As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10,
2018
Registration
No.
333-222008
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 2
FORM S-1/A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
Q BIOMED INC.
(Name
of Issuer in Its Charter)
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Nevada
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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2834
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30-0967746
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(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
501 Madison Avenue – 14th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 212-588-0022
Fax:
212-826-9307
(Address
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Nascent
Group Inc.
1000 N.
Green Valley Parkway, #440-484
Henderson,
NV 89704
(702) 879-8565
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
_______________________
Copies of communications to:
William S. Rosenstadt, Esq.
Timothy Li Dockery, Esq.
Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
501 Madison Avenue - 14th
Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212)-588-0022
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Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
Jay Yamamoto, Esq.
Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas,
37
th
Floor
New York, New York 10036
(212) 930-9700
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As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes
effective.
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public
If any
of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, check the following box:
☒
If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.
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If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated
filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated
filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting
company
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Emerging
Growth Company
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If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to
Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be
registered(1)
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Proposed Maximum Offering Price per
Share
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
(2)
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Amount
of Registration Fee
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Common Stock,
$0.001 par value per share
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2,250,000
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$
6.00
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$
13,500,000
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$
1,680.75
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Common Stock,
underlying warrants (3)
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2,250,000
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$
4.73
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$
10,642,500
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$
1,325.00
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Common Stock,
underlying placement agent warrants (3)(4)
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135,000
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$
4.73
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$
638,550
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$
79.50
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Total
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4,635,000
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$
24,781,050
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$
3,085.25
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(1)
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The
securities registered hereunder also include the shares of common
stock as may be issued upon exercise of warrants registered
hereby.
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(2)
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Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the
Securities Act, using a bona fide estimate of the maximum offering
price.
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(3)
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Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there are also being
registered such additional securities as may be issued to prevent
dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar
transactions.
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(4)
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The warrants and the placement agent warrants are exercisable at
110% of the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on
the OTCQB on the date that the registrant first enters into a
securities purchase agreement for this offering. The
registrant has calculated the exercise price for purposes of the
registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities
Act as $4.73, which is 110% of the closing price of $4.30 for the
registrant’s common stock on the OTCQB on January 5,
2018.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH
DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL
THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY
STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME
EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON
SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. These securities may not be resold until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities, and it is not soliciting offers to buy these securities
in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
Subject to Completion
Preliminary Prospectus dated January 10, 2018
PROSPECTUS
2,250,000 Shares of Common Stock
2,250,000 Warrants to Purchase Shares of Common Stock
We are
offering 2,250,000 shares of
our common stock and 2,250,000 warrants to purchase a share of our
common stock. Each share of common stock is being sold together
with a
warrant to purchase up
to
one
share of our common
stock
on a best-efforts, any-or-all basis,
at a combined
offering price between $4.00 and $6.00
per share of common
stock and accompanying one warrant as determined by arm's-length
negotiations between the purchaser and us.
The shares and warrants can only be purchased
together in this offering but will be issued separately and will be
immediately separable upon issuance.
Each
warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of common stock for a
period of five years from their date of issuance. Each warrant will
have an initial exercise price per share that is 110% of the
closing price per share on the OTCQB on the date that we first
enter into a securities purchase agreement for this
offering
. This prospectus
also covers the shares of common stock issuable from time to time
upon exercise of the warrants.
We have
not made any arrangements to place funds raised in this offering in
an escrow, trust or similar account. Any investor who purchases
securities in this offering will have no assurance that other
purchasers will invest in this offering. Accordingly, if we file
for bankruptcy protection or a petition for insolvency bankruptcy
is filed by creditors against us, your funds will become part of
the bankruptcy estate and administered according to the bankruptcy
laws.
This offering may be closed without further notice to you. We have
not arranged to place the funds from investors in an escrow, trust
or similar account.
Our
common stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol
“QBIO.” On January 5, 2018, the last reported sale
price of our common stock on the OTCQB was $ 4.30.
There
is no established trading market for the warrants, and we do not
expect an active trading market to develop. In addition, we do not
intend to list the warrants on any securities exchange or other
trading market. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of
the warrants will be limited, if not non-existent.
Investing in our securities involves risks. You should review
carefully the risks and uncertainties described under the heading
“
Risk
Factors
” on page 1.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
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100% of Offering
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50% of Offering
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25% of Offering
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Per Share (1)
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Total
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Per Share
(1)
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Total
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Per Share
(1)
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Total
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Public
offering price
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$5.00
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$11,250,000
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$5.00
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$5,625,000
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$5.00
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$2,812,500
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Placement
agents’ fees (2)(3)
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$0.40
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$900,000
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$0.40
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$450,000
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$0.40
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$225,000
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Proceeds
to us, before expenses
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$4.60
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$10,350,000
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$4.60
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$5,175,000
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$4.60
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$2,587,500
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(1
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Assuming a public
offering price of $5.00, the midpoint of the price range set forth
above.
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(2
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In addition, we
will reimburse certain expenses of the placement agents in
connection with this offering. See “Plan of
Distribution” of this prospectus for more information
regarding the compensation arrangements with the placement
agents.
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(3)
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Does not include
the placement agent warrants
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We have engaged Roth Capital Partners, LLC to act as our lead
placement agent and Brookline Capital Markets LLC to act as co-lead
placement agent in connection with this offering. The placement
agents are “underwriters” within the meaning of
Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The placement agents may engage one or more sub-placement agents or
selected dealers to assist with this offering. The placement agents
are not purchasing the securities offered by us, nor are they
required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of
securities, but will assist us in this offering on a commercially
reasonable “best efforts” basis. There are no
arrangements to place the funds raised in this offering in an
escrow, trust or similar account. We have agreed to pay the
placement agents a cash fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds of
this offering and to issue to the placement agents, or their
designees, a warrant to purchase that number of our common stock
equal to 6% of the common stock issued or issuable in the offering
(excluding shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of any
warrants issued to investors in the Offering). The cash and warrant
fee mentioned above is to be halved for certain investments made by
parties introduced by us. We have also agreed to reimburse the
placement agents for their reasonable out-of-pocket legal and other
expenses up to $50,000. We estimate that the total other expenses
of this offering, excluding the placement agents’ fees, will
be approximately $75,000. Because there is no minimum offering
amount required as a condition to closing in this offering, the
actual public offering amount, placement agents’ fees, and
proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be
substantially less than the total maximum offering amounts set
forth above. See “Plan of Distribution” of this
prospectus for more information on this offering and the placement
agents’ arrangements. All costs associated with the
registration will be borne by us.
Delivery of the securities offered hereby is expected to be made on
or about ,
2018, subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions.
Lead Placement Agent
Roth Capital Partners
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Co-Lead Placement Agent
Brookline Capital Markets
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The date of this prospectus is
, 2018
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This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in
this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the
information that you should consider before investing in the common
stock. Before making an investment decision, you should
carefully read the entire prospectus. In particular, attention
should be directed to the sections entitled “Risk
Factors”, “Business”, “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” and the financial statements and related notes
thereto contained herein.
Business Overview
We are
a biotechnology acceleration and development company focused on
acquiring and in-licensing pre-clinical, clinical-stage and
approved life sciences therapeutic products. Currently, we have a
portfolio of four therapeutic products, including an FDA approved
product, Strontium 89, a radiopharmaceutical for metastatic cancer
bone pain, and three development stage products: QBM-001 for rare
pediatric non-verbal autism spectrum disorder, Uttroside-B for
liver cancer, and MAN 01 for glaucoma. Our Strontium 89 is the only
generic form of Metastron (Strontium-89 Chloride injection)
approved by the FDA. We aim to maximize risk-adjusted returns by
focusing on multiple assets throughout the discovery and
development cycle. We expect to benefit from early positioning in
illiquid and/or less well known privately-held assets, thereby
enabling us to capitalize on valuation growth as these assets move
forward in their development.
(i)
license and acquire
pre-commercial innovative life sciences assets in different stages
of development and therapeutic areas from academia or small private
companies;
(ii)
license and acquire
FDA approved drugs and medical devices with limited current and
commercial activity; and
(iii)
accelerate and
advance our assets to the next value inflection point by providing
strategic capital, business development and financial advice and
experienced sector specific advisors.
In
2018, we plan: (i) to generate revenue from our Strontium 89
product for pain palliation in bone metastases as well as commence
a therapeutic expansion post-marketing phase 4 trial for this
product; and (ii) to commence a phase 2/3 pivotal trial with our
QBM-001 asset to address a non-verbal learning disorder in autistic
children. In 2019, we plan to file investigational new drug
applications, or INDs, with FDA for each of our Uttroside-B and MAN
01 assets for the treatment of liver cancer and glaucoma,
respectively.
Following
is a summary of our product pipeline.
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Strontium 89
Strontium
89 is an FDA approved generic drug for pain palliation in bone
metastases, primarily from breast, prostate and lung cancers. Our
product is the only FDA approved generic version of this
radiopharmaceutical and is reimbursable by Medicare and other
healthcare insurance payors. Strontium 89 is a pure beta emitting
radiopharmaceutical. It is a chemical analog of calcium and for
this reason, localizes in bone. There is a significant
concentration of both calcium and strontium analogs at the site of
active osteoblastic activity. This is the biochemical basis for its
use in treating metastatic bone disease.
Strontium
89 shows prolonged retention in metastatic bone lesions with a
biological half-life of over 50 days, remaining up to 100 days
after injection of the radiopharmaceutical, whereas the half-life
in normal bone tissue is approximately 14 days. Strontium-89 has
been shown to decrease pain in patients with osteoblastic
metastases resulting from prostate cancer. When Strontium-89
Chloride is used, pain palliation occurs in up to 80% of patients
within 2 to 3 weeks after administration and lasts from 3 to 12
months with an average of about 6 months.
In the
United States, of the estimated 450,000 individuals newly diagnosed
with either breast or prostate cancer, one in three will develop
bone metastases, a common cause of pain in cancer patients. These
figures are expected to increase as the potential patient
population ages.
Strontium
89 is a non-opioid drug for the treatment of debilitating
metastatic cancer pain in the bone. We believe there is a
significant opportunity to market this effective drug as
practitioners and caregivers are being encouraged to reexamine
their use of opiates for treating patients in pain. We estimate the
palliation market to be approximately $300 million annually.
Additional therapeutic indications for Strontium 89 are possible,
and we intend to pursue those in 2018, hopefully resulting in entry
into a multi-billion dollar therapeutic area.
QBM 001
Causes
of non-verbal learning disorder have been linked to several
complications that range from a specific mutated gene as with
Fragile X Syndrome and Dravet Syndrome or autoimmunity, where the
body’s immune system is attacking parts of the brain. Trauma,
microbial infections and environmental factors have also been
linked to non-verbal learning disorder. Ongoing research is helping
to further explain the root cause of why children become non-verbal
or minimally verbal.
Children
born into families where there is a genetic history of autism or
epileptic spectrum disorders or that have a sibling that has been
diagnosed with an autistic or epileptic spectrum disorder have a
much higher chance of becoming non-verbal.
More
than 60,000 US children develop Autism Spectrum Disorders
(“ASD”) every year, of whom 20,000 become non-verbal. A
similar number of children with ASD symptoms in Europe develop
pediatric non-verbal disorder each year. No drugs are currently
available to ameliorate this condition. In the United States, of
the estimated 20,000 who become non- or minimally verbal and will
require assisted living for the rest of their life. The lifetime
cost of that care is estimated at $10 million per
person.
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Cognitive
intervention is the only form for treatment that has shown to help
improve speech capability and social interaction; however, it has
not been able to alleviate the lifetime burden of $10 million per
person for cost of care.
This is compounded by an additional
$10 million during the lifespan of the person due to loss in
productivity in addition to severe emotional strain for the child
and the parents.
We are
developing QBM-001 to be administered to high-risk genetically
identified children during the second year of life to regulate
faulty membrane channels that are known to cause migraines and/or
seizures. This drug acts as an allosteric regulator of these faulty
channels in the brain to potentially alleviate the condition and
allow toddlers to actively develop language and speech and avoid
life-long speech and intellectual disability of being
non-verbal.
As
there are no treatment options for these patients, we believe there
is a significant economic opportunity to bring a drug to market in
this indication. The active ingredient in QBM-001 is well known and
has been approved by worldwide regulators for many years. Using a
novel delivery and formulation for the active ingredient, we intend
to advance this drug through the 505(b)(2) pathway in a single
phase 2/3 clinical trial that we intend to commence in
2018.
UTTROSIDE-B
The
liver is the football-sized organ in the upper right area of the
belly. Symptoms of liver cancer are uncommon in the early stages.
Liver cancer treatments vary, but may include removal of part of
the liver, liver transplant, chemotherapy, and in some cases
radiation. Primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) tends to
occur in livers damaged by birth defects, alcohol abuse, or chronic
infection with diseases such as hepatitis B and C, hemochromatosis
(a hereditary disease associated with too much iron in the liver),
and cirrhosis. In the United States, the average age at onset of
liver cancer is 63 years. Men are more likely to develop liver
cancer than women, by a ratio of 2 to 1.
The
only currently marketed drug is a tryosine kinase inhibitor
antineoplastic agent, sorafinib. Current sales of sorafinib are
estimated at $1 billion per year.
Uttroside-B
appears to affect phosphorylated JNK (pro survival signaling) and
capcase activity (apoptosis in liver cancer). It is a natural
compound fractionated Saponin derived from the Solarim Nigrum
plant. It is a small molecule that showed in early investigation to
increase the cytotoxicity of a variety of liver cancer cell types
and importantly to be up to ten times more potent than Sorafenib in
pre-clinical studies. This potency motivates us to work with our
partners to synthesize the molecule and move into a clinical
program. We expect to initiate clinical work in late
2018.
MAN 01
We are
developing MAN 01 as a first-in-class therapeutic eye-drop for the
treatment of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.
MAN 01
targets the Schlemm's canal and its role in regulating interocular
eye pressure, one of the leading causes of glaucoma. No other
glaucoma company is targeting the Schlemm's canal, the main
drainage pathway in the eye. This unique vessel is responsible for
70-90% of the fluid drainage in the eye. MAN 01 is currently in the
lead optimization stage of its pre-clinical testing. We plan to
initiate IND enabling studies is 2018 and file an IND in
2019.
We
believe that a deep pipeline of novel therapeutics can be developed
from this research platform, which would treat a spectrum of
vascular diseases including cystic kidney disease, pediatric
glaucoma and inflammation.
Recently,
a number of significant deals and announcements have been made in
the ophthalmology space. Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced
successful efficacy data from its first phase III registration
study, Mercury 1, on Roclatan. Roclatan (once daily) is being
evaluated for its ability of lowering intraocular pressure, or IOP,
in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The success of
this Aerie trial is an indication of the importance of this market,
and the acute need for novel drugs to treat the over 60 million
sufferers of this disease. In addition, in October 2015, Allergan
plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, acquired AqueSys,
Inc. a private clinical stage medical device company focused on
developing ocular implants that reduce IOP associated with
glaucoma, in an all-cash transaction for a $300 million upfront
payment and regulatory approval and commercialization milestone
payments related to AqueSys' lead development
programs.
Corporate Information
Our
principal executive offices are located at 501 Madison Avenue,
14
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Floor, New York, NY 10022, and our telephone number is (212)
588-0022.
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The Offering
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Securities offered
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2,250,000 shares and
2,250,000
warrants.
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Common stock outstanding immediately before the
Offering:
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12,206,409
shares as of January 4, 2018
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Common stock outstanding immediately after the
Offering:
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If we
sell 100% of the shares offered hereby, 14,456,409 shares will be
outstanding and, assuming the purchasers exercise the warrants and
no additional shares are issued prior to completion of their
exercise, 16,706,409
shares will be
outstanding.
If we
sell 50% of the shares offered hereby, 13,331,409
shares
will be outstanding and, assuming the purchasers exercise the
warrants and no additional shares are issued prior to completion of
their exercise,
14,456,409
shares will
be outstanding.
If we
sell 25% of the shares offered hereby,
12,768,909
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hares will be
outstanding and, assuming the purchasers exercise the warrants and
no additional shares are issued prior to completion of their
exercise,
13,331,409
shares will be outstanding.
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Leak-out agreement:
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Until the earlier of
(i) ,
2018 and (ii) the fifth consecutive trading day during which the
VWAP (as defined in the warrants) for each such trading day during
such period is equal to or exceeds
$ per share,
each investor either alone or together with its affiliates, in this
offering will be limited to selling no more
than % of the daily trading
volume of the common stock on such trading day, including shares of
common stock or shares of common stock underlying any convertible
securities (including any shares of common stock acquirable upon
exercise of purchased warrants).
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Use of Proceeds:
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The
proceeds that we receive in this offering depends on the public
offering price and the number of shares that we sell hereunder.
Assuming a
public offering price of
$
5.00
per
share
(
the midpoint of the
price range set forth on the cover of this preliminary
prospectus
) and a
fter estimated
placement agents
’ fees and estimated
offering expenses payable by us, we will receive net proceeds
of:
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$
10,255,000
if we sell 100% of the shares;
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$
5,050,000
if we sell 50% of the shares; and
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$
2,462,500
if we sell 25% of the shares.
We
intend to use the proceeds from the sale of the shares for, in our
current order of importance, (i) general corporate purposes, (ii)
initiating commercial production and sales of Strontium89 Chloride
(“SR89”), an FDA approved generic drug for the
treatment of pain associated with metastatic bone cancer, (iii)
progressing the pre-IND work on, and IND submission of, QBM001 for
the treatment of young children with a rare autistic spectrum
disorder causing them to lose the ability to speak, (iv) protocol
design and regulatory submission for a post marketing Phase IV
clinical trial to expand the therapeutic indication for SR89, and
(v) IND enabling studies for both Uttroside-B (Liver cancer drug)
and MAN01 for the treatment of open angle glaucoma.
If all
of the warrants are exercised as issued in a 100% offering, we will
receive additional gross proceeds of $
12,375,000, and we
will receive gross proceeds of $
742,500
if
the placements agents’ warrants are exercised assuming an
offering price of $5.00 per share (the midpoint of the price range
set forth on the cover of this preliminary prospectus). We intend
to use any such proceeds for general corporate and working capital
or other purposes that our Board of Directors deems to be in our
best interest. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot
specify with certainty the particular uses for the net proceeds we
may receive upon exercise of the warrants. Accordingly, we
will retain broad discretion over the use of these proceeds, if
any.
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Quotation of common stock:
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Our
common stock is listed for quotation on the OTCQB market under the
symbol “QBIO.”
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Dividend policy:
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We
currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the
development and growth of our business. Therefore, we do not
currently anticipate paying cash dividends on our common
stock.
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Risk factors:
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An
investment in our company is highly speculative and involves a
significant degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” and
other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of
factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in
shares of our common stock.
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OTCQB Ticker
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QBIO
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Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should
carefully consider and evaluate all of the information included and
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this prospectus. Our business, results of operations or
financial condition could be adversely affected by any of these
risks or by additional risks and uncertainties not currently known
to us or that we currently consider immaterial.
Risks Related to our Company
If we do not obtain additional financing, our business may be at
risk or execution of our business plan may be delayed.
As of
the date hereof, we have raised our operating
funds through contacts, high net-worth individuals and
strategic investors situated in the United States and Cayman
Islands. We have not generated any revenue from operations since
inception. We have limited assets upon which to commence our
business operations and to rely otherwise. At August 31,
2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $2.5
million. As we have a monthly burn rate of approximately $500,000,
we anticipate that we will have to raise additional funds within
twelve months or curtail or discontinue operations if we do not
receive net proceeds of approximately $5,000,000 in this offering,
which would mean that we would have to sell at least 44.4% of the
shares offered hereby at the assumed offering price of
$5.00
(
the
midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this
preliminary prospectus
) and not taking
into account the placement agents’ commission and offering
expenses
. Additional funding will be needed to implement our
business plan that includes various expenses such as fulfilling our
obligations under licensing agreements, legal, operational set-up,
general and administrative, marketing, employee salaries and other
related start-up expenses. Obtaining additional funding will be
subject to a number of factors, including general market
conditions, investor acceptance of our business plan and results
from our business operations. These factors may impact the timing,
amount, terms or conditions of additional financing available to
us. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds, we will be forced
to scale back or cease our operations.
Our independent registered public accountant has issued a going
concern opinion after auditing our financial statements; our
ability to continue depends on our ability to raise additional
capital and our operations could be curtailed if we are unable to
obtain required additional funding when needed.
We will
be required to expend substantial amounts of working capital in
order to acquire and market our proposed products and establish the
necessary relationships to implement our business plan. We were
incorporated on November 22, 2013. Our operations to date were
funded entirely by capital raised from our private offering of
securities. We will continue to require additional financing to
execute our business strategy. We completely depend on
external sources of financing for the foreseeable future. Failure
to raise additional funds in the future will adversely affect our
business operations and may require us to suspend our operations,
which in turn may result in a loss to the purchasers of our common
stock. We entirely depend on our ability to attract and receive
additional funding from either the sale of securities or the
issuance of debt securities. Needed funds might never be available
to us on acceptable terms or at all. The inability to obtain
sufficient funding of our operations in the future could restrict
our ability to grow and reduce our ability to continue to conduct
business operations. The report of our independent registered
public accounting firm on our financial statements, included
herein, raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a
going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern depends
on our ability to raise additional capital. If we are unable to
obtain necessary financing, we will likely be required to curtail
our development plans which could cause us to become dormant. Any
additional equity financing may involve substantial dilution to our
then existing stockholders.
Our business relies on intellectual property owned by third
parties, and this reliance exposes us to the termination of the
right to use that intellectual property and may result in
inadvertent infringement of patents and proprietary rights of
others.
Currently,
we have four assets. Our business depends on:
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continuously use the technology related to an eye drop treatment
for glaucoma, our Mannin platform, that we have licensed from
Mannin Research Inc.,
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our ability to
continuously use our intellectual property relating to generic
Strontium Chloride-89, our BioNucleonics platform, that we have
licensed from Bio-Nucleonics, Inc.,
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our ability to
continuously use our intellectual property relating to a rare
pediatric condition (nonverbal disorder), our ASDERA platform, that
we have licensed from ASDERA LLC and
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our ability to
continuously use our intellectual property relating to a chemical
compound derived from the plant
Solanum nigrum Linn, also known as
Black Nightshade or Makoi, that we seek to use to create
a
chemotherapeutic agent against liver cancer, our
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latform,
and that we have licensed from
the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
Biotechnology, an autonomous research institute under the
Government of India, known as RGCB, and the Oklahoma Medical
Research Foundation, or the OMRF.
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If the
licenses were to terminate, we would lose the ability to conduct
our business pursuant to our plan of operations. Our
ability to pursue our business plan would then depend on finding
alternative platforms to license. We may not be able to
find an attractive platform on a timely and cost effective basis,
and even if we did, such platform might be inferior to the ones we
currently have a license to use and may not be attractive to
potential customers.
Many
entities, including some of our competitors, have or may obtain
patents and other intellectual property rights that cover or affect
products or services related to those assets that we
license. If a court determines that one or more aspect
of the licensed platform infringes on intellectual property owned
by others, we may be required to cease using that platform, to
obtain licenses from the owners of the intellectual property or to
redesign the platform in such a way as to avoid infringing the
intellectual property rights. If a third party holds intellectual
property rights, it may not allow us to use its intellectual
property at any price, which could materially adversely affect our
competitive position.
The
Mannin platform, BioNucleonics platform, the ASDERA platform
and the Uttroside platform may potentially infringe other
intellectual property rights. U.S. patent applications are
generally confidential until the Patent and Trademark Office issues
a patent. Therefore, we cannot evaluate the extent to which the
licensed platform may infringe claims contained in pending patent
applications. Further, without lengthy litigation, it is often not
possible to determine definitively whether a claim of infringement
is valid. We may not be in a position to protect the
intellectual property that we license as we are not the owners of
that intellectual property and do not currently have the financial
resources to engage in lengthy litigation.
Failure to maintain the license for, or to acquire, the
intellectual property underlying any license or sublicense on which
our plan of operations is based may force us to change our plan of
operations.
We have
to meet certain conditions to maintain the licenses for the
intellectual property underlying the Mannin platform, the
BioNucleonics platform, the ASDERA platform and the Uttroside
platform and to acquire such intellectual property. Such conditions
include payments of cash and shares of common stock, obtaining
certain governmental approvals, initiating sales of products based
on the intellectual property and other matters. We might not
have the resources to meet these conditions and as a result may
lose the licenses to the intellectual property that is vital to our
business.
We lack an operating history and have not generated any revenues to
date. Future operations might never result in revenues. If we
cannot generate sufficient revenues to operate profitably, we may
have to cease operations.
As we
were incorporated on November 22, 2013 and more recently changed
business direction, we do not have sufficient operating history
upon which an evaluation of our future success or failure can be
made. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and
positive cash flow depends upon our ability to manufacture a
product and to earn profit by attracting enough customers who will
buy our product or services. We might never generate
revenues or, if we generate revenues, achieve profitability.
Failure to generate revenues and profit will eventually cause us to
suspend, curtail or cease operations.
We may be exposed to potential risks and significant expenses
resulting from the requirements under section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
We are
required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, to include in our annual report our assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We
expect to incur significant continuing costs, including accounting
fees and staffing costs, in order to maintain compliance with the
internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Our management concluded that our internal controls and procedures
were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US
GAAP for our most recent fiscal year. As we develop our business,
hire employees and consultants and seek to protect our intellectual
property rights, our current design for internal control over
financial reporting must be strengthened to enable management to
determine that our internal controls are effective for any period,
or on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, as we develop our
business, such development and growth will necessitate changes to
our internal control systems, processes and information systems,
all of which will require additional costs and
expenses.
In the
future, if we fail to complete the annual Section 404 evaluation in
a timely manner, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a
loss of public confidence in our internal controls. In addition,
any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or
difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our
operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting
obligations.
Limited oversight of our management may lead to corporate
conflicts.
We
have only two directors who are also officers. Accordingly, we
cannot establish board committees comprised of independent members
to oversee functions like compensation or audit issues. In
addition, since we only have two directors, they have significant
control over all corporate issues.
Because we are not subject to compliance with rules requiring the
adoption of certain corporate governance measures, our shareholders
have limited protections against interested director transactions,
conflicts of interest and similar matters. The Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, as well as rules enacted by the SEC, the New York
Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market, requires the
implementation of various measures relating to corporate
governance. These measures are designed to enhance the integrity of
corporate management and the securities markets and apply to
securities which are listed on the New York Stock Exchanges or the
Nasdaq Stock Market. Because we are not presently required to
comply with many of the corporate governance provisions, we have
not yet adopted these measures and, currently, would not be able to
comply with such corporate governance provisions. We do not have an
audit or compensation committee comprised of independent directors.
Our two directors perform these functions and are not independent
directors. Thus, there is a potential conflict in that our
directors are also engaged in management and participate in
decisions concerning management compensation and audit issues that
may affect management performance.
Until we have a larger board of directors that would include some
independent members, if ever, there will be limited oversight of
our directors’ decisions and activities and little ability
for minority shareholders to challenge or reverse those activities
and decisions, even if they are not in the best interests of
minority shareholders.
Additionally, these two directors beneficially own approximately
37% of our common stock. Although it is possible for them to be
outvoted by the remaining shareholders at a general or special
meeting if the two directors voted together, the size of their
shareholdings and the absence of any other person beneficially
owning more than 10% of our common stock would make this a
difficult undertaking.
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Because the results of preclinical studies and early clinical
trials are not necessarily predictive of future results, any
product candidate we advance into clinical trials may not have
favorable results in later clinical trials, if any, or receive
regulatory approval.
Pharmaceutical
development has inherent risk. We will be required to demonstrate
through well-controlled clinical trials for our product candidates
for our Mannin platform, the ASDERA platform and the Uttroside
platform and any additional uses based on the BioNucleonics
platform that our product candidates are effective with a favorable
benefit-risk profile for use in their target indications before we
can seek regulatory approvals for their commercial sale. Success in
early clinical trials does not mean that later clinical trials will
be successful as product candidates in later-stage clinical trials
may fail to demonstrate sufficient safety or efficacy despite
having progressed through initial clinical testing. We also may
need to conduct additional clinical trials that are not currently
anticipated. Companies frequently suffer significant setbacks in
advanced clinical trials, even after earlier clinical trials have
shown promising results. In addition, only a small percentage of
drugs under development result in the submission of a New Drug
Application or Biologics License Application, known as BLA, to the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration and even fewer are approved for
commercialization.
Any product candidates we advance into clinical development are
subject to extensive regulation, which can be costly and time
consuming, cause unanticipated delays or prevent the receipt of the
required approvals to commercialize our product
candidates.
The
clinical development, manufacturing, labeling, storage,
record-keeping, advertising, promotion, import, export, marketing
and distribution of our product candidates are subject to extensive
regulation by the FDA in the United States and by comparable health
authorities in foreign markets. In the United States, we are not
permitted to market our product candidates until we receive
approval of a BLA from the FDA. The process of obtaining BLA
approval is expensive, often takes many years and can vary
substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the
products involved. In addition to the significant clinical testing
requirements, our ability to obtain marketing approval for these
products depends on obtaining the final results of required
non-clinical testing, including characterization of the
manufactured components of our product candidates and validation of
our manufacturing processes. The FDA may determine that our product
manufacturing processes, testing procedures or facilities are
insufficient to justify approval. Approval policies or regulations
may change and the FDA has substantial discretion in the
pharmaceutical approval process, including the ability to delay,
limit or deny approval of a product candidate for many reasons.
Despite the time and expense invested in clinical development of
product candidates, regulatory approval is never
guaranteed.
The FDA
or another regulatory agency can delay, limit or deny approval of a
product candidate for many reasons, including, but not limited
to:
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be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that a
product candidate is safe and effective for any
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individual investigators or in countries where the standard of care
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those of third-party manufacturers with which we or our
collaborators contract for clinical and commercial supplies;
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approval policies or regulations of the FDA may significantly
change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for
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respect to foreign markets, approval procedures vary among
countries and, in addition to the aforementioned risks, can involve
additional product testing, administrative review periods and
agreements with pricing authorities. In addition, recent events
raising questions about the safety of certain marketed
pharmaceuticals may result in increased cautiousness by the FDA and
comparable foreign regulatory authorities in reviewing new
pharmaceuticals based on safety, efficacy or other regulatory
considerations and may result in significant delays in obtaining
regulatory approvals. Any delay in obtaining, or inability to
obtain, applicable regulatory approvals would prevent us from
commercializing our product candidates.
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Any product candidate we manufacture or advance into clinical
trials may cause unacceptable adverse events or have other
properties that may delay or prevent their regulatory approval or
commercialization or limit their commercial potential.
Unacceptable
adverse events caused by any of our product candidates that we
manufacture or advance into clinical trials could cause us or
regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt production or
clinical trials and could result in the denial of regulatory
approval by the FDA or other regulatory authorities for any or all
targeted indications and markets. This, in turn, could prevent us
from commercializing the affected product candidate and generating
revenues from its sale.
Except
for our Strontium Chloride 89, known as SR89, product candidate, we
have not yet completed testing of any of our product candidates for
the treatment of the indications for which we intend to seek
product approval in humans, and we currently do not know the extent
of adverse events, if any, that will be observed in patients who
receive any of our product candidates. If any of our product
candidates cause unacceptable adverse events in clinical trials, we
may not be able to obtain regulatory approval or commercialize such
product or, if such product candidate is approved for marketing,
future adverse events could cause us to withdraw such product from
the market.
Delays in the commencement of our clinical trials could result in
increased costs and delay our ability to pursue regulatory
approval.
The
commencement of clinical trials can be delayed for a variety of
reasons, including delays in:
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recruiting and training suitable clinical
investigators;
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reaching
agreement on acceptable terms with prospective clinical research
organizations, or CROs, and trial sites, the terms of which can be
subject to extensive negotiation, may be subject to modification
from time to time and may vary significantly among different CROs
and trial sites;
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sufficient quantities of a product candidate for use in clinical
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Investigator Review Board, or IRB, or ethics committee approval to
conduct a clinical trial at a prospective site;
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recruiting and enrolling patients to participate in a clinical
trial; and
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patients who have initiated a clinical trial but may withdraw due
to adverse events from the therapy, insufficient efficacy, fatigue
with the clinical trial process or personal issues.
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delays in the commencement of our clinical trials will delay our
ability to pursue regulatory approval for our product candidates.
In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in
the commencement of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the
denial of regulatory approval of a product candidate.
Suspensions or delays in the completion of clinical testing could
result in increased costs to us and delay or prevent our ability to
complete development of that product or generate product
revenues.
Once a
clinical trial has begun, patient recruitment and enrollment may be
slower than we anticipate. Clinical trials may also be delayed as a
result of ambiguous or negative interim results or difficulties in
obtaining sufficient quantities of product manufactured in
accordance with regulatory requirements and on a timely basis.
Further, a clinical trial may be modified, suspended or terminated
by us, an IRB, an ethics committee or a data safety monitoring
committee overseeing the clinical trial, any clinical trial site
with respect to that site, or the FDA or other regulatory
authorities due to a number of factors, including:
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to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory
requirements or our clinical protocols;
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of the clinical trial operations or clinical trial sites by the FDA
or other regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a
clinical hold;
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safety issues or any determination that the clinical trial presents
unacceptable health risks; and
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in regulatory requirements and guidance also may occur, and we may
need to amend clinical trial protocols to reflect these changes.
Amendments may require us to resubmit our clinical trial protocols
to IRBs for re-examination, which may impact the costs, timing and
the likelihood of a successful completion of a clinical trial. If
we experience delays in the completion of, or if we must suspend or
terminate, any clinical trial of any product candidate, our ability
to obtain regulatory approval for that product candidate will be
delayed and the commercial prospects, if any, for the product
candidate may suffer as a result. In addition, any of these factors
may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of a
product candidate.
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Our product candidates (if approved) or any other product
candidates that we may develop and market may be later withdrawn
from the market or subject to promotional limitations.
We may
not be able to obtain the labeling claims necessary or desirable
for the promotion of our product candidates if approved. We may
also be required to undertake post-marketing clinical trials. If
the results of such post-marketing studies are not satisfactory or
if adverse events or other safety issues arise after approval, the
FDA or a comparable regulatory agency in another country may
withdraw marketing authorization or may condition continued
marketing on commitments from us that may be expensive and/or time
consuming to complete. In addition, if we or others identify
adverse side effects after any of our products are on the market,
or if manufacturing problems occur, regulatory approval may be
withdrawn and reformulation of our products, additional clinical
trials, changes in labeling of our products and additional
marketing applications may be required. Any reformulation or
labeling changes may limit the marketability of our products if
approved.
Our dependence on third party suppliers or our inability to
successfully produce any product could adversely impact our
business.
We rely
on third parties to supply us with component and materials required
for the development and manufacture of our product candidates. If
they fail to provide the required components or we are unable to
find a partner to manufacture the necessary products, there would
be a significant interruption of our supply, which would materially
adversely affect clinical development and potential
commercialization of the product. In the event that the FDA or such
other agencies determine that we or any third-party suppliers have
not complied with cGMP, our clinical trials could be terminated or
subjected to a clinical hold until such time as we or any third
party are able to obtain appropriate replacement material.
Furthermore, if any contract manufacturers who supply us cannot
successfully manufacture material that conforms to our
specifications and with FDA regulatory requirements, we will not be
able to secure and/or maintain FDA approval for our product
candidates. We, and any third-party suppliers are and will be
required to maintain compliance with cGMPs and will be subject to
inspections by the FDA or comparable agencies in other
jurisdictions to confirm such compliance.
We do
and will also rely on our partners and manufacturers to purchase
from third-party suppliers the materials necessary to produce our
product candidates for our anticipated clinical trials. We do not
have any control over the process or timing of the acquisition of
raw materials by our manufacturers. Moreover, we currently do not
have any agreements for the commercial production of these raw
materials. Any significant delay in the supply of a product
candidate or the raw material components thereof for an ongoing
clinical trial could considerably delay completion of our clinical
trials, product testing and potential regulatory approval of our
product candidates.
We may
not have the resources or capacity to commercially manufacture our
product candidates, and we will likely continue to be dependent
upon third party manufacturers. Our current inability, or our
dependence on third parties, to manufacture and supply us with
clinical trial materials and any approved products may adversely
affect our ability to develop and commercialize our product
candidates on a timely basis or at all.
We intend to contract with third parties either directly or through
our licensors for the manufacture of our product candidates.
This reliance on third parties increases the risk that we will not
have sufficient quantities of our product candidates or that such
supply will not be available to us at an acceptable cost, which
could delay, prevent or impair our commercialization
efforts.
We do
not have any manufacturing facilities. We expect to use third-party
manufacturers for the manufacture of our product candidates and
have entered into contracts with manufacturers through the licensor
of our radio-pharmaceutical product, SR89. Even with such contracts
in place, reliance on third-party manufacturers entails additional
risks, including:
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possible termination or nonrenewal of the agreement by the third
party at a time that is costly or inconvenient for us;
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manufacturers may not be able to comply with current good
manufacturing practices, or cGMP, regulations or similar regulatory
requirements outside the United States. Our failure, or the failure
of our third-party manufacturers, to comply with applicable
regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us,
including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension
or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls
of product candidates or medicines, operating restrictions and
criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly and
adversely affect supplies of our medicines and harm our business
and results of operations.
Any
product that we may produce may compete with other product
candidates and products for access to manufacturing facilities.
There are a limited number of manufacturers that operate under cGMP
regulations and that might be capable of manufacturing for
us.
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Any
performance failure on the part of future manufacturers could
result in a decrease or end to revenue. If any a contract
manufacturer cannot perform as agreed, we may be required to
replace that manufacturer. We may incur added costs and delays in
identifying and qualifying any such replacement.
Our
anticipated future dependence upon others for the manufacture of
our product candidates may adversely affect our future profit
margins and our ability to commercialize any medicines that receive
marketing approval on a timely and competitive basis.
We will likely rely on third parties to conduct our clinical
trials. If these third parties do not meet our deadlines or
otherwise conduct the trials as required, our clinical development
programs could be delayed or unsuccessful and we may not be able to
obtain regulatory approval for or commercialize our product
candidates when expected or at all.
We do
not have the ability to conduct all aspects of our preclinical
testing or clinical trials ourselves. We intend to use and do use
Mannin, BioNucleonics, ASDERA, RGCB, OMRF and CROs to conduct
our planned clinical trials and will and do rely upon such CROs, as
well as medical institutions, clinical investigators and
consultants, to conduct our trials in accordance with our clinical
protocols. Our CROs, investigators and other third parties will and
do play a significant role in the conduct of these trials and the
subsequent collection and analysis of data from the clinical
trials.
