status of our funding application in the coming months.

 

Our work is continually progressing to support a number of commercial applications, with a key focus on wastewater treatment, food processing, agriculture, and oil and gas. We are also at the early stages of evaluating opportunities in in the storm drain recapture/recycling, and drinking water. Our AOS is an award-winning invention that is supported by science and engineering financial support and grants from various federal and provincial funding agencies in Canada such as NSERC, NRC- IRAP, and Alberta Innovates.

 

Recent AOS Milestones

 

In late 2017 we acquired a team of engineers and formed our own engineering services company, BioLargo Engineering Science and Technologies, LLC, (“BLEST”) (see above for more details) to provide internal and external engineering services. BLEST is actively preparing a process engineering package for the AOS system. Major components of the package will include: design basis, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, process control strategy document and materials of construction specifications. This work is underway.

 

 

In early 2018 we have engaged in a series of important commercially focused activities around the AOS, including discussions with a series of industrial collaborators to do commercial piloting in 2018. We have also reengaged stakeholders in the Oil Sands industry for commercial piloting. We have begun negotiations with potential strategic partners from industry to perform commercial pilots with the intent use our AOS as a polishing step (replacing UV, electro-chlorination, or ozone) within their existing treatment trains (complete water treatment solutions). Importantly, we have designed and begun assembling our own proprietary water treatment train. We have also submitted and are currently submitting applications for a series of substantial government grants (totaling more than $4M USD) to focus on specific targets in industry, like wastewater, food processing and oil and gas applications. We are narrowly focused on validating efficacy for a few specific client challenges to offer a re awarded a CA$235,000 grant from the Canadian Government’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to fund our first on-site pilot project. The pilot is intended to demonstrate the AOS’ ability to disinfect and decontaminate water at high flow-rates, allowing for recycling, reuse, and/or safe water discharge.  Moreover, continuous treatment and recycling of the processed water in this pilot project will allow for a comprehensive assessment of the long term economic advantage (both operating and capital costs) and conservation benefits of the AOS for both energy and water, in comparison with conventional wastewater treatment technologies. Ultimately, we expect the results of this pilot to lay an important foundation for the technical and business case that convinces future customers to purchase the AOS.

 

This is an important step for our AOS technology, as well as for our company. We are confident in our disruptive water treatment technology and have proven its treatment capabilities in the lab ad nauseum. However, a pilot project for the AOS, as with any technology, is crucial to prove its reliability to industry stakeholders as well the capital cost and operating costs of our technology at-scale. These data will be critical to pave the way for future market adoption. And, we have many other pilots in evaluation. Our R & D team has developed a novel configuration for the AOS that features a spiral design.  Testing for the new design has been highly encouraging.  Management believes it will continue to advance the scale-up to higher volume throughputs of water flow and enhances the AOS ability to be more compact and longer lasting in the field.  This work is not complete, but management believes it does represent a significant step forward to achieving high throughput quality results.

 

 

Results of Operations—Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017

 

Revenue

 

Our revenue from product sales for the three months ended March 31, 2018 increased by over 400% - to approximately $225,000 - compared with the three months ended March 31, 2017 of approximately $45,000. . The increase is due to an increase in the volume of sales of our CupriDyne Clean Industrial Odor Control product to landfills and waste processing operations, and of our Specimen Transport Solidifier pouches to the U.S. military. And, we are pleased to report that total sales generated in the first four and a half months of 2018 are approximately $425,000. Our average monthly revenue has increased from approximately $25,000 the first half of 2017, to almost $60,000 the second half of 2017, to approximately $95,000 per month thus far in 2018. Assuming sales continue at this level, we would expect total revenue for Odor No More to exceed $1,100,000 in 2018. However, we are expanding our sales force and infrastructure and attempting to scale our operations to increase sales significantly.

 

While management is optimistic that it can succeed in doing so, no assurances can be made of future revenues. We are optimistic for multiple reasons. First, we have experienced an increase in our government orders. Second, we were recently approved as the supplier for 100% of the regional locations operated by one of our large national waste management accounts. Sales for these locations are just now beginning. Third, we have been asked by multiple clients to submit bids to design, construct, install and service equipment and systems to expand the use of our product within their operations. If accepted, these bids will result in revenues from engineering services for the design/build aspects, as well as our future CupriDyne Clean sales. We have more than $300,000 in bids out at the request of our clients and once completed, assuming we are awarded these bids, product sales would naturally increase as our clients expand the use of our products in these locations. Fourth, we are expanding our sales staff, and intend to continue to do so the remainder of the year. It is important to note that our sales staff is a combination of sales, account relationship management and operations field support. We are actively working with our customers to insure that our customers experience the optimal success with our products and our clients are appreciative and supportive of our company. While these new sales staff additions have already contributed to improving incremental sales, they are early and still in training. We would normally expect them to be able to generate meaningful revenues as they complete their training program over the first 5 - 6 months of work with the company. We plan to continue to grow our sales staff over the next 9 - 12 months assuming the continued demand for our products with our national accounts continues to expand and capital resources continue to be available.

 

 

 Sales of our CupriDyne Clean products generated approximately 50% of our revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2018 (approximately $115,000), which is a comparable percentage to our year ended December 31, 2017 results. The majority of these sales are pursuant to our “National Purchasing Agreements” with two of the largest waste handling companies in the United States. Our CupriDyne Clean sales revenue increased due to an increase in the volume of sales resulting from continued market penetration and ongoing marketing and sales efforts. We continue to receive extremely positive feedback from our customers about our service, our product’s effectiveness, and its cost savings. In 2018, we have hired additional sales personnel and staff to support additional sales. Given the continued expansion with our national accounts, we continue to expect higher sales volume for the remainder of 2018. We do not yet have enough history or sales volume to identify trends or uncertainties related to our CupriDyne Clean sales, although we are discovering that landfills and transfer stations in colder climates generally have less of a need for odor control products during winter months. It is unclear whether this fact will materially affect our product sales.

 

Sales of our Specimen Transport Solidifier pouches to the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency generated approximately 45% of our revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2018 (approximately $100,000), compared with approximately $18,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2017. These sales were primarily through our distributor Downeast Logistics. The vast majority of these sales of our Specimen Transport Solidifier pouches are made through a bid process in response to a request for bids to which any qualified government vendor can respond. We cannot know in advance the frequency or size of such requests from the U.S. Government, or whether our bids will be successful, and as such we are uncertain as to our future revenues through this system.

 

Our engineering division generated approximately $38,000 in revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2018. As this division started in late 2017, the three months ended March 31, 2017 does not provide a comparison; however, compared with the prior three months ended December 31, 2017, revenue increased by approximately 300% or $26,000. The increase in this quarter over last is due to an increase in the number of client contracts and hours billed by our professional staff. Although we expect our engineering division to continue to increase revenues in the future, we do not expect similar quarter-to-quarter percentage increases. 

 

Cost of Goods Sold and Services

 

Our cost of goods sold includes costs of raw materials, contract manufacturing, and other direct expenses related to the manufacturing of our products. As a percentage of gross sales, our costs of goods was 60% in the three months ended March 31, 2018, versus 49% in the three months ended March 31, 2017. This increase is partially attributed to the fact that a larger percentage of our sales came from government orders through our distributor at a lower margin than our other products. With the increase in our sales volume, we are starting to purchase some raw materials directly from manufacturers at increasingly more attractive prices, and we expect those savings to be reflected in higher margins in 2018.

 

Our cost of services includes costs of employee time, a portion of overhead, and, when applicable, cost of subcontractors.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

 

Our Selling, General and Administrative (“SG&A”) expenses include both cash and non-cash expenses. Our total SG&A increased approximately $115,000 (11%) in the three months ended March 31, 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. The largest components of our selling, general and administrative expenses included:

 

   

March 31, 2017

   

March 31, 201 8

   

% change

 

Salaries and payroll-related expenses

  $ 326,193     $ 450,964       38 %

Consulting expense

    197,330       162,700       (18 %)

Professional fees

    193,418       191,976       (1 %)

Investor relations

    40,086       32,680       (18 %)

 

 

Our salaries and payroll related expenses increased in the three months ended March 31, 2018 due to an increased level of activities related to our operations, including the formation of our engineering subsidiary and hiring of associated personnel in the second half of 2017, and a general increase in our activities and operations, as reflected in the increase in our sales revenue. Our consulting fees decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2018 due a reduction in the use of outside investor relation firms during that period. The Company has maintained investor relations support with internal personnel.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development expenses increased $130,393 (33%) for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017. These expenses increased in part as a result of the formation of our engineering subsidiary, where we have accelerated the work related to the scale-up, engineering and testing of our AOS technology.

