UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 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 1-38519

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   82-1436829

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1010 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102

Alameda, California 94501

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(510) 871-4190

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AGE   NYSE American

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The number of shares common stock outstanding as of May 10, 2019 was 37,630,000, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

 

 

     
     

 

PART 1—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

This Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”) contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. We make such forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Report are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or the negative of these words or other comparable terminology.

 

Any forward-looking statements in this Report reflect our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those discussed in this Report under Item 1 of the Notes to Condensed Financial Statements, under Risk Factors in this Report and those listed under Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.

 

References to “AgeX,” “our” or “we” mean AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

 

The description or discussion, in this Form 10-Q, of any contract or agreement is a summary only and is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of the applicable contract or agreement.

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements

 

AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PAR VALUE AMOUNTS)

 

   

March 31, 2019

    December 31, 2018  
    (Unaudited)        
             
ASSETS                
CURRENT ASSETS                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 8,586     $ 6,707  
Accounts and grants receivable, net     206       131  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     856       1,015  
Total current assets     9,648       7,853  
                 
Equipment and furniture, net     84       90  
Deposits and other long-term assets     19       19  
Intangible assets, net     2,570       2,709  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 12,321     $ 10,671  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES                
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 1,316     $ 1,366  
Related party payables, net     140       132  
Deferred revenues     361       317  
Other current liabilities     477       625  
TOTAL LIABILITIES     2,294       2,440  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)                
                 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, authorized 5,000 shares; none issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018     -       -  
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000 shares authorized; 37,630 and 35,830 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively     4       4  
Additional paid-in capital     86,480       81,499  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     24       (2 )
Accumulated deficit     (77,187 )     (74,054 )
AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. stockholders’ equity     9,321       7,447  
Noncontrolling interest     706       784  
Total stockholders’ equity     10,027       8,231  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 12,321     $ 10,671  

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
    2019     2018  
REVENUES:            
Subscription and advertising revenues   $ 345     $ 239  
Grant and other revenues     43       -  
Total revenues     388       239  
                 
Cost of sales     (63 )     (109 )
                 
Gross profit     325       130  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES:                
Research and development     (1,338 )     (1,591 )
Acquired in-process research and development     -       (800 )
General and administrative     (2,109 )     (1,290 )
Total operating expenses     (3,447 )     (3,681 )
Loss from operations     (3,122 )     (3,551 )
                 
OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSES):                
Interest income, net     12       18  
Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance     -       3,215  
Other expense, net     (28 )     (3 )
Total other income (expense), net     (16 )     3,230  
                 
NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES     (3,138 )     (321 )
Income tax provision     (73 )     -  
                 
NET LOSS     (3,211 )     (321 )
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest     78       86  
                 
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AGEX   $ (3,133 )   $ (235 )
                 
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE: BASIC AND DILUTED   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.01 )

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING: BASIC AND DILUTED

    36,143       33,750  

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
    2019     2018  
NET LOSS   $ (3,211 )   $ (321 )
Other comprehensive expense, net of tax:                
Foreign currency translation adjustment     26       (1 )
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS     (3,185 )     (322 )
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest     78       86  
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AGEX   $ (3,107 )   $ (236 )

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
    2019     2018  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net loss attributable to AgeX   $ (3,133 )   $ (235 )
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest     (78 )     (86 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss attributable to AgeX to net cash used in operating activities:                
Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance     -       (3,215 )
Acquired in-process research and development     -       800  
Depreciation expense     10       15  
Amortization of intangible assets     139       107  
Stock-based compensation     481       145  
Stock-based compensation allocated from BioTime     -       88  
Subsidiary stock-based compensation     -       2  
Income tax provision     73       -  
Foreign currency remeasurement loss and other     29       -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts and grants receivable, net     (75 )     53  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (64 )     (29 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     (52 )     282  
Related party payables     8       (150 )
Deferred revenues     44       150  
Other current liabilities     -       68  
Net cash used in operating activities     (2,618 )     (2,005 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from the sale of equity method investment in Ascendance     -       3,215  
Purchase of in-process research and development     -       (800 )
Purchase of equipment and other     (3 )     (1 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities     (3 )     2,414  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from exercise of warrants     4,500       -  
Proceeds from sale of warrants     -       737  
Net cash provided by financing activities     4,500       737  
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     -       (1 )
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     1,879       1,145  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:                
At beginning of the period     6,707       7,375  
At end of the period   $ 8,586     $ 8,520  

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

1. Organization, Business Overview and Liquidity

 

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“AgeX”) was incorporated in January 2017 in the state of Delaware. Its common shares trade on the NYSE American Stock Exchange under the symbol “AGE.”

 

AgeX is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics targeting human aging , with proprietary technology, based on telomerase-mediated cellular immortality and regenerative biology, which allows it to utilize telomerase-expressing regenerative pluripotent stem cell (“PSCs”) for the manufacture of cell-based therapies to regenerate tissues afflicted with age-related chronic degenerative disease. AgeX owns or has licenses to a number of patents and patent applications used in the generation of these product candidates, including intellectual property related to PSC-derived clonal progenitor cell lines ( PureStem ® technology), HyStem ® delivery matrices and UniverCyte™ (HLA-G) Technology.

 

AgeX’s initial discovery and pre-clinical programs focus on utilizing brown adipose tissue (“brown fat”) in targeting diabetes and obesity; using AgeX’s proprietary PureStem ® progenitor cells to generate vascular cells to treat vascular disorders and ischemic heart disease; and induced tissue regeneration (“iTR”) in utilizing the human body’s own abilities to scarlessly regenerate tissue damaged from age or trauma . AgeX may over time determine to abandon the development of one or more of these product candidates, or may change the prioritization of the development of certain product candidates, or may select or acquire and prioritize the development of new product candidates.

 

UniverCyte (HLA-G) Technology : In August 2018, AgeX acquired from Escape Therapeutics patents and patent applications related to HLA-G-modified cells and methods of generating allogeneic cells with reduced risk of being rejected by patients regardless of the HLA class I haplotype. AgeX intends to use the UniverCyte™ technology in the development of its two lead product candidates, AGEX-BAT1 and AGEX-VASC1 for the treatment of Type II diabetes and cardiovascular aging, respectively. In addition, AgeX may seek to license out or form collaborations for the use of its UniverCyte™ technology.

 

AgeX is an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012.

 

On June 7, 2018, AgeX sold 2.0 million shares of common stock to Juvenescence Limited (“Juvenescence”) for $2.50 per share for aggregate cash proceeds to AgeX of $5.0 million.

 

BioTime’s sale of significant ownership interest in AgeX to Juvenescence – AgeX was originally incorporated as a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (“BioTime”), a publicly-traded, clinical-stage biotechnology company. On August 30, 2018, BioTime consummated the sale of 14,400,000 shares of common stock of AgeX owned by BioTime to Juvenescence. Prior to the transaction, Juvenescence owned 5.6% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding common stock. Upon completion of the transaction, BioTime’s ownership in AgeX was reduced from 80.4% to 40.2% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, and Juvenescence’s ownership in AgeX was increased from 5.6% to 45.8% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. AgeX did not receive any proceeds from the transaction.

 

As a result of the sale of AgeX shares to Juvenescence by BioTime, on August 30, 2018, AgeX ceased to be a subsidiary of BioTime because on that date, BioTime experienced a “loss of control” of a subsidiary, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”). Loss of control is deemed to have occurred when, among other things, a parent company owns less than a majority of the outstanding common stock in the subsidiary, lacks a controlling financial interest in the subsidiary and, is unable to unilaterally control the subsidiary through other means such as having, or being able to obtain, the power to elect a majority of the subsidiary’s Board of Directors based solely on contractual rights or ownership of shares holding a majority of the voting power of the subsidiary’s voting securities. All of these loss-of-control factors were present with respect to BioTime’s ownership interest in AgeX as of August 30, 2018. Accordingly, BioTime deconsolidated AgeX’s consolidated financial statements and results from its consolidated financial statements and results beginning on August 30, 2018.

 

On November 28, 2018 (the “Distribution Date”), BioTime owned 14,416,000 shares of AgeX common stock, representing approximately 40.2% of the shares of the common stock issued and outstanding on the Distribution Date. On the Distribution Date, BioTime distributed to its shareholders, on a pro rata basis, 12,697,028 shares of the AgeX common stock it then held (the “Distribution”). Immediately after the Distribution, BioTime retained 1,718,972 shares of AgeX common stock, representing approximately 4.8% of the common stock then issued and outstanding. Following the Distribution, AgeX common stock began publicly trading on the NYSE American under the symbol “AGE”.

 

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Juvenescence is currently AgeX’s largest shareholder holding approximately 44% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of March 31, 2019.

 

Liquidity

 

Since inception, AgeX has financed its operations through contributions and advances from its former parent company, BioTime, the sale of its common stock and warrants, exercises of warrants, and research grants. BioTime has also provided AgeX with the use of BioTime facilities and services under a Shared Facilities and Services Agreement as described in Note 4. Although BioTime may continue to provide administrative support to AgeX on a reimbursable basis, AgeX does not expect BioTime to provide future financing. AgeX has incurred operating losses and negative cash flows since inception and had an accumulated deficit of $77.2 million as of March 31, 2019. AgeX expects to continue to incur operating losses and negative cash flows.