There
is no guarantee that any CROs, investigators and other third
parties upon which we rely for administration and conduct of our
clinical trials will devote adequate time and resources to such
trials or perform as contractually required. If any of these third
parties fail to meet expected deadlines, fail to adhere to our
clinical protocols or otherwise perform in a substandard manner,
our clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated. If any
of our clinical trial sites terminate for any reason, we may
experience the loss of follow-up information on patients enrolled
in our ongoing clinical trials unless we are able to transfer the
care of those patients to another qualified clinical trial site. In
addition, principal investigators for our clinical trials may serve
as scientific advisors or consultants to us from time to time and
receive cash or equity compensation in connection with such
services. If these relationships and any related compensation
result in perceived or actual conflicts of interest, the integrity
of the data generated at the applicable clinical trial site may be
jeopardized.
If our competitors develop treatments for the target indications of
our product candidates that are approved more quickly, marketed
more successfully or demonstrated to be more effective than our
product candidates, our commercial opportunity will be reduced or
eliminated.
We
operate in highly competitive segments of the biotechnology and
biopharmaceutical markets. We face competition from many different
sources, including commercial pharmaceutical and biotechnology
enterprises, academic institutions, government agencies, and
private and public research institutions. Our product candidates,
if successfully manufactured and/or developed and approved, will
compete with established therapies, as well as new treatments that
may be introduced by our competitors. Many of our competitors have
significantly greater financial, product development, manufacturing
and marketing resources than us. Large pharmaceutical companies
have extensive experience in clinical testing and obtaining
regulatory approval for drugs. In addition, many universities and
private and public research institutes are active in cancer
research, some in direct competition with us. We also may compete
with these organizations to recruit management, scientists and
clinical development personnel. Smaller or early-stage companies
may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through
collaborative arrangements with large and established companies.
New developments, including the development of other biological and
pharmaceutical technologies and methods of treating disease, occur
in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries at a rapid pace.
Developments by competitors may render our product candidates
obsolete or noncompetitive. We will also face competition from
these third parties in recruiting and retaining qualified
personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and patient
registration for clinical trials and in identifying and
in-licensing new product candidates.
If competitors introduce their own generic equivalent of our SR89
product candidate, our revenues and gross margin from such products
could decline rapidly.
Revenues
and gross margin derived from generic pharmaceutical products often
follow a pattern based on regulatory and competitive factors that
we believe are unique to the generic pharmaceutical industry. As
the patent(s) for a brand name product or the statutory marketing
exclusivity period (if any) expires, the first generic manufacturer
to receive regulatory approval for a generic equivalent of the
product often is able to capture a substantial share of the market.
However, as other generic manufacturers receive regulatory
approvals for their own generic versions, that market share, and
the price of that product, will typically decline depending on
several factors, including the number of competitors, the price of
the branded product and the pricing strategy of the new
competitors. The number of our competitors producing a generic
version equivalent to our SR89 product candidate could increase to
such an extent that we may stop marketing our product for which we
previously obtained approval, which would have a material adverse
impact on our revenues, if we ever achieve revenues, and gross
margin.
If we
are unable to establish sales and marketing capabilities or fail to
enter into agreements with third parties to market, distribute and
sell any products we may successfully develop, we may not be able
to effectively market and sell any such products and generate
product revenue.
We do
not currently have the infrastructure for the sales, marketing and
distribution of any of our product candidates, and must build this
infrastructure or make arrangements with third parties to perform
these functions in order to commercialize any products that we may
successfully develop. The establishment and development of a sales
force, either by us or jointly with a partner, or the establishment
of a contract sales force to market any products we may develop
will be expensive and time-consuming and could delay any product
launch. If we, or our partners, are unable to establish sales and
marketing capability or any other non-technical capabilities
necessary to commercialize any products we may successfully
develop, we will need to contract with third parties to market and
sell such products. We may not be able to establish arrangements
with third parties on acceptable terms, or at all.
We may expend our limited resources to pursue a particular product
candidate or indication and fail to capitalize on product
candidates or indications for which there may be a greater
likelihood of success.
Because
we have limited financial and managerial resources, we will focus
on a limited number of research programs and product candidates for
specific indications. As a result, we may forego or delay pursuit
of opportunities with other product candidates for other
indications for which there may be a greater likelihood of success
or may prove to have greater commercial potential. Notwithstanding
our investment to date and anticipated future expenditures on MAN
01 (Mannin), Uttroside-B (OMRF), QBM001 (Asdera) and the
BioNucleonics IP, we have not yet developed, and may never
successfully develop, any marketed treatments using these products
other than the SR89 product candidate for which there is FDA
approval. Research programs to identify new product candidates or
pursue alternative indications for current product candidates
require substantial technical, financial and human resources.
Although we intend to, and do, support certain
investigator-sponsored clinical trials of MAN 01, Uttroside-B,
QBM001 evaluating various indications, as well as other uses of
SR89, these activities may initially show promise in identifying
potential product candidates or indications, yet fail to yield
product candidates or indications for further clinical
development.
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We depend upon the services of our key management personnel,
and the loss of their services would likely result in disruptions
of our operations and have a material adverse effect on our
business.
Our
management and operations are dependent on the services of our
management team, namely Mr. Denis Corin, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman, and Mr. William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal
Officer and a Director. We do not have employment or
non-compete agreements with or maintain key-man life insurance in
respect of either of these individuals. Because of their
knowledge of the industry and our operations and their experience
with us, we believe that our future results depend upon their
efforts, and the loss of the services of either of these
individuals for any reason could result in a disruption of our
operations which will likely have a material adverse effect on our
business.
Other than our Chief Executive Officer, we currently do not have
full-time employees, but we retain the services of independent
contractors/consultants on a contract-employment basis. Our ability
to manage growth effectively will require us to continue to
implement and improve our management systems and to recruit and
train new employees. We might not be able to successfully attract
and retain skilled and experienced personnel.
If we fail to attract and retain key management and clinical
development personnel, we may be unable to successfully develop or
commercialize our product candidates.
We will
need to expand and effectively manage our managerial, operational,
financial and other resources in order to successfully pursue our
clinical development and commercialization efforts. As a company
with a limited number of personnel, we highly depend on the
development, regulatory, commercial and financial expertise of the
members of our senior management and advisors, in particular Denis
Corin, our chairman and chief executive officer. The loss of this
individual or the services of any of our other senior management
could delay or prevent the further development and potential
commercialization of our product candidates and, if we are not
successful in finding suitable replacements, could harm our
business. Our success also depends on our continued ability to
attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management and
scientific personnel and we may not be able to do so in the future
due to the intense competition for qualified personnel among
biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as universities
and research organizations. If we are not able to attract and
retain the necessary personnel, we may experience significant
impediments to our ability to implement our business
strategy.
Applicable regulatory
requirements, including those contained in and issued under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, may make it difficult for us to retain
or attract qualified officers and directors, which could adversely
affect the management of our business and our ability to retain
listing of our common stock.
We may
be unable to attract and retain those qualified officers, directors
and members of board committees required to provide for effective
management because of the rules and regulations that govern
publicly-held companies, including, but not limited to,
certifications by principal executive officers. The enactment of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has resulted in the issuance of a series of
related rules and regulations and the strengthening of existing
rules and regulations by the SEC, as well as the adoption of new
and more stringent rules by the stock exchanges. The perceived
increased personal risk associated with these changes may deter
qualified individuals from accepting roles as directors and
executive officers.
Further, some of these changes heighten the requirements for board
or committee membership, particularly with respect to an
individual’s independence from our business and level of
experience in finance and accounting matters. We may have
difficulty attracting and retaining directors with the requisite
qualifications. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified
officers and directors, the management of our business and our
ability to obtain or retain listing of our shares of common stock
on any stock exchange could be adversely
affected.
We may be exposed to potential risks and
significant expenses resulting from the requirements under
section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
We are
required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, to include in our annual report our assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We
expect to incur significant continuing costs, including accounting
fees and staffing costs, in order to maintain compliance with the
internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Our management concluded that our internal controls and procedures
were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US
GAAP for our most recent fiscal year. As we develop our business,
hire employees and consultants and seek to protect our intellectual
property rights, our current design for internal control over
financial reporting must be strengthened to enable management to
determine that our internal controls are effective for any period,
or on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, as we develop our
business, such development and growth will necessitate changes to
our internal control systems, processes and information systems,
all of which will require additional costs and expenses.
In the future, if we fail to complete the annual Section 404
evaluation in a timely manner, we could be subject to regulatory
scrutiny and a loss of public confidence in our internal controls.
In addition, any failure to implement required new or improved
controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation,
could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our
reporting obligations.
Because of the small size of our company, we do
not have separate Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer positions, which may expose us to potential
risks, including our failure to produce reliable financial reports
and prevent and/or detect fraud.
We
have not adopted a formal policy to separate or combine the
positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, both of which
are currently held by Denis Corin who is also our acting principal
financial officer. In addition, our two employees also
comprise our Board of Directors. As such, there is no
division of labor between our management and of our Board of
Directors. This structure exposes us to a number of risks,
including a failure to maintain adequate internal controls, our
failure to produce reliable financial reports and our failure to
prevent and/or detect financial fraud. Any such failures
would adversely affect our financial condition and overall business
operations.
We are required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, to include in our annual report our assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We
expect to incur significant continuing costs, including accounting
fees and staffing costs, in order to maintain compliance with the
internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Our management concluded that our internal controls and procedures
were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US
GAAP for our most recent fiscal year. As we develop our business,
hire employees and consultants and seek to protect our intellectual
property rights, our current design for internal control over
financial reporting must be strengthened to enable management to
determine that our internal controls are effective for any period,
or on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, as we develop our
business, such development and growth will necessitate changes to
our internal control systems, processes and information systems,
all of which will require additional costs and expenses. Among
other outcomes, a downturn in general economic conditions
could:
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increase the cost
of raising, or decrease our ability to raise, additional funds; as
we do not anticipate generating sufficient revenue in the next
twelve months to cover our operating costs, we may need to raise
additional funding to implement our business if we do not raise
sufficient funds in this offering. A recession or other negative
economic factors could make this more difficult or prohibitive;
or
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interfere
with services provided by third parties; we use third parties for
research purposes and intend to use third parties for the
production and distribution of our generic SR89 product candidate,
and a general recession or other economic conditions could
jeopardize the ability of any third parties to fulfill their
obligations to us;
In
the future, if we fail to complete the annual Section 404
evaluation in a timely manner, we could be subject to regulatory
scrutiny and a loss of public confidence in our internal controls.
In addition, any failure to implement required new or improved
controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation,
could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our
reporting obligations.
Risks Related to our Industry
We are subject to general economic conditions outside of our
control.
Projects
for the acquisition and development of our products are subject to
many factors, which are outside our control. These
factors include general economic conditions in North America and
worldwide (such as recession, inflation, unemployment, and interest
rates), shortages of labor and materials and price of materials and
competitive products and the regulation by federal and state
governmental authorities. If any or several of these factors
develop in a way that is adverse to our interest, we will not be in
a position to reverse them, and we may not be able to survive such
a development.
If any product candidate that we successfully develop does not
achieve broad market acceptance among physicians, patients,
healthcare payors and the medical community, the revenues that it
generates from their sales will be limited.
Even if
we successfully produce product candidates, they may not gain
market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and
the medical community. Coverage and reimbursement of our product
candidates by third-party payors, including government payors,
generally is also necessary for commercial success. The degree of
market acceptance of any approved products will depend on a number
of factors, including:
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acceptance
by physicians, major operators of hospitals and clinics and
patients of the product as a safe and effective
treatment;
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of the product by the target population;
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potential and perceived advantages of product candidates over
alternative treatments;
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safety of product candidates seen in a broader patient group,
including its use outside the approved indications;
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cost of treatment in relation to alternative
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availability of adequate reimbursement and pricing by third parties
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convenience and ease of administration;
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effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts; and
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publicity relating to the product.
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If any
product candidate is approved but does not achieve an adequate
level of acceptance by physicians, hospitals, healthcare payors and
patients, we may not generate sufficient revenue from these
products and may not become or remain profitable.
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We may incur substantial product liability or indemnification
claims relating to the clinical testing and/or use of our product
candidates.
We face
an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the
testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials, as well
as related to the manufacture and consumption of product candidates
that we successfully commercialize. Claims could be brought against
us if use or misuse of one of our product candidates causes, or
merely appears to have caused, personal injury or death. While the
manufacturer of our SR89 product maintains a $5 Million product
liability policy, and the holder of the ANDA (BioNucleonics) are
responsible for having their own coverage, we intend to obtain
supplemental coverage, but do not currently have our own product
liability insurance. When we initiate clinical trials, we intend to
obtain the relevant coverage. As a result, such coverage may not be
sufficient to cover claims that may be made against us and we may
be unable to maintain such insurance. Any claims against us,
regardless of their merit, could severely harm our financial
condition, strain our management and other resources or destroy the
prospects for commercialization of the product which is the subject
of any such claim. We are unable to predict if we will be able to
obtain or maintain product liability insurance for any products
that may be approved for marketing. Additionally, we have entered
into various agreements where we indemnify third parties for
certain claims relating to our product candidates. These
indemnification obligations may require us to pay significant sums
of money for claims that are covered by these
indemnifications.
Healthcare reform and restrictions on reimbursements may limit our
financial returns.
Our
ability or the ability of our collaborators to commercialize any of
our product candidates that we successfully develop may depend, in
part, on the extent to which government health administration
authorities, private health insurers and other organizations will
reimburse consumers for the cost of these products. These third
parties are increasingly challenging both the need for and the
price of new drug products. Significant uncertainty exists as to
the reimbursement status of newly approved therapeutics. Adequate
third-party reimbursement may not be available for our product
candidates to enable us or our collaborators to maintain price
levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on their and our
investments in research and product development.
Our success depends upon
intellectual property, proprietary technologies and regulatory
market exclusivity periods, and the intellectual property
protection for our product candidates depends significantly on
third parties.
Our
success depends, in large part, on obtaining and maintaining patent
protection and trade secret protection for our product candidates
and their formulations and uses, as well as successfully defending
these patents against third-party challenges. The parties from
which we license our intellectual property are responsible for
prosecuting and maintaining patent protection relating to the
intellectual property to which we have a license from that party.
If any of these parties fails to appropriately prosecute and
maintain patent protection for the intellectual property, our
ability to develop and commercialize the respective product
candidate may be adversely affected and we may not be able to
prevent competitors from making, using and selling competing
products. This failure to properly protect the intellectual
property rights could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.
The
patent application process is subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, and we or our partners might not be successful in
protecting our product candidates by obtaining and defending
patents. These risks and uncertainties include the
following:
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patent
applications may not result in any patents being
issued;
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patents
that may be issued or in-licensed may be challenged, invalidated,
modified, revoked, circumvented, found to be unenforceable, or
otherwise may not provide any competitive advantage;
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our
competitors, many of which have substantially greater resources
than we or our partners and many of which have made significant
investments in competing technologies, may seek, or may already
have obtained, patents that will limit, interfere with, or
eliminate our ability to make, use and sell our potential
products;
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there
may be significant pressure on the U.S. government and other
international governmental bodies to limit the scope of patent
protection both inside and outside the United States for disease
treatments that prove successful as a matter of public policy
regarding worldwide health concerns; and
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countries
other than the United States may have patent laws less favorable to
patentees than those upheld by U.S. courts, allowing foreign
competitors a better opportunity to create, develop, and market
competing products.
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In
addition to patents, we and our partners also rely on trade secrets
and proprietary know-how. Although we have taken steps to protect
our trade secrets and unpatented know-how, including entering into
confidentiality agreements with third parties, and confidential
information and inventions agreements with employees, consultants
and advisors, third parties may still obtain this information or
come upon this same or similar information
independently.
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We also
intend to rely on our ability to obtain and maintain a regulatory
period of market exclusivity for any of our biologic product
candidates that are successfully developed and approved for
commercialization. Although this period in the United States is
currently 12 years from the date of marketing approval, there is a
risk that the U.S. Congress could amend laws to significantly
shorten this exclusivity period, as proposed by President Obama.
Once any regulatory period of exclusivity expires, depending on the
status of our patent coverage and the nature of the product, we may
not be able to prevent others from marketing products that are
biosimilar to or interchangeable with our products, which would
materially adversely affect us.
In
addition, U.S. patent laws may change which could prevent or limit
us from filing patent applications or patent claims to protect our
products and/or technologies or limit the exclusivity periods that
are available to patent holders. For example, on September 16,
2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or the America Invents
Act, was signed into law, and includes a number of significant
changes to U.S. patent law. These include changes to transition
from a “first-to-invent” system to a
“first-to-file” system and to the way issued patents
are challenged. These changes may favor larger and more established
companies that have more resources to devote to patent application
filing and prosecution. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
implemented the America Invents Act on March 16, 2013, and it
remains to be seen how the judicial system and the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office will interpret and enforce these new laws.
Accordingly, it is not clear what impact, if any, the America
Invents Act will ultimately have on the cost of prosecuting our
patent applications, our ability to obtain patents based on our
discoveries and our ability to enforce or defend our issued
patents.
If we or our partners are sued for infringing intellectual property
rights of third parties, it will be costly and time consuming, and
an unfavorable outcome in that litigation would have a material
adverse effect on our business.
Our
success also depends on our ability and the ability of any of our
current or future collaborators to develop, manufacture, market and
sell our product candidates without infringing the proprietary
rights of third parties. Numerous U.S. and foreign issued patents
and pending patent applications, which are owned by third parties,
exist in the fields in which we are developing products, some of
which may be directed at claims that overlap with the subject
matter of our intellectual property. Because patent applications
can take many years to issue, there may be currently pending
applications, unknown to us, which may later result in issued
patents that our product candidates or proprietary technologies may
infringe. Similarly, there may be issued patents relevant to our
product candidates of which we are not aware.
There
is a substantial amount of litigation involving patent and other
intellectual property rights in the biotechnology and
biopharmaceutical industries generally. If a third party claims
that we or any of our licensors, suppliers or collaborators
infringe the third party’s intellectual property rights, we
may have to:
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licenses, which may not be available on commercially reasonable
terms, if at all;
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an infringing product candidate or redesign our products or
processes to avoid infringement;
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pay
substantial damages, including the possibility of treble damages
and attorneys’ fees, if a court decides that the product or
proprietary technology at issue infringes on or violates the third
party’s rights;
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pay
substantial royalties, fees and/or grant cross licenses to our
technology; and/or
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defend
litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly
whether we win or lose, and which could result in a substantial
diversion of our financial and management resources.
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We may be involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our patents or
the patents of our licensors, which could be expensive, time
consuming and unsuccessful.
Competitors
may infringe our patents or the patents of our licensors. To
counter infringement or unauthorized use, we may be required to
file infringement claims, which can be expensive and
time-consuming. An adverse result in any litigation or defense
proceedings could put one or more of our patents at risk of being
invalidated, found to be unenforceable, or interpreted narrowly and
could put our patent applications at risk of not issuing.
Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery
required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there
is a risk that some of our confidential information could be
compromised by disclosure during this type of
litigation.
We may be subject to claims that our consultants or independent
contractors have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets
of their other clients or former employers to us.
As is
common in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, we engage
the services of consultants to assist us in the development of our
product candidates. Many of these consultants were previously
employed at, or may have previously been or are currently providing
consulting services to, other biotechnology or pharmaceutical
companies, including our competitors or potential competitors. We
may become subject to claims that we or these consultants have
inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other
proprietary information of their former employers or their former
or current customers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against
these claims. Even if we are successful in defending against these
claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a
distraction to management.
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Risks Related to our Securities and the Offering
You will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result
of this offering and may experience additional dilution in the
future.
The initial combined public offering price per share and
related
warrant
will be
substantially higher than the net tangible book value (deficit) per
common share immediately prior to the offering. Based upon the
assumed issuance and sale of
2,250,000
share
s by us in this offering at an assumed initial
combined public offering price of $5.00
per s
hare
(
the
midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this
preliminary prospectus
)
and assuming no value is attributed to the
warrant
s and that such
warrant
s are categorized and accounted
for as equity, you will incur immediate dilution of
$4.292
in the net
tangible book value per share. In the event that you exercise
your
warrant
s, you will
experience additional dilution to the extent that the exercise
price of the
warrant
s is higher
than the tangible book value (deficit) per common share. If
outstanding options and warrants to purchase our common shares are
exercised, investors will experience additional
dilution.
We might not sell all of the shares that we are
offering.
The
shares are being offered on a best-efforts, any or all basis.
Accordingly, we might not sell all of the shares that we are
offering. If we sell less than the full amount, we might not
receive sufficient funds to apply to the uses set forth herein in
the Section entitled “Use of Proceeds” or even to cover
our expenses in conducting this offering. As there is no minimum
amount required for a sale of shares, any investment that you make
could be the sole funds that we receive in this
offering.
We are filing an application to
register the shares being offered under this prospectus in
California on the basis of a limited offering
qualification.
We will file an application to register the shares being offered
under this prospectus in California on the basis of a limited
offering qualification, where offers/sales could only be made to
proposed issuees based on their meeting certain suitability
standards as described in the offering document and that the issuer
did not have to demonstrate compliance with some or all of the
merit regulations of the Department of Corporations as found in
Title 10, California Code of Regulations, Rule 260.140 et seq. If
our application is approved, the exemptions for secondary trading
available under Corporations Code §25104(h) will be withheld,
but there may be other exemptions to cover private sales by the
bona fide owner for his own account without advertising and without
being effected by or through a broker dealer in a public
offering.
Investors will have no rights as a shareholder with respect to
their warrants until they exercise their warrants and acquire our
common shares.
Until you acquire our common shares upon exercise of your
warrant
s, you will have no rights with
respect to the common shares underlying such
warrant
s. Upon exercise of your
warrant
s, you will be entitled to
exercise the rights of a holder of common shares only as to matters
for which the record date occurs after the exercise
date.
The
warrant
s do not confer any
rights of common share ownership on their holders, such as voting
rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely
represent the right to acquire common shares at a fixed price for a
limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of
issuance, holders of the
warrant
s may exercise their right to acquire common
shares and pay an exercise price
equal to 110% of
the closing price per share on the OTCQB on the date that we first
enter into a securities purchase agreement for this offering
until
five years from the date of issuance, after which date
any unexercised
warrant
s will
expire and have no further value. Moreover, following this
offering, the market value of the
warrant
s is uncertain and there can be no assurance that
the market price of the common shares will ever equal or exceed the
exercise price of the
warrant
s,
and consequently, whether it will ever be profitable for holders of
the
warrant
s to exercise
the
warrant
s.
Our shares of common stock are subject to the “penny
stock” rules of the securities and exchange commission and
the trading market in our securities will be limited, which will
make transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value
of an investment in our stock.
The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules that
regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in
"penny stocks.” Penny stocks generally are equity
securities with a price of less than $5 (other than securities
registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on
the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume
information with respect to transactions in such securities is
provided by the exchange or system). Penny stock rules
require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock
not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized
risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC, which specifies
information about penny stocks and the nature and significance of
risks of the penny stock market. A broker-dealer must also
provide the customer with bid and offer quotations for the penny
stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer, and sales person in
the transaction, and monthly account statements indicating the
market value of each penny stock held in the customer's
account. In addition, the penny stock rules require that,
prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from
those rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written
determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the
purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the
transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the
effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for
stock that becomes subject to those penny stock rules. If a
trading market for our common stock develops, our common stock will
probably become subject to the penny stock rules, and shareholders
may have difficulty in selling their shares.
Any additional financing may dilute existing shareholders and
decrease the market price for shares of our common
stock.
If we
raise additional capital, our existing shareholders may incur
substantial and immediate dilution. We estimate that we will need
approximately $20,000,000 in additional funds over the next 2
years to complete our business plan. The most likely source of
future funds available to us is through the sale of additional
shares of common stock. Such sales might occur below market price
and below the price of which existing shareholders purchased their
shares.
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Our Articles of Incorporation provide indemnification for officers,
directors and employees.
Our
governing instruments provide that officers, directors, employees
and other agents and their affiliates shall only be liable to our
Company for losses, judgments, liabilities and expenses that result
from the negligence, misconduct, fraud or other breach of fiduciary
obligations. Thus certain alleged errors or omissions might not be
actionable by us. The governing instruments also provide that,
under the broadest circumstances allowed under law, we must
indemnify our officers, directors, employees and other agents and
their affiliates for losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses and
amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by them in
connection with our Company, including liabilities under applicable
securities laws.
The market price of our common stock may be volatile and may
fluctuate in a way that is disproportionate to our operating
performance.
Our
shares of common stock trading on the OTCQB will fluctuate
significantly. There is a volatility associated with Bulletin Board
securities in general and the value of your investment could
decline due to the impact of any of the following factors upon the
market price of our common stock:
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or failure in initiating or completing pre-clinical or clinical
trials or unsatisfactory results of these trials;
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about us or about our competitors, including clinical trial
results, regulatory approvals or new product
introductions;
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developments
concerning our licensors, product manufacturers or our ability to
produce MAN 01;
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developments
concerning our licensors, product manufacturers or our ability to
produce SR89;
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litigation
and other developments relating to our patents or other proprietary
rights or those of our competitors;
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regulation and legislation;
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in our anticipated or actual operating results;
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in securities analysts’ estimates of our performance, or our
failure to meet analysts’ expectations;
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in general economic trends; and
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perception of our industry or our prospects.
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Many of
these factors are beyond our control. The stock markets in general,
and the market for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies in
particular, have historically experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or
disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.
These broad market and industry factors could reduce the market
price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating
performance.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, or the
perception that such sales may occur, may adversely impact the
price of our common stock.
A large
number of our shares may be sold without restriction in public
markets. These include:
●
approximately
6,660,000 of our outstanding shares of common stock recorded by our
transfer agent as of November 30, 2107 as unrestricted and freely
tradable;
●
shares of our
common stock that are, or are eligible to be, unrestricted and free
trading pursuant to Rule 144 or other exemptions from registration
under the Securities Act that have not yet been recorded by our
transfer agent as such; and
A large
portion of the shares that are freely tradable, were issued at a
price that is significantly below the closing price of $4.30 as of
January 5, 2018. If the holders of our free trading shares wanted
to make a profit on their investment (or if they wish to sell for a
loss), there might not be enough purchasers to maintain the market
price of our common stock on the date of such sales. Any such
sales, or the fear of such sales, could substantially decrease the
market price of our common stock and the value of your
investment.
11
We have not paid dividends to date and do not intend to pay any
dividends in the near future.
We have
never paid dividends on our common stock and presently intend to
retain any future earnings to finance the operations of our
business. You may never receive any dividends on our
shares.
The exercise of warrants and options or future sales of our common
stock may further dilute the shares of common stock you receive in
this offering.
As of
the date hereof, we have outstanding vested and unvested options
and warrants exercisable into 3,533,995 shares of common stock. The
issuance of any shares of common stock pursuant to exercise of such
options and warrants or the conversion of such notes would dilute
your percentage ownership of our Company, and the issuance of any
shares of common stock pursuant to exercise of such options and
warrants or the conversion of such notes at a per share price below
the offering price of shares being acquired in this offering which
would dilute the net tangible value per share for such
investor.
Our
Board of Directors is authorized to sell additional shares of
common stock, or securities convertible into shares of common
stock, if in their discretion they determine that such action would
be beneficial to us. Approximately 95% of our authorized shares of
common stock and 100% of our shares of preferred stock are
available for issuance. Any such issuance would dilute the
ownership interest of persons acquiring common stock in this
offering, and any such issuance at a share price lower than then
net tangible book value per share at the time an investor purchased
its shares would dilute the net tangible value per share for such
investor.
S
PECIAL NOTE
REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We have
made statements under the captions “Prospectus
Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Use of
Proceeds”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operation”,
“Business” and elsewhere in this prospectus that are
forward-looking statements. You can identify these statements by
forward-looking words such as “may”,
“will”, “expect”, “anticipate”,
“believe”, “estimate” and similar
terminology. Forward-looking statements address, among other
things:
·
implementing and
developing our clinical programs and other aspects of our business
plans;
·
financing goals and
plans; and
·
our expectations of
when regulatory approvals will be received or other actions will be
taken by parties other than us.
We
believe it is important to communicate our expectations to our
investors. However, there may be events in the future that we are
not able to accurately predict or which we do not fully control
that will cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. These
include the factors listed under “Risk Factors” and
elsewhere in this prospectus.
Although
we believe that our expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results,
levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Our
forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this
prospectus, and we assume no duty to update them or to explain why
actual results may differ.
12
After deducting the estimated placement discount and offering
expenses payable by us, we expect to receive net proceeds of
approximately $
10,255,000
from this offering if all of the shares in this offering are sold
and approximately $2,462,500
if only 25% of the shares in this offering are sold assuming a
$5.00 per share offering price
(the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this
preliminary prospectus).
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Gross
proceeds
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$
11,250,000
|
$
5,625,000
|
$
2,812,500
|
Placement agents' fees (
8
% of gross proceeds)
|
$
900,000
|
$
450,000
|
$
225,000
|
Miscellaneous
underwriting fees expenses
|
$
75,000
|
$
75,000
|
$
75,000
|
Other
offering expenses
|
$
50,000
|
$
50,000
|
$
50,000
|
Net
proceeds
|
$
10,255,000
|
$
5,050,000
|
$
2,462,500
|
We set
out below our current intended use of the net proceeds that we may
receive from this offering. As our needs may change depending on
opportunities presented to us and risks that face, we will retain
broad discretion over the actual use of these proceeds and such
intended uses may materially differ from the actual
uses.
Description of Use
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General,
Administrative and Professional Expenses
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$
2,650,000
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$
1,370,000
|
$
732,500
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Marketing
and IR
|
$
1,400,000
|
$
450,000
|
$
150,000
|
R&D
Man01
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$
1,550,000
|
$
700,000
|
$
200,000
|
R&D
SR89
|
$
555,000
|
$
450,000
|
$
300,000
|
R&D
SR89 Phase 4 Clinical
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$
1,500,000
|
$
1,200,000
|
$
500,000
|
R&D
QBM01
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$
2,250,000
|
$
700,000
|
$
500,000
|
R&D
Uttroside-B
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$
350,000
|
$
180,000
|
$
80,000
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Total
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$
10,255,000
|
$
5,050,000
|
$
2,462,500
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Assuming
a warrant exercise price of $4.73 (which is 110% of the closing
price of our common shares on the OTCQB on January 5, 2018), we
will receive additional gross proceeds of
$10,642,500
if all of the
warrants that are part of the shares are exercised and gross
proceeds of $638,550
if all of the
placement agent warrants are exercised if all of the shares in this
offering are sold assuming a $5.00 per share offering price
(the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this
preliminary prospectus)
. We intend to use any such
proceeds for general corporate and working capital or other
purposes that our Board of Directors deems to be in our best
interest. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot
specify with certainty the particular uses for the net proceeds we
may receive upon exercise of the warrants. Accordingly, we
will retain broad discretion over the use of these proceeds, if
any.
Historical net tangible book value per share is determined by
dividing our total tangible assets less total liabilities by the
actual number of shares of common stock outstanding. Before giving
effect to this offering, our net tangible book value as of August
31, 2017 was approximately $10,000, or $0.001 per share of common
stock, based on shares of common stock outstanding on
January
4, 2018
.
At an assumed offering price of $5.00
per
share
(
the midpoint of the
price range set forth on the cover of this preliminary
prospectus
), less estimated placement agents' fees and
estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value as of August 31,
2017:
(i)
would have been
$
10,235,000
, or $
0.708
per
share, after giving effect to the sale of 100% of the
share
s in this
offering,
(ii)
would have been
$5,060,000
, or $
0.380
per share, after giving effect to the sale of 50%
of the
share
s in this offering
and
(iii)
would have been
$2,472,500
, or $0
.194
per
share, after giving effect to the sale of 25% of the
share
s in this
offering.
This represents, respectively, (i) an immediate increase in our
historical net tangible book value of $
0.707
per
share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of
$4.292
per share to new investors if we sell 100% of the shares in this
offering, (ii) an immediate increase in our historical net tangible
book value of $
0.379
per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution
of $4.620
per
share to new investors if we sell 50% of the shares in this
offering, and (iii) an immediate increase in our historical net
tangible book value of $
0.193
per
share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of
$4.806
per
share to new investors if we sell 25% of the shares in this
offering. Dilution per share represents the difference between the
amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of our common stock
in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our
common stock immediately afterwards, after giving effect to the
sales set out above at the assumed offering and after deducting
estimated placement agents' fees and estimated offering expenses
payable by us at such percentages.
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The following table illustrates this dilution, assuming no value is
attributed to the
warrant
s sold
in the offering, on a per share basis:
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Assumed public
offering price per share
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$
5.00
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$
5.00
|
$
5.00
|
Net tangible book
value (deficit) per share before the offering
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$
0.001
|
$
0.001
|
$
0.001
|
Impact on net
tangible book value per share of this offering
|
$
0.707
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$
0.379
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$
0.193
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Pro forma net
tangible book value per share after this offering
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$
0.708
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$
0.380
|
$
0.194
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Dilution in net
tangible book value per share to new investors
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$
4.292
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$
4.620
|
$
4.806
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If we sell 100% of the
share
s
in this offering, each $0.10 increase (decrease) in the assumed
public offering price of $
5.00
per
share
would increase (decrease) our pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value as of August 31, 2017 by
$207,000
(after the placement agents’ fees), or
$0.143
per share, and the dilution (benefit) per share to
new investors by $0.143
per
share.
If we sell 50% of the
share
s in
this offering, each $0.10 increase (decrease) in the assumed public
offering price of $5.00
per
share
would increase (decrease) our pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value as of August 31, 2017 by
$103,500
(after the
placement agents
’ fees), or
$0.010
per share, and the dilution (benefit) per share to
new investors by $
0.010
per
share.
If we sell 25% of the
share
s in
this offering, each $0.10 increase (decrease) in the assumed public
offering price of $5.00
per
share
would increase (decrease) our pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value as of August 31, 2017 by
$51,750
(after the
placement agents
’
fees)
, or $0.004
per share, and the dilution (benefit) per share to
new investors by $0.004
per
share.
The information discussed above is illustrative only and will
adjust based on the actual public offering price, the actual number
of securities sold in this offering, and other terms of this
offering determined at pricing.
The following tables summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of January
4, 2018, the differences between the number of shares of common
stock owned by existing stockholders and the number of shares of
common stock to be owned by new public investors, the aggregate
cash consideration paid to us and the average price per share paid
by our existing stockholders and to be paid by new public investors
purchasing shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed
public offering price of $5.00
per share (
the
midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this
preliminary prospectus
)
, calculated before deduction of estimated
placement agents' fees and estimated offering expenses payable by
us.
For 100% of the
s
hare
s in the
Offering:
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Existing
stockholders
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12,206,409
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84.4
%
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$
14,841,876.73
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56.883
%
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$
1.22
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New public
investors
|
2,250,000
|
15.6
%
|
$
11,250,000.00
|
43.117
%
|
$
5.00
|
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Total
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14,456,409
|
100
%
|
$
26,091,876.73
|
100
%
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$
1.80
|
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|
|
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For 50% of the
Share
s in the
Offering:
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Existing
stockholders
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12,206,409
|
91.56
%
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$
14,841,876.73
|
72.520
%
|
$
1.22
|
New public
investors
|
1,125,000
|
8.44
%
|
$
5,625,000.00
|
27.480
%
|
$
5.00
|
|
|
Total
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13,331,409
|
100
%
|
20,466,876.73
|
100
%
|
$
1.50
|
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|
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|
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For 25% of the
Share
s in the
Offering:
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|
|
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|
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Existing
stockholders
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12,206,409
|
95.59
%
|
$
14,841,876.73
|
84.069
%
|
$
1.22
|
New public
investors
|
562,500
|
4.41
%
|
$
2,812,500.00
|
15.931
%
|
$
5.00
|
|
|
|
Total
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12,768,909
|
100
%
|
$
17,654,376.73
|
100
%
|
$
1.38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The information also assumes no exercise of any outstanding stock
options or warrants or conversion of outstanding convertible notes.
As of
January 4, 2018
, there
were
450,000
options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of
$4.00
. To the extent that any of these options are
exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors. If all
of these options had been exercised as of
January 4,
2018
:
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $0.807
and total dilution per share to new investors
would have been
$
4.193 f
or
100% of the
share
s in the
offering,
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $0.
498
and
total dilution
per share to new investors would
have been $4.502
for 50% of
the
share
s in the offering
and
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $0.323
and total dilution
per share to new investors would
have been $4.677
for 25% of the
share
s in the offering.
As of
January 4, 201
8 there
were 3,083,995 warrants outstanding at a weighted average exercise
price of $
3.67
. To the extent that any of these warrants would
be exercised at a price less than the offering price, there would
be further dilution to new investors. If all of these warrants had
been exercised as of
January 4, 2018
:
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $1.229
and total
dilution
per share to new investors would
have been $
3.771
for 100% of the
share
s in the
offering,
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $0.998
and total dilution
per share to new investors would have been
$4.002
for 50% of the
share
s in the offering and
●
net tangible book value per share after this
offering would have been $.870
and total dilution
per share to new investors would
have been $
4.130
for
25% of the
share
s in the
offering.
D
ETERMINATION OF OFFERING
PRICE
The public offering price set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus has been determined based upon arm’s-length
negotiations between the purchasers and us.
The offering
price of our common stock does not necessarily bear any
relationship to our book value, assets, past operating results,
financial condition or any other established criteria of value. Our
common stock might trade at market prices below the offering price
as prices for common stock in any public market will be determined
in the marketplace and may be influenced by many factors, including
depth and liquidity.
Roth Capital Partners, LLC has agreed to act as lead placement
agent and Brookline Capital Markets LLC has agreed to act as
co-lead placement agent in connection with this offering, subject
to the terms and conditions of a Placement Agency Agreement. The
placement agents are not purchasing or selling any of the
share
s offered by this prospectus, nor
are they required to arrange the purchase or sale of any specific
number or dollar amount of the
share
s, but have agreed to use their commercially
reasonable “best efforts” to arrange for the sale of
all of the
share
s offered
hereby. We may not sell the entire amount of
share
s offered pursuant to this
prospectus. Purchasers in this offering shall rely solely on this
prospectus in connection with the purchase of securities in this
offering. The placement agents may engage sub-placement agents or
selected dealers to assist in the placement of the
share
s offered
hereby.
We will enter into securities purchase agreements directly with
investors.