 

Interest expense  

 

 Interest expense decreased $121,228 (13%) for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017. Our interest expense decreased as we adjusted the discount on our convertible notes and line of credit which reduced interest expense for the three-month period.  The decrease was offset by an increase in interest expense related to our outstanding debt.  From March 31, 2017 through March 31, 2018, we increased our debt balance by approximately $2,000,000. It now totals over $7,500,000 on which we are paying interest. Subsequent to March 31, 2018 we converted $5,447,758 debt to equity, and thus will no longer be incurring interest on these obligations. This amount is comprised of $4,133,738 that was recently converted into equity, and $1,314,380 that matures June 1, 2018, and for which we have the option to convert to equity.  Our interest expense will be significantly higher during the three months ended June 30, 2018 as we will expense any remaining discount on the converted notes.  Thereafter, we expect our interest expense to decrease by approximately $150,000 per quarter, assuming no new debt agreement is entered into.

 

Net Loss

 

Net loss increased $103,892 (4%) for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017. The net loss was somewhat offset by an increase in revenue, nevertheless, the net loss increased mainly due to the increased interest expense and to increased research and development expense. The net loss per share did not change as the increase in net loss was offset by the increase in common shares outstanding. We do not expect to generate revenues in amount significant enough for us to generate a profit in the foreseeable future. (See Part I, Item II, “Our Business”, above.)

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We have been, and anticipate that we will continue to be, limited in terms of our capital resources. Our total cash and cash equivalents were approximately $920,000 at March 31, 2018, a decrease of approximately $70,000 since December 31, 2017.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of our business. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we had a net loss of approximately $2,430,000. At March 31, 2018, we had current assets of approximately $1,114,000, debt obligations maturing in 2018 for which we cannot compel the conversion to stock, except in limited circumstances, of $930,000, additional debt obligations for which we can compel conversion into stock at maturity of approximately $6,200,000, a working capital deficit of approximately $3,939,000, and an accumulated deficit of approximately $103,825,000. We expect our working capital deficit to decrease significantly in the three months ending June 30, 2018 as a result of the conversion of $4,470,000 of convertible notes into stock on or prior to June 1, 2018. Ultimately, our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to attract significant new sources of capital, attain a reasonable threshold of operating efficiencies, and achieve profitable operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.

 

 

Cash and profits from our product sales are not sufficient to fund our operations. We have been required to financially support the operations of our subsidiaries, none of which are operating at a positive cash flow. Only one subsidiary, Clyra, has financing in place to fund operations for the immediate future. It is important to note that Clyra intends to pursue direct investment to support its further product development and go to market strategy. Sales of our CupriDyne Clean products are increasing, and our engineering subsidiary has begun generating revenue, but we do not expect those divisions to support the general corporate overhead in the immediate future. As such, we will be required to raise substantial additional capital to continue our operations and fund our future business plans. We are continually take steps to raise capital to fund our operations, including a current private securities offering, and a recent offer to holders of unit offering notes to reduce conversion and warrant exercise prices (see Part II, Item 2, below). Although we have in place a financing arrangement with Lincoln Park (see Note 4, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements), we are reluctant to utilize that instrument while our stock price is below $0.25. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we received approximately $168,000 from sales of stock to Lincoln Park, and $770,000 net proceeds from our private securities offerings.

 

As of March 31, 2018, we had approximately $5,400,000 in principal amounts due on various debt obligations due in 2018 (see Note 5, “Debt Obligations”, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements), including approximately $4,500,000 due on June 1, 2018, which we have the discretion to pay through the issuance of common stock, and $930,000 due later in the year, for which our discretion to convert to equity is restricted by the price of our common stock. Since March 31, 2018, holders have agreed to convert to equity $3,154,467 of obligations due June 1, 2018 (see Part II Item 2, “Conversion of Unit Offering Notes”, below). The remaining amount we intend to convert to equity at maturity. For the notes due later in the year in the aggregate amount of $930,000, we are negotiating with the holders of those notes for extensions and/or alternative payment arrangements, and if unsuccessful, intend to refinance these obligations.

 

In addition to our financing arraignment with Lincoln Park, and the private securities offerings discussed above, we are continuing to explore alternatives for our current and longer-term financial requirements, including additional raises of capital from investors in the form of convertible debt or equity, and significant grant funding from government sources. It is unlikely that we will be able to qualify for bank or other financial institutional debt financing until such time as our operations are considerably more advanced and we are able to demonstrate the financial strength to provide confidence for a lender, which we do not currently believe is likely to occur for at least the next 12 months or more.

 

If we are unable to raise sufficient capital, we may be required to curtail some of our operations, including efforts to develop, test, market, evaluate and license our technologies and products. If we were forced to curtail aspects of our operations, there could be a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies  

 

Our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Preparation of these statements requires management to make judgments and estimates. Some accounting policies have a significant impact on amounts reported in these financial statements. A summary of significant accounting policies and a description of accounting policies that are considered critical may be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2018, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Critical Accounting Estimates sections. In addition, refer to Note 2 to the consolidated interim consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report.

 

The methods, estimates, and judgments the Company uses in applying these most critical accounting policies have a significant impact on the results of the Company reports in its consolidated financial statements.

 

 

It the Company’s policy to expense share based payments as of the date of grant in accordance with Auditing Standard Codification Topic 718 “Share-Based Payment.” Application of this pronouncement requires significant judgment regarding the assumptions used in the selected option pricing model, including stock price volatility and employee exercise behavior. Most of these inputs are either highly dependent on the current economic environment at the date of grant or forward-looking expectations projected over the expected term of the award. As a result, the actual impact of adoption on future earnings could differ significantly from our current estimate.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 2, “Recent Accounting Pronouncements”, to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

We conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this Report.

 

Our procedures have been designed to ensure that the information relating to our company, including our consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in our SEC reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. However, our Company is continuing to grow and evolve. In 2017, we added an engineering division operating in Tennessee. The volume of our product sales continues to grow, increasing strain on our accounting systems. And, our operations do not yet generate enough cash to fund operations, and thus we rely on financing activities to maintain our level of operations and fund our anticipated growth. In combination, these activities put stress on our overall controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that as of the evaluation date our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, due to the material weakness identified below.

 

It should be noted that the design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, we have established internal control procedures in accordance with the guidelines established in the 2013 Framework —Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Recognizing the dynamic nature and growth of the Company’s business during the prior 12 months, including the addition of an engineering division, growth of the core operations, and the increase in the number of employees, management has recognized the strain on the overall internal control environment. As a result, management has concluded that its internal controls over financial reporting are not effective. Management identified a material weakness with respect to deficiencies in its financial closing and reporting procedures. Management believes this is due to a lack of resources. Management intends to add accounting personnel and operating staff and more sophisticated systems in order to improve its reporting procedures and internal controls, subject to available capital. A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. Although management is making progress related to remediating the material weakness, noted at December 31, 2017, it has not yet completed the work. There was no further change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting, or any system we design or implement in the future, will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

 

PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Stock Issued for Services

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we issued 144,545 shares of common stock in lieu of fees for service provided by consultants, resulting in a grant date fair value of $82,480.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we issued 310,404 shares of common stock as payment for interest due on unit offering notes, resulting in a grant date fair value of $178,929.

