UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from              to              

 

Commission file number 000-54856

 

OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP.

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

 

Delaware   98-0573566
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2 Ben Gurion st, Ramat Gan, Israel   5257334
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: +972-72-260-8004

 

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 [X] 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). [X] Yes [  ] No

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-Accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company [X]
  Emerging growth company [  ]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock   OWCP   OTCQB

 

As of May 14, 2019, the registrant had 194,624,562 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

     
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item   Description   Page
       
    PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION    
       
ITEM 1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   4
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets   4
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss   5
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit   6
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows   7
    Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements   8
ITEM 2.   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.   28
ITEM 3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.   32
ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.   32
       
    PART II - OTHER INFORMATION    
       
ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.   33
ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS.   33
ITEM 2.   UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.   33
ITEM 3.   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.   33
ITEM 4.   MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.   34
ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION.   34
ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS.   34
SIGNATURES   35

 

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Cautionary Statement regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate” and “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Although we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we caution you that these statements are based on our good faith projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ materially. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:

 

  our ability to continue as a going concern;
  our ability to generate revenue or achieve profitability;
  our ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, if at all;
  our ability to obtain insurance coverage;
  performance of our information technology and storage systems;
  a disruption or breach of our information technology systems;
  our dependence on the success of cannabinoid technology;
  our ability to keep pace with technological advances;
  legal and regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;
  the success and timing of our preclinical and clinical trials;
  our ability to secure Israeli licenses to use cannabis for medical research;
  the rate and degree of market acceptance of cannabis-based medical products;
  the success of competing products or therapies that become available;
  our dependence on third parties;
  the performance of third parties upon which we depend;
  our ability to obtain and maintain protection for our intellectual property;
  our ability to protect and defend against litigation, including intellectual property claims;
  our ability to obtain licenses, if necessary, on commercially reasonable terms or at all;
  our ability to attract and retain key personnel;
  risks related to operating in Israel;
  the volatility of the price of our Common Stock;
  the marketability of our Common Stock;
  our broad discretion to invest or spend the proceeds from our financings in ways with which our stockholders may not agree and may have limited ability to influence; and
  other risks and uncertainties, including those listed in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC and those listed under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Moreover, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, each of which applies only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context indicates or otherwise requires, “our Company”, the “Company”, “OWC,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiary, One World Cannabis Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel collectively.

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    US dollars (except share data)  
    March 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS                
                 
Current Assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents     2,800       3,464  
Other current assets     54       52  
Total Current Assets     2,854       3,516  
                 
Property and equipment, net     35       37  
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net     60       -  
Total Assets     2,949       3,553  
                 
LIABILITIES, SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT                
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable     163       98  
Operating lease liabilities, current     26       -  
Other current liabilities     220       240  
Deferred revenue     100       100  
Total Current Liabilities     509       438  
                 
Non-current liabilities                
Operating lease liabilities, non-current     34       -  
Liability related to shares to be issued     725       725  
Liability related to warrants to purchase Common Stock (Note 3)     400       1,475  
Bifurcated embedded derivative, at fair value (Note 3)     8,583       8,129  
Total Liabilities     10,251       10,767  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)                
                 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (Note 4B):                
                 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2018; 440 and 490 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2018, respectively; Aggregate liquidation preference $5,280 at March 31, 2019 (Unaudited) (Note 4B)     2,940       2,226  
                 
Stockholders’ Deficit:                
Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 (unaudited) and December 31, 2018; 176,001,007 and 150,207,393 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 (unaudited) and December 31, 2018, respectively     2       2  
Additional paid-in capital     19,353       18,137  
Services receivable     (86 )     (121 )
Common stock subscriptions receivable     (239 )     (239 )
Accumulated deficit     (29,276 )     (27,222 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income     4       3  
Total Stockholders’ Deficit     (10,242 )     (9,440 )
                 
Total Liabilities, Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and Stockholders’ Deficit     2,949       3,553  

 

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

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    For the Three-Month Periods Ended
March 31,
 
    2019     2018  
    (unaudited)  
Operating expenses:                
Research and development     285       155  
General and administrative     498       821  
Total operating expenses     783       976  
                 
Other expense (income):                
Revaluation of liability related to warrants to purchase common stock (Note 3)     (1,075 )     -  
Revaluation of bifurcated embedded derivative (Note 3)     1,290       -  
Other finance expense, net     2       1  
Total other expense, net     217       1  
Net loss     (1,000 )     (977 )
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)                
Foreign currency translation adjustment     1       (3 )
                 
Comprehensive loss     (999 )     (980 )
                 
Dividend on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (Note 4B)     (65 )     -  
Accretion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to redemption value (Note 4B)     (989 )     -  
Net loss attributable to common stockholders     (2,055 )     (977 )
                 
Basic and diluted per share amounts:                
Basic and diluted net loss   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted)     161,749,548       147,758,908  

 

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

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED

STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
    Common Stock                    
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount    

Additional

Paid-in
Capital

    Services Receivable     Common
Stock Subscriptions Receivable
    Accumulated Deficit     Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)     Total Stockholders’ Deficit  

Balance at December 31, 2018

    490       2,226       150,207,393       2       18,137       (121 )     (239 )     (27,222 )     3       (9,440 )
Stock-based compensation     -       -       -       -       40       -       -       -       -       40  
Amortization of services receivable     -       -       -       -       -       35       -       -       -       35  
Dividend on Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock (see also Note 4B)     -       -       832,368       *)       65       -       -       (65 )     -       -  
Accretion of Series A convertible preferred stock to redemption value (see also Note 4B)     -       989       -       -       -       -       -       (989 )     -       (989 )
Partial conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred stock into common stock (see also Note 4B)     (50 )     (275 )     24,961,347       *)       1,111                                       1,111  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       1       1  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (1,000 )     -       (1,000 )
Balance at March 31, 2019 (unaudited)     440       2,940       176,001,007       2       19,353       (86 )     (239 )     (29,276 )     4       (10,242 )
                                                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2017     -       -       147,758,908       2       16,169       (525 )     (344 )     (14,517 )     6       791  
                                                                                 
Stock-based compensation     -       -       -       -       345       -       -       -       -       345  
Amortization of services receivable     -       -       -       -       -       241       -       -       -       241  
Payments received on subscriptions receivable     -       -       -       -       -       -       105       -       -       105  
Foreign Currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (3 )     (3 )
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       (977 )     -       (977 )
Balance at March 31, 2018 (unaudited     -       -       147,758,908       2       16,514       (284 )     (239 )     (15,494 )     3       502  

 

*) Representing an amount lower than $1

 

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

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    US dollars  
    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2019     2018  
    (unaudited)  
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net Loss     (1,000 )     (977 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation     2       2  
Stock-based compensation     40       345  
Amortization of services receivable     35       240  
Revaluation of liability related to warrants to purchase common stock     (1,075 )     -  
Revaluation of bifurcated embedded derivative     1,290       -  
Changes in assets and liabilities:                
Decrease in lease right-of-use assets, net     7       -  
Decrease (increase) in other current assets     (2 )     63  
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable     65       (2 )
Decrease in other current liabilities     (20 )     (42 )
Decrease in lease liabilities     (7 )     -  
Cash used in operating activities:     (665 )     (371 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Purchase of property and equipment     -       (10 )
Cash used in investing activities     -       (10 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Proceeds from the payments of stock subscriptions     -       105  
Cash provided by financing activities     -       105  
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustments on cash and cash equivalents     1       (3 )
                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents     (664 )     (279 )
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     3,464       970  
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of period     2,800       691  
Supplemental cash flow information:                
Non-cash transactions:                
Dividend on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock     65       -  
Accretion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to redemption value     989       -  
Partial conversion of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of common stock (Note 4B)     836       -  

 

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

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - GENERAL

 

  A. Organizational Background

 

OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. (“OWCP” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation and was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 7, 2008. The Company is a medical cannabis-based research and development company that applies conventional pharmaceutical research protocols and disciplines to the field of medical cannabis with the objective of establishing a leadership position in the research and development of medical cannabis therapies, products and delivery technologies. The Company is currently engaged in the research and development of cannabis-based medical products (the “Product Prospects”) for the treatment of multiple myeloma, psoriasis, chronic pain syndromes, fibromyalgia PTSD and development of unique delivery systems. These include a cannabis-based topical ointment, cannabis sublingual disintegrating tablet and advanced Nasal delivery.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of OWCP and its wholly owned subsidiary One World Cannabis, Ltd. (“OWC” or the “Israeli subsidiary”) were prepared from the accounts of the Company under the accrual basis of accounting.