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Placement Agents’ Fees and Expenses
We have agreed to pay the placement agents a maximum aggregate cash
placement fee equal to 8% of the gross proceeds from the sale of
the
share
s in this offering. As
there is no set amount of
share
s that must be sold in this offering, we set out
in the table below the per
share
and total cash placement agents’ fees (where
applicable) we will pay to the placement agents in connection with
the sale of the 100%, 50% and 25% of the
share
s offered pursuant to this
prospectus:
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100% of Offering
|
50% of Offering
|
25% of Offering
|
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Per Share (1)
|
Total
|
Per Share
(1)
|
Total
|
Per Share
(1)
|
Total
|
Public
offering price
|
$5.00
|
$11,250,000
|
$5.00
|
$5,625,000
|
$5.00
|
$2,812,500
|
Placement
agents’ fees (2)(3)
|
$0.40
|
$900,000
|
$0.40
|
$450,000
|
$0.40
|
$225,000
|
Proceeds
to us, before expenses
|
$4.60
|
$10,350,000
|
$4.60
|
$5,175,000
|
$4.60
|
$2,587,500
|
In
addition to the cash placement fee, we have agreed to issue to the
placement agents a warrant to purchase that number of our common
stock equal to 6% of the common stock issued or issuable in the
offering (excluding shares of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of any warrants issued to investors in the Offering) at an
exercise price of $ per share, which represents the exercise price
of the warrants sold in the public offering. The placement agent
warrants will have substantially the same terms as the warrants
being sold to the investors in this offering. Pursuant to FINRA
Rule 5110(g), the placement agent warrants and any shares issued
upon exercise of the placement agent warrants shall not be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject
of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction
that would result in the effective economic disposition of the
securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately
following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of
this offering, except the transfer of any security: (i) by
operation of law or by reason of our reorganization; (ii) to any
FINRA member firm participating in the offering and the officers or
partners thereof, if all securities so transferred remain subject
to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the remainder of the
time period; (iii) if the aggregate amount of our securities held
by the placement agent or related persons do not exceed 1% of the
securities being offered; (iv) that is beneficially owned on a
pro-rata basis by all equity owners of an investment fund, provided
that no participating member manages or otherwise directs
investments by the fund and the participating members in the
aggregate do not own more than 10% of the equity in the fund; or
(v) the exercise or conversion of any security, if all securities
remain subject to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the
remainder of the time period.
We have agreed to reimburse the placement agents for certain of
their out-of-pocket legal expenses and other reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses up to an aggregate of $50,000, subject to
FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D)(i). Out-of-pocket and legal expenses
exceeding $50,000 shall require our prior approval, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
We estimate the total offering
expenses of this offering that will be payable by us, excluding the
placement agents’ fee, will be approximately $125,000, which
includes legal, accounting and printing costs, various other fees
and reimbursement of the placements agent’s
expenses.
Pursuant to our Engagement Letter with Roth Capital Partners, LLC,
dated November 14, 2017 (the “Engagement Letter”), for
a period of 120 days (the “Engagement Period”), we
granted Roth Capital Partners, LLC the right to serve as our
exclusive placement agent or sole book running manager with respect
to any offering of our equity or equity-linked securities. In
addition, we have agreed to give the Roth Capital Partners, LLC a
twelve-month right of first refusal to act as our lead underwriter
or placement agent for any further capital raising transactions
undertaken by us during the Engagement Period and for a period of
twelve months thereafter.
If the offering hereunder is not consummated, the placement agents
shall be entitled to the foregoing cash placement fee to the extent
that capital is provided by investors that the placement agents
introduced to us, or conducted discussions on our behalf, in any
offering of securities by us or our affiliates within twelve
months.
Our obligation to issue and sell the
share
s offered hereby to the purchasers is subject to
the conditions set forth in the
securities purchase
agreements,
which may be waived by us at our discretion. A purchaser’s
obligation to purchase the
share
s offered hereby is subject to the conditions set
forth in the securities purchase agreement as well, which may also
be waived.
At the closing, The Depository Trust Company will credit the shares
of common stock to the respective accounts of the investors. We
will mail the
warrant
s directly
to the investors at the respective addresses set forth in
their
securities purchase
agreement with
us or provided to us.
Leak-out Agreements
Pursuant
to the
securities purchase
agreements, each
investor has agreed that until the earlier of (i)
, 2018 and (ii) the fifth consecutive
trading day during which the VWAP (as defined in the warrants) for
each such trading day during such period is equal to or exceeds $
per share, such investor, either
alone or together with its affiliates, in this offering will limit
its selling to no more
than % of the daily
trading volume of the common stock on such trading day, including
shares of common stock or shares of common stock underlying any
convertible securities (including any shares of common stock
acquirable upon exercise of purchased pre-funded warrants or common
warrants).
Lock-up Agreements
Our
officers and directors and their respective affiliates have agreed
with the representative to be subject to a lock-up period of 90
days following the date of this prospectus. During the applicable
lock-up period, such persons may not offer for sale, contract to
sell, sell, distribute, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of our
common stock. Certain limited transfers are permitted during the
lock-up period if the transferee agrees to these lock-up
restrictions. The lock-up period is subject to an additional
extension to accommodate for our reports of financial results or
material news releases. The placement agent may, in its sole
discretion and without notice, waive the terms of any of these
lock-up agreements. In the securities purchase agreement, we have
agreed to a limitation on the issuance and sale of our securities
for 90 days following the closing of this offering, subject to
certain exceptions.
Other Relationships
From time to time, the placement agents and their affiliates have
provided, and may in the future provide, various investment
banking, financial advisory and other services to us and our
affiliates for which services they have received, and may in the
future receive, customary fees. In the course of their businesses,
the placement agents and their affiliates may actively trade our
securities or loans for their own account or for the accounts of
customers, and, accordingly, the placement agents and their
affiliates may at any time hold long or short positions in such
securities or loans. Except for services provided in connection
with this offering, and except as set forth in this paragraph, the
placement agents have not provided any investment banking or other
financial services during the 180-day period preceding the date of
this prospectus supplement and we do not expect to retain the
placement agent to perform any investment banking or other
financial services for at least 90 days after the date of this
prospectus supplement.
The co-lead placement agent,
Brookline Capital Markets LLC, in this offering served as our
placement agent in a private placement we consummated in August
2017 pursuant to which it received compensation, including warrants
to purchase shares of our common stock.
Indemnification
We have agreed to indemnify the placement agents against
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We have
also agreed to contribute to payments the placement agents may be
required to make in respect of such liabilities.
Electronic Distribution
This prospectus may be made available in electronic format on
websites or through other online services maintained by the
placement agents, or by an affiliate. Other than this prospectus in
electronic format, the information on the placement agents’
website and any information contained in any other website
maintained by the placement agents is not part of this prospectus
or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a
part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the placement
agents, and should not be relied upon by investors.
The foregoing does not purport to be a complete statement of the
terms and conditions of the placement agents’ agreements
and
securities purchase
agreements. A copy of the placement agents’ agreements and
the form of
securities purchase
agreement with the investors are included as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. See
“Where You Can Find More Information”.
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Regulation M Restrictions
The placement agents will be deemed to be underwriters within the
meaning of Section2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, and any
commissions received by them and any profit realized on the resale
of the
share
s sold by them
while acting as a principal may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. As an
underwriter, the placement agents would be required to comply with
the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 and Regulation M under
the Exchange Act. These rules and regulations may limit the timing
of purchases and sales of shares of common stock and warrants by
the placement agents acting as a principal. Under these rules and
regulations, the placement agents:
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must not engage in
any stabilization activity in connection with our securities;
and
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must not bid for or
purchase any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to
purchase any of our securities, other than as permitted under the
Exchange Act, until it has completed its participation in the
distribution.
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Other
From time to time, the placement agents and their respective
affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, various
investment banking, financial advisory and other services to us and
our affiliates for which services they have received, and may in
the future receive, customary fees. In the course of their
businesses, the placement agents and its affiliates may actively
trade our securities or loans for their own account or for the
accounts of customers, and, accordingly, the placement agents and
its affiliates may at any time hold long or short positions in such
securities or loans.
California
No securities shall be sold pursuant to this prospectus to
residents of the State of California unless such residents have
either of (i) a minimum of $65,000 gross income and net worth of
$250,000, or (ii) a minimum net worth of $500,000. In either
instance, an investor who is resident of the State of California
shall not invest more than ten (10%) of their net worth in this
offering. Net worth shall be determined exclusive of home, home
furnishings and automobiles. Assets included in the computation of
net worth may be valued at fair market value.
D
ESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
We are
authorized by our articles of incorporation to issue an aggregate
of 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
of which 12,206,409 were outstanding as of January 4, 2018, and
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock of which none were
outstanding as of January 4, 2018.
This
prospectus contains only a summary of the securities that we are
offering. The following summary of the terms of our common stock,
preferred stock, and warrants may not be complete and is subject
to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and
provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation,
our amended and restated bylaws and the warrants. You should refer
to, and read this summary together with, our amended and restated
articles of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the
warrants to review all of the terms of our common stock, preferred
stock and warrants that may be important to you.
Common Stock
Holders
of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders. Except
as otherwise required by Nevada law, and subject to the rights of
the holders of preferred stock, if any, all stockholder action is
taken by the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of common
stock voting as a single class present at a meeting of stockholders
at which a quorum consisting of one-half of the outstanding shares
of common stock is present in person or proxy.
Subject
to the prior rights of any class or series of preferred stock which
may from time to time be outstanding, if any, holders of our common
stock are entitled to receive ratably, dividends when, as, and if
declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available
for that purpose and, upon our liquidation, dissolution, or winding
up, are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after
payment of liabilities and payment of accrued dividends and
liquidation preferences on the preferred stock.
Anti-Takeover Provisions
The
provisions of Nevada law and our bylaws may have the effect of
delaying, deferring or preventing another party from acquiring
control of the company. These provisions may discourage and prevent
coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover
bids.
Nevada
Law
Nevada
law contains a provision governing “acquisition of
controlling interest.” This law provides generally that any
person or entity that acquires 20% or more of the outstanding
voting shares of a publicly-held Nevada corporation in the
secondary public or private market may be denied voting rights with
respect to the acquired shares, unless a majority of the
disinterested shareholders of the corporation elects to restore
such voting rights in whole or in part. The control share
acquisition act provides that a person or entity acquires
“control shares” whenever it acquires shares that, but
for the operation of the control share acquisition act, would bring
its voting power within any of the following three ranges: 20 to
33-1/3%; 33-1/3 to 50%; or more than 50%.
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A
“control share acquisition” is generally defined as the
direct or indirect acquisition of either ownership or voting power
associated with issued and outstanding control shares. The
shareholders or Board of Directors of a corporation may elect to
exempt the stock of the corporation from the provisions of the
control share acquisition act through adoption of a provision to
that effect in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
corporation. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws do not exempt
our common stock from the control share acquisition
act.
The
control share acquisition act is applicable only to shares of
“Issuing Corporations” as defined by the Nevada law. An
Issuing Corporation is a Nevada corporation which (i) has 200 or
more shareholders, with at least 100 of such shareholders being
both shareholders of record and residents of Nevada, and (ii) does
business in Nevada directly or through an affiliated
corporation.
At this
time, we do not believe we have 100 shareholders of record resident
of Nevada and we do not conduct business in Nevada directly.
Therefore, the provisions of the control share acquisition act are
believed not to apply to acquisitions of our shares and will not
until such time as these requirements have been met. At such time
as they may apply, the provisions of the control share acquisition
act may discourage companies or persons interested in acquiring a
significant interest in or control of us, regardless of whether
such acquisition may be in the interest of our
shareholders.
The
Nevada “Combination with Interested Stockholders
Statute” may also have an effect of delaying or making it
more difficult to effect a change in control of us. This statute
prevents an “interested stockholder” and a resident
domestic Nevada corporation from entering into a
“combination,” unless certain conditions are met. The
statute defines “combination” to include any merger or
consolidation with an “interested stockholder,” or any
sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions with an
“interested stockholder” having (i) an aggregate market
value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of the
assets of the corporation, (ii) an aggregate market value equal to
5% or more of the aggregate market value of all outstanding shares
of the corporation, or (iii) representing 10% or more of the
earning power or net income of the corporation.
An
“interested stockholder” means the beneficial owner of
10% or more of the voting shares of a resident domestic
corporation, or an affiliate or associate thereof. A corporation
affected by the statute may not engage in a
“combination” within three years after the interested
stockholder acquires its shares unless the combination or purchase
is approved by the Board of Directors before the interested
stockholder acquired such shares. If approval is not obtained, then
after the expiration of the three-year period, the business
combination may be consummated with the approval of the Board of
Directors or a majority of the voting power held by disinterested
stockholders, or if the consideration to be paid by the interested
stockholder is at least equal to the highest of (i) the highest
price per share paid by the interested stockholder within the three
years immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the
combination or in the transaction in which he became an interested
stockholder, whichever is higher, (ii) the market value per common
share on the date of announcement of the combination or the date
the interested stockholder acquired the shares, whichever is
higher, or (iii) if higher for the holders of preferred stock, the
highest liquidation value of the preferred stock.
Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws
Our
articles of incorporation are silent as to cumulative voting rights
in the election of our directors. Nevada law requires the existence
of cumulative voting rights to be provided for by a corporation's
articles of incorporation. In the event that a few
stockholders end up owning a significant portion of our issued and
outstanding common stock, the lack of cumulative voting would make
it more difficult for other stockholders to replace our Board of
Directors or for a third party to obtain control of us by replacing
our Board of Directors. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws do
not contain any explicit provisions that would have an effect of
delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of
us.
Warrants
Duration and Exercise Price.
The
warrant
s offered hereby
will entitle the holders thereof to purchase up to an aggregate
of
2,250,000
shares of our common stock at an initial exercise price per share
that is
equal to 110% of the
closing price per share on the OTCQB on the date that we first
enter in a securities purchase agreement for this offering, subject
to adjustment as described below, and will expire five years after
the date they are issued. The
warrant
s will be issued separately from the common stock
included in the
share
s and may
be transferred separately immediately thereafter. All
warrant
s will have the same expiration
date
.
Anti-Dilution Protection.
The exercise price of the
warrant
s is subject to appropriate
adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits,
reorganizations or similar events affecting our common
stock.
Cashless Exercise.
If, at
the time a holder exercises a
warrant
, there is no effective registration statement
registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available
for an issuance of the shares underlying the
warrant
to the holder, then in lieu of making
the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such
exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may
elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in
part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according
to a formula set forth in the
warrant
.
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Fundamental Transactions
. If,
at any time while the
warrant
s
are outstanding, (A) the Company, directly or indirectly, in
one or more related transactions, (i) consolidates or merges
with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving
corporation) another person, or (ii) sells, assigns,
transfers, conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially
all of the properties or assets of the Company to any other person,
or (iii) makes, or allows any other person to make a purchase,
tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more
than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock (not including
any shares of common stock held by the person(s) making or party
to, or affiliated with any of the persons making or party to, such
purchase, tender or exchange offer); or (iv) consummates a
stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination
(including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization,
spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other person whereby
such other person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares
of common stock (not including any shares of common stock held by
the person(s) making or party to, or affiliated with any of the
persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other
business combination), or (v) reorganizes, recapitalizes or
reclassifies its common stock, (B) the Company, directly or
indirectly, through one or more related transactions, allows any
person or group to be or become the “beneficial owner”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate voting
power represented by issued and outstanding common stock, or
(C) the Company, directly or indirectly, through one or more
related transactions, issues or enters into any other instrument or
transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that
circumvents, the intent of this definition, in which case this
definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner to
correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may
be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such
instrument or transaction (each, a “Fundamental
Transaction”), then each holder shall have the right
thereafter to receive, upon exercise of a
warrant
, the same amount and kind of
securities, cash or property as such holder would have been
entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction if the holder had been, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of shares of
common stock then issuable upon exercise of the
warrant
. Any successor to us,
surviving entity or the corporation purchasing or otherwise
acquiring such assets shall assume the obligation to deliver to the
holder such alternate consideration, and the other obligations,
under the
warrant
.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of any
Fundamental Transaction, the holders of the
warrant
s will be entitled to receive,
in lieu of our shares and at the holders’ option, cash in an
amount equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined in the form
of
warrant
) of the remaining
unexercised portion of the
warrant
on the date of the
transaction.
Transferability.
The
warrant
s may be transferred at the option of the
warrant
holder upon surrender of
the
warrant
s with the
appropriate instruments of transfer.
Exchange Listing.
We do
not plan on making an application to list the
warrant
s on any national securities
exchange or other nationally recognized trading
system.
Exercisability.
The
warrant
s will be exercisable, at the
option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a
duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for
the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such
exercise (except in the case of a cashless exercise as discussed
above). A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise
any portion of the warrant to the extent that the holder would
beneficially own more than 4.99% (or at the election of the holder,
9.99%) of our outstanding common stock after exercise. The holder
may increase or decrease this beneficial ownership limitation to
any other percentage of our common stock outstanding immediately
after the exercise not in excess of 9.99%, upon notice to us,
provided that, in the case of an increase, such increase shall not
be effective for 61 following the written notice to
us.
Waivers and Amendments.
Subject to certain exceptions, the terms of
a
warrant
may be amended or
waived only with the written consent of the
holder.
Preferred Stock
Our
articles of incorporation authorize us to issue 100,000,000 shares
of preferred stock. We have neither issued any preferred stock nor
designated the terms of any class of preferred stock. The
designation of the terms of any class of preferred stock are to be
determined solely by our board of directors. As a result, without
the need for any vote by our shareholders, we could issue a class
of securities that we would be preferential in voting,
distribution, liquidation or other rights to the securities that
you may purchase in this offering.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock
is V Stock Transfer, LLC, 18 Lafayette
Place, Woodmere, NY 11598, Phone: (212)
828-8436.
Listing
The
shares of our common stock are quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol
QBIO. On January 5, 2018, the last reported sale price per share
for our common stock on the OTCQB as reported was
$4.30.
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We are
a biotechnology acceleration and development company focused on
acquiring and in-licensing pre-clinical, clinical-stage and
approved life sciences therapeutic products. Currently, we have a
portfolio of four therapeutic products, including an FDA approved
product, Strontium 89, a radiopharmaceutical for metastatic cancer
bone pain, and three development stage products: QBM-001 for rare
pediatric non-verbal autism spectrum disorder, Uttroside-B for
liver cancer, and MAN 01 for glaucoma. We aim to maximize
risk-adjusted returns by focusing on multiple assets throughout the
discovery and development cycle. We expect to benefit from early
positioning in illiquid and/or less well known privately-held
assets, thereby enabling us to capitalize on valuation growth as
these assets move forward in their development.
Our
mission is to:
(i)
license and acquire
pre-commercial innovative life sciences assets in different stages
of development and therapeutic areas from academia or small private
companies;
(ii)
license and acquire
FDA approved drugs and medical devices with limited current and
commercial activity; and
(iii)
accelerate and
advance our assets to the next value inflection point by providing:
strategic capital, business development and financial advice and
experienced sector specific advisors.
In
2018, we plan: (i) to generate revenue from our Strontium 89
product for pain palliation in bone metastases as well as commence
a therapeutic expansion post-marketing phase 4 trial for this
product; and (ii) to commence a phase 2/3 pivotal trial with our
QBM-001 asset to address a non-verbal learning disorder in autistic
children. In 2019, we intend to file investigational new drug
applications, or INDs, with FDA for each of our Uttroside-B and MAN
01 assets for the treatment of liver cancer and glaucoma,
respectively.
Following
is a summary of our product pipeline.
Our Strategy
Our
goal is to become a leading biotechnology acceleration and
development company with a diversified portfolio of therapeutic
products commercially available and in development. To achieve this
goal, we are executing on the following strategy:
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Strategically collaborate or in- and out-license select
programs.
We seek
to collaborate or in- and out-license certain potentially
therapeutic candidate products to biotechnology or pharmaceutical
companies for preclinical and clinical development and
commercialization.
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Highly leverage external talent and resources.
We plan
to maintain and further build our team which is skilled in
evaluating technologies for development and product development
towards commercialization. By partnering with industry specific
experts, we are able to identify undervalued assets that we can
fund and assist in enhancing inherent value. We plan to continue to
rely on the extensive experience of our management team to execute
on our objectives.
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Evaluate commercialization and monetization strategies on a
product-by-product basis in order to maximize the value of our
product candidates or future potential products.
As we
move our drug candidates through development toward regulatory
approval, we will evaluate several options for each drug
candidate’s commercialization or monetization strategy. These
options include building our own internal sales force; entering
into a joint marketing partnership with another pharmaceutical or
biotechnology company, whereby we jointly sell and market the
product; and out-licensing any product that we develop by ourselves
or jointly with another party, whereby another pharmaceutical or
biotechnology company sells and markets such product and pays us a
royalty on sales. Our decision will be made separately for each
product and will be based on a number of factors including capital
necessary to execute on each option, size of the market to be
addressed and terms of potential offers from other pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies. It is too early for us to know which
of these options we will pursue for our drug candidates, assuming
their successful development.
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Acquire commercially or near-commercially ready products and build
out the current market for such.
In
addition to acquiring pre-clinical products, in assembling a
diversified portfolio of healthcare assets, we plan on acquiring
assets that are either FDA approved or are reasonably expected to
be FDA approved within 12 months of our acquiring them. We
anticipate hiring a contract sales organization to assume the bulk
of the sales and distribution efforts related to any such
product.
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General Information
We were
incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 22, 2013 under the
name ISMO Technology Solutions and attempted to establish a base of
operation in the information technology sector and provide IT
hardware, software and support solutions to businesses and
households. However, we did not pursue our business plan to any
great extent due to the deteriorating health of the major
shareholder and CEO, Mr. Enrique Navas.
On
August 5, 2015, we recorded a stock split effectuated in the form a
stock dividend. The stock dividend was paid at a rate of 1.5
“new” shares for every one issued and outstanding share
held. All common share amounts and per share amounts as referred
throughout this prospectus have been adjusted to reflect the stock
split.
On
April 21, 2015, we issued 2,500,000 shares of our common stock to
Mr. Denis Corin pursuant to a consulting agreement and Mr. Corin
also agreed to join the Board of Directors. On July 15, 2016, we
issued to Mr. Corin five-year warrants to purchase 150,000 shares
of common stock at a price of $1.45 per share.
On June
1, 2015, our shareholders elected Mr. William Rosenstadt to the
Board of Directors and appointed him as Chief Legal
Officer. In exchange for such services for a one-year
term, we agreed to pay Mr. Rosenstadt 375,000 shares of our common
stock. We engaged the law firm at which Mr. Rosenstadt is a partner
to provide us with legal services. We have paid for these services
through the issuance to such law firm of 500,000 shares of our
common stock on June 1, 2015, five-year warrants to purchase
250,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.15 per share on
January 15, 2016 and five-year warrants to purchase 50,000 shares
of common stock at a price of $1.45 per share on July 16, 2016. On
July 15, 2016, we issued Mr. Rosenstadt five-year warrants to
purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1.45 per
share for his services as a director.
Also on
June 1, 2015, our Board of Directors determined it was in the best
interest of the Company to establish a base of operations in the
biomedical industry. As a result, the Board of Directors
approved a change in the Company’s name from “ISMO Tech
Solutions, Inc.” to “Q BioMed Inc.” Q
BioMed Inc. established its business as a biomedical acceleration
and development company focused on licensing, acquiring and
providing strategic resources to life sciences and healthcare
companies.
On July
23, 2015, our founder and CEO, Mr. Enrique Navas, resigned from his
position a director of our company and any positions that he held
as an officer of the Company. This resignation did not result
from any dispute or disagreement with us, our independent
accountants, our counsel or our operations, policies and practices.
Mr. Navas agreed to return 3,750,000 shares of common stock owned
by him to the treasury.
On
October 27, 2015, we filed a Certificate of Amendment to our
Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to
increase the number of shares of common stock that we are
authorized to issue from 100,000,000 shares to 250,000,000
shares. The Certificate of Amendment affected no provisions of
our Articles of Incorporation other than the number of common stock
that were are authorized to issue, and we are still authorized to
issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
Our Drug Discovery Approach
We aim
to acquire or license and have assembled a pipeline of multiple
therapeutics in development stages ranging from early pre-clinical
to commercial ready. Our model seeks to diversify risk by
broadening the therapeutic areas we work in as well as providing
multiple catalysts as we advance assets through the clinical and
regulatory process.
Our
mission is to:
(i)
license and acquire
pre-commercial innovative life sciences assets in different stages
of development and therapeutic areas from academia or small private
companies;
(ii)
license and acquire
FDA approved drugs and medical devices with limited current and
commercial activity;
(iii)
accelerate and
advance our assets to the next value inflection point by providing:
(A) strategic capital, (B) business development and financial
advice and (C) experienced sector specific advisors.
Our Research and Development Activities
In the
fiscal years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, we have incurred
approximately $1.3 million and $598,000, respectively, on research
and development activities, including the issuance of 50,000 and
200,000 shares of common stock issued to Bio-Nucleonics Inc. and
Mannin Research Inc. in the corresponding year, valued at
approximately $160,000 and $548,000, respectively. In the nine
months ended August 31, 2017, we have incurred approximately
$
2.3
million
on research and development activities, including
the issuance of 125,000 shares of common stock issued to ASDERA,
valued at approximately $487,500.
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Mannin Intellectual Property
On
October 29, 2015, we entered into a Patent and Technology License
and Purchase Option Agreement with Mannin whereby we were granted a
worldwide, exclusive license on, and option to acquire, certain
Mannin intellectual property, or IP, within the four-year
term.
The
Mannin IP is initially focused on developing a first-in-class eye
drop treatment for glaucoma. The technology platform may be
expanded in scope beyond ophthalmological uses and may include
cystic kidney disease and others. The initial cost to acquire the
exclusive license from Mannin was $50,000 and the issuance of
200,000 shares of our common stock, valued at $548,000, subject to
an 18-month restriction from trading and subsequent leak-out
conditions. Upon Mannin completing a successful phase 1 proof of
concept trial in glaucoma, we will be obligated to issue an
additional 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to Mannin, also
subject to leak-out conditions. We believe this milestone could
occur in the first half of 2019.
Pursuant
to the exclusive license from Mannin, we may purchase the Mannin IP
within the next four years in exchange for: (i) investing a minimum
of $4,000,000 into the development of the Mannin IP and (ii)
possibly issuing Mannin additional shares of our common stock based
on meeting pre-determined valuation and market conditions.
During the year ended November 30, 2016, we incurred approximately
$1.1 million in research and development expenses to fund the costs
of development of the eye drop treatment for glaucoma pursuant to
the exclusive license, of which an aggregate of $654,000 was
already paid as of November 30, 2016. Through November 30,
2016, we funded an aggregate of $704,000 to Mannin under the
exclusive license.
In the
event that: (i) we do not exercise the option to purchase the
Mannin IP; (ii) we fail to invest the $4,000,000 within four years
from the date of the exclusive license; or (iii) we fail to make a
diligent, good faith and commercially reasonable effort to progress
the Mannin IP, all Mannin IP shall revert back to Mannin and we
shall be granted the right to collect twice the monies invested
through that date of reversion by way of a royalty along with other
consideration which may be perpetual.
MAN 01 – New Vascular Therapeutics including Primary Open
Angle Glaucoma
Mannin
is utilizing a proprietary research platform technology to address
the need for a new class of drugs to treat various vascular
diseases. Our lead indication is for a first-in-class therapeutic
eye-drop for the treatment of Primary Open Angle
Glaucoma.
We are
developing a first-in-class drug targeting the Schlemm's canal and
its role in regulating interocular eye pressure, one of the leading
causes of glaucoma. No other glaucoma company is targeting the
Schlemm's canal, the main drainage pathway in the eye. This unique
vessel is responsible for 70-90% of the fluid drainage in the eye.
The MAN 01 drug is currently in the lead optimization stage of its
pre-clinical testing. We aim to initiate IND enabling studies is
2018 and file an IND in 2019.
We
believe that a deep pipeline of novel therapeutics can be developed
from this research platform, which would treat a spectrum of
vascular diseases including Cystic Kidney Disease, Pediatric
Glaucoma and Inflammation.
Recently,
a number of significant deals and announcements have been made in
the ophthalmology space. Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced
successful efficacy data from its first phase III registration
study, Mercury 1, on Roclatan. Roclatan (once daily) is being
evaluated for its ability of lowering intraocular pressure, or IOP,
in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The success of
this Aerie trial is an indication of the importance of this market,
and the acute need for novel drugs to treat the over 60 million
sufferers of this disease. In addition, in October 2015, Allergan
plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, acquired AqueSys,
Inc. a private clinical stage medical device company focused on
developing ocular implants that reduce IOP associated with
glaucoma, in an all-cash transaction for a $300 million upfront
payment and regulatory approval and commercialization milestone
payments related to AqueSys' lead development
programs.
BioNucleonics Intellectual Property
On May
30, 2016, we entered into a Patent and Technology License and
Purchase Option Agreement with BNI, which agreement was amended on
September 6, 2016, whereby we were granted a worldwide, exclusive
license on certain BNI intellectual property and the option to
acquire the BNI IP within three years of the BNI.
The BNI
IP consists of generic Strontium Chloride SR89 (Generic
Metastron®) and all of BNI’s intellectual property
relating to it. Currently, SR89 is a radiopharmaceutical
therapeutic for cancer bone pain therapy. We plan on exploring
options to broaden the technology platform in scope to uses beyond
metastatic cancer bone pain. In exchange for the consideration, we
agreed, upon reaching various milestones, to issue to BNI an
aggregate of 110,000 shares of common stock that are subject to
restriction from trading until commercialization of the product
(which we anticipate will occur in March 2018) and subsequent
leak-out conditions, and provide funding to BNI for an aggregate of
$850,000 in cash, of which we had paid $351,700 as of August 31,
2017. Once we have funded up to $850,000 in cash, we may
exercise the option to acquire the BNI IP at no additional
charge. In September 2016, we issued 50,000 shares of
common stock, with a fair value of $160,500, to BNI pursuant to the
exclusive license from BNI.
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We were
obligated to provide further funding to BNI up to a total of
$163,500 to settle certain long-term debt on behalf of
BioNucleonics. To this end, we had provided an aggregate of
approximately $77,000 through August 25, 2017 to BNI to help fully
settle its obligations, which we recognized as research and
development expenses in the accompanying Statements of
Operations.
In the
event that: (i) we do not exercise the option to purchase the BNI
IP; (ii) we fail to invest the $850,000 within three years from the
date of the exclusive license; or (iii) we fail to make a diligent,
good faith and commercially reasonable effort to progress the BNI
IP, all BNI IP shall revert back to BNI and we shall be granted the
right to collect twenty percent of the monies invested through that
date of reversion by way of a royalty until such time that the
aggregate of royalties paid exceeds twice the aggregate of all
total cash investment paid by Q Bio along with other consideration
which may be perpetual.
Generic Strontium89 Chloride SR89 Injection USP
Strontium89
is an FDA approved drug for pain palliation in bone metastases,
primarily from breast, prostate and lung cancers. It is Medicare
and Healthcare insurance reimbursable. Strontium-89 is a pure beta
emitting radiopharmaceutical. It is a chemical analog of calcium
and for this reason, localizes in bone. There is a significant
concentration of both calcium and strontium analogs at the site of
active osteoblastic activity. This is the biochemical basis for its
use in treating metastatic bone disease.
Strontium
89 shows prolonged retention in metastatic bone lesions with a
biological half-life of over 50 days, remaining up to 100 days
after injection of the radiopharmaceutical, whereas the half-life
in normal bone tissue is approximately 14 days. Strontium-89 has
been shown to decrease pain in patients with osteoblastic
metastases resulting from prostate cancer. When Strontium-89
Chloride is used, pain palliation occurs in up to 80% of patients
within 2 to 3 weeks after administration and lasts from 3 to 12
months with an average of about 6 months.
In the
United States, of the estimated 450,000 individuals newly diagnosed
with either breast or prostate cancer, one in three will develop
bone metastases, a common cause of pain in cancer patients. These
figures are expected to increase as the potential patient
population ages.
Strontium
89 is a non-opioid drug for the treatment of debilitating
metastatic cancer pain in the bone. We believe there is a
significant opportunity to market this effective drug as
practitioners and caregivers are being encouraged to reexamine
their use of opiates for treating patients in pain. We estimate the
palliation market to be approximately $300 million annually.
Additional therapeutic indications for Strontium 89 are possible,
and we intend to pursue those in 2018, hopefully resulting in entry
into a multi-billion dollar therapeutic area.
ASDERA Intellectual Property
On
April 21, 2017, we entered into a License Agreement on Patent &
Know-How Technology with ASDERA whereby we were granted a
worldwide, exclusive, license on certain ASDERA intellectual
property.
Among
the more than 60,000 US children who develop autism spectrum
disorders, or ASD, every year, approximately 20,000 become
nonverbal and will have to rely on assisted living for the rest of
their lives. The ASDERA IP is intended to treat the rare pediatric
condition (nonverbal disorder) during the second year of life, when
children learn to speak. Many of the children who miss this
treatment window will become non-verbal for all of their lives.
Currently, there is no treatment for this nonverbal disorder. The
ASDERA IP is not intended to treat other aspects of ASD or to be
used beyond the estimated treatment window. The ASDERA IP consists
of patent-rights and know-how relating to a product candidate named
ASD-002 (now identified as QBM001).
The
initial cost to acquire the exclusive license from ASDERA was
$50,000 and the issuance of 125,000 shares of our unregistered
common stock subject to a leak-out conditions after the Rule 144
period has ended. In addition to royalties based upon net sales of
the product candidate, if any, we are required to make additional
payments upon the following milestones:
●
the filing of an
investigational new drug application, or IND, with the US Food and
Drug Administration;
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successful interim
results of Phase II/III clinical trial of the product
candidate;
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FDA acceptance of a
new drug application;
●
FDA approval of the
product candidate; and
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achieving certain
worldwide net sales.
Subject
to the terms of the Agreement, we will be in control of the
development and commercialization of the product candidate and are
responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) initiate a Phase II/III clinical trial at the earlier of the
two-year anniversary of the Agreement or one year from the
FDA’s approval of the IND and (ii) to make our first
commercial sale by the fifth-anniversary of the Agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the ASDERA IP would revert to ASDERA. Upon such
reversion, ASDERA would be obligated to pay us royalties on any
sales of products derived from the ASDERA IP until such time that
ASDERA has paid us twice the sum that we had provided ASDERA prior
to the reversion.
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QBM-001 - Addressing Rare Pediatric Non-verbal Spectrum
Disorder
Causes
of non-verbal learning disorder have been linked to several
complications that range from a specific mutated gene as with
Fragile X Syndrome and Dravet Syndrome or autoimmunity, where the
body’s immune system is attacking parts of the brain. Trauma,
microbial infections and environmental factors have also been
linked to non-verbal learning disorder. Ongoing research is helping
to further explain the root cause of why children become non-verbal
or minimally verbal.
Children
born into families where there is a genetic history of autism or
epileptic spectrum disorders or that have a sibling that has been
diagnosed with an autistic or epileptic spectrum disorder have a
much higher chance of becoming non-verbal.
More
than 60,000 US children develop Autism Spectrum Disorders
(“ASD”) every year, of whom 20,000 become non-verbal. A
similar number of children with ASD symptoms in Europe develop
pediatric non-verbal disorder each year. No drugs are currently
available to ameliorate this condition. In the United States, of
the estimated 20,000 who become non- or minimally verbal and will
require assisted living for the rest of their life. The lifetime
cost of that care is estimated at $10 million per
person.
Cognitive
intervention is the only form for treatment that has shown to help
improve speech capability and social interaction, however, it has
not been able to alleviate the lifetime burden of $10 million per
person for cost of care.
This is compounded by an additional
$10 million during the lifespan of the person due to loss in
productivity in addition to severe emotional strain for the child
and the parents.
QBM-001
is proposed to be given to high-risk genetically identified
children during the second year of life to regulate faulty membrane
channels that are known to cause migraines and/or seizures. This
drug acts as an allosteric regulator of these faulty channels in
the brain to potentially alleviate the condition and allow toddlers
to actively develop language and speech and avoid life-long speech
and intellectual disability of being non-verbal
As
there are no treatment option for these patients, we believe there
is a significant economic opportunity to bring a drug to market in
this indication. The active ingredient in our compound is well
known and has been approved by worldwide regulators for many years.
Using a novel delivery and formulation for the active ingredient,
we intend to advance this drug through the 505(b)2 pathway in a
single phase 2/3 clinical trial expected to commence in
2018.
RGCB and OMRF Intellectual Property
On June
15, 2017, we entered into a Technology License Agreement RGCB and
OMRF whereby they granted us a worldwide, exclusive, license on
intellectual property related to Uttroside-B. Uttroside-B is
a chemical compound derived from the plant
Solanum nigrum Linn, also known as
Black Nightshade or Makoi. We seek to use the Uttroside-B IP
to create a
chemotherapeutic agent against liver
cancer.
The
initial cost to acquire the exclusive license for Uttroside is
$10,000. In addition to royalties based upon net sales of the
product candidate, if any, we are required to make additional
payments upon the following milestones:
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the completion of
certain preclinical studies;
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the filing of an
investigational new drug application with the US Food and Drug
Administration or the filing of the equivalent application with an
equivalent governmental agency;
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successful
completion of each of Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical
trials;
●
FDA approval of the
product candidate;
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approval by the
foreign equivalent of the FDA of the product
candidate;
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achieving certain
worldwide net sales; and
●
a change of control
of our Company.
Subject
to the terms of the exclusive license for Uttroside, we will be in
control of the development and commercialization of the product
candidate and are responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) fund the pre-clinical trials and (ii) to initiate a Phase II
clinical trial within six years of the date of the Agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the exclusive license for Uttroside would revert to the
licensors.
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UTTROSIDE-B - A Novel Chemotherapeutic for Liver
Cancer
The
liver is the football-sized organ in the upper right area of the
belly. Symptoms of liver cancer are uncommon in the early stages.
Liver cancer treatments vary, but may include removal of part of
the liver, liver transplant, chemotherapy, and in some cases
radiation. Primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) tends to
occur in livers damaged by birth defects, alcohol abuse, or chronic
infection with diseases such as hepatitis B and C, hemochromatosis
(a hereditary disease associated with too much iron in the liver),
and cirrhosis. In the United States, the average age at onset of
liver cancer is 63 years. Men are more likely to develop liver
cancer than women, by a ratio of 2 to 1.
The
only currently marketed drug is a tryosine kinase inhibitor
antineoplastic agent, sorafinib. Current sales of sorafinib are
estimated at $1 billion per year.
Uttroside-B
appears to affect phosphorylated JNK (pro survival signaling) and
capcase activity (apoptosis in liver cancer). It is a natural
compound fractionated Saponin derived from the Solarim Nigrum
plant. It is a small molecule that showed in early investigation to
increase the cytotoxicity of a variety of liver cancer cell types
and importantly to be up to ten times more potent than Sorafenib in
pre-clinical studies. This potency motivates us to work with our
partners to synthesize the molecule and move into a clinical
program. We plan to initiate clinical work in late
2018.
Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
If
products we acquired do not have adequate intellectual protection,
we will take the necessary steps to protect our proprietary
therapeutic product candidate assets and associated technologies
that are important to our business consisting of seeking and
maintaining domestic and international patents. These may cover our
products and compositions, their methods of use and processes for
their manufacture and any other inventions that may be commercially
important to the development of our business. We also rely on trade
secrets to protect aspects of our business. Our competitive
position depends on our ability to obtain patents on our
technologies and our potential products, to defend our patents, to
protect our trade secrets and to operate without infringing valid
and enforceable patents or trade secrets of others. We seek
licenses from others as appropriate to enhance or maintain our
competitive position.
We hold
a license to all intellectual property related to each of (i) MAN
01, the drug candidate for the treatment of Primary Open Angle
Glaucoma, (ii) ASD-002 (QBM001), the drug candidate related to a
nonverbal disorder associated with autism, (iii) SR89, our generic
Strontium 89 Chloride product candidate for metastatic cancer bone
pain therapy, and (iv) the
Uttroside
platform. A U.S.
patent was filed in 2015 as it related to MAN 01, and we plan to
file international patent applications as required.
We do
not hold, and have not applied for, any patents.
Competition
We
operate in highly competitive segments of the biotechnology and
biopharmaceutical markets. We face competition from many different
sources, including commercial pharmaceutical and biotechnology
enterprises, academic institutions, government agencies, and
private and public research institutions. Our product candidates,
if successfully developed and approved, will compete with
established therapies, as well as new treatments that may be
introduced by our competitors. Many of our competitors have
significantly greater financial, product development, manufacturing
and marketing resources than us. Large pharmaceutical companies
have extensive experience in clinical testing and obtaining
regulatory approval for drugs. In addition, many universities and
private and public research institutes are active in the fields in
which we research, some in direct competition with us. We also may
compete with these organizations to recruit management, scientists
and clinical development personnel. Smaller or early-stage
companies may also prove to be significant competitors,
particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and
established companies. New developments, including the development
of other biological and pharmaceutical technologies and methods of
treating disease, occur in the pharmaceutical and life sciences
industries at a rapid pace. Developments by competitors may render
our product candidates obsolete or noncompetitive. We will also
face competition from these third parties in recruiting and
retaining qualified personnel, establishing clinical trial sites
and patient registration for clinical trials and in identifying and
in-licensing new product candidates.
Our
generic SR89 product candidate will compete directly with
Metastron® which is produced by a subsidiary of General
Electric Company, a company with a market capitalization of over
$150 billion. Metastron is currently the sole SR89 product for the
treatment of cancer related bone pain, and we may not be able to
penetrate this market sufficiently. General Electric Company may
choose to significantly reduce the cost of Metastron, and we may
face further price competition if other companies choose to produce
a generic SR89 product. Such price competition may cause us to
reduce our price and in turn, decrease any revenues we may
generate.
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Government Regulation
The
clinical development, manufacturing, labeling, storage,
record-keeping, advertising, promotion, import, export, marketing
and distribution of our product candidates are subject to extensive
regulation by the FDA in the United States and by comparable health
authorities in foreign markets. In the United States, we are not
permitted to market our product candidates until we receive
approval of a BLA from the FDA. The process of obtaining BLA
approval is expensive, often takes many years and can vary
substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the
products involved. In addition to the significant clinical testing
requirements, our ability to obtain marketing approval for these
products depends on obtaining the final results of required
non-clinical testing, including characterization of the
manufactured components of our product candidates and validation of
our manufacturing processes. The FDA may determine that our product
manufacturing processes, testing procedures or facilities (or those
of third parties upon which we rely) are insufficient to justify
approval. Approval policies or regulations may change and the FDA
has substantial discretion in the pharmaceutical approval process,
including the ability to delay, limit or deny approval of a product
candidate for many reasons. Despite the time and expense invested
in clinical development of product candidates, regulatory approval
is never guaranteed.
The FDA
or another regulatory agency can delay, limit or deny approval of a
product candidate for many reasons, including, but not limited
to:
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design or implementation of our clinical trials;
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be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that a
product candidate is safe and effective for any
indication;
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may not accept clinical data from trials which are conducted by
individual investigators or in countries where the standard of care
is potentially different from the United States;
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results of clinical trials may not meet the level of statistical
significance required by the FDA for approval;
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be unable to demonstrate that a product candidate’s clinical
and other benefits outweigh its safety risks;
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may disagree with our interpretation of data from preclinical
studies or clinical trials;
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may fail to approve our manufacturing processes or facilities or
those of third-party manufacturers with which we or our
collaborators contract for clinical and commercial supplies;
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approval policies or regulations of the FDA may significantly
change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for
approval.
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With
respect to foreign markets, approval procedures vary among
countries and, in addition to the aforementioned risks, can involve
additional product testing, administrative review periods and
agreements with pricing authorities. In addition, recent events
raising questions about the safety of certain marketed
pharmaceuticals may result in increased cautiousness by the FDA and
comparable foreign regulatory authorities in reviewing new
pharmaceuticals based on safety, efficacy or other regulatory
considerations and may result in significant delays in obtaining
regulatory approvals. Any delay in obtaining, or inability to
obtain, applicable regulatory approvals would prevent us from
commercializing our product candidates.
Costs and Effects of Compliance with Environmental
Laws
Federal,
state, and international environmental laws may impose certain
costs and restrictions on our business. We do not believe that we
have yet spent or lost money due to these laws and
regulations.
Product Liability and Insurance
We face
an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the
testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials and the
eventual sale and use of any product candidates, and claims could
be brought against us if use or misuse of one of our product
candidates causes, or merely appears to have caused, personal
injury or death. While we have and intend to maintain product
liability insurance relating to our clinical trials, our coverage
may not be sufficient to cover claims that may be made against us
and we may be unable to maintain such insurance. Any claims against
us, regardless of their merit, could severely harm our financial
condition, strain our management and other resources or destroy the
prospects for commercialization of the product which is the subject
of any such claim. We are unable to predict if we will be able to
obtain or maintain product liability insurance for any products
that may be approved for marketing. Additionally, we have entered
into various agreements where we indemnify third parties for
certain claims relating to our product candidates. These
indemnification obligations may require us to pay significant sums
of money for claims that are covered by these indemnifications. We
currently do not maintain product liability insurance.
Employees
As of
December 1, 2017, we had 2 employees and 6 management
consultants.
Properties
We do
not own any properties. We have leased office space in the Cayman
Islands.
Legal Proceedings
We are
not a party to any material pending legal proceeding, arbitration
or governmental investigation, and to the best of our knowledge, no
such proceedings have been initiated against us.
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MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our
common stock is listed on the Over the Counter QB, or OTCQB, under
the symbol “QBIO”. The market for our common stock is
limited, volatile and sporadic. The following table sets forth, for
the periods indicated, the high and low bid prices of our common
stock on the OTCQB as reported by Google Finance. The following
quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up,
markdown, or commissions, and may not reflect actual transactions.
Those fiscal quarters during which there were no sales of our
common stock have been labeled as “n/a”.
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Fiscal
Year 2017
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November 30,
2017
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$
5.90
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$
3.48
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August 31,
2017
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$
4.09
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$
3.92
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May 31,
2017
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$
7.90
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$
3.35
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February 28,
2017
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$
12.61
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$
3.20
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Fiscal
Year 2016
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November 30,
2016
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$
6.00
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$
2.39
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August 31,
2016
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$
4.14
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$
1.26
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May 31,
2016
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$
4.10
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$
2.00
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February 29,
2016
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$
4.69
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$
2.35
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Fiscal
Year 2015
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November 30,
2015
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$
3.56
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$
1.95
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August 31,
2015
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$
4.40
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$
1.30
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May 31,
2015
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$
n/a
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$
n/a
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February 28,
2015
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$
n/a
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$
n/a
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The
last reported sales price for our shares on the OTCQB as of January
5, 2018 was $4.30 per share. As of November 30, 2017, we had
approximately 94 shareholders of record at our Transfer
Agent.
Dividend Policy
We have
never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common
stock. For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any
earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business
and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common
stock. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the
discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon then
existing conditions, including our financial condition and results
of operations, capital requirements, contractual restrictions,
business prospects and other factors that the board of directors
considers relevant.
Securities Authorized For Issuance under Compensation
Plans
None.
Stock Incentive Plan
None.
Warrants and Convertible Securities
As of
December 1, 2017, we had granted warrants exercisable into
shares of common stock, granted options (not all of which had
vested) exercisable into shares of common stock. The issuance of
any shares of common stock pursuant to exercise of such options and
warrants could be at per share price below the offering price of
shares being acquired in this offering.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
Q
BioMed Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 22,
2013 and is a biomedical acceleration and development
company focused on licensing, acquiring and providing
strategic resources to life sciences and healthcare companies. We
intend to mitigate risk by acquiring multiple assets over time and
across a broad spectrum of healthcare related products, companies
and sectors. We intend to develop these assets to
provide returns via organic growth, revenue production,
out-licensing, sale or spin out.
Recent Developments
Acquisition of BNI license right
On
September 6, 2016, we entered into the Patent and Technology
License and Purchase Option Agreement with BioNucleonics Inc.
whereby we were granted a worldwide, exclusive, perpetual, license
on, and option to, acquire all of BNI’s assets related to an
FDA approved generic drug for the treatment of pain associated with
metastatic bone cancer, Strontium Chloride, within the three-year
term of the exclusive license.
This
licensed radiopharmaceutical agent is indicated for the treatment
of bone pain associated with metastatic cancer. SR89 provides long
lasting relief for patients suffering from bone pain due to
metastatic cancer, typically caused by advanced-stage breast,
prostate or lung cancer. The drug is preferentially absorbed in
bone metastases, it has been proven to provide a long-term effect
resulting in non-narcotic cancer pain relief and enhanced quality
of life.
In
exchange for the consideration, we agreed to, upon reaching various
milestones, issue to BNI an aggregate of 110,000 shares of common
stock that are subject to restriction from trading until
commercialization of the product (approximately 12 months) and
subsequent leak-out conditions and provide funding to BNI for an
aggregate of $850,000 in cash, of which we had paid $20,000 as of
November 30, 2016. Once we have funded up to $850,000 in
cash, we may exercise its option to acquire the BNI IP at no
additional charge. In September 2016, we issued 50,000
shares of common stock, with a fair value of $160,500, to BNI
pursuant to the exclusive license.
In the
event that: (i) we do not exercise the option to purchase the BNI
IP; (ii) we fail to make the aggregate cash payment within three
years from the date of the exclusive license; or (iii) we fail to
make a diligent, good faith and commercially reasonable effort to
progress the BNI IP, all BNI IP shall revert to BNI and we shall be
granted the right to collect twice the monies invested through that
date of reversion by way of a royalty along with other
consideration which may be perpetual.
Acquisition of ASDERA license right
On
April 21, 2017, we entered into a License Agreement on Patent &
Know-How Technology with ASDERA whereby ASDERA granted us the
exclusive license on the ASDERA IP.
Among
the more than 60,000 US children who develop autism spectrum
disorders, or ASD, every year, approximately 20,000 become
nonverbal and will have to rely on assisted living for the rest of
their lives. The ASDERA IP is intended to treat the rare
pediatric condition (nonverbal disorder) during the second year of
life, when children learn to speak.
The
initial cost to acquire the exclusive license from ASDERA was
$50,000 and the issuance of 125,000 shares of our unregistered
common stock subject to a leak-out conditions after the Rule 144
period has ended. In addition to royalties based upon net sales of
the product candidate, if any, we are required to make additional
payments upon the following milestones:
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the filing of an
investigational new drug application, or IND, with the US Food and
Drug Administration;
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successful interim
results of Phase II/III clinical trial of the product
candidate;
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FDA acceptance of a
new drug application;
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FDA approval of the
product candidate; and
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achieving certain
worldwide net sales.
Subject
to the terms of the Agreement, we will be in control of the
development and commercialization of the product candidate and are
responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) initiate a Phase II/III clinical trial at the earlier of the
two-year anniversary of the Agreement or one year from the
FDA’s approval of the IND and (ii) to make our first
commercial sale by the fifth-anniversary of the Agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the ASDERA IP would revert to ASDERA. Upon such
reversion, ASDERA would be obligated to pay us royalties on any
sales of products derived from the ASDERA IP until such time that
ASDERA has paid us twice the sum that we had provided ASDERA prior
to the reversion.
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Acquisition of Uttroside license right
On June
15, 2017, we entered into a Technology License Agreement with RGCB
and OMRF whereby they granted us the exclusive license for
Uttroside on intellectual property related to Uttroside-B.
Uttroside-B is a chemical compound that w
e seek to use to create
a
chemotherapeutic agent against liver
cancer.
The
initial cost to acquire the Uttroside exclusive license is $10,000.
In addition to royalties based upon net sales of the product
candidate, if any, we are required to make additional payments upon
the following milestones:
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the completion of
certain preclinical studies;
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the filing of an
investigational new drug application with the US Food and Drug
Administration or the filing of the equivalent application with an
equivalent governmental agency;
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successful
completion of each of Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical
trials;
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FDA approval of the
product candidate;
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approval by the
foreign equivalent of the FDA of the product
candidate;
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achieving certain
worldwide net sales; and
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a change of control
of our Company.
Subject
to the terms of the Uttroside exclusive license, we will be in
control of the development and commercialization of the product
candidate and are responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) fund the pre-clinical trials and (ii) to initiate a Phase II
clinical trial within six years of the date of the Agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the Uttroside exclusive license would revert to the
licensors.
Mannin License Update
Additionally,
Mannin Research Inc. our technology partner company focused on drug
candidate MAN 01 for treatment of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
(POAG), has initiated pre-clinical lead candidate optimization of a
small molecule for topical application. Lead candidate selection is
progressing on-time and on-budget. The topical application in the
form of an easy to administer eye drop is a key differentiator for
Mannin and aims to solve the compliance problems and invasive
procedures currently available to patients suffering from
glaucoma.
Mannin
is continuing its focus on research and discovery on the biology of
Tie2/TEK signaling and its relationship with Schlemm’s Canal
function and regulation of intra-ocular pressure. Additional data
sets and IP have been developed around this novel mechanism of
action. Mannin is evaluating strategic partnerships
opportunities to grow its intellectual property portfolio within
the Tie2/TEK signaling market, and is seeking complementary
technologies to strengthen its product pipeline. We are pleased
with the progress Mannin research teams have achieved over the past
three months. Recent work in the lab underscores the essential role
of the Mannin platform in the development of the anterior chamber
of the eye – which contain the structures needed to maintain
safe levels of intraocular pressure.
In
February 2017, Mannin Research, was accepted into Johnson &
Johnson Innovation, JLABS @ Toronto. JLABS @ Toronto is a 40,000
square-foot life science innovation center. The labs provide a
flexible environment for start-up companies pursuing new
technologies and research platforms to advance medical care.
Through a "no strings attached" model, Johnson & Johnson
Innovation does not take an equity stake in the companies occupying
JLABS and the companies are free to develop products - either on
their own, or by initiating a separate external partnership with
Johnson & Johnson Innovation or any other company.
Mannin
will utilize JLABS @ Toronto as complementary lab space to conduct
commercial research and development as it relates to its MAN 01
program for Glaucoma and to the greater Tie2 platform technology.
As a resident, Mannin will have access to the development and
commercialization expertise provided by JLABS @
Toronto.
On
November 14, 2017 Mannin received funding for a proof of concept
study of a new biologic therapeutic for glaucoma. The R&D
funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial
Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) will be used to initiate
work on a Tie2-activating biologic for the treatment of
glaucoma
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Financial Overview
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our
management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations is based on our audited financial statements,
which have been prepared in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of
the financial statements requires us to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported
revenue generated and expenses incurred during the reporting
periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and
on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that
are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions and any such differences may be material. We believe
that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to
understanding our historical and future performance, as these
policies relate to the more significant areas involving
management's judgments and estimates.
Fair value of financial instruments
Fair
value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market
assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of
November 30, 2016 and 2015. The respective carrying value of
certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their
fair values. These financial instruments include cash and accounts
payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values
for cash and accounts payable because they are short term in
nature.
FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820 “
Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures
” (ASC 820) defines fair value as the
exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to
transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes
between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on
market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs)
and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant
assumptions developed based on the best information available in
the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy
consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable
inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are
described below:
●
Level 1
: The preferred inputs to
valuation efforts are “quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities,” with the caveat that the
reporting entity must have access to that market. Information
at this level is based on direct observations of transactions
involving the same assets and liabilities, not assumptions, and
thus offers superior reliability. However, relatively few items,
especially physical assets, actually trade in active
markets.
●
Level 2
: FASB acknowledged that active
markets for identical assets and liabilities are relatively
uncommon and, even when they do exist, they may be too thin to
provide reliable information. To deal with this shortage of direct
data, the board provided a second level of inputs that can be
applied in three situations.
●
Level 3
: If inputs from levels 1 and 2
are not available, FASB acknowledges that fair value measures of
many assets and liabilities are less precise. The board describes
Level 3 inputs as “unobservable,” and limits their use
by saying they “shall be used to measure fair value to the
extent that observable inputs are not available.” This
category allows “for situations in which there is little, if
any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement
date”. Earlier in the standard, FASB explains that
“observable inputs” are gathered from sources other
than the reporting company and that they are expected to reflect
assumptions made by market participants.
Fair
value measurements discussed herein are based upon certain market
assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of
and during the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015. The
respective carrying value of cash and accounts payable approximated
their fair values as they are short term in nature.
As of
November 30, 2016, the estimated aggregate fair value of all
outstanding convertible notes payable is approximately $3.3
million. The fair value estimate is based on the estimated option
value of the conversion terms, since the strike price of each note
series is deep in-the-money at November 30, 2016. The estimated
fair value represents a Level 3 measurement.
Embedded Conversion Features
We
evaluate embedded conversion features within convertible debt to
determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s) should be
bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a
derivative at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in the
Statement of Operations. If the conversion feature does not
require recognition of a bifurcated derivative, the convertible
debt instrument is evaluated for consideration of any beneficial
conversion feature (“BCF”) requiring separate
recognition. When we record a BCF, the intrinsic value of the BCF
is recorded as a debt discount against the face amount of the
respective debt instrument (offset to additional paid-in capital)
and amortized to interest expense over the life of the
debt.
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Derivative Financial Instruments
We do
not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow,
market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial
instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine
if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that
qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial
instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative
instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then
re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value
reported in the Statement of Operations. Depending on the features
of the derivative financial instrument, we use either the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model or a binomial model to value the
derivative instruments at inception and subsequent valuation
dates. The classification of derivative instruments,
including whether such instruments should be recorded as
liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each
reporting period.
Stock Based Compensation Issued to Nonemployees
Common
stock issued to non-employees for acquiring goods or providing
services is recognized at fair value when the goods are obtained or
over the service period. If the award contains performance
conditions, the measurement date of the award is the earlier of the
date at which a commitment for performance by the non-employee is
reached or the date at which performance is reached. A performance
commitment is reached when performance by the non-employee is
probable because of sufficiently large disincentives for
nonperformance.
Research and Development
We
expense the cost of research and development as
incurred. Research and development expenses comprise
costs incurred in funding research and development activities,
license fees, and other external costs. Nonrefundable advance
payments for goods and services that will be used in future
research and development activities are expensed when the activity
is performed or when the goods have been received, rather than when
payment is made, in accordance with ASC 730,
Research and Development
.
Income Taxes
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference
between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and
liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the
related asset or liability is expected to be realized or
settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based
on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If
available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that
some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred
tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be
realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are
included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period
of change.
Deferred
income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from
income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax
purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified
as current or non-current, depending on the classification of
assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes
arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset
or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on
the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to
reverse.
We
apply a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold for all tax
uncertainties, which only allows the recognition of those tax
benefits that have a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being
sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. As of
November 30, 2016, we reviewed our tax positions and determined
there were no outstanding, or retroactive tax positions with less
than a 50% likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the
taxing authorities, therefore this standard has not had a material
effect on us.
Our
policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits
is to record such expense as a component of income tax expense.
There were no amounts accrued for penalties or interest during the
years ended November 30, 2016. Management is currently unaware of
any issues under review that could result in significant payments,
accruals or material deviations from its position.
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Recent accounting pronouncements
In
August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) No. 2014-15,
Disclosure of Uncertainties about an
Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going
Concern
that will require management to evaluate
whether there are conditions and events that raise substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one
year after the financial statements are issued on both an interim
and annual basis. Management will be required to provide certain
footnote disclosures if it concludes that substantial doubt exists
or when its plans alleviate substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern. We adopted ASU No.
2014-15 in the fourth quarter of 2016, and its adoption did not
have a material impact on our financial statements.
In
March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-06,
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815):
Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments
. This
new standard simplifies the embedded derivative analysis for debt
instruments containing contingent call or put options by removing
the requirement to assess whether a contingent event is related to
interest rates or credit risks. This new standard will be effective
for us on January 1, 2017. The adoption of this standard is not
expected to have a material impact on our financial position,
results of operations, or cash flows.
In
August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15,
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230):
Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
.
This new standard clarifies certain aspects of the statement of
cash flows, including the classification of debt prepayment or debt
extinguishment costs or other debt instruments with coupon interest
rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest
rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after
a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance
claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life
insurance policies, distributions received from equity method
investees and beneficial interests in securitization transactions.
This new standard also clarifies that an entity should determine
each separately identifiable source of use within the cash receipts
and payments on the basis of the nature of the underlying cash
flows. In situations in which cash receipts and payments have
aspects of more than one class of cash flows and cannot be
separated by source or use, the appropriate classification should
depend on the activity that is likely to be the predominant source
or use of cash flows for the item. This new standard will be
effective for us on January 1, 2018. We are currently
evaluating the impact of this new standard and does not expect it
to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01,
Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying
the Definition of a Business
. This new standard clarifies
the definition of a business and provides a screen to determine
when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business.
The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value
of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a
single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable
assets, the set is not a business. This new standard will be
effective for us on January 1, 2018, but may be adopted early.
Adoption is prospectively applied to any business development
transaction. The adoption of this standard is not expected to
have a material impact on our financial position, results of
operations, or cash flows.
In July
2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share (Topic
260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480);
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). Part I of this Update
addresses the complexity of accounting for certain financial
instruments with down-round features. The amendments in Part I of
this update change the classification analysis of certain
equity-lined financial instruments (or embedded features) with
down-round features. When determining whether certain financial
instruments should be classified as liability or equity
instruments, a down-round feature no longer precludes equity
classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to
an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing
disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. For
public business entities, the amendments in Part I for this update
are effective for fiscal years and interim periods with those
fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. For all other
entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods
within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early
adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an
interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an
interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the
beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period. The
Company is evaluating the impact of the revised guidance and
believes that this will have a significant impact on its
consolidated financial statements.
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Unaudited Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended August
31, 2017 and 2016:
Q BioMed Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
|
|
For the three months ended
August 31,
|
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
3,038,018
|
|
|
$
|
1,150,964
|
|
Research and
development expenses
|
|
|
697,966
|
|
|
|
443,222
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
3,735,984
|
|
|
|
1,594,186
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(202,160
|
)
|
|
|
(114,847
|
)
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
conversion of debt
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(29,032
|
)
|
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(76,251
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
issuance of convertible notes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(28,000
|
)
|
Change
in fair value of embedded conversion option
|
|
|
32,983
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
Change
in fair value of warrant liability
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
other expenses
|
|
|
(245,413
|
)
|
|
|
(121,879
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(3,981,397
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,716,065
|
)
|
Operating expenses
We
incur various costs and expenses in the execution of our business.
The increase in operating expenses was mainly due to more
professional fees incurred in connection with the license
agreements with Mannin, BNI and Asdera as well as the issuance and
conversion of convertible notes.
Other expenses
During
the three months ended August 31, 2017, other expenses included
approximately $202,000 in interest expense, a gain of $33,000 for
the change in fair value of embedded conversion options,
approximately $76,000 in loss on the extinguishment of debt. During
the three months ended August 31, 2016, other expenses included
approximately $115,000 in interest expense, a gain of $50,000 for
the change in fair value of embedded conversion options, $28,000 in
loss on the issuance of convertible debt, and $29,000 in loss on
conversion of debt.
The
increase in other expenses were mainly due to the loss in
extinguishment of debt and less gain in change in fair value of
embedded conversion option.
Net loss
In the
three months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, we incurred net losses
of approximately $4 million and $1.7 million, respectively. Our
management expects to continue to incur net losses for the
foreseeable future, due to our need to continue to establish a
broader pipeline of assets, expenditure on R&D and implement
other aspects of our business plan.
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Unaudited Results of Operations for the nine months ended August
31, 2017 and 2016:
|
|
For the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
6,122,565
|
|
|
$
|
3,637,868
|
|
Research and
development expenses
|
|
|
2,296,324
|
|
|
|
663,500
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
8,418,889
|
|
|
|
4,301,368
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(635,267
|
)
|
|
|
(304,596
|
)
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
conversion of debt
|
|
|
(365,373
|
)
|
|
|
(89,210
|
)
|
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(76,251
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
issuance of convertible notes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(481,000
|
)
|
Change
in fair value of embedded conversion option
|
|
|
(812,017
|
)
|
|
|
362,000
|
|
Change
in fair value of warrant liability
|
|
|
(59,870
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
other expenses
|
|
|
(1,948,655
|
)
|
|
|
(512,806
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(10,367,544
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4,814,174
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
We incur various costs and expenses in the execution of our
business. The increase in operating expenses was mainly due to more
professional fees incurred in connection with the license
agreements with Mannin, BNI and Asdera as well as the issuance and
conversion of convertible notes.
Other expenses
During the nine months ended August 31, 2017, other expenses
included approximately $635,000 in interest expense, $812,000 for
the change in fair value of embedded conversion options,
approximately $60,000 for the change in fair value of warrant
liability, $76,000 in loss on extinguishment of debt, and
approximately $365,000 in loss on conversion of debt. During
the nine months ended August 31, 2016, other expenses included
approximately $305,000 in interest expense, a gain of $362,000 for
the change in fair value of embedded conversion options, $481,000
in loss on the issuance of convertible debt, and approximately
$89,000 in loss on conversion of debt.
The increase in other expenses were mainly due to interest expense
and the change in fair value of embedded conversion
option.
Net loss
In the nine months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, we incurred net
losses of approximately $10.4 million and $4.8 million,
respectively. Our management expects to continue to incur net
losses for the foreseeable future, due to our need to continue to
establish a base of operations and implement other aspects of our
business plan.
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Results of Operation for the Fiscal Years Ended November 30, 2016
and 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the years ended November 30,
|
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
5,032,257
|
|
|
$
|
354,138
|
|
Research and
development expenses
|
|
|
1,314,250
|
|
|
|
598,000
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
6,346,507
|
|
|
|
952,138
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (income) expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
480,285
|
|
|
|
14,511
|
|
Gain on
extinguishment of convertible note
|
|
|
(134,085
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
conversion of debt
|
|
|
85,123
|
|
|
|
20,968
|
|
Loss on
issuance of convertible notes
|
|
|
481,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Change
in fair value of embedded conversion option
|
|
|
(121,000
|
)
|
|
|
99,000
|
|
Change
in fair value of warrant liability
|
|
|
(7,587
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Loss on
modification of Private Placement Units
|
|
|
41,268
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Total
other expenses
|
|
|
825,004
|
|
|
|
134,479
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss:
|
|
$
|
(7,171,511
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,086,617
|
)
|
Revenues
Q
BioMed Inc. was incorporated, in the State of Nevada on November
22, 2013, focusing on licensing, acquiring and providing strategic
resources to life sciences and healthcare companies. Revenue
will only be possible when we have acquired licenses for
commercially ready assets that can be sold. During the years
ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, we did not generate any
revenues.
Operating expenses
We
incur various costs and expenses in the execution of our business.
During the year ended November 30, 2016, we incurred approximately
$6.3 million in total expenses, including approximately $5 million
in general and administrative expenses and approximately $1.3
million in research and development expenses. During the year
ended November 30, 2015, we incurred approximately $1 million in
total expenses, including approximately $0.4 million in general and
administrative expenses and $0.6 million in research and
development expenses. The increase in general and
administrative expenses was mainly due to an increase in business
development and marketing activities in fiscal year 2016 as
compared to the prior year. The increase in research and
development was mainly due to the investment to BNI and Mannin,
pursuant to the agreements, in fiscal 2016.
Other (income) expenses
Our
total other expenses increased to $825,000 during the year ended
November 30, 2016 from $134,000 during the prior year, primarily as
the result of increases in interest expense, losses on the issuance
of convertible notes, and losses on the conversion of debt,
partially offset by gains on extinguishments of convertible notes
and the change in fair value of bifurcated conversion options of
certain convertible notes.
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, interest expense increased to
$480,000 from $15,000 in the prior year, resulting from the
increase in debt year-over-year. We raised $2,645,000 in debt
during the year ended November 30, 2016. Interest expense in the
year ended November 30, 2016 is comprised of approximately $414,000
accretion of debt discount and approximately $66,000 of accrued
interest expense based on the coupon interest rate of the
debt.
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, we recognized losses upon the
issuance of convertible notes of $481,000 and had no such losses in
the prior year. In connection with the issuance of our Series A, B,
C Notes, and the original issuance of our Series D Notes, during
the year ended November 30, 2016, the embedded conversion feature
in each note was separately measured at fair value. The initial
recognition resulted in an aggregate debt discount of approximately
$750,000, and an aggregate loss of $481,000, which represented
the excess of the fair value of the embedded conversion at initial
issuance of $1.2 million over the aggregate principal amount of
convertible debt issued.
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During
the year ended November 30, 2016, losses on conversion of debt
increased to approximately $85,000 from approximately $21,000 in
the prior year. The recognized losses result for the conversion of
notes where the conversion option has been bifurcated for
accounting purposes. As a result, conversions are recognized as an
extinguishment of the bifurcated conversion option and of the loan
host, which results in a gain or loss based on the difference
between the carrying value of the conversion option and loan host
compared to the fair value of the common stock issued to convert
the note.
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, we recognized a gain of
approximately $134,000 resulting from a modification of outstanding
Series D convertible notes that was recognized as an
extinguishment. No such gain was recognized in the prior
year.
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, we recognized a gain of $121,000
for the aggregate decrease in fair value of conversion options
embedded in convertible notes. We recognized a loss of $99,000 in
the year ended November 30, 2015 for the aggregate increase in fair
value of conversion options. In connection with the issuance of our
Series A, B, C Notes, and the original issuance of our Series D
Notes, in the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2016, the embedded
conversion feature in each note was separately measured at fair
value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in current
operations. We use a binomial valuation model, with fourteen
steps of the binomial tree, to estimate the fair value of the
embedded conversion options.
Net loss
In the
years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, we incurred net losses of
approximately $7.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Our
management expects to continue to incur net losses for the
foreseeable future, due to our need to continue to open a new head
office, improve our website and implement other aspects of our
business plan.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have
not yet established an ongoing source of revenues sufficient to
cover our operating costs and allow us to continue as a going
concern. We had a working capital deficit of approximately $1.8
million as of November 30, 2016 and of approximately $10,000
in working capital as of August 31, 2017. We prepared the
accompanying financial statements assuming that we will continue as
a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and
liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. We had
a net loss of approximately $7.2 million and $1.1 million during
the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and a net
loss of approximately $10.4 million for the nine months ended
August 31, 2017. We had net cash used in operating activities
of approximately $1.5 million and $91,000 during years ended
November 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and had net cash used in
operating activities of approximately $3.9 million for the nine
months ended August 31, 2017. These matters, among
others, raise substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a
going concern.
Our
ability to continue as a going concern depends on the ability to
obtain adequate capital to fund operating losses until we generate
adequate cash flows from operations to fund its operating costs and
obligations. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital, we could
be forced to cease operations.
We
depend upon our ability, and will continue to attempt, to secure
equity and/or debt financing. We might not be successful, and
without sufficient financing it would be unlikely for us to
continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or
amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from
this uncertainty.
Cash Flows
The
following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of cash
for the periods addressed in this report:
|
For the years ended November 30,
|
|
For the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
2016
|
|
2015
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by (used in):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
activities
|
|
$
|
(1,545,259
|
)
|
|
$
|
(91,392
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,923,455
|
)
|
|
$
|
(868,497
|
)
|
Financing
activities
|
|
|
2,882,575
|
|
|
|
210,151
|
|
|
|
4,953,900
|
|
|
|
875,075
|
|
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
|
|
$
|
1,337,316
|
|
|
$
|
118,759
|
|
|
|
1,030,445
|
|
|
|
6,578
|
|
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Net
cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.5 million
for the year ended November 30, 2016 as compared to approximately
$91,000 for the year ended November 30, 2015. T
he increase in net cash used in
operating activities results from the net loss of approximately
$7.2 million for the year ended November 30, 2016, partially offset
by aggregate non-cash expenses of approximately $5
million. The net cash used in operating activities for
the year ended November 30, 2015 results primarily from to the net
loss of approximately $1.1 million, partially offset by a non-cash
expense of $905,000.
Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $4 million
for the nine months ended August 31, 2017 as compared to
approximately $869,000 for the nine months ended August 31,
2016. The increase in net cash used in operating
activities relates to the net loss of approximately $10.4 million
for the nine months ended August 31, 2017, partially offset by
aggregate non-cash expenses of approximately $6.4
million. The net cash used in operating activities for
the nine months ended August 31, 2016 relates to the net loss of
approximately $4.8 million for the nine months ended August 31,
2016, partially offset by aggregate non-cash expenses of
approximately $3.5 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $2.9
million for the year ended November 30, 2016, resulting mainly from
proceeds received from the issuance of convertible notes payable
and note payable and issuance of common stock and warrants through
the private placement.
Net cash provided by
financing activities was approximately $210,000 for the year ended
November 30, 2015, resulting from proceeds received from the
issuance of convertible notes payable.
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $5
million for the nine months ended August 31, 2017, resulting mainly
from proceeds received from the issuance of convertible notes
payable and private placement. Net cash provided by
financing activities was $875,000 for the nine months ended August
31, 2016, resulting mainly from proceeds received from the issuance
of convertible notes payable.
Obligations and Commitments
License Agreements
Mannin
Pursuant to the license agreement with Mannin as disclosed in our
Annual Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2017, during
the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017, we incurred
approximately $525,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, in research
and development expenses to fund the costs of development of the
eye drop treatment for glaucoma pursuant to the Patent and
Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement. Through
August 31, 2017, we have funded an aggregate of $2.15 million to
Mannin under the exclusive license.
Bio-Nucleonics
On September 6, 2016, we entered into the Patent and Technology
License and Purchase Option Agreement with Bio-Nucleonics Inc.
whereby we were granted a worldwide, exclusive, perpetual, license
on, and option to, acquire certain BNI intellectual property within
the three-year term of the exclusive license.
During the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017, we incurred
approximately $144,000 and $352,500, respectively, in research and
development expenses pursuant to the exclusive license with
BNI. As of August 31, 2017, we had paid approximately
$351,700 to BNI out of the $850,000 cash funding requirement. We
are not obligated to provide further funding to BNI until BNI
satisfies all of its pre-existing obligations totaling
$163,500. To this end, we had provided an aggregate of
approximately $59,000 through August 31, 2017 to BNI to help settle
its obligations, which we recognized as research and development
expenses in the accompanying Statements of Operations.
Asdera
On April 21, 2017, we entered into a License Agreement on Patent
& Know-How Technology with Asdera LLC whereby we were granted a
worldwide, exclusive, license on certain Asdera intellectual
property. The initial cost to acquire the Asdera License is $50,000
and the issuance of 125,000 shares of our common stock, with a fair
value of $487,500, of which we had fully paid and issued as of
August 31, 2017. In addition to royalties based upon net sales of
the product candidate, if any, we are required to make certain
additional payments upon the following milestones:
●
the filing of an
investigational new drug application with the US Food and Drug
Administration;
●
successful interim
results of Phase II/III clinical trial of the product
candidate;
●
FDA acceptance of a
new drug application;
●
FDA approval of the
product candidate; and
●
achieving certain
worldwide net sales.
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, we will be in control of the
development and commercialization of the product candidate and are
responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) initiate a Phase II/III clinical trial at the earlier of the
two-year anniversary of the agreement or one year from the
FDA’s approval of the IND and (ii) to make the first
commercial sale by the fifth-anniversary of the agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the Asdera IP would revert to Asdera. Upon such
reversion, Asdera would be obligated to pay us royalties on any
sales of products derived from the Asdera IP until such time that
Asdera has paid us twice the sum that we had provided Asdera prior
to the reversion.
37
OMRF
OMRF License Agreement
On June 15, 2017, we entered into a Technology License Agreement
with the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, an autonomous
research institute under the Government of India, and the Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation, (“OMRF” and together with
RGCB, the “Licensors”), whereby the OMRF and RGCB
granted us a worldwide, exclusive, license on intellectual property
related to Uttroside-B (the “Uttroside-B IP”).
Uttroside-B is a chemical compound derived from the
plant
Solanum nigrum Linn,
also known as Black Nightshade or Makoi. We seek to use the
Uttroside-B IP to create a
chemotherapeutic agent against liver
cancer.
The initial cost to acquire the
OMRF
License Agreement is $10,000. In addition to
royalties based upon net sales of the product candidate, if any, we
are required to make additional payments upon the following
milestones:
●
the completion of
certain preclinical studies (the “Pre-Clinical
Trials”);
●
the filing of an
investigational new drug application (the “IND”) with
the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or the
filing of the equivalent of an IND with the foreign equivalent of
the FDA;
●
successful
completion of each of Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical
trials;
●
FDA approval of the
product candidate;
●
approval by the
foreign equivalent of the FDA of the product
candidate;
●
achieving certain
worldwide net sales; and
●
a change of control
of QBIO.
Subject
to the terms of the Agreement, we will be in control of the
development and commercialization of the product candidate and are
responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. We have undertaken a good-faith commitment
to (i) fund the Pre-Clinical Trials and (ii) to initiate a Phase II
clinical trial within six years of the date of the Agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the
OMRF
License Agreement would revert to the OMRF and RGCB.
Milestones
No
milestones have been reached to date on these license
agreements.
Legal
We are
not currently involved in any legal matters arising in the normal
course of business. From time to time, we could become
involved in disputes and various litigation matters that arise in
the normal course of business. These may include disputes and
lawsuits related to intellectual property, licensing, contract law
and employee relations matters. Periodically, we review the
status of significant matters, if any exist, and assesses its
potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim
or legal claim is considered probable and the amount can be
estimated, we accrue a liability for the estimated loss.
Legal proceedings are subject to uncertainties, and the outcomes
are difficult to predict. Because of such uncertainties,
accruals are based on the best information available at the
time. As additional information becomes available, we
reassess the potential liability related to pending claims and
litigation.