 

Issuance of Stock Options in exchange for payment of payables

 

On January 31, 2018, we issued options to purchase 18,071 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share, expiring 10 years from the date of grant. The fair value of these options total $5,060 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

On February 28, 2018, we issued options to purchase 21,429 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share expiring 10 years from the date of grant. The fair value of these options total $6,000 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

On March 31, 2018, we issued options to purchase 565,649 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.26 per share to members of our board of directors for services, an employee in lieu of salary, and to consultants for services. The fair value of these options totaled $146,503 and is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Summer 2017 Unit Offering

 

On May 24, 2017, we commenced a private securities offering (titled the “Summer 2017 Unit Offering”) which offered the sale of $1,500,000 of “Units,” each Unit consisting of a convertible promissory note and stock purchase warrant. On February 12, 2018, we issued Pricing Supplement No. 3, setting the unit/conversion price at $0.30 per share, and the warrant exercise price at $0.48 per share. The promissory notes issued to investors mature June 20, 2020, and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the amount invested. Any interest due will be paid quarterly in arrears in cash or shares of common stock. If paid by the issuance of common stock, interest is paid at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the interest payment due date. The principal amount of the note may be paid by the issuance of shares of common stock, or cash, upon maturity at the Company’s election. Promissory notes may be converted at any time by the investor, at maturity by the Company, or by the Company prior to maturity, so long as the following conditions are met: (i) the Shares issued as payment are registered with the SEC; and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for ten consecutive trading days at or above three times the Unit price.

 

In addition to the convertible promissory note, each investor receives a warrant allowing for the purchase of the number of shares of BioLargo common stock equal to the investment amount divided by the unit/conversion price (e.g., one warrant share for each share of common stock which the investor is eligible to receive through conversion of the note). (See Note 7.) The warrants expire on June 20, 2022. The Company may “call” the warrants, requiring the investor to exercise their warrants within 30 days or forever lose the rights to do so, only if the following conditions have been met: (i) the underlying Shares are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for 10 consecutive trading days at or above two times the exercise price.

 

 

The offering was terminated on March 16, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we received $80,000 in investments from two accredited investors, and issued warrants to purchase 266,667 shares of common stock at $0.48 per share.

 

The offering documents assured the investors that in the event a subsequent pricing supplement offered a lower conversion or exercise price, prior investors would be given those favorable terms. As a result of the issuance of the third pricing supplement, the unit prices for previous investors was reduced to $0.30, and warrant exercise prices reduced to $0.48. As a result of this reduction, the number of warrant shares available to each investor increased. (See Note 7.)

 

Spring 2018 Unit Offering

 

On March 26, 2018, we commenced a private securities offering (titled the “Summer 2017 Unit Offering”) which offered the sale of $1,500,000 of “Units,” each Unit consisting of a convertible promissory note and stock purchase warrant. Concurrently, we issued Pricing Supplement No. 1., setting the initial unit/conversion price at $0.30 per share, and the initial warrant exercise price at $0.48 per share. The promissory notes issued to investors mature April 20, 2021, and bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the amount invested. Any interest due will be paid quarterly in arrears in cash or shares of common stock. If paid by the issuance of common stock, interest is paid at a conversion price equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 trading days prior to the interest payment due date. The principal amount of the note may be paid by the issuance of shares of common stock, or cash, upon maturity at the Company’s election. Promissory notes may be converted at any time by the investor, at maturity by the Company, or by the Company prior to maturity, so long as the following conditions are met: (i) the Shares issued as payment are registered with the SEC; and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for ten consecutive trading days at or above three times the Unit price.

 

In addition to the convertible promissory note, each investor received a warrant allowing for the purchase of the number of shares of BioLargo common stock equal to the investment amount divided by the unit/conversion price (e.g., one warrant share for each share of common stock which the investor is eligible to receive through conversion of the note). (See Note 7.) The warrants expire on April 20, 2023. The Company may “call” the warrants, requiring the investor to exercise their warrants within 30 days or forever lose the rights to do so, only if the following conditions have been met: (i) the underlying Shares are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for 10 consecutive trading days at or above two times the exercise price.

 

From the inception of the offering through March 31, 2018, we had received $100,000 in investments from one accredited investor. In addition to the convertible promissory note in face amount of $100,000, this investor received a warrant to purchase 333,334 shares of our common stock at $0.48 per share.

 

The offering documents assured the investors that in the event a subsequent pricing supplement offered a lower conversion or exercise price, prior investors would be given those favorable terms. On December 29, 2017, we issued a second pricing supplement, lowering the conversion price to $0.394. As a result of this reduction, we notified each investor of the decrease in conversion price, and increased the number of warrant shares available to each investor. (See Note 7.)

 

Conversion of Unit Offering Notes

 

On May 7, 2018, we (BioLargo, Inc., the “Company”) issued 15,747,482 shares of our common stock in satisfaction of $4,133,738 of convertible promissory notes issued in our “unit” offerings at varying conversion prices, maturing on the following dates:

 

Note Description

 

Principal Outstanding

March 31, 2018

   

Amount Converted to

Stock

   

Principal Amount

Remaining

 

Convertible notes, mature June 1, 2018

  $ 4,468,847     $ (3,154,467 )   $ 1,314,380  

Convertible notes, mature June 17, 2019

  $ 283,571     $ (283,571 )     ---  

Convertible notes, mature December 31, 2019

  $ 292,000     $ (217,000 )   $ 75,000  

Convertible notes, mature June 20, 2020

  $ 603,700     $ (478,700 )   $ 125,000  

 

These conversions were voluntary on the part of the noteholders and prior to the various maturity dates on notes that were issued in prior “unit” offerings conducted by the Company (2015 Unit Offering, Winter 2016 Unit Offering, and Summer 2017 Unit Offering). We offered these noteholders incentives to convert their notes early.  Noteholders with conversion prices of $0.25 and $0.30 were offered incentive shares equal to one and one-half times the number of shares issuable for the payment of interest that would accrue from the last interest payment date of March 20, 2018, through the maturity of the note, at a fixed price of $0.25 per share (for example, a note that would have yielded $1,000 in interest, would receive 1,000 times 1.5 divided by 0.25 equals 6,000 incentive shares). We offered holders of notes with conversion prices higher than $0.30 the ability to reduce their conversion price to $0.30 by paying additional funds equal to six or twenty percent of their original investment (6% for notes with original conversion prices of $0.35, and 20% for notes with original conversion prices of $0.55 and $0.57). The additional funds did not increase the amount of the note payable, nor did the reduced conversion price affect the number of shares purchasable under the warrant issued with their “unit” investment. Holders of 38 notes elected to pay an aggregate $261,781 to reduce the conversion prices of their notes to $0.30. 

 

All of these offerings and sales were made in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Exchange Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as not involving a public offering of securities.

 

 

FirstFire Global Opportunity Fund Investment

 

On January 16, 2018, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “FirstFire Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “FirstFire RRA”) with FirstFire Global Opportunity Fund, LLC (“FirstFire”), and issued a convertible promissory note (the “FirstFire Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000 at 5% annual interest, which is convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at $0.394 per share, subject to the terms, and certain limitations and conditions set forth in the FirstFire Purchase Agreement and FirstFire Note. FirstFire may convert the FirstFire Note at any time. The Company may require the conversion of the FirstFire Note in the event the Company’s common stock has traded at a price per share of $0.75 or above for the ten trading days immediately preceding the mandatory conversion, and the shares underlying the conversion are subject to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC. The FirstFire Note matures on October 16, 2018.

 

 Pursuant to the FirstFire Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 75,000 shares of common stock to FirstFire as a commitment fee (the “FirstFire Commitment Shares”).

 

 Under the Note and FirstFire Purchase Agreement, the Company has reserved 394,949 shares of common stock for issuance upon conversion of the Note. Pursuant to the FirstFire RRA, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC registering all shares of common stock into which the FirstFire Note is convertible, and the FirstFire Commitment Shares. The FirstFire Purchase Agreement allows for an adjustment to the number of FirstFire Commitment Shares in the event the closing price of our common stock, on the earlier of the date the registration statement is deemed effective and 20 trading days following the six-month anniversary of the FirstFire Note, is lower than the closing price on January 16, 2018 (which was $0.39). In such event, additional shares would be issued to FirstFire such that the aggregate FirstFire Commitment Shares issued have the same value as the shares issued on January 16, 2018.

 

FirstFire represented to the Company, among other things, that it was an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended). The FirstFire Note, FirstFire Purchase Agreement, and the FirstFire RRA contain customary representations, warranties, agreements and conditions including indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. The FirstFire Note contains a price protection provision such that if we issue a security with any term more favorable to the holder of such security that was not similarly provided in the FirstFire Note, then the Company shall notify FirstFire of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at its option, shall become a part of the FirstFire Note.

