NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Description of Business

Mateon Therapeutics, Inc. (f/k/a OXiGENE, Inc.) ( “Mateon”), was formed in the State of New York in 1988, was reincorporated in the State of Delaware in 1992, and changed its name to Mateon Therapeutics, Inc. in 2016. Mateon conducts business activities through both Mateon and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Oncotelic, Inc. (“Oncotelic”), a Delaware corporation and PointR Data, Inc. (“PointR”), a Delaware corporation, and EdgePoint AI, Inc. (“Edgepoint”), a Delaware Corporation for which there are non-controlling interests, (Mateon, Oncotelic, PointR and Edgepoint are collectively, the “Company”). Mateon is evaluating the further development of its product candidates OXi4503 as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes and CA4P in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma.

In April 2019, Mateon entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Oncotelic (the “Merger Agreement”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing investigational drugs for the treatment of orphan oncology indications and the Mateon’s wholly-owned subsidiary Oncotelic Acquisition Corporation (the “Merger Sub”). Upon the terms of and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, the Merger Sub was merged with and into Oncotelic (the “Merger”), with Oncotelic surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mateon. Also, in April 2019, Mateon completed the Merger and Oncotelic became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mateon. The Merger was treated as a recapitalization and reverse acquisition for financial accounting purposes. Oncotelic is considered the acquirer for accounting purposes, and Mateon’s historical financial statements before the Merger have been replaced with the historical financial statements of Oncotelic prior to the Merger in the financial statements and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company is a cancer immunotherapy company dedicated to the development of first in class self-immunization protocol (SIP™) candidates for difficult to treat cancers. The Company’s proprietary SIP™ candidates offer advantages over other immunotherapies because they do not require extraction of the tumor or isolation of the antigens, and they have the potential for broad-spectrum applicability for multiple cancer types. The Company’s proprietary product candidates have shown promising clinical activity in phase 2 trials for the treatment of gliomas and pancreatic cancers. The Company aims to translate its unique insights, which span more than three decades of original work using RNA therapeutics, into the deployment of antisense as a RNA therapeutic for diseases which are caused by TGF-beta overexpression, starting with cancer and expanding to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and others. Oncotelic’s lead product candidate, OT-101, is being developed as a broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug that can also be used in combination with other standard cancer therapies to establish an effective multi-modality treatment strategy for difficult-to-treat cancers. Together, the Company plans to initiate phase 3 clinical trials for OT-101 in both high-grade glioma and pancreatic cancer, and any other indications that may evolve.

The Company is developing OT-101 for the various epidemics and pandemics, similar to the current corona virus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. In this connection, Mateon entered into an agreement and supplemental agreement with Golden Mountain Partners (“GMP”) for a total of $1.2 million to render services for the development of OT-101. Such amount was recorded as revenue upon completion of all performance obligations under the agreement. Further, In June 2020, Mateon secured $2 million in debt financing, evidenced by a one year convertible note (the “GMP Note”) from GMP, to conduct a clinical trial evaluating OT-101 against COVID-19 bearing 2% annual interest, and is personally guaranteed by Dr. Vuong Trieu, the Chief Executive Officer of Mateon. The GMP Note liability commenced to accrue when GMP first began to pay for services related to the clinical trial to our third party clinical research organization, upto a maximum of $2 million. GMP paid an equivalent of approximately $0.5 million to the clinical trial organization in October 2020. The GMP Note is convertible into Mateon’s Common Stock upon the GMP Note’s maturity one year from the date of the GMP Note, at Mateon’s Common Stock price on the date of conversion with no discount. GMP does not have the option to convert prior to the GMP Note’s maturity at the end of one year. Such financing will be utilized solely to fund the clinical trial.

In addition, the Company was paid $0.5 million for the completion of a successful in-vivo study of OT-101 in combination with Interluken 2 from Autotelic BIO Co., LTD. (“ATB”), an unaffiliated South Korean Company with whom Oncotelic had entered into an agreement in 2018.

In August 2019, Mateon entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “PointR Merger Agreement”) with PointR. PointR survived the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “PointR Merger”). The PointR Merger was intended to create a publicly-traded artificial intelligence (“AI”) driven immuno-oncology company with a robust pipeline of first in class TGF-β immunotherapies for late stage cancers such as gliomas, pancreatic cancer and melanoma. In November 2019, Mateon entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the PointR Merger Agreement with PointR. The Amendment revised certain terms of the PointR Merger Agreement to provide that holders of PointR Common Stock would receive shares of the Mateon’s Series A Preferred Stock in lieu of shares of Mateon’s Common Stock in connection with the PointR Merger, as originally contemplated by the PointR Merger Agreement. The Amendment also revised the terms of the milestones for earn-out payment. Also in November 2019, pursuant to the terms of the PointR Merger Agreement, Mateon completed the PointR Merger.

In February 2020, Mateon formed a subsidiary, Edgepoint. Edgepoint is a start-up company that plans to develop technologies and IP related to various unmet issues within the pharma and medical device industries.

In addition, the Company is developing artemisinin. Artemisinin, purified from a plant Artemisia annua, is able to inhibit TGF-β activity and is able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). It has an EC50 of 0.45 ug/ml (In an in vitro study Mateon’s test result at Utah State University), and a Safety Index of 140. Artemisinin can target multiple viral threats including COVID-19 by suppressing both viral replication and clinical symptoms that arise from viral infection. Viral replication cannot occur without TGF-β. Artemisinin also has been reported to have antiviral activities against hepatitis B and C viruses, human herpes viruses, HIV-1, influenza virus A, and bovine viral diarrhea virus in the low micromolar range. TGF-β surge and cytokine storm cannot occur without TGF-β. Clinical consequences related to the TGF-β surge, including ARDS and cytokine storm, are suppressed by targeting TGF-β with Artemisinin. This is a global study with India to contribute at least 120 pts to the total aggregate of 3000 pts. ARTI-19 in India is being conducted by Windlas Biotech Private Limited, as part of Mateon’s global effort at deploying ArtiShield^TM across India, Africa, and Latin America.

Recent Developments

GMP Note

In June 2020, Mateon secured $2 million in debt financing, evidenced by a one year convertible note (the “GMP Note”) from GMP, to conduct a clinical trial evaluating OT-101 against COVID-19 bearing 2% annual interest, and is personally guaranteed by Dr. Vuong Trieu, the Chief Executive Officer of Mateon.  The GMP Note is convertible into Mateon’s Common Stock upon the GMP Note’s maturity one year from the date of the GMP Note, at Mateon’s Common Stock price on the date of conversion with no discount. GMP does not have the option to convert prior to the GMP Note’s maturity at the end of one year. Such financing will be utilized solely to fund the clinical trial.