 

Based on its cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2019, AgeX has made certain adjustments to its operating plans and budgets to reduce its projected cash expenditures in order to extend the period over which it can continue its operations with its available cash resources. Some of these adjustments will entail the deferral of certain work on the development of AgeX’s product candidates and technologies, which is likely to delay progress in those research and development efforts. Based on AgeX’s most recent projected cash flows AgeX believes that its cash and cash equivalents of $8.6 million as of March 31, 2019 provide sufficient cash, cash equivalents, and liquidity to carry out AgeX’s operations through at least twelve months from the issuance date of the consolidated financial statements included herein. AgeX will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with its continuing operations after that date. If AgeX is unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, AgeX would be forced to further delay, reduce or eliminate its research and development programs.

 

2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements presented herein, and discussed below, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. In accordance with those rules and regulations certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in comprehensive consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date, but does not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in AgeX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of AgeX’s financial condition and results of operations. The condensed consolidated results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.

 

For periods prior to August 30, 2018, BioTime consolidated the results of AgeX and AgeX’s subsidiaries into BioTime’s consolidated results based on BioTime’s ability to control AgeX’s operating and financial decisions and policies through the majority ownership of AgeX common stock throughout the periods presented. As discussed above, beginning on August 30, 2018, BioTime deconsolidated AgeX’s consolidated financial statements and results from its consolidated financial statements and results.

 

To the extent AgeX does not have its own employees, human resources or facilities for its operations, BioTime or BioTime commonly controlled and consolidated subsidiaries provide certain employees for administrative or operational services, including laboratory space and administrative facilities, as necessary, for the benefit of AgeX, under a Shared Facilities and Services Agreement (the “Shared Facilities Agreement”) with BioTime (see Note 4). Accordingly, BioTime allocates expenses such as salaries and payroll related expenses incurred and paid on behalf of AgeX based on the amount of time that particular employees devote to AgeX affairs. Other expenses such as legal, accounting and financial reporting, marketing, and travel expenses are allocated to AgeX to the extent that those expenses are incurred by or on behalf of AgeX. BioTime also allocates certain overhead expenses such as rent and utilities, property taxes, insurance, laboratory expenses and supplies, telecommunications and other indirect expenses. These allocations are made based upon activity-based allocation drivers such as time spent, percentage of square feet of office or laboratory space used, headcount and percentage of personnel devoted to AgeX’s operations or management. Management evaluates the appropriateness of the allocations on a periodic basis and believes that this basis for allocation is reasonable.

 

Juvenescence also provides the services of certain of its employees to AgeX on a cost reimbursement basis. See Note 4.

 

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Principles of consolidation

 

AgeX’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of its subsidiaries. The following table reflects AgeX’s ownership, directly or through one or more subsidiaries, of the outstanding shares of its operating subsidiaries as of March 31, 2019.

 

Subsidiary   Field of Business   AgeX Ownership     Country
ReCyte Therapeutics   Early stage pre-clinical research and development involved in stem cell-derived endothelial and cardiovascular related progenitor cells for the treatment of vascular disorders, ischemic conditions and brown adipocytes for type-2 diabetes and obesity     94.8 %   USA
                 
LifeMap Sciences (1)   Biomedical, gene, and disease databases and tools     81.7 %   USA

 

(1) LifeMap Sciences includes LifeMap Sciences, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Ltd. an Israeli company.

 

All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. As of March 31, 2019, AgeX consolidated its direct and indirect wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries because AgeX has the ability to control their operating and financial decisions and policies through its ownership, and the noncontrolling interest is reflected as a separate element of shareholders’ equity on AgeX’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

Revenue recognition

 

During the first quarter of 2018, AgeX adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2014-09, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) , which created a single, principle-based revenue recognition model that supersedes and replaces nearly all existing U.S. GAAP revenue recognition guidance. AgeX adopted ASU 2014-09 using the modified retrospective transition method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of the adoption date. Results for reporting periods beginning on January 1, 2018 and thereafter are presented under Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with AgeX’s historical revenue recognition accounting under Topic 605. AgeX’s largest source of revenue is currently sourced from subscription and advertising revenues generated by its majority-owned subsidiary, LifeMap Sciences.

 

AgeX recognizes revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of control of a product or a service to a customer and reflects the amount of the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for such product or service. In doing so, AgeX follows a five-step approach: (i) identify the contract with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the customer obtains control of the product or service. AgeX considers the terms of a contract and all relevant facts and circumstances when applying the revenue recognition standard. AgeX applies the revenue recognition standard, including the use of any practical expedients, consistently to contracts with similar characteristics and in similar circumstances.

 

Subscription and advertising revenues – LifeMap Sciences sells subscription-based products, including research databases and software tools, for biomedical, gene, and disease research. LifeMap Sciences sells these subscriptions primarily through the internet to biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. LifeMap Sciences’ principal subscription product is the GeneCards ® Suite, which includes the GeneCards ® human gene database, and the MalaCards human disease database.

 

LifeMap Sciences’ performance obligations for subscriptions include a license of intellectual property related to its genetic information packages and premium genetic information tools. These licenses are deemed functional licenses that provide customers with a “right to access” to LifeMap Sciences’ intellectual property during the subscription period and, accordingly, revenue is recognized over a period of time, which is generally the subscription period. Payments are typically received at the beginning of a subscription period and revenue is recognized according to the type of subscription sold.

 

For subscription contracts in which the subscription term commences before a payment is due, LifeMap Sciences records an accounts receivable as the subscription is earned over time and bills the customer according to the contract terms. LifeMap Sciences continuously monitors collections and payments from customers and maintains a provision for estimated credit losses and uncollectible accounts based upon its historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that have been identified. Amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. LifeMap Sciences has not historically provided significant discounts, credits, concessions, or other incentives from the stated price in the contract as the prices are offered on a fixed fee basis for the type of subscription package being purchased. LifeMap Sciences may issue refunds only if the packages cease to be available for reasons beyond its control. In such an event, the customer will get a refund on a pro-rata basis. Both the customer and LifeMap Sciences expect the subscription packages to be available during the entire subscription period, and LifeMap Sciences has not experienced any significant issues with the availability of the product and has not issued any material refunds. Using the most likely amount method for estimating refunds under Topic 606, including historical experience, LifeMap Sciences determined that the single most likely amount of variable consideration for refunds is immaterial as LifeMap Sciences does not expect to pay any refunds.

 

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LifeMap Sciences performance obligations for advertising are overall advertising services and represent a series of distinct services. Contracts are typically less than a year in duration and the fees charged may include a combination of fixed and variable fees with the variable fees tied to click throughs to the customer’s products on their website. LifeMap Sciences allocates the variable consideration to each month the click through services occur and allocates the annual fee to the performance obligation period of the initial term of the contract because those amounts correspond to the value provided to the customer each month. For click-through advertising services, at the time the variable compensation is known and determinable, the service has been rendered. Revenue is recognized at that time. The annual fee is recognized over the initial subscription period because this is a service and the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefit of LifeMap Sciences’ performance.

 

LifeMap Sciences deferred subscription revenues primarily represent subscriptions for which cash payment has been received for the subscription term, but the subscription term has not been completed as of the balance sheet date. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, LifeMap Sciences recognized $345,000 and $239,000, respectively, in subscription and advertising revenues. As of March 31, 2019, there was $361,000 included in deferred revenues in the consolidated balance sheets which is expected to be recognized as subscription revenue over the next twelve months.

 

LifeMap Sciences has licensed from third parties the databases and software it commercializes and has a contractual obligation to pay royalties to the licensor on subscriptions sold. These costs are included in cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statements of operations when the cash is received, and the royalty obligation is incurred as the royalty payments do not qualify for capitalization of costs to fulfill a contract under ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers .

 

Grant revenues – In applying the provisions of Topic 606, AgeX has determined that government grants are out of the scope of Topic 606 because the government entities do not meet the definition of a “customer”, as defined by Topic 606, as there is not considered to be a transfer of control of good or services to the government entities funding the grant. AgeX accounts for grants received to perform research and development services in accordance with ASC 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements , which requires an assessment, at the inception of the grant, of whether the grant is a liability or a contract to perform research and development services for others. If AgeX or a subsidiary receiving the grant is obligated to repay the grant funds to the grantor regardless of the outcome of the research and development activities, then AgeX is required to estimate and recognize that liability. Alternatively, if AgeX or a subsidiary receiving the grant is not required to repay, or if it is required to repay the grant funds only if the research and development activities are successful, then the grant agreement is accounted for as a contract to perform research and development services for others, in which case, grant revenue is recognized when the related research and development expenses are incurred.

 

In September 2018, AgeX was awarded a grant of up to approximately $225,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH grant provides funding for continued development of AgeX technologies for treating osteoporosis. The grant funds will be made available by the NIH as allowable expenses are incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, AgeX incurred approximately $15,000 of allowable expenses under the NIH grant and recognized a corresponding amount of grant revenues . AgeX had no grant revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development expenses include both direct expenses incurred by AgeX or its subsidiaries and indirect overhead costs allocated by BioTime that benefit or support AgeX’s research and development functions. Direct research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and related benefits, including stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, outside consultants and suppliers, and license fees paid to third parties to acquire patents or licenses to use patents and other technology. Indirect research and development expenses allocated by BioTime to AgeX under the Shared Facilities Agreement (see Note 4), are primarily based on headcount or space occupied, as applicable, and include laboratory supplies, laboratory expenses, rent and utilities, common area maintenance, telecommunications, property taxes and insurance. Research and development expenses incurred and reimbursed by grants from third parties or governmental agencies, including service revenues from co-development projects with customers, if any and as applicable, approximate the respective revenues recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

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General and administrative

 

General and administrative expenses include both direct expenses incurred by AgeX and indirect overhead costs allocated by BioTime that benefit or support AgeX’s general and administrative functions. Direct general and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related benefits, including stock-based compensation, for executive and corporate personnel, and professional and consulting fees. Indirect general and administrative expenses allocated by BioTime to AgeX under the Shared Facilities Agreement (see Note 4) are primarily based on headcount or space occupied, as applicable, and include costs for financial reporting and compliance, rent and utilities, common area maintenance, telecommunications, property taxes and insurance.

