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 November 30, 2021
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from ______, 20___, to _____, 20___.
Commission File Number 001-40089
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Nevada | 59-3691650 | |
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification Number) |
11120
NE 2nd Street, Suite 100
Bellevue, Washington |
98004 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(206) 617-9797
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each Exchange on which Registered | ||
Common Stock | NVOS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
There were 28,695,144 shares of the Registrant’s $0.001 par value common stock outstanding as of January 14, 2022.
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.
Contents
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 3 | |
Item 1. | Financial Statements | 3 |
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 31 |
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 43 |
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 43 |
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION | 44 | |
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 44 |
Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 44 |
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 45 |
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 45 |
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 45 |
Item 5. | Other Information | 45 |
Item 6. | Exhibits | 46 |
Signatures | 48 |
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Item 1. Financial Statements.
NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of November 30, 2021 (unaudited) and August 31, 2021
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current Assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,800,754 | $ | 8,293,162 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 1,696,211 | 1,468,429 | ||||||
Inventory | 364,147 | 339,385 | ||||||
Other receivables, current portion | 1,118,264 | 814,157 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 263,199 | 218,376 | ||||||
Total current assets | 12,242,575 | 11,133,509 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 6,096,534 | 6,070,291 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 33,821,915 | 32,436,468 | ||||||
Right-of-use assets, net | 2,446,736 | 2,543,396 | ||||||
Other receivables, net of current portion | 370,833 | 692,738 | ||||||
Goodwill | 8,955,694 | 9,081,879 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 63,934,287 | $ | 61,958,281 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 1,314,939 | $ | 1,449,784 | ||||
Accrued expenses | 1,376,848 | 1,129,309 | ||||||
Accrued interest (principally to related parties) | 370,488 | 366,280 | ||||||
Government loans and notes payable, current portion | 9,674,981 | 4,485,649 | ||||||
Convertible notes payable, net of discount of $702,984 | 1,172,016 | - | ||||||
Contingent liability | 741,083 | - | ||||||
Due to related parties | 469,199 | 478,920 | ||||||
Finance lease liability, current portion | 18,921 | 23,184 | ||||||
Operating lease liability, current portion | 514,568 | 530,797 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 15,653,043 | 8,463,923 | ||||||
Debentures, related parties | 968,558 | 982,205 | ||||||
Notes payable, net of current portion | 172,698 | 5,133,604 | ||||||
Finance lease liability, net of current portion | 12,982 | 16,217 | ||||||
Operating lease liability, net of current portion | 1,979,239 | 2,057,805 | ||||||
Deferred tax liability | 1,479,525 | 1,500,372 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 20,266,045 | 18,154,126 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | - | - | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. | ||||||||
Convertible preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized;0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, respectively | ||||||||
Common stock; $0.001 par value; 499,000,000 shares authorized;28,645,144 and 26,610,144 shares issued and outstanding at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, respectively | 28,645 | 26,610 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 55,092,070 | 54,579,396 | ||||||
Common stock to be issued (4,359,841 and 3,622,199 shares at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021) | 10,409,457 | 9,236,607 | ||||||
Other comprehensive income | 887,544 | 991,077 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (22,775,861 | ) | (20,969,274 | ) | ||||
Total Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. stockholders’ equity | 43,641,855 | 43,864,416 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest | 26,387 | (60,261 | ) | |||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 43,668,242 | 43,804,155 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | 63,934,287 | $ | 61,958,281 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
November 30, | November 30, | |||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
Revenues | $ | 3,161,927 | $ | 2,155,506 | ||||
Cost of revenues | 1,895,461 | 1,344,056 | ||||||
Gross profit | 1,266,466 | 811,450 | ||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||
Selling expenses | 168 | 1,243 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 2,629,957 | 1,567,931 | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 2,630,125 | 1,569,174 | ||||||
Loss from operations | (1,363,659 | ) | (757,724 | ) | ||||
Non operating income (expense) | ||||||||
Interest income | 8,388 | 8,562 | ||||||
Interest expense | (68,730 | ) | (23,941 | ) | ||||
Amortization of debt discount | (57,840 | ) | - | |||||
Foreign currency transaction losses | (334,554 | ) | - | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (452,736 | ) | (15,379 | ) | ||||
Loss before income taxes | (1,816,395 | ) | (773,103 | ) | ||||
Income tax expense | - | - | ||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,816,395 | ) | $ | (773,103 | ) | ||
Net loss attributed to noncontrolling interest | (9,808 | ) | (1,633 | ) | ||||
Net loss attributed to Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. | $ | (1,806,587 | ) | $ | (771,470 | ) | ||
Comprehensive loss: | ||||||||
Net loss | (1,816,395 | ) | (773,103 | ) | ||||
Foreign currency translation (loss) gain | (103,533 | ) | 10,596 | |||||
Comprehensive loss: | $ | (1,919,928 | ) | $ | (762,507 | ) | ||
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 26,924,705 | 23,508,353 | ||||||
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional | Common | Other | Novo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Paid-in | Stock To | Comprehensive | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | Noncontrolling | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Capital | Be Issued | Income | Deficit | Equity | Interest | Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, August 31, 2021 | 26,610,144 | $ | 26,610 | $ | 54,579,396 | $ | 9,236,607 | $ | 991,077 | $ | (20,969,274 | ) | $ | 43,864,416 | $ | (60,261 | ) | $ | 43,804,155 | |||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for cash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for cash, shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock for services | 35,000 | 35 | 64,715 | - | - | - | 64,750 | - | 64,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued as collateral and held in escrow | 2,000,000 | 2,000 | (2,000 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock to be issued for purchase of Terragenx | - | - | - | 983,925 | - | - | 983,925 | 97,311 | 1,081,236 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock to be issued for purchase of Mullin assets | - | - | - | 188,925 | - | - | 188,925 | - | 188,925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value of warrants issued with convertible notes | - | - | 295,824 | - | - | - | 295,824 | - | 295,824 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair value of stock options | - | - | 154,135 | - | - | - | 154,135 | - | 154,135 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation loss | - | - | - | - | (103,533 | ) | - | (103,533 | ) | (855 | ) | (104,388 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (1,806,587 | ) | (1,806,587 | ) | (9,808 | ) | (1,816,395 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, November 30, 2021 | 28,645,144 | $ | 28,645 | $ | 55,092,070 | $ | 10,409,457 | $ | 887,544 | $ | (22,775,861 | ) | $ | 43,641,855 | $ | 26,387 | $ | 43,668,242 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance, August 31, 2020 | 23,466,236 | $ | 23,466 | $ | 44,905,454 | $ | - | $ | 1,199,696 | $ | (16,507,127 | ) | $ | 29,621,489 | $ | (49,859 | ) | $ | 29,571,630 | |||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for cash | 21,905 | 22 | 91,978 | - | - | - | 92,000 | - | 92,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for services | 65,000 | 65 | 247,935 | - | - | - | 248,000 | - | 248,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain | - | - | - | - | 10,596 | - | 10,596 | (225 | ) | 10,371 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | (771,470 | ) | (771,470 | ) | (1,633 | ) | (773,103 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, November 30, 2020 | 23,553,141 | $ | 23,553 | $ | 45,245,367 | $ | - | $ | 1,210,292 | $ | (17,278,597 | ) | $ | 29,200,615 | $ | (51,717 | ) | $ | 29,148,898 |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
November 30, | November 30, | |||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,816,395 | ) | $ | (773,103 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 694,282 | 357,924 | ||||||
Fair value of vested stock options | 154,135 | - | ||||||
Common stock issued for services | 64,750 | 248,000 | ||||||
Operating lease expense | 163,879 | 149,379 | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount | 57,840 | - | ||||||
Foreign currency transaction losses | 334,554 | - | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | (253,079 | ) | 274,577 | |||||
Inventory | 12,245 | - | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (47,335 | ) | (300,743 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable | (55,056 | ) | 8,552 | |||||
Accrued expenses | 82,933 | 31,067 | ||||||
Accrued interest | 9,481 | 2,858 | ||||||
Operating lease liability | (161,337 | ) | (146,614 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (759,103 | ) | (148,103 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment | (120,397 | ) | - | |||||
Cash acquired with acquisition | 29,291 | - | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (91,106 | ) | - | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Repayments to related parties | (3,127 | ) | (48,389 | ) | ||||
Repayments of finance leases | (7,088 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds from the sale of common stock, net of offering costs | - | 92,000 | ||||||
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net | 1,410,000 | - | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,399,785 | 43,611 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (41,984 | ) | 7,165 | |||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | 507,592 | (97,327 | ) | |||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 8,293,162 | 2,067,718 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD | $ | 8,800,754 | $ | 1,970,391 | ||||
CASH PAID FOR: | ||||||||
Interest | $ | 64,522 | $ | 19,642 | ||||
Income taxes | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Common stock to be issued for intangible assets | $ | 188,925 | $ | - | ||||
Common stock to be issued for acquisition | $ | 983,925 | $ | - |
The accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
Note 1 - Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization and Line of Business
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (“Novo Integrated”) was incorporated in Delaware on November 27, 2000, under the name Turbine Truck Engines, Inc. On February 20, 2008, the Company was re-domiciled to the State of Nevada. Effective July 12, 2017, the Company’s name was changed to Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. When used herein, the terms the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Novo Integrated and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The Company owns Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries which provide, or intend to provide, essential and differentiated solutions to the delivery of multidisciplinary primary care and related wellness products through the integration of medical technology, interconnectivity, advanced therapeutics, unique personalized product offerings, and rehabilitative science. The Company’s revenue was generated primarily through its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Novo Healthnet Limited (“NHL”), which provides our services and products through both clinic and eldercare related operations.
We believe that “decentralizing” healthcare, through the integration of medical technology and interconnectivity, is an essential solution to the rapidly evolving fundamental transformation of how non-catastrophic healthcare is delivered both now and in the future. Specific to non-critical care, ongoing advancements in both medical technology and inter-connectivity are allowing for a shift of the patient/practitioner relationship to the patient’s home and away from on-site visits to primary medical centers with mass-services. This acceleration of “ease-of-access” in the patient/practitioner interaction for non-critical care diagnosis and subsequent treatment minimizes the degradation of non-critical health conditions to critical conditions as well as allowing for more cost-effective and efficient healthcare distribution.
The Company’s decentralized healthcare business model is centered on three primary pillars to best support the transformation of non-catastrophic healthcare delivery to patients and consumers:
● | First Pillar – Service Networks: Deliver multidisciplinary primary care services through (i) an affiliate network of clinic facilities, (ii) small and micro footprint sized clinic facilities primarily located within the footprint of box-store commercial enterprises, (iii) clinic facilities operated through a franchise relationship with the Company, and (iv) corporate operated clinic facilities. | |
● | Second Pillar – Technology: Develop, deploy, and integrate sophisticated interconnected technology, interfacing the patient to the healthcare practitioner thus expanding the reach and availability of the Company’s services, beyond the traditional clinic location, to geographic areas not readily providing advanced, peripheral based healthcare services, including the patient’s home. | |
● | Third Pillar – Products: Develop and distribute effective, personalized health and wellness product solutions allowing for the customization of patient preventative care remedies and ultimately a healthier population. The Company’s science-first approach to product innovation further emphasizes our mandate to create and provide over-the-counter preventative and maintenance care solutions. |
Innovation through science, combined with the integration of sophisticated, secure technology, assures Novo Integrated of continued cutting edge advancement in patient first platforms.
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On April 25, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), we entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) by and between (i) Novo Integrated; (ii) Novo Healthnet Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“NHL”), (iii) ALMC-ASAP Holdings Inc. (“ALMC”); (iv) Michael Gaynor Family Trust (the “MGFT”); (v) 1218814 Ontario Inc. (“1218814”) and (vi) Michael Gaynor Physiotherapy Professional Corp. (“MGPP,” and together with ALMC, MGFT and 1218814, the “NHL Shareholders”). Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, Novo Integrated agreed to acquire, from the NHL Shareholders, all of the shares of both common and preferred stock of NHL held by the NHL Shareholders in exchange for the issuance, by Novo Integrated to the NHL Shareholders, of Novo Integrated common stock such that following the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement, the NHL Shareholders would own 16,779,741 restricted shares of Novo Integrated common stock, representing 85% of the issued and outstanding Novo Integrated common stock, calculated including all granted and issued options or warrants to acquire Novo Integrated common stock as of the Effective Date, but to exclude shares of Novo Integrated common stock that are subject to a then-current Regulation S offering that was undertaken by Novo Integrated (the “Exchange”).
On May 9, 2017, the Exchange closed and, as a result, NHL became a wholly owned subsidiary of Novo Integrated. The Exchange was accounted for as a reverse acquisition under the purchase method of accounting since NHL obtained control of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. Accordingly, the Exchange was recorded as a recapitalization of NHL, with NHL being treated as the continuing entity. The historical financial statements presented are the financial statements of NHL. The Share Exchange Agreement was treated as a recapitalization and not as a business combination; therefore, no pro forma information is disclosed. At the closing date of the Exchange, the net assets of the legal acquirer, Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc., were $6,904.
Reverse Stock Split
On February 1, 2021, the Company effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of our common stock. As a result of the reverse stock split, every 10 shares of issued and outstanding common stock were exchanged for one share of common stock, with any fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher whole share. Unless otherwise noted, the share and per share information in this report have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split.
Impact of COVID-19
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On March 17, 2020, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic having been reported throughout both Canada and the United States, certain national, provincial, state and local governmental authorities issued proclamations and/or directives aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Accordingly, on March 17, 2020, the Company closed all corporate clinics for all in-clinic non-essential services to protect the health and safety of its employees, partners, and patients.
On May 26, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced updated guidance and directives stating that physiotherapists, chiropractors, and other regulated health professionals, including services and products provided by the Company, can gradually and carefully begin providing all services, including non-essential services, once the clinician and provider are satisfied all necessary precautions and protocols are in place to protect the patients, the clinician and the clinic staff. With all corporate clinics closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the exception of providing certain limited essential and emergency services, the Company had furloughed 48 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees from its pre-closure levels of 81 full-time employees and 53 part-time employees specific to on-site clinic and eldercare operations.
Specific to our clinic-based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives, between March 17 through June 1, 2020, the Company provided in-clinic multi-disciplinary primary healthcare services and products solely to patients with emergency and essential need while also providing certain virtual based services related to physiotherapy.
Specific to our eldercare based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives which included certain eldercare related services being deemed essential, NHL was able to quickly expand its existing eldercare related physiotherapy service “virtual-care” platform, which pre-pandemic was primarily focused on providing “virtual-care” services to both smaller and remote eldercare homes to ensure access to service providers, when needed; and continuity of care to eldercare patients without service providers in their area. Given NHL had established “virtual care” procedures and forms, complete with video consent and assessment forms already vetted and approved by the Ontario College of Physiotherapists, NHL was well-positioned to expand the delivery of certain of its eldercare related contracted services, via “virtual-care” technology, ensuring continuity of service for our long-term care and retirement home clients.
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On June 2, 2020, the Company commenced opening its corporate clinics and providing non-essential services. As of November 30, 2021, all corporate clinics were open and operational while following all mandated guidelines and protocols from Health Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and the respective disciplines’ regulatory Colleges to ensure a safe treatment environment for our staff and clients.
Canadian federal and provincial COVID-19 governmental proclamations and directives, including interprovincial travel restrictions, have presented unprecedented challenges to launching our Harvest Gold Farms and Kainai Cooperative joint ventures during the period ended November 30, 2021. Accordingly, the Company has decided to delay commencing the projects until the 2022 grow season. These joint ventures relate to the development, management, and arrangement of medicinal farming projects involving industrial hemp for medicinal Cannabidiol (CBD) applications.
As of November 30, 2021, specific to on-site clinic and eldercare operations, the Company has 91 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees with a total employee count amongst all subsidiaries of 124 full-time and 83 part-time employees.
Specific to Acenzia, Inc. (“Acenzia”), Terragenx Inc. (“Terragenx”) and PRO-DIP, LLC (“PRO-DIP”), each company is open and fully operational while following all local, state, provincial, and national guidelines and protocols related to minimizing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While all of the Company’s business units are operational at the time of this filing, any future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations remains unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including, but not limited to, (i) the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and additional variants that may be identified, (ii) new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or the Company, may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption, reduced patient traffic, and reduced operations.
For more on the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company, see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Impact of COVID-19” of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position, the results of its operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP were omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.
The financial information contained in this report should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, that the Company filed on December 14, 2021. The results of operations for the three months ended November 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the year ending August 31, 2022. The Company’s Canadian subsidiaries’ functional currency is the Canadian Dollar (“CAD”); however, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements were translated and presented in United States Dollars (“$” or “USD”).
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Foreign Currency Translation
The accounts of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries are maintained in CAD. The accounts of these subsidiaries are translated into USD in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 830, Foreign Currency Transaction, with the CAD as the functional currency. According to Topic 830, all assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date, stockholders’ equity is translated at historical rates and statement of operations items are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC Topic 220, Comprehensive Income. Gains and losses resulting from the translations of foreign currency transactions and balances are reflected in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. The following table details the exchange rates used for the respective periods:
Schedule of Foreign Currency Translation, Exchange Rate Used
November 30, 2021 | November 30, 2020 | August 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
Period end: CAD to USD exchange rate | $ | 0.7807 | $ | 0.7705 | $ | 0.7917 | ||||||
Average period: CAD to USD exchange rate | $ | 0.7961 | $ | 0.7594 | $ | 0.7885 |
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors 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 and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. This applies in particular to useful lives of non-current assets, impairment of non-current assets, allowance for doubtful receivables, allowance for slow moving and obsolete inventory, and valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and entities it controls including its wholly owned subsidiaries, NHL, Acenzia, Novomerica Health Group, Novo Healthnet Rehab Limited, Novo Assessments Inc., PRO-DIP, LLC, a 91% controlling interest in Terragenx, Inc., an 80% controlling interest in Novo Healthnet Kemptville Centre, Inc., a Back on Track Physiotherapy and Health Centre clinic operated by NHL, and a 70% controlling interest in Novo Earth Therapeutics Inc. (currently inactive). PRO-DIP is a New York state LLC while all other Company subsidiaries are incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario or New Brunswick, Canada. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
An entity is controlled when the Company has the ability to direct the relevant activities of the entity, has exposure or rights to variable returns from its involvement with the entity, and is able to use its power over the entity to affect its returns from the entity.
Income or loss and each component of OCI are attributed to the shareholders of the Company and to the noncontrolling interests. Total comprehensive loss is attributed to the shareholders of the Company and to the noncontrolling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance on consolidation.
Noncontrolling Interest
The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 810, Consolidation, which governs the accounting for and reporting of non-controlling interests (“NCIs”) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries. Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCIs be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability, that increases and decreases in the parent’s ownership interest that leave control intact be treated as equity transactions rather than as step acquisitions or dilution gains or losses, and that losses of a partially owned consolidated subsidiary be allocated to the NCI even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance.
The net income (loss) attributed to the NCI is separately designated in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
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Cash Equivalents
For the purpose of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, cash equivalents include time deposits, certificate of deposits, and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentration, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends, and changes in customer payment patterns to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Delinquent account balances are written-off after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable and known bad debts are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. As of November 30, 2021, and August 31, 2021, the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable was $1,074,852 and $1,097,628, respectively.
Inventory
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined by the first in, first out method) and net realizable value. Management compares the cost of inventories with the net realizable value and allowance is made for writing down their inventories to net realizable value, if lower. Inventory is segregated into three areas: raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods. The Company periodically assessed its inventory for slow moving and/or obsolete items and any change in the allowance is recorded in cost of revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If any are identified an appropriate allowance for those items is made and/or the items are deemed to be impaired. As of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the Company’s allowance for slow moving or obsolete inventory was $1,051,900 and $1,066,721, respectively.
Other Receivables
Other receivables are recorded at cost and presented as current or long-term based on the terms of the agreements. Management reviews the collectability of other receivables and writes off the portion that is deemed to be uncollectible.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less depreciation and impairment. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the declining balance method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:
Schedule of Estimated Useful Lives of Assets
Building | 30 years | |
Leasehold improvements | 5 years | |
Clinical equipment | 5 years | |
Computer equipment | 3 years | |
Office equipment | 5 years | |
Furniture and fixtures | 5 years |
Leases
The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 842, Leases which requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. The Company determines whether a contract is or contains a lease at inception of the contract and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. When available, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value; however, most of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, the Company must discount lease payments based on an estimate of its incremental borrowing rate.
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Long-Lived Assets
The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. ASC 360 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets, including right of use assets, used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review at November 30, 2021, the Company believes there was no impairment of its long-lived assets.
Intangible Assets
The Company’s intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated useful lives as follows:
Schedule of Intangible Assets Amortized Estimated Useful Lives
Land use rights | 50 years (the lease period) |
Software license | 7 years |
Intellectual property | 7 years |
Customer relationships | 5 years |
Brand names | 7 years |
Workforce | 5 years |
The intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed for impairment when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Based on its reviews at November 30, 2021, the Company believes there was no impairment of its intangible assets.
Right-of-use Assets
The Company’s right-of-use assets consist of leased assets recognized in accordance with ASC 842, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a corresponding lease asset for virtually all lease contracts. Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liability represents the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease, both of which are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. Leases with a lease term of 12 months or less at inception are not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company determines the lease term by agreement with lessor. In cases where the lease does not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses the Company’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future payments.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the underlying net assets of businesses acquired. Under U.S. GAAP, goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests. The Company recorded goodwill related to its acquisition of APKA Health, Inc. during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, Executive Fitness Leaders during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018, Action Plus Physiotherapy Rockland during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019 and Acenzia, Inc. during fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. Based on its review at November 30, 2021, the Company believes there was no impairment of its goodwill. As of August 31, 2021, the Company performed the required impairment reviews and determined that an impairment charge of $99,593 related to the goodwill for Executive Fitness Leaders was necessary. The impairment was determined based on the fair value of the acquired business, which was estimated based on a discounted cash flow valuation model and the projected future cash flows of the underlying business.
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Acquisition Deposits
The Company has signed letters of understanding with a potential acquisition candidate which includes refundable acquisition deposits totaling $383,700 as of August 31, 2020. During the year ended August 31, 2021, this acquisition deposit was converted into a receivable that bears interest at 10% and is due on September 1, 2022.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable and due to related parties, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their short-term maturities.
FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. FASB ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments, defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization, low risk of counterparty default and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
● | Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. |
● | Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in inactive markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. | |
● | Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology use one or more unobservable inputs which are significant to the fair value measurement. |
The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under FASB ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging.
For certain financial instruments, the carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, current portion of other receivables, and current liabilities, including accounts payable, short-term notes payable, due to related parties and finance lease liability, each qualify as a financial instrument, and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of notes payable approximates their fair values due to current market rate on such debt.
As of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, respectively, the Company did not identify any financial assets and liabilities required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value, except for cash and cash equivalents which are carried at fair value using Level 1 inputs.
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Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue recognition reflects the updated accounting policies as per the requirements of ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). As sales are and have been primarily from providing healthcare services the Company has no significant post-delivery obligations.
Revenue from providing healthcare and healthcare related services and product sales are recognized under Topic 606 in a manner that reasonably reflects the delivery of its products and services to customers in return for expected consideration and includes the following elements:
● | executed contracts with the Company’s customers that it believes are legally enforceable; | |
● | identification of performance obligations in the respective contract; | |
● | determination of the transaction price for each performance obligation in the respective contract; | |
● | allocation the transaction price to each performance obligation; and | |
● | recognition of revenue only when the Company satisfies each performance obligation. |
These five elements, as applied to the Company’s revenue category, are summarized below:
● | Healthcare and healthcare related services – gross service revenue is recorded in the accounting records at the time the services are provided (point-in-time) on an accrual basis at the provider’s established rates. The Company reserves a provision for contractual adjustment and discounts that are deducted from gross service revenue. The Company reports revenues net of any sales, use and value added taxes. | |
● | Product sales – revenue is recorded at the point of time of delivery |
Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue. Unearned revenue is included with accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Sales returns and allowances were insignificant for the periods ended November 30, 2021 and 2020. The Company does not provide unconditional right of return, price protection or any other concessions to its customers.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
Under ASC 740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires companies to measure compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation at fair value at the grant date and recognize the expense over the requisite service period. The Company recognizes in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees and non-employees.
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. The calculations reflect the effects of the 1-for-10 reverse stock split that took place on February 1, 2021. Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS assumes that all dilutive securities are converted. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. There were 4,509,530 and 1,784,500 option/ warrants outstanding as of November 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Due to the net loss incurred potentially dilutive instruments would be anti-dilutive. Accordingly, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss for all periods presented.