The Company’s liability under GMP Note commenced to accrue when GMP first began to pay for services related to the clinical trial to our third-party clinical research organization, up to a maximum of $2 million.  In October 2020, the GMP paid approximately $0.5 million to the clinical trial organization, which accrued as a liability to the Company under the terms of the GMP Note.

JH Darbie & Co., Inc. Private Placement

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company raised net proceeds of approximately $2.3 million, between July and September 2020, through JH Darbie & Co., Inc. (“JH Darbie”) through the sale of units (“Units”), with each Unit consisting of (i) 25,000 shares of Edgepoint common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Edgepoint Common Stock”), for a price of $1.00 per share of Edgepoint Common Stock; (ii) one convertible promissory note issued by the Company (the “Unit Note”), convertible into up to 25,000 shares of EdgePoint Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.00 per share, or up to 138,889 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at a conversion price of $0.18 per share; and (iii) 100,000 warrants (the “Warrants”), consisting of (a) 50,000 warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares of EdgePoint Common Stock at $1.00 per share (“Edgepoint Warrant”), and (b) 50,000 warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares of Company Common Stock at $0.20 per share (“Mateon Warrant”) (the “JH Darbie Financing”).

The Company incurred $0.4 million of costs associated with the JH Darbie Financing, of which $0.3 million was paid as direct placement fees to JH Darbie, pursuant to that certain Placement Agent Agreement, dated February 25, 2020 (the “Darbie Placement Agreement”). Under the Darbie Placement Agreement, JH Darbie has the right to sell a minimum of 40 Units, as described in Note 6 below, and a maximum of 100 Units on a best-efforts basis. The issuance and sale of the 53 Units in July, August and September 2020 represented the first three tranches of the JH Darbie Financing. JH Darbie also earned the right to 5.3 Units as their fees. For more information on the financing, see Note 6 below.

Consent Solicitation

On June 25, 2020, the Company commenced a solicitation of shareholder consents (the “Consent Solicitation”), pursuant to a consent solicitation statement (the “Consent Solicitation Statement”), to the holders (the “Stockholders”) of its Common Stock and Preferred Stock, to approve the following actions:

(1) changing the name of the Company to “Oncotelic, Inc.” and to changing the Company’s ticker symbol (the “Name Change”);

(2) amending the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance from 7.25 million shares to 27.25 million shares, and increasing the maximum number of stock awards that may be issued in any fiscal year from 500,000 to 1,000,000 shares (the “Plan Amendment”);

(3) increasing the authorized number of shares of Common Stock from 150,000,000 to 750,000,000 (the “Capital Increase”); and

(4) amending and restating the certificate of incorporation for the Company (the “Amended and Restated Certificate”) to give effect to the Name Change, Capital Increase and forum selection provision.

The Stockholders approved the Name Change, the Plan Amendment, the Capital Increase, and the Amended and Restated Certificate. On November 5, 2020, the Company filed an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware changing its name from “Mateon Therapeutics, Inc.” to “Oncotelic Therapeutics, Inc.” A notice of corporate action has been filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), requesting approval to change its name and ticker symbol. The Company is still awaiting FINRA’s approval on its notice of corporate action, and upon receipt of acceptance, the Company’s ticker symbol will be changed to reflect the Company’s name change.

Entry into MOU and Agreement with Windlas

On August 19, 2020 the Company executed a memorandum of understanding (the “MOU”) with Windlas Biotech Private Limited (“Windlas”) for the development and commercialization of Artemisinin as a therapeutic pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and herbal supplement against COVID-19. The development of Artemisinin against COVID-19 is dependent on the successful completion of ARTI-19 clinical trial “Artemisinin Intervention trial against COVID-19”, which is being initiated globally in Africa, India, and South America. Windlas will be our manufacturing partner for the clinical trial batches as well as commercial batches.

On September 1, 2020 the Company executed the final MOU with Windlas regarding the development and commercialization of Artemisinin as therapeutic pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and herbal supplement against COVID-19. 

The ARTI-19 trial has been cleared by India regulatory authorities for initiation. The trial is now registered under CTRI and three sites have been selected, their IRB approval obtained, their staffs have been trained into the protocol/EDC. Additional sites will be added as the trial progressed. Enrollment of patients has already commenced for the trial.

The Company and Windlas entered into a License, Development and Commercialization Agreement, dated November 10, 2020 (the “Commercialization Agreement”), which formalized the terms set forth in the MOU. Pursuant to the Commercialization Agreement, Windlas shall be responsible for developing, manufacturing, and supplying Artemisinin within India and eventually expanding worldwide, excluding China, and its territories and the Americas. Windlas will also be responsible to market Artemisinin and its variants in India. Under the terms of the Commercialization Agreement, Windlas and the Company will evenly split all profits derived from commercialization of Artemisinin within India. For all other territories, which excludes China and its territories and the Americas, the profit-split ratio is to be determined and negotiated on a country-by-country basis.

Please review Note 12 – Subsequent events for more information on updates since September 30, 2020.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Mateon and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Oncotelic and PointR; and Edgepoint for which there are non-controlling interests. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission including Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the operating results for the respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

Liquidity and Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred net losses of approximately $18.2 million since inception of Oncotelic as Mateon’s historical financial statements before the Merger have been replaced with the historical financial statements of Oncotelic prior to the Merger in the financial statements and filings. The Company also has a negative working capital of $7.3 million at September 30, 2020, of which approximately $1.3 million is attributable to assumed negative working capital of Mateon and $2.6 million contingent liability of issuance of common shares of Mateon to PointR shareholders upon achievement of certain milestones in accordance with the PointR Merger Agreement. The Company continues to have negative cash flows from operations through the nine months ended September 30, 2020. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the date of this filing. Management expects to incur additional losses in the foreseeable future and recognizes the need to raise capital to remain viable. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

The Company’s long-term plans include continued development of its current pipeline of products to generate sufficient revenues to cover its anticipated expenses, through either technology transfer or product sales, as well as develop AI technologies either directly or through its subsidiaries. Until the Company is able to generate sufficient revenues from its current pipeline, the Company plans on funding its operations through the sale of equity and/or the issuance of debt, combined with or without warrants or other equity instruments.

Between April 2019 and December 2019, the Company entered into various securities purchase agreements (each individually, a “SPA”, and collectively, the “SPAs”) and notes payable (each individual, a “Note”, and collectively, the “Notes”), including a SPA and two notes payable with the Company’s CEO. In total, the Company raised a gross total of $2 million through such SPAs and Notes. For more details on the SPAs and the Notes, see Note 5 below.