Finder’s Agreement
In
October 2016, we entered into two agreements to engage two
financial advisors to assist us in our search for potential
investors, vendors or partners to engage in a license, merger,
joint venture or other business arrangement.
As a
compensation for their efforts, we agreed to pay the financial
advisors a fee equal to 7% and 8% in cash, and to pay one of the
financial advisors an additional fee equal to 7% in warrants of all
consideration received by us. We have not incurred any
finders’ fees pursuant to the agreements
to-date.
Related Party Transactions
We entered into consulting agreements with certain management
personnel and stockholders for consulting and legal
services. Consulting and legal expenses resulting from
such agreements were approximately $102,500 and $104,000 for the
three months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and were
approximately $322,500 and $207,875 for the nine months ended
August 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, included within general and
administrative expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do
not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
38
Directors and Executive
Officers
Our
directors and executive officers and their respective ages as of
the date of this prospectus are as follows:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position with the Company
|
Denis
Corin
|
|
45
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chairman, Director
|
William
Rosenstadt
|
|
49
|
|
Chief
Legal Officer, Director
|
The
following describes the business experience of each of our
directors and executive officers, including other directorships
held in reporting companies:
Denis Corin
Mr.
Corin is a management consultant. He has worked for large
pharmaceutical (Novartis) and diagnostic instrumentation companies
(Beckman Coulter) in their sales organizations responsible for
sales in multi-product disciplines including pharmaceuticals and
diagnostics and diagnostic automation equipment. After Novartis and
Beckman Coulter, he served as Director of Investor Relations at MIV
Therapeutics Inc, a company specializing in next generation drug
delivery and drug eluting cardiovascular stents. Mr. Corin
served as an executive and on the board of directors of TapImmune
Inc. from July 2009 to May 2012. Mr. Corin is an executive director
of Soloro Metals Corp, a private mining exploration company and NPX
Metals, a private mining exploration company. He holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing, from the
University of Natal, South Africa. Mr. Corin dedicates over 40
hours per week fulfilling his duties to us.
William S. Rosenstadt
From
2006 to the present, Mr. William S. Rosenstadt, has been a Founding
Partner at the law firm of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, a successor to
Sanders Ortoli Vaughn-Flam Rosenstadt LLP. Mr. Rosenstadt has been
a practicing international corporate and securities attorney since
1996, representing issuers, bankers and high-net worth individuals.
Mr. Rosenstadt received his B.A. from Syracuse University in 1990
and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1995. Mr.
Rosenstadt dedicates approximately 15 hours per week to fulfilling
his duties to us.
Term of Office
Our
directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until
the next annual general meeting of our stockholders or until they
resign or are removed from the board in accordance with our bylaws.
Our officers are appointed by our Board of Directors and hold
office until they resign or are removed from office by the Board of
Directors.
Management Consultants
In
addition to our executive officers, we have assembled a team of
consultants to assist in the managerial, financial and scientific
development of our company. These consultants include:
David Laskow-Pooley
Mr.
Laskow-Pooley has 30 years of experience in all aspects of the
discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical
products, diagnostics and devices. He is an industry veteran and
has a distinguished career working for numerous pharmaceutical and
life sciences companies. He has held director, executive officer
and general management posts in both small and major multinational
companies including GSK, Abbott, Amersham plc, Life technologies,
OSI, Bilcare and Surface Therapeutics.
Christopher Manuele
Mr.
Manuele has 35 years of comprehensive US and International
expertise in nuclear medicine and medical isotope production. A
long-time veteran of Amersham Health and GE Healthcare, he has
launched core products; expanded products internationally; led the
design, construction and FDA-approval of two brand new U.S.
manufacturing facilities; and held responsibility for several
full-GMP radiopharmaceutical manufacturing sites across the US and
Europe. Before his retirement in 2008, Mr. Manuele served as
General Manager – Global Nuclear Medicine Supply Chain for GE
Healthcare, and General Manager – Oncura, GE’s global
I-125 brachytherapy seeds business.
Ari Jatwes
Mr. Ari
Jatwes is an analyst and a banker, with over twenty years of
experience. He began his career in a large accounting firm,
progressing to a reputable investment bank, where he gained his
experience in mergers and acquisitions. Over the last decade Mr.
Jatwes interest and focus has been in the biotech and pharma
sector, which included trading biotech stocks from start up to late
stage biotech companies, advising management and raising capital
for their needs. He has played a role in several successful
contracts and transactions in the healthcare space – with
emphasis on the life sciences and immunotherapy. Mr. Jatwes holds
two Master degrees and a Bachelor Degree from the University of
South Africa and the University of Natal.
Robert Derham
Robert
Derham has focused the majority of his career working with rare
diseases and orphan products. For the past seven years he has
focused on driving corporate change within medium and large
pharmaceutical companies to transition their corporate strategy to
an orphan drug development approach. In addition to driving
corporate change, he conducted business development for companies
looking for partnering, licensing or acquisition opportunities in
the orphan drug space. Prior to that, he worked for Mondobiotech,
Novartis, Syngenta Biopharma and Alexis Biopharma, always focused
on orphan indications and corporate development. Robert is also the
founder of CheckOrphan, a comprehensive media and information
source for all news, videos, clinical trials, research, treatments
and more about rare diseases and orphan products. He also has
degrees in medical immunology and biochemistry and thoroughly
enjoys diving into the science and research of the rare diseases,
with which he is working.
Amy Ripka
Dr. Amy
Ripka is Executive Director of Medicinal Chemistry at WuXi AppTec.
She started her career at Bristol Myers Squibb and over 17 years
has worked in various capacities in medicinal chemistry with many
small companies, including EnVivo (FORUM) Pharmaceuticals as Head
of Chemistry, Infinity, Daiamed, HydraBiosciences and FoldRx. Her
current responsibilities include strategic planning in medicinal
chemistry, early library drug design utilizing multiple in silico
methods, hit optimization and overall screening architectures to
advance early stage compounds through Phase I-II clinical
development. Dr. Ripka’s therapeutic specialties include
Neuroscience, Oncology, Thrombosis and Anti-Infective Disease
areas. She has led multiple early stage programs resulting in four
clinical candidates, two of which are marketed drugs. Her career
has spanned big pharma, biotech and CROs where she has made
significant contributions to each of these. Dr. Ripka, was elected
by her peers to Chair the prestigious Medicinal Chemistry Gordon
Research Conference and is currently serving a second elected term
as the Industrial Councilor for the MEDI Division of the American
Chemical Society. Dr. Ripka, received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a double concentration in
organic and medicinal chemistry, and did her post-doctoral studies
with Nobel Laureate K. Barry Sharpless from The Scripps Research
Institute. Dr. Ripka will advise Mannin’s scientific
development and growth.
Dr. Rick Panicucci
Dr.
Rick Panicucci is the Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development
at WuXi AppTec. He is responsible for providing scientific
leadership in the areas of Developability, Formulation Development
and GMP Manufacturing. Dr. Panicucci plays an important role in the
early stages of drug discovery for various companies. His
responsibilities include solid state chemistry and formulation
development of all small molecule therapeutics in early
development, and developing novel drug delivery technologies for
small molecules and large molecules including siRNA. Prior to WuXi
he held the position of Global Head of Chemical and Pharmaceutical
Profiling (CPP) at Novartis from 2004 to 2015, where he led the
development and implementation of innovative dosage form designs
and continuous manufacturing paradigms. He has also held positions
as the Director of Formulation Development at Vertex
Pharmaceuticals and Senior Scientist at Biogen. Dr. Panicucci
received his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry at the University
of Toronto, and has two post-doctoral fellowships at University of
California at Santa Barbara and the Ontario Cancer Institute. Dr.
Panicucci will advise our technology partner, Mannin Research
Inc.’s development both scientifically and
commercially.
Significant Employees
None.
Audit Committee
We do
not currently have an audit committee.
Compensation Committee
We do
not currently have compensation committee.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of
our directors, executive officers or control persons has been
involved in any of the following events during the past five years:
(i) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of
which such person was a general partner or executive officer either
at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that
time; (ii) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject
to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and
other minor offences); (iii) being subject to any order, judgment
or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily
enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his
involvement in any type of business, securities or banking
activities; or (iv) being found by a court of competent
jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities
or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed,
suspended or vacated.
Code of Ethics
We have
not adopted a code of corporate conduct.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and officers, and
the persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stock,
to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the
SEC. Copies of all filed reports are required to be furnished
to us pursuant to Rule 16a-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act. Based solely on the reports received by us and on the
representations of the reporting persons, we believe that these
persons have complied with all applicable filing requirements
during the year ended November 30, 2017.
39
T
RANSACTIONS WITH RELATED
PERSONS
In
January 2016, we issued a five-year warrant to a director and Chief
Legal Officer of the Company to purchase 250,000 shares of common
stock at a price of $4.15 per share, valued at $795,000 based on
management’s estimate using the Black-Scholes
option-valuation model, to the director for services and settlement
of $30,000 in accounts payable. The warrant is fully
vested and is also exercisable on a cashless basis. On July 15,
2016, we issued this same person and our CEO, each, 150,000
five-year warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of our Common share
at $1.45 per share.
On June
5, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase up to 350,000 shares of our
common stock to each of Denis Corin, our President and Chief
Executive Officer, and William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer.
The warrants were issued as a bonus for their business development
services to the Company over the last 12 months. The warrants are
exercisable for five years at a per share price of $4.00. The
warrants may not be exercised within the first six months of their
issuance.
On June
5, 2017, we issued options to purchase up to 150,000 shares of our
common stock to each of Denis Corin, our President and Chief
Executive Officer, and William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer.
50,000 of the options were issued as compensation for their
continue services on our board of directors through June 1, 2018
and 100,000 of the options were issued as compensation as officers
through June 1, 2018. 37,500 of the options vest on September 1,
2017, 37,500 of the options vest on December 1, 2017, 37,500 of the
options vest on March 1, 2018 and 37,500 of the options vest on
June 1, 2018. The options are exercisable for five years at a per
share price of $4.00. The options may not be exercised within the
first six months of vesting.
Our
directors do not receive any stated salary for their services as
directors or members of committees of the board of directors, but
by resolution of the board, a fixed fee may be allowed for
attendance at each meeting. Directors may also serve the Company in
other capacities as an officer, agent or otherwise, and may receive
compensation for their services in such other capacity. No such
fees have been paid to any director since
incorporation. Reasonable travel expenses are
reimbursed.
Summary Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth information concerning all cash
compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to all individuals
serving as the Company’s principal executive officers during
the last two completed fiscal years ended November 30, 2016 and
2017, respectively and all non-cash compensation awarded to those
same individuals in those time periods.
Name
and
Principal
Position
|
Year
|
|
|
|
|
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Non-
qualified
Deferred
Compen-
sation
Earnings
($)
|
All
Other
Compen
-sation
($)
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denis Corin
(2)
|
2016
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
195,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
63,655
|
$
258,655
|
Chief Executive
Officer
|
2017
|
-
|
-
|
$
-
|
1,545,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
175,000
|
$
1,720,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William Rosenstadt
(3)
|
2016
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$
1,055,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
112,147
|
$
1,167,147
|
Chief Legal
Officer
|
2017
|
-
|
-
|
$
-
|
1,545,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
280,248
|
$
1,825,248
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
The amounts
represent fees paid or accrued by us to the executive officers
during the past year pursuant to various employment and consulting
services agreements, as between us and the executive officers,
which are described below. Our executive officers are also
reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with corporate duties. We presently have no pension, health,
annuity, insurance, profit sharing or similar benefit
plans.
(2)
Mr. Denis Corin was
appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Director on April 21,
2015.
(3)
Mr. William
Rosenstadt was appointed as Chief Legal Officer and Director on
June 5, 2015.
(4)
Represents the
aggregate grant date fair value of warrants to purchase 50,000
common stock issued on July 15, 2016 to Mr. Corin and warrants to
purchase 250,000 and 200,000 common stock issued on January 4, 2016
and July 15, 2016 to Mr. Rosenstadt, respectively, in accordance
with FASB ASC.
(5)
Represents the
aggregate grant date fair value of warrants to purchase 350,000
common stock issued on June 5, 2017 and options to purchase 150,000
common stock issued on June 5, 2017 to each Mr. Corin and Mr.
Rosenstadt, respectively, in accordance with FASB ASC. 50,000 of
the option to purchase common stock issued on June 5, 2017 to each
of Mr. Corin and Mr. Rosenstadt was compensation for their
continued services on our board of directors through June 1,
2018.
40
Except
for 50,000 of the options to purchase common stock issued on June
5, 2017 to each Mr. Corin and Mr. Rosenstadt as compensation for
their continued services on our board of directors through June 1,
2018, we have not paid any compensation to our directors for their
services as directors in the fiscal year ended November 30,
2016. As set out above, we have paid compensation to our
directors for their services as executive officers.
Compensation Agreements
On June 5, 2017, our subsidiary entered into an Executive Services
Agreement with Denis Corin to provide services as our President and
Chief Executive Officer. In exchange for the services, Mr. Corin
receives $15,000 per month and received options granted on June 5,
2017 to acquire 100,000 shares of our common stock at $4.00 per
share, of which option 25,00 options vest
on each of
September 1, 2017, December 1, 2017, March 1, 2018 and June 1,
2018
. The
agreement has a term of two years and may be terminated by either
party with 90 days’ notice. If we terminate the Executive
Services Agreement without cause, we will owe the monthly fee for
each remaining month during the term of the
agreement.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Year End
Table
The
following table sets forth information as of November 30, 2016
relating to outstanding equity awards for each Named Executive
Officer:
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(exercisable)
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(unexercisable)
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
|
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Denis
Corin
|
150,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
1.45
|
July 15,
2021
|
|
350,000
|
-
|
-
|
4.00
|
June 9,
2022
|
|
-
|
75,000
|
75,000
|
4.00
|
June 9, 2022
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
Rosenstadt
|
200,000
|
-
|
-
|
$
1.45
|
July 15,
2021
|
|
250,000
|
-
|
-
|
4.15
|
January 1,
2021
|
|
350,000
|
-
|
-
|
4.00
|
June 9,
2022
|
|
|
75,000
|
75,000
|
4.00
|
June 9,
2022
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We did not award stock in our fiscal year ended November 30, 2017,
and as of November 30, 2017, there were no plans or arrangements
for the issuance of stock awards.
B
ENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management
The
following table sets forth, as of January 4, 2018, certain
information regarding the ownership of our common stock by (i) each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of
our outstanding shares of common stock, (ii) each of our directors,
(iii) our Principal Executive Officer and (iv) all of our executive
officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the
address of each person shown is c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, 501
Madison Avenue 14
th
Floor, New
York, New York 10022. Beneficial ownership, for purposes of this
table, includes warrants and options to purchase common stock that
are either currently exercisable or will be exercisable within 60
days of the date of this annual report.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
Amount
and Nature of
Beneficial
Owner (1)
|
|
Directors
and Officers:
|
|
|
Denis Corin
(3)
|
3,000,000
|
23.6
%
|
William Rosenstadt
(4)
|
1,335,049
|
10.3
%
|
|
|
|
Directors and
Officers as a Group (3)(4)
|
4,335,049
|
32.1
%
|
|
|
|
Major
Stockholders:
|
|
|
Ari Jatwes
(5)
|
860,000
|
7.0
%
|
Alan
Lindsay
|
1,136,000
|
9.3
%
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Under Rule 13d-3, a
beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship, or otherwise has or shares: (1) voting power, which
includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of shares; and
(ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose or
direct the disposition of shares. Certain shares may be deemed to
be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example,
persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the
shares. In addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially
owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire the shares
(for example, upon the exercise of an option) within 60 days of the
date as of which the information is provided. In computing the
percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares
outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially
owned by such person (and only such person) by reason of these
acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding
shares of any person as shown in this table does not necessarily
reflect the person's actual ownership or voting power with respect
to the number of shares of common stock actually outstanding as of
January 4, 2018.
|
|
(2
|
)
|
This
percentage is based upon 12,206,409 shares of common stock
outstanding as of January 4, 2018 and any warrants exercisable by
such person within 60 days of the date as of which the information
is provided.
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Includes
150,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $1.45 which expire on
July 15, 2021 for director fees through June 1, 2017 and 350,000
five-year warrants exercisable at $4.00 which expire on June 5,
2022 for officer fees through June 1, 2018, all of which are
exercisable within 60 days of the date as of which the information
is provided. This amount excludes those options that have been
granted but that have not vested and do not vest within the next 60
days.
|
|
(4
|
)
|
Includes
250,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $4.15 which expire on
January 1, 2021 which were issued to the law firm at Mr. Rosenstadt
is a partner, 50,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $1.45 which
expire on July 15, 2021 which were issued to the law firm at Mr.
Rosenstadt is a partner, 150,000 five-year warrants exercisable at
$1.45 which expire on July 15, 2021 for director fees through June
1, 2017 and 350,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $4.00 which
expire on June 5, 2022 for officer fees through June 1, 2018.
An aggregate of 800,000 warrants are exercisable within 60 days of
the date as of which the information is provided. On November 22,
2017, the collective 300,000 warrants issued to Mr.
Rosenstadt’s law firm were assigned to Mr. Rosenstadt
personally. This amount excludes those options that have been
granted but that have not vested and do not vest within the next 60
days.
|
|
(5
|
)
|
Includes
85,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $4.00 which expire on June
5, 2022. This amount excludes those options that have been granted
but that have not vested and do not vest within the next 60
days.
|
There
are no arrangements or understanding among the parties set out
above or their respective associates or affiliates concerning
election of directors or any other matters which may require
shareholder approval.
Changes in Control
We are
unaware of any contract, or other arrangement or provision, the
operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of
control of our Company.
41
The
legality and validity of the securities offered from time to time
under this prospectus will be passed upon by Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP.
William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer and one of our
directors, is a partner of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP.
Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP is representing
the placement agents in this offering.
Our
financial statements as of and for the years ended November 30,
2016 and 2015
have been
included in the registration statement in reliance upon the report
of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
W
HERE YOU CAN FIND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are
a reporting company and file annual, quarterly and current reports,
proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We have filed
with the SEC a registration statement, as amended, on Form S-1
under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are
offering under this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain
all of the information set forth in the registration statement and
the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information
with respect to us and the securities we are offering under this
prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the
exhibits and schedules filed as a part of the registration
statement. You may read and copy the registration statement, as
well as our reports, proxy statements and other information, at the
SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents
by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. Please
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the
operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains an
internet site that contains reports, proxy and information
statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC, where our SEC filings are also
available. The address of the SEC’s web site is
http://www.sec.gov.
D
ISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION
POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT
LIABILITIES
Our
by-laws require us to indemnify any of our officers or directors,
and certain other persons, under certain circumstances against all
expenses and liabilities incurred or suffered by such persons
because of a lawsuit or similar proceeding to which the person is
made a party by reason of a his being a director or officer of the
Company or our subsidiaries, unless that indemnification is
prohibited by law. We may also purchase and maintain insurance for
the benefit of any officer which may cover claims for which we
could not indemnify a director or officer. We have been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
indemnification of our officers, directors and controlling persons
under these provisions, or otherwise, is against public policy and
is unenforceable.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable.
42
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page No.
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
|
|
F-2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
Statements:
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
Sheets as of November 30, 2016 and
2015
|
|
|
F-3
|
|
Statements
of Operations for the years ended November 30, 2016 and
2015
|
|
|
F-4
|
|
Statements
of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) for the years ended
November 30, 2016 and 2015
|
|
|
F-5
|
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the years ended November 30, 2016 and
2015
|
|
|
F-6
|
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
|
|
F-7
|
|
Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Condensed
Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2017 (Unaudited) and November 30,
2016
|
F-19
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Statements of Operations – For the Three Months and
Nine Months Ended August 31, 2017 and 2016
|
F-20
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows – For the Nine Months
Ended August 31, 2017 and 2016
|
F-21
|
|
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
|
F-22
|
|
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Q
BioMed Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of Q BioMed Inc. (the
“Company”) as of November 30, 2016 and 2015, and the
related statements of operations
,
changes in stockholders’
equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our
audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal
control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration
of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Q BioMed Inc.,
as of November 30, 2016 and 2015, and the results of its operations
and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company will continue as a going concern. As
discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has
suffered losses from operations and has negative working
capital. These matters raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. Management’s plans concerning these
matters are also discussed in Note 2 to the financial
statements. The accompanying financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
/s/
Marcum LLP
Marcum
LLP
New
York, NY
February
28, 2017
F-2
Q BIOMED INC.
Balance Sheets
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
Cash
|
$
1,468,724
|
$
131,408
|
Total current
assets
|
1,468,724
|
131,408
|
Total
Assets
|
$
1,468,724
|
$
131,408
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY DEFICIT
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses
|
$
497,936
|
$
58,802
|
Accrued expenses -
related party
|
70,502
|
30,000
|
Accrued interest
payable
|
48,813
|
2,511
|
Convertible notes
payable (See Note 5)
|
2,394,849
|
-
|
Note
payable
|
100,152
|
-
|
Warrant
liability
|
168,070
|
-
|
Total current
liabilities
|
3,280,322
|
91,313
|
|
|
|
Long-term
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Convertible notes
payable (See Note 5)
|
231,517
|
296,000
|
Total long term
liabilities
|
231,517
|
296,000
|
Total
Liabilities
|
3,511,839
|
387,313
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and Contingencies (Note 6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity Deficit:
|
|
|
Preferred stock,
$0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
and outstanding as of November 30, 2016 and 2015
|
-
|
-
|
Common stock,
$0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 9,231,560 and
8,597,131 shares issued and outstanding as of November 30, 2016 and
2015, respectively
|
9,231
|
8,597
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
6,249,357
|
865,690
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(8,301,703
)
|
(1,130,192
)
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity Deficit
|
(2,043,115
)
|
(255,905
)
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Deficit
|
$
1,468,724
|
$
131,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
F-3
Q BIOMED INC.
Statements of Operations
|
For
the years ended November 30,
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|
General and
administrative expenses
|
$
5,032,257
|
$
354,138
|
Research and
development expenses
|
1,314,250
|
598,000
|
Total operating
expenses
|
6,346,507
|
952,138
|
|
|
|
Other
(income) expense:
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
480,285
|
14,511
|
Gain on
extinguishment of convertible note
|
(134,085
)
|
-
|
Loss on conversion
of debt
|
85,123
|
20,968
|
Loss on issuance of
convertible notes
|
481,000
|
-
|
Change in fair
value of embedded conversion option
|
(121,000
)
|
99,000
|
Change in fair
value of warrant liability
|
(7,587
)
|
-
|
Loss on
modification of Private Placement Units
|
41,268
|
-
|
Total other
expenses
|
825,004
|
134,479
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss:
|
$
(7,171,511
)
|
$
(1,086,617
)
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per share - basic and diluted
|
$
(0.81
)
|
$
(0.12
)
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
8,861,212
|
9,067,839
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
F-4
Q BIOMED INC.
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
(Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
Paid in Capital
|
|
|
Balance
as of November 30, 2014
|
-
|
$
-
|
8,125,000
|
$
8,125
|
$
46,750
|
$
(43,425
)
|
$
11,450
|
Issuance of common
stock and warrants for services
|
-
|
-
|
631,000
|
631
|
197,887
|
(375
)
|
198,143
|
Issuance of common
stock for acquired in-process research and development
|
-
|
-
|
200,000
|
200
|
547,800
|
-
|
548,000
|
Issuance of common
stock for services to related parties
|
-
|
-
|
3,375,000
|
3,375
|
25,650
|
(2,025
)
|
27,000
|
Acquisition and
retirement of common stock
|
-
|
-
|
(3,750,000
)
|
(3,750
)
|
1,500
|
2,250
|
-
|
Issuance of common
stock upon conversion of convertible notes payable
|
-
|
-
|
16,131
|
16
|
46,103
|
-
|
46,119
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,086,617
)
|
(1,086,617
)
|
Balance
as of November 30, 2015
|
-
|
-
|
8,597,131
|
8,597
|
865,690
|
(1,130,192
)
|
(255,905
)
|
Issuance of common
stock and warrants for services
|
-
|
-
|
341,543
|
342
|
3,300,772
|
-
|
3,301,114
|
Issuance of common
stock for acquired in-process research and development
|
-
|
-
|
50,000
|
50
|
160,450
|
-
|
160,500
|
Issuance of common
stock and warrants in connection with Private Placement, net of
warrant liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
102,256
|
102
|
80,578
|
-
|
80,680
|
Modification of
Private Placement Units
|
|
|
7,502
|
7
|
22,499
|
|
22,506
|
Issuance of
warrants for services to related party
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
830,000
|
-
|
830,000
|
Issuance of
warrants to settle accounts payable to related party:
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30,000
|
-
|
30,000
|
Issuance of common
stock upon conversion of convertible notes payable
|
-
|
-
|
118,128
|
118
|
380,768
|
-
|
380,886
|
Beneficial
conversion feature in connection with issuance of convertible
notes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
526,400
|
-
|
526,400
|
Issuance of common
stock in connection with OID Note
|
-
|
-
|
15,000
|
15
|
52,200
|
-
|
52,215
|
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,171,511
)
|
(7,171,511
)
|
Balance
as of November 30, 2016
|
-
|
$
-
|
9,231,560
|
$
9,231
|
$
6,249,357
|
$
(8,301,703
)
|
$
(2,043,115
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
F-5
Q BIOMED INC.
Statement of Cash Flows
|
For
the years ended November 30,
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
operating activities:
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
(7,171,511
)
|
$
(1,086,617
)
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
|
Issuance of common
stock and warrants for services
|
4,131,114
|
198,143
|
Issuance of common
stock for acquired in-process research and development
|
160,500
|
548,000
|
Issuance of common
stock for services to related parties
|
-
|
27,000
|
Change in fair
value of embedded conversion option
|
(121,000
)
|
99,000
|
Change in fair
value of warrant liability
|
(7,587
)
|
-
|
Loss on
modification of Private Placement Units
|
41,268
|
-
|
Accretion of debt
discount
|
413,894
|
12,000
|
Gain on
extinguishment of convertible note
|
(134,085
)
|
-
|
Loss on conversion
of debt
|
85,123
|
20,968
|
Loss on issuance of
convertible debt
|
481,000
|
-
|
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses
|
439,134
|
90,114
|
Accrued expenses -
related party
|
70,502
|
-
|
Accrued interest
payable:
|
66,389
|
-
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(1,545,259
)
|
(91,392
)
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
financing activities:
|
|
|
Proceeds received
from issuance of convertible notes
|
2,495,000
|
210,151
|
Proceeds received
from issuance of common stock and warrants
|
237,575
|
-
|
Proceeds received
from issuance of note payable
|
150,000
|
-
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
2,882,575
|
210,151
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash
|
1,337,316
|
118,759
|
|
|
|
Cash
at beginning of period
|
131,408
|
12,649
|
Cash
at end of period
|
$
1,468,724
|
$
131,408
|
|
|
|
Non-cash
financing activities:
|
|
|
Issuance of common
stock upon conversion of convertible notes payable
|
$
295,764
|
$
25,000
|
Issuance of
warrants to settle accounts payable to related party
|
$
30,000
|
$
-
|
Modification of
Series D convertible note recognized as extinguishment
|
$
294,085
|
$
-
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Cash paid for
income taxes
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
F-6
Q BIOMED INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1 - Organization of the Company and Description of the
Business
Q
BioMed Inc. (“Q BioMed” or “the Company”),
incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 22, 2013, is a
biomedical acceleration and development company focused on
licensing, acquiring and providing strategic resources to life
sciences and healthcare companies. Q BioMed intends to mitigate
risk by acquiring multiple assets over time and across a broad
spectrum of healthcare related products, companies and
sectors. The Company intends to develop these assets to
provide returns via organic growth, revenue production,
out-licensing, sale or spinoff new public companies.
Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Going Concern
The
accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“US
GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules
and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
The
Company currently operates in one business segment focusing on
licensing, acquiring and providing strategic resources to life
sciences and healthcare companies. The Company is not organized by
market and is managed and operated as one business. A single
management team reports to the chief operating decision maker, the
Chief Executive Officer, who comprehensively manages the entire
business. The Company does not currently operate any separate lines
of business or separate business entities.
Going Concern
The
Company had a working capital deficit of approximately $1.8 million
as of November 30, 2016. The accompanying financial statements are
prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern,
which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of
liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company had a net
loss of approximately $7.2 million and $1.1 million during the
years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and had net
cash used in operating activities of approximately $1.5 million and
$91,000 during years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015,
respectively.
The
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern depends on
the Company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses
until it generates adequate cash flows from operations to fund its
operating costs and obligations. If the Company is unable to obtain
adequate capital, it could be forced to cease
operations.
The
Company depends upon its ability, and will continue to attempt, to
secure equity and/or debt financing. The Company might not be
successful, and without sufficient financing it would be unlikely
for the Company to continue as a going concern. Management has
determined that there is substantial doubt about the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the
financial statements are issued. The accompanying financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or
amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from
this uncertainty.
Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
Use of estimates
The
preparation of 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 financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those
estimates, and such differences may be material to the financial
statements. The more significant estimates and assumptions by
management include among others: the valuation allowance of
deferred tax assets resulting from net operating losses, the
valuation of warrants on the Company’s stock and the
valuation of embedded conversion options within the Company’s
convertible notes payable.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration
of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution
which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance
coverage ("FDIC") of $250,000. At November 30, 2016, the
Company had a cash balance on deposit that exceeded the balance
insured by the FDIC limit by approximately $1.2 million with one
bank and was exposed to credit risk for amounts held in excess of
the FDIC limit. The Company does not anticipate nonperformance by
these institutions. The Company had not experienced losses on
these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed
to significant risks on such accounts.
F-7
Fair value of financial instruments
Fair
value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an
asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value
hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair
value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to
unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers
include:
●
Level 1
: The preferred inputs to
valuation efforts are “quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities,” with the caveat that the
reporting entity must have access to that market. Information at
this level is based on direct observations of transactions
involving the same assets and liabilities, not assumptions, and
thus offers superior reliability. However, relatively few items,
especially physical assets, actually trade in active
markets.
●
Level 2
: FASB acknowledged that active
markets for identical assets and liabilities are relatively
uncommon and, even when they do exist, they may be too thin to
provide reliable information. To deal with this shortage of direct
data, the board provided a second level of inputs that can be
applied in three situations.
●
Level 3:
defined as unobservable inputs
in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an
entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived
from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs
or significant value drivers are unobservable.
Fair
value measurements discussed herein are based upon certain market
assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of
and during the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015. The
respective carrying value of cash and accounts payable approximated
their fair values as they are short term in nature.
As of
November 30, 2016, the estimated aggregate fair value of all
outstanding convertible notes payable is approximately $3.3
million. The fair value estimate is based on the estimated option
value of the conversion terms, since the strike price of each note
series is deep in-the-money at November 30, 2016. The estimated
fair value represents a Level 3 measurement.
Embedded
Conversion
Features
The Company evaluates embedded conversion
features within convertible debt to determine whether the embedded
conversion feature(s) should be bifurcated from the host instrument
and accounted for as a derivative at fair value with changes in
fair value recorded in the Statement of
Operations. If the conversion feature does not require
recognition of a bifurcated derivative, the convertible
debt instrument is evaluated for consideration of any
beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) requiring
separate recognition. When the Company records a BCF, the intrinsic
value of the BCF is recorded as a debt discount against the
face amount of the respective debt instrument (offset to additional
paid-in capital) and amortized to interest expense over the
life of the debt.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The
Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to
cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company
evaluates all of its financial instruments, including
issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such
instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify
as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments
that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative
instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then
re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair
value reported in the Statement of Operations. Depending on
the features of the derivative financial instrument, the Company
uses either the Black-Scholes option-pricing model or a
binomial model to value the derivative instruments at
inception and subsequent valuation dates. The classification
of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments
should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at
the end of each reporting period.
Stock Based Compensation Issued to Nonemployees
Common
stock issued to non-employees for acquiring goods or providing
services is recognized at fair value when the goods are obtained or
over the service period. If the award contains performance
conditions, the measurement date of the award is the earlier of the
date at which a commitment for performance by the non-employee is
reached or the date at which performance is reached. A performance
commitment is reached when performance by the non-employee is
probable because of sufficiently large disincentives for
nonperformance.
F-8
General and administrative expenses
The
significant components of general and administrative expenses
consist of interest expense, bank fees, printing, filing fees,
other office expenses, and business license and permit
fees.
Research and development
The
Company expenses the cost of research and development as
incurred. Research and development expenses include
costs incurred in funding research and development activities,
license fees, and other external costs. Nonrefundable advance
payments for goods and services that will be used in future
research and development activities are expensed when the activity
is performed or when the goods have been received, rather than when
payment is made.
Income Taxes
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference
between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and
liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the
related asset or liability is expected to be realized or
settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based
on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If
available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that
some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be
realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred
tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be
realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are
included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period
of change.
Deferred
income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from
income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax
purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified
as current or non-current, depending on the classification of
assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes
arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset
or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on
the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to
reverse.
The
Company applies a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold for
all tax uncertainties, which only allows the recognition of
those tax benefits that have a greater than fifty percent
likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the taxing
authorities. As of November 30, 2016, the Company reviewed its tax
positions and determined there were no outstanding, or retroactive
tax positions with less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained
upon examination by the taxing authorities, therefore this standard
has not had a material effect on the Company.
The
Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties
associated with audits is to record such expense as a component of
income tax expense. There were no amounts accrued for penalties or
interest during the years ended November 30, 2016. Management is
currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in
significant payments, accruals or material deviations from its
position.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In
August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) No. 2014-15,
Disclosure of Uncertainties about an
Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
that
will require management to evaluate whether there are conditions
and events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the
financial statements are issued on both an interim and annual
basis. Management will be required to provide certain footnote
disclosures if it concludes that substantial doubt exists or when
its plans alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. The
Company adopted ASU No. 2014-15 in the fourth quarter of 2016,
and its adoption did not have a material impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
In
March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-06,
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815):
Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments
. This
new standard simplifies the embedded derivative analysis for debt
instruments containing contingent call or put options by removing
the requirement to assess whether a contingent event is related to
interest rates or credit risks. This new standard will be effective
for the Company on January 1, 2017. The adoption of this standard
is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's
financial position, results of operations, or cash
flows.
In
August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15,
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230):
Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
.
This new standard clarifies certain aspects of the statement of
cash flows, including the classification of debt prepayment or debt
extinguishment costs or other debt instruments with coupon interest
rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest
rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after
a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance
claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life
insurance policies, distributions received from equity method
investees and beneficial interests in securitization transactions.
This new standard also clarifies that an entity should determine
each separately identifiable source of use within the cash receipts
and payments on the basis of the nature of the underlying cash
flows. In situations in which cash receipts and payments have
aspects of more than one class of cash flows and cannot be
separated by source or use, the appropriate classification should
depend on the activity that is likely to be the predominant source
or use of cash flows for the item. This new standard will be
effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on its
consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01,
Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying
the Definition of a Business
. This new standard clarifies
the definition of a business and provides a screen to determine
when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business.
The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value
of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a
single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable
assets, the set is not a business. This new standard will be
effective for the Company on January 1, 2018, but may be adopted
early. Adoption is prospectively applied to any business
development transaction. The adoption of this standard is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial
position, results of operations, or cash flows.
F-9
Note 4 – Loss per share
Basic
net loss per share was calculated by dividing net loss by the
weighted-average common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net loss per share was calculated by
dividing net loss by the weighted-average common shares outstanding
during the period using the treasury stock method or the two-class
method, whichever is more dilutive. The table below
summarizes potentially dilutive securities that were not
considered in the computation of diluted net loss per share because
they would be anti-dilutive.
Potentially
dilutive securities
|
|
|
Warrants (Note
10)
|
1,047,500
|
100,000
|
Convertible debt
(Note 5)
|
1,067,105
|
106,920
|
|
|
|
Note 5 – Convertible Notes
|
|
|
Series
A Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.00 and $1.92 at November 30, 2016 and
November 30, 2015, respectively.
|
$
12,500
|
$
50,000
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series A
Notes
|
12,000
|
64,000
|
Debt
discount
|
(2,194
)
|
(28,832
)
|
Carrying value of
Series A Notes
|
22,306
|
85,168
|
|
|
|
Series
B Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.00 and $1.92 at November 30, 2016 and
November 30, 2015, respectively.
|
55,000
|
50,000
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series B
Notes
|
55,000
|
64,000
|
Debt
discount
|
(19,229
)
|
(34,744
)
|
Carrying value of
Series B Notes
|
90,771
|
79,256
|
|
|
|
Series
C Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $1.55 at November 30, 2016 and November 30,
2015.
|
576,383
|
85,000
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series C
Notes
|
838,000
|
101,000
|
Long-term
Liabilities:
|
(250,969
)
|
(54,424
)
|
Carrying value of
Series C Notes
|
1,163,414
|
131,576
|
|
|
|
Series
D Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $1.85 at November 30, 2016.
|
160,000
|
-
|
Debt
discount
|
(140,961
)
|
-
|
Carrying value of
Series D Notes
|
19,039
|
-
|
|
|
|
Series
E Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.50 at November 30, 2016.
|
180,000
|
-
|
Debt
discount
|
(124,164
)
|
-
|
Carrying value of
Series E Notes
|
55,836
|
-
|
|
|
|
Secured
Convertible Debenture:
|
|
|
Principal value of
5%, convertible at $2.98 at November 30, 2016.
|
1,500,000
|
-
|
Fair value of
bifurcated contingent put option of Secured Convertible
Debenture
|
72,000
|
-
|
Debt
discount
|
(297,000
)
|
-
|
Carrying value of
Secured Convertible Debenture Note
|
1,275,000
|
-
|
Total
short-term carrying value of convertible notes
|
$
2,394,849
|
$
-
|
Total
long-term carrying value of convertible notes
|
$
231,517
|
$
296,000
|
|
|
|
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, the Company recognized interest
expense of approximately $414,000 resulting from amortization of
the debt discount for Series A, B, C, D and E Notes. All long
term notes are due in fiscal year 2018.
Series A Notes
The
Series A convertible notes payable (the “Series A
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series A Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at any time prior to maturity at a
conversion price per share equal to the higher of:
(i) forty percent (40%) discount to the average closing price
for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
notice of conversion or (ii) $1.25 per share. At maturity,
any remaining outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid
interest outstanding under the Series A Notes
will automatically convert into shares of the Company’s
common stock under the same terms.
F-10
Series B Notes
The
Series B convertible notes payable (the “Series B
Notes”) have the same terms as the Series A
Notes. During the year ended November 30, 2016, the
Company issued an additional of $105,000 in principal of Series B
notes to third party investors.