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Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Income
U.S. GAAP generally requires recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income. Certain statements, however, require entities to report specific changes in assets and liabilities, such as gain or loss on foreign currency translation, as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet. Such items, along with net income, are components of comprehensive income. The functional currency of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries is the CAD. Translation gains of $887,544 and $991,077 at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, respectively, are classified as an item of other comprehensive income in the stockholders’ equity section of the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Statement of Cash Flows
Cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies using the average translation rates. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Segment Reporting
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company determined it has two reportable segments. See Note 17.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 was issued to improve financial reporting by requiring earlier recognition of credit losses on financing receivables and other financial assets in scope. The new standard represents significant changes to accounting for credit losses. Full lifetime expected credit losses will be recognized upon initial recognition of an asset in scope. The current incurred loss impairment model that recognizes losses when a probable threshold is met will be replaced with the expected credit loss impairment method without recognition threshold. The expected credit losses estimate will be based upon historical information, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU as amended by ASU 2019-10, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which amends ASC 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). This update is intended to simplify accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740 and amending existing guidance to improve consistent application of ASC 740. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The guidance in this update has various elements, some of which are applied on a prospective basis and others on a retrospective basis with earlier application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In May, the FASB issued ASU 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options. This update provides guidance for a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that is not within the scope of another Topic. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2020, the FASB issued guidance that simplifies the accounting for debt with conversion options, revises the criteria for applying the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity, and improves the consistency for the calculation of earnings per share. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods and interim periods within those annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021.
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In March 2020, the FASB issued guidance providing optional expedients and exceptions to account for the effects of reference rate reform to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. The optional guidance, which became effective on March 12, 2020 and can be applied through December 21, 2022, has not impacted our condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company has various contracts that reference LIBOR and is assessing how this standard may be applied to specific contract modifications through December 31, 2022.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, we will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.
Note 3 – Related Party Transactions
Due to related parties
Amounts loaned to the Company by stockholders and officers of the Company are payable upon demand and unsecured. At November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the amount due to related parties was $469,199 and $478,920, respectively. At November 30, 2021, $398,330 was non-interest bearing, $22,466 bears interest at 6% per annum, and $48,403 bears interest at 13.75% per annum. At August 31, 2021, $407,052 was non-interest bearing, $22,783 bears interest at 6% per annum, and $49,085 bears interest at 13.75% per annum.
On July 21, 2020, a related party converted $226,363 of outstanding principal and accrued interest into 15,091 shares of the Company’s common stock. The per share price used for the conversion of this debt was $15.00.
On July 21, 2020, the Company made a partial repayment of a debenture due to a related party of $267,768. The remaining principal balance of debentures due to related parties at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021 was $968,558 and $982,205, respectively.
Note 4 – Accounts Receivables, net
Accounts receivables, net at November 31, 2021 and August 31, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Accounts Receivables, Net
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Trade receivables | $ | 2,627,400 | $ | 2,411,499 | ||||
Amounts earned but not billed | 143,663 | 154,558 | ||||||
Accounts receivable gross | 2,771,063 | 2,566,057 | ||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (1,074,852 | ) | (1,097,628 | ) | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 1,696,211 | $ | 1,468,429 |
Note 5 – Inventory
Inventory at November 30, 2021 and 2020 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Inventory
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Raw materials | $ | 990,496 | $ | 1,017,566 | ||||
Work in process | 142,618 | 144,628 | ||||||
Finished Goods | 282,933 | 243,912 | ||||||
Inventory Gross | 1,416,047 | 1,406,106 | ||||||
Allowance for slow moving and obsolete inventory | (1,051,900 | ) | (1,066,721 | ) | ||||
Inventory, net | $ | 364,147 | $ | 339,385 |
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Note 6 – Other Receivables
Other receivables at November 30, 2021 and August 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Other Receivables
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Total other receivables | 1,489,097 | 1,506,895 | ||||||
Notes receivable dated April 1, 2015 and amended on May 23, 2017; accrued interest at 8% per annum; secured by certain assets; due March 1, 2019. (currently in default; if the receivable is not repaid, the Company plans to foreclose on the clinic that secures this receivable) | $ | 292,763 | $ | 296,888 | ||||
Advance to corporation; accrues interest at 12% per annum; unsecured; due January 31, 2023, as amended | 78,070 | 79,170 | ||||||
Advance to corporation; accrues interest at 10% per annum after the first 60 days; unsecured; due March 1, 2022 | 225,924 | 225,924 | ||||||
Advance to corporation; accrues interest at 12% per annum; secured by property and other assets of debtor; due February 1, 2022, as amended | 501,990 | 509,063 | ||||||
Advance to corporation; accrues interest at 10% per annum; secured by assets of debtor; due September 1, 2022, as amended | 390,350 | 395,850 | ||||||
Total other receivables | 1,489,097 | 1,506,895 | ||||||
Current portion | (1,118,264 | ) | (814,157 | ) | ||||
Long-term portion | $ | 370,833 | $ | 692,738 |
Note 7 – Property and Equipment
Property and equipment at November 30, 2021 and August 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Property and Equipment
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Land | $ | 468,420 | $ | 475,020 | ||||
Building | 3,513,150 | 3,562,650 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | 779,810 | 691,318 | ||||||
Clinical equipment | 1,933,612 | 1,875,537 | ||||||
Computer equipment | 25,640 | 24,679 | ||||||
Office equipment | 46,091 | 46,510 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 40,449 | 41,019 | ||||||
6,807,172 | 6,716,733 | |||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (710,638 | ) | (646,442 | ) | ||||
Total | $ | 6,096,534 | $ | 6,070,291 |
Depreciation expense for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 was $74,606 and $21,610, respectively.
Certain property and equipment have been used to secure notes payable (See Note 10).
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Note 8 – Intangible Assets
Intangible assets at November 30, 2021 and August 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Intangible Assets
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Land use rights | $ | 21,600,000 | $ | 21,600,000 | ||||
Software license | 1,144,798 | 1,144,798 | ||||||
Intellectual property | 11,431,945 | 9,388,065 | ||||||
Customer relationships | 776,366 | 787,304 | ||||||
Brand names | 2,037,237 | 2,065,941 | ||||||
Assembled workforce | 415,154 | 421,003 | ||||||
37,405,500 | 35,407,111 | |||||||
Accumulated amortization | (3,583,585 | ) | (2,970,643 | ) | ||||
Total | $ | 33,821,915 | $ | 32,436,468 |
Amortization expense for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 was $619,676 and $336,314, respectively.
Expected amortization expense of intangible assets over the next 5 years and thereafter is as follows:
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense of Intangible Assets
Twelve Months Ending November 30, | ||||
2022 | $ | 2,758,015 | ||
2023 | 2,758,015 | |||
2024 | 2,758,015 | |||
2025 | 2,758,015 | |||
2026 | 2,577,449 | |||
Thereafter | 20,212,406 | |||
Total | $ | 33,821,915 |
Note 9 – Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses at November 30, 2021 and August 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Accrued Expenses
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Accrued liabilities | $ | 1,081,335 | $ | 811,660 | ||||
Accrued payroll | 257,204 | 279,018 | ||||||
Unearned revenue | 38,309 | 38,631 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | $ | 1,376,848 | $ | 1,129,309 |
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Note 10 – Government Loans and Note Payable
Notes payable at November 30, 2021 and August 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Governmental Loans and Note Payable
(A) | The Government of Canada launched the Canada Emergency Business Account loan to ensure that small businesses have access to the capital that they need during the current challenges faced due to the COVID-19 virus. The Company obtained CAD$80,000 loan (US$62,456 at November 30, 2021), which is unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on or before December 31, 2023. If the loan amount is paid on or before December 31, 2023, 25% of the loan will be forgiven (“Early Payment Credit”). In the event that the Company does not repay 75% of such term debt on or before December 31, 2023, the Early Payment Credit will not apply. In addition, with acquisition of Terragenx, the Company acquired a CEBA loan in the amount of CAD$60,000 (US$46,842 at November 30, 2021) under the same terms. |
Government Subsidy
In 2020, the Government of Canada announced the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) for Canadian employers whose businesses were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The CEWS provides a subsidy of up to 75% of eligible employees’ employment insurable remuneration, subject to certain criteria. Accordingly, the Company applied for the CEWS to the extent it met the requirements to receive the subsidy and during the three months ended November 30, 2020, recorded a total of approximately $61,000 in government subsidies as a reduction to the associated wage costs recorded in cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company did not receive any wage subsidies.
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Future scheduled maturities of outstanding government loans and notes payable are as follows:
Schedule of Future Maturities Outstanding of Governmental Loans and Note Payable
Twelve Months Ending November 30, | ||||
2022 | $ | 9,674,981 | ||
2023 | 114,160 | |||
2024 | 5,301 | |||
2025 | 5,746 | |||
2026 | 6,198 | |||
Thereafter | 41,293 | |||
Total | $ | 9,847,679 |
Note 11 – Convertible Notes Payable
On November 17, 2021, Terragenx, a 91% owned subsidiary of the Company, issued two convertible notes payable for a total of $1,875,000. The notes accrue interest at 1% per annum and are due on May 17, 2022. The notes are convertible at the option of the note holders to convert into shares of the Company’s common stock at $3.35 per shares.
In connection with the convertible notes payable, the Company issued the note holders warrants to purchase a total of 223,880 shares of the Company’s common stock for $3.35 per shares. The warrant expires on November 17, 2024. The Company first determined the value of the convertible notes payable and the fair value of the detachable warrants issued in connection with this transaction. The estimated value of the warrants of $351,240 and was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
● | Expected life of 3.0 year | |
● | Volatility of 300%; | |
● | Dividend yield of 0%; | |
● | Risk free interest rate of 0.085% |
The face amount of the convertible notes payable of $1,875,000 was proportionately allocated to the convertible notes payable and the warrant in the amount of $1,579,176 and $295,824, respectively. The amount allocated to the warrants of $295,824 was recorded as a discount to the convertible note and as additional paid in capital. The convertible notes payable contained an original issue discount totaling $375,000 and the Company also incurred $90,000 in loan fees in connection with this convertible notes. The combined total discount is $760,824 and will be amortized over the life of the convertible notes. During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company amortized $57,840 of the debt discount and as November 30, 2021, the unamortized debt discount was $702,984.
Note 12 – Debentures, Related Parties
On September 30, 2013, the Company issued five debentures totaling CAD$6,402,512 (approximately $6,225,163 on September 30, 2013) in connection with the acquisition of certain business assets. The holders of the debentures are current stockholders, officers and/or affiliates of the Company. The debentures are secured by all the assets of the Company, accrue interest at 8% per annum and were originally due on September 30, 2016. On December 2, 2017, the debenture holders agreed to extend the due date to September 30, 2019. On September 27, 2019, the debenture holders agreed to extend the due date to September 30, 2021. On November 2, 2021, the debenture holders agreed to extend the due date to December 1, 2023.
On January 31, 2018, the debenture holders converted 75% of the debenture value of $3,894,809 plus accrued interest of $414,965 into 1,047,588 shares of the Company’s common stock. The per share price used for the conversion of each debenture was $4.11 which was determined as the average price of the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the date of conversion with a 10% premium added to the calculated per share price.
On July 21, 2020, the Company made a partial repayment of a debenture due to a related party of $267,768.
At November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the amount of debentures outstanding was $968,558 and $982,205, respectively.
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Note 13 – Leases
Operating leases
The Company determines whether a contract is or contains a lease at inception of the contract and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. When available, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease to discount lease payments to present value; however, most of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, the Company discounts lease payments based on an estimate of its incremental borrowing rate.
The Company leases its corporate office space and certain facilities under long-term operating leases expiring through fiscal year 2028.
The table below presents the lease related assets and liabilities recorded on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021:
Schedule of Lease Related Assets and Liabilities
November 30, | August 31, | ||||||||
2021 | 2021 | ||||||||
Classification on Balance Sheet | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||
Operating lease assets | Operating lease right of use assets | $ | 2,446,736 | $ | 2,543,396 | ||||
Total lease assets | $ | 2,446,736 | $ | 2,543,396 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||||
Operating lease liability | Current operating lease liability | $ | 514,568 | $ | 530,797 | ||||
Noncurrent liabilities | |||||||||
Operating lease liability | Long-term operating lease liability | 1,979,239 | 2,057,805 | ||||||
Total lease liability | $ | 2,493,807 | $ | 2,588,602 |
Lease obligations at November 30, 2021 consisted of the following:
Schedule of Lease Obligations
Twelve Months Ending November 30, | ||||
2022 | $ | 696,083 | ||
2023 | 601,851 | |||
2024 | 447,843 | |||
2025 | 367,208 | |||
2026 | 379,833 | |||
Thereafter | 644,686 | |||
Total payments | 3,137,504 | |||
Amount representing interest | (643,697 | ) | ||
Lease obligation, net | 2,493,807 | |||
Less lease obligation, current portion | (514,568 | ) | ||
Lease obligation, long-term portion | $ | 1,979,239 |
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During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company entered into new lease obligation of $101,348.
The lease expense for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 was $216,905 and $204,446, respectively. The cash paid under operating leases for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 was $207,683 and $201,680, respectively. At November 30, 2021, the weighted average remaining lease terms were 5.86 years and the weighted average discount rate was 8%.
Finance leases
The Company leases certain equipment under lease contracts that are accounted for as finance leases. If the contracts meet the criteria for a finance lease, the related equipment underlying the lease contract is capitalized and amortized over its estimated useful life. If the cost of the equipment is not available, the Company calculates the cost by taking the present value of the lease payments using an implicit borrowing rate of 5%.
The net book value of equipment under finance leases included in property and equipment on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021 is as follows:
Schedule of Finance Leases
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Cost | $ | 209,457 | $ | 209,457 | ||||
Accumulated amortization | (150,455 | ) | (136,491 | ) | ||||
Net book value | $ | 59,002 | $ | 72,966 |
Future minimum finance lease payments are as follows:
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments
Twelve Months Ending November 30, | ||||
2022 | $ | 19,878 | ||
2023 | 9,584 | |||
2024 | 3,195 | |||
Total payments | 32,657 | |||
Amount representing interest | (754 | ) | ||
Lease obligation, net | 31,903 | |||
Less lease obligation, current portion | (18,921 | ) | ||
Lease obligation, long-term portion | $ | 12,982 |
Note 14 – Stockholders’ Equity
Convertible preferred stock
The Company has authorized 1,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value convertible preferred stock. At November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, there were 0 and 0 convertible preferred shares issued and outstanding, respectively.
Common stock
The Company has authorized 499,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock. On February 1, 2021, the Company effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of our common stock. As a result of the reverse stock split, every 10 shares of issued and outstanding common stock were exchanged for one share of common stock, with any fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher whole share. At November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021 there were 28,645,144 and 26,610,144 common shares issued and outstanding, respectively.
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During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company issued:
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35,000 restricted shares of common stock as consideration for a Consulting and Services Agreement valued at $64,750. The fair value was determined based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The shares were issued on September 16, 2021.
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2,000,000 restricted shares of common stock as collateral to be held in escrow pursuant to the terms and conditions provided for in a certain Securities Purchase Agreement, Pledge and Security Agreement, Secured Convertible Promissory Note, and Escrow Agreement, all dated November 17, 2021 to which the Company is a guarantor for that certain senior secured convertible promissory note in the principal amount of up to $1,875,000. The shares were issued on November 23, 2021. The Company value these shares at $0 since they are being held in escrow and will only be released to the convertible note holders upon certain conditions, including default on the notes. |
Stock Options
On September 8, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders, holding a majority of the Company’s outstanding common stock, approved the Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2015 Plan”), which authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000 shares of common stock to employees, officers, directors or independent consultants of the Company, provided that no person can be granted shares under the 2015 Plan for services related to raising capital or promotional activities. During fiscal years 2020 and 2019, the Company did not grant any awards under the 2015 Plan. The Company does not intend to issue any additional grants under the 2015 Plan.
On January 16, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders, holding a majority of the Company’s outstanding common stock, approved the Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2018 Plan”). Under the 2018 Plan, 1,000,000 shares of common stock are authorized for the grant of stock options and the issuance of restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and performance awards to officers, directors, employees and eligible consultants to the Company or its subsidiaries. As of November 30, 2021, the 2018 Plan has 864,900 shares available for award; however, the Company does not intend to issue any additional grants under the 2018 Plan.
On February 9, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders, holding a majority of the Company’s outstanding common stock, approved the Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). Under the 2021 Plan, a total of 4,500,000 shares of common stock are authorized for issuance pursuant to the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, performance shares or other cash- or stock-based awards to officers, directors, employees and eligible consultants to the Company or its subsidiaries. Subject to adjustment as provided in the 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the 2021 Plan will be cumulatively increased on January 1, 2022 and on each subsequent January 1 through and including January 1, 2023, by a number of shares equal to the smaller of (i) 3% of the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or (ii) an amount determined by our Board of Directors. As of November 30, 2021, the 2021 Plan has 4,321,300 shares are available for award.
In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 9, 2021, the Company also issued to the investors an aggregate of 2,388,050 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at $3.35 per shares. The warrants vest immediately and expire on October 13, 2026.
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The following is a summary of stock options activity:
Schedule of Stock Option and Warrant Activity
Weighted Average |
Weighted
Remaining |
Aggregate | ||||||||||||||
Options | Exercise | Contractual | Intrinsic | |||||||||||||
Outstanding | Price | Life | Value | |||||||||||||
Outstanding, August 31, 2021 | 1,849,600 | 2.29 | 3.14 | $ | 218,240 | |||||||||||
Granted | 48,000 | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||
Forfeited | - | |||||||||||||||
Exercised | - | 1.60 | ||||||||||||||
Outstanding, November 30, 2021 | 1,897,600 | 2.28 | 2.94 | $ | - | |||||||||||
Exercisable, November 30, 2021 | 1,885,500 | $ | 2.27 | 2.93 | $ | - |
The exercise price for stock options outstanding at November 30, 2021:
Schedule of Options and Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable
Outstanding | Exercisable | |||||||||||||
Number of | Exercise | Number of | Exercise | |||||||||||
Options | Price | Options | Price | |||||||||||
997,000 | $ | 1.60 | 997,000 | $ | 1.60 | |||||||||
48,000 | 1.87 | 48,000 | 1.87 | |||||||||||
775,000 | 3.00 | 775,000 | 3.00 | |||||||||||
72,600 | 3.80 | 60,500 | 3.80 | |||||||||||
5,000 | 5.00 | 5,000 | 5.00 | |||||||||||
1,897,600 | 1,885,500 |
For options granted during the three months ended November 30, 2021 where the exercise price equaled the stock price at the date of the grant, the weighted-average fair value of such options was $1.82, and the weighted-average exercise price of such options was $1.87. No options were granted during the three months ended November 30, 2021 where the exercise price was less than the stock price at the date of grant or the exercise price was greater than the stock price at the date of grant.
The fair value of the stock options is being amortized to stock option expense over the vesting period. The Company recorded stock option expense of $154,135 and $0 during the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. At November 30, 2021, the unamortized stock option expense was $44,427, which will be amortized into expense through January 2022.
The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for options granted are as follows for the options granted during the three months ended November 30, 2021:
Schedule of Fair Value of Options Granted by Using Valuation Assumptions
Risk-free interest rate | 0.93 | % | ||
Expected life of the options | 2.5 years | |||
Expected volatility | 282 | % | ||
Expected dividend yield | 0 | % |
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Warrants
The following is a summary of warrant activity:
Schedule of Warrants Activities
Warrants |
Weighted
Average Exercise |
Average Remaining Contractual |
Aggregate Intrinsic |
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Outstanding, August 31, 2021 | 2,388,050 | 3.35 | 5.12 | $ | - | |||||||||||
Granted | 223,880 | 3.35 | ||||||||||||||
Forfeited | - | |||||||||||||||
Exercised | - | |||||||||||||||
Outstanding, November 30, 2021 | 2,611,930 | 3.35 | 4.71 | $ | - | |||||||||||
Exercisable, November 30, 2021 | 2,611,930 | $ | 3.35 | 4.71 | $ | - |
The exercise price for warrants outstanding at November 30, 2021:
Schedule of Options and Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable
Outstanding and Exercisable | ||||
Number of | Exercise | |||
Warrants | Price | |||
2,611,930 | $ | 3.35 | ||
2,611,930 |
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Note 15 – Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
The Company is party to certain legal proceedings from time-to-time incidental to the conduct of its business. These proceedings could result in fines, penalties, compensatory or treble damages or non-monetary relief. The nature of legal proceedings is such that the Company cannot assure the outcome of any particular matter, and an unfavorable ruling or development could have a materially adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in the period in which a ruling or settlement occurs. However, based on information available to the Company’s management to date, the Company’s management does not expect that the outcome of any matter pending against the Company is likely to have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position as of November 30, 2021, results of operations, cash flows or liquidity of the Company.
Note 16 – Acquisitions
Terragenx
On November 17, 2021, the Company and NHL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into that certain Share Exchange Agreement (the “Terra SEA”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and among the Company, NHL, Terragenx Inc. (“Terra”), TMS Inc. (“TMS”), Shawn Mullins, Claude Fournier, and The Coles Optimum Health and Vitality Trust (“COHV” and collectively with TMS, Mr. Mullins and Mr. Fournier, the “Terra Shareholders”). Collectively, the Terra Shareholders owned 91% of the outstanding shares of Terra (the “Terra Purchased Shares”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Terra SEA, NHL agreed to purchase from the Terra Shareholders, and the Terra Shareholders agreed to sell to NHL, the Terra Purchased Shares on the closing date, in exchange for payment by NHL of the purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of CAD$500,000 (approximately $398,050) (the “Exchange”). The Purchase Price was to be paid with the issuance, by NHL to the Terra Shareholders, of certain non-voting NHL special shares exchangeable into restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (the “NHL Exchangeable Shares”). The total shares of Company common stock allotted in favor of the Terra Shareholders was calculated at a per share price of $3.35.
The Exchange closed on November 17, 2021. At the closing of the Exchange, (i) the Terra Shareholders transferred to NHL a total of 910 shares of Terra common stock, representing 91% of Terra’s outstanding shares, and (ii) a total of 100 NHL Exchangeable Shares were issued to the Terra Shareholders, which NHL Exchangeable Shares are exchangeable into a total of 118,821 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result of the Exchange, NHL has 91% ownership of Terra and full control of the Terra business.
In addition, the Company will issue 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Terry Mullins as part of an employment agreement that is considered part of the purchase price. The price of the Company’s common stock on the closing date was $1.59; therefore the purchase price for accounting purposes was $983,925. The Company acquired Terragenx to complement several of the Company’s growth initiatives including (i) to build a health science related IP portfolio, and (ii) through either acquisition, internal development, or third-party licensing distribute effective, personalized health and wellness product solutions allowing for the customization of patient preventative care remedies and over-the-counter preventative and maintenance care solutions. This acquisition was considered an acquisition of a business under ASC 805. From the period from the acquisition date to November 30, 2021, Terragenx had revenues of $0 and a net loss of $90,097.
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The business combination accounting is not yet complete and the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed are provisional. Therefore, this may result in future adjustments to the provisional amounts as information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date. A summary of the preliminary purchase price allocation at fair value is below.
Summary of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation at Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 29,291 | ||
Inventory | 42,273 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 398 | |||
Property and equipment | 66,759 | |||
Intangible assets | 1,179,361 | |||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | (189,080 | ) | ||
CEBA loan | (47,766 | ) | ||
Minority interest | (97,311 | ) | ||
Purchase price | $ | 983,925 |
The purchase price was paid as follows:
Summary of Purchase Price
Cash | $ | - | ||
Common stock to be issued | 983,925 | |||
$ | 983,925 |
The purchase of Terragenx was not considered significant for accounting purposes; therefore, pro forma financial statements are not presented.
Mullins Asset Purchase Agreement
On November 17, 2021, the Company entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Mullins APA”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and between the Company and Terence Mullins. Pursuant to the terms of the Mullins APA, Mr. Mullins agreed to sell, and the Company agreed to purchase, all of Mr. Mullins’ right, title and interest in and to certain assets (the “Mullins IP Assets”), in exchange for a purchase price of CAD$2,500,000 (approximately $1,990,250) which is to be paid as follows:
(a) | CAD$2,000,000 (approximately $1,592,200) is to be issued or allotted to Mr. Mullins only after patent-pending status, in the U.S. or internationally, is designated for all Mullins IP Assets (the “Mullins IP Assets CAD$2m Shares”), as either restricted shares of Company common stock or NHL Exchangeable Shares, as determined by Mr. Mullins. Once issued or allotted, the Mullins IP Assets CAD $2m Shares will be held in escrow pending registration and approval for all Mullins IP Assets, and | |
(b) | CAD$500,000 (approximately $398,050) is to be issued in the form of 118,821 restricted shares of Company common stock, free and clear of all liens, pledges, encumbrances, charges, or known claims of any kind, nature, or description, upon closing of the Mullins APA |
All shares issued or allotted under the terms and conditions of the Mullins APA are calculated at a value of $3.35 per share. The price of the Company’s common stock on the closing date was $1.59; therefore the purchase price for assets acquired (Intellectual property) by the payment of item (a) above was $755,701 and item (b) above was $188,925. The purchase price for item (a) above has been recorded as a contingent liability at fair value in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets since the conditions for payment have not been met as of November 30, 2021. The amounts assigned to assets acquired are provisional. Therefore, this may result in future adjustments to the provisional amounts as information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date.
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In addition, the Company will pay a royalty equal to 10% of net revenue (net profit) of all iodine related sales reported through the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries for a period equal to the commercial validity of the intellectual property.