 

  B. Liquidity and Going Concern

 

The development and commercialization of the Company’s product is expected to require substantial expenditures. The Company has not yet generated material revenues from operations and therefore is dependent upon external sources for financing its operations. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $29,276. In addition, in each year since its inception the Company reported losses and negative cash flows from operating activities. Moreover, the Company is not in compliance with the Equity Conditions (as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designation) and therefore the Purchaser in the April 2018 PIPE transaction (as discussed below) can elect to redeem its outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in a cash amount that will not allow the Company to maintain its operation for the next 12-month period (see also Note 4). Management considered the significance of such conditions in relation to the Company’s ability to meet its current and future obligations and determined that such conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Until the Company generates sufficient revenues to fund its operations (if ever), the Company plans to finance its operations through the sale of equity or equity-linked securities and/or debt securities and, to the extent available, short-term and long-term loans. There can be no assurance that the Company will succeed in obtaining the necessary financing to continue its operations as a going concern.

 

On April 30, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with a new investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which, the Company issued (i) 500 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that are initially convertible into 25,000,000 shares of common stock and (ii) Warrants that are eligible for conversion initially into 12,500,000 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000 (see also Note 4C) (the “April 2018 PIPE”). In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company received $105 through payment of stock subscriptions.

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - GENERAL (Cont.)

 

  C. Risk factors

 

The Company has a limited operating history and faces a number of risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties regarding continuation of the development process, demand and market acceptance of the Company’s products, the effects of technological changes, competition and the development of products by competitors. Additionally, other risk factors also exist, such as the ability to manage growth and the effect of planned expansion of operations on the Company’s future results and the availability of necessary financing. In addition, the Company expects to continue incurring significant operating costs and losses in connection with the development and marketing of its products.

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Presentation

 

Accounting Principles

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) related to interim financial statements. As permitted under those rules, certain information and footnote disclosures normally required or included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The financial information contained herein is unaudited; however, management believes all adjustments have been made that are considered necessary to present fairly the results of the Company’s financial position and operating results for the interim periods. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 has been derived from the consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on form 10-K.

 

The results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019 or for any other interim period in the future.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates and be based on events different from those assumptions. As part of these financial statements, the more significant estimates include (1) identification of financial instruments in liabilities (including embedded derivative), equity and mezzanine transactions and proper classification and measurement of financial instruments; (2) evaluation of going concern; and (3) contingencies.

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)

 

Net Loss Per Share

 

The Company computes net loss per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per share”. Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, net of the weighted average number of treasury shares (if any). Securities that may participate in dividends with the common stock (such as the Series A convertible Preferred Stock) are considered in the computation of basic income per share using the two-class method. However, in periods of net loss, participating securities are included only if the holders of such securities have a contractual obligation to share the losses of the Company. Accordingly, the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which was issued on April 30, 2018 was excluded from the computation of the net loss per share for the three months period ended March 31, 2019.

 

Diluted loss per common share is computed similar to basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional potential common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. Potential common shares are excluded from the computation for a period in which a net loss is reported or if their effect is anti-dilutive. The Company’s potential common shares consist of stock options, certain stock warrants and restricted stock awards issued under the Company’s stock incentive plans and their potential dilutive effect is considered using the treasury method and of the Series A convertible Preferred Stock, certain stock warrants and embedded derivative related to the contingent redemption feature of the Series A convertible Preferred Stock which their potential dilutive effect is considered using the “if-converted method”.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, diluted loss per share excludes the impact of stock options, certain stock warrants, restricted stock awards, Series A convertible Preferred Stock and embedded derivative related to the contingent redemption feature of the Series A convertible Preferred Stock totaling 70,214,064 and 27,005,370 shares, respectively, as the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

 

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OWC PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (ASU 2016-02), as amended, which supersedes the lease accounting guidance under Topic 840, and generally requires lessees to recognize operating and financing lease liabilities and corresponding Right-of-Use (ROU) assets on the balance sheet and to provide enhanced disclosures surrounding the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leasing arrangements. The Company adopted the new guidance using the modified retrospective transition approach by applying the new standard to leases existing at the date of initial application and not restating comparative periods. The most significant impact was the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases, while the Company’s accounting for finance leases remained substantially unchanged (as of the adoption date the Company is not involved in finance leases as lessee or as lessor).

 

The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allowed the Company to carryforward its historical lease classification, its assessment on whether a contract was or contains a lease, and its initial direct costs for any leases that existed prior to January 1, 2019. The Company also elected to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Upon adoption, the Company recognized total ROU assets of $67, with corresponding liabilities of $67 on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The adoption did not impact our beginning retained earnings, or our prior year condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

Under Topic 842, the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. For this purpose, the Company considers only payments that are fixed and determinable at the time of commencement. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company use its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate is a hypothetical rate based on the Company’s understanding of what its credit rating would be. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such options.

 

Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities, current and operating lease liabilities, non-current on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)

 

The components of lease costs, lease term and discount rate are as follows:

 

   

Three Months

Ended

 
    March 31, 2019  
    (unaudited)  
Operating lease cost:        
vehicle     7  
      7  
Remaining Lease Term        
vehicle     1.75-2.75 years  
         
Weighted Average Discount Rate        
vehicle     5 %

 

The following is a schedule, by years, of maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019:

 

Period:      
The remainder of 2019     21  
2020     28  
2021     17  
Total operating lease payments     66  
Less: imputed interest     6  
Present value of lease liabilities     60  

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)

 

  B. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (ASU 2018-07). ASU 2018-07 aligns the measurement and classification guidance for share-based payments to nonemployees with the guidance for share-based payments to employees, with certain exceptions.

 

Consistent with the accounting requirement for employee share-based payment awards, awards within the scope of Topic 718 will be measured at grant-date fair value of the equity instruments that an entity is obligated to issue when the good has been delivered or the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will be measured at the grant date.

 

With respect to awards with performance conditions ASU 2018-07 concludes that, consistent with the accounting for employee share-based payment awards, an entity will consider the probability of satisfying performance conditions when nonemployee share-based payment awards contain such conditions.

 

ASU 2018-07 also requires that the classification of equity classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will continue to be subject to the requirements of Topic 718 unless the award was modified after the good has been delivered, the service has been rendered, any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied, and the nonemployee is no longer providing goods or services. This eliminates the requirement to reassess classification of such awards upon vesting.

 

In addition, ASU 2018-07 includes certain Non-public Entity-Specific Amendments

 

ASU 2018-07 is effective for Public entities in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years (first quarter of 2019 for the company). Early adoption is permitted, including in an interim period, but not before an entity adopts the new revenue guidance (which was adopted by the Company in its interim financial statements for 2018).