In July 2019, the Company entered into a convertible note purchase agreement with PointR. Such convertible note was converted into shares of Mateon upon the completion of the PointR Merger.

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company raised gross proceeds of $2.65 million, between July and September 2020, through JH Darbie & Co., Inc. (“JH Darbie”). The Company incurred $0.4 million of costs associated with the raise, of which $0.3 million was paid as direct placement fees to JH Darbie. JH Darbie and the Company are parties to a placement agent agreement, dated February 25, 2020 pursuant to which DH Darbie has the right to sell a minimum of 40 units, as described in Note 6 below, and a maximum of 100 units on a best-efforts basis. The issuance and sale of the 53 Units in July, August and September 2020 represented the first three tranches of the JH Darbie Financing. JH Darbie also earned the right to 5.3 Units as their fees. For more information on the financing, see Note 6 below.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded a total of approximately $1.7 million in service revenues from GMP and ATB. There are no assurances that the Company would be able to generate revenues for services and/or outlicensing fees in the near future.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company’s CEO provided short term funding of $70,000 to the Company.

Although no assurances can be given as to the Company’s ability to deliver on its revenue plans, or that unforeseen expenses may arise, management believes that the potential equity and debt financing or other potential financing will provide the necessary funding for the Company to continue as a going concern. Also, management cannot guarantee any potential debt or equity financing will be available on favorable terms or at all. As such, management does not believe the Company has sufficient cash for 12 months from the date of this report. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, or at all, the Company will need to curtail operations, or cease operations completely.

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity-based transactions and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements. Significant estimates include the valuation of goodwill and intangible assets for impairment, deferred tax asset and valuation allowance, and fair value of financial instruments.

Cash

As of September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company held all its cash in banks in the United States of America. The Company considers investments in highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Restricted cash consists of certificates of deposits held at banks as collateral for various purposes.

Investment in Equity Securities

Prior to the Merger, Oncotelic received Series E Preferred Shares of Adhera Therapeutics, Inc. (“Adhera”) in consideration for the issuance of Oncotelic’s Common Stock under various Securities Purchase Agreements. The Company records its investments in equity securities initially at cost in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 321, Investments –Equity Securities (“ASC 321”). The Company subsequently marks the investments to market at each reporting period and, in accordance with Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Financial Instruments – (Overall), records the unrealized gains or losses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. During the three months ended December 31, 2019, the Company evaluated the fair value of the investment based on filings by Adhera, in which Adhera describes their current financial condition including the potential to file for bankruptcy, the Company believed that the long term investment in Adhera was impaired and therefore, determined to write off the entire investment.

Debt issuance Costs and Debt discount

Issuance costs are specific incremental costs that are (1) paid to third parties and (2) directly attributable to the issuance of a debt or equity instrument. The issuance costs attributable to the initial sale of the instrument should be offset against the associated proceeds in the determination of the instrument’s initial net carrying amount.

Debt issuance costs and debt discounts are being amortized over the lives of the related financings on a basis that approximates the effective interest method. Costs and discounts are presented as a reduction of the related debt in the accompanying condensed balance sheets if related to the issuance of debt or presented as a reduction of Additional Paid in capital if related to the issuance of an equity instrument.

The Company applied the relative fair value to allocate the issuance costs among freestanding instruments that form part of the same transaction.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying value of cash, accounts payable and accrued expense approximate their fair values based on the short-term maturity of these instruments. As defined in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). This fair value measurement framework applies at both initial and subsequent measurement.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by ASC 820 are as follows:

Other than the restricted cash of $20,000, the Company did not have any Level 1 or Level 2 assets and liabilities at September 30, 2020.

The derivative liabilities associated with its 2019 convertible note debt /financing (see Note 5), consisted of conversion feature derivatives at September 30, 2020 hence are classified as Level 3 fair value measurements. The table below sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities classified as Level 3 as of September 30, 2020:

As of September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the Company estimated the fair value of the conversion feature derivatives embedded in the convertible debentures based on assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model. The key valuation assumptions used consists, in part, of the price of the Company’s Common Stock, a risk free interest rate based on the yield of a Treasury note and expected volatility of the Company’s Common Stock all as of the measurement dates. The Company used the following assumptions to estimate fair value of the derivatives as of September 30, 2020:

When the Company changes its valuation inputs for measuring financial liabilities at fair value, either due to changes in current market conditions or other factors, it may need to transfer those liabilities to another level in the hierarchy based on the new inputs used. The Company recognizes these transfers at the end of the reporting period that the transfers occur. For the period ended September 30, 2020, there were no transfers of financial assets or financial liabilities between the hierarchy levels.

Other Fair Value Measurements

As of the closing of the Company’s first three rounds of offering under a private placement memorandum with JH Darbie, the estimated grant date fair value of approximately $0.2 per share associated with the warrants to purchase up to 2,915,000 shares of common stock issued in this offering, or a total of approximately $0.4 million, was recorded to additional paid-in capital on a relative fair value basis. All warrants sold in this offering had an exercise price of $0.20 per share of the Company stock or $1.00 per share of Edge Point, subject to adjustment, are exercisable immediately and expire three years from the date of issuance. The fair value of the warrants was estimated using a Black Scholes valuation model using the following input values

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share includes the effect of Common Stock equivalents (notes convertible into Common Stock, stock options and warrants) when, under either the treasury or if-converted method, such inclusion in the computation would be dilutive. The following number of shares have been excluded from diluted loss since such inclusion would be anti-dilutive:

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company applies the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees, including employee stock options, in the statements of operations.

For stock options issued to employees and members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for their services, the Company estimates the grant date fair value of each option using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires management to make assumptions with respect to the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the Common Stock consistent with the expected life of the option, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend yields of the Common Stock. For awards subject to service-based vesting conditions, including those with a graded vesting schedule, the Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense equal to the grant date fair value of stock options on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting term. Forfeitures are recorded as they are incurred as opposed to being estimated at the time of grant and revised.

Pursuant to ASU 2018-07 Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, the Company accounts for stock options issued to non-employees for their services in accordance with ASC 718. The Company uses valuation methods and assumptions to value the stock options that are in line with the process for valuing employee stock options noted above.