MiTelemed+
On October 8, 2021, the Company and NHL completed a Joint Venture Agreement (the “MiTelemed+ JV”) with EK-Tech Solutions Inc. (“EK-Tech”) to establish the joint venture company MiTelemed+ Inc., an Ontario province Canada corporation (“MiTelemed+”), to operate, support, and expand access and functionality of EK-Tech’s enhanced proprietary Telehealth platform. At closing, EK-Tech contributed all intellectual property, source code, and core data of the iTelemed platform, valued at CAD$1,500,000, and NHL issued to EK-Tech, non-voting NHL Exchangeable Special Shares, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, which are issued solely for the purpose of EK-Tech to exchange, for 185,000 restricted shares of Company’s common stock solely upon EK-Tech meeting terms and conditions for exchange of the NHL Exchangeable Special Shares as defined in the MiTelemed+ JV. The net profits and net losses of the JV will be split 50/50 between NHL and EK-Tech. As of November 30, 2021, the terms and conditions for the exchange of the NHL Exchangeable Special Shares had not been met.
Note 17 – Segment Reporting
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company has two reportable segments: healthcare services and product manufacturing and development.
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The following tables summarize the Company’s segment information for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020:
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information
Three Months Ended November 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Sales | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 2,179,623 | $ | 2,155,506 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 982,304 | - | ||||||
Corporate | - | - | ||||||
$ | 3,161,927 | $ | 2,155,506 | |||||
Gross profit | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 799,642 | $ | 811,450 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 466,824 | - | ||||||
Corporate | - | - | ||||||
$ | 1,266,466 | $ | 811,450 | |||||
Loss from operations | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | (111,105 | ) | $ | (34,897 | ) | ||
Product manufacturing and development | (341,545 | ) | - | |||||
Corporate | (911,009 | ) | (722,827 | ) | ||||
$ | (1,363,659 | ) | $ | (757,724 | ) | |||
Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 74,606 | $ | 21,610 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 252,076 | - | ||||||
Corporate | 367,600 | 336,314 | ||||||
$ | 694,282 | $ | 357,924 | |||||
Capital expenditures | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 104,842 | $ | - | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 15,555 | - | ||||||
Corporate | - | - | ||||||
$ | 120,397 | $ | - | |||||
Interest expenses | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 20,127 | $ | 23,941 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 48,603 | - | ||||||
Corporate | - | - | ||||||
$ | 68,730 | $ | 23,941 | |||||
Net loss | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | (128,807 | ) | $ | (56,100 | ) | ||
Product manufacturing and development | (782,542 | ) | - | |||||
Corporate | (905,046 | ) | (717,003 | ) | ||||
$ | (1,816,395 | ) | $ | (773,103 | ) |
As of | As of | |||||||
November 30, | August 31, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Total assets | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 7,041,339 | $ | 7,318,888 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 24,417,101 | 21,427,285 | ||||||
Corporate | 32,475,847 | 33,212,108 | ||||||
$ | 63,934,287 | $ | 61,958,281 | |||||
Accounts receivable | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 871,543 | $ | 953,919 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 824,668 | 514,510 | ||||||
Corporate | — | — | ||||||
$ | 1,696,211 | $ | 1,468,429 | |||||
Intangible assets | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 8,118,752 | 6,365,705 | ||||||
Corporate | 25,703,163 | 26,070,763 | ||||||
$ | 33,821,915 | $ | 32,436,468 | |||||
Goodwill | ||||||||
Healthcare services | $ | 549,613 | $ | 557,357 | ||||
Product manufacturing and development | 8,406,081 | 8,524,522 | ||||||
Corporate | — | — | ||||||
$ | 8,955,694 | $ | 9,081,879 |
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Note 18 – Subsequent Events
December 2021 Registered Direct Offering
On December 14, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Purchaser and the Purchaser agreed to purchase (the “Purchase”), in a registered direct offering, (i) $16,666,666 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior secured convertible notes, which notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, under certain conditions (the “Notes”); and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 5,833,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”). The securities, including up to 68,557,248 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion under the Notes and up to 5,833,334 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, are being offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254278), which was declared effective by the SEC on March 22, 2021. The Purchase closed on December 14, 2021.
The Notes have an original issue discount of 10%, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $15,000,000. The Notes bear interest of 5% per annum and mature on June 14, 2023, unless earlier converted or redeemed, subject to the right of the Purchaser to extend the date under certain circumstances. The Company will make monthly payments on the first business day of each month commencing on the calendar month immediately following the sixth month anniversary of the issuance of the Notes through June 14, 2023, the maturity date, consisting of an amortizing portion of the principal of each Note equal to $1,388,888 and accrued and unpaid interest and late charges on the Notes. All amounts due under the Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the holder’s option, into common stock at the initial conversion price of $2.00, which conversion price is subject to certain adjustments; provided, however, that the Notes have a maximum 9.99% equity blocker. If an event of default occurs, the holder may convert all, or any part, of the principal amount of a Note and all accrued and unpaid interest and late charge at an alternate conversion price, as described in the Notes. Subject to certain conditions, the Company has the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the remaining principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest and late charges in cash at a price equal to 135% of the amount being redeemed.
The Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $2.00 per share and expire on the fourth-year anniversary of December 14, 2021, the initial issuance date of the Warrants.
LA Fitness Canada Amended and Restated License Agreement & Amended and Restated Guaranty
On December 15, 2021, NHL entered into an Amended and Restated Master Facility License Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Canada License Agreement”) with LAF Canada Company (“LA Fitness Canada”). The Amended and Restated Canada License Agreement had the effect of (i) removing NHL’s obligation to develop and open a certain number of facilities within certain designated time periods; and (ii) revising the default provisions such that certain defaults will result only in termination with respect to a specific facility, rather than of the license itself. As a result of the Amended and Restated Canada License Agreement, NHL may continue to develop and open additional facilities for business.
Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Canada License Agreement, the Company entered into that certain Guaranty Agreement (the “Canada Guaranty”) dated December 15, 2021 by and between the Company, Fitness International, LLC and LA Fitness Canada, pursuant to which the Company irrevocably guaranteed the full, unconditional, and prompt payment and performance of all of NHL’s obligations and liabilities under the Amended and Restated Canada License Agreement.
Consulting Services Agreement
On December 20, 2021, the Company executed a Consulting Agreement for financial and corporate consulting services over a 3-month term. As consideration for payment of services, the Company will pay (i) 50,000 restricted shares of common stock, and (ii) $25,000 per month for the 3-month term. On December 20, 2021, the Company issued 50,000 shares of restricted common stock.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), provide a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking,” including statements contained in this report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in our reports and presentations to stockholders or potential stockholders. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “potential,” “continue” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties and there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties can be found in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021, as the same may be updated from time to time, including in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it is not possible to foresee or identify all factors that could have a material effect on the future financial performance of the Company. The forward-looking statements in this report are made on the basis of management’s assumptions and analyses, as of the time the statements are made, in light of their experience and perception of historical conditions, expected future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate under the circumstances.
Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the information incorporated by reference in this report to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Overview of the Company
When used herein, the terms the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The Company owns Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries which deliver, or intend to deliver, multidisciplinary primary health care related services and products through the integration of medical technology, advanced therapeutics and rehabilitative science. For the period ended November 30, 2021, the Company’s revenue is generated primarily through its wholly owned Canadian subsidiaries.
We believe that “decentralizing” healthcare, through the integration of medical technology and interconnectivity, is an essential solution to the rapidly evolving fundamental transformation of how non-catastrophic healthcare is delivered both now and in the future. Specific to non-critical care, ongoing advancements in both medical technology and inter-connectivity are allowing for a shift of the patient/practitioner relationship to the patient’s home and away from on-site visits to primary medical centers with mass-services. This acceleration of “ease-of-access” in the patient/practitioner interaction for non-critical care diagnosis and subsequent treatment minimizes the degradation of non-critical health conditions to critical conditions as well as allowing for more cost-effective healthcare distribution.
The Company’s decentralized healthcare business model is centered on three primary pillars to best support the transformation of non-catastrophic healthcare delivery to patients and consumers:
● | First Pillar: Service Networks. Deliver multidisciplinary primary care services through (i) an affiliate network of clinic facilities, (ii) small and micro footprint sized clinic facilities primarily located within the footprint of box-store commercial enterprises, (iii) clinic facilities operated through a franchise relationship with the Company, and (iv) corporate operated clinic facilities. | |
● | Second Pillar: Technology. Develop, deploy, and integrate sophisticated interconnected technology, interfacing the patient to the healthcare practitioner thus expanding the reach and availability of the Company’s services, beyond the traditional clinic location, to geographic areas not readily providing advanced, peripheral based healthcare services, including the patient’s home. | |
● | Third Pillar: Products. Develop and distribute effective, personalized health and wellness product solutions allowing for the customization of patient preventative care remedies and ultimately a healthier population. The Company’s science-first approach to product innovation further emphasizes our mandate to create and provide over-the-counter preventative and maintenance care solutions. |
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First Pillar – Service Networks for Hands-on Patient Care
Innovation through science combined with the integration of sophisticated, secure technology assures us of continued cutting edge advancement in patient first platforms.
Our clinicians and practitioners provide certain multidisciplinary primary health care services, and related products, beyond the medical doctor first level contact identified as primary care. Our clinicians and practitioners are not licensed medical doctors, physicians, specialist, nurses or nurse practitioners. Our clinicians and practitioners are not authorized to practice primary care medicine and they are not medically licensed to prescribe pharmaceutical based product solutions.
Our team of multidisciplinary primary health care clinicians and practitioners provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, pain management, rehabilitation, education and primary prevention for a wide array of orthopedic, musculoskeletal, sports injury, and neurological conditions across various demographics including pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations through our 16 corporate-owned clinics, a contracted network of affiliate clinics, and eldercare related long-term care homes, retirement homes, and community-based locations in Canada.
Our specialized multidisciplinary primary health care services include physiotherapy, chiropractic care, manual/manipulative therapy, occupational therapy, eldercare, massage therapy (including pre- and post-partum), acupuncture and functional dry needling, chiropody, stroke and traumatic brain injury/neurological rehabilitation, kinesiology, vestibular therapy, concussion management and baseline testing, trauma sensitive yoga and meditation for concussion-acquired brain injury and occupational stress-PTSD, women’s pelvic health programs, sports medicine therapy, assistive devices, dietitian, holistic nutrition, fall prevention education, sports team conditioning programs including event and game coverage, and private personal training.
Additionally, we continue to expand our patient care philosophy of maintaining an on-going continuous connection with our current and future patient community, beyond the traditional confines of brick-and-mortar facilities, by extending oversight of patient diagnosis, care and monitoring, directly through various Medical Technology Platforms either in-use or under development.
The occupational therapists, physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, chiropodists and kinesiologists contracted, by NHL, to provide occupational therapy, physical therapy and fall prevention assessment services are registered with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, College of Chiropractors of Ontario, College of Massage Therapists of Ontario, College of Chiropodists of Ontario, and the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario regulatory authorities.
Our strict adherence to public regulatory standards, as well as self-imposed standards of excellence and regulation, have allowed us to navigate with ease through the industry’s licensing and regulatory framework. Compliant treatment, data and administrative protocols are managed through a team of highly trained, certified health care and administrative professionals. We and our affiliates provide service to the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry, resulting in a regulated framework governed by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario.
Second Pillar – Interconnected Technology for Virtual Ecosystem of Services, Products and Digital Health Offerings
Decentralization through the integration of interconnected technology platforms has been adopted and is thriving in a variety of sectors and industries such as transportation (Uber, Lyft), real estate (Zillow, Redfin, Airbnb, VRBO), used car sales (Carvana, Vroom), stock and financial markets (Robinhood, Acorns, Webull) and so many other sectors. Yet decentralization of the non-critical primary care and wellness sector of healthcare is lagging significantly in capability and benefit for patient access and delivery of services and products. The COVID pandemic has taught both patients and healthcare providers the viability, importance, and benefits of decentralized access to primary care simply through the rapid adoption of telehealth/telemedicine.
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The Company’s focus on a holistic approach to patient-first health and wellness, through innovation and decentralization, includes maintaining an on-going continuous connection with our current and future patient community, beyond the traditional confines of brick-and-mortar facilities, by extending oversight of patient evaluation, diagnosis, treatment solutions, and monitoring, directly through various Medical Technology Platforms and periphery tools either in-use or under development. Through the integration and deployment of sophisticated and secure technology and periphery diagnostic tools, the Company is working to expand the reach of our non-critical primary care services and product offerings, beyond the traditional clinic locations, to geographic areas not readily providing advanced primary care service to date, including the patient’s home.
NovoConnect, the Company’s proprietary mobile application with a fully securitized tech stock, telemedicine/telehealth and remote patient monitoring fall under this Second Pillar. In October 2021, we announced the launch of MiTelemed+, Inc. (“MiTelemed”), a joint venture with EK-Tech Solutions Inc. (“EK-Tech”). MiTelemed will operate, support and expand access and functionality of iTelemed, EK-Tech’s enhanced proprietary telehealth platform. MiTelemed+, through the iTelemed platform, will allow us to offer the patient and the practitioner a sophisticated and enhanced telehealth interaction. Through the interface of sophisticated peripheral based diagnostic tools operated by skilled support workers in the patient’s remote location, we believe that the practitioner’s ability and comfort to provide a uniquely comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment solution will be dramatically elevated.
Third Pillar – Health and Wellness Products
We believe our science first approach to product offerings further emphasizes the Company’s strategic vision to innovate, evolve, and deliver over-the-counter preventative and maintenance care solutions as well as therapeutics and personalized diagnostics that enable individualized health optimization.
As the Company’s patient base grows through the expansion of its corporate owned clinics, its affiliate network, its micro-clinic facility openings, its interconnected technology platforms, and other growth initiatives, the development and distribution of high-quality wellness product solutions is integral to (i) offering effective product solutions allowing for the customization of patient preventative care remedies and ultimately a healthier population, and (ii) maintaining an on-going relationship with our patients through the customization of patient preventative and maintenance care solutions.
The Company’s product offering ecosystem is being built through strategic acquisitions and engaging in licensing agreements with partners that share our vision to provide a portfolio of products that offer an essential and differentiated solution to health and wellness globally. Our 2021 acquisitions of Acenzia Inc. and PRO-DIP, LLC support this Third Pillar. In December 2021, we were granted a Natural Product Number (NPN) by Health Canada for IoNovo Iodine, a proprietary pure aqueous iodine micronutrient delivered in an oral or nasal spray format for maximum impact and bioavailability.
We have two reportable segments: healthcare services and product manufacturing and development. During the quarter ended November 30, 2021, revenues from healthcare services and product manufacturing and development represented 68.9% and 32.2%, respectively, of the Company’s total revenues for the quarter. We expect the percentage of revenues generated from the product manufacturing and development segment to increase at a greater rate than the revenue generated from healthcare services over the coming quarters.
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Recent Developments
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
While all of the Company’s business units are operational at the time of this filing, any future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations remains unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or the Company, may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption, reduced patient traffic and reduced operations. For more information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the Company, see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financial Impact of COVID-19” of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Reverse Stock Split
On February 1, 2021, we effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of our common stock. We implemented the reverse stock split in connection with our Nasdaq application. The reverse stock split was an action intended to fulfill the stock price requirements for listing on Nasdaq. As a result of the reverse stock split, every 10 shares of issued and outstanding common stock were exchanged for one share of common stock, with any fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher whole share. The reverse stock split was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and by stockholders holding a majority of the Company’s voting power.
April 2021 Registered Direct Offering
On April 13, 2021, the Company sold 2,388,050 shares of common stock under the terms and conditions of a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 9, 2021, in a registered direct offering for an agreed upon purchase price of $3.35 per share resulting in gross proceeds of $7,999,968. The Company incurred offering costs of $764,388 associated with this offering resulting in net proceeds of $7,235,580. The shares were issued on April 13, 2021.
Jefferson Street Capital Stock Purchase Agreement & Secured Convertible Promissory Note
On November 17, 2021, the Company and Terragenx Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of the Company (“Terra”), entered into that certain securities purchase agreement (the “Jefferson SPA”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and among the Company, Terra and Jefferson Street Capital LLC (“Jefferson”). Pursuant to the terms of the Jefferson SPA, (i) the Company agreed to issue and sell to Jefferson the Jefferson Note (as hereinafter defined); (ii) the Company agreed to issue to Jefferson the Jefferson Warrant (as hereinafter defined); and (iii) the Company agreed to issue to Jefferson 1,000,000 restricted shares of Company common stock, as collateral on the Jefferson Note, which is being held by the escrow agent and subject to return to the Company upon full payment of the Jefferson Note; and (iv) Jefferson agreed to pay to the Company $750,000 (the “Jefferson Purchase Price”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Jefferson SPA, on November 17, 2021, Terra issued to Jefferson a secured convertible promissory note (the “Jefferson Note”) with a maturity date of May 17, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”), in the principal amount of $937,500. The Company acted as guarantor on the Jefferson Note. Pursuant to the terms of the Jefferson Note, Terra agreed to pay to Jefferson $937,500 (the “Principal Amount”), with a purchase price of $750,000 plus an original issue discount in the amount of $187,500 (the “OID”), and to pay interest on the Principal Amount at the rate of 1% per annum.
Any amount of principal, interest or other amount due on the Jefferson Note that is not paid when due will bear interest at the rate of the lesser of (i) 12%, or (b) the maximum rate allowed by law.
Jefferson may, at any time, convert all or any portion of the then outstanding and unpaid principal amount and interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $3.35 per share. The Jefferson Note has a 4.99% equity blocker; provided, however, that the 4.99% equity blocker may be waived (up to 9.99%) by Jefferson, at Jefferson’s election, on not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company.
On November 17, 2021, Jefferson paid the Jefferson Purchase Price of $750,000 in exchange for the Jefferson Note. Terra intends to use the proceeds for the acquisition of the certain assets directly and indirectly related to any and all iodine-based related products and technologies as specified in the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Mullins APA”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and between the Company and Terence Mullins (the “Mullins IP”) and thereafter for working capital and other general purposes.
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Terra may prepay the Jefferson Note at any time in accordance with the terms of the Jefferson Note.
Except as related to the next transaction after the issue date of the Jefferson Note conducted on the Company’s behalf by the Maxim Group LLC, Terra and the Company agreed to pay to Jefferson on an accelerated basis, any outstanding Principal Amount of the Jefferson Note, along with all unpaid interest, and fees and penalties, if any, from the sources of capital below, at Jefferson’s discretion, it being acknowledged and agreed by Jefferson that the Company and Terra have the right to make bona fide payments to vendors with Company common stock:
● | At Jefferson’s option, 15% of the net cash proceeds of any future financings by the Company, Terra or any subsidiary, whether debt or equity, or any other financing proceeds such as cash advances, royalties or earn-out payments. | |
● | All net proceeds from any sale of assets of the Company, Terra or any subsidiaries other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business or receipt by the Company or any subsidiaries of any tax credits or collections pursuant to any settlement or judgement. | |
● | Net proceeds resulting from the sale of any assets outside of the ordinary course of business or securities in any subsidiary. |
Platinum Point Capital Stock Purchase Agreement & Secured Convertible Promissory Note
On November 17, 2021, the Company and Terra entered into that certain securities purchase agreement (the “Platinum SPA”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and among the Company, Terra and Platinum Point Capital LLC (“Platinum”). Pursuant to the terms of the Platinum SPA, (i) the Company agreed to issue and sell to Platinum the Platinum Note (as hereinafter defined); (ii) the Company agreed to issue to Platinum the Platinum Warrant (as hereinafter defined); and (iii) the Company agreed to issue to Platinum 1,000,000 restricted shares of the Company common stock, as collateral on the Platinum Note, which is being held by the escrow agent and subject to return to the Company upon full payment of the Platinum Note; and (iv) Platinum agreed to pay to the Company $750,000 (the “Platinum Purchase Price”).
Pursuant to the terms of the Platinum SPA, on November 17, 2021, Terra issued to Platinum a secured convertible promissory note (the “Platinum Note”) with a maturity date of May 17, 2022 (the “Maturity Date”), in the principal amount of $937,500. The Company acted as guarantor on the Platinum Note. Pursuant to the terms of the Platinum Note, Terra agreed to pay to Platinum $937,500 (the “Platinum Principal Amount”), with a purchase price of $750,000 plus an original issue discount in the amount of $187,500 (the “OID”), and to pay interest on the Principal Amount at the rate of 1% per annum.
Any amount of principal, interest or other amount due on the Platinum Note that is not paid when due will bear interest at the rate of the lesser of (i) 12%, or (b) the maximum rate allowed by law.
Platinum may, at any time, convert all or any portion of the then outstanding and unpaid principal amount and interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $3.35 per share. The Platinum Note has a 4.99% equity blocker; provided, however, that the 4.99% equity blocker may be waived (up to 9.99%) by Platinum, at Platinum’s election, on not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company.
On November 17, 2021, Platinum paid the Platinum Purchase Price of $750,000 in exchange for the Platinum Note. Terra intends to use the proceeds for the acquisition of the Mullins IP and thereafter for working capital and other general purposes.
Terra may prepay the Platinum Note at any time in accordance with the terms of the Platinum Note.
Except as related to the next transaction after the issue date of the Platinum Note conducted on the Company’s behalf by the Maxim Group LLC, Terra and the Company agreed to pay to Platinum on an accelerated basis, any outstanding Principal Amount of the Platinum Note, along with all unpaid interest, and fees and penalties, if any, from the sources of capital below, at Platinum’s discretion, it being acknowledged and agreed by Platinum that the Company and Terra have the right to make bona fide payments to vendors with Company common stock:
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● | At Platinum’s option, 15% of the net cash proceeds of any future financings by the Company, Terra or any subsidiary, whether debt or equity, or any other financing proceeds such as cash advances, royalties or earn-out payments. | |
● | All net proceeds from any sale of assets of the Company, Terra or any subsidiaries other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business or receipt by the Company or any subsidiaries of any tax credits or collections pursuant to any settlement or judgement. | |
● | Net proceeds resulting from the sale of any assets outside of the ordinary course of business or securities in any subsidiary |
December 2021 Registered Direct Offering
On December 14, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Purchaser and the Purchaser agreed to purchase (the “Purchase”), in a registered direct offering, (i) $16,666,666 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior secured convertible notes, which notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, under certain conditions (the “Notes”); and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 5,833,334 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”). The securities, including up to 68,557,248 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion under the Notes and up to 5,833,334 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, are being offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254278), which was declared effective by the SEC on March 22, 2021. The Purchase closed on December 14, 2021.
The Notes have an original issue discount of 10%, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $15,000,000. The Notes bear interest of 5% per annum and mature on June 14, 2023, unless earlier converted or redeemed, subject to the right of the Purchaser to extend the date under certain circumstances. The Company will make monthly payments on the first business day of each month commencing on the calendar month immediately following the sixth month anniversary of the issuance of the Notes through June 14, 2023, the maturity date, consisting of an amortizing portion of the principal of each Note equal to $1,388,888 and accrued and unpaid interest and late charges on the Notes. All amounts due under the Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the holder’s option, into common stock at the initial conversion price of $2.00, which conversion price is subject to certain adjustments; provided, however, that the Notes have a 9.99% equity blocker. If an event of default occurs, the holder may convert all, or any part, of the principal amount of a Note and all accrued and unpaid interest and late charge at an alternate conversion price, as described in the Notes. Subject to certain conditions, the Company has the right to redeem all, but not less than all, of the remaining principal amount of the Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest and late charges in cash at a price equal to 135% of the amount being redeemed.
The Warrants are exercisable at an exercise price of $2.00 per share and expire on the fourth-year anniversary of December 14, 2021, the initial issuance date of the Warrants.
For the three months ended November 30, 2021 compared to the three months ended November 30, 2020
Revenues for the three months ended November 30, 2021 were $3,161,927, representing an increase of $1,006,421, or 46.7%, from $2,155,506 for the same period in 2020. The increase in revenue is principally due to the acquisition of Acenzia, Inc. in June 2021. Acenzia’s revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2021 were $981,852.
Cost of revenues for the three months ended November 30, 2021 were $1,895,461, representing an increase of $551,405 or 41.0%, from $1,344,056 for the same period in 2020. The increase in cost of revenues is principally due the increase in revenue as described above. Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenue was 59.9% for the three months ended November 30, 2021 and 62.4% for same period in 2020. The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenue is principally due to revenue generated by Acenzia that had a cost of revenue of approximately 52%.
Operating costs for the three months ended November 30, 2021 were $2,630,125, representing an increase of $1,060,951, or 67.6%, from $1,569,174 for the same period in 2020. The increase in operating costs is principally due to the temporary increase in overhead expenses associated with the acquisitions of Acenzia, PRO-DIP, and Terragenx which was approximately $808,000 for the three months ended November 30, 2021. In subsequent quarters, this temporary increase in overhead expenses associated with Acenzia, PRO-DIP, and Terragenx is projected to decrease significantly as the Company integrates and consolidates operations.
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Interest expense for the three months ended November 30, 2021 was $68,730, representing an increase of $44,789, or 187.1%, from $23,941 for the same period in 2020. The increase is due to an increase in outstanding debt.