 

An entity should only remeasure liability-classified awards that have not been settled by the date of adoption and equity-classified awards for which a measurement date has not been established through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Upon transition, the entity is required to measure these nonemployee awards at fair value as of the adoption date.

 

The adoption of ASU 2018-07 did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

 

ASC 820 also establishes the following fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

  Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
     
   Level 2 - inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; or
     
   Level 3 - unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The Warrants and bifurcated embedded derivative related to Series A convertible Preferred Stock (see also Note 4C) have been classified at Level 3.

 

In estimating the fair value of the Warrants as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company used the following assumptions:

 

12,500,000 Purchaser Warrants:

 

    March 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
Risk-free interest rate (1)     2.22 %     2.49 %
Expected volatility (2)     224.1 %     214.5 %
Expected life (in years) (3)     4.08       4.33  
Expected dividend yield (4)     0 %     0 %
Fair value per Warrant   $ 0.03     $ 0.1  

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Cont.)

 

2,500,000 Newbridge Warrants:

 

    March 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
Risk-free interest rate (1)     2.27 %     2.47 %
Expected volatility (2)     102.9 %     219.9 %
Expected life (in years) (3)     2.08       2.33  
Expected dividend yield (4)     0 %     0 %
Fair value per Warrant   $ 0.01     $ 0.09  

 

  1 Risk-free interest rate - based on yield rates of non-index linked U.S. Federal Reserve treasury bonds.
     
  2 Expected volatility - was calculated based on actual historical stock price movements of the Company over a term that is equivalent to the expected term of the warrants.
     
  3 Expected life - the expected life was based on the expiration date of the warrants.
     
  4 Expected dividend yield - was based on the fact that the Company has not paid dividends to its common stockholders in the past and does not expect to pay dividends to its common stockholders in the future.

 

The changes in Level 3 liabilities associated with the April 2018 PIPE warrants are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The following tabular presentation reflects the components of the liability associated with such warrants as of March 31, 2019:

 

   

Fair value of liability

related to warrants

 
       
Balance at December 31, 2018   $ 1,475  
Revaluation of warrants to purchase Common Stock     (1,075 )
         
Balance at March 31, 2019 (unaudited)   $ 400  

 

In estimating the fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative related to Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company used the following assumptions:

 

    March 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  
             
Risk-free interest rate (1)     2.31 %     2.62 %
Expected volatility (2)     108.36 %     82.65 %
Expected life (in years) (3)     0.84       1.01  

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3: - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Cont.)

 

  1. Risk-free interest rate - based on yield rates of non-index linked U.S. Federal Reserve treasury bonds.
     
  2. Expected volatility - was calculated based on actual historical stock price movements of the Company over a term that is equivalent to the expected term of the contingent redemption feature.
     
  3. Expected life - the expected life was based on the expiration date of the contingent redemption feature.

 

The changes in Level 3 liabilities associated with the April 2018 PIPE bifurcated embedded derivatives are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The following tabular presentation reflects the components of such liability associated with such bifurcated embedded derivatives for the three months ended March 31, 2019:

 

    Fair value of bifurcated
embedded derivative
 
       
Balance at December 31, 2018   $ 8,129  
Revaluation of bifurcated embedded derivative     1,290  
Partial conversion of Preferred Stock into shares of common stock     (836 )
         
Balance at March 31, 2019 (unaudited)   $ 8,583  

 

The Company’s management is measuring the fair value of the 2018 Private Placement warrants issued to the Purchaser and Newbridge Securities Corporation, through LifeTech Capital, the placement agent for the April 2018 PIPE (“Newbridge”) and the bifurcated embedded derivative related to Series A Convertible Preferred Stock by using the services of external independent appraiser.

 

During the period commencing April 30, 2018 and ended March 31, 2019, no warrants have been exercised. As of March 31, 2019, there were 15,000,000 outstanding unexercised Warrants (including Warrants issued to both the Purchaser and Newbridge) related to the April 2018 PIPE.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

  A. Common Stock

 

The Company’s common stock confer upon their holders the following rights:

 

  The right to participate and vote in the Company’s stockholder meetings, whether annual or special. Each share will entitle its holder, when attending and participating in the voting in person or via agent or letter, to one vote;
     
  The right to a share in the distribution of dividends, whether in cash or in the form of bonus shares, the distribution of assets or any other distribution pro rata to the par value of the shares held by them; and
     
  The right to a share in the distribution of the Company’s excess assets upon liquidation pro rata to the par value of the shares held by them.

 

  B. Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The terms of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are governed by a Certificate of Designation (the “Series A Certificate of Designation”) filed by the Company with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 30, 2018. Pursuant to the Series A Certificate of Designation, the Company designated 500 shares of the Company’s preferred stock as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”. As more fully described below, on April 30, 2018, the Company issued a total of 500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement. Following is a summary of the material terms of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

 

Dividends . Holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the ” Series A Convertible Preferred Shares”) are entitled to receive dividends on each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, payable quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, commencing June 30, 2018 (which was prorated) in an amount equal to 5% per annum of the stated value ($10 per share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) and which shall be cumulative. Such dividends are to be paid in cash or freely tradeable shares of the Company’s common stock at its sole discretion, subject to certain conditions. If in the event the Company elects to pay a dividend in shares of its common stock to the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, the number of shares of its common stock will be determined in accordance with the terms of the Series A Certificate of Designation. The Company may only elect to pay cash dividends to the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares to the extent there are amounts available for the payment of dividends in accordance with applicable Delaware law.

 

During the period commencing April 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018, the Company recorded an amount of $179 as dividend on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $65 out of which was paid at January 3, 2019 through issuance of 832,368 shares of common stock.

 

During the period commencing January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019, the Company recorded an amount of $65 as dividend on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which was paid by the Company by issuance of 3,563,950 shares of common stock to the Purchaser on April 1, 2019 (see also Note 6A).

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

  Liquidation . In the event of a Liquidation, the holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Holders”) shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its stockholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any other shares of capital stock of the Company (“Junior Stock”), but pari passu with any Parity Stock (preferred shares that are pari passu rank to the Series A convertible Preferred Stock in respect of the preferences as to dividends, redemption rights, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company then outstanding), an amount per Series A Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the greater of (A) the Liquidation Preference thereof on the date of such payment and (B) the Bankruptcy Redemption Amount (as such term is defined in the Series A Certificate of Designation), provided that if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of Parity Stock, then each Holder and each holder of Parity Stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of Parity Stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective certificate of designations (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and all holders of shares of Parity Stock. As of March 31, 2019, the aggregate Liquidation Preference amounted to $5,280 (unaudited).

 

  Voting Rights . Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on all matters requiring a vote of the shareholder of the Company as a single stock, and each holder of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to vote the number of shares of common stock into which such holders Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would be convertible into as of the record date.
     
 

Conversion . The 500 issued shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are initially convertible into 25,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.20, subject to adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as provided in the Series A Certificate of Designation. On November 27, 2018, the conversion price was adjusted as result of occurrence of the Trigger Event (see also Note 4C). The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have a beneficial ownership limitation such that none of the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have the right to convert the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the holder (together with its affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. However, by written notice to the Company, a holder of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock may waive the Maximum Percentage provision, when such notice will be effective 61 calendar days after the notice date.

 

Due to the Trigger Event as discussed below, the conversion price was adjusted to an amount equal to (A) 75% of the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the 3 lowest Closing Prices of the Common Stock during the period beginning 10 Trading Days prior to such Triggering Event Conversion Date and ending 3 Trading Days after the shares of Common Stock are received into Holder’s brokerage account and fully cleared for trading, by (y) 3, minus (B) $0.01.