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders

 

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to AgeX common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common shares outstanding, net of unvested restricted stock or restricted stock units, subject to repurchase by AgeX, if any, during the period. Diluted loss per share is calculated by dividing the net income attributable to AgeX common stockholders, if any, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for the effects of potentially dilutive common shares issuable under outstanding stock options and warrants, using the treasury-stock method, and convertible preferred stock, if any, using the if-converted method , and treasury stock held by subsidiaries, if any .

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, b ecause AgeX reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders, all potentially dilutive common stock, comprised of stock options, restricted stock units and warrants, is antidilutive.

 

The following weighted average common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share for the periods presented because including them would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

 
    2019     2018  
Stock options     2,401       1,302  
Warrants (1)     -       1,474  
Restricted stock units     12       -  

 

(1) The warrants were either exercised or expired on March 18, 2019 (see Note 5).

 

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

 

Leases

 

On January 1, 2019, AgeX adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842, “ASC 842”) and its subsequent amendments affecting AgeX: (i) ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases, and (ii) ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted improvements, using the modified retrospective method.

 

AgeX management determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Leases are classified as either financing or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the consolidated statements of operations. When determining whether a lease is a financing lease or an operating lease, ASC 842 does not specifically define criteria to determine “major part of remaining economic life of the underlying asset” and “substantially all of the fair value of the underlying asset.” For lease classification determination, AgeX continues to use (i) 75% or greater to determine whether the lease term is a major part of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset and (ii) 90% or greater to determine whether the present value of the sum of lease payments is substantially of the fair value of the underlying asset. Under the available practical expedients, and as applicable, AgeX accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. AgeX recognizes right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities for leases with terms greater than twelve months in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

ROU assets represent an entity’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent an entity’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. If the lease agreement does not provide an implicit rate in the contract, an entity uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the entity will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Upon adoption of ASC 842 and based on the practical expedients available under that standard, AgeX did not reassess any expired or existing contracts, reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases and reassess initial direct costs for exiting leases. AgeX also elected not to capitalize leases that have terms of twelve months or less.

 

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The adoption of ASC 842 had no impact on AgeX’s consolidated balance sheets as AgeX did not have operating leases as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (see Note 4). AgeX’s new sublease discussed in Note 9, which commenced on April 2, 2019, will be subject to ASC 842 and AgeX will recognize this lease as a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability on its balance sheet in accordance with ASC 842 in the second quarter of 2019.

 

Stock-based compensation

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting , which simplifies the accounting for non-employee share-based payment transactions. The new standard expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from non-employees. ASU 2018-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 (including interim periods within that fiscal year). AgeX adopted ASU 2018-07 on January 1, 2019. As AgeX has one stock option grant issued to a nonemployee in October 2018, the application of the new standard did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Reclassifications

 

A reclassification was made from amounts included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities to related party payables, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 to conform and be comparable to the presentation on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. The reclassification had no impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements for any period presented.

 

Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

 

The recently issued accounting pronouncements applicable to AgeX that are not yet effective should be read in conjunction with the recently issued accounting pronouncements, as applicable and disclosed in AgeX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement , which modifies certain disclosure requirements for reporting fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. AgeX will adopt this standard on January 1, 2020 and is currently evaluating the disclosure requirements and its effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

3. Selected Balance Sheet Components

 

Intangible assets, net

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, intangible assets, primarily consisting of acquired in-process research and development and patents, and accumulated amortization were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

March 31, 2019

(unaudited)

   

December 31, 2018

 
Intangible assets   $ 5,586     $ 5,586  
Accumulated amortization     (3,016 )     (2,877 )
Total intangible assets, net   $ 2,570     $ 2,709  

 

AgeX recognized $139,000 and $107,000 in amortization expense of intangible assets, included in research and development expenses, for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, accounts payable and accrued liabilities were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

   

March 31, 2019

(unaudited)

    December 31, 2018  
Accounts payable   $ 272     $ 150  
Accrued compensation     298       254  
Accrued vendors and other expenses     746       962  
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 1,316     $ 1,366  

 

4. Related Party Transactions

 

Shared Facilities and Service Agreement

 

On August 17, 2017, AgeX and BioTime executed the Shared Facilities Agreement. Under the terms of the Shared Facilities Agreement, BioTime agrees to permit AgeX to use its premises and equipment located at Alameda, California for the purpose of conducting business. BioTime will also provide accounting, billing, bookkeeping, payroll, treasury, payment of accounts payable, and other similar administrative services to AgeX. BioTime may also provide the services of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals who may also provide professional services to BioTime and its other subsidiaries. BioTime may also provide AgeX with the services of its laboratory and research personnel, including BioTime employees and contractors, for the performance of research and development work for AgeX at the premises.

 

BioTime charges AgeX a “Use Fee” for services received and usage of facilities, equipment, and supplies. For each billing period, BioTime prorates and allocates as a Use Fee costs incurred, as applicable, to AgeX. Such costs generally include services of BioTime employees, consultants, and contractors; equipment use, insurance, lease expense, fees for services of accountants, lawyers, and other professionals; software; supplies; and utilities. Allocation depends on key cost drivers including actual documented use, square footage of facilities used, time spent, costs incurred by or for AgeX, or upon proportionate usage by BioTime and AgeX, as reasonably estimated by BioTime. BioTime, at its discretion, has the right to charge AgeX a 5% markup on such allocated costs and BioTime has charged this markup since the August 17, 2017 inception of the Shared Facilities Agreement with AgeX. The allocated cost of BioTime employees and contractors who provide services is based upon records maintained of the number of hours or percentage of time of such personnel devoted to the performance of services.

 

The Use Fee is determined and invoiced to AgeX on a monthly basis for each calendar month of each calendar year. If the Shared Facilities Agreement terminates prior to the last day of a billing period, the Use Fee will be determined for the number of days in the billing period elapsed prior to the termination of the Shared Facilities Agreement. Each invoice will be payable in full by AgeX within 30 days after receipt. Any invoice, or portion thereof, not paid in full when due will bear interest at the rate of 15% per annum until paid, unless the failure to make a payment is due to any inaction or delay in making a payment by BioTime employees from AgeX funds available for such purpose, rather than from the unavailability of sufficient funds legally available for payment or from an act, omission, or delay by any employee or agent of AgeX. To date BioTime has not charged AgeX any interest.

 

In addition to the Use Fees, AgeX will reimburse BioTime for any out of pocket costs incurred by BioTime for the purchase of office supplies, laboratory supplies, and other goods and materials and services for the account or use of AgeX, provided that invoices documenting such costs are delivered to AgeX with each invoice for the Use Fee. Furthermore, BioTime will have no obligation to purchase or acquire any office supplies or other goods and materials or any services for AgeX, and if any such supplies, goods, materials or services are obtained for AgeX, BioTime may arrange for the suppliers thereof to invoice AgeX directly.

 

The Shared Facilities Agreement will remain in effect from year to year, unless either party gives the other party written six months’ notice to terminate, which BioTime may not give to AgeX prior to September 1, 2020, or unless the agreement is otherwise terminated under another provision of the agreement. The Shared Facilities Agreement is not considered a lease under the provisions of ASC 842 discussed in Note 2, because, among other factors, a significant part of the Shared Facilities Agreement is a contract for services, not a tangible asset, and is cancelable by either party without penalty.

 

See Note 9 for discussion of AgeX’s new sublease that commenced on April 2, 2019, and AgeX’s notice to BioTime on May 7, 2019 regarding the termination of the facilities portion of the Shared Facilities Agreement.

 

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In aggregate, BioTime charged such Use Fees to AgeX and subsidiaries as follows (in thousands) :

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

 
    2019     2018  
Research and development   $ 286     $ 318  
General and administrative     114       70  
Total Use Fees   $ 400     $ 388  

 

AgeX accounts for payables to an affiliate, net of receivables from that affiliate, if any, for shared services and other transactions that AgeX may enter into with that affiliate. AgeX records those payables and receivables on a net basis since AgeX and the affiliate intends to exercise a right of offset of the payable and the receivable and to settle the balances net by having the party that owes the other party pay the net balance owed . AgeX treats BioTime and Juvenescence as affiliates for this purpose.

 

AgeX had $16,000 in related party receivables from BioTime and $34,000 in related party payables due to BioTime, included in related party payables, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

 

Transactions with Juvenescence

 

Since October 2018, AgeX’s Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), who is also an employee of Juvenescence, is devoting a majority of his time to AgeX’s operations for which AgeX reimburses Juvenescence for his services on an agreed upon annual amount of approximately $273,000 (annual amount allocated to AgeX by Juvenescence). As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, AgeX had approximately $156,000 and $98,000, respectively, payable to Juvenescence for COO services rendered, included in related party payables, net, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (see Note 9).