Foreign currency transaction losses for the three months ended November 30, 2021 was $334,554 compared to $0 for the same period in 2020. Acenzia and Terragenx both have outstanding debt recorded on their books that is payable in US$ . The exchange rate between the Canadian Dollar and the US Dollar has decreased since August 31, 2021; therefore creating a foreign currency transaction loss as it will require more Canadian Dollars to repay the debt.
Net loss attributed to Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. for the three months ended November 30, 2021 was $1,806,587, representing an increase of $1,035,117, or 134.2%, from $771,470 for the same period in 2020. The increase in net loss is principally due (i) an increase in foreign currency transaction losses, and (ii) a temporary increase in overhead expenses associated with the acquisitions of Acenzia, PRO-DIP, and Terragenx which was approximately $808,000 for the three months ended November 30, 2021. In subsequent quarters, this temporary increase in overhead expenses associated with Acenzia, PRO-DIP, and Terragenx is projected to decrease significantly as the Company integrates and consolidates operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As shown in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, for the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company had a net loss of $1,816,395.
During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company used cash in operating activities of $759,103 compared to $148,103 for the same period in 2020. The principal reason for the increase in cash used in operating activities is the net loss incurred and the changes in noncash expenses and changes in operating asset and liability accounts.
During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company used cash from investing activities of $91,106 compared to $0 for the same period in 2020. During the period in 2021 the Company purchased property and equipment of $120,397 and acquired $29,291 in cash from the acquisition of Terragenx.
During the three months ended November 30, 2021, the Company provided cash from financing activities of $1,399,785 compared to $43,611 for the same period in 2020. The principal reason for the increase in cash provided by financing activities was the issuance of convertible notes payable in 2021 for net proceeds of $1,410,000.
Financial Impact of COVID-19
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On March 17, 2020, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic having been reported throughout both Canada and the United States, certain national, provincial, state and local governmental authorities issued proclamations and/or directives aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Accordingly, on March 17, 2020, the Company closed all corporate clinics for all in-clinic non-essential services to protect the health and safety of its employees, partners, and patients.
On May 26, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced updated guidance and directives stating that physiotherapists, chiropractors, and other regulated health professionals, including services and products provided by the Company, can gradually and carefully begin providing all services, including non-essential services, once the clinician and provider are satisfied all necessary precautions and protocols are in place to protect the patients, the clinician and the clinic staff. With all corporate clinics closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the exception of providing certain limited essential and emergency services, the Company had furloughed 48 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees from its pre-closure levels of 81 full-time employees and 53 part-time employees specific to on-site clinic and eldercare operations.
Specific to our clinic-based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives, between March 17 through June 1, 2020, the Company provided in-clinic multi-disciplinary primary healthcare services and products solely to patients with emergency and essential need while also providing certain virtual based services related to physiotherapy.
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Specific to our eldercare based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives which included certain eldercare related services being deemed essential, NHL was able to quickly expand its existing eldercare related physiotherapy service “virtual-care” platform, which pre-pandemic was primarily focused on providing “virtual-care” services to both smaller and remote eldercare homes to ensure access to service providers, when needed; and continuity of care to eldercare patients without service providers in their area. Given NHL had established “virtual care” procedures and forms, complete with video consent and assessment forms already vetted and approved by the Ontario College of Physiotherapists, NHL was well-positioned to expand the delivery of certain of its eldercare related contracted services, via “virtual-care” technology, ensuring continuity of service for our long-term care and retirement home clients.
On June 2, 2020, the Company commenced opening its corporate clinics and providing non-essential services. As of November 30, 2021, all corporate clinics were open and operational while following all mandated guidelines and protocols from Health Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and the respective disciplines’ regulatory Colleges to ensure a safe treatment environment for our staff and clients.
Canadian federal and provincial COVID-19 governmental proclamations and directives, including interprovincial travel restrictions, have presented unprecedented challenges to launching our Harvest Gold Farms and Kainai Cooperative joint ventures during the period ended November 30, 2021. Accordingly, the Company has decided to delay commencing the projects until the 2022 grow season. These joint ventures relate to the development, management, and arrangement of medicinal farming projects involving industrial hemp for medicinal Cannabidiol (CBD) applications.
For the quarter ended November 30, 2021, the Company’s total revenue from all clinic and eldercare related contracted services was $2,179,623, representing an increase of $24,117 compared to $2,155,506 during the same period in 2020. As of November 30, 2021, specific to on-site clinic and eldercare operations, the Company has 91 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees with a total employee count amongst all subsidiaries of 124 full-time and 83 part-time employees.
Specific to Acenzia, Terragenx, and PRO-DIP, each company is open and fully operational while following all local, state, provincial, and national guidelines and protocols related to minimizing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While all of the Company’s business units are operational at the time of this filing, any future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations remains unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including, but not limited to, (i) the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and additional variants that may be identified, (ii) new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or the Company, may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption, reduced patient traffic, and reduced operations.
Our capital requirements going forward will consist of financing our operations until we are able to reach a level of revenues and gross margins adequate to equal or exceed our ongoing operating expenses. We do not have any credit agreement or source of liquidity immediately available to us.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
We believe that the following critical policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of our financial statements.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors 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 and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. This applies in particular to useful lives of non-current assets, impairment of non-current assets, allowance for doubtful accounts, allowance for slow moving and obsolete inventory, and valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less depreciation and impairment. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the declining balance method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:
Building | 30 years |
Leasehold improvements | 5 years |
Clinical equipment | 5 years |
Computer equipment | 3 years |
Office equipment | 5 years |
Furniture and fixtures | 5 years |
The Company has not changed its estimate for the useful lives of its property and equipment, but would expect that a decrease in the estimated useful lives of property and equipment of 20% would result in an annual increase to depreciation expense of approximately $140,000, and an increase in the estimated useful lives of property and equipment of 20% would result in an annual decrease to depreciation expense of approximately $95,000.
Intangible Assets
The Company’s intangible assets are being amortized over their estimated useful lives as follows:
Land use rights | 50 years (the lease period) |
Software license | 7 years |
Intellectual property | 7 years |
Customer relationships | 5 years |
Brand names | 7 years |
Workforce | 5 years |
The intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed for impairment when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. The Company has not changed its estimate for the useful lives of its intangible assets but would expect that a decrease in the estimated useful lives of intangible assets of 20% would result in an annual increase to amortization expense of approximately $690,000, and an increase in the estimated useful lives of intangible assets of 20% would result in an annual decrease to amortization expense of approximately $460,000.
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Long-Lived Assets
The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. ASC 360 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets, including right-of-use assets, used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost of disposal.
Right-of-use Assets
The Company’s right-of-use assets consist of leased assets recognized in accordance with ASC 842, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a corresponding lease asset for virtually all lease contracts. Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liability represents the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease, both of which are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. Leases with a lease term of 12 months or less at inception are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company determines the lease term by agreement with lessor. In cases where the lease does not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses the Company’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future payments.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the underlying net assets of businesses acquired. Under U.S. GAAP, goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests. The Company recorded goodwill related to its acquisition of APKA Health, Inc. during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2017, Executive Fitness Leaders during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018, Action Plus Physiotherapy Rockland during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019 and Acenzia, Inc. during fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable are recorded, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentration, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends, and changes in customer payment patterns to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Delinquent account balances are written-off after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable and known bad debts are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. The Company has not changed its methodology for estimating allowance for doubtful accounts and historically the change in estimate has not been significant to the Company’s financial statements. If there is a deterioration of the Company’s customers’ ability to pay or if future write-offs of receivables differ from those currently anticipated, the Company may have to adjust its allowance for doubtful accounts, which would affect earnings in the period the adjustments are made.
Inventory
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined by the first in, first out method) and net realizable value. Management compares the cost of inventories with the net realizable value and allowance is made for writing down their inventories to net realizable value, if lower. Inventory is segregated into three areas: raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods. The Company periodically assessed its inventory for slow moving and/or obsolete items and any change in the allowance is recorded in cost of revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If any are identified an appropriate allowance for those items is made and/or the items are deemed to be impaired.
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Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. The Company has not changed it methodology for estimating the valuation allowance. A change in valuation allowance affect earnings in the period the adjustments are made and could be significant due to the large valuation allowance currently established.
Under ASC 740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
Revenue Recognition
The Company’s revenue recognition reflects the updated accounting policies as per the requirements of ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). As sales are and have been primarily from providing healthcare services the Company has no significant post-delivery obligations.
Revenue from providing healthcare and healthcare related services and product sales are recognized under Topic 606 in a manner that reasonably reflects the delivery of its products and services to customers in return for expected consideration and includes the following elements:
● | executed contracts with the Company’s customers that it believes are legally enforceable; | |
● | identification of performance obligations in the respective contract; | |
● | determination of the transaction price for each performance obligation in the respective contract; | |
● | allocation the transaction price to each performance obligation; and | |
● | recognition of revenue only when the Company satisfies each performance obligation. |
These five elements, as applied to the Company’s revenue category, are summarized below:
● | Healthcare and healthcare related services – gross service revenue is recorded in the accounting records at the time the services are provided (point-in-time) on an accrual basis at the provider’s established rates. The Company reserves a provision for contractual adjustment and discounts that are deducted from gross service revenue. The Company reports revenues net of any sales, use and value added taxes. | |
● | Product sales – revenue is recorded at the point of time of delivery |
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires companies to measure compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation at fair value at the grant date and recognize the expense over the requisite service period. The Company recognizes in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees and non-employees.
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS assumes that all dilutive securities are converted. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period.
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Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Income
U.S. GAAP generally requires recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income. Certain statements, however, require entities to report specific changes in assets and liabilities, such as gain or loss on foreign currency translation, as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet. Such items, along with net income, are components of comprehensive income. The functional currency of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries is the Canadian dollar. Translation gains (losses) are classified as an item of other comprehensive income in the stockholders’ equity section of the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 was issued to improve financial reporting by requiring earlier recognition of credit losses on financing receivables and other financial assets in scope. The new standard represents significant changes to accounting for credit losses. Full lifetime expected credit losses will be recognized upon initial recognition of an asset in scope. The current incurred loss impairment model that recognizes losses when a probable threshold is met will be replaced with the expected credit loss impairment method without recognition threshold. The expected credit losses estimate will be based upon historical information, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU as amended by ASU 2019-10, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which amends ASC 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). This update is intended to simplify accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740 and amending existing guidance to improve consistent application of ASC 740. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The guidance in this update has various elements, some of which are applied on a prospective basis and others on a retrospective basis with earlier application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In May, the FASB issued ASU 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options. This update provides guidance for a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that is not within the scope of another Topic. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2020, the FASB issued guidance that simplifies the accounting for debt with conversion options, revises the criteria for applying the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity, and improves the consistency for the calculation of earnings per share. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods and interim periods within those annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, our fiscal 2023.
In March 2020, the FASB issued guidance providing optional expedients and exceptions to account for the effects of reference rate reform to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. The optional guidance, which became effective on March 12, 2020 and can be applied through December 21, 2022, has not impacted our condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company has various contracts that reference LIBOR and is assessing how this standard may be applied to specific contract modifications through December 31, 2022.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, we will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.
Recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of November 30, 2021. Based upon such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that, as of November 30, 2021, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as required under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 of the Exchange Act that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Except as set forth herein, as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there are no material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business, to which we are a party or which our property is the subject. In addition, none of our officers, directors, affiliates or 5% stockholders (or any associates thereof) is a party adverse to us, or has a material interest adverse to us, in any material proceeding.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As a smaller reporting company, the Company is not required to disclose material changes to the risk factors that were contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended August 31, 2021 (the “2021 10-K”), as updated from time to time. However, in light of the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, set forth below is a risk factor relating to COVID-19. Other than as set forth below, as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors faced by the Company from those previously disclosed in the 2021 10-K, as updated from time to time.
Public health epidemics or outbreaks could adversely impact our business.
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On March 17, 2020, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic having been reported throughout both Canada and the United States, certain national, provincial, state and local governmental authorities issued proclamations and/or directives aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Accordingly, on March 17, 2020, the Company closed all corporate clinics for all in-clinic non-essential services to protect the health and safety of its employees, partners, and patients.
On May 26, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced updated guidance and directives stating that physiotherapists, chiropractors, and other regulated health professionals, including services and products provided by the Company, can gradually and carefully begin providing all services, including non-essential services, once the clinician and provider are satisfied all necessary precautions and protocols are in place to protect the patients, the clinician and the clinic staff. With all corporate clinics closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the exception of providing certain limited essential and emergency services, the Company had furloughed 48 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees from its pre-closure levels of 81 full-time employees and 53 part-time employees specific to on-site clinic and eldercare operations.
Specific to our clinic-based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives, between March 17 through June 1, 2020, the Company provided in-clinic multi-disciplinary primary healthcare services and products solely to patients with emergency and essential need while also providing certain virtual based services related to physiotherapy.
Specific to our eldercare based services and products, operating under COVID-19 related authorized governmental proclamations and directives which included certain eldercare related services being deemed essential, NHL was able to quickly expand its existing eldercare related physiotherapy service “virtual-care” platform, which pre-pandemic was primarily focused on providing “virtual-care” services to both smaller and remote eldercare homes to ensure access to service providers, when needed; and continuity of care to eldercare patients without service providers in their area. Given NHL had established “virtual care” procedures and forms, complete with video consent and assessment forms already vetted and approved by the Ontario College of Physiotherapists, NHL was well-positioned to expand the delivery of certain of its eldercare related contracted services, via “virtual-care” technology, ensuring continuity of service for our long-term care and retirement home clients.
On June 2, 2020, the Company commenced opening its corporate clinics and providing non-essential services. As of November 30, 2021, all corporate clinics were open and operational while following all mandated guidelines and protocols from Health Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and the respective disciplines’ regulatory Colleges to ensure a safe treatment environment for our staff and clients.
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Canadian federal and provincial COVID-19 governmental proclamations and directives, including interprovincial travel restrictions, have presented unprecedented challenges to launching our Harvest Gold Farms and Kainai Cooperative joint ventures during the period ended November 30, 2021. Accordingly, the Company has decided to delay commencing the projects until the 2022 grow season. These joint ventures relate to the development, management, and arrangement of medicinal farming projects involving industrial hemp for medicinal Cannabidiol (CBD) applications.
Specific to Acenzia, Terragenx, and PRO-DIP, each company is open and fully operational while following all local, state, provincial, and national guidelines and protocols related to minimizing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While all of the Company’s business units are operational at the time of this filing, any future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations remains unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including, but not limited to, (i) the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and additional variants that may be identified, (ii) new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or the Company, may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption, reduced patient traffic, and reduced operations.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On September 16, 2021, the Company issued 35,000 restricted shares of common stock under the terms and conditions of a certain Contractor Agreement, dated November 16, 2020.
On November 23, 2021, the Company issued 2,000,000 restricted shares of common stock as collateral, to be held in escrow, pursuant to the terms and conditions provided for in two separate Securities Purchase Agreements, Pledge and Security Agreements, Secured Convertible Promissory Notes, and Escrow Agreements, each dated November 17, 2021, and to which the Company is a guarantor for each of the 2 senior secured convertible promissory notes with each having a principal amount of up to nine hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred Dollars ($937,500.00).
The above sales were made pursuant to an exemption from registration as set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act, Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
There have been no defaults in any material payments during the covered period.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) None.
(b) There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors since the Company last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(3) of Regulation S-K.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
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* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
NOVO INTEGRATED SCIENCES, INC. | ||
Dated: January 18, 2022 | By: | /s/ Robert Mattacchione |
Robert Mattacchione | ||
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||
By: | /s/ James Zsebok | |
James Zsebok | ||
Principal Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) |
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Exhibit 4.1
Guaranty Agreement
THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty”) is made and entered into effective as of December 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Guarantor”), and Fitness International, LLC, a California limited liability company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, LAF Canada Company, an entity organized under the laws of Nova Scotia (individually and collectively, “Licensor”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of this Guaranty, Licensor and an subsidiary of Guarantor, Novo Healthnet Limited, an Ontario corporation (“Licensee”), have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Master Facility License Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated December 1, 2021 for the licenses of portions (the “Service Areas”) of certain Licensor health and fitness clubs to Licensee, as further described in the Agreement;
WHEREAS, Guarantor is an affiliate of Licensee and will derive some benefit from Licensor licensing the Service Area to Licensee; and
WHEREAS, Licensor has required that Guarantor execute this Guaranty as a condition to Licensor entering into the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Guarantor and Licensor agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. For purposes of this Guaranty, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. Guaranty. From and after the Effective Date, Guarantor hereby irrevocably guarantees the full, unconditional, and prompt payment and performance of all of Licensee’s obligations and liabilities under the Agreement, including, without limitation, the payment of all rent and other charges due thereunder. Guarantor’s guarantee of such obligations and liabilities is subject to all of the provisions of the Agreement applicable thereto and all other matters affecting the enforcement thereof. This is a guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. The liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be direct and immediate and not conditioned on the pursuit of any remedy against Licensee or any other person or against any lien available to Licensor, its successors or assigns. Guarantor hereby waives any right to require that an action be brought against Licensee or any other person (provided, however, Licensor agrees to undertake reasonable collection efforts against Licensee before demanding payment from Guarantor under this Guaranty). In the event of a default by Licensee under the Agreement, Licensor shall have the right to enforce its rights, powers and remedies thereunder or hereunder in any order, and all rights, powers and remedies available to Licensor in such event shall be nonexclusive and cumulative of all other rights, powers and remedies provided thereunder or hereunder or by law or in equity. This Guaranty shall be enforceable according to its terms against Guarantor, his or her heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, without the necessity for any suit or proceedings against Licensee on Licensor’s part of any kind or nature whatsoever and without the necessity of any notice of non-payment, non-performance, or non-observance or of any notice of acceptance of this Guaranty or of any other notice or demand to which Guarantor might otherwise be entitled, all of which Guarantor hereby expressly waives. This Guaranty shall be a continuing Guaranty and the liability of Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be affected, modified, or diminished by reason of any assignment of the Agreement by Licensee or any renewal, modification or extension of the Agreement or by reason of any modification or waiver of or change in any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of the Agreement by Licensor and Licensee, or by reason of any extension of time that may be granted by Licensor to Licensee, or by reason of any dealings or transactions or matter or thing occurring between Licensor and Licensee, or by reason of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, assignment for the benefit of creditors, receivership or trusteeship affecting Licensee or any of Licensee’s property, whether or not notice of any of same shall be given to Guarantor.
3. Enforcement. The obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty are expressly contingent and conditioned upon (i) Licensor delivering to Guarantor written notice of any default by Licensee under the Agreement, and (ii) Licensee having failed to cure such default within any applicable cure period provided under the Agreement if applicable, it being understood and agreed that certain defaults under the Agreement do not include a cure period and as such, entitle Licensor to terminate the Agreement immediately upon written notice to Licensee.
4. Term. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Guaranty shall remain in effect until the termination or expiration of the Long Beach – Downey Ave. License.
5. Notices. All notices, demands, deliveries and other communications (collectively, “Notices”) required under or related to this Guaranty shall be deemed effectively given when personally delivered, when received by receipted overnight delivery, or five (5) days after being deposited in the United States mail, with postage prepaid thereon, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
If to Guarantor: | Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. | |
119 Westcreek Dr., Suite 1 | ||
Woodbridge, Ontario, L4L9M6 |
If to Licensor: | Fitness International, LLC | |
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 600 | ||
Irvine, California 92612 | ||
Attention: General Counsel | ||
Facsimile number: (866) 430-1079 |
With a copy sent to the attention of: Licensing Department, at the same address
Guarantor or Licensor may change its address for Notices by sending written notice to the other party in accordance with the terms of this section.
6. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor, Licensor and their respective successors and assigns.
7. Governing Law. This Guaranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of California.
8. Attorney Fees. The prevailing party in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Guaranty shall be entitled to recover the reasonable attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses and court costs it incurs in connection with such legal proceeding from the non-prevailing party therein.
9. No Waiver. The failure of Guarantor or Licensor to insist upon the strict performance of one or more of the provisions of this Guaranty or to take advantage of any of its rights under this Guaranty shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provisions or the relinquishment of any such rights, rather the same shall continue and remain in full force and effect.
10. Entire Agreement. This Guaranty contains the final, complete and entire agreement with respect to the matters contained herein, and no prior agreement or understanding related to such matters shall be effective for any purpose.
11. Modification. This Guaranty may not be amended, modified or terminated, except by a written agreement signed by Guarantor and Licensor.
12. Interpretation. The titles, captions and paragraph headings herein are inserted for convenience only and shall not define, limit or expand the scope or content of this Guaranty. This Guaranty shall be construed without regard to any rule requiring construction against the draftsman. No inference shall be drawn from the deletion of any words or phrases contained in this Guaranty.
13. Severability. If any provisions of this Guaranty or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Guaranty and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby, but rather this Guaranty shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor and Licensor have caused this Guaranty to be executed as of the date first written above.
LICENSOR: | GUARANTOR: | |||
Fitness International, LLC | Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. | |||
Signature: | /s/ Kathryn Polson | Signature: | /s/ Robert Mattacchione | |
Name: | Kathryn Polson | Name: | Robert Mattacchione | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | Title: | CEO | |
Signature: | /s/ Todd von Sprecken | |||
Name: | Todd von Sprecken | |||
Title: | Chief Development Officer |
Exhibit 10.17
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER FACILITY LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Master Facility License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is between LAF Canada Company, an entity organized under the laws of Nova Scotia (“Licensor”), and Novo Healthnet Limited, an Ontario corporation (“Licensee”). Licensor and Licensee are each sometimes referred to in this Agreement as a (“Party”) and collectively as the (“Parties”). This Agreement shall be effective as of December 1, 2021 (such date, the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, Licensor is engaged in the business of operating facilities at which it provides health club services to individuals who have executed membership agreements with Licensor or who are otherwise authorized by Licensor to access such facilities (such individuals, as determined solely by Licensor, “Members”);
WHEREAS, Licensee is engaged in the business of providing physical therapy and ancillary health services, and identifying third parties to be approved by Licensor (as approved, “Sublicensees”) to provide such services in certain of Licensors facilities, as designated herein;
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Master Facility License Agreement dated September 24, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Master Facility License Agreement dated February 4, 2020 (such agreement as amended, the “Previous Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Amended and Restated Master Facility License Agreement amending, restating, superseding, and replacing the Previous Agreement in its entirety to document the relationship between the Parties with respect to the license of Service Areas with certain Facilities (as defined below), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, The Parties agree as follows:
1. Licenses.
1.1. Grant by LMA and Facility License Agreement. It is acknowledged that, from time to time as set forth herein or as the Parties otherwise agree, Licensee may wish to identify Sublicensees to provide certain services in facilities operated by Licensor, and Licensor may (subject to the satisfaction of any reasonable due diligence requests) desire to grant to such Sublicensees the right to do the same. In such an event, the Parties agree that: (a) for each Facility (as defined below), the Parties will execute a location memorandum agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as exhibit A-1 (each such fully-executed memorandum, an “LMA”), and (b) for each Sublicensee, Licensee will execute a Facility License Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as exhibit A-2 (a “Facility License Agreement”), it being understood and agreed that each LMA and/or Facility License Agreement may set forth additional terms and conditions with respect to the provision of Services in any particular Service Area. Each Facility License Agreement shall be subject to Licensor’s prior written approval, which approval may be withheld in Licensor’s sole and absolute discretion. Upon the execution of the applicable LMA and Facility License Agreement, Sublicensee shall have the right, subject to the terms hereof, to (A) occupy and use, on an exclusive basis, for the purposes of providing the Services (as defined in section 5.2.1), within the Licensor facility identified in such LMA (such a facility, a “Facility”), in an area of space specified in such LMA (such a specified area, a “Service Area”); (B) access and use, on a non-exclusive basis, for the purpose of providing the Services, the Facility’s Equipment and a Pool Lane (as defined below); and (C) use, on a non-exclusive basis, such Facility’s common areas (e.g., the lobby and reception area) solely as necessary to access the Facility’s Service Area, Equipment and a Pool Lane (any such license granted by an LMA, a “License”). For the avoidance of doubt, as between the Parties, this Agreement will govern the construction, opening and provision of Services in each Service Area and the execution of each LMA shall also subject the construction, opening, and provision of Services in each Service Area to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For the further avoidance of doubt, an LMA must be executed by the Parties for each License, and each LMA shall grant a separate License for the particular Facility identified therein.
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1.1.1 Direct Provision of Services by Licensee. In the event that Licensee desires to provide Services directly (as opposed to a Sublicensee providing Services) within a Services Area, a Facility License Agreement need not be executed for such License; however, for the avoidance of doubt, in the event Licensee provides such Services or assumes any obligations of a Sublicensee, Licensee shall be considered a “Sublicensee” for the purposes of this Agreement and all terms and provisions of this Agreement applicable to Sublicensees and all terms and provisions of the applicable Facility License Agreement shall apply to Licensee.
1.2. Intentionally Omitted.
1.3. No Tenancy Created. Licensee specifically covenants and agrees, for Licensor’s benefit, and as a material condition of this Agreement, that neither this Agreement nor any License granted hereunder nor any of Licensee’s rights in connection herewith or therewith shall constitute a lease and that Licensee shall not bring any action against Licensor or interpose any defense against Licensor based upon the theory that this Agreement or any License granted hereunder constitutes a lease; and Licensee expressly waives any substantive or procedural rights that Licensee may have that are predicated upon the rights of a tenant of real property. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, should this Agreement be deemed by any court, governmental authority, or quasi-governmental authority to constitute or create a lease, then Licensor shall have all of the rights and remedies of a Facility Owner of real property available pursuant to applicable law.