 

We expect that proceeds from the FirstFire Note will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

Registration of Shares underlying Vista and FirstFire Investments

 

On December 18, 2017, we entered into the Vista Purchase Agreement and Vista RRA (see Note 5, “Convertible Note, matures September 18, 2018 (Vista Capital)”.) On January 16, 2018, we entered into the FirstFire Purchase Agreement and FirstFire RRA on similar terms as the Vista Purchase Agreement and Vista RRA.(See Note 13, “FirstFire Global Opportunity Fund Investment”.)

 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the registration rights agreements, we filed a registration statement with the SEC which was deemed effective as of February 8, 2018. On February 8, 2018, our common stock last traded at $0.31 per share. Because the last traded price of our common stock on the date the registration statement was deemed effective was less than the price of our common stock on the dates of the Vista and FirstFire Purchase Agreements, at their option, we are required to issue additional “commitment shares”. Both companies have exercised that right, and we issued 140,849 and 36,536 additional shares of our common stock to Vista Capital and FirstFire, respectively.

 

Item 5.

Other Information

 

Sales of Registered Stock to Lincoln Park

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we sold to Lincoln Park (see Note 4) 650,000 shares of our common stock, and received $168,220 in proceeds. Associated with these sales, we issued Lincoln Park 8,226 “additional commitment shares.”

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index following the signature pages of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are filed with, or furnished with, or incorporated by reference in, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 14, 2018

 

BIOLARGO, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ DENNIS P. CALVERT

   

Dennis P. Calvert

Chief Executive Officer

     
     

Date: May 14, 2018

 

By: /s/ CHARLES K. DARGAN, II

   

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference Herein

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File Date

3.1

Bylaws of BioLargo, Inc., as amended and restated

Form 10-KSB

5/23/2003

3.2

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation for BioLargo, Inc. filed March 16, 2007

Form 10-KSB

5/4/2007

4.1

Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued in 2015 Unit Offering

Form 10-K

3/31/2015

4.2

Form of Series A Stock Purchase Warrant issued in 2015 Unit Offering

Form 10-K

3/31/2015

4.3

Form of Stock Options issued in exchange for reduction in accounts payable.

Form 10-K

3/31/2015

4.4

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc.

Form 8-K

1/6/2016

4.5

Form of Warrant issued to One Year Note holder in July 2016

Form 10-Q

8/15/2016

4.6

Form of Note Issued in Winter 2016 Unit Offering

Form S-1

1/25/2017

4.7

Form of Warrant Issued in Winter 2016 Unit Offering

Form S-1

1/25/2017

4.8

Form of Warrant issued to One Year Note holder dated December 30, 2016

Form S-1

1/25/2017

4.9

Option to purchase common stock issued to Dennis P. Calvert dated May 2, 2017

Form 8-K

5/4/2017

4.10

Form of Note issued in Summer 2017 Offering

Form 10-Q

8/14/2017

4.11

Form of Warrant issued in Summer 2017 Offering

Form 10-Q

8/14/2017

4.12

Form of One-Year Note issued July 2017

Form 10-Q

8/14/2017

4.13

Form of Warrant issued to One-Year Noteholder July 2017

Form 10-Q

8/14/2017

4.14

$440,000 convertible note, matures July 20, 2019

Form 10-Q

8/14/2017

4.15

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2017 by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Vista Capital Investments, LLC.

Form 8-K

12/22/2017

4.16

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2017, by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Vista Capital Investments, LLC.

Form 8-K

12/22/2017

4.17

Note, dated as of December 14, 2017, by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Vista Capital Investments, LLC.

Form 8-K

12/22/2017

4.18

Amendment, dated as of December 18, 2017, by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Vista Capital Investments, LLC.

Form 8-K

12/22/2017

4.19

Stock Option dated December 31, 2017, issued to Chief Financial Officer Charles K. Dargan II

Form 8-K

1/3/2018

4.20

Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2017 by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC

Form 8-K

8/31/2017

4.21

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2017, by and between BioLargo, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC

Form 8-K

8/31/2017

4.22*

Line of credit, matures September 1, 2019

 

 

4.23*

Warrant issued with Line of credit that matures September 1, 2019

 

 

4.24*

$50,000 convertible note, matures March 8, 2020

 

 

4.25*

Form of convertible notes that mature April 20, 2021 (Spring 2018 Offering)

 

 

4.26*

Form of warrant issued with Convertible notes that mature April 20, 2021 (Spring 2018 Offering)

 

 

4.27*

Amendment to $440,000 convertible notes that matures July 20, 2019

 

 

10.1†

February 10, 2017 extension to Engagement Extension Agreement with Charles K. Dargan, II.

Form 8-K

2/14/2017

10.2†

Employment Agreement with Dennis P. Calvert dated May 2, 2017.

Form 8-K

5/4/2017

10.3†

Lock-Up Agreement with Dennis P. Calvert dated April 30, 2017

Form 8-K

5/4/2017

10.4†

Lock-Up Agreement with Dennis P. Calvert dated May 2, 2017.

Form 8-K

5/4/2017

10.5†

Engagement Agreement extension dated December 31, 2017, between BioLargo, Inc. and Charles K. Dargan, II

Form 8-K

1/3/2018

31.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rules 13(a)-14 and 15(d)-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

31.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rules 13(a)-14 and 15(d)-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

32*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

 

 

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

 

 

 

* Filed herewith

** Furnished herewith

† Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement

 

38

Exhibit 4.22

 

SECURED INVENTORY AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

LINE OF CREDIT

 

$700,000

March 1, 2018

Westminster, California

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Maker”) promises to pay to those individuals/entities set forth on Schedule A and properly subscribed hereto (each individually, a “Holder”, and collectively, “Holders”), or order, at such address listed for each Holder on Schedule A, or that Holder may from time to time designate, the principal sum as set forth in Schedule A, in the maximum aggregate amount of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) (the “Maximum Principal Amount”), or such lesser or greater amount as shall be outstanding under this Line of Credit, together with interest on the outstanding balance of such sum accruing at the simple annual rate of eighteen percent (18%).

 

Interest shall accrue for each Holder as of the date of deposit of said Holder’s funds. Maker shall pay all outstanding interest due each Holder within 10 days of the end of each calendar quarter (e.g., the first such payment due on or before April 10, 2018). All computations of interest shall be based upon a year of 360 days for actual days elapsed. Payments of interest and principal shall be, at each Holder’s discretion, in (i) lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, (ii) common stock of the Maker, calculated at the average closing price of the 20 days ending the last business day of the calendar quarter, and (iii) options to purchase common stock, containing the following terms: (a) exercise price equal to the common stock price in subsection (ii), (b) number of shares calculated by dividing the interest owed by the common stock price, and multiplying by 200%, and (c) expiring 10 years from date of grant.

 

Maker authorizes Holder to record on the schedule annexed to this Line of Credit: (i) the maximum principal amount available to Maker; (ii) the amount drawn at inception by Maker; (iii) the date and amount of any payments of principal; and (iv) the amount of all additional sums advanced to Maker by Holder. Maker agrees that all such notations when accompanied with supporting documents (cancelled checks, wire transfers, etc.) shall constitute prima facie evidence of such sums owing and payments made.

 

Maker’s ability to draw available funds on this Line of Credit shall remain open for 18 months from inception. Each Holder shall have the right call due funds due to Holder on or after September 1, 2019, with 30 days’ written notice to Maker, at which time all principal and unpaid interest shall become due and payable to the notifying Holder. In the event Maker fails to timely pay such principal and interest due, Maker may directly collect any outstanding receivables of Maker, or its subsidiary Odor-No-More, Inc., and use the funds to repay any amounts due under the Line of Credit.   

 

 

 

 

Maker shall execute such documents as commercially reasonable to provide a security or collateral interest in the Maker’s inventory on hand and receivables. Upon so doing, Maker shall not offer this collateral to any other party. Maker shall file a UCC-1 financing statement with the California Secretary of State securing payment on this Line of Credit against Maker’s inventory and accounts receivable in favor of each Holder, within 90 days of the first investment, and within 30 days of the final investment. In the event of default, any proceeds from the security shall be split proportionally between each Holder based on total investments.

 

Any payment received by Holder shall be credited first to any interest accrued and the remainder to principal. Maker may prepay all or any portion of this Line of Credit at any time without the consent of Holder and without penalty. To the extent that Maker pays down any principal balances, each Holder shall make additional funds available up to the Maximum Principal Amount set forth for the Holder on Schedule A. This Line of Credit shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflict of laws rules.