 

Transactions with Ascendance

 

On March 21, 2018, AgeX and Ascendance entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Agreement”) in which AgeX purchased for $800,000 in cash certain assets consisting in value primarily of in-process research and development assets related to stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) to be developed by AgeX. The transaction was considered an asset acquisition rather than a business combination in accordance with ASC 805-50. The $800,000 purchase price was expensed on the acquisition date as acquired in-process research and development in accordance with ASC 730-10-25(c) as those assets have no alternative future uses.

 

Disposition of ownership interest in Ascendance

 

On March 23, 2018, Ascendance was acquired by a third party in a merger through which AgeX received approximately $3.2 million in cash for its shares of Ascendance common stock. AgeX recognized a $3.2 million gain on sale of its equity method investment in Ascendance, which is included in other income and expenses, net, for the three months ended March 31, 2018. At the close of the merger, $955,000 of cash that otherwise would have been payable to the Ascendance stockholders was deposited into an escrow account where it may be held for a term of up to fifteen months. Funds held in the escrow account may be paid to the acquirer to cover indemnity payments and other obligations that may arise after the merger. After the expiration of the term of the escrow, any funds remaining in the escrow account will be disbursed, on a pro-rata basis, to the former Ascendance stockholders. As of March 31, 2019, no amounts have been recorded in the AgeX condensed consolidated interim financial statements for any funds held in the escrow account.

 

Sale and exercise of AgeX warrants

 

In February 2018, AgeX sold warrants, as described in Note 5, to certain investors, including to Alfred D. Kingsley, who was at the time AgeX’s Executive Chairman and the Chairman of BioTime’s Board of Directors . On March 18, 2019, Mr. Kingsley purchased a total of 248,600 shares of AgeX common stock through the exercise of his warrants at an exercise price of $2.50 per share and paid a total purchase price of $621,500.

 

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5. Stockholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Stock

 

AgeX is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred stock. To date, no preferred shares are issued and outstanding.

 

Common Stock

 

AgeX has up to 100,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value common stock authorized.

 

See Note 4 for related party transactions with BioTime that impacted AgeX’s condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity.

 

On February 28, 2018, AgeX sold warrants to purchase 1,473,600 shares of AgeX common stock (the “Warrants”) for $0.50 per warrant for aggregate cash proceeds to AgeX of $736,800. On July 10, 2018, AgeX sold additional Warrants to purchase 526,400 shares of common stock for $0.50 per warrant for aggregate net cash proceeds to AgeX of $263,200. The Warrants were exercisable at $2.50 per share.

 

On March 18, 2019, holders of the Warrants purchased a total of 1,800,000 shares of AgeX common stock through the exercise of Warrants at an exercise price of $2.50 per share, for total proceeds to AgeX of $4.5 million. Any unexercised Warrants expired on that date. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, there were 37,630,000 and 35,830,000 shares of AgeX common stock issued and outstanding, respectively.

 

Reconciliation of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

 

The following tables provide the activity in AgeX’s consolidated stockholders’ equity for the periods from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019 (unaudited and in thousands).

 

    Common Stock     Additional                 Accumulated Other     Total  
    Number
of Shares
    Par
Value
    Paid-In
Capital
   

Accumulated

Deficit

   

Noncontrolling

Interest

    Comprehensive Income/ (Loss)     Stockholders’
Equity
 
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2017     33,750     $ 3     $ 73,761     $ (66,552 )   $ 1,039     $ 68     $ 8,319  
Sale of warrants     -       -       737       -       -       -       737  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       145       -       -       -       145  
Stock-based compensation allocated from BioTime     -       -       88       -       -       -       88  
Stock-based compensation in subsidiaries     -       -       -       -       2       -       2  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       (1 )     (1 )
Net loss     -       -       -       (235 )     (86 )     -       (321 )
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2018     33,750     $ 3     $ 74,731     $ (66,787 )   $ 955     $ 67     $ 8,969  

 

    Common Stock     Additional                 Accumulated Other     Total  
    Number
of Shares
    Par
Value
    Paid-In
Capital
   

Accumulated

Deficit

   

Noncontrolling

Interest

    Comprehensive Income/ (Loss)     Stockholders’ Equity  
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2018     35,830     $ 4     $ 81,499     $ (74,054 )   $ 784     $ (2 )   $ 8,231  
Issuance of common stock from exercise of warrants     1,800       -       4,500       -       -       -       4,500  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       481       -       -       -       481  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       26       26  
Net loss     -       -       -       (3,133 )     (78 )             (3,211 )
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2019     37,630     $ 4     $ 86,480     $ (77,187 )   $ 706     $ 24     $ 10,027  

 

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6. Stock-Based Awards

 

Equity Incentive Plan Awards

 

AgeX adopted its 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) under which a maximum of 4,000,000 shares of common stock are available for the grant of stock options, the sale of restricted stock, the settlement of restricted stock units, and the grant of stock appreciation rights. The Plan also permits AgeX to issue such other securities as its Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee administering the Plan may determine.

 

On March 11, 2019, AgeX granted 50,000 restricted stock units and stock options to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $4.28 to its employees, directors and a consultant under the Plan. These grants are subject to customary vesting terms and conditions in accordance with the Plan.

 

A summary of AgeX stock option activity under the Plan and related information follows (in thousands, except weighted average exercise price):

 

   

Shares

Available

for Grant

   

Number

of Options

Outstanding

   

Number

of RSUs

Outstanding

   

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

 
December 31, 2018     1,731       2,269       -     $ 2.42  
Restricted stock units granted     (100 )     -       50       -  
Options granted     (567 )     567       -       4.28  
Options exercised     -       -       -       -  
Options forfeited/cancelled     -       -       -       -  
March 31, 2019     1,064       2,836       50     $ 2.79  
Options exercisable at March 31, 2019             949             $ 2.22  

 

Stock-based Compensation Expense

 

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the weighted-average assumptions noted in the following table :

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

 
    2019     2018  
Expected life (in years)     5.7       6.02  
Risk-free interest rates     2.44 %     2.67 %
Volatility     78.45 %     74.65 %
Dividend yield     - %       - %  

 

Operating expenses include stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

 
    2019     2018  
Research and development   $ 27     $ 51  
General and administrative     454       184  
Total stock-based compensation expense   $ 481     $ 235  

 

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7. Income Taxes

 

The provision for income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate in accordance with ASC 740-270, Income Taxes, Interim Reporting. The effective tax rate may be subject to fluctuations during the year as new information is obtained, which may affect the assumptions used to estimate the annual effective tax rate, including factors such as valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, the recognition or de-recognition of tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions, if any, and changes in or the interpretation of tax laws in jurisdictions where AgeX conducts business.

 

On March 23, 2018, Ascendance was acquired by a third party in a merger through which AgeX received approximately $3.2 million in cash for its shares of Ascendance common stock. For financial reporting purposes, AgeX recognized a $3.2 million gain on the sale of its equity method investment in Ascendance (see Note 4). The sale was a taxable transaction to AgeX generating a taxable gain of approximately $2.2 million. AgeX has sufficient current year losses from operations to offset the entire gain resulting in no income taxes due.

 

As further discussed in Note 1, on August 30, 2018, BioTime consummated the sale of 14,400,000 shares of common stock of AgeX owned by BioTime to Juvenescence. AgeX received no proceeds from that transaction. Prior to the transaction, Juvenescence owned 5.6% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding common stock. Upon completion of the transaction, BioTime’s ownership in AgeX was reduced from 80.4% to 40.2% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, and Juvenescence’s ownership in AgeX was increased from 5.6% to 45.8% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, beginning on August 31, 2018, AgeX will no longer be included in BioTime’s consolidated federal and state income tax returns as AgeX will file its own, standalone returns with its subsidiaries.

 

Beginning in 2018, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“2017 Tax Act”), subjects a U.S. stockholder to tax on Global Intangible Low Tax Income “GILTI” earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. In general, GILTI is the excess of a U.S. shareholder’s total net foreign income over a deemed return on tangible assets. The provision further allows a deduction of 50% of GILTI, however this deduction is limited to the company’s pre-GILTI U.S. income. For the year ended December 31, 2018, AgeX included an immaterial amount of GILTI in U.S. gross income related to LifeMap Sciences, Ltd., which was fully offset by operating losses. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, AgeX’s foreign income inclusion was less than the deemed return on tangible assets, therefore no GILTI was included in income for the first quarter of 2019. Current interpretations under ASC 740 state that an entity can make an accounting policy election to either recognize deferred taxes for temporary basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or to provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the year the tax is incurred as a period expense. AgeX has elected to account for GILTI as a current period expense when incurred.

 

For the period ended March 31, 2019, AgeX generated a domestic loss from continuing operations but generated foreign income attributable primarily to foreign currency transaction gains for the current period. This foreign income was principally related to the remeasurement of the U.S. dollar denominated intercompany advances payable by LifeMap Sciences, Ltd. to LifeMap Sciences, Inc., for which a foreign income tax provision of $73,000 was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Due to losses incurred for all periods presented, AgeX did not record a domestic provision or benefit for income taxes. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. AgeX established a full valuation allowance for all of its domestic deferred tax assets for all periods presented due to the uncertainty of realizing future tax benefits from its net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets.

 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

 

At March 31, 2019, AgeX had no commitments other than those under the Shared Facilities Agreement described in Note 4. The minimum fixed payments due under the Shared Facilities Agreement are approximately $133,333 per month (see Note 9).