1.4 Sublicensees.
1.4.1 Screening and Prior Consent. Prior to entering into any Facility License Agreement for a Facility, Licensee must: (a) screen the prospective Sublicensee to determine if the prospective Sublicensee meets the managerial, operational, experience, quality, character and business standards established by Licensee and those that may be specified by Licensor from time to time, (b) provide Licensor with any and all information that Licensor reasonably requests in order to evaluate the prospective Sublicensee, and (c) obtain Licensor’s written consent of the prospective Sublicensee. Licensor will grant or withhold its consent within 30 days after receipt of all information specified in this section. Licensor will have no obligation to consent to any prospective Sublicensee presented by Licensee, and its consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.
1.4.2 Execution of Agreements. With respect to each Facility, Licensee will enter into a Facility License Agreement with the applicable Sublicensee. Licensee will ensure that Licensor receives a fully-executed copy of each Facility License Agreement executed pursuant to this Agreement prior to any Sublicensee opening for business at a Facility.
1.4.3 Sublicensee Information. During the Master Term, Licensee will provide to Licensor any information relating to the any Sublicensee that Licensor reasonably requests from time to time, including an up-to-date list of each Sublicensee and the Facility at which each Sublicensee provides Services.
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1.4.4 Termination of Facility License Agreement. If a Facility License Agreement is terminated or a Sublicensee otherwise ceases to operate at a Facility prior to the expiration or termination of the applicable License Term for any reason, Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to operate in place of such Sublicensee at the applicable Facility in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable LMA and Facility License Agreement until such time as Licensee identifies a prospective Sublicensee that Licensor approves in accordance with this section 1.4 to provide Services within the Service Area for the remainder of the applicable License Term.
1.5 Intentionally omitted.
1.6 Parent Guaranty. Licensee represents and warrants that it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”). Parent shall execute a guaranty (the “Parent Guaranty”) in a form approved by Licensor whereby Parent will guaranty the full, unconditional, and prompt performance of Licensee’s obligations hereunder (including the payment of all fees and other amounts payable under the MFLA). For the avoidance of doubt, the Parent Guaranty will guaranty the prompt payment and performance of Licensee’s obligations with respect to all Licenses hereunder. The parties agree that the Parent Guaranty shall remain in effect until the termination or expiration of the Agreement.
1.7 Kitchener License; Release. The Parties agree that the license for the Licensor facility located at 264 Victoria Street N., Kitchener, ON N2H 5C8 (“Kitchener Super Club”) shall terminate as of the Effective Date of this Agreement. Licensee shall vacate and surrender possession of Kitchener Super Club pursuant to the surrender provisions hereof by the Effective Date. Furthermore, following the Effective Date, Licensee shall have no rights whatsoever to access Kitchener Super Club. Following the Effective Date, Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor may license, sublease, or grant a concession of one or more portions of Kitchener Super Club to, or otherwise permit the use thereof by, other third parties (including, without limitation, providers who offer services that may be competitive with Licensee), and Licensee agrees that it shall have no right to object to, prevent or otherwise restrict Licensor in this regard. Licensor acknowledges that it holds a total of $15,600 in deposits with respect to Kitchener Super Club, which shall be refunded to Licensee upon the execution hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensee shall be solely responsible for any and all refunds or reimbursements to Customers or other individuals with respect to Licensee’s former business at Kitchener Super Club. In order to induce Licensor to consent to the termination of the Kitchener Super Club license, Licensee on its own behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates and their respective past and present officers, directors, members, shareholders, agents and employees, in their corporate and individual capacities (collectively, the “Releasors”) freely and without any influence, forever release and covenant not to sue the Licensor Parties from any and all claims, demands, liabilities and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, vested or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, that any of the Releasors now own or hold or may at any time have owned or held (including, without limitation, claims arising under federal, state and local laws, rules and ordinances, claims for contribution, indemnity and/or subrogation) arising out of the Kitchener Super Club license or relating to Licensor’s performance of its obligations under the Prior Agreement or any acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Date. Releasors agree that fair consideration has been given by Licensor for this release and fully understand that this is a negotiated, complete and final release of all claims. Releasors expressly agree that, with respect to this release, any and all rights granted under Section 1542 of the CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE are expressly waived to the extent applicable. That Section provides:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT.
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2. Service Areas.
2.1. Tender of a Service Area. Following Licensor’s timely receipt of all monies due to Licensor within three business days after the Grant Date of a License (including, but not limited to, the deposits set forth in sections 4.3 and 4.4) and provided that the LMA and Facility License Agreement for the applicable Facility have been executed (a) Licensor shall deliver the applicable Service Area in “AS IS” condition and with all faults (including, without limitation, as subject to vibrations, odors, and noises from Licensor’s operations, and subject to all applicable laws (including all zoning, municipal, county, provincial and state laws, ordinances and regulations governing the Service Area and Facility) and any easements, covenants or restrictions of record with respect thereto) and with all mechanical systems that serve the Service Area (e.g., electrical, HVAC) in good and working order (and Licensee agrees that the manner in which such Facility as a whole is heated, ventilated and air conditioned by Licensor in the ordinary course is sufficient for the operation of Licensee’s and the applicable Sublicensee’s business in the applicable Service Area), and (b) Licensee and its contractors shall be afforded access to the applicable Facility during its normal business hours (unless otherwise agreed by Licensor) solely as necessary to construct the Improvements to the corresponding Service Area, provided that Licensee will (and will cause its contractors to) minimize any undue disruptions to Licensor’s business during such periods of access.
2.2. Construction of a Service Area. With respect to each License granted hereunder, unless the Parties otherwise mutually agree in the corresponding LMA, the following shall apply: (a) Licensee shall be responsible for providing, at the Facility subject to such LMA, a Service Area with only such mutually agreed improvements and FF&E as are (i) set forth in a written, detailed construction memorandum that shall include, inter alia, construction drawings, plans and specifications and an estimated date of completing the construction of such improvements and the installation of such FF&E (such improvements and FF&E, the “Improvements”; such memorandum, in substantially the form attached hereto as exhibit C, a “Construction Memorandum”; and such estimated date, an “Estimated Completion Date”) or (ii) otherwise approved by Licensor in advance; (b) Licensee’s construction and installation of such Improvements shall commence promptly following (and no sooner than) the Grant Date of the applicable License and Licensor’s (i) receipt of the fully-executed LMA and Facility License Agreement for the applicable License, (ii) written approval of the Construction Memorandum for such Facility (as evidenced by Licensor’s execution of such Construction Memorandum), which approval Licensor may withhold if Licensee is in default under or breach of this Agreement (including with respect to any other License) and has failed to timely cure such default or breach if curable hereunder; (iii) written approval of any and all general contractors engaged to improve the Service Area (which contractors shall be licensed, insured, non-union, possessing of good labor relations, and experienced in commercial construction); (iv) receipt of copies of, or reasonably satisfactory evidence that Licensee or the applicable Sublicensee has obtained, such licenses or permits as are required by applicable law with respect to Licensee’s proposed construction of and Licensee’s or the applicable Sublicensee’s operation of business in the Service Area at such Facility (to the extent such licenses or permits may be obtained prior to the commencement of construction and installation of the Improvements); (v) receipt of any permits or approvals (including, but not limited to, construction permits, building permits, entitlement approvals or approvals necessary under Licensor’s premises lease for the applicable Facility) required to construct the Improvements (or copies thereof); and (vi) receipt of all monies then due to Licensor (including, but not limited to, the deposits set forth in sections 4.3 and 4.4); and (c) Licensee shall be responsible for 100% of the construction and installation costs related to the Improvements (including, but not limited to, the costs of any construction permits, building permits, entitlement approvals or approvals necessary under Licensor’s premises lease for the applicable Facility. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensee shall be solely responsible for equipping a Service Area with any and all FF&E, for the costs of such FF&E and for any and all expenses related to such FF&E, and after the Commencement Date of a License, any and all upgrades to the corresponding Service Area will also be at Licensee’s sole cost and expense and subject to Licensor’s prior written consent, and except as may be expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, Licensor shall not be required to repair or replace any broken or damaged items in a Service Area. For the purposes hereof, “FF&E” shall mean any furniture, fixture, or equipment that is not permanently attached to the building and which is necessary or reasonable for Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s business, including, but not limited to: seating, desks and chairs; storage and display shelves; telephone systems, phones, accessories and cabling; televisions and monitors, video equipment and connections; computer(s), server(s) with back-up systems, terminals and screens; functional and decorative art, framed art, art objects, mirrors and accessories; security systems; signage and branding; and other equipment and incidentals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee agrees and acknowledges that, unless otherwise noted in the applicable LMA, this Agreement does not grant Licensee any ownership interest in any improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment owned by Licensor, whether located in a Service Area or otherwise.
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2.3. No Liens. Licensee shall not permit any mechanic’s, materialman’s or other lien to any Service Area or Facility in connection with any labor, materials or services furnished or claimed to have been furnished to a Service Area or Facility, or in connection with any Improvements made, by or on behalf of Licensee. If any such lien shall be filed against a Service Area or Facility, Licensee shall cause the same to be discharged of record or bonded to the reasonable satisfaction of Licensor. If Licensee shall fail to cause such lien to be so discharged or bonded within 30 days after written notice of the filing thereof, then, in addition to any other right or remedy of Licensor, Licensor may, but shall not be obligated to, discharge the same by (a) paying the claimant an amount sufficient to settle and discharge the claim, (b) posting a release bond, or (c) taking such action as Licensor shall deem appropriate in Licensor’s sole discretion. Licensee shall pay to Licensor, on demand, all costs incurred by Licensor in settling and discharging any such lien (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and bond premiums).
2.4. Completion of Improvements; Opening for Business. Prior to opening for business in a Service Area, Licensee shall (a) notify Licensor in writing of the completion of construction and installation of the Service Area’s Improvements (such notice, a “Completion Notice”), (b) provide Licensor with written proof that Licensee has fully paid any and all contractors for all work performed in connection with the construction and installation of the applicable Improvements, and (c) permit Licensor to inspect such Service Area to determine whether the Improvements comply with the requirements of this Agreement and the applicable Construction Memorandum. Within five business days after its receipt of a Completion Notice, Licensor shall deliver written notice to Licensee that either (i) identifies any defective, non-compliant or reasonably disapproved work in the applicable Service Area (a “Disapproval Notice”) or (ii) approves of the applicable Improvements (an “Approval Notice”). If Licensor delivers a Disapproval Notice to Licensee, Licensee must remedy the work identified in such Disapproval Notice and thereafter send Licensor another Completion Notice notifying Licensor of the same, and upon receipt of such Completion Notice, Licensor shall again have five business days to deliver a Disapproval Notice or an Approval Notice to Licensee with respect to the Improvements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if within five business days after its receipt of a Completion Notice, Licensor fails to deliver a Disapproval Notice or an Approval Notice, then the applicable Improvements shall be deemed approved by Licensor (and such failure shall not be deemed a breach or default). In no event may Licensee or a Sublicensee open for business in a Service Area prior to the earlier of (A) Licensee’s receipt of an Approval Notice or (B) five business days after Licensee’s delivery of a Completion Notice to Licensor and not receiving a Disapproval Notice with respect to the applicable Service Area. Further, in no event shall Licensor’s failure to deliver a Disapproval Notice, or Licensor’s delivery of an Approval Notice, constitute a waiver of any of Licensor’s rights hereunder, including the right to enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the applicable Construction Memorandum, whether relating to conditions that existed at the time of its receipt of a Completion Notice or not.
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2.5. Maintenance, Repairs and Alterations. Licensee shall, and shall ensure that Sublicensees, at Licensee’s and Sublicensee’s sole cost and expense, maintain each Service Area in a neat, first-class condition, and keep in good order, condition and repair all FF&E therein, and all maintenance, repairs, alterations, improvements, installations and modifications to the Service Area shall be at Licensee’s or the applicable Sublicensee’s sole cost and expense. Following the completion of construction and installation of the Improvements of each Service Area, neither Licensee nor any Sublicensee shall make any further alterations, improvements, installations or modifications to a Service Area without Licensor’s prior written consent, which consent may be withheld in Licensor’s sole and absolute discretion (any such approved alterations, etc., “Permitted Alterations”). Should Licensee or any Sublicensee make any alterations, improvements, installations or modifications to a Service Area without the prior written approval of Licensor, or use a contractor not expressly approved by Licensor, Licensee or Sublicensee (as directed by Licensor) shall remove the same and repair any damage occasioned by the installation or removal of the same, at Licensee’s sole cost and expense upon surrender of the Service Area, and, in addition, at any time during the applicable License Term Licensor may require that Licensee or Sublicensee (as directed by Licensor) remove any part or all of such unapproved alterations, improvements, installations or modifications, and repair any damage occasioned by the installation or removal of the same, at Licensee’s or the applicable Sublicensee’s sole cost and expense. All Service Area alterations, improvements, installations and modifications by Licensee or Sublicensees (including, without limitation, any Permitted Alterations), and all repairs and replacements of FF&E, shall be made and done in a good and workmanlike manner and be of good and sufficient quality and material, and all such alterations, improvements, installations and modifications (but not any FF&E) shall be the property of Licensor and (if not required to be removed) shall remain upon and be surrendered to Licensor with the Service Area at the termination or expiration of the applicable License Term, except as otherwise provided herein. Licensor will have access to each Service Area, including all storage areas therein, other than areas containing “personal information” or “personal health information” or “protected health information” as such terms are defined under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (“PHIPA”) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), respectively (such information, “PHI”) to conduct inspections and undertake such maintenance, repairs and alterations as Licensor deems necessary or desirable upon 24 hours’ notice to Licensee. Licensee will supply Licensor with a key to all lockable doors within each Service Area, including all storage areas other than areas containing PHI, and shall cooperate fully with Licensor’s personnel in the event that Licensor determines the need to access and inspect the Services Area.
2.6. Suitability of Facilities and Service Areas. No representations, warranties or covenants are made by Licensor regarding the present or future suitability of any Facility or Service Area for the conduct of Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s business therein, or that any Service Area or Facility meets current laws governing the operation of Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s business or provision of Services. By executing an LMA, Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensee has satisfied itself by Licensee’s own independent investigation that the Facility identified thereon is suitable for Licensee’s and the applicable Sublicensee’s intended use and that the manner in which the Facility as a whole is heated, ventilated and air conditioned by Licensor in the ordinary course of Licensor’s business is sufficient for the operation of Licensee’s and the applicable Sublicensee’s business and the provision of Licensee’s and the applicable Sublicensee’s Services and accepts the Facility and its Service Area in an “AS IS” condition and with all faults (including, without limitation, as subject to vibrations, odors, and noises from Licensor’s operations, and subject to all applicable laws (including all zoning, municipal, county, provincial and state laws, ordinances and regulations governing the Service Area and Facility) and any easements, covenants or restrictions of record with respect thereto).
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3. Duration.
3.1. Master Term. Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the term of this Agreement shall begin as of the Effective Date and shall expire simultaneously with the expiration or the earlier termination of the License Term (as defined below) of the last remaining License granted hereunder (such term of this Agreement, the “Master Term”). Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Master Term shall automatically end and the rights of Licensee granted hereunder and under any non-expired and non-terminated Licenses (and all rights of all Sublicensees to occupy the Facilities) shall likewise terminate, except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein.
3.2. License Term. The initial term of each License granted hereunder shall begin on, and such grant shall be effective as of, such License’s Grant Date and shall continue for a period of five years, unless sooner terminated as provided herein (each such term, the “Initial License Term”). Each License’s Initial License Term shall be subject to an option exercisable by Licensee to extend such term for one additional consecutive period of five years (each such option, an “Option”; each such additional period, an “Option Term”; and any Initial License Term as the same may be extended by an Option Term, a “License Term”). Provided that Licensee is not in default under or breach of this Agreement (including with respect to any other License), and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Licensee may exercise an Option only by giving written notice thereof to Licensor at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the applicable Initial License Term, and if Licensee fails to notify Licensor of its exercise of an Option by such deadline, said Option shall be of no force or effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall a License Term continue beyond (a) the then-current term of Licensor’s premises lease for the applicable Facility (including any renewal terms, if exercised) or (b) the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
3.3. License Grant Date. A License’s “Grant Date” shall be the date set forth in the applicable LMA.
3.4. License Commencement Date. Without limiting the provisions of section 2.4, a License’s “Commencement Date” shall be the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which Licensee receives an Approval Notice with respect to the corresponding Service Area, (b) the date that is five business days after the date on which Licensee delivers a Completion Notice to Licensor (provided that Licensee has not received within such period a Disapproval Notice with respect to the applicable Service Area), (c) the date on which Licensee or the applicable Sublicensee actually opens for business in such Service Area; or (d) the date that is 120 days after the applicable Estimated Completion Date of the License (or the date that is six months after the License’s Grant Date if the Construction Memorandum fails to indicate an Estimated Completion Date).
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4. Fees and Payments.
4.1. Monthly License Payment. With respect to each License granted hereunder, for the period beginning as of the Commencement Date of such License and continuing until the expiration or earlier termination of such License, Licensee shall pay to Licensor, for the right to provide the Services at the Facility subject to such License or to grant a license to a Sublicensee to do so, a recurring monthly payment in the amount set forth in the corresponding LMA (such payment, the “Monthly License Payment”). Such payments shall be made monthly in advance, on the first day of each month (or the next business day if the first day of the applicable month is not a business day) of the applicable License Term, without offset or deduction. A Monthly License Payment that is due with respect to any period during a License Term that is less than one month shall be prorated based on the actual amount of days of the calendar month involved. Monthly License Payments will not be refunded, in whole or in part, upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement or at any other time or under any other circumstances whatsoever except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Monthly License Payments are subject to a periodic increase as set forth in section 4.8. In the event that Licensee does not pay a Monthly License Payment, Licensor shall have the right (but not the obligation) to request the Monthly License Payment directly from the applicable Sublicensee, and such Sublicensee shall be obligated to pay to Licensor such Monthly License Payment directly upon demand by Licensor.
4.2. Monthly License Payment Abatement. Notwithstanding the provisions in section 4.1 above and provided that Licensee is in compliance with all other terms and conditions of this Agreement, in consideration of each License hereunder: (a) the first full Monthly License Payment shall be abated in its entirety, (b) the second and third Monthly License Payments shall be abated by 50%, and (c) the fourth and fifth Monthly License Payments shall be abated by 25%. For the purposes of clarity, if the first month of a License Term is a partial month for which a prorated Monthly License Payment applies (as provided in section 4.1), the prorated Monthly License Payment for such month shall not be considered the first payment with respect to the abatement provision in this section, but rather the Monthly License Payment for the immediately following month shall be considered the first payment subject to abatement as provided in this section.
4.3. First and Last Months’ Deposit. With respect to each License granted hereunder, Licensee shall, within three business days after such License’s Grant Date, pay to Licensor a non-refundable amount equal to the sum of two full Monthly License Payments under such License; such payment will be maintained by Licensor as a credit toward Licensee’s first full and last full (i.e., non-prorated) months’ Monthly License Payments due with respect to such License. If a License’s Monthly License Payment increases during the Master Term, Licensee shall, at the time of such increase, deposit with Licensor additional money so that the total amount corresponding to the applicable License’s last months’ Monthly License Payment held by Licensor pursuant to this section 4.3 equals the then-current amount of one Monthly License Payment due with respect to such License.
4.4. Facility Equipment Deposit. With respect to each License granted hereunder, Licensee shall, within three business days after such License’s Grant Date, deposit with Licensor the sum of 50% of the Monthly License Payment under such License as a deposit for such License (such deposit, the “Facility Equipment Deposit”). The Parties both agree that this amount shall continue to be retained by Licensor for Licensee’s faithful performance of Licensee’s obligations under this Agreement. If Licensee fails to pay any payment or other charges due hereunder, or otherwise defaults under or breaches any provision of this Agreement, Licensor may use, apply or retain all or any portion of said deposit (a) as payment for any sum (including any Monthly License Payment) due hereunder, (b) as payment for any other sum that Licensor may become obligated to pay by reason of Licensee’s default or breach hereunder or the default of any Sublicensee or (c) to compensate Licensor for any loss or damage which Licensor may suffer thereby. In addition, Licensor may use, apply or retain all or any portion of any such Facility Equipment Deposit as payment for any out-of-pocket costs incurred by Licensor in connection with approving a Construction Memorandum, whether or not such Construction Memorandum is executed by Licensor. If Licensor so uses or applies all or any portion of any such deposit, Licensee shall, within five business days after written demand therefore, deposit cash with Licensor in an amount sufficient to restore said deposit to the full amount then required of Licensee. If a Monthly License Payment increases during the applicable License Term, Licensee shall, at the time of such increase, deposit with Licensor additional money so that the total amount corresponding to the applicable License’s Facility Equipment Deposit held by Licensor pursuant to this section 4.4 equals the then-current amount of 50% of one current Monthly License Payment due with respect to such License. Licensor shall not be required to keep any Facility Equipment Deposit separate from its general accounts. With respect to each License granted hereunder, if Licensee has performed all of Licensee’s obligations with respect to such License, said deposit, or so much thereof as is not applied by Licensor as permitted hereunder, shall be returned, without payment of interest or other increment for its use, to Licensee (or, at Licensor’s option, to the last assignee, if any, of Licensee’s interest hereunder) within 30 days after the expiration of the applicable License Term and after Licensee and the applicable Sublicensee has vacated the applicable Service Area and Facility. No trust relationship is created herein between Licensor and Licensee with respect to said Facility Equipment Deposit.
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4.5. Required Capital Expenditures. With respect to each License granted hereunder, after the applicable Commencement Date, Licensee shall not be responsible for any capital repairs, replacements or improvements to a Facility that would be considered a “capital expenditure” under generally accepted accounting principles (a “Capital Expenditure”) unless (a) Licensor is required to make such Capital Expenditure as a direct result of or in order to comply with any applicable laws (including, without limitation, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990) and such Capital Expenditure is for capital repairs, replacements or improvements to any portion of the applicable Facility of which a Service Area is a part (in which case Licensee shall be responsible for Licensee’s Share of the costs of such Capital Expenditure) or (b) such Capital Expenditure is required solely as the result of Licensee’s or a Sublicensee’s specific use of the Service Area at the applicable Facility (in which case Licensee shall be wholly responsible for the costs of such Capital Expenditure). In the event Licensee is responsible, in whole or part, for the costs of a Capital Expenditure under this Agreement, Licensor shall provide Licensee with 30 days’ prior written notice that Licensee shall be obligated to pay such costs within 30 days after Licensee’s receipt of an invoice therefor. As used in this Agreement, “Licensee’s Share” shall be determined by multiplying the total costs of the Capital Expenditure by a fraction, the numerator of which is the floor area of the applicable Service Area and the denominator of which is the floor area of the applicable Facility (provided, however, that if such Capital Expenditure relates solely to the Service Area, then Licensee’s Share shall equal 100%). Licensee’s Share of a Capital Expenditure shall be paid without any deductions, set-offs or counterclaims, and failure to pay such sum shall carry the same consequences as Licensee’s failure to pay Monthly License Payments when due.
4.6. Late Charges. Licensee acknowledges that late payment by Licensee to Licensor of any Monthly License Payment or other sum due hereunder will cause Licensor to incur costs not contemplated by this Agreement, the exact amount of which will be extremely difficult to ascertain. Such costs include, but are not limited to, processing and accounting charges. Accordingly, if any Monthly License Payment or other sum due from Licensee shall not be received by Licensor or Licensor’s designee on or before the date that it is due, then, without any requirement for notice to Licensee, Licensee shall pay to Licensor a late charge equal to three percent of such overdue amount. In addition, if the payment is more than three days late, interest in the amount of five percent per month, or the maximum amount permitted by law, whichever is less, shall be due on the overdue amount until full payment is received by Licensor or its designee. The Parties hereby agree that such late charge and interest represent a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs Licensor will incur by reason of late payment by Licensee. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensor’s election to collect unpaid Monthly License Payments (as set forth in section 4.1 above) shall not preclude Licensor from collecting from Licensee the late charges set forth in this section. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, acceptance of such late charge and interest by Licensor shall in no event constitute a waiver of any default by Licensee with respect to such overdue amount, nor shall it prevent Licensor from exercising any of its other rights or pursuing any remedies available to it hereunder or in law or equity.
4.7. Taxes. In addition to the sums above, Licensee and Sublicensees will pay all federal, provincial, state and local sales, value added, use, privilege and excise taxes, all taxes on license fees and rental payments (if any) and all similar taxes arising from Licensee’s and/or Sublicensee’s operations under this Agreement prior to delinquency (excluding any taxes based upon Licensor’s net taxable income and any real estate taxes to be paid by Licensor with respect to a Facility). If such taxes are due based on the locality of a Facility subject to a License hereunder, such taxes shall be paid by Licensee concurrently with the other payments due under such License (e.g., with the monthly payments of the Monthly License Payment). If any federal, provincial, state or local sales, value added, use, privilege and excise taxes are due relating to Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s business, then Licensee or the appropriate Sublicensee, as applicable, will report the taxes directly to the applicable taxing authority. Licensee and Sublicensees shall also pay prior to delinquency all taxes assessed against and levied upon FF&E and all other personal property of Licensee and Sublicensee contained in or about any Facility or Service Area and remit such taxes directly to the applicable taxing authority.