 

As additional consideration for this Line of Credit, Maker shall issue each Holder a warrant (“Warrant”) to purchase shares of its common stock at thirty-five cents ($0.35) per share, such right to expire March 1, 2023. The number of shares purchasable by the Warrant for each Holder shall equal the Maximum Principal Amount for the Holder, set forth on Schedule A (e.g., if the Maximum Principal Amount is $100,000, then the Warrant shall allow for the purchase of up to 100,000 shares). In the event Maker files a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of its securities, it shall include in such registration shares issuable to Holder upon exercise of the Warrant. The Warrant will not allow the Company to force the holder to exercise the Warrant (e.g., no forced call provision).

 

Maker shall pay all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred (i) in collecting payment on this Line of Credit, (ii) in connection with any dispute that arises as to its enforcement, validity, or interpretation, whether or not legal action is instituted or prosecuted to judgment, or (iii) in enforcing any judgment obtained in any related legal proceeding.

 

MAKER

BioLargo, Inc.

 

 

By:  /s/DENNIS P. CALVERT                 

Dennis P. Calvert, President

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.23

   

BIOLARGO, INC .

 

FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

WITH CALL PROVISION

 

 

INSTRUMENT NO. ____

ISSUED : ________________  

 

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, __________________ (the “ Holder ”), is entitled upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date issued set forth above (the “ E xercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on March 23, 2023 (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to ___________ shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of common stock, par value, $0.00067, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”). The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.35 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

This Warrant is issued in connection with and as consideration for the initial Holder’s investment in the line of credit issued by the Company on March 1, 2018.

 

1.      Method of Exercise; Payment; Issuance of New Warrant .

 

(a)      Exercise of Warrant .  Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within three (3) Trading Days (for purposes herein, “ Trading Day ” means a day on which any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted is open for trading on the date in question (“ Trading Market ”): the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Markets (or any successors to any of the foregoing)), of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company.  Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one Business Day of receipt of such notice.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

 

 

 

(b)      Mechanics of Exercise .

 

(i)      Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise .  Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent (“ Transfer Agent ” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 6201-15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219 and a facsimile number of 718-236-2641, and any successor transfer agent of the Company) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder, by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 1(c)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.  If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. In the event that there is not an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder, shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the Holder by credit the account of the Holder at the Company’s Transfer Agent by the date that is ten Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”).

 

(ii)       Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise .  If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

(iii)       Rescission Rights .  If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

(iv)       Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise .  In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 

 

 

(v)      No Fractional Shares or Scrip .  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

(vi)    Charges, Taxes and Expenses .  Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(vii)    Closing of Books .  The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(viii)     “ VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time), (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

2.      Stock Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares . All Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all preemptive rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any transfer taxes with respect to the issue of shares in any name other than that of the registered holder hereof. During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of the issue upon exercise of the purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. The Company shall at all times take all such action and obtain all such permits or orders as may be necessary to enable the Company lawfully to issue such Common Stock as duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares upon exercise in full of this Warrant.

 

 

 

 

3.      Adjustment . This Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:

 

(a)      Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations . If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date hereof effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date hereof combine the outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b)      Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions . In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the date hereof shall make or issue a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Exercise Price shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance, by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction:

 

 

(x)

the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance; and

 

 

(y)

the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(c)      Adjustment of Number of Shares . Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to either Section 4(a) or 4(b) of this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock, calculated to the nearest one hundredth of a share, obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment upon the exercise of the Warrant by the Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the new Exercise Price.

 

(d)      Adjustment for Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution . If the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant are changed into the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination provided for in Section 4(a) above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b) above, or a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets, provided for in Section 4(e) below), then and in any such event the Holder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant into the kind and amount of stock and other securities receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification or change.

 

(e)      Reorganization, Mergers, Consolidations or Sales of Assets . If at any time or from time to time there is a capital reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination provided for in Section 4(a) above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b) above, or a reclassification or exchange of shares provided for in Section 4(d) above) or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to any other person or entity, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale, provision shall be made so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant the number of shares of stock or other securities, money or property of the Company, or of the successor entity resulting from such merger or consolidation or sale, to which a holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale. The Company shall not effect any reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale unless prior to the consummation thereof each entity or person (other than the Company) that may be required to deliver any cash, securities or other property upon the exercise of this Warrant shall assume, by written instrument delivered to the Holder, the obligation to deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or other property as in accordance with the foregoing provisions the Holder may be entitled to receive. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4(e) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, mergers, consolidations and sales.

 

 

 

 

(f)      No Impairment . The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will not issue any capital stock of any class which is preferred as to dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

 

(g)      Notice of Adjustments . Whenever this Warrant shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 4 , the Company shall make a certificate signed by an officer of the Company setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the new Exercise Price and the type or the number of Shares purchasable after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause copies of such certificate to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder.

 

4.      Notice of Record Date . In the event:

 

 

(1)

that the Company declares a dividend (or any other distribution) on any of its capital stock (including without limitation, its Common Stock);

 

 

(2)

that the Company repurchases or redeems any of its capital stock (including without limitation, its Common Stock) or any rights to acquire such capital stock;

 

 

(3)

that the Company subdivides or combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock;

 

 

(4)

of any reclassification of the Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger or share exchange of the Company into or with another entity, or of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

 

(5)

of the involuntary or voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

 

 

(6)

of any offer of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such Common Stock for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

 

 

 

then the Company shall notify the Holder at least 30 days prior to the date specified in (A), (B) or (C) below, in writing stating:

 

(A)     the record date of such dividend, distribution, repurchase, redemption, subdivision or combination, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as to which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, repurchase, redemption, subdivision or combination are to be determined;

 

(B)     the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution or winding up; or

 

(C)     the date on which such offering of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such Common Stock for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the Exercise Price is expected to become consummated.

 

5.      Transfer of Warrant .

 

(a)      Transferability . This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.  Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.  The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

(b)    New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 6(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date set forth on the first page of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

(c)    Warrant Register . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

(d)   Understandings or Arrangements. Such Holder is acquiring this Warrant as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Warrant (this representation and warranty not limiting such Holder’s right to sell the Warrant pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.) Such Holder is acquiring this Warrant hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

 

 

 

6.      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)      No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise .  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 1(d)(i).

 

(b)      Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

(c)      Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc .  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding business day.

 

(d)      Authorized Shares .

 

(i)     The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

(ii)     Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

 

 

 

(iii)     Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e)      Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Delaware law.

 

(f)      Restrictions . The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

(g)    Nonwaiver and Expenses . No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies.  Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

(h)    N otices . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic mail and facsimile) and delivered to the applicable party at its address specified opposite its signature below, or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telexed, telecopied or cabled or sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered to the telegraph company, cable company or overnight courier, as the case may be, or sent by telex or telecopier.

 

(i)      Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

(j)      Remedies . The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(k)    Successors and Assigns . Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

(l)      Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding Warrants at least equal to a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all then outstanding Warrants.

 

(m)   S everability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

 

 

 

(n)      Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer on the day and year first above written.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/DENNIS P. CALVERT              

Name: Dennis P. Calvert, President

 

Address: 14921 Chestnut St.

                Westminster, CA 92683

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.24

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$50,000

March 8, 2018

Westminster, California

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“Maker”) promises to pay on demand, subject to the provisions below, to BRUCE KELBER (“Lender”), or order, the principal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) (the “Principal Amount”). No interest shall accrue to Lender.

 

Maker shall make all payments in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. Said principal sum is due on demand of Lender, with sixty (60) days’ notice to Maker, no sooner than June 30, 2018, and in the absence of any demand is due five years from the date hereof. All payments are payable to Lender at 115 W. Spring Street, Unit B, Long Beach, CA 90806, or at such other place as the Lender or holder may hereafter and from time to time designate in writing.

 

In lieu of interest, Maker shall issue to Holder a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock of BioLargo, Inc., at an exercise price of $0.35 per share, and with an expiration date of February 28, 2023. The shares available for purchase under the warrant shall vest in increments of 6,250 shares per month, beginning the last day of March, 2018, and the last day of each month thereafter, so long as all or any portion of the Principal Amount of this Note remains unpaid. Upon payment of the total Principal Amount due under this Note, no further shares under the warrant shall vest.