 

Litigation – General

 

AgeX is subject to various claims and contingencies in the ordinary course of its business, including those related to litigation, business transactions, employee-related matters, and others. When AgeX is aware of a claim or potential claim, it assesses the likelihood of any loss or exposure. If it is probable that a loss will result and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, AgeX will record a liability for the loss. If the loss is not probable or the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably estimated, AgeX discloses the claim if the likelihood of a potential loss is reasonably possible and the amount involved could be material. AgeX is not aware of any claims likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

 

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Employment Contracts

 

AgeX has entered into employment contracts with certain executive officers. Under the provisions of the contracts, AgeX may be required to incur severance obligations related to certain terminations of employment.

 

Indemnification

 

In the normal course of business, AgeX may provide indemnifications of varying scope under AgeX’s agreements with other companies or consultants, typically for AgeX’s pre-clinical programs. Pursuant to these agreements, AgeX will generally agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and reimburse the indemnified parties for losses and expenses suffered or incurred by the indemnified parties arising from claims of third parties in connection with AgeX’s pre-clinical programs. Indemnification provisions could also cover third party infringement claims with respect to patent rights, copyrights, or other intellectual property pertaining to AgeX’s pre-clinical programs. The term of these indemnification agreements will generally continue in effect after the termination or expiration of the particular research, development, services, or license agreement to which they relate. The potential future payments AgeX could be required to make under these indemnification agreements will generally not be subject to any specified maximum amount. Historically, AgeX has not been subject to any claims or demands for indemnification. AgeX also maintains various liability insurance policies that limit AgeX’s financial exposure. As a result, AgeX believes the fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, AgeX has not recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

9. Subsequent Events

 

Lease Agreement

 

On April 2, 2019, the term of a sublease that AgeX entered into during March 2019 went into effect for an office and research facility (the “New Facility”) comprising approximately 23,911 square feet of space in a building in an office and research park at 965 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, California. AgeX plans to operate its principal offices and research laboratory at the New Facility.

 

Base monthly rent is $35,866.50 for the initial 12 months of the sublease term and then will increase to $36,942.50. In addition, AgeX will pay real property taxes, insurance and operating expenses pertaining to the building in which the New Facility is located. The sublease term will expire on December 31, 2020.

 

AgeX will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the New Facility, including electrical, plumbing, HVAC and other systems serving the New Facility but excluding structural and other external portions of the building in which the New Facility is located, and other external areas such as parking, landscaping and walkways associated with the building.

 

AgeX will be in default under the sublease, and the sublandlord may terminate the sublease and may exercise other remedies against AgeX for losses and damages under the sublease and applicable law, if any one or more of the following events occurs: (a) AgeX fails to pay any rent or any other sum required to be paid under the sublease for a period of ten (10) days after written notice of delinquency is delivered by the sublandlord; provided, however, that if AgeX fails to pay rent or other sums due within ten (10) days of the date due three or more times during any twelve month period, then any subsequent failure to pay any rent or other sum when due shall constitute a default without the requirement of any written notice; (b) a material default by AgeX in the performance of any other terms, covenants or conditions of the sublease where the failure continues for thirty (30) days after written notice from the sublandlord; provided that if AgeX defaults in the performance of the same obligation three or more times in any twelve month period and notice from the sublandlord was given in each instance, no cure period shall thereafter be applicable; (c) AgeX becomes bankrupt or insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings are commenced by or against AgeX, and in the case of an involuntary proceeding are not discharged within 60 days, the appointment of a receiver for a substantial part of AgeX’s assets, or the levy upon the sublease or AgeX’s estate in the sublease by attachment or execution, or (d) AgeX abandons the New Facility.

 

AgeX has agreed to indemnify the sublandlord against certain liabilities arising under laws pertaining to hazardous materials. The indemnity of the sublandlord will pertain to any deposit, spill, discharge or release of hazardous materials that occurs during the term of the sublease or from AgeX’s failure to comply with requirements of governmental authorities.

 

The sublease requires AgeX to maintain certain liability and other insurance and contains customary provisions pertaining to matters such as damage or destruction of the New Facility, taking by eminent domain or similar process, restrictions on subletting and assignment, and other matters.

 

In connection with the sublease, AgeX also purchased certain laboratory and other equipment from the sublessor for $35,000.

 

Notice of termination of Shared Facilities Agreement

 

On May 7, 2019, AgeX provided written notice that it will terminate its use of BioTime’s office and laboratory facilities as of July 31, 2019. The other provisions of the Shared Facilities Agreement remain in place at this time.

 

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

 

The matters addressed in this Item 2 that are not historical information constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about any of the following: any projections of earnings, revenue, cash, effective tax rate, use of net operating losses, or any other financial items; the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations or prospects for achieving such plans, and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. While AgeX may elect to update forward-looking statements in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, even if the AgeX estimates change and readers should not rely on those forward-looking statements as representing AgeX views as of any date subsequent to the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are inherently subject to risks and AgeX can give no assurances that its expectations will prove to be correct. Actual results could differ materially from those described in this report because of numerous factors, many of which are beyond the control of AgeX. A number of important factors could cause the results of the company to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including those detailed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q, our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and our other reports filed with the SEC from time to time.

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with AgeX’s condensed interim financial statements and the related notes provided under “Item 1- Financial Statements” above.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discusses and analyzes data in our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Senior management has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Actual conditions may differ from our assumptions and actual results may differ from our estimates.

 

An accounting policy is deemed critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, if different estimates reasonably could have been used, or if changes in the estimate are reasonably likely to occur, that could materially impact the financial statements. Management believes that there have been no significant changes during the three months ended March 31, 2019 to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, except as disclosed in Note 2 of our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

 

Revenues and Cost of Sales

 

The amounts in the table below show our consolidated revenues by source and cost of sales for the periods presented (in thousands).

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

    $ Increase/     % Increase/  
    2019     2018     (Decrease)     (Decrease)  
Subscription and advertising revenues   $ 345     $ 239     $ 106       44.4 %
Grant and other revenues     43       -       43       * %
Total revenues     388       239       149       62.3 %
Cost of sales     (63 )     (109 )     (46 )     (42.2 )%
Gross profit   $ 325     $ 130     $ 195       * %

 

* Not meaningful.

 

Our revenues were primarily generated by LifeMap Sciences, as subscription and advertising revenues from its GeneCards ® online database. Subscription and advertising revenues amounted to $345,000 and $239,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we recognized income of approximately $15,000 from a grant from the NIH . We had no grant revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2018. All other revenues were insignificant and nonrecurring for all periods presented.

 

Cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018 decreased primarily due to decreased royalty payments made or incurred by LifeMap Sciences due to a change in the applicable royalty fee terms from a percentage of net collections from customers to a fixed annual fee effective January 1, 2019.

 

Operating Expenses

 

The following table shows our consolidated operating expenses for the periods presented (in thousands).

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

    $ Increase/     % Increase/  
    2019     2018     (Decrease)     (Decrease)  
Research and development expenses   $ 1,338     $ 1,591     $ (253 )     (15.9 )%
Acquired in-process research and development     -       800       (800 )     * %
General and administrative expenses     2,109       1,290       819       63.4 %

 

* Not meaningful.

 

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Research and development expenses

 

Research and development expenses and acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) decreased by $1.1 million to $1.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 from $2.4 million during the same period in 2018. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of $0.3 million for programs utilizing PureStem ® cell lines and iTR technology and also the non-recurrence of in-process research and development expense that was incurred during March 2018 in connection with the purchase of certain assets primarily related to stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) to be developed by us.

 

The following table shows the amounts and percentages of our total research and development expenses of $1.3 million and $2.4 million, including acquired in-process research and development expenses incurred during 2018, allocated to our primary research and development programs during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively (amounts in thousands).

 

       

Three Months Ended

March 31, (unaudited)

 
        Amount (1)     Percent of Total  
Company   Program   2019     2018     2019     2018  
AgeX including ReCyte Therapeutics (2)   PureStem ® progenitor cell lines, brown adipose fat, iTR technology, and pre-clinical cardiovascular therapy research and development   $ 969     $ 1,212       72.4 %     50.7 %
                                     
AgeX   Acquired in-process research and development     -       800       *%       33.5 %
                                     
LifeMap Sciences   Biomedical, gene, and disease databases and tools     369       379       27.6 %     15.8 %
Total research and development expenses and acquired IPR&D       $ 1,338     $ 2,391       100.0 %     100.0 %

 

* Not meaningful.

 

(1) Amount includes research and development expenses incurred both directly by us or the named subsidiary. Amount also includes indirect expenses allocated from BioTime for certain general research and development expenses, such as lab supplies, lab expenses, rent and insurance allocated to research and development expenses, incurred directly by BioTime on behalf of AgeX or a subsidiary. See Notes 2 and 4 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.
   
(2) Includes approximately $19,000 and $29,000 of ReCyte Therapeutics expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

General and administrative expenses

 

The following tables show the amount of general and administrative expenses of AgeX and named subsidiaries during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31, (unaudited)

 
    Amount (1)     Percent of Total  
Company   2019     2018     2019     2018  
AgeX including ReCyte Therapeutics   $ 1,891     $ 1,082       89.7 %     83.9 %
LifeMap Sciences     218       208       10.3 %     16.1 %
Total general and administrative expenses   $ 2,109     $ 1,290       100.0 %     100.0 %

 

(1) Amount includes direct expenses incurred by us or the named subsidiary. Amount also includes indirect general and administrative expenses allocated by BioTime to us under the Shared Facilities Agreement. See Notes 2 and 4 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Report.

 

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 increased by $0.8 million to $2.1 million as compared to $1.3 million during the same period in 2018. This increase was primarily attributable to the following increases in expenses: a $0.3 million of noncash stock-based compensation expense; $0.2 million in insurance premiums; $0.1 million in consulting, travel and related expenses; $0.1 million in legal and accounting expenses; and $0.1 million in patent and license filing and maintenance related expenses.