4.8. Monthly License Payment Adjustment. Beginning on the first anniversary of the Commencement Date of each License and on each one-year anniversary of such date thereafter (each such date, an “Anniversary Date”), the amount of the Monthly License Payment due each month under the applicable License shall be increased by a sum equal to two percent of the then-current Monthly License Payment amount (i.e., the Monthly License Payment amount due immediately prior to the applicable Anniversary Date). Licensor shall compute the amount of the applicable increase and provide written notice of the same to Licensee; provided, however, that Licensor’s failure to provide such notice in a timely manner shall not relieve Licensee of its obligation to pay such increased amounts.
4.9. Payee Information; Miscellaneous. Licensee’s obligation to pay Licensor the fees and payments described in this section 4 is not dependent on Licensee’s receipt of any payments from any Sublicensees. All payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in Canadian Dollars and paid via preauthorized debit agreement, as authorized in exhibit D, to LAF Canada Company at 3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 600, Irvine California 92612, Attention: Licensing Department or as Licensor otherwise designates in writing to Licensee. The Parties agree that all fees, payments, and deposit amounts set forth in this section 4 reflect fair market value. No amounts paid to Licensor will be refunded, in whole or in part, upon any termination of this Agreement or at any other time or under any other circumstances whatsoever, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, and there shall be no abatement of any of Licensee’s payments due hereunder following a License’s Commencement Date, except as expressly provided herein. Licensee may not, under any circumstances, set off, deduct or otherwise withhold any payments, interest charges, late fees or any other monies payable under this Agreement on grounds of Licensor’s alleged non-performance of any obligations.
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5. Operations.
5.1. Customers. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Sublicensees shall have the right to provide the Services both to customers of Sublicensee’s business who are Members and to customers who are not Members (and customers who are not Members shall have no obligation to become Members in order to receive the Services) (any such customers of Sublicensees, or guests of customers of Sublicensees, “Customers”). Prior to being granted access to a Facility, each Customer must present identifying materials documenting such Customer’s affiliation with the applicable Sublicensee. Each Customer must remain under the direct supervision of the applicable Sublicensee at all times while such Customer is utilizing the Services, and all Customers will be subject to the rules and regulations set forth by Licensor, or incorporated by reference, in exhibit E hereto (the “License Rules and Regulations”), as well as any rules and regulations posted in a particular Facility, all of which Licensor may modify from time to time. Sublicensees shall require all Customers to sign a waiver and release of liability in a form approved by Licensor prior, and as a prerequisite, to receiving Services, and Sublicensees shall retain such waivers executed by its Customers and provide complete copies thereof to Licensor upon request. Until notified by Licensor of a change in the form of such waiver and release of liability, Sublicensees shall require Customers to sign the form attached hereto as attachment B to exhibit E.
5.2. Permitted Uses.
5.2.1. Service Area. With respect to each License granted hereunder, each Sublicensee shall be permitted to offer, advertise, sell and provide to Customers within the applicable Service Area only the services set forth on exhibit B (such services, the “Services”), subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
5.2.2. Equipment. With respect to each License granted hereunder, each Sublicensee shall be permitted to make limited use of the fitness equipment located outside of the Service Area at the Facility subject to such License (collectively, the “Equipment”), provided that (a) such Equipment is not otherwise in use or needed by Licensor, Members or Licensor’s other guests or invitees, (b) Sublicensee does not cause any particular piece of Equipment to be used continuously for more than 30 minutes, (c) each Customer remains under the direct supervision of a Sublicensee-employed licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant at all times, (d) no more than three Customers and three such Sublicensee personnel are using Equipment at any given time and (e) Sublicensee returns all moveable Equipment to its proper location within the Facility after each use.
5.2.3. Pool Lane. With respect to each License granted hereunder, Sublicensee shall be permitted to use up to one lap lane of the Facility’s existing pool (if any) a (“Pool Lane”) for the sole purpose of providing the Services, provided that (a) Licensor’s pool-based group fitness classes are not in session, (b) each Customer using the Pool Lane remains under the direct supervision of a Sublicensee-employed licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant at all times, (c) no more than three Customers and three such Sublicensee personnel are using the Pool Lane at any given time and (d) Licensee ensures, at Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s sole cost and expense, that one individual employed by Licensee or Sublicensee who is CPR and First Aid certified by the American Red Cross, or other equivalent program, remains on duty for the benefit and supervision of Sublicensee’s Customers in the pool (unless applicable law requires a greater level of supervision for Sublicensee’s Customers in the pool, in which case Licensee shall provide such greater supervision at Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s sole cost and expense).
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5.3. Prohibited Uses. Except as set forth in section 5.2, exhibit B, or as otherwise expressly permitted herein, Licensee and Sublicensee are prohibited from engaging in any activities at any Facility without the prior written permission of Licensor. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensee and Sublicensee are expressly prohibited from offering, advertising, selling or providing any (a) Personal Training or (b) memberships, or other means of access, to any Licensor facilities (apart from memberships or access solely to Sublicensee’s business in a Service Area). In addition, neither Licensee, any Sublicensee, nor any of their agents, contractors, employees, representatives, Customers, guests or invitees (together with Licensee, the “Licensee Parties”) shall have any right to access or use any facilities, amenities or services in any Licensor facility (including, without limitation, a Facility’s exercise equipment, workout floor, racquetball courts, basketball courts, lobby chairs, “Kids Klub,” “Kids Klub” restrooms, locker rooms, lockers, showers, saunas group fitness classes, towels, pool, and spa), except as strictly necessary to access and use a Facility’s Service Area or if such Licensee Party is a Member or has a current Licensor-issued guest pass permitting access to or use of such facilities, amenities or services. Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) Sublicensee’s employees and Customers who are not Members may access a Facility’s locker rooms solely for the limited purpose of using the restrooms therein and not for changing or storing clothes or other uses, (ii) a Sublicensee employee who is a Member may use a Facility’s facilities, amenities and services pursuant to the terms of such person’s membership agreement with Licensor, but only during hours when such person is not working or scheduled to work, in the Facility as an employee of Sublicensee and (iii) a Customer who is a Member may use a Facility’s facilities, amenities and services pursuant to the terms of such person’s membership agreement with Licensor. Licensee or Sublicensee, as applicable, shall inform all Licensee Parties of the foregoing restrictions in this section. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Personal Training” means athletic training, physical training, personal training or similar services (including, without limitation, instruction, education, guidance, advice, training, counsel or assistance with respect to bodybuilding, weight loss (it being understood that a Sublicensee may provide weight loss services and advice a part of a rehabilitative treatment plan), figure development, nutrition, diet, physical fitness, exercise, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular strength or muscular endurance, as well as assessing fitness needs, designing appropriate exercise regimens, and motivating clients to achieve fitness goals) rendered on a one-on-one or small-group basis.
5.4. License Rules and Regulations. Licensee shall, and Licensee shall instruct the other Licensee Parties (as applicable) to, observe and comply with the License Rules and Regulations. Licensor reserves the right to modify the License Rule and Regulations and adopt such other rules and regulations as Licensor may deem necessary in Licensor’s sole and absolute discretion for the operation of any Facility at any time; provided, however, that Licensor agrees to apply and enforce the License Rules and Regulations in substantially the same manner that it applies and enforces such License Rules and Regulations with respect to its other customers and licensees. The License Rules and Regulations shall be binding and conclusive on the Licensee Parties (as applicable) and are not subject to a standard of reasonableness.
5.5. Business Hours. Sublicensee’s anticipated hours of operation at each Service Area will be set forth in the applicable LMA. Each Sublicensee shall post a sign, the form and content of which must be approved in writing by Licensor, in each Service Area listing the hours that such Service Area is open for business. Licensee agrees that neither it nor any Sublicensee shall have any right of access to any Facility or Service Area when the Facility is not open for business. Licensor will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Licensee as much advance notice as is practical if a Facility is not going to be open for its normal business hours.
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5.6. Parking. Licensee Parties (including all Sublicensees) shall abide by any vehicle parking rules and regulations as set forth by Licensor relating to each Facility. The Licensee Parties shall have the same rights and obligations to the non-exclusive use of available parking at each Facility as are enjoyed by or as are imposed on Licensor’s Members who use such Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensor reserves the right to be reimbursed by Licensee for any parking fees that Licensor may be required to pay as a result of Licensee Parties parking at the Facility.
5.7. No Nuisance. At each Facility subject to a License hereunder, Licensee agrees that it, and each Sublicensee, shall conduct its business and control and supervise the Licensee Parties in such a professional manner so as not to create any nuisance or interfere with, annoy, or disturb (including, without limitation, as a result of any picket, strike or labor dispute at or near the Facility by Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s employees) Licensor’s operation of the Facility or any of Licensor’s employees, Members, licensees or invitees.
5.8. No Disparagement; Cooperation. Licensee, Sublicensee, and their agents, contractors, employees and representatives shall (a) not speak negatively to Customers or Members (or prospective Customers or Members) about any of the Licensor Parties, any other Licensor’s other licensees or any Licensor facility (including any Facility), or in any way directly or indirectly make any remarks, orally or in writing, whether to the media or via social media or otherwise, that could reasonably be construed as disparaging of or intended to be harmful to the business, business reputation or personal reputation of any of the Licensor Parties or any such licensees, (b) not promote, at a Facility, any health and fitness facilities that compete with Licensor, and (c) work cooperatively with Licensor’s personnel.
5.9. Personnel. Licensee will remain active in overseeing the operation of Sublicensee’s business in the Facilities. Licensee or Sublicensees (as applicable) shall be responsible for providing all staffing necessary to provide the Services. In connection with the development and operation of Sublicensee’s business at a Facility, Licensor will have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (a) hiring, training or supervising efficient, competent and courteous employees of good character for the operation of the Sublicensee’s business, (b) the terms of such employees’ employment and compensation or (c) the proper training of such employees in the operation of Sublicensee’s business. Licensee represents, warrants and covenants that all staff employed by, or providing services to or on behalf of, Licensee or Sublicensee (as applicable) are and will at all times be duly licensed and credentialed, to the extent required by applicable law. Licensee will, and will cause each Licensee Party, to abide by all laws while in the Facilities, including but not limited to laws against harassment and discrimination, as well as all state and federal labor laws. Licensee will, and will require each Sublicensee, to maintain all legally required insurance (e.g. workers’ compensation and unemployment) and benefits with regard to its employees, comply with all state and federal wage and hour laws and pay all applicable state, federal and local payroll taxes.
5.10. Internet. Neither Licensee, Sublicensee, nor their agents, contractors, employees or representatives shall install any Internet access, or access or use any Licensor-provided Internet access available at a Facility, without the prior written approval of Licensor’s Chief Information Officer, Principal IT Architect or Director, IT Infrastructure.
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6. Compliance.
6.1. Compliance with Laws. Licensee represents and warrants that attached hereto as schedule 6.1 is a list of all licenses and permits that Sublicensee needs to perform the Services at each Facility licensed hereunder. Licensee further covenants to update schedule 6.1 as necessary to comply with the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, obtain and maintain in good standing throughout Master Term all licenses and permits that are legally required in connection with the conduct, ownership, use, occupancy or operation of Sublicensee’s business and provision of Sublicensee’s Services at each Facility, whether or not contained on schedule 6.1 hereto. Licensee covenants that it shall cause the agents, contractors, employees and representatives of Licensee and Sublicensee to, at Licensee’s sole cost and expense, comply with all applicable federal, provincial, state, county and municipal laws, codes, rules, orders, requirements, ordinances and regulations governing the operation of Sublicensee’s business and the provision of Sublicensee’s Services in and about each Facility and Service Area (including, without limitation, those requiring the licensure or certification of Licensee, Sublicensee, or their agents, contractors, employees and representatives and the provision of Services to Customers, as well as any Payment Card Industry security standards, if applicable). Licensee shall ensure that all Sublicensees conduct their business and provide their Services and control and supervise their personnel in a lawful manner and shall not use or permit the use of any Facility or Service Area in any manner that violates applicable laws. Licensee shall be solely responsible for compliance with any and all franchise laws (such as those pertaining to franchise sales, registration, or disclosure) with respect to the Licensee-Sublicensee relationship. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor shall have no responsibility or liability for compliance by Licensee or a Sublicensee with rules promulgated by a governmental or regulatory agency in response to a pandemic such as COVID-19, whether related to a vaccination mandate or otherwise. It is Licensee’s sole responsibility to ensure compliance with such rules and/or mandates, and Licensee shall indemnify, defend, and hold Licensor harmless from and against any damages that Licensor may suffer with respect to the foregoing. Licensee agrees that in the event it is determined that a vaccination mandate applies to Licensee’s or a Sublicensee’s Services, all of the terms of this Agreement shall continue to apply, and Licensee shall receive no abatement of fees or termination rights with respect to this Agreement or any LMA.
6.2. Certain Publicly Funded Programs. Licensee represents and warrants that neither Licensee nor Sublicensees participate in, and covenants that neither Licensee nor Sublicensees will enroll as a provider or otherwise participate in, any state, provincial, federal or other publicly funded healthcare program during the Master Term and will not submit any claims for reimbursement for any of the Services to any state, provincial or federal healthcare program. Licensee represents and warrants that neither Licensee nor Licensor are federal or provincial “prime contractors,” “subcontractors” or “first-tier subcontractors,” as such terms are defined in 41 C.F.R § 60-1.3, or Medicare Advantage “first tier entities” or “downstream entities,” as such terms are defined in 42 C.F.R. § 422.2 or government contractors of any sort (any of the foregoing, a “Government Contractor”). Licensee agrees further that it shall notify Licensor immediately in the event that it determines or is informed by any government agency that Licensee or any Sublicensee is a Government Contractor or if Licensee or any Sublicensee intends to participate in any publicly funded healthcare program.
6.3. No Referrals Required. The Parties expressly acknowledge that neither Licensor nor any of its owners, directors, officers, agents, contractors, employees or representatives are required or have been encouraged to refer patients to Licensee or Sublicensee, and that any remuneration paid to Licensor hereunder is not offered, paid, solicited or received with the intent of inducing or encouraging the referral of patients or customers to Licensee or Sublicensee. The Parties further expressly agree that (a) each Service Area does not exceed that which is reasonable and necessary for the legitimate business of Sublicensee in such Service Area and (b) the fees and other remuneration paid to and received by Licensor hereunder (including, without limitation, Monthly License Payments) (i) are set in advance, (ii) are consistent with fair market value, (iii) have been negotiated as part of an arms-length transaction, (iv) do not take into account the volume or value of any referrals or other business generated between the Parties, nor do they include any additional charges attributable to the proximity or convenience of either Party to the other as a potential referral source, and (v) would be commercially reasonable even if no referrals are made between Licensee and Licensor or their respective affiliates.
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7. Exclusivity; Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
7.1. Exclusivity. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that it is not obtaining any exclusive rights to operate at the Facilities; however, with respect to each License granted hereunder, for as long as such License is in effect and following the execution by the Parties of an LMA for a particular Facility and, as applicable, the execution by Licensee and the applicable Sublicensee of a Facility License Agreement for such Facility, Licensor shall not grant to any third party the right to offer the Services at the Facility subject to such License. Licensor reserves to itself all access and use rights relating to its Facilities other than those expressly granted under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensee acknowledges that, from time to time, Licensor may arrange temporary promotions, sometimes involving third parties, to give away items or services to Licensor’s Members or guests (which may include Customers); however, Licensor shall not include a direct third-party competitor of Licensee or the applicable Sublicensee in any such promotions at a Facility. Licensor may, at Licensee’s request, but subject to Licensor’s sole discretion, permit Licensee and Sublicensees to include promotions of Licensee’s and Sublicensee’s Services during such temporary promotions. Any such promotions of Licensee’s and Sublicensee’s Services shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
7.2. Non-Competition. At each Facility, Licensee, Sublicensee, and their agents, contractors, employees and representatives at each Facility shall not sell, advertise, offer or promote, orally or in any medium that now exists or that exists in the future, any fitness club operator other than Licensor.
7.3. Non-Solicitation. During the Master Term and for a period of six months thereafter, Licensee agrees not to solicit for hire any current or former employee of Licensor and Licensor agrees not to solicit for hire any current or former employee of Licensee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party may solicit or hire a current or former employee of the other Party (such soliciting or hiring party, a “Hiring Party”) if such current or former employee (a) initiates contact with the Hiring Party regarding possible employment or (b) responds to a general advertisement for employment placed by the Hiring Party (including, without limitation, any general advertisement for employment placed on the Hiring Party’s website).
7.4. Member Contact. In no event will Licensee, Sublicensee, or their agents, contractors, employees or representatives encourage any Member to disenroll from, or to cancel or freeze such Member’s membership or other agreement for personal training or other services with, Licensor to facilitate a sale or continued provision of Services to such Member.
8. Insurance.
8.1. General Liability Insurance. Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, at such party’s sole expense, obtain and keep in force during the Master Term a policy of comprehensive general liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, and with an aggregate of not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) of bodily injury and property damage combined, or in such greater amounts as reasonably determined by Licensor, provided that Licensee and each Sublicensee also maintains throughout the Master Term an excess or umbrella liability policy in an amount of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (which aggregate amounts shall apply separately to each Facility and may not be combined with other locations operated by Licensee or a Sublicensee without Licensor’s written approval). Such policies shall each (a) insure Licensee and the Sublicensee and name Licensor and each Facility’s premises owner (“Facility Owner”) as additional insureds against liability arising out of the use, occupancy or maintenance of each Service Area and Facility by the Licensee Parties, (b) include a waiver of subrogation in favor of Licensor and each Facility Owner, (c) be written as primary policy coverage and non-contributing with respect to any coverage that Licensor or a Facility Owner may carry; and (d) have a deductible or self-insured retention amount, as applicable, of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).
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8.2. Professional Liability Insurance. Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, at such party’s sole cost and expense, obtain and keep in force during the Master Term a policy of professional liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, and with an aggregate of not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), or in such greater amounts as reasonably determined by Licensor, which aggregate amounts shall apply separately to each Facility and may not be combined with other locations operated by Licensee or a Sublicensee without Licensor’s written approval. Such policy shall (a) insure Licensee and the Sublicensee and name Licensor and each Facility Owner as additional insureds against liability arising out of the services provided by Sublicensee, (b) include a waiver of subrogation in favor of Licensor and each Facility Owner, (c) be written as primary policy coverage and non-contributing with respect to any coverage that Licensor or a Facility Owner may carry, (d) have a deductible or self-insured retention amount, as applicable, of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), and (e) include sexual abuse and molestation coverage within the policy limits, if not covered under a policy described in section 8.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, if Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s professional liability insurance policy does not permit the naming of Licensor or a Facility Owner as additional insureds, in the event that Licensor or a Facility Owner are named in a suit alleging losses that are covered under Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s professional liability insurance policy, Licensee shall indemnify and hold harmless Licensor and the Facility Owner for such losses.
8.3. Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s Liability Insurance. Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, at such party’s sole cost and expense, (a) obtain and keep in force during the Master Term a policy of workers’ compensation insurance with respect to each Facility in compliance with statutory limits in the state or province in which the Facility is located (but in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)), and (b) employer’s liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per accident or disease, or greater if required by law, which policies shall include a waiver of subrogation in favor of Licensor and the applicable Facility Owner. If Licensee or Sublicensee is exempt from carrying workers’ compensation with respect to a Facility, and if Licensee provides a signed waiver of liability and acknowledgment in form and substance satisfactory to Licensor concerning such lack of coverage, then Licensee shall not be required to comply with the foregoing clause (a).
8.4. Automobile Insurance. If Licensee or Sublicensee transports any Customers or other persons to or from a Facility, then Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, at such party’s sole cost and expense, obtain and keep in force during the Master Term a policy of automobile insurance (including owned, non-owned and hired car coverage) in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limit (each accident), or in such greater amounts as reasonably determined by Licensor. Such policy shall: (a) insure Licensee and name Licensor and each Facility Owner as additional insureds; (b) include a waiver of subrogation in favor of Licensor and each Facility Owner; (c) be written as primary policy coverage and non-contributing with respect to any coverage that Licensor or a Facility Owner may carry; and (d) have a deductible or self-insured retention amount, as applicable, of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).
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8.5. Construction Related. During the construction and installation of any Improvements to any Service Area, Licensee shall obtain and keep in force (if it is performing such work) and cause all of its contractor(s) that are performing such work to obtain and keep in force insurance as specified in exhibit F attached hereto.
8.6. Additional Policies. Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, at such party’s sole cost and expense, obtain and keep in force during the Master Term such other insurance policies in such coverage amounts as Licensor may reasonably require Licensee or Sublicensee to maintain with respect to the operation of Sublicensee’s business in a Facility. In the event that Licensor requires such other additional insurance policies after the Effective Date, Licensee shall have 60 days to comply with such additional requirements, and shall provide Licensor with written proof thereof.
8.7. Insurance Policies. With respect to each License granted hereunder, Licensee shall deliver to Licensor certificates evidencing the existence and amounts of insurance required under sections 8.1 through 8.6, inclusive, prior to Licensee’s (or any Sublicensee’s) occupancy of the applicable Service Area (and in the case of insurance required under section 8.5, prior to the start of the construction and installation of the applicable Improvements), and these shall name LAF Canada Company, each Facility Owner or any other person or entity designated by Licensor as an additional insured. Licensee shall also provide the applicable additional insured endorsement(s) naming Licensor and the applicable Facility Owner(s) as additional insureds. Such insurance policies shall be issued from an insurer with a rating of “A” or better and a financial size category of XI or greater in the latest edition of the A.M. Best key rating guide, and such insurer shall be licensed to do business in the jurisdiction(s) in which the Facilities are located. No policy required under this Agreement shall be cancelled or subject to reduction of coverage or other modification except after 30 days prior written notice to Licensor. Licensee shall, at least 30 days prior to the expiration of such policies, furnish Licensor with evidence of renewals thereof. In the event that Licensor changes any insurance requirements hereunder after the Effective Date or introduces additional insurance requirements other than those set forth in this section 8, Licensee shall have sixty 60 days to comply with such changed or additional requirements and shall provide Licensor with written proof thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to each Facility at which a Sublicensee operates, Licensee agrees (a) to ensure that each such Sublicensee obtains insurance coverage of the types and in the amounts required under sections 8.1 through 8.6, inclusive, (b) that Licensor’s receipt of evidence of such coverage shall be a perquisite of a Sublicensee entering, occupying or operating at a Facility, and (c) that Licensee shall remain liable to Licensor for any failure of a Sublicensee to obtain any such required coverage.
8.8. Additional Insureds, Loss Payees. For purposes of naming additional insureds and loss payees under this section 8, Licensor’s names and addresses is set forth below; each Facility Owner’s name and address shall be set forth in the applicable LMA or separately provided by Licensor.
LAF Canada Company
3161 Michelson Dr., Suite 600
Irvine, California 92612
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8.9. No Representation of Adequate Coverage. Licensor makes no representation that the insurance coverage and amounts specified in this section 8 are adequate to cover Licensee’s or any Sublicensee’s property or obligations under this Agreement. Compliance with the above insurance requirements of this section 8 shall not limit the liability of Licensee hereunder.
8.10 Sublicensee’s Insurance. Licensee will strictly enforce each Sublicensee’s obligation to maintain the required insurance for the applicable Facility under the applicable Facility License Agreement.
9. Indemnification; Damages.
9.1. Indemnification By Licensee - General. Licensee shall, and shall cause each Sublicensee to, defend, hold harmless and indemnify Licensor, each Facility Owner, their respective affiliates, and such parties’ respective owners, directors, officers, agents, contractors, employees and representatives (together with Licensor, the “Licensor Parties”) from and against any and all damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, encumbrances, deficiencies, costs and expenses, (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incident thereto) (collectively, “Losses”) suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by any of the Licensor Parties arising out of any claim relating to (a) any breach or non-fulfillment of any representation, warranty or covenant made under this Agreement, an LMA, or a Facility License Agreement by Licensee or any Sublicensee, (b) any bodily injury or death of any person, or damage to real or tangible personal property, arising from the use of a Facility or Service Area by Licensee, Sublicensee, or their agents, contractors, employees or representatives, (c) the conduct of Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s business or any activity, work or things done, permitted or suffered by any of the Licensee Parties in or about any Service Area, Facility, or elsewhere, (d) any act or omission of any of the Licensee Parties, (e) any claims by any Sublicensee against any Licensor Parties, including, without limitation, those relating to a breach by Licensee of this Agreement, any LMA, any Facility License Agreement or any other agreement between Licensee and any Sublicensee, or relating to Licensee’s conduct toward a Sublicensee, (f) any Losses as defined under a Facility License Agreement; and (g) any and all actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, assessments, judgments, costs, losses, damages, liabilities and reasonable legal and other expenses incident to the foregoing (any such claim relating to the foregoing (a) through (g), a “Claim”). For the avoidance of doubt, Licensor need not have first paid for any Losses in order to be indemnified hereunder.