 

This Note may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without penalty at any time. At maturity, or upon demand or default, the entire balance shall be immediately due and payable. Any remedy of Lender or holder upon default of the Maker shall be cumulative and not exclusive and choice of remedy shall be at the sole election of Lender or holder. The Maker agrees to pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney’s fees, whether or not any suit, civil action, or other proceeding at law or in equity, is commenced. The Maker waives demand, presentment for payment, protest and notice of protest and nonpayment of this Note and expressly agrees to remain bound for the payment of principal and other sums provided for by the terms of this Note, notwithstanding any extension or extensions of the time of, or for the payment of, said principal. No delay or omission on the part of the Lender or holder in exercising any rights shall operate as a waiver of such right. This Note shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and each party hereto agrees to venue and jurisdiction in the federal and state courts located in Orange County, California.

 

BioLargo, Inc.

 

/S/DENNIS P. CALVERT                     

Dennis P. Calvert, President

Exhibit 4.25

 

FORM OF CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT THERE IS AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Amount: $ _____________

Westminster , California

Instrument #:   ________________

Issuance Date : _____________  

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BIOLARGO, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (“ Issuer ”), promises to pay to the order of _________ (hereafter, together with any subsequent holder hereof, called “ Holder ”), at its office, at “Holder’s Address” (as that term is defined below), or at such other place as Holder may direct, the “Amount” noted above (the “ Loan Amount ”), payable on   (the “ Maturity Date ”). This convertible note is duly authorized issue of the Issuer, purchased by the initial Holder in the Issuer’s Spring 2018 Unit Offering pursuant to the subscription agreement (“ Subscription Agreement ”) submitted by the original Holder and accepted by the Issuer on the “Issuance Date” noted above (the “ Issuance Date ”), and designated as its “Spring 2018 Unit Offering Convertible Note” (referred to herein as the “ Note ”). This Note is issued as part of a “Unit”, comprised of this Note and a stock purchase warrant, at a Unit Price of $____, issued to the original Holder in conjunction with the Company’s Spring 2018 Unit Offering. This principal amount of this Note is convertible, pursuant to the terms set forth herein, at $____ per share (“ Conversion Price ”).

 

The Issuer agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan Amount from time to time outstanding hereunder at the following rates per year, compounded annually: (i) before the Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise, at the rate per annum equal to twelve percent (12%); (ii) after the Maturity Date, until paid, at a rate per annum equal to fifteen percent (15%).

 

Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States of America, or in Common Stock of the Issuer, at the Issuer’s option, as set forth below.

 

     The Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

1.      Interest . Accrual of interest shall commence as of the Issuance Date. Interest will be paid quarterly on March 20th, June 20th, September 20th, and December 20th (the first quarter pro-rated based on the actual number of days elapsed in said quarter), on the date of the conversion of the Note (mandatory or voluntary, as set forth below), and also on the Maturity Date, such interest to be paid, at the Company’s option, in cash or in that number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (the “Common Stock”) at a price per share equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the 20 trading days preceding a given interest due date (“Interest Conversion Price”). Unless otherwise agreed in writing by both parties hereto, the interest so payable will be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered on the records of the Issuer regarding registration and transfers of the Note (the “Note Register”), provided, however, that the Issuer’s obligation to a transferee of this Note arises only if such transfer, sale or other disposition is made in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Note and the Subscription Agreement that the original Holder executed at the time of making an investment in the Issuer.

 

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2.      Withholdings . The Issuer shall be entitled to withhold from all payments of principal and/or interest of this Note any amounts required to be withheld under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable laws at the time of such payments.

 

3.      Transfer . This Note has been issued subject to investment representations of the original Holder hereof and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and in compliance with the restrictions on transfer provided in the Subscription Agreement. Prior to the due presentment for such transfer of this Note, the Issuer and any agent of the Issuer may treat the person in whose name this Note is duly registered in the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Issuer nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The transferee shall be bound, as the original Holder by the same representations and terms described herein and under the Subscription Agreement.

 

4.      Conversion by Holder . The Holder may, at its option, at any time convert the principal amount of this Note or any portion thereof, into such number of shares of fully paid and non-assessable Common Stock of the Issuer (“ Conversion Shares ”) as is obtained by dividing the Loan Amount by the Conversion Price. The right to convert the Note may be exercised by the Holder by telecopying, emailing to ShareholderServices@BioLargo.com, mailing (via first class mail, postage prepaid) or personally delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion (the “ Notice of Voluntary Conversion ”) to the Issuer. The business day on which a Notice of Voluntary Conversion is delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed the “ Voluntary Conversion Date ”. The Holder must return to Issuer the original Note. The Issuer shall cause the issuance of the Conversion Shares to an account in Holder’s name at Issuer’s transfer agent, or, upon Holder’s request, issue and deliver a paper certificate representing the Conversion Shares, within ten business days after the later to occur of (i) the Voluntary Conversion Date or (ii) the business day on which the Issuer has received from the Holder the original Note being so converted. Accrued interest shall be due on the Voluntary Conversion Date and paid as set forth above in Paragraph 1.

 

5.      Conversion by Issuer – Prior to Maturity Date . If the following two conditions are met, the Issuer may, at its option, “call” the Note due and issue shares of its common stock in full payment thereof: (i) the “Conversion Shares” are subject to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, and (ii) the Issuer’s common stock last trades for ten (10) consecutive trading days at a value of at least three times the Unit Price. The foregoing does not create an obligation by the Issuer to register the Conversion Shares. If such conditions are met, the Issuer may require the Holder to convert the principal amount of the Note or any portion thereof, into such number of Conversion Shares as is obtained by dividing the Loan Amount by the Conversion Price. The obligation of the Holder to convert the Note may be exercised by the Company by telecopying, emailing, mailing (via first class mail, postage prepaid) or personally delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion (the “ Notice of Mandatory Conversion ”) to the Holder’s Address maintained in the Note Register. The Holder covenants and agrees to acknowledge a Notice of Mandatory Conversion in writing by completing, dating and signing such Notice of Mandatory Conversion and returning it to the Company by telecopier, electronic mail, first class mail (postage prepaid) or personal delivery (the “ Holder Acknowledgment Date ”), along with the original Note. The business day on which the Company delivers a Notice of Mandatory Conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ”. The Holder must return to Issuer the original Note, if not held by the Company. The Issuer will cause the issuance of Conversion Shares to an account in Holder’s name at Issuer’s transfer agent, or, upon Holder’s request, issue and deliver a paper certificate representing the Conversion shares, within ten business days after the later to occur of (i) the Holder Acknowledgment Date or (ii) the date that the Issuer has received from the Holder the original Note being so converted. Accrued interest shall be due on the Mandatory Conversion Date and paid as set forth above in Paragraph 1.

 

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6.      Conversion by Issuer – at Maturity . At the Maturity Date, the Issuer may, at its option, require the Holder to convert the principal amount of the Note or any portion thereof, into such number of Conversion Shares as is obtained by dividing the Loan Amount by the Conversion Price. The obligation of the Holder to convert the Note may be exercised by the Company by telecopying, emailing, mailing (via first class mail, postage prepaid) or personally delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion (the “ Notice of Mandatory Conversion ”) to the Holder’s Address maintained in the Note Register. The Holder covenants and agrees to acknowledge a Notice of Mandatory Conversion in writing by completing, dating and signing such Notice of Mandatory Conversion and returning it to the Company by telecopier, electronic mail, first class mail (postage prepaid) or personal delivery (the “ Holder Acknowledgment Date ”), along with the original Note. The business day on which the Company delivers a Notice of Mandatory Conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ”. The Holder must return to Issuer the original Note, if not held by the Company. The Issuer will cause the issuance of Conversion Shares to an account in Holder’s name at Issuer’s transfer agent, or, upon Holder’s request, issue and deliver a paper certificate representing the Conversion shares, within ten Business Days after the later to occur of (i) the Holder Acknowledgment Date or (ii) the date that the Issuer has received from the Holder the original Note being so converted. Accrued interest shall be due on the Mandatory Conversion Date and paid as set forth above in Paragraph 1.