For warrants issued in connection with fund raising activities, the Company estimates the grant date fair value of each warrant using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires management to make assumptions with respect to the expected term of the warrant, the expected volatility of the Common Stock consistent with the expected life of the warrant, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend yields of the Common Stock. If the warrants are issued upon termination or cancellation of prior issued warrants, then the Company estimates the grant date fair value of the new warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model and evaluates whether the new warrants are deemed as equity instruments or liability instruments. If the warrants are deemed to be equity instruments, the Company records stock compensation expense and an addition to additional paid in capital. If however, the warrants are deemed to be liability instruments, then the fair value is treated as a deemed dividend and credited to additional paid in capital.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including definite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate to the carrying amount. If the operation is determined to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then these assets are written down first, followed by other long-lived assets of the operation to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and year ended December 31, 2019, there were no impairment losses recognized for long-lived assets.

Intangible Assets

The Company records its intangible assets at cost in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. The Company reviews the intangible assets for impairment on an annual basis or if events or changes in circumstances indicate it is more likely than not that they are impaired. These events could include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, a decline in operating performance, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business, or other factors. If the review indicates the impairment, an impairment loss would be recorded for the difference of the value recorded and the new value. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there were no impairment losses recognized for intangible assets.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of acquired business over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least once annually, at the reporting unit level or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The goodwill impairment test is applied by performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of the reporting unit. If, on the basis of qualitative factors, it is considered not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, further testing of goodwill for impairment would not be required. Otherwise, goodwill impairment is tested using a two-step approach.

The first step involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be greater than its carrying amount, there is no impairment. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount is determined to be greater than the fair value, the second step must be completed to measure the amount of impairment, if any. The second step involves calculating the implied fair value of goodwill by deducting the fair value of all tangible and intangible assets, excluding goodwill, of the reporting unit from the fair value of the reporting unit as determined in step one. The implied fair value of the goodwill in this step is compared to the carrying value of goodwill. If the implied fair value of the goodwill is less than the carrying value of the goodwill, an impairment loss equivalent to the difference is recorded. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there were no impairment losses recognized for Goodwill.

Convertible Instruments

The Company evaluates and accounts for conversion options embedded in its convertible instruments in accordance with ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”.

ASC 815 generally provides three criteria that, if met, require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments. These three criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur, and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. Professional standards also provide an exception to this rule when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional as defined under professional standards as “The Meaning of Conventional Convertible Debt Instrument.”

The Company accounts for convertible instruments (when it has determined that the embedded conversion options should not be bifurcated from their host instruments) in accordance with ASC 470-20 “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options.” Accordingly, the Company records, when necessary, discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying Common Stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note. Original issue discounts (“OID”) under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt to their earliest date of redemption. The Company also records when necessary deemed dividends for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in preferred shares based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying Common Stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note.

ASC 815-40 “Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” provides that, among other things, generally, if an event occurs that is not within the entity’s control could or would require net cash settlement, then the contract shall be classified as an asset or a liability.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).

Under ASU 2014-9, the Company recognizes revenue when its customers obtain control of the promised good or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company applies the following five-step process: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligation(s) in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligation(s) in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASU 2014-09, the Company identifies the performance obligation(s) in the contract by assessing whether the goods or services promised within each contract are distinct. The Company then recognizes revenue for the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company anticipates generating revenues from rendering services to other third party customers for the development of certain drug products and/or in connection with certain out-licensing agreements. In the case of services rendered for development of the drugs, revenue is recognized upon the achievement of the performance obligations or over time on a straight-line basis over the extended service period. In the case of out-licensing contracts, the Company records revenues either (i) upon achievement of certain pre-defined milestones when there is no obligation of the Company achieve any performance obligations in connection with the said pre-defined milestones, or (ii) upon achievement of the performance obligations if the milestones require the Company to provide the performance obligations.

The Company occasionally collects advance payments from customers toward commitments to provide services or performance obligations, in which case the advance payment is recorded as a liability until the obligations are fulfilled and revenue is recognized.

Research Service Agreement between GMP and Mateon Therapeutics Inc./Oncotelic Inc. (“Mateon Entities”).

In February 2020, Oncotelic and GMP entered into a research and services agreement (the “Agreement”) memorializing their collaborative efforts to develop and test COVID-19 antisense therapeutics. In March 2020, the Company reported the positive anti-viral activity results of OT-101 (the “Product”) in an in vitro antiviral testing performed by an independent laboratory to GMP, at which time, the Mateon Entities and GMP entered into a supplement to the Agreement (the “Supplement”) to confirm the inclusion of the Product within the scope of the Agreement, pending positive confirmatory testing against COVID-19. In consideration for the financial support provided by GMP for the research, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement (as amended by the Supplement) GMP was entitled to obtain certain exclusive rights to the use of the Product in the COVID field on a global basis, and an economic interest in the use of the Product in the COVID field including 50/50 profit sharing. GMP paid the Company fees of $0.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $0.9 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020 for the services rendered under the Agreement and Supplement, respectively. The Company also recorded approximately $40 thousand for reimbursement of actual costs incurred. The Company received the cash for the services rendered during the nine months September 30, 2020.

Agreement with Autotelic BIO

Oncotelic had entered into a license agreement in February 2018 (the “ATB Agreement”) with ATB. The ATB Agreement licensed the use of OT-101 in combination with Interleukin-2 (the “Combined Product”), and granted to ATB an exclusive license under the Oncotelic technology to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import and export the Combined Product, and the Combination Product only, in the field, throughout the entire world (excluding the United States of America and Canada) as the territory, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the ATB Agreement. The ATB Agreement requires ATB to be responsible for the development of the Combination Product. Oncotelic was responsible to provide to ATB the technical know-how and other pertinent information on the development of the Combination Product. ATB paid Oncotelic a non-refundable milestone payment in consideration for the rights and licenses granted to ATB under the ATB Agreement, and ATB was to pay Oncotelic $500,000 within sixty days from the successful completion of the in vivo efficacy studies. This payment was made in June 2020 after the successful completion of the in-vivo study and, as such, the Company recorded the revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2020. In addition, ATB is to pay Oncotelic: (i) $500,000 upon Oncotelic’s completion of the technology know how and Oncotelic’s technical assistance and regulatory consultation to ATB, as determined by the preparation of a Current Good Regulation Practices audit or certification by the Food and Drug Administration, with a mutual goal to obtain marketing approval of the Combined Product developed by ATB in the aforementioned territory; (ii) $1,000,000 upon receiving marketing approval of the Combined Product in Japan, China, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, or Korea; and (iii) $2,000,000 from receiving marketing approval of the Combined Product in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, or the United Kingdom. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $500,000 as revenue under the ATB Agreement for the successful completion of the in-vivo study.