9.2. Indemnification By Licensee - Special. It is the intent and understanding of the Parties that Licensor is not and will not become as a result of entering into the transactions contemplated hereunder either a Government Contractor or subject, as a business associate or otherwise, to HIPAA, or any applicable federal and provincial privacy, personal information or personal health information laws, including PIPEDA and PHIPA, or a custodian of PHI under any such legislation. In addition, Licensee shall not, and it shall cause its Licensee, Sublicensees, and their agents, contractors, employees, representatives not to, disclose or otherwise provide to any Licensor Party any PHI or direct or instruct any current or prospective Customer or government agency to deliver any mail to the Facility that may contain PHI. However, for Licensor’s benefit, and as a material condition to this Agreement, Licensee specifically covenants and agrees that it shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Licensor Parties from and against any and all Losses suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by any of the Licensor Parties arising from any inquiry, investigation, audit, compliance evaluation, allegation, claim, charge, determination, finding or other similar action by a government agency (including, without limitation, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) alleging or otherwise concerning Licensor’s or Licensee’s performance, or actual or alleged status, as a Government Contractor or related to Licensee’s or Licensor’s actual or alleged compliance or non-compliance under PIPEDA, PHIPA, HIPAA or any other privacy, personal information or personal health information legislation in connection with this Agreement (any such inquiry, investigation, etc., a “Special Claim”).
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9.3. Indemnification by Licensor; No Waiver by Licensee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement shall operate to waive any claim that Licensee has or may have against Licensor for or on account of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Licensor, and Licensor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Licensee from and against any and all Losses suffered, sustained, incurred or required to be paid by Licensee arising from any third-party claim relating to the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Licensor.
9.4. Indemnification Procedures.
9.4.1. Claim Notices. A Party seeking indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) shall deliver to the other Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) a written notice of any Claim or Special Claim for which the Indemnified Party intends to base a request for indemnification hereunder (such notice, a “Claim Notice”); provided, however, that an Indemnified Party’s failure to provide a Claim Notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that it may have to the Indemnified Party hereunder. Each Claim Notice must contain a description of the Claim or Special Claim, as applicable, and the nature and amount of the related Losses (to the extent that the nature and amount of such Losses are known at the time), and an Indemnified Party shall furnish promptly to the Indemnifying Party copies of all reasonably necessary papers and official documents received in respect of any such Losses (unless the disclosure of such materials is prohibited by confidentiality obligations or applicable law).
9.4.2. Indemnifying Party’s Duty to Defend. An Indemnifying Party’s duty to defend under this section 9 shall apply immediately, regardless of whether the Indemnified Party has paid any sums or incurred any detriment arising out of or relating, directly or indirectly, to the Claim or Special Claim giving rise to the Claim Notice. Further, an Indemnifying Party shall, within 30 days after receiving a Claim Notice, send written notice to the Indemnified Party acknowledging the Indemnifying Party’s responsibility for the defense of the Claim or Special Claim referenced therein (any such claim so acknowledged by an Indemnifying Party, an “Indemnified Claim”) and shall thereafter undertake, conduct and control, through reputable independent counsel of its own choosing (which the Indemnified Party shall find reasonably satisfactory), at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and expense, the settlement or defense thereof. In addition, the Indemnifying Party shall, upon the Indemnified Party’s request from time to time, inform the Indemnified Party of all material developments and events relating to such matters. With respect to any such Indemnified Claim, the Indemnified Party (a) shall fully cooperate, in a good faith and commercially reasonable manner, with the Indemnifying Party in connection therewith and (b) may employ, at any time, separate counsel to represent it, provided that in such case the Indemnifying Party shall be solely responsible for the costs and expenses of any such separate counsel.
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9.4.3. Indemnified Party’s Assumption of Defense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 9, an Indemnified Party may, at its election, defend an Indemnified Claim with counsel of its own choosing and without the Indemnifying Party’s participation if (a) the Indemnified Claim is one for which the Indemnified Party properly gave the Indemnifying Party a Claim Notice and the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense or fails to prosecute the defense or refuses to defend the Indemnified Claim, (b) the Indemnified Claim seeks only an injunction or other equitable relief against the Indemnified Party, (c) the Indemnified Claim includes a Special Claim or (d) the Indemnified Party reasonably believes (i) that there are one or more legal or equitable defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, (ii) counsel for the Indemnifying Party could not adequately represent the interests of the Indemnified Party because such interests could be in conflict with those of the Indemnifying Party or (iii) the action or proceeding involves, or could have a material effect on, any material matter beyond the scope of the indemnification or defense obligations of the Indemnifying Party. If an Indemnified Party assumes control of the defense, the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the actual, documented costs incurred in defending against the Indemnified Claim (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and remain responsible to the Indemnified Party for any Losses for which it has an indemnification obligation under this section 9.
9.4.4. Settlement of Claims. With respect to any Indemnified Claim for which an Indemnifying Party has assumed control of the defense, the Indemnifying Party shall give prompt written notice to the Indemnified Party of any proposed settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment of such claim, and an Indemnifying Party may not, without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), settle or compromise any such claim or consent to the entry of any judgment regarding such claim unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, (b) does not contain any admission or statement suggesting any wrongdoing or liability on behalf of such Indemnified Party and (c) does not contain any equitable order, judgment or term (other than the fact of payment or the amount of such payment) that in any manner affects, restrains or interferes with the business of the Indemnified Party. Similarly, an Indemnified Party may not, without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), settle or compromise any Indemnified Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment regarding such claim unless (i) such claim is one for which the Indemnified Party properly delivered a Claim Notice and the Indemnifying Party failed to assume the defense or failed to prosecute such defense or refused to defend such claim under this section 9, (ii) such claim is a Special Claim or (iii) such settlement, compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnifying Party from all liability arising out of such claim, (B) does not contain any admission or statement suggesting any wrongdoing or liability on behalf of the Indemnifying Party, and (C) does not contain any equitable order, judgment or term (other than the fact of payment or the amount of such payment) that in any manner affects, restrains or interferes with the business of the Indemnifying Party.
9.5. Damages. Licensee, as a material part of the consideration to Licensor, hereby assumes all risk of damage and injury to the persons and property of the Licensee Parties while the same are in, upon or about any Facility or Service Area, arising from any cause (and Licensee hereby waives all claims in respect thereof against the Licensor Parties), except to the extent such damage or injury results from the gross negligence or more culpable act or omission of Licensor. Licensee shall be liable for any and all damage to a Service Area or Facility caused by any of the Licensee Parties, except if such damage is caused by a Licensee Party in her capacity as a Member.
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9.6. Exemption of Licensor from Liability. Except as may be expressly provided herein, all property kept, stored or maintained in any Service Area or any Facility or elsewhere by Licensee or any Sublicensee shall be so kept, stored or maintained at the sole risk of such party. Licensee agrees that, except as may be expressly provided herein, no Licensor Party shall be liable for loss, damage or injury (a) to Licensee’s or any Sublicensee’s business or any loss of income therefrom, or to the goods, merchandise, products or other property of any of the Licensee Parties or to any other person in or about any Service Area or Facility or elsewhere (b) to any Licensee Party, whether such loss, damage or injury is caused by or results from theft, fire, steam, electricity, gas, water or rain, or from the breakage, leakage, obstruction or other defects of pipes, sprinklers, wires, appliances, plumbing, air conditioning or lighting fixtures, or from any other cause, whether said loss, damage or injury results from conditions arising upon a Service Area or upon other portions of a Facility, or from other sources or places, or from new construction or the repair, alteration or improvement of any part of any Service Area or Facility or of the equipment, fixtures or appurtenances applicable thereto, and regardless of whether the cause of such loss, damage or injury or the means of repairing the same is inaccessible or (c) arising from any act or neglect of any Licensor Party or any other licensee, occupant or user of any Licensor facility or portion thereof or as a result of the failure of Licensor to enforce the provisions of any other agreement of any other licensee, occupant or user of such facility.
10. Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a material default by Licensee under this Agreement (a “Default”):
10.1. Failure to Make Payments When Due. The failure by Licensee to pay any Monthly License Payment or any other payment required to be made by Licensee hereunder, as and when due, where such failure shall continue for a period of five days after written notice thereof from Licensor to Licensee, shall constitute a Default.
10.2. Insolvency. Licensee shall be in Default following (a) the making by Licensee of any general arrangement or general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (b) Licensee becoming a “debtor” as defined in 11 U.S.C. §101 or any successor statute thereto (unless, in the case of a petition filed against Licensee, the same is dismissed within 60 days), (c) the appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of Licensee’s assets located at a Facility or of Licensee’s interest in this Agreement, where possession is not restored to Licensee within 30 days or (d) the attachment, execution or other judicial seizure of substantially all of Licensee’s assets located at a Facility or of Licensee’s interest in this Agreement, where such seizure is not discharged within 30 days. Default under this section 10.2 shall be deemed a non-curable Default for which Licensor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice of Default to Licensee.
10.3. Cross Default. The breach or default by Licensee under any other agreement with Licensor (beyond the applicable cure period, if any) including, without limitation, any LMA, shall constitute a Default.
10.4. Breach of Specified Provisions. The breach of any of the covenants, conditions or provisions of sections 5.3 (“Prohibited Uses”), 5.7 (“No Nuisance”), 5.8 (“No Disparagement”), 6.2 (“Certain Publicly Funded Programs”), 7.2 (“Non-Competition”), 7.4 (“Member Contact”), 8 (“Insurance”), 11.2.1 (“Surrender”), 14 (“Hazardous Materials”), 15 (“Non-Disclosure”) or 16.7 (“Assignment”) shall constitute a Default. A Default under this section 10.4 shall be deemed a non-curable Default for which Licensor shall have the right to terminate the applicable LMA (or this Agreement, as applicable and as set forth in section 10.9) immediately upon written notice of Default to Licensee.
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10.5. Breach of Other Provisions. The breach of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement other than those described in this section 10, where such breach continues for a period of five days after written notice thereof from Licensor to Licensee, shall constitute a Default; provided, however, that if the nature of such breach is such that more than five days are reasonably required for its cure, then Licensee shall not be deemed to be in Default under this section 10.5 if Licensee commences such cure within said five-day period and thereafter diligently prosecutes such cure to completion.
10.6. Failure to Construct. The failure of Licensee to commence construction and installation of a Service Area’s Improvements within 90 days after the applicable License’s Grant Date shall constitute a Default. In addition, Licensee’s failure to complete a Service Area’s Improvements within 120 days after the applicable Estimated Completion Date (or within six months after the License’s Grant Date if the Construction Memorandum fails to indicate an Estimated Completion Date) shall constitute a Default (it being understood that a Service Area’s Improvements shall be deemed “complete” when Licensee receives an Approval Notice, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or fails to receive such a notice within five business days after receiving a Completion Notice and does not in the interim receive a Disapproval Notice, with respect to such Service Area). Default under this section 10.6 shall be deemed a non-curable Default for which Licensor shall have the right to terminate the License granted with respect to the applicable Facility immediately upon written notice of Default to Licensee.
10.7. Failure to Operate. The failure of Sublicensee to commence operations at a Service Area within 30 days after the applicable License’s Commencement Date shall constitute a Default. Default under this section 10.7 shall be deemed a non-curable Default for which Licensor shall have the right to terminate the License granted with respect to the applicable Facility immediately upon written notice of Default to Licensee.
10.8. Abandonment. The vacation or abandonment of any Service Area by Licensee and Sublicensee, where such vacation or abandonment is not permitted in advance in writing by Licensor, shall constitute a Default. For the purposes hereof, vacation shall mean the failure by Licensee and Sublicensee to occupy the applicable Service Area continuously during the minimum hours of operation set forth in the applicable LMA (or, if no minimum hours are specified in such LMA, for at least six hours per day, six days per week) for a continuous period of seven days or more or for a total of 21 days or more in any one-year period at the applicable Facility (excluding in the event of Licensee’s failure to operate as a result of war, strike, natural disaster or other act of God), whether or not the Monthly License Payment is paid. Default under this section 10.8 shall be deemed a non-curable Default for which Licensor shall have the right to terminate the License granted with respect to the applicable Facility immediately upon written notice of Default to Licensee.
10.9. General or Facility Default. Any Default under sections 10.2 and 10.4 (with respect to breaches of sections 5.8 (“No Disparagement”), 6.2 (“Certain Publicly Funded Programs”), 7.2 (“Non-Competition”), 15 (“Non-Disclosure”), or 16.7 (“Assignment”)) shall be deemed a “General Default” (in which case Licensor may terminate this Agreement and all Licenses hereunder); provided, however, that a breach of section 5.8 may be cured by Licensee if, and only if, such disparagement is committed solely by clinic-level personnel only (and not by any field managerial, executive, or ownership-level personnel whatsoever), and such clinic-level personnel is immediately and sufficiently disciplined, which may include termination of employment. Any Default under sections 10.1, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, or the sections cited within section 10.4 other than those constituting a General Default as set forth above shall be deemed a “Facility Default” (in which case Licensor may terminate only the License granted with respect to the applicable Facility or Facilities). Any Default under section 10.5 shall be deemed a Facility Default (with respect to each applicable Facility) if such default pertains solely to one or more particular Facilities (but not to all Facilities) and a General Default if such default pertains to all Facilities.
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10.10 Facility License Agreement Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall be considered a “Facility License Agreement Default”, upon which (except as limited by applicable law), Licensor may require Licensee to terminate the Facility License Agreement of any Sublicensee at a Facility, without penalty, upon delivery of written notice to Licensee:
10.10.1. A Sublicensee offers for sale at the Facility subject to such Facility License Agreement any item or service not authorized by Licensor and fails to come into full compliance within three business days after written notice thereof from Licensor.
10.10.2. A Sublicensee fails to comply with Licensor’s Rules and Regulations within three business days after receiving written notice thereof from Licensor.
10.10.3. A Sublicensee violates the obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure, or non-disparagement set forth in the applicable Facility License Agreement.
10.10.4. A Sublicensee defaults under, breaches or fails to perform any other material provision of this Agreement or the applicable Facility License Agreement or any agreement relating to the operation of its business at the applicable Facility, provided that such default, breach or failure continues for 10 days after Licensor provides written notice thereof to Licensee of such failure.
11. Termination.
11.1. Grounds for Termination. In addition to any grounds for termination provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement or an individual License granted hereunder, as applicable, may be terminated as follows:
11.1.1. Intentionally Omitted.
11.1.2. For Cause. Upon the occurrence of a General Default, Licensor may terminate this Agreement (and all Licenses granted hereunder) by providing written notice thereof to Licensee. Upon the occurrence of a Facility Default, Licensor may terminate the applicable License by providing written notice thereof to Licensee. Licensor may also terminate this Agreement (and all Licenses granted hereunder) by providing written notice thereof to Licensee in the event of: (a) three or more Facility Defaults by Licensee within any 12-month period, or (b) three or more Facility License Agreement Defaults by the same Sublicensee.
11.1.3. Cessation of Business by Licensor. In the event of a Facility’s Closure, the corresponding License for that Facility shall automatically terminate. For the purposes hereof, “Closure” means that (a) Licensor has elected to permanently and completely cease doing business at a Facility (it being understood that this Agreement shall in no way restrict Licensor’s ability to make such election) or (b) Licensor has completely ceased doing business at the Facility for a continuous period of at least 30 days, other than for purposes of repairing, remodeling or renovating the Facility or as a result of terrorism, fire, act of God, governmental act or failure to act, riot, picket, strike, labor dispute, breakdown, accident or any other cause beyond Licensor’s control (whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing events). Licensor will provide Licensee with at least 30 days’ prior notice of the intended Closure of a Facility.
11.1.4. Termination or Expiration of Premises Lease. In the event of the termination or expiration of Licensor’s premises lease for a Facility, the corresponding License for that Facility shall automatically terminate.
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11.1.5. Licensor’s Inability to Secure Permits. In the event that Licensor is unable to secure any permit, consent or approval (including, but not limited to, any entitlement approval, building permit, construction permit, variance, approval or consent by a Facility Owner, etc.) that requires application by Licensor (as opposed to Licensee), Licensor may terminate the corresponding License upon written notice to Licensee. For the avoidance of doubt (a) Licensor shall in good faith diligently endeavor to secure all such permits and approvals and (b) if for any reason Licensor cannot secure any such permit, approval, etc., Licensor shall not be subject to any liability therefore, nor shall the validity of this Agreement or the obligations of the Parties hereunder be affected, but in such case, Licensor will refund to Licensee its deposits and payments (if any) provided with respect to the applicable License under sections 4.3 and 4.4 (or so much thereof as is not applied or retained by Licensor as permitted hereunder).
11.1.6. Licensee’s Failure to Obtain Approvals. In the event that Licensee fails to provide, within 90 days after the execution of an LMA, reasonably satisfactory evidence that Licensee or Sublicensee, as applicable has obtained such licenses or permits as are required by applicable law with respect to Sublicensee’s proposed operation of business in the applicable Service Area (to the extent such licenses or permits may be obtained prior to the commencement of construction of the Service Area’s Improvements), Licensor may terminate the LMA immediately by delivering written notice to Licensee. For the avoidance of doubt (a) Licensee or Sublicensee, as applicable, shall in good faith diligently endeavor to obtain such licenses or permits before the expiration of such 90-day period and (b) if for any reason Licensee or Sublicensee cannot secure any such license or permit, Licensee shall not be subject to any liability therefore, nor shall the validity of this Agreement or the obligations of the Parties hereunder be affected, but in such case, Licensor will refund to Licensee its deposits and payments (if any) provided with respect to the applicable License under sections 4.3 and 4.4 (or so much thereof as is not applied or retained by Licensor as permitted hereunder).
11.1.7. Certain Changes in Law; Special Claim. It is the intent of the Parties to structure and implement this Agreement in accordance with all applicable laws. If Licensor determines that this Agreement or the Services provided by Licensee or a Sublicensee violate, or present a substantial risk of violating, any law or industry standard or guideline or that compliance thereunder would cause Licensor to incur expenses not expressly contemplated hereunder, or if Licensor learns of or there occurs any change in any law or guidance or government agency interpretation of the same that results, or presents a substantial risk of resulting, based on Licensor’s sole determination, in Licensor becoming a Government Contractor or Licensor becoming subject to PIPEDA, PHIPA or HIPAA, or impacting the Services to be provided or Sublicensee’s ability to provide Services at the Facilities, then Licensor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement (or the particular License(s) at issue) immediately upon written notice to Licensee. In addition, upon the occurrence of a Special Claim, Licensor may terminate this Agreement (and all Licenses granted hereunder) by providing written notice to Licensee.
11.1.8. Demand by Facility Owner. In the event a Facility Owner, or a third party with rights under any document affecting title to the applicable real property, requires Licensor to cease offering, or to cause Sublicensee to cease offering, some or all of the Services, Licensor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement (or the particular License(s) at issue) immediately upon written notice to Licensee.
11.1.9. Change of Control. In the event of a transfer or sale of all or substantially all of Licensor’s assets used in the operation of a Facility, or in the event of a merger, consolidation, change in control or similar transaction involving a Facility, Licensor (or its successors or assigns) may terminate the applicable License(s) by providing 60 days’ written notice thereof to Licensee.
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11.2. Consequences of Termination, Expiration.
11.2.1. Surrender. In the event a License expires or terminates, the following shall apply: (a) Licensee shall, at its sole cost and expense, cause each Sublicensee to surrender the applicable Services Area and immediately remove all of Sublicensee’s FF&E, signs, personal belongings, materials, merchandise, goods and products from the Facility subject to such License, repair any damage occasioned by the same or caused by any Licensee Parties, leave the applicable Service Area in the same condition as received, ordinary wear and tear and Permitted Alterations excepted, clean and free of debris, and vacate the Facility (it being understood that any damage or deterioration of the Service Area shall not be deemed ordinary wear and tear if the same could have been prevented by good maintenance practices by the applicable Sublicensee, and provided that Licensor reserves the right to specify in any written approval of any Permitted Alterations that the same must be removed by Licensee upon surrender of the applicable Service Area); (b) except strictly as necessary to comply promptly with (a), Licensee’s and Sublicensee’s right to provide Services at, and its right of access to, the applicable Facility shall terminate; (c) Licensee shall immediately pay to Licensor all monies due to Licensor under the expiring or terminating License through the date of such expiration or termination (including, without limitation, all Monthly License Payments then due, and including any prorated fees for the month in which such expiration or termination occurred); (d) Licensee shall cause each Sublicensee to issue any and all refunds that may be owed to Customers as a result of such expiration or termination (or alternatively, Licensee shall be directly liable to Customers for any such refunds owed by Sublicensees); (e) Licensee shall have no right to relocate Sublicensee’s business to any other of Licensor’s facilities; and (f) Licensor shall have the right to solicit third parties to provide services identical or substantially similar to the Services at any or all of the Facilities at which a License has expired or terminated. For the avoidance of doubt, the termination or expiration of this Agreement shall constitute the termination or expiration, as applicable, of all Licenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon the termination of a License for Default, Licensee shall, at Licensor’s option, restore the applicable Service Area to its original state as of the applicable Grant Date.
11.2.2. Preservation of Remedies. Termination of this Agreement or of any License granted hereunder shall not prejudice any other remedy to which a Party may be entitled either at law, in equity or under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event Licensee fails to comply with section 11.2.1 following the termination or expiration of a License, Licensor may, at any time thereafter, with or without notice or demand and without limiting Licensor in the exercise of any other right or in the pursuit of any other remedy that Licensor may have by reason of such failure (a) require Licensee to terminate Sublicensee’s right to possession of the applicable Service Area by any lawful means (in which case Licensor shall be entitled to recover from Licensee all damages incurred by Licensor by reason of such failure including, but not limited to, the cost of recovering possession of the Service Area and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection therewith) and (b) remove from the applicable Facility, at Licensee’s sole expense, all of Sublicensee’s signs, equipment, personal belongings, materials, merchandise, goods and products and dispose of all such items as Licensor sees fit, in its sole discretion, and without any liability to Licensee.
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11.2.3. Holding Over. Licensee shall ensure that upon the expiration or earlier termination of any LMA, Facility License Agreement or this Agreement, the applicable Sublicensee(s) shall surrender the applicable Services Areas and vacate the applicable Facilities as provided in this Agreement. If such Sublicensee(s) do not immediately surrender and vacate any Facility for which the License has expired or terminated as provided herein, then all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, except that: (a) Licensee shall automatically forfeit all rights to the applicable Facility Equipment Deposit held by Licensor and (b) the Monthly License Payment payable by Licensee with respect to such Facility shall be increased to the product of two multiplied by the amount of the Monthly License Payment that would be payable pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement if such License had not expired or terminated, and Licensee shall be obligated to pay such increased Monthly License Payment, and any late charges or interest thereon, and any other payments owed to Licensor under such License, as applicable, as and when due, during any such period of holdover. Such Monthly License Payments shall be computed by Licensor and paid by Licensee throughout such holdover period until the applicable Facility or Facilities have been surrendered and vacated by the applicable Sublicensee(s). Licensor’s acceptance of such payments shall not in any manner adversely affect its other rights and remedies and in no event shall any holdover be deemed a permitted extension or renewal of the Master Term, and nothing contained herein shall be construed to constitute Licensor’s consent to any holdover or to give Licensee any right with respect thereto.
11.3 Termination of Facility License Agreement. Upon the expiration or termination of any Facility License Agreement prior to the expiration or termination of the Agreement and prior to the expiration or termination of the applicable LMA: (a) Licensee will immediately pay all monies then due and owing to Licensor under this Agreement relating to the Facility subject to the Facility License Agreement if such expiration or termination results in there being no Facility License Agreements in effect with respect to the applicable Facility, and if the expiration or termination of a Facility License Agreement results in there being no Facility License Agreements in effect under an LMA, then such LMA shall automatically terminate, (b) the applicable Sublicensee will have no right to operate at such Facility or access or use such Facility, and (c) Licensee shall cause the applicable Sublicensee to surrender and vacate the applicable Facility as provided in section 11.2.1.
12. Utilities.
12.1. Payment. Licensor shall be responsible for the incremental costs of Sublicensee’s use of each of the Facilities’ existing gas, electric, sewer and water utilities (and Licensor shall not provide, or be responsible for Licensee’s or Sublicensee’s use of, any other utilities or services, such as janitorial services, Internet, phone or cable service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Licensor determines that Sublicensee’s use of any utility at a Facility is materially out of the ordinary or excessive, then Licensee shall be obligated to reimburse Licensor for the monthly costs of such utility usage to the extent such monthly costs exceed the 12-month trailing average of the cost of such utility paid by Licensor with respect to that Facility immediately prior to the applicable License’s Commencement Date (such costs, “Excess Utility Expenses”), it being understood and agreed that such 12-month trailing average will be adjusted to account for COVID-19 related club closures. By way of example only and solely for the avoidance of doubt, if Licensor’s 12-month trailing average of the cost of electricity usage for a Facility is $1,000, and if such costs increases to $1,500 per month during the applicable License Term due to Sublicensee’s use of electricity, Licensee shall pay $500 per month to Licensor as Excess Utility Expenses. Licensee shall pay any Excess Utility Expenses within 30 days after receipt of an invoice therefor, without any deductions, set-offs or counterclaims, and failure to timely pay the Excess Utility Expenses shall carry the same consequences as Licensee’s failure to pay the Monthly License Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement obligates Licensor to provide Licensee or any Sublicensee with access to Internet service or to pay for the installation of any mechanical or other systems required by Licensee or a Sublicensee (except as may be mutually agreed in a Construction Memorandum), which costs (if any) shall be the sole responsibility of Licensee or Sublicensee, as applicable, and subject to Licensor’s prior approval. Licensee agrees to comply with energy conservation programs implemented by Licensor.