 

7.      Reduction of Principal upon Conversion . The principal amount of this Note, and any accrued interest thereon, shall be reduced as per that principal amount indicated on the Notice of Voluntary Conversion or Notice of Mandatory Conversion, as the case may be, upon the proper receipt by the Holder of such Conversion Shares due upon such Notice of Voluntary Conversion or Notice of Mandatory Conversion.

 

8.      Adjustment. The number of Conversion Shares shall be adjusted as follows. If the Issuer shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the number of Conversion Shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the number of Conversion Shares in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately decreased.

 

9.     No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, upon an Event of Default (as defined below), to pay the principal of, and interest on this Note at the place, time, and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

10.   Events of Default . Each of the following occurrences is hereby defined as an “Event of Default”:

 

a.      Nonpayment . The Issuer shall fail to make any payment of principal, interest, or other amounts payable hereunder when and as due; or

 

b.      Dissolutions, etc . The Issuer or any subsidiary shall fail to comply with any provision concerning its existence or any prohibition against dissolution, liquidation, merger, consolidation or sale of assets; or

 

c.      Noncompliance with this Agreement . The Issuer shall fail to comply in any material respect with any provision hereof, which failure does not otherwise constitute an Event of Default, and such failure shall continue for ten (10) days after the occurrence of such failure; or

 

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d.      Bankruptcy . Any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar proceeding, domestic or foreign, is instituted by or against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, or the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries shall take any step toward, or to authorize, such a proceeding; or

 

e.      Insolvency . The Issuer shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, shall enter into any composition or similar agreement, or shall suspend the transaction of all or a substantial portion of its usual business.

 

11.      Holder’s Election upon Default . If one or more “Events of Default” shall occur, then, or at any time thereafter, and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) or cured as provided herein, at the option of the Holder, and in the Holder’s sole discretion, the Holder may elect to consider this Note (and all interest through such date) immediately due and payable. In order to so elect, the Holder must deliver written notice of the election and the amount due to the Issuer via certified mail, return receipt requested, at the Issuer’s address as set forth herein (or any other address provided to the Holder), and thereafter the Issuer shall have ten business days upon receipt to cure the Event of Default, pay the Note, or convert the amount due on the Note pursuant to the conversion formula set forth above. It is agreed that in the event of such action, such Holder shall be entitled to receive all reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred, including without limitation such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys. The parties acknowledge that a change in control of the Issuer shall not be deemed to be an Event of Default as set forth herein.

 

12.      Invalid or Unenforceable Provisions . In case any provision of this Note is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be excessive in scope or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

13.      Voting Rights . This Note does not entitle the Holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Issuer prior to the conversion into Common Stock thereof, except as provided by applicable law. If, however, at the time of the surrender of this Note and conversion the Holder hereof shall be entitled to convert this Note, the Conversion Shares so issued shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the Conversion Date.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC.                

 

 

By /S/DENNIS P. CALVERT                

Name: Dennis P. Calvert, President

 

 

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY CONVERSION

 

SPRING 2018 UNIT OFFERING

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to convert the Note)

 

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $_______________ of the principal amount due on the Convertible Promissory Note instrument number - (“Note”), plus outstanding interest due on the amount converted, into shares of Common Stock of BioLargo, Inc., according to the conditions set forth in the Note. Shares due for principal shall be calculated based on the Conversion Price set forth in the Note. Shares due for accrued interest shall be calculated based on the average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the 20-trading days preceding the delivery date of this Notice, pursuant to the terms of the Note.

The undersigned represents and warrants to BioLargo that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

 

Signature:                                             Date Signed: _____________________

 

 

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NOTICE OF MANDATORY CONVERSION

 

   (To be Executed by the Company in order to required the Holder to convert the Note)

 

 

     The undersigned hereby notifies you of its irrevocably election to require you to convert $___________ of the principal amount of the above Note, and $__________ of accrued and unpaid interest, into ___________ Shares of Common Stock of BioLargo, Inc. according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.

 

 

Date of Mandatory Conversion:                   BIOLARGO, INC.
   
  By (Signature)                                                           
   
  Print Name:                                                                
   
 

Title:                                                                           

 

 

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Exhibit 4.26

   

BIOLARGO, INC .

 

FORM OF WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

WITH CALL PROVISION

 

 

INSTRUMENT NO. ________

ISSUED : _____________  

 

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, ______________ (the “ Holder ”), is entitled upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date issued set forth above (the “ E xercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on April 20, 2023 (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), up to ____ shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of common stock, par value, $0.00067, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”). The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $____ subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

This Warrant is issued in connection with and as consideration for the initial Holder’s investment in the Company’s private securities offering dated March 26, 2018, titled its Spring 2018 Unit Offering, in which the initial Holder purchased a Unit consisting of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $____ and this Warrant certificate.

 

1.      Method of Exercise; Payment; Issuance of New Warrant .

 

(a)      Exercise of Warrant .  Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within three (3) Trading Days (for purposes herein, “ Trading Day ” means a day on which any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted is open for trading on the date in question (“ Trading Market ”): the NYSE AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Markets (or any successors to any of the foregoing)), of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company.  Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one Business Day of receipt of such notice.  In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

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(b)      Mechanics of Exercise .

 

(i)      Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise .  Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent (“ Transfer Agent ” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 6201-15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219 and a facsimile number of 718-236-2641, and any successor transfer agent of the Company) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if the Company is then a participant in such system and there is an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder, by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 1(c)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.  If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. In the event that there is not an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder, shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the Holder by credit the account of the Holder at the Company’s Transfer Agent by the date that is ten Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (such date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”).

 

(ii)       Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise .  If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

(iii)       Rescission Rights .  If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

(iv)       Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise .  In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder.  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(v)      No Fractional Shares or Scrip .  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.  As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

(vi)      Charges, Taxes and Expenses .  Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

(vii)    Closing of Books .  The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(viii)     “ VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time), (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

2.      Call Provision . In the event that both of the following conditions are met (the “ Call Conditions ”), the Company may “call” this Warrant requiring the Holder purchase all or a portion of the Warrant Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph: (i) the closing price of the Common Stock for each of ten (10) consecutive trading days, equals or exceeds two (2) times the Exercise Price (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends and the like after the date of issuance of this Warrant), and (ii) the Warrant Shares are subject to an effective registration statement (“ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. If the Call Conditions are satisfied concurrently, the Company may, within thirty (30) calendar days of such day, call for cancellation of all or any portion of the remaining Warrant Shares for which a Notice of Exercise Form has not yet been delivered (such right, a “ Call ”). To exercise this right, the Company must deliver to the registered Holder a written notice (a “ Call Notice ”), indicating therein the unexercised portion of this Warrant to which such notice applies. In the event a Notice of Exercise Form for any portion of this Warrant subject to such Call Notice shall not have been received by the Company within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of the Call Notice, then such portion shall be forfeited in its entirety without payment or consideration to the registered Holder.  

 

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3.      Stock Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares . All Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be fully paid and nonassessable, and free from all preemptive rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any transfer taxes with respect to the issue of shares in any name other than that of the registered holder hereof. During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of the issue upon exercise of the purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. The Company shall at all times take all such action and obtain all such permits or orders as may be necessary to enable the Company lawfully to issue such Common Stock as duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares upon exercise in full of this Warrant.

 

4.      Adjustment . This Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:

 

(a)      Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations . If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date hereof effect a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before that subdivision shall be proportionately decreased. If the Company shall at any time or from time to time after the date hereof combine the outstanding Common Stock, the Exercise Price then in effect immediately before the combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this subsection shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b)      Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions . In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the date hereof shall make or issue a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Exercise Price shall be decreased as of the time of such issuance, by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction:

 

 

(x)

the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance; and

 

 

(y)

the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution.

 

(c)      Adjustment of Number of Shares . Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to either Section 4(a) or 4(b) of this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock, calculated to the nearest one hundredth of a share, obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable immediately prior to such adjustment upon the exercise of the Warrant by the Exercise Price in effect prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the new Exercise Price.

 

(d)      Adjustment for Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution . If the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant are changed into the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination provided for in Section 4(a) above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b) above, or a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets, provided for in Section 4(e) below), then and in any such event the Holder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant into the kind and amount of stock and other securities receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification or other change, by holders of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification or change.