 

Commencing January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019, the Purchaser converted an aggregate of 50 shares of Preferred Stock into an aggregate of 24,961,347 shares of the Common Stock at the conversion prices in effect on the respective conversion dates.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

 

Redemption . The terms of the Series A Certificate of Designation contains both mandatory and conditional redemption provisions as follows:

 

■     Certain mandatory redemption provisions provide that, beginning January 30, 2019 and continuing for every 30-days period thereafter (each a “Mandatory Redemption Date”), the Company is required to offer to redeem 1/12 th of the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for an amount equal to 110% of the stated value ($10) of such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock plus any accrued but unpaid dividends to the Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Mandatory Redemption Amount”), and may be redeemed in cash or, at the Company’s sole discretion in freely tradeable shares of the Company’s common stock if the Company is in full compliance with all of the Equity Conditions as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designation.

 

■     Upon the occurrence of an offering of debt or equity securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries resulting gross cash proceeds of not less than $10,000, the Company is required to make an offer to the holders of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to redeem 50% of the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at either (i) 115% of the stated value of each Preferred Share ($10) plus any unpaid accrued dividends if redeemed on or prior to October 30, 2018 or (ii) 120% of the stated value of each Preferred Share ($10) plus any unpaid accrued dividends if redeemed after October 30, 2018 (the “Redemption Premium”).

 

■     Upon sale of assets (other than product to be sold in the normal course of business) of the Company and its subsidiaries in an amount of proceeds in excess of $500, the Company is required to offer to redeem to 100% of the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for the Redemption Premium, and may be redeemed in cash or, at the Company’s sole discretion in freely tradeable shares of the Company’s common stock if the Company is in full compliance with all of the equity conditions as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designation.

 

■     The Company may also be required, at the option of holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to redeem any outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock upon a Change of Control or Bankruptcy Event. Each Preferred Stock shall be redeemed for an amount equal to Redemption Premium, and may be redeemed in cash or, at the Company’s sole discretion in freely tradeable shares of the Company’s common stock if the Company is in full compliance with all of the equity conditions as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designation.

 

■     The Company may, at any time upon at least 15 trading days prior written notice to each holder, redeem all or portion of the outstanding Preferred Stock in cash in an amount equal to Redemption Premium.

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Company is not in compliance with the Equity Conditions and therefore beginning January 31, 2019 for every 30-days period thereafter, at the request of the purchaser, we might be required to redeem in cash, 1/12 th of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for an amount equal to 110% of the stated value ($10) of such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock plus any accrued but unpaid dividends up to the Mandatory Redemption Date. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, the Purchaser has not requested redemption in cash of any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

  C. Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On April 30, 2018 (the “Initial Date”), the Company consummated a private placement transaction (the “April 2018 PIPE”) by entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a non-US-based institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which, the Company sold and the Purchaser bought, (i) 500 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”), which are initially convertible into 25,000,000 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $0.20 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Preferred Shares, and (ii) Warrants (the “Warrants”) representing the right to initially acquire 12,500,000 shares of common stock over a period of five years from the Initial Date at an exercise price of $0.22 per share, which is subject to certain adjustments including anti-dilution provisions (since the Initial Date through March 31, 2019, no adjustments have been made to the conversion price), for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000.

 

The Company engaged Newbridge as exclusive placement agent for the aforesaid Agreement, pursuant to which the Company was required to pay a cash fee to Newbridge and issued to them warrants to purchase 2,500,000 shares of common stock (or 10% of the aggregate number of fully diluted shares of common stock that have been purchased by an Purchaser) over a period of three years from the Initial Date at an exercise price of $0.20 per share, which is subject to certain adjustments including anti-dilution provisions (since the Initial Date through March 31, 2019, no adjustments have been made to the conversion price). In addition, the Company is also obligated to pay Newbridge a warrants solicitation fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds received by the Company upon cash exercise of any Warrants purchased by the Purchaser in connection with the Agreement (since the Initial Date through March 31, 2019, no solicitation fee was earned).

 

On November 27, 2018, the Tel Aviv regional Prosecutor’s Service filed criminal charges against Dr. Yehuda Baruch, the Chief Medical and Regulatory Affairs Officer of the Company, alleging that Dr. Baruch conducted an improper sexual relationship with a psychiatric patient. Dr. Baruch denies all allegations. The Company together with its legal counsels believe that such criminal charges are not directed at, and do not concern, the Company, any actions of Dr. Baruch in the Company or any other of the Company’s directors or officers. The Company is evaluating its proposed response, if any, considering the allegations brought against Dr. Baruch.

 

The aforesaid charges brought against Dr. Baruch are considered a “trigger event” (the “Trigger Event”) under the Series A Certificate of Designation. Subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations of the Preferred Stock, at any time during the period commencing on the date of the occurrence of a Trigger Event and ending on the date of the cure of such Trigger Event, the Purchaser of the Preferred Stock may, at its option, by delivery of notice to the Company, specify a future date upon which such holder shall require the Company to convert all, or any number of, Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock at an adjusted conversion ratio as specified in the Series A Certificate of Designation.

 

Due to the aforesaid Trigger Event, the conversion price was adjusted to an amount equal to (A) 75% of the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the 3 lowest Closing Prices of the Common Stock during the period beginning 10 Trading Days prior to such Triggering Event Conversion Date and ending 3 Trading Days after the shares of Common Stock are received into Holder’s brokerage account and fully cleared for trading, by (y) 3, minus (B) $0.01.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

The Warrants are considered a freestanding instrument, as the Company believes they are legally detachable and separately exercisable.

 

As defined in the Agreement, upon certain changes in control events, the Purchaser may elect to receive cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the outstanding Warrants. Consequently, the Warrants were accounted for and recognized as a non-current financial liability on the consolidated balance sheet under ASC 815-40-25 and were measured at fair value at the initial date and subsequently the Warrants are marked to market in each reporting period until they are exercised or expired, as earlier, with changes in the fair value of the Warrants charged into the statement of comprehensive loss. Thus, the Warrants amounting to $400 and $1,475 were measured at fair value on March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. For the three months period ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded income in total amount of $1,075, due to revaluation of Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock in the statement of operations and comprehensive loss as separate line (see also Note 3).

 

In addition, at the Initial Date, the Company identified several embedded features which require separate accounting as derivatives under ASC 815-15. Nevertheless, except specific embedded feature relating to contingent redemption feature in case of other than upon bankruptcy triggering event, the Company determined that all remaining embedded features should not bifurcated from the host contract or the probability of occurrence of such embedded features is low and therefore the fair value of such embedded features was determined to be immaterial upon initial recognition. In addition, the Company determined that the Trigger Event is considered as optional conversion feature upon triggering event that should be estimated at fair value. Thus, the bifurcated embedded derivatives amounting to $8,583 and $8,129 were measured at fair value on March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The change in the fair value is resulted from revaluation of the bifurcated embedded derivatives in total amount of $1,290 which was recognized under other expenses in the statement of comprehensive loss in a separate line for the three months ended March 31, 2019. In addition, upon a partial conversion of 50 share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into 24,961,347 shares of common stock, a relative portion of $275 was reclassified to equity (see also Note 3).