Series C Notes
The
Series C convertible notes payable (the “Series C
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series C Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a conversion price per share equal
to the lesser of a 40% discount to the average closing price for
the 10 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the notice of
conversion or $1.55, but in no event shall the conversion price be
lower than $1.25 per share. If the average VWAP, as
defined in the agreement, for the ten trading days immediately
preceding the maturity date $5.00 or more, any
remaining outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid
interest outstanding under the Series C Notes
will automatically convert into shares of the Company’s
common stock under the same terms.
The
terms of the Series C Notes also provided that up until maturity
date, the Company cannot enter into any additional, or modify any
existing, agreements with any existing or future investors that are
more favorable to such investor in relation to the Series D Note
holders, unless, the Series C Note holders are provided with such
rights and benefits (“Most Favored Nations
Clause”).
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, the Company issued an additional
of $550,000 in principal of Series C notes to third party
investors.
Series D Notes
The
Series D convertible notes payable (the “Series D
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series D Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price per share
equal to $1.85. The Series D Notes automatically convert
upon maturity at $1.85 per share if the ten trading days VWAP
immediately preceding maturity is $5.00 or
greater. Additionally, if the Company’s common
shares are up-listed to a senior exchange such as the AMEX or
NASDAQ, all monies due under the Series D Notes will automatically
convert at $1.85 per share. During the year ended November
30, 2016, the Company issued $160,000 in principal of Series D
notes to third party investors.
The
terms of the Series D Notes also included the Most Favored Nations
Clause. The Most Favored Nations Clause was viewed as providing the
Series D Note holder with down-round price protection. As
such, the embedded conversion option in the Series D Note was
separately measured at fair value upon issuance, with subsequent
changes in fair value recognized in current earnings.
On
September 30, 2016, the Company amended the Most Favored Nations
Clause of the Series D Notes to restrict the Company from taking
dilutive action without the Series D note holders’ consent,
effectively removing the down-round price protection. The amendment
of the Series D Notes was recognized as an extinguishment of the
originally issued Series D Notes, resulting in a gain on
extinguishment of approximately $134,000.
At the
amendment date, the conversion price of the amended Series D Notes
was below the quoted market price of the Company’s common
stock. As such, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion
feature equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion price on the
amendment date, resulting in a discount to the amended Series D
Notes of $160,000 with a corresponding credit to additional paid-in
capital.
The resulting debt
discount is presented net of the related
convertible note
balance in the accompanying
Balance Sheets and is amortized to interest expense over the
note’s term.
Series E Notes
The
Series E convertible notes payable (the “Series E
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series E Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price per share
equal to $2.50. The Series E Notes automatically convert
upon maturity at $2.50 per share if the ten trading days VWAP
immediately preceding maturity is $5.00 or
greater. Additionally, if the Company’s common
shares are up-listed to a senior exchange such as the AMEX or
NASDAQ, all monies due under the Series E Notes will automatically
convert at $2.50 per share. During the year ended November
30, 2016, the Company issued $180,000 in principal of Series E
Notes to third party investors.
At the
issuance date, the conversion price of the Series E Notes was below
the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock. As
such, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion feature equal
to the intrinsic value of the conversion price on the amendment
date, resulting in a discount to the Series E Notes of
approximately $141,000 with a corresponding credit to additional
paid-in capital.
The
resulting debt discount is presented net of the related
convertible note
balance in
the accompanying Balance Sheets and is amortized to interest
expense over the note’s term.
F-11
Embedded Conversion Options
In
connection with the issuance of the Series A, B, C and the original
issuance of the Series D Notes during the year ended November 30,
2016, the Company recognized a debt discount of approximately
$750,000, and a loss on issuance of $481,000, which represents
the excess of the fair value of the embedded conversion at initial
issuance of $1.2 million over the principal amount of convertible
debt issued. The embedded conversion feature is
separately measured at fair value, with changes in fair value
recognized in current operations. Management used a
binomial valuation model, with fourteen steps of the binomial
tree, to estimate the fair value of the embedded conversion option
at issuance of the Series A, B, C and the original issuance of the
Series D Notes issued during the year ended November 30, 2016, with
the following key inputs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Embedded derivatives at inception
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the years ended November 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Stock
price
|
|
$
|
2.60 -
$3.26
|
|
|
$
|
2.02 -
$4.30
|
|
Terms
(years)
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
1.25 -
1.5
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
116.77
|
%
|
|
|
108.40%
- 162.89
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
0.51% -
0.76
|
%
|
|
|
0.66% -
0.85
|
%
|
Dividend
yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Embedded derivatives at period end
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of November 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Stock
price
|
|
$
|
3.43
|
|
|
$
|
3.55
|
|
Term
(years)
|
|
|
0.25 -
1.05
|
|
|
|
1.26 -
1.49
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
156.74%
- 163.49
|
%
|
|
|
108.4%
- 121.62
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
0.48% -
0.80
|
%
|
|
|
0.94
|
%
|
Dividend
yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of
November 30, 2016, the embedded conversion options have an
aggregate fair value of approximately $977,000 and are presented on
a combined basis with the related loan host in the Company’s
Balance Sheets. The table below presents changes in fair
value for the embedded conversion options, which is a Level 3 fair
value measurement:
Rollforward of Level 3 Fair Value Measurement for the Year Ended
November 30, 2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at November 30, 2015
|
|
Issuance
|
|
Net unrealized gain/(loss)
|
|
Settlements
|
|
Balance at November 30, 2016
|
|
|
$
|
229,000
|
|
|
|
1,303,000
|
|
|
|
(121,000
|
)
|
|
|
(434,000
|
)
|
|
$
|
977,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversions of debt
The
following conversions of the convertible notes occurred during the
year ended November 30, 2016:
|
|
|
Series A
conversions
|
$
37,500
|
22,148
|
Series B
conversions
|
100,000
|
51,111
|
Series C
conversions
|
58,617
|
44,869
|
Total
|
$
196,117
|
118,128
|
|
|
|
As the
embedded conversion option in each note Series had been separately
measured at fair value, the conversion of each note was recognized
as an extinguishment of debt. The Company recognized a loss
on conversion of debt of approximately $85,000 as the difference
between the fair value of common stock issued to the holders of
approximately $381,000 and the aggregate net carrying value of the
convertible notes, including the bifurcated conversion options, of
approximately $296,000.
F-12
Events of default
The
Company will be in default of the Series A,B,C D and E Notes, and
all amounts outstanding will become immediately due and payable
upon: (i) maturity, (ii) any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, cessation of operation, or liquidation events,
(iii) if any money judgment, writ or similar process filed against
the Company for more than $150,000 remains unvacated, unbonded or
unstayed for a period of twenty (20) days, (iv) the Company fails
to maintain the listing of the common stock on at least one of the
OTC markets or the equivalent replacement exchange, (v) the
Company’s failure to maintain any material intellectual
property rights, personal, real property or other assets that are
necessary to conduct its business, (vi) the restatement of any
financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) for any period from two years prior
to the notes issuance date and until the notes are no longer
outstanding, if the restatement would have constituted a material
adverse effect of the rights of the holders of the notes, (vii) the
Company effectuates a reverse stock split of its common stock
without twenty (20) days prior written notice to the notes’
holders, (viii) in the event that the Company replaces its transfer
agent but fails to provide, prior to the effective date, a fully
executed irrevocable transfer agent instructions signed by the
successor transfer agent and the Company, (ix) in the
event that the Company depletes the share reserve and fails to
increase the number of shares within three (3) business days, (x)
if the Company fails to remain current in its filings with the SEC
for more than 30 days after the filing deadline, (xi) after 12
months following the date the Company no longer deems itself a
shell company as reflected in a ’34 Act filing, the Lenders
are unable to convert the notes into free trading shares, and (xii)
upon fundamental change of management.
The
Company is currently not in default for any convertible notes
issued.
Secured Convertible Debentures
On
November 29, 2016, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with an accredited investor to place Convertible
Debentures (the “Debentures”) with a one-year term in
the aggregate principal amount of up to $4,000,000. The initial
closing occurred on November 30, 2016 when the Company issued a
Debenture for $1,500,000. The second closing is scheduled for
within three days of the date on which the Company registers for
resale all of the shares of common stock into which the Debentures
may be converted (the “Conversion Shares”). The
Debentures bear interest at the rate of 5% per annum. In
addition, the Company must pay to an affiliate of the holder a fee
equal to 5% of the amount of the Debenture at each
closing.
The
Debenture may be converted at any time on or prior to maturity at
the lower of $4.00 or 93% of the average of the four lowest daily
VWAP of the Company’s common stock during the ten consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the conversion date, provided
that as long as the Company is not in default under the Debenture,
the conversion price may never be less than $2.00. The
Company may not convert any portion of the Debenture if such
conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning more than
4.99% of the Company’s then issued common stock, provided
that such limitation may be waived by the holder.
Any
time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance of the
Debenture, if the daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock is
less than $2.00 for a period of twenty consecutive trading days
(the “Triggering Date”) and only for so long as such
conditions exist after a Triggering Date, the Company shall make
monthly payments beginning on the last calendar day of the month
when the Triggering Date occurred. Each monthly payment shall
be in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount
outstanding as of the Triggering Date divided by the number of such
monthly payments until maturity, (ii) a redemption premium of 20%
in respect of such principal amount being paid (up to a maximum of
$300,000 in redemption premium) and (iii) accrued and unpaid
interest as of each payment date. The Company may, no more
than twice, obtain a thirty-day deferral of a monthly payment due
as a result of a Triggering Date through the payment of a deferral
fee in the amount equal to 10% of the total amount of such monthly
payment. Each deferral payment may be paid by the issuance of
such number of shares as is equal to the applicable deferral
payment divided by a price per share equal to 93% of the average of
the four lowest daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock
during the ten consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the
due date in respect of such monthly payment begin deferred,
provided that such shares issued will be immediately freely
tradable shares in the hands of the holder.
The
Company also executed a Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to
which it is required to file a registration statement for the
resale of the shares of common stock into which the Debenture may
be converted within 30 days of the initial closing. The Company is
required to use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement to be declared effective within 90 days of the initial
closing.
The
Company also entered into a Security Agreement to secure payment
and performance of its obligations under the Debenture and related
agreements pursuant to which the Company granted the investor a
security interest in all of its assets. The security interest
granted pursuant to the Security Agreement terminates on (i) the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement if the Company’s
common stock closing price is greater than $2.00 for the twenty
consecutive trading days prior to effectiveness or (ii) any time
after the effectiveness of the registration statement that the
Company’s common stock closing price is greater than $2.00
for the twenty consecutive trading days.
F-13
Upon
issuance of the Debentures, the Company recognized a debt discount
of approximately $297,000, resulting from the recognition of a
beneficial conversion feature of $225,000 and a bifurcated embedded
derivative of $72,000. The beneficial conversion feature was
recognized as the intrinsic value of the conversion
option on issuance of the Debentures. The monthly
payment provision within the Debentures is a contingent put option
that is required to be separately measured at fair value, with
subsequent changes in fair value recognized in the Statement of
Operations. The Company estimated the fair value of the monthly
payment provision, as of November 30, 2016, using probability
analysis of the occurrence of a Triggering Date applied to the
discounted maximum redemption premium for any given payment. The
probability analysis utilized an expected volatility for the
Company's common stock of 139% and a risk free rate of 0.80%. The
maximum redemption was discounted at 22%, the calculated effective
rate of the Debenture before measurement of the
contingent put option. The fair value estimate is a Level 3
measurement.
Note 6 – Note Payable
On
November 10, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note with a
principal amount of $150,000 and issued 15,000 restricted shares of
the Company’s common stock for cash proceeds of $150,000 (the
“OID Note”). The OID Note does not pay interest
and matures on November 3, 2017. The OID Note is not
convertible.
The
fair value of the 15,000 common stock issued with the OID Note of
approximately $52,000 was recognized as a debt discount, which will
be amortized to interest expense over the term of the OID
Note.
Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies
Advisory Agreements
The
Company entered into customary consulting arrangements with various
counterparties to provide consulting services, business development
and investor relations services, pursuant to which the Company
agreed to issue shares of common stock as services are
received. The Company expects to issue an aggregate of
approximately 198,000 shares of common stock subsequent to November
30, 2016 through the end term of arrangements, June
2017.
License Agreement
Mannin
On October 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Patent and
Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement (“Exclusive
License”) with a vendor whereby the Company was granted a
worldwide, exclusive, license on, and option to, acquire certain
intellectual property (“Mannin IP”) which initially
focused on developing a first-in-class eye drop treatment for
glaucoma within the four-year term of the Exclusive
License. The technology platform may be expanded in
scope beyond ophthalmological uses and may include cystic kidney
disease and others.
Pursuant to the Executive License,
the Company has an option to purchase the
Mannin
IP within the next four
years upon: (i) investing a minimum of $4,000,000 into the
development of the intellectual property and (ii) possibly issuing
additional shares of the Company’s common stock based on
meeting pre-determined valuation and market conditions. The
purchase price for the IP is $30,000,000 less the amount of cash
paid by the Company for development and the value of the common
stock issued to the vendor.
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, the Company incurred
approximately $1.1 million in research and development expenses to
fund the costs of development of the eye drop treatment for
glaucoma pursuant to the Exclusive License, of which an aggregate
of $654,000 was already paid as of November 30, 2016. Through
November 30, 2016, the Company has funded an aggregate of $704,000
to Mannin under the Exclusive License.
In the
event that: (i) the Company does not exercise the option to
purchase the
Mannin
IP; (ii) the Company fails to invest the $4,000,000 within four
years from the date of the Exclusive License; or (iii) the Company
fails to make a diligent, good faith and commercially reasonable
effort to progress the
Mannin
IP, all
Mannin
IP shall revert to the
vendor and the Company will be granted the right to collect twice
the monies invested through that date of reversion by way of a
royalty along with other consideration which may be
perpetual.
F-14
Bio-Nucleonics
On
September 6, 2016, the Company entered into the Patent and
Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement (the “BNI
Exclusive License”). with Bio-Nucleonics Inc.
(“BNI”) whereby the Company was granted a worldwide,
exclusive, perpetual, license on, and option to, acquire certain
BNI intellectual property (“BNI IP”) within the
three-year term of the BNI Exclusive License.
In
exchange for the consideration, the Company agreed to, upon
reaching various milestones, issue to BNI an aggregate of 110,000
shares of common stock that are subject to restriction from trading
until commercialization of the product (approximately 12 months)
and subsequent leak-out conditions, and provide funding to BNI for
an aggregate of $850,000 in cash, of which the Company had paid
$20,000 as of November 30, 2016. Once the Company has
funded up to $850,000 in cash, the Company may exercise its option
to acquire the BNI IP at no additional charge. In
September 2016, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock,
with a fair value of $160,500, to BNI pursuant to the BNI Exclusive
License.
In the
event that: (i) the Company does not exercise the option to
purchase the BNI IP; (ii) the Company fails to make the aggregate
cash payment within three years from the date of the Exclusive
License; or (iii) the Company fails to make a diligent, good faith
and commercially reasonable effort to progress the BNI IP, all BNI
IP shall revert to BNI and the Company shall be granted the right
to collect twice the monies invested through that date of reversion
by way of a royalty along with other consideration which may be
perpetual.
Legal
The
Company is not currently involved in any legal matters arising in
the normal course of business. From time to time, the Company
could become involved in disputes and various litigation matters
that arise in the normal course of business. These may
include disputes and lawsuits related to intellectual property,
licensing, contract law and employee relations matters.
Periodically, the Company reviews the status of significant
matters, if any exist, and assesses its potential financial
exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal claim is
considered probable and the amount can be estimated, the Company
accrues a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings
are subject to uncertainties, and the outcomes are difficult to
predict. Because of such uncertainties, accruals are based on
the best information available at the time. As additional
information becomes available, the Company reassesses the potential
liability related to pending claims and litigation.
Finder’s Agreement
In
October 2016, the Company entered into two agreements to engage two
financial advisors to assist the Company in its search for
potential investors, vendors or partners to engage in a license,
merger, joint venture or other business arrangement. As a
compensation for their efforts, the Company agreed to pay the
financial advisors a fee equal to 7% and 8% in cash, and to pay one
of the financial advisors an additional fee equal to 7% in warrants
of all consideration received by the Company. The
Company has not incurred any finders’ fees pursuant to the
agreements to-date.
Note 8 - Related Party Transactions
The
Company entered into consulting agreements with certain management
personnel and stockholders for consulting and legal
services. Consulting and legal expenses resulting from
such agreements were approximately $300,000 and $58,000 for the
year ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and were
included within general and administrative expenses in the
accompanying Statements of Operations.
Note 9 - Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
As of
November 30, 2016, the Company is authorized to issue up to
250,000,000 shares of its $0.001 par value common stock and up to
100,000,000 shares of its $0.001 par value preferred
stock.
Issued for services
2015
activity
During
the year ended November 30, 2015, the Company issued an aggregate
of 831,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to three
vendors, valued at approximately $569,000 based on the estimated
fair market value of the stock on the date of grant, of which
$548,000 was recognized within research and development expenses
and approximately $21,000 was recognized within general and
administrative expenses in the accompanying Statements of
Operations.
Also in
September 2015, the Company issued a warrant to purchase an
aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price
of $2.18 per share to a vendor in exchange for services performed.
The warrant has a five-year term, may be exercised on a cashless
basis and vests in increments of 25,000 shares per 90-day period
following the grant date.
In
addition, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,375,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock to related parties in connection
with the aforementioned agreements in Note 6, valued at
approximately $27,000 based on the estimated fair market value of
the stock on the date of grant and was recognized within general
and administrative expenses in the accompanying Statement of
Operations.
F-15
2016
activity
During
the year ended November 30, 2016, the Company issued an aggregate
of 341,543 shares of common stock, valued at approximately $1.6
million, and five-year warrants to purchase 175,000 shares of
common stock at exercise prices ranging from of $1.45 to $3.00 per
share for advisory services. The warrants vest 25% per quarter over
the next year and were valued at $377,500 using inputs described in
Note 9. The Company recognized the value of the warrants
over the vesting period.
In
addition, the Company issued fully-vested five-year warrants to a
stockholder, a director and Chief Legal Officer of the Company to
purchase an aggregate of 375,000 shares of common stock at strike
prices ranging from $1.45 to $4.15 per share. The
warrants were valued at $957,500 using inputs described in Note
9. The warrants were issued for services and settlement
of a $30,000 in accounts payable.
In July
2016, the Company issued five-year warrants to purchase an
aggregate of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
$1.45 to two members of the Company’s Board of Director for
their compensation for their board services. The warrants vest 25%
per quarter starting on grant date and were valued at $390,000
using inputs described in Note 9. The Company recognized
the value of the warrants over the vesting
period.
The
Company recognized general and administrative expenses of
approximately $4.1 million, as a result of these transactions
during the year ended November 30, 2016.
The
estimated unrecognized stock-based compensation associated with
these agreements is approximately $399,000 and will be recognized
over the next 0.2 year.
Private Placement
In May
2016, the Company entered into a subscription agreement with an
investor in connection with the Company’s private placement
(“May Private Placement”), generating gross proceeds of
$50,000 by selling 20,000 units (each, Unit A”) at a price
per Unit A of $2.50, with each Unit A consisting of two shares of
common stock and a two-year warrant to purchase two shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.50 per
share.
The
subscription agreement requires the Company to issue the May
Private Placement investor additional common shares if the Company
were to issue common stock or issue securities convertible or
exercisable into shares of common stock at a price below $2.50 per
share within 90 days from the closing of the May Private
Placement. The additional shares are calculated as the
difference between the common stock that would have been issued in
the May Private Placement using the new price per unit less shares
of common stock already issued pursuant to the May Private
Placement.
In
August 2016, the Company consummated another private placement, for
gross proceeds of approximately $10,000 by selling 6,500 units at a
purchase price of $1.55 per unit. As a result, the
Company issued the May Private Placement investor an additional
12,258 shares of common stock according to the
agreement.
In
September 2016, the Company entered into a subscription agreement
(the “Subscription Agreement”) with certain investors
in connection with the Company’s private placement
(“September Private Placement”), generating gross
proceeds of $112,500 by selling 37,498 units (each, “Unit
B”) at a price per Unit B of $3.00, with each Unit B
consisting of two shares of common stock and a two-year warrant to
purchase two shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $5.00 per share.
In
November 2016, the Company entered into additional Subscription
Agreements with certain investors, generating gross proceeds of
$65,000 by selling 26,000 units (each, “Unit C”) at a
price per Unit C of $2.50, with each Unit C consisting of two
shares of common stock and a two-year warrant to purchase two
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$4.00 per share.
The
Subscription Agreement requires the Company to issue the investor
additional units if the Company were to issue common stock or issue
securities convertible or exercisable into shares of common stock
at a price below a specified price per share within 90 days from
the closing of the private placement. The additional
units are calculated as the difference between the common stock
that would have been issued using the new price per unit less
shares of common stock already issued pursuant to the private
placement.
Pursuant
to the Subscription Agreement, the Company issued an additional of
7,502 units to the September Private Placement investors or no
additional consideration. In addition, the Company also
modified the exercise price of the warrants issued in the Unit B to
$4.00 per share, which in effect, made the Unit B equivalent to
Unit C (together as “Private Placement Unit”).
The Company recorded approximately $41,000 as loss in connection
with the issuance of additional units and modification of the
warrants in the accompanying Statements of Operations, resulted
from the value of the additional shares issued of approximately
$23,000 and the change in warrant liability of approximately
$19,000.
F-16
Note 10 - Warrants
Freestanding
warrants are classified and measured in accordance with ASC 480,
Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity,
and ASC 815-40,
Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Own
Equity
. Under this guidance, the warrants issued as part of
the Private Placement Units were classified as liabilities because
the exercise price may be adjusted downward, in certain
circumstances, for a ninety-day period following their initial
issuance. The warrants will cease being liability classified
at the conclusion of the ninetieth day from issuance. Warrant
liabilities are measured at fair value, with changes in fair
value recognized each reporting period in the Statement of
Operations. All other warrants are equity
classified.
The
following represents a summary of all outstanding warrants to
purchase the Company’s common stock at November 30, 2016 and
changes during the period then ended:
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Weighted Average
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Weighted Average
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Remaining Contractual
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|
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Warrants
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Exercise Price
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Intrinsic Value
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Life (years)
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Outstanding
at November 30, 2015
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100,000
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$
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2.18
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$
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1.37
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4.80
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Issued
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984,998
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|
2.67
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1.05
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3.97
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Expired
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(37,498
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)
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5.00
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-
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-
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Outstanding
at November 30, 2016
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1,047,500
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$
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2.54
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$
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1.11
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4.10
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Exercisable
at November 30, 2016
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797,500
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$
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2.83
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$
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0.88
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3.95
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Fair
value of all outstanding warrants was calculated with the following
key inputs:
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For the year ended
November 30, 2016
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Stock
price
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$
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1.60 -
$4.15
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Term
(years)
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2 -
5
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Volatility
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101.13%
- 138.69
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%
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Risk-free
rate
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0.76% -
1.83
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%
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Dividend
yield
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0.00
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%
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The
warrant liability is a Level 3 fair value measurement, recognized
on a recurring basis. Both observable and unobservable inputs may
be used to determine the fair value of positions that the Company
has classified within the Level 3 category. As a result, the
unrealized gains and losses for liabilities within the Level 3
category may include changes in fair value that were attributable
to both observable inputs (e.g., changes in market interest rates)
and unobservable inputs (e.g., probabilities of the occurrence of
an early termination event).
Fair
value of warrant liability at November 30, 2015
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$
-
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Issuance of new
warrant liability
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156,895
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Change in fair
value of warrant liability
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(7,587
)
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Modification of
warrant liability
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18,762
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Fair
value of warrant liability at November 30, 2016
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$
168,070
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Note 11 - Income Taxes
At
November 30, 2016, the Company has a net operating loss
(“NOL”) carryforward for Federal and state income tax
purposes totaling approximately $2.3 million available to reduce
future taxable income which, if not utilized, will begin to expire
in the year 2033. The NOL carry forward is subject to review and
possible adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax
authorities. Under the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”)
Sections 382 and 383, annual use of the Company’s net
operating loss carryforwards to offset taxable income may be
limited based on cumulative changes in ownership. The Company has
not completed an analysis to determine whether any such limitations
have been triggered as of November 30, 2016. The amount of the
annual limitation, if any, will be determined based on the value of
the Company immediately prior to the ownership change. Subsequent
ownership changes may further affect the limitation in future
years.
The
Company has evaluated the positive and negative evidence bearing
upon the realizability of its deferred tax assets. Based on the
Company’s history of operating losses since inception, the
Company has concluded that it is more likely than not that the
benefit of its deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Accordingly, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance
for deferred tax assets as of November 30, 2016 and 2015. The
valuation allowance increased by approximately $2.48 million and
$369,000 for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2016 and
2015.
F-17
The tax
effects of the temporary differences and carry forwards that give
rise to deferred tax assets consist of the following:
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Deferred tax
assets:
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Net-operating loss
carryforward
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$
885,120
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$
66,000
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Stock-based
compensation
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1,685,262
|
87,000
|
License
agreement
|
293,433
|
231,000
|
Total Deferred Tax
Assets
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2,863,815
|
384,000
|
Valuation
allowance
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(2,863,815
)
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(384,000
)
|
Deferred Tax Asset,
Net of Allowance
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$
-
|
$
-
|
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A
reconciliation of the statutory income tax rates and the
Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
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For the year ended November 30,
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2016
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2015
|
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Statutory
Federal Income Tax Rate
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|
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(34.0
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)%
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(34.0
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)%
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State
and Local Taxes, Net of Federal Tax Benefit
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(4.7
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)%
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(4.7
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)%
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Loss on
conversion of debt
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0.5
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%
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0.0
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%
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Gain/
loss on extinguishment of convertible note
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(0.7
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)%
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0.0
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%
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Change
in fair value of embedded conversion option and related accretion
of interest expense
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1.6
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%
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4.0
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%
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Change
in fair value of warrant liability
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0.0
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%
|
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0.0
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%
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Loss on
modification of Private Placement Units
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0.2
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%
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0.0
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%
|
Loss on
issuance of convertible debt
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2.6
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%
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0.0
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%
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Other
|
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0.0
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%
|
|
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0.7
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%
|
Change
in Valuation Allowance
|
|
|
34.5
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%
|
|
|
34.0
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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
Taxes Provision (Benefit)
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0.0
|
%
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The
Company's major tax jurisdictions are the United States and New
York. All of the Company's tax years will remain open starting 2013
for examination by the Federal and state tax authorities from the
date of utilization of the net operating loss. The Company does not
have any tax audits pending.
Note 12 - Subsequent Events
Issuance of shares for services
In
December 2016, the Company issued an aggregate of 22,000 shares of
the Company common stock to two vendors for advisory
services.
Conversion of debt
Subsequent
to November 30, 2016,
upon
the lender’s request, the Company converted an aggregate of
$25,000 and $576,383 in Series B and Series C Notes outstanding
principal into an aggregate of 12,928 and 407,484 shares of the
Company’s common stock, respectively.
Exercise of warrant
In
January 2017, the Company issued 20,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock upon receiving the notice to exercise
warrant at an exercise price of $3.50 included in Unit A sold in
the May Private Placement, for an aggregate purchase price of
$70,000.
Formation of Cayman Islands Subsidiary
On
December 7, 2016, the Company formed its wholly-owned subsidiary in
Cayman Islands, “Q BioMed Cayman SEZC”.
F-18
Q BIOMED INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2017 and
November 30, 2016
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|
ASSETS
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
Cash
|
$
2,499,169
|
$
1,468,724
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
5,000
|
-
|
Total current
assets
|
2,504,169
|
1,468,724
|
Total
Assets
|
$
2,504,169
|
$
1,468,724
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY DEFICIT
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses
|
$
382,055
|
$
497,936
|
Accrued expenses -
related party
|
17,500
|
70,502
|
Accrued interest
payable
|
33,299
|
48,813
|
Convertible notes
payable (See Note 5)
|
1,922,474
|
2,394,849
|
Note
payable
|
138,856
|
100,152
|
Warrant
liability
|
-
|
168,070
|
Total current
liabilities
|
2,494,184
|
3,280,322
|
|
|
|
Long-term
liabilities:
|
|
|
Convertible notes
payable (See Note 5)
|
-
|
231,517
|
Total long term
liabilities
|
-
|
231,517
|
Total
Liabilities
|
2,494,184
|
3,511,839
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and Contingencies (Note 6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity Deficit:
|
|
|
Preferred stock,
$0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
and outstanding as of August 31, 2017 and November 30,
2016
|
-
|
-
|
Common stock,
$0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 11,496,169 and
9,231,560 shares issued and outstanding as of August 31, 2017 and
November 30, 2016, respectively
|
11,496
|
9,231
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
18,667,736
|
6,249,357
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(18,669,247
)
|
(8,301,703
)
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity Deficit
|
9,985
|
(2,043,115
)
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Deficit
|
$
2,504,169
|
$
1,468,724
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements
|
F-19
Q BioMed Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for
the
Three Months and Nine Months Ended August 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
|
For the three months ended August 31,
|
For the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
$
3,038,018
|
$
1,150,964
|
$
6,122,565
|
$
3,637,868
|
Research
and development expenses
|
697,966
|
443,222
|
2,296,324
|
663,500
|
Total
operating expenses
|
3,735,984
|
1,594,186
|
8,418,889
|
4,301,368
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(202,160
)
|
(114,847
)
|
(635,267
)
|
(304,596
)
|
Interest
income
|
15
|
-
|
123
|
-
|
Loss
on conversion of debt
|
-
|
(29,032
)
|
(365,373
)
|
(89,210
)
|
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
(76,251
)
|
-
|
(76,251
)
|
-
|
Loss
on issuance of convertible notes
|
-
|
(28,000
)
|
-
|
(481,000
)
|
Change
in fair value of embedded conversion option
|
32,983
|
50,000
|
(812,017
)
|
362,000
|
Change
in fair value of warrant liability
|
-
|
-
|
(59,870
)
|
-
|
Total
other expenses
|
(245,413
)
|
(121,879
)
|
(1,948,655
)
|
(512,806
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
$
(3,981,397
)
|
$
(1,716,065
)
|
$
(10,367,544
)
|
$
(4,814,174
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share - basic and diluted
|
$
(0.37
)
|
$
(0.19
)
|
$
(1.03
)
|
$
(0.55
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
10,816,282
|
8,909,414
|
10,074,766
|
8,784,373
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements.
F-20
Q BIOMED INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
|
For
the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
(10,367,544
)
|
$
(4,814,174
)
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
|
Issuance of common
stock, warrants and options for services
|
4,181,693
|
3,039,277
|
Issuance of common
stock for acquired in-process research and development
|
487,500
|
-
|
Change in fair
value of embedded conversion option
|
812,017
|
(362,000
)
|
Change in fair
value of warrant liability
|
59,870
|
-
|
Accretion of debt
discount
|
525,864
|
261,672
|
Loss on conversion
of debt
|
365,373
|
89,210
|
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
|
76,251
|
-
|
Loss on issuance of
convertible debt
|
-
|
481,000
|
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(5,000
)
|
(10,000
)
|
Accounts payable
and accrued expenses
|
(115,881
)
|
363,593
|
Accrued expenses -
related party
|
(53,002
)
|
40,000
|
Accrued interest
payable
|
109,404
|
42,925
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(3,923,455
)
|
(868,497
)
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
Proceeds received
from issuance of convertible notes
|
2,500,000
|
815,000
|
Proceeds received
from exercise of warrants
|
70,000
|
-
|
Proceeds received
for issuance of common stock and warrants , net of offering
costs
|
2,383,900
|
60,075
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
4,953,900
|
875,075
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash
|
1,030,445
|
6,578
|
|
|
|
Cash
at beginning of period
|
1,468,724
|
131,408
|
Cash
at end of period
|
$
2,499,169
|
$
137,986
|
|
|
|
Non-cash
financing activities:
|
|
|
Issuance of common
stock upon conversion of convertible notes payable
|
$
3,540,838
|
$
244,897
|
Issuance of common
stock and warrants in exchange for extinguishment of convertible
notes payable
|
$
442,149
|
$
-
|
Issuance of
warrants to settle accounts payable to related party
|
$
-
|
$
30,000
|
Reclassification of
warrant liability to equity
|
$
227,940
|
$
-
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
Cash paid for
income taxes
|
$
-
|
$
-
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
F-21
Q BIOMED INC.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
Note 1 - Organization of the Company and Description of the
Business
Q BioMed Inc. (“Q BioMed” or “the
Company”), incorporated in the State of Nevada on November
22, 2013, is a biomedical acceleration and development company
focused on licensing, acquiring and providing strategic resources
to life sciences and healthcare companies. Q BioMed intends to
mitigate risk by acquiring multiple assets over time and across a
broad spectrum of healthcare related products, companies and
sectors. The Company intends to develop these assets to
provide returns via organic growth, revenue production,
out-licensing, sale or spinoff new public companies.
On December 7, 2016, the Company formed its wholly-owned subsidiary
in Cayman Islands, “Q BioMed Cayman SEZC” (the
“Subsidiary”). The accompanying condensed consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s
wholly-owned subsidiary. All intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Note 2 - Basis of Presentation
The accompanying interim period unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
regarding interim financial reporting. The Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2017, the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended August
31, 2017 and 2016, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows for the nine months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, are
unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a
fair presentation of its financial position, operating results and
cash flows for the periods presented. The Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet at November 30, 2016 has been derived from audited
financial statements included in the Company's Form 10-K, most
recently filed with the SEC on February 28, 2017. The results for
the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016 are not
necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal
year or any other period.
The accompanying interim period unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements and related financial information included in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction
with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in
the Company’s Form 10-K.
The Company currently operates in one business segment focusing on
licensing, acquiring and providing strategic resources to life
sciences and healthcare companies. The Company is not organized by
market and is managed and operated as one business. A single
management team reports to the chief operating decision maker, the
Chief Executive Officer, who comprehensively manages the entire
business. The Company does not currently operate any separate lines
of business.
Going Concern
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are
prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern,
which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of
liabilities in the normal course of business.
The Company is pre-revenue, had approximately $2.5 million in cash
as of August 31, 2017. The ability of the Company to continue
as a going concern depends on the Company obtaining adequate
capital to fund operating losses until it generates adequate cash
flows from operations to fund its operating costs and obligations.
If the Company is unable to obtain adequate capital, it could be
forced to cease operations.
The Company depends upon its ability, and will continue to attempt,
to secure equity and/or debt financing. The Company might not
be successful, and without sufficient financing it would be
unlikely for the Company to continue as a going concern. The
Company cannot be certain that additional funding will be available
on acceptable terms, or at all. Management has determined that
there is substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue
as a going concern within one year after the condensed consolidated
financial statements are issued.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and
classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and
classification of liabilities that might result from this
uncertainty.
F-22
Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed
in the audited financial statements for the year ended November 30,
2016 included in the Company’s Form 10-K. Since the date of
such financial statements, there have been no changes to the
Company’s significant accounting policies.
Fair value of financial instruments
Fair value measurements discussed herein are based upon certain
market assumptions and pertinent information available to
management as of August 31, 2017 and November 30, 2016. The
respective carrying value of cash and accounts payable approximated
their fair values as they are short term in nature.
As of August 31, 2017, the estimated aggregate fair value of
all outstanding convertible notes payable is approximately
$2.3 million. The fair value estimate is based on the estimated
option value of the conversion terms, since the strike price of
each note series is in-the-money at August 31, 2017. The estimated
fair value represents a Level 3 measurement.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-06, Derivatives and
Hedging (Topic 815): Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt
Instruments. This new standard simplifies the embedded derivative
analysis for debt instruments containing contingent call or put
options by removing the requirement to assess whether a contingent
event is related to interest rates or credit risks. This new
standard will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. The
Company adopted the provisions. Adoption did not have a material
impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations,
or cash flows.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash
Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash
Payments. This new standard clarifies certain aspects of the
statement of cash flows, including the classification of debt
prepayment or debt extinguishment costs or other debt instruments
with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to
the effective interest rate of the borrowing, contingent
consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds
from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the
settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies,
distributions received from equity method investees and beneficial
interests in securitization transactions. This new standard also
clarifies that an entity should determine each separately
identifiable source of use within the cash receipts and payments on
the basis of the nature of the underlying cash flows. In situations
in which cash receipts and payments have aspects of more than one
class of cash flows and cannot be separated by source or use, the
appropriate classification should depend on the activity that is
likely to be the predominant source or use of cash flows for the
item. This new standard will be effective for the Company on
January 1, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of
the new standard on its condensed consolidated financial
statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued an ASU 2017-01, Business
Combinations (Topic 805) Clarifying the Definition of a Business.
The amendments in this Update is to clarify the definition of a
business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities
with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as
acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The definition
of a business affects many areas of accounting including
acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The guidance
is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017,
including interim periods within those periods. The Update may be
adopted early. The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 2017-01
effective December 1, 2016. Adoption did not have a material impact
on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash
flows.
In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, Earnings Per Share
(Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480),
Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The amendments in Part I of
this Update change the classification analysis of certain
equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with
down round features. When determining whether certain financial
instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity
instruments, a down round feature no longer precludes equity
classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to
an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing
disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. As a
result, a freestanding equity-linked financial instrument (or
embedded conversion option) no longer would be accounted for as a
derivative liability at fair value as a result of the existence of
a down round feature. For freestanding equity classified financial
instruments, the amendments require entities that present earnings
per share (EPS) in accordance with Topic 260 to recognize the
effect of the down round feature when it is triggered. That effect
is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to
common shareholders in basic EPS. Convertible instruments with
embedded conversion options that have down round features are now
subject to the specialized guidance for contingent beneficial
conversion features (in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with
Conversion and Other Options), including related EPS guidance (in
Topic 260). The amendments in Part II of this Update recharacterize
the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now
are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope
exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. For
public business entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update
are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those
fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is
permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim
period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim
period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of
the fiscal year that includes that interim period. Management is
currently assessing the impact the adoption of ASU 2017-11 will
have on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
F-23
Note 4 – Loss per share
Basic net loss per share was calculated by dividing net loss by the
weighted-average common shares outstanding during the
period. Diluted net loss per share was calculated by
dividing net loss by the weighted-average common shares outstanding
during the period using the treasury stock method or the two-class
method, whichever is more dilutive. The table below
summarizes potentially dilutive securities that were not
considered in the computation of diluted net loss per share because
they would be anti-dilutive.