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(e)      Reorganization, Mergers, Consolidations or Sales of Assets . If at any time or from time to time there is a capital reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination provided for in Section 4(a) above, a dividend or distribution provided for in Section 4(b) above, or a reclassification or exchange of shares provided for in Section 4(d) above) or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to any other person or entity, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale, provision shall be made so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant the number of shares of stock or other securities, money or property of the Company, or of the successor entity resulting from such merger or consolidation or sale, to which a holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale. The Company shall not effect any reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale unless prior to the consummation thereof each entity or person (other than the Company) that may be required to deliver any cash, securities or other property upon the exercise of this Warrant shall assume, by written instrument delivered to the Holder, the obligation to deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or other property as in accordance with the foregoing provisions the Holder may be entitled to receive. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4(e) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, mergers, consolidations and sales.

 

(f)      No Impairment . The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the Holder against dilution or other impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will not issue any capital stock of any class which is preferred as to dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

 

(g)      Notice of Adjustments . Whenever this Warrant shall be adjusted pursuant to this Section 4 , the Company shall make a certificate signed by an officer of the Company setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the new Exercise Price and the type or the number of Shares purchasable after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause copies of such certificate to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder.

 

5.      Notice of Record Date . In the event:

 

 

(1)

that the Company declares a dividend (or any other distribution) on any of its capital stock (including without limitation, its Common Stock);

 

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(2)

that the Company repurchases or redeems any of its capital stock (including without limitation, its Common Stock) or any rights to acquire such capital stock;

 

 

(3)

that the Company subdivides or combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock;

 

 

(4)

of any reclassification of the Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger or share exchange of the Company into or with another entity, or of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

 

(5)

of the involuntary or voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

 

 

(6)

of any offer of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such Common Stock for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

then the Company shall notify the Holder at least 30 days prior to the date specified in (A), (B) or (C) below, in writing stating:

 

(A)     the record date of such dividend, distribution, repurchase, redemption, subdivision or combination, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as to which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, repurchase, redemption, subdivision or combination are to be determined;

 

(B)     the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution or winding up; or

 

(C)     the date on which such offering of its Common Stock or any rights to acquire such Common Stock for consideration paid per share of Common Stock less than the Exercise Price is expected to become consummated.

 

6.      Transfer of Warrant .

 

(a)      Transferability . This Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer.  Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled.  The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

(b)    New Warrants . This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 6(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date set forth on the first page of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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(c)      Warrant Register . The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “ Warrant Register ”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

(d)      Understandings or Arrangements . Such Holder is acquiring this Warrant as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Warrant (this representation and warranty not limiting such Holder’s right to sell the Warrant pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.) Such Holder is acquiring this Warrant hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

7.      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)      No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise .  This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 1(d)(i).

 

(b)      Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant . The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

(c)      Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc .  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding business day.

 

(d)      Authorized Shares .

 

(i)     The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

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(ii)     Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

(iii)     Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e)    Jurisdiction . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Delaware law.

 

(f)     Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

(g)    Nonwaiver and Expenses . No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder’s rights, powers or remedies.  Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

(h)    N otices . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic mail and facsimile) and delivered to the applicable party at its address specified opposite its signature below, or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telexed, telecopied or cabled or sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered to the telegraph company, cable company or overnight courier, as the case may be, or sent by telex or telecopier.

 

(i)      Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

(j)      Remedies . The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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(k)    Successors and Assigns . Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

(l)      Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holders holding Warrants at least equal to a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all then outstanding Warrants.

 

(m)   S everability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

(n)      Headings . The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer on the day and year first above written.

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC.

 

 

By:  /S/DENNIS P. CALVERT             

Name: Dennis P. Calvert, President

 

Address: 14921 Chestnut St.

               Westminster, CA 92683

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE –WARRANT

 

 

TO:     BIOLARGO, INC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase _____________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Unless said Warrant Shares will be delivered electronically via DWAC, please issue the Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below in “book entry” form at the Company’s transfer agent.

 

If the Warrant Shares will be delivered electronically via DWAC, please issue them to the following account:

 

Name of DTC Participant (broker-dealer at which the account of Holder to be

credited with the Warrant Shares is maintained): _______________________________________

 

DTC Participant Number: _______________________________________

 

Name of Account at DTC Participant to be credited with the Shares: _______________________

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Account Number at DTC Participant to be credited with the Shares: _______________________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity : _______________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________________________________________

Date: ___________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

NOTICE OF TRANSFER –WARRANT

 

(To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant and subject to other conditions of this Warrant)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ____________________________________________ the right represented by the attached Warrant to purchase __________ shares of the Common Stock of BioLargo, Inc., to which the attached Warrant relates, and appoints BioLargo, Inc. as Attorney-in-fact to transfer such right on the books of BioLargo, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

The undersigned understand s that any transfer of the attached Warrant is subject to full compliance with Federal and applicable state securities laws and other requirements, which requirements shall be determined and which issues shall be decided by BioL argo, Inc . , in its sole and absolute discretion , prior to consenting to and recognizing such transfer .

 

Dated:                     

 

   
  (Signature must conform in all respects to the name of the Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
   
   
   
   
  (Address)

 

Exhibit 4.27

 

Amendment to Convertible Note

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO CONVERTIBLE NOTE (the “ Amendment ”) is entered into as of January 25, 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and among BioLargo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BioLargo”), and Bruce Kelber (“ Kelber ”), with reference to the following described “ Convertible Note ”:

 

Issuance Date: July 20, 2017

Maturity Date: July 20, 2019

Note No. 33033

Original Principal Amount: $440,000

Holder: Bruce Kelber

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledges, the parties agree to amend the Convertible Note as follows.

 

1.      Interest . Paragraph (1)(b), is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(b) Interest. Interest shall accrue at the rate of twelve (12) percent (“Interest Rate”), and shall not compound. Interest hereunder shall be due at maturity, and such interest due shall be subject to Section (3) “Conversion of Note”, such that the interest shall be converted along with principal subject to the provisions in Section (3).

 

2.      Conversion . Section (3) is hereby amended to reflect that both principal and interest are to be converted, and any reference therein to the conversion of “principal” shall hereinafter include the conversion of accrued and unpaid interest at the time of conversion. The reference to the maximum number of BioLargo shares that are issuable upon conversion, stated as in Section (3) as 1,047,609 (which is the quotient of the $440,000 principal amount of the note and the conversion price of $0.42), is hereby deleted, recognizing that additional shares will be issued upon conversion of outstanding interest.

 

3.      Note Status . The parties acknowledge and agree that BioLargo is not in default of the Convertible Note. Interest due on October 1, 2017, and January 1, 2018, was not paid, and remains due and payable at maturity pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note as amended in this Amendment.

 

4.      Miscellaneous .

 

4.1      Effect of Amendment . Except to the extent the Convertible Note is modified by this Amendment, the remaining terms and conditions of the Convertible Note shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of the Convertible Note and the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the terms and conditions of this Amendment shall prevail and control.

 

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4.2      Entire Agreement . The Convertible Note, together with this Amendment, embodies the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to its subject matter and can be changed only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

4.3      Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have duly executed this Amendment to Convertible Note as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

BIOLARGO, INC.

 

 

By: /S/ DENNIS P. CALVERT      

Name: Dennis P. Calvert

Title: President

 

 

HOLDER

 

By: /S/BRUCE KELBER             

Name: Bruce Kelber

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

I, Dennis P. Calvert, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BioLargo, 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;

 

(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.

 

 

Date: May 14, 2018

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ DENNIS P. CALVERT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis P. Calvert

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT 31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

I, Charles K. Dargan II, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BioLargo, 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;

 

(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.

 

 

Date: May 14, 2018

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ CHARLES K. DARGAN II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles K. Dargan II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT 32

 

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

 

I, Dennis P. Calvert, Chief Executive Officer of BioLargo, Inc., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge, that the Quarterly Report of BioLargo, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of BioLargo, Inc.

 

             
       

Dated: May 14, 2018

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ DENNIS P. CALVERT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis P. Calvert

 

 

 

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to BioLargo, Inc. and will be retained by BioLargo, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

I, Charles K. Dargan II, Chief Financial Officer of BioLargo, Inc., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that the Quarterly Report of BioLargo, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of BioLargo, Inc.

 

             
       

Dated: May 14, 2018

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ CHARLES K. DARGAN II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles K. Dargan II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to BioLargo, Inc. and will be retained by BioLargo, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.