 

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Other income (expense), net

 

Other income and expenses, net, in 2019 and 2018 consist primarily of net foreign currency transaction gains and losses recognized by LifeMap Sciences for intercompany payables and receivables denominated in currency other than the functional currency of the entity, gain on disposition of assets, and interest income and interest expense, net.

 

Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance

 

On March 23, 2018 Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc. (“Ascendance”), a company in which we held shares of common stock accounted for on the equity method, was acquired by a third party in a merger and we received $3.2 million in cash for our Ascendance common stock. We recognized a gain on sale for the same amount included in other income and expenses, net, during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

Income taxes

 

For Federal and California purposes, our activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was included in BioTime’s federal consolidated and California combined tax returns. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the provision for income taxes has been presented on a separate federal consolidated tax return and a California combined tax return using the separate return method as we will file separately from BioTime for periods after August 30, 2018, the date in which BioTime deconsolidated AgeX as discussed in Note 7 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

 

Beginning in 2018, the 2017 Tax Act subjects a U.S. stockholder to tax on Global Intangible Low Tax Income “GILTI” earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. In general, GILTI is the excess of a U.S. shareholder’s total net foreign income over a deemed return on tangible assets. The provision further allows a deduction of 50% of GILTI, however this deduction is limited to the company’s pre-GILTI U.S. income. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we included an immaterial amount of GILTI in U.S. gross income related to LifeMap Sciences, Ltd., which was fully offset by current year operating losses. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, our foreign income inclusion was less than the deemed return on tangible assets, therefore no GILTI was included in income for the first quarter of 2019. Current interpretations under ASC 740 state that an entity can make an accounting policy election to either recognize deferred taxes for temporary basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or to provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the year the tax is incurred as a period expense. We have elected to account for GILTI as a current period expense when incurred.

 

For the period ended March 31, 2019, we experienced a domestic loss from continuing operations but generated foreign income attributable primarily to foreign currency transaction gains for the current quarter. This income was principally related to the remeasurement of the U.S. dollar denominated intercompany advances payable by LifeMap Sciences, Ltd. to LifeMap Sciences, Inc., for which a foreign income tax provision of $73,000 was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

A valuation allowance will be provided when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We established a full valuation allowance for all domestic deferred tax assets for the periods presented due to the uncertainty of realizing future tax benefits from our net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Since inception, we have financed our operations through contributions and advances from our former parent company, BioTime, the sale of our common stock, the sale and exercise of warrants, and research grants. BioTime has also provided us with the use of BioTime facilities and services under the Shared Facilities Agreement. Although BioTime may continue to provide administrative support to us on a reimbursable basis, we do not expect BioTime will provide us future financing. We have incurred operating losses and negative cash flows since inception and had an accumulated deficit of $77.2 million as of March 31, 2019. We expect to continue to incur operating losses and negative cash flows.

 

We expect our expenses to increase in the near term in connection with our ongoing activities, including costs related to our planned move to a new office and laboratory facility in Alameda, California under a sublease from a third party that will replace our use of BioTime’s facilities. We will also incur additional costs if we hire our own internal administrative personnel and rely less on services provided by BioTime under the terms of the Shared Facilities Agreement. Furthermore, now that we are a public company, we will incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. In the longer term, we expect our expenses to increase as we continue our pre-clinical research and development activities and, if we initiate clinical trials and seek marketing approval for our product candidates. In addition, if we obtain marketing approval for any of our product candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses related to product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution to the extent that such sales, marketing and distribution are not the responsibility of potential collaborators. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations.

 

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Based on our cash and cash equivalents of $8.6 million as of March 31, 2019, we have made certain adjustments to our operating plans and budgets to reduce our projected cash expenditures in order to extend the period over which we can continue our operations with our available cash resources. Some of these adjustments will entail the deferral of certain work on the development of our product candidates and technologies, which is likely to delay our progress in those research and development efforts. Based on our most recent projected cash flows, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents of $8.6 million as of March 31, 2019 will provide sufficient cash, cash equivalents, and liquidity to carry out our operations through at least twelve months from the issuance date of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report. However, it is likely that we will need to raise additional capital in the near term to be able to meet our operating expenses beyond that twelve-month period. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs.

 

The amount of our future capital requirements will depend on many factors. In the near term these factors will include:

 

the scope, progress, results and costs of research and development work on product candidates;
     
the scope, prioritization and number of our research and development programs we conduct;
     
our ability to establish and maintain collaborations on favorable terms, if at all;
     
the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending intellectual property-related claims;
     
the costs of maintaining our laboratory and administrative facilities and equipment; and
     
the cost of employing our own administrative personnel rather than relying on services provided by BioTime or Juvenescence.

 

We do not have any committed sources of funds for additional financing, and we cannot assure that we will be able to raise additional financing on favorable terms or at all. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our present stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of any securities we issue may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect their rights as common stockholders. Additional debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends, and may involve the issuance of convertible debt or stock purchase warrants that would dilute the equity interests of our stockholders. If we raise funds through additional strategic partnerships or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.

 

Cash used in operating activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, our total research and development expenses were $1.3 million and our general and administrative expenditures were $2.1 million. Net loss attributable to us for the three months ended March 31, 2019 amounted to $3.1 million. Net cash used in operating activities during this period amounted to $2.6 million. The difference between the net loss attributable to us and net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2019 was primarily attributable to the following noncash items: $0.5 million in stock-based compensation expense; and $0.2 million in amortization of intangible assets and depreciation expense. These changes were offset to some extent by $0.1 million in net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest and $0.1 million as a net use of cash from changes in working capital.

 

Cash used in investing activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash used in investing activities was insignificant.

 

Cash provided by financing activities

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $4.5 million, which was entirely attributable to proceeds received from the exercise of warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of AgeX common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share. See Note 5 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Under SEC rules and regulations, as a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

It is management’s responsibility to establish and maintain adequate internal control over all financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Following this review and evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer, and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Controls

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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.

 

From time to time, we may be involved in routine litigation incidental to the conduct of our business. We are not presently involved in any material litigation or proceedings, and to our knowledge no such litigation or proceedings are contemplated.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects are subject to various risks, including those described in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019 (the “2018 Form 10-K”), which we encourage you to review. There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the 2018 Form 10-K, except as follows:

 

We are subject to laws and regulations governing corruption, which will require us to develop, maintain, and implement costly compliance programs.

 

We must comply with a wide range of laws and regulations to prevent corruption, bribery, and other unethical business practices, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or FCPA, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in other countries, particularly China where our subsidiary LifeMap Sciences does business, including business with hospitals. The creation and implementation of international business practices compliance programs is costly and such programs are difficult to enforce, particularly where reliance on third parties is required.

 

Anti-bribery laws prohibit us, our employees, and some of our agents or representatives from offering or providing any personal benefit to covered government officials to influence their performance of their duties or induce them to serve interests other than the missions of the public organizations in which they serve. Certain commercial bribery rules also prohibit offering or providing any personal benefit to employees and representatives of commercial companies to influence their performance of their duties or induce them to serve interests other than their employers. The FCPA also obligates companies whose securities are listed in the U.S. to comply with certain accounting provisions requiring us to maintain books and records that accurately and fairly reflect all transactions of the corporation, including international subsidiaries, and devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls for international operations. The anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA are enforced primarily by the United States Department of Justice. The SEC is involved with enforcement of the books and records provisions of the FCPA.

 

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Compliance with these anti-bribery laws is expensive and difficult, particularly in countries in which corruption is a recognized problem. In addition, the anti-bribery laws present particular challenges in the medical industry because in many countries including China, hospitals are state-owned or operated by the government, and doctors and other hospital employees are considered foreign government officials. Furthermore, in certain countries (China in particular), hospitals and clinics are permitted to sell pharmaceuticals to their patients and are primary or significant distributors of pharmaceuticals. Certain payments to hospitals in connection with clinical studies, procurement of pharmaceuticals and other work have been deemed to be improper payments to government officials that have led to vigorous anti-bribery law enforcement actions and heavy fines in multiple jurisdictions, particularly in the U.S. and China.

 

It is not always possible to identify and deter violations, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations.

 

In the medical industry, corrupt practices include, among others, acceptance of kickbacks, bribes or other illegal gains or benefits by the hospitals and medical practitioners from manufacturers of pharmaceutical or other products, distributors or their third party agents in connection with the prescription of certain pharmaceuticals or sale of products. If our employees, affiliates, distributors or third party marketing firms violate these laws or otherwise engage in illegal practices with respect to their sales or marketing of our products or other activities involving our products, we could be required to pay damages or heavy fines by multiple jurisdictions where we operate, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. The Chinese government has also sponsored anti-corruption campaigns from time to time, which could have a chilling effect on any future marketing efforts by us to new hospital customers. There have been recent occurrences in which certain hospitals have denied access to sales representatives from pharmaceutical companies because the hospitals wanted to avoid the perception of corruption. If this attitude becomes widespread among our potential customers, our ability to promote our products to hospitals may be adversely affected.