Research & Development Costs

In accordance with ASC 730-10-25 “Research and Development”, research and development costs are charged to expense as and when incurred.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The new guidance requires only a one-step quantitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting period unit’s carrying amount over its fair value (not to exceed the total goodwill allocated to that reporting unit). It eliminates Step 2 of the current two-step goodwill impairment test, under which a goodwill impairment loss is measured by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2017-04 had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for all entities by one year. ASU 2014-09 became effective on January 1, 2018. The ASU also requires expanded disclosures relating to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. Additionally, qualitative and quantitative disclosures are required about customer contracts, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. The Company adopted ASU 2015-14 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as till then, no revenue was earned by the Company.

In August 2020, the FASB issued “ASU 2020-06, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)” which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments. The guidance removes certain accounting models which separate the embedded conversion features from the host contract for convertible instruments. Either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method of transition is permissible for the adoption of this standard. Update No. 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted no earlier than the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the Update on its financial statements

All other newly issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements have been deemed to be not applicable or immaterial to the Company.

NOTE 3 – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Mateon completed the Merger with Oncotelic, which gave rise to Goodwill of $4,879,999. Further, Mateon added goodwill of $16,182,456 upon the completion of the Merger with PointR. In general, the goodwill is tested on an annual impairment date of December 31. However, since both mergers were completed in 2019 and both assets are currently being developed for various cancer and COVID-19 therapies, the Company does not believe the there are any factors or indications that the goodwill is impaired.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Autotelic, Inc.

In April 2018, Oncotelic entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with Autotelic Inc., an affiliate company, and Autotelic LLC, an affiliate company, pursuant to which Oncotelic acquired the rights to all intellectual property (“IP”) related to a patented product. As consideration for the Assignment Agreement, Oncotelic issued 204,798 shares of its Common Stock for a value of $819,191. The Assignment Agreement also provides that Oncotelic shall be responsible for all costs related to the IP, including development and maintenance, going forward.

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $12,841 and $12,841, respectively. Amortization of identifiable intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $38,524 and $38,524, respectively.

The future yearly amortization expense over the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

In-Process Research & Development (IPR&D) Summary

The following table summarizes the balances as of September 30, 2020 of the IPR&D assets acquired during the three months ended December 31, 2019. The Company will evaluate, on an annual basis, for any impairment and record an impairment if identified. No similar balances were present in 2019:

Amortization of identifiable intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $68,860 and $0, respectively. Amortization of identifiable intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $206,580 and $0, respectively.

The future yearly amortization expense over the next five years and thereafter are as follows:

As of December 31, 2019, convertible debentures and notes, net of debt discount, consist of the following amounts:

The gross principal balances on the convertible debentures listed above totaled $1,000,000 and originally included an initial debt discounts totaling $800,140, resulting from the recording of the original issue discount, the related financing costs, the beneficial conversion feature for the intrinsic value of the non-bifurcated conversion option and the restricted shares issued contemporaneously with the convertible notes.

Total amortization expense related to these debt discounts related to the convertible debentures was $611,681 and $88,479 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded additional and accelerated amortization of debt discounts, which was created from the bifurcation of the conversion option related the host hybrid instruments, of $262,556 upon the partial conversion of debt by Peak One and TFK to shares of the Company’s common stock. The total unamortized debt discount at September 30, 2020, was approximately $321,290.

All the above notes issued to Peak One, TFK, our CEO and the bridge investors reached the 180 days prior to the end of the three months ended March 31, 2020. As such, all the note holders had the ability to convert that debt into equity at the variable conversion price of 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the first 180 days or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. This gave rise to a derivative feature within the debt instrument.

As of December 31, 2019, we had a derivative liability of approximately $541,000. The Company recorded additional derivative liability of approximately $870,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 since the conversion option attached to certain notes became convertible into a variable number of shares of our common stock. The Company also extinguished approximately $574,000 of derivative liability following the conversion of certain notes to the Company’s common stock in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Following the recognition as derivative liability of the embedded conversion options, the Company fully amortized the remaining unamortized beneficial conversion feature for approximately $232,000, recorded an initial $258,070 from the initial recognition of the debt discount following the bifurcation of the embedded conversion option. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had a derivative liability of approximately $776,000 and a change in fair value of approximately $60,500.

Bridge Financing

Peak One Financing

On April 17, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P. (the “Buyer”, “Peak One”), for a commitment to purchase convertible notes in the aggregate amount of $400,000, pursuant to which, for an aggregate purchase price of $400,000, the Buyer purchased (a) Tranche #1 in the form of a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $200,000 (the “Convertible Note”) and (b) 350,000 restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”) (the “Purchase and Sale Transaction”). The Company used the net proceeds from the Purchase and Sale Transaction for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Convertible Note has a principal balance of $200,000, including a 10%$ OID of $20,000 and $5,000 in debt issuance costs, receiving net proceeds of $175,000, with a maturity date of April 23, 2022. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Buyer, amongst other remedies, has the right to charge a penalty in a range of 18% to 40% dependent on the specific default event. Amounts due under the Convertible Note may also be converted into shares (the “Tranche #1 Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at any time, at the option of the holder, at (i) a conversion price, during the first 180 days, of $0.10 per share (the “Fixed Price”), and then (2) at the lower of the Fixed Price or 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the first 180 days or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. The Company has agreed to at all times, reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock a number of shares equal to at least two times the full number of the Tranche #1 Conversion Shares. The Company may redeem the Convertible Note at rates of 110% to 140% over the principal balance dependent on certain events and redeem the value with accrued interest thereon, if any.

The issuance of the Convertible Note resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $84,570, including $52,285 related to the beneficial conversion feature and a discount from the issuance of restricted stock of 350,000 shares for $32,285. Total amortization of these OID and debt issuance cost discounts totaled $84,376 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total unamortized discount on this note was $0 as of September 30, 2020.

On June 12, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment of the Purchase Agreement (“Amendment #1”) in connection with the draw-down of the second tranche, and to provide for additional borrowing capacity under that agreement. Amendment #1 increased the borrowing amount up to $600,000, adding the ability to borrow an additional $200,000 in a third tranche.

On June 12, 2019, the Buyer purchased Convertible Note Tranche #2 (“Tranche #2”) totaling $200,000, including a 10% OID of $20,000 and a $1,000 debt issuance cost, receiving net proceeds of $179,000 against the April 17, 2019, Purchase Agreement with Peak One, with a maturity date of June 12, 2022. Amounts due under Tranche #2 are convertible at the same terms as Tranche #1 above.

The issuance of Tranche #2 resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $180,000, including $132,091 related to the conversion feature and a discount from the issuance of restricted stock of 350,000 shares for $47,909. Total amortization of these OID and debt issuance cost discounts totaled $36,187 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total unamortized discount on this note was $127,768 as of September 30, 2020.