 

Under ASC 480-10-S99 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, since the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have conditional redemption provisions which are outside of the control of the Company and also contain a deemed liquidation preference, the Preferred Stock were classified as mezzanine financing at the initial measurement date at the residual amount, which is the difference between the total proceeds received, the fair value of the Warrants, the fair value of the embedded derivative related to the contingent redemption of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and after consideration with the amount related to the BCF. Subsequently, the Company accretes changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument using an appropriate methodology. Changes in the redemption value are considered as changes in accounting estimates.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

The below table outlines the change in the mezzanine account during the three months ended March 31, 2019 -

 

   

Three months ended

March 31, 2019

 
    Unaudited  
       
Balance at December 31, 2018   $ 2,226  
Accretion of Preferred Stock to redemption value     989  
Partial conversion of Preferred Stock into shares of common stock     (275 )
Balance at March 31, 2019   $ 2,940  

 

  D. Stock-based compensation

 

  1. In 2019, the Company approved the Amended and Restated 2016 Employee Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) which provides for the issuance of common stock, stock options and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors, consultants, and advisors. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2016 Plan is 36,000,000 shares of common stock.
     
  2.

Stock options grants:

 

A.      On January 14, 2019, the Company granted stock options exercisable into 500,000 shares to several employees under the 2016 Plan at an exercise price of $0.22 per share. The stock options become vested over a three-year period from the date of grant. The stock options shall vest 1/3 one year from the grant date and the remaining 2/3 on a quarterly basis (8.33% per quarter). The Company used the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model to estimate the fair value of the stock options by taking into account assumptions as follows: expected dividend yield of 0%; risk-free interest rate of 2.51%; expected volatility of 252% and expected term of 4.46 years. The fair value of the stock options at the grant date was $64.

 

B.      On January 14, 2019, the Company granted stock options exercisable into 1,500,000 shares to its Chief Scientific Officer under the 2016 Plan at an exercise price of $0.05 per share. 33% of the stock options vested on February 18, 2019 and the remaining 1,000,000 stock options will vest over a 2-year period commencing on the first quarter after the first vesting event, in equal quarterly installments of 125,000 stock options per quarter. The Company used the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model to estimate the fair value of the stock options by taking into account assumptions as follows: expected dividend yield of 0%; risk-free interest rate of 2.51%; expected volatility of 286% and expected term of 3.35 years. The fair value of the stock options at the grant date was $194.

 

C.      On February 4, 2019, the Company granted stock options exercisable into 1,500,000 shares to its Chief Financial Officer, under the 2016 Plan at an exercise price of $0.22 per share. The stock options shall vest over a 3-year period from the vesting start date, such that approximately 166,656 stock options shall vest upon the 1-year anniversary of the start date and the remaining stock options shall vest in 8 equal quarterly instalments thereafter. The Company used the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model to estimate the fair value of the stock options by taking into account assumptions as follows: expected dividend yield of 0%; risk-free interest rate of 2.51%; expected volatility of 252% and expected term of 4.49 years. The fair value of the stock options at the grant date was $151.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

  3. The following tables present a summary of the status of the grants to employees, officers and directors as of March 31, 2019:

 

    Shares     Weighted
average
exercise price
    Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term (years)
    Aggregate
intrinsic
value (*)
 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2018     27,250,000     $ 0.05       8.0     $ 1,453  
Granted     3,500,000     $ 0.15       -       -  
Forfeited     (750,000 )   $ 0.05       -       -  
Options outstanding at March 31, 2019     30,000,000     $ 0.06       8.04     $ -  
Options exercisable at March 31, 2019     26,750,000     $ 0.05       7.83     $ -  

 

  (*) The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the fair value of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on the last traded day of first quarter of 2019 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on March 31, 2019. This amount is impacted by the changes in the fair value of the Company’s shares.

 

  4. The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2019:

 

    Options Outstanding           Options Exercisable  
Range of exercise prices   Shares     Weighted
average
exercise
price
    Weighted
average
remaining
life (years)
    Shares     Weighted
average
exercise
price
 
                               
$0.05     27,900,000     $ 0.05       7.92       26,650,000     $ 0.05  
$0.10-$0.30     2,100,000     $ 0.22       9.70       100,000     $ 0.20  
Total Shares     30,000,000     $ 0.06       8.04       26,750,000     $ 0.05  

 

  5. As of March 31, 2019, there was $223 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options granted under the 2016 Plan. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.71 years.
     
  6. The total equity-based compensation expense related to all of the Company’s equity-based awards issued to employees, recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 amounted to $40 and $345, respectively. The expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 is net of credit from reversal of previous expense on forfeited option. These expenses have been recorded as general and administrative expenses as part of the statement of comprehensive loss.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 4 - SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Cont.)

 

  7. On December 12, 2017, the Company entered into a new agreement with a service provider, Lyons Capital LLC, pursuant to which the service provider rendered services in February 2018 relating to the 2018 Wall Street Conference at the Deerfield Beach Florida Hilton and sponsorship in the conference for consideration of 150,000 fully vested restricted shares of Common Stock of the Company. The grant was accounted for under ASC 505-50 “share-based payment arrangement with nonemployees”, when the fair value of the grant amounting to $72 was recorded as part of general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the aforesaid shares have not been issued by the Company.

 

  E.

Common stock subscriptions receivable

 

In January 2018, the Company received a cash payment of $105 for common stock subscriptions receivable from a former employee.

 

  F.

Amortization of services receivable

 

Prior to January 1, 2019 the Company had granted stock awards to non-employees that are being recognized ratably over the requisite service periods. The Company recognized amortization of services receivable of $35 and $241 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

  A. Commitments

 

  1. On October 11, 2015, OWC entered into a memorandum of understanding with Medmar LLC (“Medmar”) for the purpose of granting an exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-bearing license, to manufacture, produce, publicize, promote and market the licensed products described therein in the State of Hawaii and the State of Pennsylvania, pursuant to which Medmar has paid $50 to OWC. On February 8, 2016, OWC and Medmar II, an affiliate of Medmar, executed a right of first refusal agreement providing Medmar certain rights in connection with the commercialization of OWC’s Cannabis-Based Medical Products in other states in the USA, pursuant to which Medmar has paid $50 to OWC.
     
    On March 17, 2016, Medmar and OWC executed a consulting and License Agreement (the “License Agreement”), pursuant to which OWC granted to Medmar an exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-bearing license, to manufacture, produce, publicize, promote and market certain of OWC’s products (as defined in the License Agreement) in the State of Maryland, against payment by Medmar to OWC of a royalty. As part of the License Agreement, OWC received from Medmar an advance amount of $50. As OWC did not have any performance obligation in connection with the agreement, OWC recorded revenues in an amount of $50 during the year ended December 31, 2016.
     
    As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company deferred revenue in connection to the license in the State of Hawaii and the State of Pennsylvania and the right of first refusal in the aggregate amount of $100.
     
  2. In August 2017, OWC engaged PharmItBe Ltd, a company specializing in pharmaceutical research and development to develop and produce a second generation of its cannabis soluble tablet. This development was completed during the second quarter of 2018. The production of the cannabis soluble tablet for the purpose of clinical trials was completed during the fourth quarter of 2018. OWC recorded research and development expenses of $29 during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Cont.)

 

  A. Commitments

 

  3. On November 3, 2016, OWC entered into a Joint Venture Memorandum of Understanding with Michepro Holding Ltd. (“EU Partner”), (“JV” or “MOU”). The EU Partner and OWC have agreed as follows: (i) to establish a strategic marketing and distribution alliance (the “JV”) to promote the sale of OWC’s Products in the European Union (the “EU”); (ii) the interest of the parties in the JV shall be held by the parties such that the EU Partner shall hold 25% of such interest and OWC shall hold the remaining 75% of such interest; (iii) OWC shall provide the JV with OWC’s Products for sale and distribution solely in the EU, at prices to be agreed between the parties from time to time; and (iv) EU Partner shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of the JV, at its own costs, and for this purpose shall make available to the JV its knowledge, business connection and personnel, all in order to maximize the sales of OWC’s Products in the EU through the JV. The JV had not commenced operations and did not have any assets or liabilities as of March 31, 2019.
     