 

As we and our subsidiaries expand operations in China and other jurisdictions internationally, we will need to increase the scope of our compliance programs to address the risks relating to the potential for violations of the FCPA and other anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. Our compliance programs will need to include policies addressing not only the FCPA, but also the provisions of a variety of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws in multiple foreign jurisdictions, including China, provisions relating to books and records that apply to us as a public company, and include effective training for our personnel throughout our organization. The creation and implementation of anti-corruption compliance programs is costly and such programs are difficult to enforce, particularly where reliance on third parties is required. Violation of the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws can result in significant administrative and criminal penalties for us and our employees, including substantial fines, suspension or debarment from government contracting, prison sentences, or even the death penalty in extremely serious cases in certain countries. The SEC also may suspend or bar us from trading securities on U.S. exchanges for violation of the FCPA’s accounting provisions. Even if we are not ultimately punished by government authorities, the costs of investigation and review, distraction of our personnel, legal defense costs, and harm to our reputation could be substantial and could limit our profitability or our ability to develop or commercialize our product candidates. In addition, if any of our competitors are not subject to the FCPA, they may engage in practices that will lead to their receipt of preferential treatment from foreign hospitals and enable them to secure business from foreign hospitals in ways that are unavailable to us.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Not Applicable

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Numbers   Exhibit Description
     
3.1   Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. ’s Form 10-12(b) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2018)
     
3.2   Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. ’s Form 10-12(b) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2018)
     
10.1   Compensation Agreement, dated March 1, 2019, between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and Russell L. Skibsted*
     
10.2   Standard Sublease, dated for reference March 13, 2019, between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. and InSite Vision, Inc.*
     
31   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification*
     
32   Section 1350 Certification*
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document*
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema*
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase*
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document*
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase*
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase*

 

* Filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  AGEX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
   
Date: May 15, 2019 /s/ Michael D. West
  Michael D. West
  Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: May 15, 2019 /s/ Russell L. Skibsted
  Russell L. Skibsted
  Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS COMPENSATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of March 1, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and between AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“AgeX”), a Delaware corporation, and Russell Skibsted (“Executive”).

 

1. Engagement; Position and Duties.

 

(a) AgeX agrees to engage Executive in the position described on Exhibit A (which Exhibit A is a part of this Agreement) effective as of the Effective Date. Executive shall perform the duties and functions described on Exhibit A and such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of AgeX may from time to time determine. Executive shall devote Executive’s best efforts, skills, and abilities, on a part-time basis when and as requested by AgeX and its Subsidiaries. As an officer of the Company, Executive shall abide by the policies and procedures, as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, for officers of the Company, including but not limited to the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and its Insider Trading Policy (the “Policies”), notwithstanding that Executive is not an employee of the Company. Executive covenants and agrees that Executive will faithfully adhere to and fulfill the Policies, including any changes to the Policies that may be made in the future.

 

(b) Performance of Services for Subsidiaries . In addition to the performance of services for AgeX, Executive shall, to the extent so required by AgeX, also perform services for one or more subsidiary companies of AgeX (each a “Subsidiary”), provided that such services are consistent with the kind of services Executive performs or may be required to perform for AgeX under this Agreement. If Executive performs any services for any Subsidiary, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or remuneration in addition to or in lieu of the compensation and remuneration provided under this Agreement on account of such services for the Subsidiary. The Policies will govern Executive’s engagement by AgeX and any Subsidiaries for which Executive is asked to provide Services. In addition, Executive covenants and agrees that Executive will faithfully adhere to and fulfill such additional policies as may established from time to time by the board of directors of any Subsidiary for which Executive performs services, to the extent that such policies and procedures differ from or are in addition to the Policies adopted by AgeX.

 

(c) No Conflicting Obligations. Executive represents and warrants to AgeX and each Subsidiary that Executive is under no obligations or commitments, whether contractual or otherwise, that are inconsistent with Executive’s obligations under this Agreement or that would prohibit Executive, contractually or otherwise, from performing Executive’s duties as under this Agreement and the Policies.

 

(d) No Unauthorized Use of Third Party Intellectual Property . Executive represents and warrants to AgeX and each Subsidiary that Executive will not use or disclose, in connection with Executive’s performance of services for AgeX or any Subsidiary, any patents, trade secrets, confidential information, or other proprietary information or intellectual property as to which any other person has any right, title or interest, except to the extent that AgeX or a Subsidiary holds a valid license or other written permission for such use from the owner(s) thereof.

 

   

 

 

2. Compensation. The Company shall pay the fees determined in accordance with Schedule A. Executive shall submit an invoice monthly specifying the services provided. The Company shall pay Executive’s fees by check or wire transfer to an account designated by Executive, due within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the invoice.

 

3. Non-Solicitation . During the term of Executive’s engagement, and for one year thereafter, Executive shall not, for Executive or any third party, directly or indirectly employ, solicit for employment or recommend for employment any person employed by AgeX or any Subsidiary. During the term of Executive’s engagement, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly as an employee, contractor, officer, director, member, partner, agent, or equity owner, engage in any activity or business that competes or could reasonably be expected to compete with the business of AgeX or any Subsidiary. Executive acknowledges that there is a substantial likelihood that the activities described in this Section would (a) involve the unauthorized use or disclosure of AgeX’s or a Subsidiary’s Confidential Information and that use or disclosure would be extremely difficult to detect, and (b) result in substantial competitive harm to the business of AgeX or a Subsidiary. Executive represents that abiding by the terms of this Section will not materially interfere with his rights to employment or to pursue his profession, and he has accepted the limitations of this Section as a reasonably practicable and unrestrictive means of preventing the unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information and preventing competitive harm to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

4. Confidential Information. During Executive’s engagement, Executive may have access to trade secrets and confidential information of AgeX and one or more Subsidiaries. Confidential Information means all information and ideas, in any form, relating in any manner to matters such as: financial statements and other financial information; products; formulas; technology and know-how; inventions; clinical trial plans and data; business plans; marketing plans; financing plans; the identity, expertise, and compensation of employees and contractors; systems, procedures, and manuals; minutes (including also drafts of minutes) and notes of meetings and proceedings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board of Directors, and stockholders of AgeX and its Subsidiaries; lists of stockholders and other documents and information relating to the internal affairs of AgeX and its Subsidiaries; correspondence, notices, and other communications to Executive or AgeX and its Subsidiaries received by Executive in the course of his engagement by AgeX or any Subsidiary; customers; suppliers; joint venture partners; research collaborators; and licensees. Confidential Information also shall include any information of any kind, whether belonging to AgeX, a Subsidiary, or any third party, that AgeX or a Subsidiary has agreed to keep secret or confidential under the terms of any agreement with any third party. Confidential Information does not include: (i) information that is or becomes publicly known through lawful means other than unauthorized disclosure by Executive; (ii) information that was rightfully in Executive’s possession prior to Executive’s engagement with AgeX and was not assigned or licensed to AgeX or a Subsidiary or was not disclosed to Executive in Executive’s capacity as a consultant, officer, or other fiduciary of AgeX or a Subsidiary; and (iii) information disclosed to Executive, after the termination of Executive’s engagement by AgeX, without a confidential restriction by a third party who rightfully possesses the information and did not obtain it, either directly or indirectly, from AgeX or a Subsidiary, and who is not subject to an obligation to keep such information confidential for the benefit of AgeX, a Subsidiary, or any third party with whom AgeX or a Subsidiary has a contractual relationship. Executive understands and agrees that all Confidential Information shall be kept confidential by Executive both during and after Executive’s engagement by AgeX or any Subsidiary. Executive further agrees that Executive will not, without the prior written approval by AgeX or a Subsidiary, disclose any Confidential Information, or use any Confidential Information in any way, either during the term of Executive’s engagement or at any time thereafter, except as required by AgeX or a Subsidiary in the course of Executive’s engagement by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

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5. Termination of Engagement . Executive understands and agrees that Executive’s engagement under this Agreement has no specific term. This Agreement, and the engagement relationship, are “at will” and may be terminated by Executive or by AgeX (and the engagement of Executive by any Subsidiary by be terminated by the Subsidiary) with or without cause at any time by notice given orally or in writing. Upon termination of Executive’s engagement under this Agreement, AgeX and the Subsidiaries shall have no further obligation to Executive with respect to compensation except for payment of any consulting services and reimbursable travel expenses incurred between the Executive’s last invoice and the date of termination. This Agreement will terminate automatically upon the death or disability of Executive. Disability shall mean Executive’s inability to provide substantially all of the services required by the Company during any thirty (30) day period due to illness, injury, or bodily or mental infirmity as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

6. Turnover of Property and Documents on Termination . Executive agrees that on or before termination of Executive’s engagement, Executive will return to AgeX and all Subsidiaries all equipment and other property belonging to AgeX and the Subsidiaries, and all originals and copies of Confidential Information (in any and all media and formats, and including any document or other item containing Confidential Information) in Executive’s possession or control, and all of the following (in any and all media and formats, and whether or not constituting or containing Confidential Information) in Executive’s possession or control: (a) lists and sources of customers; (b) proposals or drafts of proposals for any research grant, research or development project or program, marketing plan, licensing arrangement, financing plan or agreement, or other arrangement with any third party; (c) reports, job or laboratory notes, specifications, and drawings pertaining to the research, development, products, patents, and technology of AgeX and any Subsidiaries; (d) any and all Intellectual Property developed by Executive during the course of engagement; (e) the Manual and memoranda related to the Policies; (f) minutes (including also drafts of minutes) and notes of meetings and proceedings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board of Directors, and stockholders of AgeX and its Subsidiaries; (g) lists of stockholders and other documents and information relating to the internal affairs of AgeX and its Subsidiaries; and (f) correspondence, notices, and other communications to Executive or AgeX and its Subsidiaries received by Executive in the course of his engagement by AgeX or any Subsidiary.