On November 5, 2019, the Company and Peak One amended the Convertible Note under Tranche #1 to extend the date of conversion of the Convertible Note into Common Stock of the Company at 65% of the traded price of the Company’s Common Stock until January 8, 2020. This amendment put a temporary hold on Peak One to convert the debt under Tranche 1. This restriction did not apply if Peak One opted to convert the Convertible Note at $0.10. The Company compensated Peak One 300,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for delaying the conversion until January 18, 2020. Such shares were issued to Peak One on November 14, 2019. Non-cash compensation expense of $60,000 was recorded for such issuance.

Peak One converted $200,000 of Tranche 1 out of their total debt into 2,581,945 shares of Mateon during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Further, Peak One converted $100,000 of Tranche 2 of their total debt into 1,000,000 shares of Mateon during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As such, the total outstanding debt for Peak One was $100,000 as of September 30, 2020.

TFK Financing

On April 23, 2019, the Company, entered into a Convertible Note (the “TFK Note”) with TFK Investments, LLC (“TFK”). The TFK Note has a principal balance of $200,000, including a 10% OID of $20,000 and $5,000 in debt issuance costs, receiving net proceeds of $175,000, with a maturity date of April 23, 2022. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Buyer, amongst other remedies, has the right to charge a penalty in a range of 18% to 40% dependent on the specific default event. Amounts due under the Convertible Note may also be converted into shares (the “TFK Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at any time, at (i) a conversion price, during the first 180 days, of $0.10 per share (the “Fixed Price”), and then (2) at the lower of the Fixed Price or 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the first 180 days or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. The Company has agreed to at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock a number of shares equal to at least two times the full number of the TFK Conversion Shares. The Company may redeem the Convertible Note at rates of 110% to 140% rates over the principal balance dependent on certain events and redeem the value with accrued interest thereon, if any.

The issuance of the TFK Note resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $84,570, including $52,285 related to the beneficial conversion feature and a discount from the issuance of restricted stock of 350,000 shares for $32,285. Total amortization of these OID and debt issuance cost discounts totaled $80,788 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total unamortized discount on this note was $3,589 as of September 30, 2020.

On November 5, 2019, the Company and TFK amended the TFK Convertible Note to extend the date of conversion of the Convertible Note into Common Stock of the Company at 65% of the traded price of the Company’s Common Stock until January 8, 2020. This restriction did not apply if TFK wished to convert the Convertible Note at $0.10 per share. The Company compensated TFK 300,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for delaying the conversion until January 8, 2020. Such shares were issued to TFK on November 14, 2019. Non-cash compensation expense of $60,000 was recorded for such issuance.

TFK converted $133,430 of their total debt into 1,950,000 shares of Mateon during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As such, the total outstanding debt for TFK was $66,570 as of September 30, 2020.

Notes with Officer and Bridge Investor

On April 17, 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Bridge SPA”) with our CEO and the Bridge Investor with a commitment to purchase convertible notes in the aggregate of $400,000.

On April 23, 2019, the Company entered into a convertible note with our Chief Executive Officer, Vuong Trieu, Ph. D. (the “Trieu Note”). The Trieu Note has a principal balance of $164,444, including a 10% OID of $16,444, resulting in net proceeds of $148,000, with a maturity date of April 23, 2022. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Buyer, amongst other remedies, has the right to charge a penalty in a range of 18% to 40% dependent on the specific default event. Amounts due under the Convertible Note may also be converted into shares (the “Trieu Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at any time, at the option of the holder, at a conversion price of $0.10 per share (the “Fixed Price”), at the lower of the Fixed Price or 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the 180^th day or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. The Company has agreed to at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock a number of shares equal to at least two times the full number of Conversion Shares. The Company may redeem the Convertible Note at rates of 110% to 140% rates over the principal balance dependent on certain events and redeem the value with accrued interest thereon, if any.

The issuance of the Trieu Note resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $131,555 related to the conversion feature. Total amortization of the 10% OID discount and beneficial conversion feature totaled $4,095 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total unamortized discount on this note was $8,568 as of September 30, 2020.

On April 23, 2019, pursuant to the Bridge SPA the Company entered into Convertible Note Tranche #1 (“Tranche #1”) with the Bridge Investor. Tranche #1 has a principal balance of $35,556, an OID of $3,556, resulting in net proceeds of $32,000, with a maturity date of April 23, 2022. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Buyer, among other remedies, has the right to charge a penalty in a range of 18% to 40% dependent on the specific default event. Amounts due under Tranche #1 may also be converted into shares (the “Bridge SPA Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at any time, at (i) a conversion price, during the first 180 days, of $0.10 per share (the “Fixed Price”), and then (2) at the lower of the Fixed Price or 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the first 180 days or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. The Company may redeem the Convertible Note at rates of 110% to 140% rates over the principal balance dependent on certain events and redeem the value with accrued interest thereon, if any.

The issuance of the note resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $28,445. Total amortization of the OID and discount totaled $888 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Total unamortized discount on this note was $1,849 as of September 30, 2020.

On August 6, 2019, pursuant to the Bridge SPA the Company entered into Convertible Note Tranche #2 (“Tranche #2”) with the Bridge Investor. Tranche #2 has a principal balance of $200,000, an OID of $20,000 and debt issuance costs of $5,000, resulting in net proceeds of $175,000, with a maturity date of August 6, 2022. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Buyer, among other remedies, has the right to charge a penalty in a range of 18% to 40% dependent on the specific default event. Amounts due under Tranche #1 may also be converted into Bridge Conversion Shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time, at the option of the holder, at a conversion price equal to the Fixed Price, at the lower of the Fixed Price or 65% of the Company’s lowest traded price after the 180^th day or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. The Company may redeem the Convertible Note at rates of 110% to 140% rates over the principal balance dependent on certain events and redeem the value with accrued interest thereon, if any.

The issuance of the note resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $175,000. Total amortization of the OID and discount totaled $157,779 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total unamortized discount on this note was $15,396 as of September 30, 2020.

All the above notes issued to Peak One, TFK, our CEO and the bridge investors reached the 180 days prior to the end of the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As such, all the note holders had the ability to convert that debt into equity at the variable conversion price of 65% % of the Company’s lowest traded price after the first 180 days or at the lower of the Fixed Price or 55% of the Company’s traded stock price under certain circumstances. This gave rise to a derivative feature within the debt instrument.