  4.

On August 6, 2015, OWC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Emilia Cosmetics Ltd. (“Emilia”), a large Israeli private label manufacturer which operates in the field of development, production, manufacturing and packaging of health and beauty products including for treatment of human skin disease, for the development, manufacture and marketing of a cannabis-based topical ointment to treat psoriasis.

 

On November 27, 2016, the Company and OWC (the “Group”) entered into a license agreement with Emilia (the “Emilia License Agreement”). During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Group completed the development process and then initiated a phase I study at Chaim Sheba Medical Center (“Sheba”) to explore the safety of the cannabis-based topical ointment on psoriasis. Prior to entering into the Emilia License Agreement, the Group and Emilia conducted a development and evaluation program (as defined in the Emilia License Agreement) for the development of a specific product comprising Emilia’s formulation with certain medical cannabis extract provided by the Group for topical treatment of psoriasis.

 

Pursuant to the Emilia License Agreement, Emilia granted a limited license to the Group with respect to Emilia’s licensed intellectual property to be developed and commercialized worldwide in the topical treatment of psoriasis in humans with OWC’s Product, as defined in the Emilia License Agreement. If such trial proves successful, Emilia will grant the Group an exclusive, worldwide, transferable, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses, to use, sell and commercially exploit the Emilia intellectual property, in consideration for which, from and after the first commercial sales of the licensed product, the Group shall pay to Emilia a royalty at the rate of ten percent of net sales during the period beginning upon the first commercial sale and ending ten years thereafter. In the event the sale of the licensed product during the royalty term reaches the minimum sales targets set forth in the Emilia License Agreement, the royalty term will be extended for an additional five-year term.

 

No sales have occurred to date and therefore there is no impact on these consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Cont.)

 

  A. Commitments

 

  5. On December 29, 2016, OWC entered into a Research Agreement with Medical Research Infrastructure Development and Health Services Fund (the “Fund”) by Chaim Sheba Medical Center (“Sheba”). Pursuant to the Clinical Research Agreement, the Fund shall perform a Phase I, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, maximal dose clinical trial (the “Psoriasis Trial”) to determine the safety and tolerability of topical ointment containing MGC (“Medical Grade Cannabis” or the “Drug Trial”) in healthy volunteers, employing the services of Professor Aviv Barzilay, Director of the Department of Dermatology- Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, to lead the Trial (the “Investigator”). The Trial shall be conducted in compliance with the following, as defined in the Research Agreement: (1) the Protocol; (2) the Ministry Guidelines; (3) the instructions and terms specified in the Helsinki Committee’s approval; (4) the ICH-GCP; (5) the Helsinki Declarations; (6) the applicable laws, rules and regulations regulating such Trials which are applicable in Israel; and (7) written instructions and prescriptions issued by OWC and governing the administration of the Drug Trial. On January 29, 2019, the Company reported positive phase I safety data from the Trial. Pursuant to the Research Agreement, OWC is obliged to pay Sheba $170 for conducting the safety Trial for the ointment, the remainder of payment, $37 was paid through the period of 3 months ended March 31, 2018. The amounts of $37 and $44 have been recorded as research and development expenses related to the Trial during the period of three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
     
    6. On October 22, 2014, OWC entered into a Service agreement with Sheba Academic Medical Center, a hospital in Tel-Aviv, Israel, relating to the use of cannabis to treat Myeloma. Within the framework of this Service agreement, OWC is required to conduct pre-clinical studies on multiple myeloma for total payment of $170. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company has not recorded any research and development expenses related to the Service Agreement.
     
    At present, OWC uses its available working capital to fund these studies.

 

  B. Contingencies

 

  1.

On February 28, 2017, the Company filed an action for alleged legal malpractice against the NYC law firm of Sichenzia Ross FerenceKesner LLP and Marc J. Ross, Esq. a partner at Sichenzia Ross in New York State Supreme Court in New York County. The Company’s claims arise out of legal services allegedly negligently performed by Ross and Sichenzia Ross. The Company brought the action seeking recovery of monetary damages noted above due to the defendants’ alleged failure to exercise a professional standard of care in their representation of OWCP.

 

The action is currently pending in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York and is in the discovery phase.

     
  2. The Company has also sued certain individuals in the Supreme Court of the State of New York regarding defaulted loan obligations related to 2,354,480 shares granted to them. The matter has been settled as against certain individuals, while the Company is still pursuing its claims against one individual for an outstanding sum of approximately $15. The Company is currently monitoring the payment of the settlement funds amounting to $121 which are included as part of Common Stock Subscriptions Receivable.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 5 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Cont.)

 

  B. Contingencies (Cont.)

 

  3. On December 6, 2018, the Company has entered into a Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the “Plaintiff”, in the Tel Aviv Regional Court of Labor, pursuant to which subject to receiving a withholding tax certificate from the Plaintiff, the Company will issue to the Plaintiff a number of shares of the Company’s common stock at an aggregate value of $725 on the issuance date. The price per share will be determined based on the average closing price of the share during the three business days preceding the date in which the Company receives the withholding tax certificate from the Plaintiff.
     
    In addition, the Company has provided the Plaintiff a price protection for a period of 6-months (the “Limitation Period”) commencing the date in which the withholding tax certificate has been received by the Company, under which if the value of the common stock issued to the Plaintiff falls below $725 at the end of the Limitation Period, in such case the Company will issue the Plaintiff additional common stock to get the aggregate value back to $725.
     
    The Company and the Plaintiff mutually agreed to dismiss all claims other than the Company’s claims against the Plaintiff in the USA.
     
    As of the filing date of these consolidated financial statements, the withholding tax certificate has not been received by the Company and therefore as of that date, the number of shares to be issued to the Plaintiff, cannot be considered as fixed and determinable. Also, the Company has not yet issued any shares to the Plaintiff and the price protection feature has not been granted.
     
    As the obligation will be settled only through the issuance of the Company’s common stock, the liability related to shares to be issued was presented as non-current as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, in total amount of $725.

 

NOTE 6 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

  A.

Dividend distribution on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On April 1, 2019, the Company paid a dividend of $65 by issuing 3,563,950 shares of common stock to the Purchaser of the Preferred Stock (see also Note 4B).

 

  B.

Commencement of Safety and Pharmacokinetics (PK) study of OWC’s soluble tablet versus Sativex®

 

On April 15, 2019, the Company commenced a single dose, randomized, crossover study to compare the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of OWC’s Medical Grade Cannabis - Orally Disintegrating Tablets (MGC-ODT) versus buccal Sativex®, in healthy adult volunteers (NCT03936907). The study is being conducted at the Souraski Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. This is a crossover study in which participants are administered with Sativex and OWC’s MGC-ODT, randomly, at least two weeks apart.

 

Plasma is collected during a 24-hour period, at pre-determined times, and side effects are being monitored. The participants’ concentrations of THC, CBD and 11-OH-THC will be quantified, and their plasma PK analyzed. The safety, tolerability and PK profile following Sativex and MGC-ODT will be compared.

 

  C.