Potentially
dilutive securities
|
|
|
Warrants (Note
10)
|
3,033,995
|
976,500
|
Convertible debt
(Note 5)
|
567,407
|
506,757
|
Note 5 – Convertible Notes
|
|
|
Series
A Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.00 at November 30, 2016.
|
$
-
|
$
12,500
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series A
Notes
|
-
|
12,000
|
Debt
discount
|
-
|
(2,194
)
|
Carrying value of
Series A Notes
|
-
|
22,306
|
|
|
|
Series
B Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.00 at November 30, 2016.
|
-
|
55,000
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series B
Notes
|
-
|
55,000
|
Debt
discount
|
-
|
(19,229
)
|
Carrying value of
Series B Notes
|
-
|
90,771
|
|
|
|
Series
C Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $1.55 at November 30, 2016.
|
-
|
576,383
|
Fair value of
bifurcated embedded conversion option of Series C
Notes
|
-
|
838,000
|
Debt
discount
|
-
|
(250,969
)
|
Carrying value of
Series C Notes
|
-
|
1,163,414
|
|
|
|
Series
D Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $1.85 at November 30, 2016.
|
-
|
160,000
|
Debt
discount
|
-
|
(140,961
)
|
Carrying value of
Series D Notes
|
-
|
19,039
|
|
|
|
Series
E Notes:
|
|
|
Principal value of
10%, convertible at $2.50 at August 31, 2017 and November 30,
2016.
|
30,000
|
180,000
|
Debt
discount
|
(4,062
)
|
(124,164
)
|
Carrying value of
Series E Notes
|
25,938
|
55,836
|
|
|
|
Convertible
Debenture:
|
|
|
Principal value of
5%, convertible at $3.60 and $2.98 at August 31, 2017 and November
30, 2016, respectively.
|
2,000,000
|
1,500,000
|
Fair value of
bifurcated contingent put option of Secured Convertible
Debenture
|
2,000
|
72,000
|
Debt
discount
|
(105,464
)
|
(297,000
)
|
Carrying value of
Secured Convertible Debenture Note
|
1,896,536
|
1,275,000
|
Total
short-term carrying value of convertible notes
|
$
1,922,474
|
$
2,394,849
|
Total
long-term carrying value of convertible notes
|
$
-
|
$
231,517
|
|
|
|
F-24
Series A Notes
The Series A convertible notes payable (the “Series A
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series A Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at any time prior to maturity at a
conversion price per share equal to the higher of:
(i) forty percent (40%) discount to the average closing price
for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
notice of conversion or (ii) $1.25 per share. At maturity,
any remaining outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid
interest outstanding under the Series A Notes
will automatically convert into shares of the Company’s
common stock under the same terms. As of August 31, 2017, the
Company has no Series A Notes outstanding.
Series B Notes
The Series B convertible notes payable (the “Series B
Notes”) have the same terms as the Series A Notes. As of
August 31, 2017, the Company has no Series B Notes
outstanding.
Series C Notes
The Series C convertible notes payable (the “Series C
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series C Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a conversion price per share equal
to the lesser of a 40% discount to the average closing price for
the 10 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the notice of
conversion or $1.55, but in no event shall the conversion price be
lower than $1.25 per share. If the average VWAP, as
defined in the agreement, for the ten trading days immediately
preceding the maturity date $5.00 or more, any
remaining outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid
interest outstanding under the Series C Notes
will automatically convert into shares of the Company’s
common stock under the same terms.
The terms of the Series C Notes also provided that up until
maturity date, the Company cannot enter into any additional, or
modify any existing, agreements with any existing or future
investors that are more favorable to such investor in relation to
the Series D Note holders, unless, the Series C Note holders are
provided with such rights and benefits (“Most Favored Nations
Clause”). As of August 31, 2017, the Company has no Series C
Notes outstanding.
Series D Notes
The Series D convertible notes payable (the “Series D
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series D Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price per share
equal to $1.85. The Series D Notes automatically convert
upon maturity at $1.85 per share if the ten trading days VWAP
immediately preceding maturity is $5.00 or
greater. Additionally, if the Company’s common
shares are up-listed to a senior exchange such as the AMEX or
NASDAQ, all monies due under the Series D Notes will automatically
convert at $1.85 per share.
The terms of the Series D Notes also included the Most Favored
Nations Clause. The Most Favored Nations Clause was viewed as
providing the Series D Note holder with down-round price
protection. As such, the embedded conversion option in the
Series D Note was separately measured at fair value upon issuance,
with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in current
earnings.
On September 30, 2016, the Company amended the Most Favored Nations
Clause of the Series D Notes to restrict the Company from taking
dilutive action without the Series D note holders’ consent,
effectively removing the down-round price protection.
At the amendment date, the conversion price of the amended Series D
Notes was below the quoted market price of the Company’s
common stock. As such, the Company recognized a beneficial
conversion feature equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion
price on the amendment date, resulting in a discount to the amended
Series D Notes of $160,000 with a corresponding credit to
additional paid-in capital. The resulting debt discount is
presented net of the related convertible note balance in the
accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and is amortized
to interest expense over the note’s term. As of August 31,
2017, the Company has no Series D Notes outstanding.
Series E Notes
The Series E convertible notes payable (the “Series E
Notes”) are due and payable 18 months after issuance and bear
interest at 10% per annum. At the election of the
holder, outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest under
the Series E Notes is convertible into shares of the
Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price per share
equal to $2.50. The Series E Notes automatically convert
upon maturity at $2.50 per share if the ten trading days VWAP
immediately preceding maturity is $5.00 or
greater. Additionally, if the Company’s common
shares are up-listed to a senior exchange such as the AMEX or
NASDAQ, all monies due under the Series E Notes will automatically
convert at $2.50 per share.
At the issuance date, the conversion price of the Series E Notes
was below the quoted market price of the Company’s common
stock. As such, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion
feature equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion price on the
amendment date, resulting in a discount to the Series E Notes of
approximately $141,000 with a corresponding credit to additional
paid-in capital. The resulting debt discount is presented net of
the related convertible note balance in the accompanying Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets and is amortized to interest expense
over the note’s term.
F-25
Secured Convertible Debentures
On November 29, 2016, the Company entered into a securities
purchase agreement with an accredited investor to place Convertible
Debentures (the “Debentures”), which was later amended
on March 7, 2017, with a one-year term in the aggregate principal
amount of up to $4,000,000. On October 3, 2017, the Company amended
the Debentures to extend the maturity date from November 30, 2017
to November 30, 2018 (see Note 11). The initial closing
occurred on November 30, 2016 when the Company issued a Debenture
for $1,500,000 (“Initial Debenture Note”). The
second closing of $1 million was on March 10, 2017
(“Second Debenture Note”), when the registration
statement to register for resale all of the shares of common stock
into which the Debentures may be converted (the “Conversion
Shares”) was filed with the SEC. The remaining balance
of $1.5 million was received on April 6, 2017 (“Third
Debenture Note”), the date the registration statement was
declared effective by the SEC. The Debentures bear interest
at the rate of 5% per annum. In addition, the Company must
pay to an affiliate of the holder a fee equal to 5% of the amount
of the Debenture at each closing.
The Debenture may be converted at any time on or prior to maturity
at the lower of $4.00 or 93% of the average of the four lowest
daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock during the ten
consecutive trading days immediately preceding the conversion date,
provided that as long as the Company is not in default under the
Debenture, the conversion price may never be less than $2.00.
The Company may not convert any portion of the Debenture if such
conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning more than
4.99% of the Company’s then issued common stock, provided
that such limitation may be waived by the holder.
Any time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance of the
Debenture, if the daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock is
less than $2.00 for a period of twenty consecutive trading days
(the “Triggering Date”) and only for so long as such
conditions exist after a Triggering Date, the Company shall make
monthly payments beginning on the last calendar day of the month
when the Triggering Date occurred. Each monthly payment shall
be in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount
outstanding as of the Triggering Date divided by the number of such
monthly payments until maturity, (ii) a redemption premium of 20%
in respect of such principal amount being paid (up to a maximum of
$300,000 in redemption premium) and (iii) accrued and unpaid
interest as of each payment date. The Company may, no more
than twice, obtain a thirty-day deferral of a monthly payment due
as a result of a Triggering Date through the payment of a deferral
fee in the amount equal to 10% of the total amount of such monthly
payment. Each deferral payment may be paid by the issuance of
such number of shares as is equal to the applicable deferral
payment divided by a price per share equal to 93% of the average of
the four lowest daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock
during the ten consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the
due date in respect of such monthly payment begin deferred,
provided that such shares issued will be immediately freely
tradable shares in the hands of the holder.
The Company also entered into a Security Agreement to secure
payment and performance of its obligations under the Debenture and
related agreements pursuant to which the Company granted the
investor a security interest in all of its assets. The
security interest granted pursuant to the Security Agreement
terminated on the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on
April 6, 2017.
Upon issuance of the Second and Third Debenture Notes, the Company
recognized a debt discount of $731,000, resulting from the
recognition of a beneficial conversion feature of $645,000 and a
bifurcated embedded derivative of $86,000. The beneficial
conversion feature was recognized as the intrinsic value of
the conversion option on issuance of the Debentures.
The monthly payment provision within the Debentures is a
contingent put option that is required to be separately measured at
fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in the
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the nine
months ended August 31, 2017. The Company estimated the fair value
of the monthly payment provision, as of August 31, 2017 and
November 30, 2016, using probability analysis of
the occurrence of a Triggering Date applied to the discounted
maximum redemption premium for any given payment. The probability
analysis utilized the following inputs:
Volatility
|
|
|
101.58%
- 146.26
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
0.53% -
1.08
|
%
|
The maximum redemption was discounted at 20%, the calculated
effective rate of the Debenture before measurement of the
contingent put option. The fair value estimate is a Level 3
measurement.
F-26
Embedded Conversion Options
The embedded conversion feature is separately measured at fair
value, with changes in fair value recognized in current
operations. Management used a binomial valuation
model, with fourteen steps of the binomial tree, to estimate the
fair value of the embedded conversion option at issuance of the
Series A, B, C and D Notes with the following key
inputs:
|
|
|
|
|
Embedded derivatives at inception and upon conversion
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Stock
price
|
|
$
|
4.93 -
$7.05
|
|
|
$
|
2.60 -
$3.26
|
|
Terms
(years)
|
|
|
0.11 -
0.85
|
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
144.26%
- 157.35
|
%
|
|
|
116.77
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
0.53% -
0.76
|
%
|
|
|
0.51% -
0.76
|
%
|
Dividend
yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Embedded derivatives at period end
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31, 2017
|
|
November 30, 2016
|
|
Stock
price
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
3.43
|
|
Term
(years)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.25 -
1.05
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
156.74%
- 163.49
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.48% -
0.80
|
%
|
Dividend
yield
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
During the three months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company
recognized interest expense of approximately $171,000 and $97,000,
respectively, resulting from amortization of the debt discount for
the outstanding convertible notes. During the nine months
ended August 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized interest
expense of approximately $526,000 and $262,000, respectively,
resulting from amortization of the debt discount for the
outstanding convertible notes.
As of August 31, 2017, the embedded conversion options have an
aggregate fair value of $2,000 and are presented on a combined
basis with the related loan host in the Company’s Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets. The table below presents
changes in fair value for the embedded conversion options, which is
a Level 3 fair value measurement:
Rollforward of Level 3 Fair Value Measurement for the Nine Months
Ended August 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at November 30, 2016
|
|
Issuance
|
|
Net unrealized gain/(loss)
|
|
Conversion
|
|
Balance at August 31, 2017
|
|
|
$
|
977,000
|
|
|
|
86,000
|
|
|
|
812,017
|
|
|
|
(1,873,017
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,000
|
|
Conversions of debt
The following conversions of the convertible notes occurred during
the nine months ended August 31, 2017:
|
|
|
Series A
conversions
|
12,500
|
5,936
|
Series B
conversions
|
55,000
|
27,995
|
Series C
conversions
|
576,383
|
407,484
|
Series D
conversions
|
160,000
|
91,782
|
Series E
conversions
|
150,000
|
63,255
|
Secured Debenture
conversions
|
2,000,000
|
461,203
|
Total
|
$
2,953,883
|
1,057,655
|
|
|
|
As the embedded conversion option in each note series had been
separately measured at fair value, the conversion of each note was
recognized as an extinguishment of debt. The Company
recognized a loss on conversion of debt of approximately $365,000
as the difference between the fair value of common stock issued to
the holders of approximately $2.7 million and the aggregate net
carrying value of the convertible notes, including the bifurcated
conversion options, of approximately $2.3 million.
F-27
Extinguishment of debt
On August 1, 2017, the holder of the Debentures retired an
aggregate of $250,000 each in principal of the Second and Third
Debenture Notes along with its accrued interest, for a total amount
of approximately $0.5 million, to reinvest and purchase an
aggregate of 162,000 Units in the August Private Placement (see
Note 9). As the embedded conversion option in the Debentures
had been separately measured at fair value, the cancellation of
debt was recognized as an extinguishment of debt. The Company
recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of approximately
$76,000 as the difference between the fair value of Units issued to
the holders of approximately $0.5 million and the aggregate net
carrying value of the convertible notes, including the bifurcated
conversion options, of approximately $442,000.
Events of default
The Company will be in default of the Series E Notes, and all
amounts outstanding will become immediately due and payable upon:
(i) maturity, (ii) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
cessation of operation, or liquidation events, (iii) if any money
judgment, writ or similar process filed against the Company for
more than $150,000 remains unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a
period of twenty (20) days, (iv) the Company fails to maintain the
listing of the common stock on at least one of the OTC markets or
the equivalent replacement exchange, (v) the Company’s
failure to maintain any material intellectual property rights,
personal, real property or other assets that are necessary to
conduct its business, (vi) the restatement of any financial
statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) for any period from two years prior to the
notes issuance date and until the notes are no longer outstanding,
if the restatement would have constituted a material adverse effect
of the rights of the holders of the notes, (vii) the Company
effectuates a reverse stock split of its common stock without
twenty (20) days prior written notice to the notes’ holders,
(viii) in the event that the Company replaces its transfer agent
but fails to provide, prior to the effective date, a fully executed
irrevocable transfer agent instructions signed by the successor
transfer agent and the Company, (ix) in the event that
the Company depletes the share reserve and fails to increase the
number of shares within three (3) business days, (x) if the Company
fails to remain current in its filings with the SEC for more than
30 days after the filing deadline, (xi) after 12 months following
the date the Company no longer deems itself a shell company as
reflected in a ’34 Act filing, the Lenders are unable to
convert the notes into free trading shares, and (xii) upon
fundamental change of management.
The Company is currently not in default for any convertible notes
issued.
Note 6 – Note Payable
As of August 31, 2017 and November 30, 2017, the Company had an
outstanding promissory note of $150,000 (“OID
Note”). The OID Note does not pay interest and matures
on November 3, 2017.
At the issuance date, the $150,000 OID Note was issued together
with 15,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock
for cash proceeds of $150,000. As such, the Company recognized a
beneficial conversion feature, resulting in a discount to the OID
Note of approximately $52,000 with a corresponding credit to
additional paid-in capital. The resulting debt discount is
presented net of the related convertible note balance in the
accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and is amortized
to interest expense over the note’s term.
Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies
Lease Agreement
In December 2016, the Subsidiary entered into a lease agreement for
its office space located in Cayman Islands for $30,000 per
annum. The initial term of the agreement ends in December
2019 and can be renewed for another three years.
Rent expenses was classified within general and administrative
expenses and was approximately $7,500 and $18,000 for the three and
nine months ended August 31, 2017.
F-28
License Agreement
Mannin
On October 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Patent and
Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement (“Exclusive
License”) with a vendor whereby the Company was granted a
worldwide, exclusive, license on, and option to, acquire certain
intellectual property (“Mannin IP”) which initially
focused on developing a first-in-class eye drop treatment for
glaucoma within the four-year term of the Exclusive
License.
During the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017, the Company
incurred approximately $525,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, in
research and development expenses to fund the costs of development
of the eye drop treatment for glaucoma pursuant to the Exclusive
License. Through August 31, 2017, the Company had funded an
aggregate of $2.15 million to Mannin under the Exclusive
License.
Bio-Nucleonics
On September 6, 2016, the Company entered into the Patent and
Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement (the “BNI
Exclusive License”) with Bio-Nucleonics Inc.
(“BNI”) whereby the Company was granted a worldwide,
exclusive, perpetual, license on, and option to, acquire certain
BNI intellectual property (“BNI IP”) within the
three-year term of the BNI Exclusive License.
During the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017, the Company
incurred approximately $144,000 and $352,500, respectively, in
research and development expenses pursuant to the BNI Exclusive
License. As of August 31, 2017, the Company had paid
approximately $351,700 to BNI out of the $850,000 cash funding
requirement.
Asdera
On April 21, 2017, the Company entered into a License Agreement on
Patent & Know-How Technology (“Asdera License”)
with Asdera LLC (“Asdera”) whereby the Company was
granted a worldwide, exclusive, license on certain Asdera
intellectual property (“Asdera IP”). The initial cost
to acquire the Asdera License is $50,000 and the issuance of
125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with a fair
value of $487,500, of which the Company had fully paid and issued
as of August 31, 2017, and recorded in research and development
expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations. In addition to royalties based upon net sales of the
product candidate, if any, the Company is required to make certain
additional payments upon the following milestones:
●
the
filing of an investigational new drug application (the
“IND”) with the US Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”);
|
●
successful interim results of Phase II/III clinical trial of the
product candidate;
|
●
FDA
acceptance of a new drug application;
|
●
FDA approval of the product candidate; and
|
●
achieving certain worldwide net sales.
|
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Company will be in
control of the development and commercialization of the product
candidate and are responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. The Company has undertaken a good-faith
commitment to (i) initiate a Phase II/III clinical trial at the
earlier of the two-year anniversary of the agreement or one year
from the FDA’s approval of the IND and (ii) to make the first
commercial sale by the fifth-anniversary of the agreement.
Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those goals would mean
that the Asdera IP would revert to Asdera. Upon such
reversion, Asdera would be obligated to pay the Company royalties
on any sales of products derived from the Asdera IP until such time
that Asdera has paid the Company twice the sum that the Company had
provided Asdera prior to the reversion.
OMRF
OMRF License Agreement
On June 15, 2017, the Company entered into a Technology License
Agreement (“OMRF License Agreement”) with the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, an autonomous research institute
under the Government of India (“RGCB”), and the
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (“OMRF” and
together with RGCB, the “Licensors”), whereby the
Licensors granted the Company a worldwide, exclusive, license on
intellectual property related to Uttroside-B (the
“Uttroside-B IP”). Uttroside-B is a chemical
compound derived from the plant
Solanum nigrum Linn,
also known as Black Nightshade or Makoi. The Company seeks to
use the Uttroside-B IP to create a
chemotherapeutic agent against liver
cancer.
F-29
The initial cost to acquire the OMRF License Agreement is $10,000,
which will be payable upon reaching certain agreed
conditions. The Company is expecting to pay this initial cost
in the next quarter. In addition to royalties based upon net sales
of the product candidate, if any, the Company is required to make
additional payments upon the following milestones:
●
the
completion of certain preclinical studies (the “Pre-Clinical
Trials”);
|
●
the
filing of an investigational new drug application (the
“IND”) with the US Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”) or the filing of the equivalent of an IND with
the foreign equivalent of the FDA;
|
●
successful completion of each of Phase I, Phase II and Phase III
clinical trials;
|
●
FDA
approval of the product candidate;
|
●
approval by the foreign equivalent of the FDA of the product
candidate;
|
●
achieving certain worldwide net sales; and
|
●
a
change of control of QBIO.
|
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Company will be in
control of the development and commercialization of the product
candidate and are responsible for the costs of such development and
commercialization. The Company has undertaken a good-faith
commitment to (i) fund the Pre-Clinical Trials and (ii) to initiate
a Phase II clinical trial within six years of the date of the
Agreement. Failure to show a good-faith effort to meet those
goals would mean that the RGCB License Agreement would revert to
the Licensors.
Milestones
No milestones have been reached to date on these license
agreements.
Note 8 - Related Party Transactions
The Company entered into consulting agreements with certain
management personnel and stockholders for consulting and legal
services. Consulting and legal expenses associated with
related parties were incurred as follow, and were included
within general and administrative expenses in the accompanying
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
|
For
the three months ended August 31,
|
For
the nine months ended August 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related
parties
|
$
102,500
|
$
104,632
|
$
322,500
|
$
207,875
|
Note 9 - Stockholders’ Equity Deficit
As of August 31, 2017, the Company is authorized to issue up to
250,000,000 shares of its $0.001 par value common stock and up to
100,000,000 shares of its $0.001 par value preferred
stock.
Private Placement
On August 1, 2017, the Company closed its private placement
(“August Private Placement”), selling an aggregate of
953,249 units (“Units”) at a price of $3.20 per Unit,
for an aggregate cash proceeds of approximately $2.4 million, net
of offering costs, and the retirement of $0.5 million in principal
and accrued interest of the
Debentures.
A Unit consists of one
common stock and one warrant exercisable for five years from the
date of issuance into a share of the Company’s common stock
at an exercise price of $4.50.
In connection with the August Private Placement, the Company issued
an aggregate of 39,246 warrants to the placement agents as
consideration. These warrants have the same terms with the
warrants issued in the August Private Placement.
In January 2017, the Company issued 20,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock upon receiving the notice to exercise
the warrants at an exercise price of $3.50 included in Unit A sold
in the private placement held in May 2017, for an aggregate
purchase price of $70,000.
Issuance of Shares for Services
The Company entered into customary consulting arrangements with
various counterparties to provide consulting services, business
development and investor relations
services.
During the
nine months ended August 31, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate
of 108,705 shares of the Company common stock to various vendors
for investor relation and introductory services, valued at
approximately $0.5 million based on the estimated fair market value
of the stock on the date of grant and was recognized within general
and administrative expenses in the accompanying Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months
ended August 31, 2017.
Note 10 – Warrants and Options
Warrant Liability
As of November 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding warrants
issued as part of the private placement units initially classified
as liabilities because the exercise price may be adjusted downward,
in certain circumstances, for a ninety-day period following their
initial issuance. Warrant liabilities are measured at fair
value, with changes in fair value recognized each reporting period
in the Statement of Operations. The warrants ceased being
liability classified at the conclusion of the ninetieth day from
issuance. As a result, an aggregate of approximately $228,000
in warrant liability was reclassified to equity during the nine
months ended August 31, 2017. All other warrants are equity
classified.
The warrant liability is a Level 3 fair value measurement,
recognized on a recurring basis. Both observable and unobservable
inputs may be used to determine the fair value of positions that
the Company has classified within the Level 3 category. As a
result, the unrealized gains and losses for liabilities within the
Level 3 category may include changes in fair value that were
attributable to both observable inputs (e.g., changes in market
interest rates) and unobservable inputs (e.g., probabilities of the
occurrence of an early termination event).
Fair
value of warrant liability at November 30, 2016
|
$
168,070
|
Issuance of new
warrant liability
|
-
|
Change in fair
value of warrant liability
|
59,870
|
Reclassification of
warrant liability to equity
|
(227,940
)
|
Fair
value of warrant liability at August 31, 2017
|
$
-
|
Summary of warrants
The following represents a summary of all outstanding warrants to
purchase the Company’s common stock, including warrants
issued to vendors for services and warrants issued as part of the
units sold in the private placements, at August 31, 2017 and
changes during the period then ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining Contractual
|
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Intrinsic Value
|
|
|
Life (years)
|
|
Outstanding at
November 30, 2016
|
|
|
1,047,500
|
|
|
$
|
2.54
|
|
|
$
|
1,158,000
|
|
|
|
4.10
|
|
Issued
|
|
|
2,006,495
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(20,000
|
)
|
|
|
3.50
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding at
August 31, 2017
|
|
|
3,033,995
|
|
|
$
|
3.66
|
|
|
$
|
1,659,285
|
|
|
|
4.29
|
|
Exercisable at
August 31, 2017
|
|
|
2,245,995
|
|
|
$
|
3.54
|
|
|
$
|
1,617,235
|
|
|
|
4.19
|
|
Fair value of all outstanding warrants was calculated with the
following key inputs:
|
|
For the nine months ended August 31, 2017
|
|
Stock
price
|
|
$
|
3.50 -
$7.87
|
|
Term
(years)
|
|
|
1.75
– 5.0
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
129.81%
- 142.93
|
%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
1.17% -
1.74
|
%
|
Dividend
yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
F-30
Options issued for services
The following represents a summary of all outstanding options to
purchase the Company’s common stock at August 31, 2017 and
changes during the period then ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
Remaining Contractual
|
|
|
Options
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Intrinsic Value
|
|
Life (years)
|
|
Outstanding at
November 30, 2016
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Issued
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
|
26,100
|
|
|
|
4.76
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding at
August 31, 2017
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
|
$
|
4.00
|
|
|
$
|
26,100
|
|
|
|
4.76
|
|
Exercisable at
August 31, 2017
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based Compensation
The Company recognized general and administrative expenses of
approximately $4.2 million and $3.0 million, as a result of the
shares, outstanding warrants and options issued to consultants and
employees during the nine months ended August 31, 2017 and 2016,
respectively.
As of August 31, 2017, the estimated unrecognized stock-based
compensation associated with these agreements is approximately $3.5
million and will be recognized over the next 0.32
year.
Note 11 – Subsequent Events
Research Agreement #1
On September 1, 2017, the Company entered into the research
agreement (“Research Agreement #1) with OMRF to have OMRF
perform the research program for a maximum period of six
months. The Company agreed to pay OMRF a total cost of
approximately $100,000 for the performance of the research
program.
Conversion of debt
On October 16, 2017, the Company received the conversion notice
from the holder of the Debentures to convert an aggregate of
$500,000 in principal of the Second Debenture Note, along with its
accrued interest, into an aggregate of 142,662 shares of the
Company’s common stock. The Company has not issued
these shares yet.
Issuance of securities
On October 3, 2017, the Company amended the Debentures to extend
the maturity date from November 30, 2017 to November 30, 2018, and
issued 25,641 restricted shares of its common stock to the holder
of the Debentures as consideration.
In September 2017, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to
50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to two vendors
for services. The warrants are exercisable for three years at a per
share price of $4.00.
Subsequent to August 31, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of
31,000 shares of its common stock to its vendors for
services.
On November 2, 2017, the Company issued 46,875 shares of its common
stock in full settlement of $150,000 in principal and interest due
to CMGT as a result of promissory notes issued by it in November
2016.
On November 22, 2017, the Company issued 166,592 shares of its
common stock to Yorkville Advisors in exchange for conversion of
promissory notes totaling $551,771.
On November 29, 2017, the Company issued 270,270 shares of its
common stock to Yorkville Advisors in exchange for conversion of
promissory notes totaling $1,000,000.
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2,250,000 Shares of Common Stock
2,250,000 Warrants to Purchase 2,250,000 Shares of Common
Stock
Lead Placement Agent
Roth Capital Partners
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Co-Lead Placement Agent
Brookline Capital Markets
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, 2018
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 13.
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OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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The
table below itemizes the expenses payable by the registrant in
connection with the registration and issuance of the securities
being registered hereunder, other than placement agents' fees. All
amounts except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration
fee are estimated.
Securities and
Exchange Commission Registration Fee
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$
3,085
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Legal Fees and
Expenses
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$
25,000
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Placement
agents’ Fees and Expenses
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$
50,000
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Accountants’
Fees and Expenses
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$
50,000
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Total
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$
128,085
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ITEM 14.
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INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
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Our
officers and directors are indemnified under Nevada law. Our
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws are
silent as to director and officer indemnification other than to
allow such indemnification to the greatest extent permitted by
Nevada law.
Nevada
Revised Statute. The registrant is a Nevada
corporation.
Section
78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that a director or
officer will not be personally liable to the corporation and its
stockholders unless it is proven that (i) the director's or
officer's acts or omissions constituted a breach of his fiduciary
duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud
or a knowing violation of the law. The provisions of the Nevada
Revised Statutes with respect to limiting personal liability for
directors and officers are self-executing and, to the extent the
provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
and By-laws would be deemed to be inconsistent therewith, the
provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes will
control.
Section 78.7502
of the Nevada Revised Statutes permits a corporation to indemnify a
present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or of another entity or enterprise for which such
person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the
corporation, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, except an action by or in the right of the corporation,
against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection therewith, arising by reason of such person’s
service in such capacity if such person (i) is not liable
pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or
(ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and, with respect to a criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. In the case of actions brought by or in the right of
the corporation, however, no indemnification may be made for any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged by
a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals
therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in
settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that
the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of
competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court
deems proper.
Section 78.751
of the Nevada Revised Statutes permits any discretionary
indemnification under Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised
Statutes, unless ordered by a court or advanced to a director or
officer by the corporation in accordance with the Nevada Revised
Statutes, to be made by a corporation only as authorized in each
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances. Such determination must be made (1) by the
stockholders, (2) by the board of directors by majority vote
of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the
action, suit or proceeding, (3) if a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or
proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (4) if a quorum consisting of directors who were
not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
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ITEM 15.
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SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES IN PAST THREE
YEARS.
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On
April 21, 2015, we issued 2,500,000 shares of our common stock to a
director for prepaid services valued at $20,000, pursuant to an
Advisory Agreement. This sale of stock did not involve any
public offering, general advertising or solicitation. At the
time of the issuance, the purchaser had fair access to and was in
possession of all available material information about our
company. Additionally, the purchaser represented his intent
to acquire securities for his own account and not with a view to
further distribute the shares. The shares bear a restrictive
transfer legend.
On June
1, 2015, we elected Mr. William Rosenstadt to our board and
appointed him as Chief Legal Officer. In exchange for such services
for a one-year term, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Rosenstadt
375,000 shares of our common stock. In June 2015, we also engaged
the law firm at which Mr. Rosenstadt is a partner to provide us
with legal services. We are paying for these services for the first
six months through the issuance to such law firm of 500,000 shares
of our common stock.
On June
1, 2015, we entered into an advisory agreement with a business
analyst. In exchange for services, we issued 250,000 restricted
shares of common stock.
On July
15, 2016, we issued to two of our executive officer five-year
warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at a price of
$1.45 per share.
From
October 30, 2015 through December 19, 2015, we sold $240,000 in
convertible promissory notes to 8 purchasers for a total of
$240,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Notes: (i)
have terms of eighteen-months; (ii) an interest rate of 10%; (iii)
are convertible at any time into shares of our common stock at a
40% discount to the average closing price for the previous ten
days, but in no event lower than $1.25; and (iv) can be converted
by the Company when upon the listing of the Company’s
securities on a senior exchange, such as the NASDAQ.
On
November 12 and December 15, 2015, respectively, we issued
convertible promissory notes to two institutional investors for a
total of $385,000 (“Institutional Notes”). Those notes:
(i) have terms of eighteen-months; (ii) an interest rate
of 10%; (iii) are convertible at any time into shares of our common
stock at a 40% discount to the average closing price for the
previous ten days, but not higher than $1.55; (iv) can be called by
the lender of such Note if the average volume weighted average
price for the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the
respective maturity date is less than $1.25 per share; and (v) can
be converted by the Company if the Company’s common stock is
above $5.00 on the respective maturity date or upon the listing on
a senior exchange, such as the NASDAQ.
In
November 2015, we issued 6,000 shares of our common stock to a
vendor for web development services.
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Between
November 30, 2015 and March 11, 2016, we issued an aggregate of
106,000 shares of our common stocks to three vendors and committed
to issue an additional of 76,000 shares of our common stocks
pursuant to the consulting agreements that we entered
into.
On
January 8, 2016, we entered into a stock purchase agreement with
CMGT, whereby the purchaser had the right to purchase up to
$415,000 of our common stock on the same terms as the Institutional
Notes for a period ending on June 8, 2016. To date, CMGT has
purchased $35,000 under this structure.
In
January 2016, we issued five-year warrants to purchase 250,000
shares of common stock at a price of $4.15 per share in connection
with legal services provided to us.
On
April 30, 2016, we issued an aggregate of 68,450 common shares to
four vendors for introductory, professional relations services,
media and investor relations services
On May
16, 2016, we issued 20,000 units, with each unit consists of a
share of common stock and a warrant to purchase a share of common
stock at $3.50 in exchange for $50,000.
On June
6, 2016, we issued an aggregate of 31,700 common shares to two
vendors for introductory services professional relations
services.
In June
2016, we issued an aggregate of 38,710 common shares upon receipt
of conversion notices from Series C holders.
In July
2016, we issued five-year warrants to purchase 50,000 shares of
common stock at a price of $1.45 per in connection with legal
services provided to us.
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In
August 2016, we issued an aggregate of 53,000 common shares to two
vendors for introductory, and media and investor relations
services.
On
August 9, 2016, we issued 16,300 common shares upon receipt of
conversion notices from Series B holders.
On
August 10, 2016, we issued (i) 6,500 units, with each unit
consisting of a share of common stock and a warrant to purchase a
share of common stock at $3.50 for aggregate consideration of
approximately $10,000, and (ii) 12,258 common shares to an investor
to compensate for the difference in purchase prices pursuant to an
anti-dilution right.
On
September 7, 2016, we issued 50,000 common shares to BNI pursuant
to the Patent and Technology License and Purchase Option
Agreement.
In
September and October 2016, we issued (i) 37,500 units, with each
unit consisting of a share of common stock and a warrant to
purchase a share of common stock at $5.00 for aggregate
consideration of approximately $112,500.
In
November 2016,
we
issued 16,414 common shares upon receipt of conversion notices from
a Series A holder.
In
November 2016, we issued an aggregate of 82,391 common shares to
three vendors for introductory, and media and investor relations
services.
I
n
November 2016, we issued (i) 26,000 units, with each unit
consisting of a share of common stock and a warrant to purchase a
share of common stock at $4.00 for aggregate consideration of
$65,000, and (ii)
7,502 units
to an investor to compensate for the
difference in purchase prices pursuant to an anti-dilution
right.
On
November 10, 2016, we issued 15,000 common shares in connection
with the OID Note.
On
November 29, 2016, we issued Convertible Notes with a maturity date
of one year after the issuance thereof in the aggregate principal
amount of up to $4,000,000. The Debenture may be converted at any
time on or prior to maturity at the lower of $4.00 or 93% of the
average of the four lowest daily VWAPs during the 10 consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the conversion date, provided
that as long as we are not in default under the Debenture, the
conversion price may never be less than $2.00.
In
December 2016, we issued an aggregate of 22,000 common shares to
two vendors for introductory, and media and investor relations
services.
In
December 2016 and January 2017,
we issued an aggregate of 12,928 and
407,484 common shares upon receipt of conversion notices from the
Series B and Series C Note holders.
In
January 2017, we issued 20,000 common shares upon receiving the
notice to exercise warrant at an exercise price of $3.50 included
in unit sold in the May Private Placement, for an aggregate
purchase price of $70,000.
On June
5, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase up to 350,000 shares of our
common stock to each of Denis Corin, our President and Chief
Executive Officer, and William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer.
The warrants were issued as a bonus for their business development
services to the Company over the last 12 months. The warrants are
exercisable for five years at a per share price of $4.00. The
warrants may not be exercised within the first six months of their
issuance.
On June
5, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase up to 150,000 shares of our
common stock to each of Ari Jatwes and David Laskow Pooley as a
bonus for their business development services to the Company over
the last 12 months. The warrants are exercisable for five years at
a per share price of $4.00. The warrants may not be exercised
within the first six months of their issuance.
On June
5, 2017, we issued options to purchase up to 150,000 shares of our
common stock to each of Denis Corin, our President and Chief
Executive Officer, and William Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer.
50,000 of the options were issued as compensation for their
continued services on our board of directors through June 1, 2018
and 100,000 of the options were issued as compensation as officers
through June 1, 2018. 37,500 of the options vest on September 1,
2017, 37,500 of the options vest on December 1, 2017, 37,500 of the
options vest on March 1, 2018 and 37,500 of the options vest on
June 1, 2018. The options are exercisable for five years at a per
share price of $4.00. The options may not be exercised within the
first six months of vesting.
On June
5, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase up to 25,000 shares of our
common stock to a consultant as a bonus for their business
development services to the Company over the last 12 months. The
warrants are exercisable for five years at a per share price of
$4.00. The warrants may not be exercised within the first six
months of their issuance.
On June
5, 2017, we issued warrants to purchase up to 10,000 shares of our
common stock to a consultant as a bonus for accounting services to
the Company over the last 12 months. The warrants are exercisable
for five years at a per share price of $4.00. The warrants may not
be exercised within the first six months of their
issuance.
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On
August 1, 2017, we issued 953,249 units in exchange for $3,050,390,
which included payment through the retirement of $518,400 of
outstanding debt. Each unit consisted of two shares of our
common stock and a warrant to purchase a share of our common stock
at $4.50. We also issued 39,246 warrants to the placement agents in
the August 1, 2017 transaction pursuant to the placement agents
agreement to which the placement agents and we are
parties.
On October 3, 2017, we issued 25,641 restricted shares of our
common stock to the holder of the Debentures as consideration for
extending the maturity date of the Debentures from November 30,
2017 to November 30, 2018.
In September and October 2017, we issued an aggregate of 31,000
shares of its common stock to our vendors for
services.
On October 16, 2017, we issued 146,662 shares of our common stock
to the holder of a convertible notes issued on March 10, 2017 upon
the conversion of $500,445 of principal and interest of such
note.
On November 2, 2017, the Company issued 46,875 shares of its common
stock in full settlement of $150,000 in principal and interest due
to CMGT as a result of promissory notes issued by it in November
2016.
On November 22, 2017, we issued 166,592 shares of our common stock
to the holder of a convertible notes issued on November 29, 2016
and March 10, 2017 upon the conversion of $551,771 of principal and
interest of such notes.
On November 23, 2017, we issued 13,200 shares of our common stock
to an investor upon its conversion of $30,000 in principal in, and
$3,000 in interest on, a convertible note purchased from us on
November 22, 2016.
On November 29, 2017, we issued 270,270 shares of our common stock
to the holder of a convertible notes issued on November 29, 2016
upon the conversion of $1,000,000 of principal of such note and the
waiver and release of any other amounts or obligations, including
interest, due under such note, a convertible note issued on March
10, 2017 and a convertible note issued on April 7,
2017.
The
issuances of the securities mentioned above qualified for the
exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933.