As of December 31, 2019, we had a derivative liability of approximately $541,000. Following the initial bifurcation of the conversion features related to certain hybrid convertible notes instruments, the Company recorded an initial fair value of such derivative of $870,268. Following conversion of certain notes to the Company’s common stock, the Company reversed such derivative liability by approximately $573,800. This resulted in a change in fair value of $60,504. As of September 30, 2020, the derivative liability had a fair value of approximately $776,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company fully amortized for $232,054 the remaining unamortized beneficial conversion feature since the conversion feature of certain hybrid instruments were separated and accounted for as derivative liability. The Company recorded an initial debt discount of $258,070 resulting from the bifurcation of the conversion feature representing the net carrying amount of the underlying notes since the fair value of the initial derivative liability exceeds the net carrying amount of the underlying notes.

Convertible Note with PointR Data, Inc.

In July 2019, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with PointR (the “PointR Note Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the PointR Note Purchase Agreement, Mateon issued a Convertible Promissory Note to PointR in the principal amount of $200,000 (the “PointR Convertible Note”). The PointR Convertible Note bore interest at a rate of 8% per annum. Interest payments were due monthly on the 15th day of each calendar month (or the next business day thereafter), and were payable, at the option of PointR, either in cash or in shares of Mateon’s Common Stock, valued at the closing price of the Common Stock on the principal market on which the Common Stock is either traded or quoted at such time. The PointR Convertible Note was due and payable on demand by PointR (a) at any time after January 1, 2020 or (b) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the PointR Convertible Note and the PointR Note Purchase Agreement). All amounts outstanding under the PointR Convertible Note would be automatically converted into the Company’s securities issued in next equity financing raising gross proceeds of $10,000,000 or more (a “Qualified Financing”) at the price per share paid by investors in the Qualified Financing. As the conversion feature is contingent upon a future event, the conversion feature will be evaluated under ASC 470-20 and ASC 815 when and if the Qualified Financing occurred.

In November 2019, the PointR Convertible Note, with accrued interest of $4,603 thereon, was converted into Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and is a part of the total consideration of 84,475 shares of Mateon’s Series A Preferred Stock issued to the PointR shareholders upon the completion of the PointR Merger. Since the conversion occurred prior to the Qualified Financing, the Company did not have to evaluate the conversion feature under ASC 470-20 and ASC 815.

Fall 2019 Debt Financing

In December 2019, Mateon closed its Fall 2019 Debt Financing, raising an additional $500,000 bringing the gross proceeds of all debt financings under the Fall 2019 Debt Financing to $1,000,000. The Company entered into those certain Note Purchase Agreements (the “Fall 2019 Note Purchase Agreements”) with certain accredited investors and the officers of the Company for the sale of convertible promissory notes (the “Fall 2019 Notes”). Mateon completed the initial closing under the Fall 2019 Note Purchase Agreements in November 2019. Mateon issued Fall 2019 Notes in the principal amount of $250,000 to each of Dr. Vuong Trieu, the Mateon’s Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Boesch, in exchange for gross proceeds of $500,000. In connection with the second and final closing of the Fall 2019 Debt Financing, Mateon issued Fall 2019 Notes to additional investors including $250,000 to Dr. Sanjay Jha, through his family trust, the former CEO of Motorola and COO/President of Qualcomm. The Company also offset certain amounts due to Dr. Vuong Trieu, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chulho Park, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, and Amit Shah, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and converted such amounts due into the Fall 2019 Notes. $35,000 due to Dr. Vuong Trieu, $27,000 due to Chulho Park and $20,000 due to Amit Shah were converted into debt. The Company also issued the Fall 2019 Notes of $168,000 to two unaffiliated accredited investors.

All the Fall 2019 Notes provide for interest at the rate of 5% per annum and are unsecured. All amounts outstanding under the Fall 2019 Notes become due and payable upon the approval of the holders of a majority of the principal amount of outstanding Fall 2019 Notes (the “Majority Holders”) on or after (a) November 23, 2020 or (b) the occurrence of an event of default (either, the “Maturity Date”). The Company may prepay the Fall 2019 Notes at any time. Events of default under the Fall 2019 Notes include failure to make payments under the Fall 2019 Notes within thirty (30) days of the date due, failure to observe of the Fall 2019 Note Purchase Agreement or Fall 2019 Notes which is not cured within thirty (30) days of notice of the breach, bankruptcy, or a change in control of the Company (as defined in the Fall 2019 Note Purchase Agreement).

The Majority Holders have the right, at any time not more than five (5) days following the Maturity Date, to elect to convert all, and not less than all, of the outstanding accrued and unpaid interest and principal on the Fall 2019 Notes. The Fall 2019 Notes may be converted, at the election of the Majority Holders, either (a) into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.18 per share, or (b) into shares of common stock of the Edgepoint, at a conversion price of $5.00 (based on a $5.0 million pre-money valuation) of Edgepoint and 1,000,000 shares outstanding.

The issuance of the Fall 2019 Notes resulted in a discount from the beneficial conversion feature totaling $222,222 related to the conversion feature. Total amortization of the discount totaled $111,112 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and $55,556 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the total unamortized discount on these notes was $88,888.

Further, the Company recorded interest expense of $12,500 and $37,500 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, on these Fall 2019 Notes. The total amount outstanding under the Fall 2019 Notes, including accrued interest thereon and net of discounts, as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $1,008,037 and $1,003,870, respectively.

Paycheck Protection Program

In April 2020, the Company, entered into a Paycheck Protection Program Promissory Note (the “PPP Note”) with respect to a loan in the amount of $250,000 (the “PPP Loan”) from Silicon Valley Bank (the “Lender”). The PPP Loan was obtained pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”). The PPP Lo

The PPP Loan matures on April 21, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.00% per annum. The PPP Loan is payable in 17 equal monthly payments commencing November 21, 2020. The PPP Loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.

All or a portion of the PPP Loan may be forgiven by the SBA and the Lender upon application by the Company not later than December 31, 2020 upon documentation of expenditures in accordance with the SBA requirements.

Other short-term loans

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company’s CEO provided additional funding of $70,000 to the Company.

NOTE 6 - PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND JH DARBIE FINANCING

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain accredited investors pursuant to the JH Darbie Financing, whereby the Company issued and sold a total of 53 Units, for total gross proceeds of approximately $2.65 million or $2.31 million, net of fees paid to JH Darbie pursuant to the Darbie Placement Agreement, with each Unit consisting of:

As of September 30, 2020, funds received under the JH Darbie Financing, net of debt discount, consist of the following amounts:

The Company incurred approximately $0.4 million of issuance costs, including legal costs of approximately $39,000, that are incremental costs directly related to the issuance of the various instruments bundled in the offering.

Concurrently with the sale of the Units, JH Darbie is granted, for nominal consideration, a warrant, exercisable over a five-year period, to purchase such number of Units equal 10% of the number of Units sold in the JH Darbie Financing. The Company granted 5.3 Units to JH Darbie pursuant to the Darbie Placement Agreement.