Issuance of Unregistered Securities

 

As discussed in Note 4B, commencing April 1, 2019 through the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements, the Purchaser converted an aggregate of 5 shares of Preferred Stock into an aggregate of 15,059,605 shares of Common Stock.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following information should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial information and the notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 1, 2019. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” and discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and in Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

Overview

 

We are an early stage medical cannabis research and development company that applies conventional pharmaceutical research protocols and disciplines to the field of medical cannabis with the objective of establishing a leadership position in the research and development of medical cannabis therapies, products and delivery technologies. We are currently engaged in the research and development and have conducted trials on the efficacy of cannabis-based medical products (the “Cannabis-Based Medical Products”) commencing with our cannabis-based topical ointment for the treatment of psoriasis. In addition, we also are pursuing the use of our Cannabis-Based Medical Products for the treatment of multiple myeloma, post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”), chronic pain and fibromyalgia, and have made significant advancements in the development of a cannabis soluble tablet delivery system that could have applications for other indications. We are also capable of providing consulting and advisory services to governmental and private entities to assist them with developing and implementing tailor-made, comprehensive medical cannabis programs, although we have not generated any revenues from such services to date.

 

We have been engaged in research and development and consulting and advisory activities through our wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, One World Cannabis Ltd., since July 2014. To date, we have entered into binding agreements with major hospitals and medical research facilities in Israel for the purpose of conducting research studies and trials related to the development and use of Cannabis-Based Medical Products for the treatment of multiple myeloma, psoriasis, PTSD, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, and for the development of a cannabis soluble tablet delivery system.

 

On March 14, 2019, the Company executed a contract with the Souraski Medical Center Fund in Tel Aviv to perform a Single-Dose, Randomized, Crossover Study to compare the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of OWC’s Medical Grade Cannabis - Orally Disintegrating Tablets (MGC-ODT) with Buccal Sativex ® , in Healthy Adult Volunteers. This Clinical Trial Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and among One World Cannabis Ltd. and The Medical, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel, and Prof. Jacob Ablin M.D. as the Principal Investigator. The primary objectives of the study are:

 

1. To investigate the pharmacokinetics profile of THC, 11-OH THC and CBD following a single sublingual dose of MGC-ODT.
   
2. To compare the pharmacokinetic profiles of THC, THC metabolite 11-hydroxy-THC and CBD following a single administration of the investigational MGC-ODT vs. Sativex ® Oromucosal Spray.
   
3. To monitor and compare the safety and tolerability of the MGC-ODT and Sativex ® in the participating subjects.

 

On January 29, 2019 we reported positive safety data from our Phase 1 trial for our medical grade cannabis MGC ointment for the treatment of skin diseases. No severe adverse events were observed in the trial.

 

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April 2018 PIPE

 

On April 30, 2018 (the “Initial Date”), we consummated a private placement transaction (the “April 2018 PIPE”) by entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a non-US-based institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which, we sold and the Purchaser bought, (i) 500 shares of our new series of preferred stock designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”), which were initially convertible into 25,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of $0.20 per share (which was adjusted upon occurrence of the Triggering Event (as defined below), subject to adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Preferred Stock, and (ii) Warrants (the “Warrants”) representing the right to acquire initially 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock over a period of five years from the Initial Date at an initial exercise price of $0.22 per share, which is subject to certain adjustments including anti-dilution provisions, for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,000.

 

Commencing January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019, the Purchaser converted an aggregate of 50 shares of Preferred Stock into an aggregate of 24,961,347 shares of the Common Stock at the conversion prices in effect on the respective conversion dates. Since March 31, 2019 through May 14, 2019, the Purchase converted an additional 7 shares of Preferred Stock into an aggregate of 15,064,605 shares of Common Stock at the conversion prices in effect on the respective conversion dates.

 

Newbridge Securities Corporation, through LifeTech Capital (“Newbridge”), acted as exclusive placement agent for the April 2018 PIPPE and we are obligated to pay a cash fee of $375,000 to Newbridge and issue to them warrants to purchase 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock (or 10% of the aggregate number of fully diluted shares of Common Stock that have been purchased by the Purchaser) over a period of three years from the Initial Date at an exercise price of $0.20 per share, which is subject to certain adjustments including anti-dilution provisions. In addition, we are also obligated to pay Newbridge a warrant solicitation fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds that we receive upon cash exercise of any Warrants purchased by the Purchaser in connection with the Agreement (since the Initial Date through March 31, 2019, no solicitation fee was earned as no warrants were exercised).

 

In connection with the Agreement, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Purchaser, pursuant to which, among other things, we have agreed to use our commercially reasonable best efforts to (i) prepare and file with the SEC within 60 calendar days of the offering a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock and Warrants and (ii) have the registration statement and any amendment thereto to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 calendar days from the date of the initial filing of such registration statement. We filed a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred Stock and Warrants, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 2, 2018.

 

The Warrants are considered a freestanding instrument, as we believe they are legally detachable and separately exercisable.

 

The accounting effects of the April 2018 PIPE transaction for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are discussed in Note 4 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. As the April 2018 PIPE transaction was completed on the Initial Date, it did not impact the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2018 (which presented as comparative in this filing).

 

Going Concern

 

The development and commercialization of our product is expected to require substantial expenditures. We have not yet generated material revenues from operations and therefore are dependent upon external sources for financing our operations. In addition, in each year since our inception we reported losses and negative cash flows from operating activities. Moreover, we are required to redeem shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in cash amount that will not allow us to maintain our operations for the next twelve months. This means that there is substantial doubt that we can continue as a going concern for the next twelve months unless we obtain additional capital to pay our bills and meet our other financial obligations. Accordingly, we must raise capital from sources other than the actual sale of the product. We must raise capital to implement our projects and stay in business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to raise equity and/or debt capital from investors on terms and conditions satisfactory to us, or otherwise, and/or have adequate capital resources required by us to fund our current and future planned operations. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our plan of operations, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

 

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Our lack of operating history may make it difficult to raise capital. Our inability to borrow funds or raise equity capital to facilitate our business plan may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and future prospects.

 

Our Study on Psoriasis

 

On June 28, 2018, we announced the successful completion of the first part of our Phase I, placebo controlled, maximal dose trial (the “Psoriasis Trial”) to determine the safety and tolerability of the topical ointment containing medical grade cannabis (the “Topical Ointment”) in healthy volunteers. The completed part of our Psoriasis Trial consisted of application of escalating doses of the Topical Ointment to healthy volunteers and was successfully completed with no adverse effects. After the completion of the second part of our Psoriasis trial, we plan to initiate a Phase II Trial to demonstrate the efficacy of the Topical Ointment in treating mild to moderate psoriasis and other inflammatory skin diseases.

 

On January 29, 2019 we reported positive Phase 1 safety data for our medical grade cannabis MGC ointment for the treatment of skin diseases. No severe adverse events were observed in the trial.

 

We expect to initiate a Phase 2 trial of MGC ointment for the treatment of psoriasis during the fourth quarter of 2019.

 

Results of Operations

 

Results of Operations during the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018

 

We have not generated any revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2019 or 2018. We have operating expenses related to research and development expenses and general and administrative expenses.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we incurred a net loss of $1,000,000 due to general and administrative expenses of $498,000, research and development expenses of $285,000, income of $1,075,000 from the revaluation of liability related to the warrants, loss of $1,290,000 from revaluation of bifurcated embedded derivative related to Series A convertible Preferred Stock and financial expenses of $2,000, as compared to a net loss of $977,000 due to general and administrative expenses of $821,000, research and development expenses of $155,000 and financial expenses of $1,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

Our general and administrative expenses decreased by $323,000 or 39.3% during the three months ended March 31, 2019 as compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to decreased of stock-based compensation and amortization of services receivable expenses. The charges relating to stock-based compensation and services receivable expenses were $75,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to an expense of $586,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The decrease in general and administrative expenses was partially offset by increases in legal and consulting expenses due to reverse share split and increase in base salary.