 

7. Independent Contractor.

 

(a) Executive is an independent contractor of the Company and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute Executive as an employee, officer, director, partner, or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(b) Executive shall have no authority to bind the Company or any Subsidiary to any contract, agreement, or obligation beyond the payment of otherwise duly authorized obligations incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary and within the scope of authority for payment by the Chief Financial Officer as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company. Executive shall not hold himself out as the agent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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(c) Executive represents he has experience and expertise in the applicable field of this Agreement, and that Executive has sufficient resources and facilities to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d) Executive is responsible for all of Executive’s own business expenses and shall not be reimbursed by the Company for any costs or expenses incurred by Executive in performing services under this Agreement; except that if the Company requests that Executive travel to the Company’s principal offices or places that are located more than 50 miles from Executive’s residence, the Company shall either provide Executive with transportation and lodging or shall reimburse Executive for reasonable travel and lodging expenses incurred by him provided that he provides invoices for such expenses and otherwise complies with the Company’s travel policies.

 

(e) Executive acknowledges and agrees that the fees for consulting services to be paid under Section 2 of this Agreement shall be the sole and exclusive compensation payable to Executive. Executive shall not be entitled to participate in any retirement, pension, life, health, accident and disability insurance, or other similar employee benefit plans which may be adopted by the Company or any Subsidiary for its officers or employees, and shall not be entitled to any paid vacation or sick leave time.

 

(f) Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he is under no obligations or commitments, whether contractual or otherwise, that are inconsistent with his obligations under the Agreement or that would prohibit him, contractually or otherwise, from performing services as a consultant to the Company or any Subsidiary as provided herein.

 

8. Indemnity. Executive shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company and each Subsidiary and each of the directors, officers, employees, and shareholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the indemnified parties) from and against any and all lawsuits, proceedings, claims, demands, judgments, losses, damages, costs, or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising from or in connection with any and all of the following: (a) the failure on the part of Executive to pay any and all federal and state income tax and payroll taxes (including liability of Executive for withholding such taxes and F.I.C.A. and similar state or local payments in respect of Executive’s employees) incurred with respect to services performed under this Agreement by Executive, (b) fraud, willful violation of law, or any negligent acts or omissions of Executive in connection with the performance of services for the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement, and (c) the breach of any of Executive’s representations, warranties, or covenants contained in this Agreement. The provisions of this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

9. Workers Compensation . Insofar as required by applicable law, Executive shall provide workers compensation insurance to each of Executive’s employees (if any) in accordance with the relevant state and federal law.

 

10. Arbitration . It is the intention of Executive and AgeX that the Federal Arbitration Act and the California Arbitration Act shall apply with respect to the arbitration of disputes, claims, and controversies pursuant to, arising under, or in connection with this Agreement. Except for injunctive proceedings against unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information, any and all claims or controversies between AgeX or any Subsidiary and Executive, including but not limited to (a) those involving the construction or application of any of the terms, provisions, or conditions of this Agreement or the Policies; (b) all contract or tort claims of any kind; and (c) any claim based on any federal, state, or local law, statute, regulation, or ordinance, including claims for unlawful discrimination or harassment, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the then current Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”). Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered by any court having jurisdiction over AgeX and Executive. The location of the arbitration shall be San Francisco, California. Unless AgeX or a Subsidiary and Executive mutually agree otherwise, the arbitrator shall be a retired judge selected from a panel provided by JAMS. AgeX, or a Subsidiary if the Subsidiary is a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall pay the arbitrator’s fees and costs. Executive shall pay for Executive’s own costs and attorneys’ fees, if any. AgeX and any Subsidiary that is a party to an arbitration proceeding shall pay for its own costs and attorneys’ fees, if any. However, if any party prevails on a statutory claim which affords the prevailing party attorneys’ fees, the arbitrator may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party.

 

EXECUTIVE UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF EXECUTIVE’S RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY MATTERS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE.

 

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11. Severability . In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Policies shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, those provisions to the extent enforceable and all other provisions shall nevertheless continue to be valid and enforceable as though the invalid or unenforceable parts had not been included in this Agreement or the Policies. In the event that any provision relating to a time period of restriction shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the maximum time period such court deems reasonable and enforceable, then the time period of restriction deemed reasonable and enforceable by the court shall become and shall thereafter be the maximum time period.

 

12. Agreement Read and Understood . Executive acknowledges that Executive has carefully read the terms of this Agreement, that Executive has had an opportunity to consult with an attorney or other representative of Executive’s own choosing regarding this Agreement, that Executive understands the terms of this Agreement, and that Executive is entering this agreement of Executive’s own free will.

 

13. Complete Agreement, Modification . This Agreement is the complete agreement between Executive and AgeX on the subjects contained in this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes and replaces all previous correspondence, promises, representations, and agreements, if any, either written or oral with respect to Executive’s engagement by AgeX or any Subsidiary and any matter covered by this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, amended, or waived except by a written document signed both by AgeX and Executive.

 

14. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of California.

 

15. Assignability . This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of Executive and AgeX under this Agreement, may not be assigned by Executive. AgeX may assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any successor or surviving corporation, limited liability company, or other entity resulting from a merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale of stock, sale of membership interests, or other reorganization, upon condition that the assignee shall assume, either expressly or by operation of law, all of AgeX’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

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16. Survival . This Section 16 and the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, and 19 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement and Executive’s engagement.

 

17. Notices . Any notices or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by next business day air courier service, or personally delivered to the party to whom it is to be given at the address of such party set forth on the signature page of this Agreement (or to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 17).

 

18. Titles and Subtitles. The titles or headings of the Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

19. Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, each such unenforceable provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if each such unenforceable provision were so excluded, and the balance of this Agreement as so interpreted shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any document, including, without limitation, counterparts of this Agreement, may be transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means and upon receipt shall be deemed an original; provided that upon demand of the recipient, the sender within a reasonable time of such demand shall mail or deliver an originally signed copy of such document.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive and AgeX have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

EXECUTIVE:  
     
/ s/ Russell Skibsted  
Russell Skibsted  
     
Address:  
     
     
AGEX:  
     
AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.  
     
By: / s/ Michael D. West  
  Michael D. West  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  
Address: 1010 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102  
  Alameda, California 94501  

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Part-Time Engagement: Executive is being engaged to perform services as Chief Financial Officer on a part-time basis, working one day per week, except to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors requests or authorizes more than one day of services per week.

 

Duties: Executive shall perform the duties and functions as are normally carried out by a Chief Financial Officer of a developer of drug and cell therapy products and technologies of a size comparable to AgeX that has a class equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and as the Board of Directors of AgeX (the “Board of Directors”) shall from time to time reasonably determine. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, but taking into account the fact that Executive will be working on a part-time basis, Executive shall to the extent feasible on a part-time basis:

 

  As the senior financial and accounting officer of AgeX, Executive will provide business strategy and leadership in key financial areas, including advising the Board of Directors, and actively participating in the planning, decision-making and execution of AgeX’s financial and strategic plans.
     
  Executive will have responsibility for compliance with all reporting obligations of a public corporation under the Exchange Act and AgeX’s disclosure obligations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     
  Provide overall leadership, financial strategy and proactive direction to AgeX’s financial organization, and recruit and develop financial talent as required.
     
  Provide advice and counsel on all financial matters to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors.
     
  Contribute to the strategic direction of AgeX and collaborate with other senior management and the Board of Directors to refine and implement AgeX’s strategic plan.
     
  In collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer be responsible for ensuring that AgeX has adequate capital to execute its strategic and business plans, creating financing plans, and executing equity and debt transactions as approved by the Board of Directors.
     
  Work closely with senior management to assess and execute potential partnering opportunities and collaborations.
     
  Ensure an effective investor relations function and, with the Chief Executive Officer serve as a primary point of contact with institutional investors, analysts and shareholders.
     
  Participate actively in Board of Directors and Audit Committee meetings; provide advice and counsel on matters pertaining to governance and corporate compliance.
     
  Manage key relationships and serve as AgeX’s principal contact with external auditors and tax advisors.

 

Compensation: A one-time retention payment of $18,465.38 payable with Executive’s first invoice for services rendered under this Agreement, and then $1,500 per week/$78,000 per year for one day of services per week. Services in excess of one day per week shall be compensated at the rate of $175 per hour.

 

No Participation in Employee Benefit Plans and Paid Time Off Policies: Executive shall be an independent contractor and not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not be eligible to participate in any AgeX or Subsidiary retirement, pension, life, health, accident and disability insurance, stock option plan or other similar employee benefit plans, or to receive, or to participate in, any vacation, sick leave, or other paid time off under any AgeX or Subsidiary plan, arrangement or policy for employees.

 

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Exhibit 31

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Michael D. West , certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. ;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 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 periodic 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 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of 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/ Michael D. West  
Michael D. West  
Chief Executive Officer  

 

     
     

 

Exhibit 31

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Russell L. Skibsted , certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. ;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
   
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 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 periodic 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 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of 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/ Russell L. Skibsted  
Russell L. Skibsted  
Chief Financial Officer  

 

     
     

 

Exhibit 32

 

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 on Form 10-Q of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Michael D. West, Chief Executive Officer, and Russell L. Skibsted, 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, 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.

 

Date: May 15, 2019

 

/s/ Michael D. West  
Michael D. West  
Chief Executive Officer  
   
/s/ Russell L. Skibsted  
Russell L. Skibsted  
Chief Financial Officer