The terms of convertible notes are summarized as follows:

The Company allocated the proceeds among the freestanding financial instruments that were issued in the single transaction using the relative fair value method, which affects the determination of each financial instrument initial carrying amount. The Company utilized the relative fair value method as none of the freestanding financial instruments issued as part of the single transaction are measured at fair value. Under the relative fair value method, the Company makes separate estimates of the fair value of each freestanding financial instrument and then allocates the proceeds in proportion to those fair value amounts. The Company recorded non-controlling interests of approximately $1 million in Edgepoint. Non-controlling interests represent the portion of net assets in consolidated entities that are not owned by the Company and are reported as a component of equity in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. 

The Company recorded an initial debt discount of approximately $0.6 million representing the intrinsic value of the conversion option embedded in the convertible debt instrument based upon the difference between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note.

The Company recognized amortization expense related to the debt discount and debt issuance costs of $162,267 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 respectively, and $0 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, which is included in interest expense in the condensed statements of operations.

NOTE 7 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Master Service Agreement with Autotelic Inc.

In October 2015, Oncotelic entered into a Master Service Agreement (the “MSA”) with Autotelic Inc., a related party that is partly owned by Dr. Trieu. Dr. Trieu, a related party, is a control person in Autotelic Inc. Autotelic Inc. currently owns less than 10% of Mateon. The MSA stated that Autotelic Inc. will provide business functions and services to the Company and allowed Autotelic Inc. to charge the Company for these expenses paid on its behalf. The MSA includes personnel costs allocated based on amount of time incurred and other services such as consultant fees, clinical studies, conferences and other operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. The MSA requires a 90-day written termination notice in the event either party requires to terminate such services.

Expenses related to the MSA were $6,011 and $291,887 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to $309,194 and $1,004,315 for the same periods of 2019

In January 2019, Oncotelic issued a total of 80,772 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $4.00 per share to Autotelic, Inc. in lieu of cash for the settlement of outstanding accounts payable.

Notes Payable and Short-Term Loan – Related Party

In April 2019, Mateon issued a convertible note to Dr. Trieu totaling $164,444, including OID of $16,444, receiving net proceeds of $148,000, which was used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes (See Note 5). The Company issued a Fall 2019 Note to Dr. Trieu in the principal amount of $250,000, which also offset certain amounts due Dr. Trieu in the amount of $35,000 due to him and was converted into debt. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Dr. Trieu provided additional short-term funding of $70,000 to the Company. During the three months ended September 30, 2020, Dr. Trieu purchased 3 Units under the private placement for a total of $150,000.

Artius Consulting Agreement

On March 9, 2020, the Company and Artius Bioconsulting, LLC (“Artius”), for which Mr. Steven King, our Board and Committee member, is the Managing Member, entered into an amendment to that certain Consulting Agreement dated December 1, 2018 (the “Artius Agreement”), under which Artius agreed to serve as a consultant to the Company for services related to the Company’s business from time to time, effective December 1, 2019 (the “Artius Agreement Effective Date”). In connection with the Artius Agreement, Mr. King also agreed to assist the Company with strategic advisory services with respect to transactional and operational contracts, budgetary input, among other matters in connection with the development EdgePoint AI’s Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Driven Vision Systems, for which Mr. King serves as Chief Executive Officer.

Under the terms of the Artius Agreement, the Company agreed to grant to Artius, subject to approval by the Mateon’s Board of Directors and pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, 148,837 restricted shares of Mateon’s Common Stock, in addition to a 30% pre-financing ownership stake in EdgePoint AI. The Artius Agreement contemplates that Mr. King will generally provide his services at a rate of $237 per hour, not to exceed 44 hours per month and payable monthly, and to reimburse Mr. King for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him or Artius in connection with providing services to the Company.

Either the Company or Artius may terminate the Artius Agreement at any time, for any reason following the Artius Agreement Effective Date. The Artius Agreement will automatically renew one year from the Artius Agreement Effective Date, unless the Parties agree to terminate the Artius Agreement at that time.

The Company recorded $106,712 as expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 related to this Agreement. No similar expense was recorded in 2019.

Maida Consulting Agreement

Effective May 5, 2020, the Company and Dr. Anthony Maida, one of our Board and Committee members, entered into an independent consulting agreement, commencing April 1, 2020 (the “Maida Agreement”), under which Dr. Maida will assist the Company in providing medical expertise and advice from time to time in the design, conduct and oversight of the Company’s existing and future clinical trials.

Pursuant to the terms of the Maida Agreement, the Company will grant to Dr. Maida 400,000 restricted shares or stock options of Mateon’s Common Stock corresponding to $80,000 at the stock value of $0.20 per share, to vest on May 5, 2021. The Company will also pay Dr. Maida $15,000 per month for a minimum of 20 hours per week, in in addition to reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Dr. Maida in connection with his services to the Company.

Either the Company or Dr. Maida may terminate the Maida Agreement, for any reason, upon 30 days advance written notice.

Dr. Maida was appointed the Chief Clinical Director for Mateon effective July 7, 2020. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, Dr. Maida continues to provide his services under the consulting agreement.

The Company recorded $45,000 and $90,000 as expense under the consulting agreement during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. No similar expense was recorded during the same periods in 2019.

Reimbursement of expenses to Autotelic Inc.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company reimbursed to Autotelic Inc. $261,246 for healthcare insurance and 401K services at cost. No similar reimbursements were recorded during the same period in 2019.

NOTE 8 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The following transactions affected the Company’s Stockholders’ Equity:

Equity Transactions During the Period Prior to the Merger

Issuance of Common Stock

In January 2019, Oncotelic issued 11,250 shares of Common Stock with a fair value of $4.00 per share to an employee in lieu of cash for compensation.

In January 2019, Oncotelic issued a total of 80,772 shares of Common Stock with a fair value of $4.00 per share to Autotelic, Inc. in lieu of cash for the settlement of outstanding accounts payable and services received.

In January 2019, Oncotelic issued a total of 20,750 shares of Common Stock with a fair value of $4.00 per share to two separates investors for $83,000 in cash.

In March 2019, Oncotelic issued 80,594 shares of Common Stock with a fair value of $4.00 per share to various employees in lieu of cash for accrued compensation.

In April 2019, Oncotelic issued a total of 150,000 shares of Common Stock to two investors as a result of the conversion of warrants for $120 in cash.

Equity Transactions During the Period Since the Merger

Issuance of Preferred Stock

In April 2019, pursuant to the Merger, Mateon issued 193,713 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for 77,154 shares of Oncotelic Common Stock.