 

Our research and development expenses increased by $130,000 or 83.9% during the three months ended March 31, 2019 as compared to the same period in the prior year mainly due to increase in head count and to active trials costs.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2019, we had current assets of $2,854,000 consisting of $2,800,000 in cash and cash equivalents and other current assets of $54,000. As of March 31, 2019, we had property and equipment carried at $73,000, net of $38,000 in accumulated depreciation and lease right-of-use asset of $60,000. We had total assets of $2,949,000 as of March 31, 2019.

 

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Lease assets and liabilities existed at March 31, 2019, but not at December 31, 2018.

 

As of December 31, 2018, we had current assets of $3,516,000 consisting of $3,464,000 in cash and cash equivalents and other current assets of $52,000. We had property and equipment valued at $73,000, net of $36,000 in accumulated depreciation. We had total assets of $3,553,000 as of December 31, 2018.

 

As of March 31, 2019, we had $509,000 in current liabilities consisting of $163,000 in accounts payable, $220,000 in other current liabilities, deferred revenues of $100,000 and lease liabilities of $26,000.

 

As of December 31, 2018, we had $438,000 in current liabilities consisting of $98,000 in accounts payable, $240,000 in other current liabilities and deferred revenues of $100,000.

 

We had positive working capital of $2,345,000 as of March 31, 2019 compared to positive working capital of $3,078,000 as of December 31, 2018. Our accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $29,276,000 and $27,222,000, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2019, we had $9,742,000 in non-current liabilities consisting of $8,583,000 in bifurcated embedded derivative related to Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $400,000 in liability related to warrants to purchase common stock, $34,000 in lease liabilities and $725,000 in liability related to shares to be issued.

 

We used $665,000 in our operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2019, which was due to a net loss of $1,000,000 ,amortization of services receivable of $35,000, stock-based compensation expenses of $40,000, revaluation income of liability related to warrants to purchase common stock of $1,075,000, revaluation expense of bifurcated embedded derivative related to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of $1,290,000, depreciation expense of $2,000, an increase in accounts payable of $65,000, an increase in other current assets of $2,000 and a decrease in other liabilities of $20,000.

 

We used $371,000 in our operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018, which was due to a net loss of $977,000 partially offset by amortization of services receivable of $240,000, stock-based compensation of $345,000, depreciation expense of $2,000, a decrease in accounts payable of $2,000, a decrease in other prepaid expenses of $63,000 and a decrease in other current liabilities of $42,000.

 

Our financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018 provided us with $105,000 through collection of a stock subscription receivable. There were no cash flows from financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

Based upon our cash position of $2,800,000 on March 31, 2019 we believe that we do not have sufficient cash to allow us to maintain our operations for the next twelve-month period. As of March 31, 2019, we are not in compliance with the Equity Conditions (as defined in our Series A Certificate of Designation) and therefore beginning January 31, 2019, for every 30-days period thereafter, at the request of the purchaser, we might be required to redeem in cash, 1/12 th of the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, for an amount equal to 110% of the stated value ($10,000) of such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock plus any accrued but unpaid dividends up to the Mandatory Redemption Date. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, the Purchaser has not requested redemption in cash of any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Management considered the significance of such conditions in relation to our ability to meet its current and future obligations and determined that such conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We believe that in order to execute on our plans we need to raise additional capital, either equity or debt, and there can be no assurance that additional capital will be sufficient to fund our anticipated expenditure requirements to execute on our plans. There is also no assurance that additional capital will be on terms and conditions favorable to us.

 

The development and commercialization of our product is expected to require substantial expenditures. We have not yet generated material revenues from operations and therefore we dependent upon external sources for financing our operations. As of March 31, 2019, we have an accumulated deficit of $29,276,000. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2019, excluding the revaluation income of liability related to warrants to purchase common stock in an amount of $1,075,000, and the revaluation of bifurcated embedded derivative in an amount of $1,290,000, we reported losses, and negative cash flows from operating activities.

 

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Funding of Our Research Programs

 

On October 22, 2014, we entered into a service agreement with the Sheba Academic Medical Center’s hospital (“Sheba”) relating to the use of cannabis to treat myeloma. Within the framework of this service agreement, we conducted pre-clinical studies on multiple myeloma, which have commenced in April 2015. Pursuant to this service agreement, we are obligated to pay Sheba $170,000. As of March 31, 2019, we have paid Sheba $66,000 as per Sheba’s payment requests.

 

In addition, pursuant to another service agreement, we were obliged to pay Sheba $170,000 throughout 2017 and 2018 for conducting the Study for the cream for treatment of psoriasis. As of March 31, 2019, we have paid the entire amount.

 

At present, we use our available working capital to fund these studies.

 

Our expenditures allocated to our corporate activities conducted through our facilities in Ramat Gan were $12,000 for the three months period ended March 31, 2019 and we expect it will be a total of approximately $49,000 for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of March 31, 2019, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1934.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commitments as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019, and in Note 2 to our interim consolidated financial statements as reported in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months period ended March 31, 2019. There have been no changes to the policies reported in the 2018 Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer conducted an evaluation regarding the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon the evaluation of these controls and procedures, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of March 31, 2019.

 

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Material Weaknesses and Remediation of Material Weaknesses

 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. Management conducted an assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2019 based on the framework and criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013). Management is not permitted to conclude that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective if there are one or more material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financing reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Based on our assessment and those criteria, we have concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting were ineffective because of the identification of material weaknesses including lack of sufficient internal accounting personnel, lack of sufficient internal controls (including IT general controls) that encompass the Company as a whole with respect to entity and transactions level controls in order to ensure complete documentation of complex and non-routine transactions and adequate financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2019. Management has identified corrective actions for the weaknesses and intends to implement procedures to address before mentioned material weaknesses during the remainder of fiscal year 2019.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting or in other factors identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

There have been no material changes to the legal proceedings to which the company is a party included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes in the risks facing the Company as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019.

 

The risks described in our Annual Report and this Quarterly Report are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report on Form 10-Q or incorporated by reference herein. Any document incorporated by reference is identified by a parenthetical reference to the SEC filing that included such document.

 

Exhibit

No.

  Description
31.1   Section 302 Certification of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Company’s CEO, Mordechai Bignitz, filed herewith.
31.2   Section 302 Certification of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Company’s CFO, Yossi Dagan, filed herewith.
32.1   Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Mordechai Bignitz as CEO, filed herewith
32.2   Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of Sigal Russo as CFO, filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Mordechai Bignitz   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   May 15, 2019
Mordechai Bignitz        
         
/s/ Sigal Russo   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and   May 15, 2019
Sigal Russo   Principal Accounting Officer)    

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Mordechai Bignitz, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp.;

 

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(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 15, 2019

 

/s/ Mordechai Bignitz  
Chief Executive Officer – Principle Executive Officer  

 

     
 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Sigal Russo, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp.;

 

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(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 15, 2019

 

/s/ Sigal Russo  
Chief Financial Officer – Principle Financial and Principle Accounting Officer  

 

     
 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Mordechai Bignitz, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Mordechai Bignitz  
Mordechai Bignitz  
Chief Executive Officer – Principle Executive Officer  

 

Dated: May 15, 2019

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

     
 

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 (the “Report”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Sigal Russo, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Sigal Russo  
Sigal Russo  
Chief Financial Officer – Principle Financial and Principle Accounting Officer  

 

Dated: May 15, 2019

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp. and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.