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12.2. Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Licensor shall not be liable for any injury, damage or loss to property caused by or resulting from any variation, interruption, or failure of any utility services due to any cause whatsoever, or from failure to make any repairs or perform any maintenance at a Facility. No temporary interruption or failure of such services incident to maintenance or to the making of repairs, alterations, improvements, installations or modifications (including, without limitation, the remodeling or renovation of the Facility) or due to terrorism, fire, act of God, governmental act or failure to act, riot, picket, strike, labor dispute, breakdown, accident or any other cause beyond Licensor’s control (whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing events) shall relieve Licensee or any Sublicensee from any of their obligations hereunder (except as set forth in section 12.3 below) or subject Licensor to any liability hereunder, and in no event shall Licensor be liable to Licensee or any Sublicensee for any injury, damage or loss to a Service Area or to any property therein or thereon occasioned by bursting, rupture, leakage or overflow of any plumbing or other pipes (including, without limitation, water, steam or refrigerant lines), sprinklers, tanks, drains, HVAC failure, drinking fountains or wash stands, or other similar cause in, above, upon or about a Service Area or a Facility.
12.3. Interruptions. There shall be no abatement of Monthly License Payments for the inadequacy, stoppage, interruption or discontinuance of any utility or service at any Facility due to fire, act of God, governmental act or failure to act, riot, picket, strike, labor dispute, breakdown, accident, repair or any other cause beyond (or within) Licensor’s control (whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing events), and Licensor shall not be liable in any respect whatsoever for the same; provided, however, that if any such inadequacy, stoppage, interruption or discontinuance, including any closures to a Facility mandated by a governmental or regulatory agency in response to a pandemic such as COVID-19 or other act of God, requires a Sublicensee to close a Service Area to the general public for a period of ten or more consecutive days, then Licensee shall be entitled to a prorated abatement of the Monthly License Payments due under the applicable License until service has been restored.
13. Signs, Advertising, and Storage. Neither Licensee nor any Sublicensee shall place any signage upon the exterior of a Facility or any signs or banners in, upon or about a Service Area without the express prior written consent of Licensor. Subject to the prior approval of Licensor, Licensee may permit a Sublicensee to (a) place a sign in, upon or about the outside of each Service Area (but within the applicable Facility) and (b) place in the interior of each Facility a two-sided decal or two-sided sign upon or near a window at the entrance to the Facility, provided that Licensee agrees to remove or relocate the same promptly if any request to do so is received from the Facility Owner or governing municipality (as depicted in exhibit G or as otherwise approved in writing by Licensor, the “Permitted Signage”). All Permitted Signage and any other promotional materials used by Sublicensee shall contain the following verbiage: “[insert appropriate trade name of Sublicensee (or Licensee, if applicable)] is independently owned and operated and is not an affiliate of LA Fitness”; provided, however, that as long as Sublicensee includes at least one sign in a Service Area that conspicuously displays the foregoing disclosure, no other signage in the corresponding Facility is required to bear such disclosure (for the avoidance of doubt, however, all promotional materials that refer to a Facility (e.g., by name or address) or that bear any of Licensor’s state, provincial or federal trademarks, registered trademarks, common law marks, service marks, trade names (e.g., “LA Fitness”), copyrights, logos, images, likenesses, patents or other intellectual property (such trademarks, etc., “Marks”) shall contain the foregoing disclosure, as well as a statement that “Any representations made herein are made solely by [insert appropriate trade name of Sublicensee (or Licensee, if applicable)]”). Each Facility License Agreement shall specify all of the trade names used by the applicable Sublicensee. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensee shall obtain Licensor’s prior written approval (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of any signage not depicted in exhibit G. Unless otherwise expressly permitted herein or approved in writing by Licensor, neither Licensee nor Sublicensee shall store or display any signs or merchandise or equipment outside of a Service Area. Licensee covenants that all signage used in a Facility, and any other promotional materials used by Licensee or the Sublicensees that refer to a Facility or that bear Licensor’s Marks, shall comply with all applicable laws. Any review or approval of any signage or other promotional materials by Licensor does not relieve Licensee of the foregoing obligation. Upon the termination or expiration of a License, Licensee shall ensure that all of Licensee’s and Sublicensees’ signage at the corresponding Facility shall be removed as provided in this Agreement, and Licensee shall ensure that any damage to the applicable Facility resulting from such removal is promptly repaired at no cost to Licensor. Licensor may also require Licensee and Sublicensees to move any Permitted Signage from time to time. Schedule 13 sets forth all of the trade names in use by or on behalf of Licensee. Licensee represents and warrants that Licensee and the applicable Sublicensee(s) have the right to use, display and promote the trade name(s) set forth in schedule 13 and that such use, display and promotion does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of any third party, and Licensee agrees to indemnify Licensor pursuant to section 9.1 for any Losses Licensor suffers as a result of any claim infringement or misappropriation.
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14. Hazardous Materials.
14.1. Hazardous Materials Prohibited. Licensee shall not, and shall not permit any Sublicensee to, use or introduce in or about any Facility any Hazardous Material in violation of any Environmental Law. For the purposes hereof (a) “Hazardous Material” means any substance that is (i) defined as a hazardous substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, biohazardous materials, pollutant, toxic substance, pesticide, contaminant or words of similar import under any Environmental Law, (ii) a petroleum product, byproduct or other hydrocarbon substance, including, without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof, (iii) hazardous, toxic, corrosive, flammable, explosive, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic or a reproductive toxicant, or otherwise a threat to human health, including, without limitation, infectious or medical wastes, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, and lead or lead containing materials; or (iv) regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law; and (b) “Environmental Law” means any all applicable laws that purport to regulate the generation, processing, production, storage, treatment, disposal, transport or release of Hazardous Materials to the environment, or impose requirements, conditions or restrictions relating to environmental protection, management, planning, reporting or notice or public or employee health and safety.
14.2. Disposal of Medical Waste. To the extent Licensee or any Sublicensee generates any medical waste (including, without limitation, any “red bag” waste, needles, gloves, gauze, gowns and other disposables, “Medical Waste”) (a) the collection of such Medical Waste and the storage, clean up, disposal and transport out of the applicable Facility of such Medical Waste shall occur at Licensee’s sole cost and expense and in full compliance with all applicable local, state, provincial and federal laws (including, without limitation, all applicable ordinances, regulations, guidance and recommendations promulgated or set forth by any regulatory or advisory body, including, without limitation, by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration or any similar federal, provincial, state or local body), (b) the collection of Medical Waste shall occur within the Services Area only and may not be stored at or transported through the applicable Facility except strictly as necessary to dispose of such Medical Waste and subject to the preceding clause (a), and (c) Medical Waste may in no event be added to or combined with any of Licensor’s trash or trash bins, dumpsters or like receptacles.
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15. Non-Disclosure.
15.1. Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them:
15.1.1. “Confidential Information” means any information, whether provided before or after the Effective Date, that is marked by or on behalf of a Disclosing Party as confidential, non-public or proprietary or that should reasonably be understood by the Receiving Party to be confidential, non-public or proprietary, including, without limitation, information relating to a Disclosing Party’s actual or potential customers; workout techniques and programs; class designs; operational processes; marketing strategies and plans; trade secrets; pricing; information systems; budgets; revenues and expenses; financial forecasts; profit margins; forms, procedures, memos, manuals, and training materials; relationships with suppliers, vendors, agents or other licensees; and other facility leases or license terms; as well as any notes, compilations, summaries or other materials prepared by or for the Receiving Party that contain, are based on, or otherwise are derived from, in whole or in part, any of the foregoing; provided, however, that Confidential Information does not include information that (a) at the time of disclosure is, or thereafter becomes, generally available to the public other than as a result of any material breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party or any of its Representatives, (b) at the time of disclosure is, or thereafter becomes, available to or known by the Receiving Party or its Representatives from a third-party source (provided that, to the Receiving Party’s knowledge, such third party is not and was not prohibited from disclosing such Confidential Information to the Receiving Party), (c) was known by or in the possession of the Receiving Party or its Representatives prior to being disclosed by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party, or (d) was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party or its Representatives without reference to or use of any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.
15.1.2. “Disclosing Party” means a Party whose Confidential Information has been received by, disclosed to or otherwise obtained by, directly or indirectly, the other Party.
15.1.3. “Receiving Party” means a Party that has received, been given access to or otherwise obtained, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information of the other Party
15.1.4. “Representatives” means a Receiving Party’s employees, officers, directors, attorneys, accountants and advisors (but excluding any of the same that are competitors of the Disclosing Party).
15.2. No Disclosure or Use of Confidential Information, Except as Permitted. Each Party agrees (a) not to disclose or otherwise provide, directly or indirectly, the terms of this Agreement or any Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, including the general public, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party (except that a Receiving Party may disclose such information to its Representatives, provided that such Representatives (i) need to review such information to assist the Receiving Party, or act on its behalf, in performing hereunder, (ii) are informed by the Receiving Party of the confidential nature of such information, and (iii) are subject to confidentiality duties or obligations with respect to such information that are no less restrictive than those set forth herein; (b) not to use the Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party in connection with any work performed for the benefit of the Receiving Party or any of the Receiving Party’s Representatives or for the benefit of any competitor of the Disclosing Party without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party; (c) not to copy or reproduce, in any manner, any Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party (except to the extent included in automatically generated computer back-up or archival copies generated in the ordinary course of the Receiving Party’s business or as required to comply with applicable law or otherwise with the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party); and (d) to take all reasonable, necessary and appropriate actions to safeguard Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party that at it receives from unauthorized disclosure or use, which actions will not be any less protective than the precautions taken with respect to a Receiving Party’s own Confidential information.
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15.3. Ownership. Each Party’s Confidential Information shall remain the property of that Party. The Receiving Party will not have any license in or rights to any patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property, proprietary rights or other Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party by virtue of this Agreement or the disclosure of such Confidential Information.
15.4. Return or Destruction. Upon the request of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party will, at its option, promptly either (a) return to the Disclosing Party all materials provided by the Disclosing Party containing Confidential Information, including any copies, compilations, and extracts thereof, without retaining any copies thereof or (b) certify in writing that it has destroyed the same. The obligations in this section 15.4 do not extend to any automatically generated back-up or archival copies created in the ordinary course of the Receiving Party’s business, provided that any Confidential Information contained therein shall remain subject to the non-disclosure obligations set forth herein.
15.5. Remedies. Each Party acknowledges that the sharing of Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party in breach of this Agreement, whether directly or indirectly, could have a material detrimental effect on the future profitability of the Disclosing Party and that determining the resulting damages to the Disclosing Party would be impracticable or extremely difficult to ascertain; therefore, the Parties agree that if a Receiving Party violates the terms of this section 15, the Disclosing Party may seek injunctive relief in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled.
15.6. No Public Announcements. In no event may Licensee, without the prior written approval of Licensor (a) publicize or comment on, in any medium that now exists or will exist in the future (including, without limitation, any news media or social media) the facts and circumstances of Licensee’s experience as a licensee of Licensor or (b) make any public announcements or issue any press releases concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
15.7. Survival. This section 15 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of two years
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16. Miscellaneous.
16.1. Disputes. In the event of any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement arising from or relating to this Agreement, the Parties shall consult with each other in good faith and, recognizing their mutual interests, attempt to reach a just and equitable solution satisfactory to both parties. If they do not reach such solution within a period of 30 days, then, upon notice by either Party to the other, all disputes, claims and other matters in controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement , or the performance or breach hereof, shall be submitted to final binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions and procedures of this section 16.1. The arbitration provided for in this section 16.1 shall take place in Orange County, California, in accordance with the provisions of the title 9, sections 1280 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure, except as provided to the contrary hereunder. The arbitration shall be held before and decided by a single neutral arbitrator. The single neutral arbitrator shall be selected from a list of retired judges of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Orange by a process mutually agreed upon by Licensor and Licensee. If no such agreement can be reached as to the process for selecting the arbitrator or if the agreed method fails, the arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §1281.6. Licensor and Licensee shall mutually agree upon the date and location of the arbitration, subject to the availability of the arbitrator. If no agreement can be reached as to the date and location of the arbitration, the arbitrator shall appoint a time and place in accordance with the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §1282.2(a)(1), except that the arbitrator shall give not less than 30 days’ notice of the hearing unless the Parties mutually agree to shorten the time for notice. Licensor and Licensee shall be entitled to undertake discovery in the arbitration in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of California Code of Civil Procedure §1283.05. In conjunction with these procedures, the Parties shall be entitled to request and obtain production of documents in discovery in the arbitration in accordance with the same rights, remedies and procedures, and shall be subject to all of the same duties, liabilities and obligations as if the subject matter of the arbitration were pending in a civil action before a Superior Court of the State of California. The Parties hereby agree that any discovery taken hereunder shall be permitted without first securing leave of the arbitrator and shall be kept to a reasonable minimum. The decision of the arbitrator may be confirmed pursuant to the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §1285. The details or existence of any disputes, claims and other matters in arbitration proceedings themselves and any discovery taken in connection with the arbitration, shall be kept strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or discussed with any third party, except as may be required by law. The cost of such arbitration, the cost of enforcing the arbitration award in court and the cost of seeking a court order to compel arbitration, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall be borne by the losing Party or in such proportions as the arbitrator shall decide. All reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in enforcing an arbitration award in court shall be borne by the losing Party in such proceedings. Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, Licensor shall have the right and option to maintain a summary action for eviction, such as an unlawful detainer action, in a court of competent jurisdiction. Furthermore, anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, Licensor shall have the right and option to maintain action for injunctive and other equitable relief against Licensee in a court of competent jurisdiction.
16.2. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the province or state in which the applicable Facility is located without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of such province or state.
16.3. Cumulative Remedies. No remedy or election hereunder shall be deemed exclusive but shall whenever possible be cumulative with all other remedies.
16.4. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including all schedules, exhibits and attachments attached hereto, constitutes the final, complete, and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings or agreements of the Parties (including any prior confidentiality agreement between the parties). No Party has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, nor is any Party relying upon, any representation or warranty outside those expressly set forth in this Agreement.
16.5. Severability. If a court or an arbitrator of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Agreement to be illegal, unenforceable, or invalid in whole or in part for any reason, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or portions of them, will not be affected.
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16.6. Trademarks, Service Marks and Patents; Marketing. Licensee acknowledges the validity of all Marks owned by Licensor, and neither Licensee nor any Sublicensee shall use any of said Marks without the prior written approval of Licensor, as set forth below. If Licensor grants its written approval to Licensee to use any of its Marks in connection with this Agreement, Licensee and the applicable Sublicensee shall use such Marks only in the exact form, style, and type then prescribed by Licensor, only for the purposes expressly outlined in this Agreement or the written approval granting use of such Marks, and subject to any additional usage guidelines provided by Licensor. Any request by Licensee or a Sublicensee to use any of Licensor’s Marks shall be directed to Chad Abramo, Executive Vice President of Ancillary Services, at chada@fitnessintl.com, or as otherwise directed by Licensor. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensee and Sublicensees will be solely responsible for any marketing of the Services (including, without limitation, the preparation of all marketing materials and the costs thereof). All marketing created or used by or on behalf of Licensee or a Sublicensee that includes Licensor’s Marks shall be subject to the prior written approval of Licensor, which may be withheld in Licensor’s sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, that: (a) Licensee may, without Licensor’s prior approval, list solely a Facility’s name, postal address, phone, or website address in Licensee’s online and printed directories (but Licensee shall cease using such information upon termination of the applicable License or upon Licensor’s request); and (b) Licensee may use Licensor’s Marks to market Licensee’s business (including by way of announcements of pending openings) to its investor community, local businesses and households, subject to Licensor’s prior approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
16.7. Assignment. This Agreement and each License granted hereunder is personal to Licensee. Neither this Agreement nor any License nor any of Licensee’s rights hereunder or thereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, in any manner whatsoever (including, without limitation, by way of sublicense or franchise) by Licensee unless first approved in writing by Licensor (with such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Licensee will not have the right to authorize or permit any person other than Sublicensees approved by Licensor in accordance with this Agreement to occupy or provide Services within any Facility. Any purported assignment or transfer in violation of this section 16.7 shall be void and of no effect. For the avoidance of doubt, Licensor shall have the absolute, unrestricted right, exercisable at any time, to transfer and assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any person or legal entity without Licensee’s consent by providing 30 days’ written notice thereof to Licensee.
16.8. Binding Effect. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement restricting assignment, this Agreement shall bind the Parties, their personal representatives, successors, Sublicensees and assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
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16.9. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing (which shall include notice by electronic mail or facsimile transmission) and shall be deemed to have been duly made and received when personally served; or, if sent by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, on the second day after mailing; or, if sent by Federal Express or similar overnight courier service, expenses prepaid, when delivered; or, if sent by electronic mail, graphic scanning or other facsimile communications equipment, when delivered by such equipment. Any such notices, requests, demands or other communications must be properly addressed as follows (provided that either Party may change their address for purposes hereof by giving notice to the other Party in the manner set forth below):
16.10. Standard for Consent. Except as otherwise provided herein, Licensor shall not be obligated to exercise any standard of reasonableness in determining whether to grant any consent or approval allowed or permitted in this Agreement.
16.11. Relationship of the Parties; Third Party Beneficiaries. Licensee and Sublicensees are independent contractors and are solely responsible for all aspects of the provision of Services within the Service Areas, subject only to the express conditions and covenants established by this Agreement. The Parties agree that this Agreement is not intended to create and shall not be considered as creating any partnership, joint venture, employment, agency or any fiduciary or other relationship between Licensor, on the one hand, and any Licensee Party on the other hand, aside from a licensor-licensee relationship solely between Licensor and Licensee. Neither Party shall engage in any behavior which could reasonably cause any person or entity, either directly or indirectly, to reasonably believe that any Licensee Party is an employee of Licensor. Licensor and Licensee agree and accept that the terms of this Agreement do not constitute an employment agreement between Licensor and any Licensee Party. Neither Licensee nor Sublicensees will have any right or power to, or will, bind or obligate Licensor in any way or manner, nor represent that they have any right to do so. The sole relationship between Licensee and Licensor is a commercial, arms’ length business relationship and, except as provided in this section 16.11, there are no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement; however, Licensor will be deemed to be a third party beneficiary to all agreements between Licensee and any Sublicensee pertaining to a Facility. Licensee’s and Sublicensees’ businesses are, and will be kept, totally separate and apart from any that may be operated by Licensor. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that any Sublicensee providing Services in a Service Area will enter into a franchise relationship with Licensee and not Licensor, and has no other relationship with Licensor other than that of independent contractor.
16.12. Attorneys’ Fees. If either Party brings an action to enforce the terms hereof or declare rights hereunder, the prevailing Party in any such action, arbitration, trial or appeal thereon shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees to be paid by the losing Party as fixed by the arbitrator or court in the same or a separate suit, and whether or not such action or suit is pursued to decision or judgment.
16.13. Consequential Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Licensor shall not be liable to Licensee for consequential damages, special damages or lost profits.
16.14. No Warranty or Waiver. Except as otherwise set forth herein, neither Party makes any warranties or guarantees upon which the other party, or any Sublicensee, may rely by providing any waiver, approval, consent, acceptance or suggestion to the other party, or any Sublicensee, in connection with this Agreement, and assumes no liability or obligation to the other party therefor, or by reason of any neglect, delay, or denial of any request therefor. Except as otherwise set forth herein, neither party will, by virtue of any advice provided to the other party, assume responsibility or liability to the other party or to any third parties (including, but not limited to, Sublicensees) to which the providing party would not otherwise be subject. No waiver by Licensor of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any other provision hereof or of any subsequent breach by Licensee, or any Sublicensee, of the same or any other provisions. Licensor’s consent to, or approval of, any act shall not be deemed to render unnecessary the obtaining of Licensor’s consent to or approval of any subsequent act by Licensee, or any Sublicensee. The acceptance of any payment hereunder by Licensor shall not be a waiver of any preceding breach by Licensee of any provision hereof, other than the failure of Licensee to pay the particular payment so accepted, regardless of Licensor’s knowledge of such preceding breach at the time of acceptance of such payment.
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16.15. Authority. If Licensee is a corporation, limited liability company, trust, or general or limited partnership, Licensee, and each individual executing this Agreement on behalf of such entity, represent and warrant that such individual is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of said entity and that no additional signatures or consent are required for this Agreement to be the binding legal obligation of such entity.
16.16. Construction. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The word “or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or.” Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. References to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto. References to any law means any domestic or foreign federal, state, provincial, territorial or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), statute, constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, administrative interpretation or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a governmental authority or any decision, injunction, judgment, order, writ, decree, ruling, subpoena, or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency, other governmental authority or arbitrator as the same has been amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time. The words “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other provision hereof. A “business” day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or United States federal holiday. As used in this Agreement, the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular or plural, shall be deemed to include the others whenever and wherever the context so requires. Any article, section, paragraph or subsection headings used herein are inserted for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The Parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.
16.17. Survival. Sections 5.8 (“No Disparagement”), 7.3 (“Non-Solicitation”), 9 (“Indemnification; Damages”) and 15 (“Non-Disclosure”), and any other provisions of this Agreement that may reasonably be interpreted or construed as surviving the expiration or termination of this Agreement or the Licenses granted hereunder, shall survive such expiration or termination indefinitely or as otherwise expressly provided.
16.18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties agree that a .pdf copy or facsimile copy of this Agreement bearing authorized signatures may be treated as an original.
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16.19 Agreements with Third Parties. Licensee acknowledges that, over time, Licensor has entered, and will continue to enter, into agreements with other third parties and service providers for the right to operate service or retail outlets in Facilities. These agreements may contain provisions, conditions and obligations that differ from those contained in this Agreement. The existence of different forms of agreement and the fact that Licensor and other entities may have different rights and obligations does not affect the duties of the parties to this Agreement to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
16.20 Priority of Documents. Any conflict, ambiguity or inconsistency between the terms and conditions in the documents making up this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the following decreasing order of priority: (1) this Agreement, (2) the applicable LMA, (3) the applicable Facility License Agreement, and (4) any other referenced or incorporated documents.
16.21 Exercise of Discretion. Whenever Licensor has reserved in this Agreement a right and/or the discretion to take or withhold an action, or to grant or decline to grant Licensee a right to take or withhold an action, except as otherwise expressly and specifically provided in this Agreement, Licensor may make such decision or exercise such right and/or discretion on the basis of its judgment of what is in its best interests. Licensor’s judgment of what is in its best interests, at the time its decision is made or its right or discretion is exercised, can be made without regard to whether: (1) other reasonable alternative decisions or actions, or even arguably preferable alternative decisions or actions, could have been made by Licensor; (2) Licensor’s decision or the action taken promotes its financial or other individual interest; (3) Licensor’s decision or the action taken applies differently to Licensee and one or more other Sublicensees, or differently among Sublicensees; or (4) Licensor’s decision or the action taken is adverse to Licensee’s interests. Licensor will have no liability to Licensee for any such decision or action. Licensor and Licensee intend that the exercise of Licensor’s right or discretion will not be subject to limitation or review. If applicable law implies a covenant of good faith and fair dealing in this Agreement, Licensor and Licensee agree that such covenant will not imply any rights or obligations that are inconsistent with a fair construction of the terms of this Agreement and that this Agreement grants Licensor the right to make decisions, take actions and/or refrain from taking actions not inconsistent with Licensee’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
16.22 Effect of Agreement. This Amended and Restated Agreement amends and restates the Previous Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, and from and after the Effective Date, supersedes and replaces the Previous Agreement in their entirety.
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Each party is signing this agreement on the date stated in the introductory clause.
LAF Canada Company | Novo Healthnet Limited | |||
Signature: | /s/ Kathryn Polson | Signature: | /s/ Robert Mattacchione | |
Name: | Kathryn Polson | Name: | Robert Mattacchione | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | Title: | Chairman | |
Signature: | /s/ Todd von Sprecken | |||
Name: | Todd von Sprecken | |||
Title: | Chief Development Officer |
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Robert Mattacchione, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2021 of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.; and |
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; and |
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; and |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; | |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: January 18, 2022 | By: | /s/ Robert Mattacchione |
Robert Mattacchione | ||
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, James Zsebok, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2021 of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.; and |
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; and |
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; and |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; | |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: January 18, 2022 | By: | /s/ James Zsebok |
James Zsebok | ||
Principal Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert Mattacchione, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, James Zsebok, Principal 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, to my knowledge:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
Date: January 18, 2022 | /s/ Robert Mattacchione |
Robert Mattacchione, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
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/s/ James Zsebok | |
James Zsebok, Principal Financial Officer (principal financial officer) |
This certification accompanies this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by such Act, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.