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Description
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3.1
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Articles of
Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3 (a) to Form S-1 filed on January
13, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference
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3.2
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Amendment to
Articles of Incorporation, dated July 20, 2015, filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to our periodic report filed on Form 8-K on August 3,
2015 and incorporated herein by reference
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3.3
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Amendment to
Articles of Incorporation, dated October 27, 2015, filed as Exhibit
3.1 to our periodic report filed on Form 8-K on October 29, 2015
and incorporated herein by reference
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3.4
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Articles of
Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3 (b) to Form S-1 filed on January
13, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference
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4.1
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Form of Warrant in
connection with this offering*
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4.2
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Form of Warrant as filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our current report on
Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by
reference
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4.3
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Form
of Warrant as filed as Exhibit 10.3 to our current report on Form
8-K filed on August 2, 2017 and incorporated herein by
reference
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5.1
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Opinion of Ortoli
Rosenstadt LLP*
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10.1
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Form of
Non-Institutional Promissory Note filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our
current report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016 and
incorporated herein by reference
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10.2
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Stock
Purchase Agreement for Institutional Promissory Note, dated January
8, 2016, with CMGT filed as Exhibit 10.2 to our current report on
Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016 and incorporated herein by
reference
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10.3
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Form of
Institutional Promissory Note filed as Exhibit 10.4 to our current
report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016 and incorporated
herein by reference
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10.4
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Advisory Agreement,
dated September 8, 2015, with Wombat Capital Ltd. filed as Exhibit
10.5 to our current report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016
and incorporated herein by reference
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10.5
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Advisory Agreement,
dated June 1, 2015, with Ari Jatwes
filed as Exhibit 10.6 to
our current report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016 and
incorporated herein by reference
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10.6
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Consulting
Agreement, dated November 13, 2015, Pharmafor Ltd. filed as Exhibit 10.7 to our
current report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016 and
incorporated herein by reference
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10.7
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Executive Services Agreement, dates June 1, 2017, between Denis
Corin and Q BioMed Cayman SEZC filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our current
report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by
reference
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10.9
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.1
to our current report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2017 and
incorporated herein by reference
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10.10
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Patent
and Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement, dated October
29, 2015, with Mannin Research Inc. filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
our annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 11, 2016 and
incorporated herein by reference +
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10.11
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Patent
and Technology License and Purchase Option Agreement, dated May 30,
2016, with Bio-Nucleonics Inc., filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our
quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on October 17, 2016 and
incorporated herein by reference +
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10.12
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First
Amendment to Patent and Technology License and Purchase Option
Agreement, dated September 6, 2016, with Bio-Nucleonics Inc., filed
as Exhibit 10.2 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on
October 17, 2016 and incorporated herein by
reference +
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10.13
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License
Agreement on Patent & Know-How Technology, dated April 21,
2017, between Q BioMed Inc. and ASDERA LLC filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on April 25, 2017 and
incorporated herein by reference +
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10.14
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Executive Services
Agreement, dated June 5, 2017, between Q BioMed Cayman SEZC and
Denis Corin filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our current report on Form 8-K
filed on June 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by
reference
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10.15
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Technology
License Agreement, dated June 15, 2017, among Q BioMed Inc.,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
BioTechnology filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our current report on Form
8-K filed on June 15, 2017 and incorporated herein by
reference +
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10.16
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Form of Placement Agent Agreement*
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10.17
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Form of Securities Purchase Agreement*
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21.1
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Q BioMed Inc. has
one subsidiary: Q BioMed Cayman SEZC, which was incorporated in the
Cayman Islands. Q BioMed Inc. has 100% of the voting and
dispositive control over Q BioMed Cayman SEZC capital
stock.
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23.1
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Consent of Marcum
LLP*
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23.2
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Consent of Ortoli
Rosenstadt LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
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24.1
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Power of Attorney
(included on the signature page to this Registration
Statement)*
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* Filed
herewith
+ Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment, and
the SEC has granted confidential treatment
pursuant to Rule 406 under the Securities Act. Confidential
information has been omitted from the exhibit in places marked
“****”and has been filed separately with the
SEC
.
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The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)
To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended;
(ii)
To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration
statement;
Provided,
however, that:
(A)
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement; and
(B)
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), and (a)(1)(iii) of this section
do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section
13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is
contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, each such post- effective amendment shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser:
(A)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the
date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
Registration Statement; and
(B)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2),
(b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a Registration Statement in reliance
on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the
information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the
first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in
the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of
the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the Registration
Statement relating to the securities in the Registration Statement
to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to
the purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in
the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the
Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.
(5) That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser in the
initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement,
regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will
be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary
prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii)
Any free writing
prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any
other free writing prospectuses relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and
(iv)
Any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(e) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the
prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security
holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and
furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or
Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where
interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3
of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver,
or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically
incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim
financial information.
(h) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
II-6
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on
January 10,
2018
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BioMed Inc.
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By:
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Denis Corin
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Denis
Corin
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Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person in so
signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Denis Corin, his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, in any and all capacities, to execute and cause to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration
Statement, with exhibits to such registration statements and
amendments and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his or her
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Signature
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William Rosenstadt
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William
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Denis Corin
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II-7
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
Q BIOMED INC.
Warrant
Shares:
_______
Initial Exercise Date: _______, 2018
THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant
”) certifies that,
for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the
“
Holder
”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after ________,
2018 (the “
Initial
Exercise Date
”) and on or prior to the close of
business on the five (5) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise
Date (the “
Termination Date
”) but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Q BioMed Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), up to ______
shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “
Warrant Shares
”) of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“
Common
Stock
”). The purchase price of one share of
Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise
Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1
.
Definitions
. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“
Purchase
Agreement
”), dated _______, 2018, among the Company
and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2
.
Exercise
.
a)
Exercise
of Warrant
. Exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at
any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or
before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such
other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice
in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile
copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form
annexed hereto. Within the earlier of (i) three (3)
Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the
Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein)
following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall
deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in
the applicable Notice of Exercise (the “Purchase
Price”) by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a
United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified
in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of
Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be
required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of
guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be
required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of
the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been
exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading
Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases
of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available
hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number
of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the
applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of
Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The
Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise
within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such
notice.
The Holder and
any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree
that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the
purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number
of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given
time may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
b)
Exercise
Price
. The exercise price per share of the Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be
$_____
, subject to adjustment hereunder
(the “
Exercise
Price
”).
c)
Cashless
Exercise
. If at any time after the six-month
anniversary of the Closing Date, there is no effective Registration
Statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the
resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may
also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a
“cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A),
where:
(A) =
as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such
Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both
executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading
Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as
defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the
federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, or (ii) the VWAP on
the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such
Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is
both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after
the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading
Day;
(B) =
the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder;
and
(X) =
the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if
such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a
cashless exercise.
If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the
parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section
3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the
characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding
period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the
holding period of this Warrant provided that no provision of
Section 3(a)(9) would invalidate such tacking. The
Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section
2(c).
“
Bid
Price
” means, for any date, the price determined by
the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common
Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price
of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as
applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted
for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock
are then reported in the OTC Pink Market published by OTC Markets
Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a
majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
“
Trading
Day
” means a day in which the principal Trading Market
for the Common Stock is open.
“
VWAP
” means, for any
date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses
that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted
as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30
a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)
if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a
Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported
on the OTC Pink Market published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of
reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported, or (c) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an
independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a
majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
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d)
Mechanics of
Exercise
.
i.
Delivery
of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise
. The Company
shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the
account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance
account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or
Withdrawal at Custodian system (“
DWAC
”) if the Company is
then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an
effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the
Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder or (B)
this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise and there is
an available exemption from registration under the 1933 Act for the
resale of the Warrant Shares, and otherwise by physical delivery of
a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in
the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant
Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to
the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by
the date that is the earlier of (i) three (3) Trading Days after
the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise and the
Purchase Price, if such exercise is not “cashless” and
(ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement
Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise
and the Purchase Price, if such exercise is not cashless (such
date, the “
Warrant
Share Delivery Date
”). Upon delivery of
the Notice of Exercise and the Purchase Price, the Holder shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant
Shares. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the
Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the
Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder,
in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each
$1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the
Purchase Price), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading
Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to
accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date
until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such
exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a
participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains
outstanding and exercisable. As used herein,
“
Standard Settlement
Period
” means the standard settlement period,
expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s
primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in
effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of
Exercise.
ii.
Delivery
of New Warrants Upon Exercise
. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the
request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate,
at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the
Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to
purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant,
which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with
this Warrant.
iii.
Rescission
Rights
. If the Company fails to cause the
Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares
pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date,
then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
iv.
Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon
Exercise
. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer
Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an
exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than
any such failure that is solely due to any action or inaction by
the Holder with respect to such exercise), and if after such date
the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm
otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“
Buy-In
”), then the
Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by
which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver
to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2)
the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder,
either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number
of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which
case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and
delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the
Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of
$11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of
shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to
such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the
immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay
the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of
the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount
of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a
Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with
respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to
the terms hereof.
v.
No
Fractional Shares or Scrip
. No fractional shares
or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share
which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to
such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the
next whole share.
vi.
Charges,
Taxes and Expenses
. Issuance of Warrant Shares
shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance
of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be
paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the
name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder;
provided
,
however
, that in the event that
Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of
the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by
the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the
payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax
incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer
Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of
Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another
established clearing corporation performing similar functions)
required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant
Shares.
vii.
Closing
of Books
. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the
timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
e)
Holder’s
Exercise Limitations
. The Company shall not
effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have
the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to
Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to
such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice
of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s
Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with
the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons,
“
Attribution
Parties
”)), would beneficially own in excess of the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and
Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which
such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of
shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of
the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties
and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject
to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth
in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is
not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation
contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and
Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is
exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the
submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the
Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable
(in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with
any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of
this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to
verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.
In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated
above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a
Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or
annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a
more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent
written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the
written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number
of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined
after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of
the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its
Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported. The “
Beneficial Ownership
Limitation
” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of
the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may
increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions
of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant
held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall
continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61
st
day after such notice is delivered to
the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict
conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this
paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or
inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation
herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or
desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The
limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor
holder of this Warrant.
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Section 3
.
Certain
Adjustments
.
a)
Stock
Dividends and Splits
. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise
makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock
or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not
include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon
exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines
(including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of
capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price
shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately
adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant
shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to
this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective
immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or reclassification.
b)
Subsequent
Rights Offerings
.
In
addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at
any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock
Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or
other property pro rata to all (or substantially all) of the record
holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the
“
Purchase
Rights
”), then the Holder
will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder
could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including
without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares
of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale
of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the
Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right
would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in
such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such
shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such
extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in
abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right
thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation).
c)
Fundamental
Transaction
. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of
the Company with or into another Person, in which the Company is
not the survivor or the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to such merger or consolidation do not own, directly or
indirectly, at least 50% of the voting securities of the surviving
entity, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially
all of its assets or a majority of its Common Stock is acquired by
a third party, in each case, in one or a series of related
transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by
the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which all
or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock are permitted
to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or
property, (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the
Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the
Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other
securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a
subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by
Section 3(a) above) (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”) or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in
one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share
purchase agreement or other business combination (including,
without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons
whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or
party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making
or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other
business combination) (each a “Fundamental
Transaction”), then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same
amount and kind of securities, cash or property as is equal to the
Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this
Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction (the
“
Alternate
Consideration
”). The Company shall not effect any such
Fundamental Transaction unless prior to or simultaneously with the
consummation thereof, any successor to the Company, surviving
entity or the corporation purchasing or otherwise acquiring such
assets or other appropriate corporation or Person shall assume the
obligation to deliver to the Holder, such Alternate Consideration
as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be
entitled to receive, and the other obligations under this Warrant.
The provisions of this paragraph (c) shall similarly apply to
subsequent transactions analogous of a Fundamental Transaction
type. For purposes hereof, “Black Scholes Value ” means
the value of the Warrant based on the Black Scholes Option Pricing
Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg
determined as of the day immediately following the public
announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and
reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S.
Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this
Warrant as of such date of request and (ii) an expected volatility
equal to the volatility percentage obtained from the HVT function
on Bloomberg for a daily period equal to the remaining term of this
Warrant as of such date of request determined as of the Trading Day
immediately prior to the announcement of the Fundamental
Transaction.
e)
Calculations
.
All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest
cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For
purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock
deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the
sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
f)
Notice
to Holder
.
i.
Adjustment
to Exercise Price
. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted
pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall
promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice
setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any
resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment.
ii.
Notice
to Allow Exercise by Holder
. If (A) the Company shall
declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on
the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special
nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock,
(C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the
Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the
approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale
or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock
is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in
each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or
email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address
as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at
least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which
a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions,
redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date
on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares
of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to
deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery
thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. To the extent
that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains,
material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice
with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form
8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this
Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to
the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as
may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
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Section 4
.
Transfer
of Warrant
.
a)
Transferability
. This
Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation,
any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part,
upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the
Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment
of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds
sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of
such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required,
such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant
or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as
applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in
such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a
new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned,
and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this
Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date
the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning
this Warrant full.
The Warrant, if properly
assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder
for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued.
b)
New
Warrants
. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other
Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the
Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the
Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance
with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such
division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to
be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants
issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original
issuance date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to
the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant
thereto.
c)
Warrant
Register
. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the
“
Warrant
Register
”), in the name of the record Holder hereof
from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the
registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for
the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the
contrary.
d)
Transfer
Restrictions
. If, at the time
of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of
this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i)
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue
sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144, the
Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that
the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be,
comply with the provisions of Section 9(g) of the Purchase
Agreement.
e)
Representation
by the Holder
. The Holder, by the acceptance
hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant
and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares
issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a
view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any
part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or
exempted under the Securities Act.
Section 5
.
Miscellaneous
.
a)
No
Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise
. This
Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends
or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the
exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as
expressly set forth in Section 3.
b)
Loss,
Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant
. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant
Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the
Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock
certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in
lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c)
Saturdays,
Sundays, Holidays, etc
. If the last or appointed
day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right
required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such
action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next
succeeding Business Day.
d)
Authorized
Shares
.
The
Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase
rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants
that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority
to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary Warrant Shares upon
the exercise of the purchase rights under this
Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable
action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may
be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable
law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market
upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will,
upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect
of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such
issue).
Except
and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the
Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation,
amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the
rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any
Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise
immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such
action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company
may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or
consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction
thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its
obligations under this Warrant.
Before
taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the
Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from
any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction
thereof.
e)
Jurisdiction
.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement,
including, without limitation, that all questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
law thereof.
f)
Restrictions
. The
Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the
exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and an exemption from
registration under the 1933 Act is not available, will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities
laws.
g)
Nonwaiver
and Expenses
. No course of dealing or any delay
or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder
shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the
Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without
limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase
Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply
with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material
damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees,
including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in
collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise
enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies
hereunder.
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h)
Notices
. Any
notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given
or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in
accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase
Agreement.
i)
Limitation
of Liability
. No provision hereof, in the absence
of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to
purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or
privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the
Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a
stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by
the Company or by creditors of the Company.
j)
Remedies
. The
Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights
granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this
Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would
not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a
breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to
waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k)
Successors
and Assigns
. Subject to applicable securities
laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and
permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this
Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time
to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or
holder of Warrant Shares.
l)
Amendment
. This
Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived
with the written consent of the Company
and the Holder
.
m)
Severability
. Wherever
possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this
Warrant.
n)
Headings
. The
headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference
only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this
Warrant.
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(Signature Page Follows)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
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Q BIOMED INC.
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By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO:Q
BIOMED INC.
(1)The
undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of
the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if
exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise
price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if
any.
(2)Payment
shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ]
in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] if
permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection
2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number
of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise
procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).
(3)Please
issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such
other name as is specified below:
_______________________________
The
Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account
Number:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
[SIGNATURE
OF HOLDER]
Name of
Investing Entity:
________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity
:
_________________________________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory:
___________________________________________________________________
Title
of Authorized Signatory:
____________________________________________________________________
Date:
________________________________________________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply
required information. Do not use this form to purchase
shares.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby assigned to
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Number:
Email
Address:
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EXHIBIT 5.1
January
10, 2018
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Q
BioMed Inc.
c/o
Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
501
Madison Avenue
New
York, NY 10022
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Re:
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Registration Statement No. 333-222008; 2,250,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 2,250,000 shares of
Common Stock underlying 2,250,000 warrants and 135,000 shares of
common stock underlying placement agent
warrants
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We
have acted as counsel to Q BioMed Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), in connection with the proposed issuance of
up to (i) 2,250,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common
stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”), (ii) 2,250,000 shares (the “Warrant
Shares”) of Common Stock underlying 2,250,000 warrants (the
“Warrants”) and (iii) 135,000 shares (the
“Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock
underlying 135,000 warrants (the “Placement Agent
Warrants”). The Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Placement
Agent Warrant Shares are included in a registration statement on
Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) on December 12, 2017
(File No. 333-222008) (as amended, the “Registration
Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection
with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K
under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter
pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related
Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to
the issue of the Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Placement Agent
Warrant Shares.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of
fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for
purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon
certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and
others as to factual matters without having independently verified
such factual matters. We are opining herein as to
Chapter 78 of the
Nevada Corporations Law, located within the Nevada Revised Statutes
(“Chapter 78 of the NRS”), as amended, and as currently
in effect (including the statutory provisions contained therein,
any applicable provisions of the Nevada Constitution and any
applicable reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws but
not including any laws, statutes, ordinances, administrative
decisions, rules or regulations of any political subdivision below
the state level)
, and we
express no opinion with respect to any other
laws.
Subject
to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our
opinion that, as of the date hereof:
(i)
when
(a) the Shares have been issued by the Company against payment
therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the form of
securities purchase agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement and (b) the Shares shall have been duly
registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar
therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, the issue and
sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
(ii)
when
(a) the Warrants have been issued by the Company against payment
therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the form of
securities purchase agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement, (b) the Warrant Shares have been issued
by the Company against payment therefor in the circumstances
contemplated by the form of the Warrants most recently filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and (c) the Warrant Shares
shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent
and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers,
the issue and sale of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Company, and the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable; and
(iii)
when
(a) the Placement Agent Warrants have been issued by the Company in
the circumstances contemplated by the form of placement agent
agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, (b) the Placement Agent Warrant Shares have been issued
by the Company against payment therefor in the circumstances
contemplated by the the Placement Agent Warrants and (c) the
Placement Agent Warrant Shares shall have been duly registered on
the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name
or on behalf of the purchasers, the issue and sale of the Placement
Agent Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares will have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Company, and the Placement Agent Warrant Shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable..
In rendering the foregoing opinions, we have
assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice
requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in
Chapter 78
of the NRS
.
This
opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration
Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to
rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We
consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the
Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving
such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
/s/ Ortoli
Rosenstadt LLP
Ortoli
Rosenstadt LLP
Form of
Q BIOMED INC.
[*] Share of Common Stock
and
One Warrant to Purchase [*] Share of Common Stock
PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT
__________,
2018
Roth
Capital Partners, LLC
888 San
Clemente Drive
Newport
Beach, CA 92660
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein (this “
Agreement
”), Q BioMed
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company
”), hereby agrees
to sell registered securities of the Company, consisting of up to
[*] shares (the “
Shares
”) of the
Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the
“
Common
Stock
”) and common stock purchase warrants to purchase
up to an aggregate of [*] shares of Common Stock with an exercise
price of $[*] per share (the “
Warrants
”, as exercised,
the “
Warrant
Shares
”) directly to various investors (each, an
“
Investor
” and,
collectively, the “
Investors
”) through Roth
Capital Partners, LLC, as lead placement agent (the
“
Placement
Agent
”). The Warrants and the Shares are collectively
referred to herein as the “
Primary Securities
” and
the Primary Securities, together with the Warrant Shares, are
collectively referred to herein as the “
Securities
”. The
documents executed and delivered by the Company and the Investors
in connection with the Offering (as defined below), including,
without limitation, a securities purchase agreement (the
“
Purchase
Agreement
”) and the Warrants shall be collectively
referred to herein as the “
Transaction Documents
.”
The purchase price to the Investors for each Share and accompanying
Warrant is $[*]. The Placement Agent may retain other brokers or
dealers to act as sub-agents or selected-dealers on its behalf in
connection with the Offering.
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Placement Agent as
follows:
Section
1.
Agreement to Act as Placement Agent
.
(a)
On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company herein contained, and subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall be the lead
Placement Agent in connection with the offering and sale by the
Company of the Securities pursuant to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222008) (as
amended or supplemented from time to time and including the
exhibits thereto at any given time, the “
Registration Statement
”),
with the terms of such offering (the “
Offering
”) to be subject
to market conditions and negotiations between the Company, the
Placement Agent and the prospective Investors. The Placement Agent
will act on a reasonable best efforts basis and the Company agrees
and acknowledges that there is no guarantee of the successful
placement of the Securities, or any portion thereof, in the
prospective Offering. Under no circumstances will the Placement
Agent or any of its “Affiliates” (as defined below) be
obligated to underwrite or purchase any of the Securities for its
own account or otherwise provide any financing. The Placement Agent
shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal.
The Placement Agent shall have no authority to bind the Company
with respect to any prospective offer to purchase Securities and
the Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase
Securities and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase
price for, and delivery of, the Securities shall be made at one or
more closings (each a “
Closing
” and the date on
which each Closing occurs, a “
Closing Date
”). Subject
only with to Section 2 and Schedule I of the Engagement Letter
entered into by the Company and the Placement Agent on or about
November 14, 2017 and attached hereto as Exhibit I, as maximum
compensation for services rendered, on each Closing Date, the
Company shall pay to the Placement Agent the fees and expenses set
forth below:
(i)
A cash fee equal to eight percent (8.0%) of the gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of the Securities at the
Closing.
(ii) A
warrant to purchase that number of Common Stock equal to six
percent (6%) of the Common Stock issued on such Closing Date
(excluding shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any
Warrants issued to Investors).
(iii) The
Company also agrees to reimburse Placement Agent’s reasonable
out of pocket expenses payable immediately upon a Closing of the
Offering Out of pocket expenses and legal expenses exceeding an
aggregate of $50,000 shall require prior approval by the
Company,
(b)
The term of the Placement Agent’s exclusive engagement will
be until the completion of the Offering. The Placement Agent shall
be entitled to collect all fees under this Agreement earned through
termination. In addition to the foregoing, the Company hereby
grants to the Placement Agent the exclusive right (such right, the
“
Right of First
Refusal
”), for the twelve (12) month period commencing
on the date hereof, to provide investment banking services to the
Company on an exclusive basis in all matters involving the
Company’s equity securities or other instruments that may at
any time be convertible into, exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitle the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly,
equity securities of the Company, for which investment banking
services are sought by the Company (a “
Future Offering
”). In
connection with the Right of First Refusal, investment banking
services shall include, without limitation, (i) acting as lead,
book-running manager for any underwritten public offering; (ii)
acting as exclusive placement agent or financial advisor in
connection with any private offering of securities of the Company;
and (iii) acting as financial advisor in connection with any sale
or other transfer by the Company, directly or indirectly, of a
majority or controlling portion of its capital stock or assets to
another entity, any purchase or other transfer by another entity,
directly or indirectly, of a majority or controlling portion of the
capital stock or assets of the Company, and any merger or
consolidation of the Company with another entity. At any time
during such period that the Company contemplates conducting a
Future Offering, the Company shall deliver to the Placement Agent a
written notice (the “
Notice
”) stating its
intention to conduct the Future Offering, the material terms and
conditions thereof, including the amount to be raised and the type
of security to be issued and the compensation requested by the
competing broker-dealer firm if any, and an offer to the Placement
Agent to manage the Future Offering pursuant to this Right of First
Refusal. At any time within 30 days after receipt of the Notice,
the Placement Agent may, by giving written notice to the Company,
elect to exercise this Right of First Refusal. The failure of the
Placement Agent to exercise this Right of First Refusal within such
30 day period will be deemed a rejection of the offer solely with
respect to the applicable Future Offering. Any decision by the
Placement Agent to act in any such capacity shall be contained in
separate agreements, which agreements would contain, among other
matters, provisions for customary fees for transactions of similar
size and nature, as may be mutually agreed upon, and
indemnification of the Placement Agent and its Affiliates and shall
be subject to general market conditions. If the Placement Agent
declines to exercise the Right of First Refusal (which it may do in
its sole and absolute discretion), the Company shall have the right
to retain any other person or persons to provide such services on
terms and conditions which are not materially more favorable to
such other person or persons than the terms declined by the
Placement Agent.
(d)
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the ability
of the Placement Agent or its Affiliates to pursue, investigate,
analyze, invest in, or engage in investment banking, financial
advisory or any other business relationship with Persons (as
defined below) other than the Company. As used herein (i)
“Persons” means an individual or corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of
any kind and (ii) “Affiliate” means any Person that,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as
such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities
Act
”).
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Section
2.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company
.
The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Placement Agent as of the date hereof, and as of each Closing Date,
as follows:
(a)
Securities Law
Filings
. The Company has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”) the
Registration Statement under the Securities Act, which was
originally filed on December 12, 2017, as amended on December 22,
2017, and January [*], 2018, for the registration under the
Securities Act of the Securities, and was declared effective by the
Commission on January [*], 2018. Following the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and the determination of pricing among the
Company and the prospective Investors introduced to the Company by
Placement Agent, the Company will file with the Commission pursuant
to Rules 430A and 424(b) under the Securities Act, and the rules
and regulations (the “
Rules and Regulations
”)
of the Commission promulgated thereunder, a final prospectus
relating to the placement of the Securities, their respective
pricings and the plan of distribution thereof and will advise the
Placement Agent of all further information (financial and other)
with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such
prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration
Statement is hereinafter called the “
Preliminary Prospectus
”;
and the amended or supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in
which it will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rules 430A
and/or 424(b) is hereinafter called the “
Final Prospectus
”; and
the Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus are collectively,
the “
Prospectus
”. Any
reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein (the “
Incorporated Documents
”),
if any, which were or are filed under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act
”), at any
given time, as the case may be; and any reference in this Agreement
to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under
the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue
date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is “contained,”
“included,” “described,”
“referenced,” “set forth” or
“stated” in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (and all other references of
like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial
statements and schedules and other information which is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as
the case may be. The Company has not received any notice that the
Commission has issued or intends to issue a stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or intends to commence a
proceeding for any such purpose.
(b)
Assurances
. The
Registration Statement, as amended, (and any further documents to
be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules
as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it
became effective, complied in all material respects with the
Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The Registration Statement
and the Final Prospectus, each as of its respective date, comply or
will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and
the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each of the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, did
not and will not contain as of the date thereof any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and none of such documents, when they were filed with
the Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein (with respect to Incorporated Documents
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus), in light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading. No
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement reflecting
any facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent,
individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the
information set forth therein is required to be filed with the
Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the
Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby
that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities
Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period.
There are no contracts or other documents required to be described
in the Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits or schedules to the
Registration Statement, which have not been described or filed as
required.
(c)
Offering Materials
.
Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has
distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to each Closing
Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus, the Registration Statement, copies of the
documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials
permitted by the Securities Act.
(d)
Subsidiaries
. All
of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the
“
Subsidiaries
”) are set
forth in the Incorporated Documents. The Company owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of
each Subsidiary free and clear of any liens, charges, security
interests, encumbrances, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights
or other restrictions (collectively, “
Liens
”), and all of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities.
(e)
Organization and
Qualification
. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is
an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted, and as described in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of
its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or
other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or
property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the
case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), and no an action,
claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without
limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such
as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened
(“
Proceeding
”) has been
instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and
authority or qualification. As used in this Agreement,
“
Material Adverse
Effect
” means any material adverse effect on (i) the
business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including
results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of the Company or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole,
(ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other
Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be
entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or the legality,
validity or enforceability of any such agreement, or (iii) the
authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
perform any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Transaction Documents.
(f)
Authorization;
Enforcement
. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the
Prospectus and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of this Agreement
and the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and under
the Prospectus have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Company and no further action is required by the
Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“
Board of
Directors
”) or the Company’s stockholders in
connection therewith other than in connection with the Required
Approvals (as defined below). This Agreement has been duly executed
by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating
to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and
contribution provisions may be limited by applicable
law.
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(g)
No Conflicts
. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the transactions
contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus, the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby to which it is a party do not and
will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or
by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals,
conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset
of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the
case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h)
Filings, Consents and
Approvals
. The Company is not required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the Prospectus, other
than: (i) the filing with the Commission of the Final Prospectus,
(ii) if any are required, application(s) to any of the following
markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market; the
Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the New York
Stock Exchange; the NYSE MKT, any level of the OTC Markets operated
by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any
successors to any of the foregoing) (the “
Trading Market
”) for the
listing or quotation of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for
trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iii)
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities
or “blue sky” laws and the rules of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“
FINRA
”) (collectively,
the “
Required
Approvals
”). All Required Approvals have been or will
be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and the
Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might
prevent the Company from obtaining and Required
Approvals.
(i)
Issuance of the
Securities; Registration
. The Primary Securities are duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the
Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.
The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Warrants will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free
and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Final
Prospectus, including the Shares and the Warrant
Shares.
(j)
Capitalization
. The
capitalization of the Company, including the authorized and
outstanding securities, including any securities exercising or
convertible into shares of Common Stock, is as set forth in the
Prospectus. The Company has not issued any capital stock or other
securities since its most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock
options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance
of shares of Common Stock and options to purchase shares of Common
Stock to employees and consultants pursuant to the Company’s
employee stock purchase plans, pursuant to the conversion and/or
exercise of securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which
would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common
Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock,
rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise
entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock
(“
Common Stock
Equivalents
”) outstanding as of the date of the most
recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of
participation, or any similar right to participate in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents and the Prospectus. Except as a result of the purchase
and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or
giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares
of Common Stock of the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or
capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the
Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue
shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other
than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder of
Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or
reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding
securities or instruments of the Company of any Subsidiary that
contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the
Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a
security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not
have any stock appreciation rights of “phantom stock”
plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly
authorized. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been
issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws,
and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase
securities. No further approval or authorization of any
stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with
respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among
any of the Company’s stockholders. The SEC Reports (as
defined below) contain correct and complete copies of the
Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended and as in
effect on the date hereof, and the Company’s bylaws, as
amended and as in effect on the date hereof, and the terms of all
Common Stock Equivalents, and the material rights of the holders
thereof in respect thereto.
(k)
SEC Reports; Financial
Statements
. The Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the
Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials, including the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein,
together with the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, being
collectively referred to herein as the “
SEC Reports
”) on a timely
basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. The Company has delivered or has made available to the
Placement Agent true, correct and complete copies of each of the
SEC Reports not available on the EDGAR system. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports (including,
without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent
accountants of the Company with respect thereto) (the
“
Financial
Statements
”) comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of
the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(“
GAAP
”), except as may be
otherwise specified in such Financial Statements and except that
unaudited Financial Statements may not contain all footnotes
required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit
adjustments. The reserves, if any, established by the Company or
the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon
facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and
there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by
the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by
the Company in its Financial Statements or otherwise. The Company
is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the
Financial Statements, nor is the Company currently aware of facts
or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or
restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for
any of the Financial Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and
the rules and regulations of the Commission. The Company has not
been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend
that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements
or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any
of the Financial Statements.
(l)
Material Changes;
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments
. Since the
date of the latest audited Financial Statements included within the
SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC
Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event,
occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company
has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other
than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B)
liabilities not required to be reflected in the Financial
Statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the
Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of
accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend
or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued
any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except
pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does
not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and Prospectus or
disclosed in the Prospectus, no event, liability, fact,
circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or
is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses,
prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition,
including any transaction, arrangement, or other relationship
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an
unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that would be
required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities
laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that
has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 trading day of the
Common Stock on the Trading Market prior to the date that this
representation is made.
(m)
Litigation
. There
is no action, suit, inquiry, arbitration, notice of violation,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any
court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or
regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign)
(collectively, an “
Action
”) which (i)
adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of any of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus or the
Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision,
have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No director, officer or employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has willfully violated 18 U.S.C. §1519 or
engaged in spoliation in reasonable anticipation of litigation.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer
thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim
of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws
or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to
the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by the Commission or any other U.S. or foreign
securities regulator involving the Company or any current or former
director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued
any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under
the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. After reasonable inquiry of
its employees, the Company is not aware of any fact which might
result in or form the basis for any such Action, suit, arbitration,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any governmental
agency or regulatory authority.
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(n)
Labor Relations
. No
material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company,
which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’
employees is a member of a union that relates to such
employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary,
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a
collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its
Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees
are good. No executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, to
the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the
continued employment of each such executive officer does not
subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(o)
Compliance
. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in
violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a
default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the
Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in
default under or that it is in violation of, its certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other governing documents, or any
indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has
been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order
of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority or (iii) is or
has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation
of any governmental authority, including without limitation all
foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes,
environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product
quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each
case (under this clause (iii)) as could not have or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules,
regulations or requirements of the Trading Market and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead
to delisting, loss of quotation, or suspension of the Common Stock
by the Trading Market in the foreseeable future. Except as set
forth in the SEC Reports, during the two years prior to the date
hereof, (i) the Common Stock has been listed or designated for
quotation on the Trading Market, (ii) trading in or quotation of
the Common Stock has not been suspended by the Commission or the
Trading Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication,
written or oral, from the Commission or the Trading Market
regarding the suspension, loss of quotation, or delisting of the
Common Stock from the Trading Market. There is no agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be
expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing
any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects,
individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(p)
Environmental Laws
.
The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all
federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively,
“
Hazardous
Materials
”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands,
or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or
notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“
Environmental Laws
”);
(ii) have received all permits licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in
each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q)
Regulatory Permits
.
The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except
where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(“
Material
Permits
”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Material Permit, or any notice of adverse
finding, warning letter, or other correspondence or notice from any
governmental authority alleging or asserting noncompliance with any
Material Permits.
(r)
Title to Assets
.
The Company does not own any real property. Any real property and
facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance.
(s)
Patents and
Trademarks
. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have
rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property
rights and similar rights (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property
Rights
”) necessary or material to conduct their
respective businesses as now conducted and presently proposed to be
conducted. None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the
Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been
abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned,
within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited
Financial Statements included within the SEC Reports, a notice
(written or otherwise) of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge
that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the
rights of any Person, except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual
Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing
infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property
Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable
security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value
of all of their intellectual properties.
(t)
Insurance
. The
Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the
Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not
limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will
not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a
significant increase in cost.
(u)
Transactions With
Affiliates and Employees
. Except as set forth in the SEC
Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to
any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for
services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, providing for the borrowing of money
from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director,
trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of
$120,000 other than for: (i) payment of salary or consulting fees
for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including
stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the
Company.
(v)
D&O
Questionnaires
. To the Company’s knowledge, all
information contained in the questionnaires (the
“
Questionnaires
”)
completed by each of the Company’s directors and officers
immediately prior to the offering and sale of Securities, as
supplemented by all information concerning the Company’s
directors, officers and principal shareholders as described in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus as well as in the Lock-Up
Agreements (as defined below), provided to the Placement Agent, is
true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not
become aware of any information which would cause the information
disclosed in the Questionnaires to become inaccurate or incorrect
in any material respect.
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(w)
Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal
Accounting Controls
. To the extent disclosed in its SEC
Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with
any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or
implementing the provisions thereof (the “
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
”), and
any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed
such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported, within the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying
officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the
Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the
Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the
Exchange Act (such date, the “
Evaluation Date
”). The
Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under
the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the
Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control
over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange
Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(x)
Board of Directors
.
The qualifications of the persons serving as members of the Board
of Directors and the overall composition of the Board of Directors
comply with the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the
listing rules, if any, of the Trading Market.
(y)
Certain Fees
.
Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no brokerage or
finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the
Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder,
placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents and the Prospectus. The Investors shall have
no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any
claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type
contemplated in this section that may be due in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents and the Prospectus.
(z)
Investment Company
.
The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately
after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an
Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The
Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not
become an “investment company” subject to registration
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(aa)
Registration
Rights
. No Person has any right to cause the Company or any
Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of
any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(bb)
Listing and Maintenance
Requirements
. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to
have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common
Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such
registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company
has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received
notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has
been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in
compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such
Trading Market. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company
is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the
foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such
listing and maintenance requirements. The Common Stock is currently
eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust
Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company
is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company
(or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with
such electronic transfer.
(cc)
Application of Takeover
Protections
. The Company and the Board of Directors have
taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable
any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill
(including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other
similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the
laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become
applicable to the Investors as a result of the Investors and the
Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights
under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated pursuant to the Prospectus, including
without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of
the Securities and the Investors’ ownership of the
Securities.
(dd)
Disclosure
. Except
with respect to the material terms and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents and the Prospectus, the Company confirms that neither it
nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the
Investors or their agents or counsel with any information that it
believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public
information which is not otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Company understands and confirms that
the Investors will rely on the foregoing representation in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the
disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the
Investors regarding the Company and, its Subsidiaries, their
respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby and
in the Transaction Documents, including the Disclosure Schedules to
this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months
preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made and when made, not misleading.
(ee)
No Integrated
Offering
. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates,
nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited
any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would
cause this Offering to be integrated with prior offerings by the
Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval
provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of
the Company are listed or designated.
(ff)
Solvency
. Based on
the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of each
Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of
the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the
fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the
amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the
Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital
to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted including its capital needs taking into account the
particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the
Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and
capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of
the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive,
were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account
all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all
amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are
required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into
account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in
respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or
reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from each
Closing Date. The SEC Reports sets forth as of the date hereof all
outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary, including any debt securities, notes, credit
agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or
instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound or have any commitments. For purposes of this
Agreement: (x) “
Indebtedness
” of any
Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed
money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without
limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP)
(other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or
payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds
and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including
obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with
respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of
such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary
obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in
connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered
thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness
referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any
property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or
property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “
Contingent Obligation
”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any
Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person
if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such
liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance
to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid
or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be
complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be
protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation under the
terms of, or in default with respect to any
Indebtedness.
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(gg)
Tax Status
. The
Company and its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all United
States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and
franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and
other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material
amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any
jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary
know of no basis for any such claim. The provisions for taxes
payable, if any, shown on the Financial Statements are sufficient
for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for
all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated
Financial Statements. No issues have been raised (and are currently
pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the
returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect
to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or
requested from the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company is not
operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign
investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code
”). The net operating
loss carryforwards (“
NOLs
”) for United States
federal income tax purposes of the consolidated group of which the
Company is the common parent, if any, shall not be adversely
affected by the transactions contemplated hereby. The transactions
contemplated hereby do not constitute an “ownership
change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code,
thereby preserving the Company’s ability to utilize such
NOLs.
(hh)
Foreign Corrupt
Practices
. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to
the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i)
directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign
or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to
foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate
funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the
Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its
behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law,
or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
(ii)
Accountants
.
The Company’s accounting firms are set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. To the knowledge and
belief of the Company, (i) such accounting firms are registered
public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii)
Marcum LLP
shall express its
opinion with respect to the Financial Statements to be included in
the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending
November 30, 2017.
(jj)
Regulation M
Compliance
. The Company has not, and to its knowledge
no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold,
bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting
purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay
to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Placement Agent in
connection with the placement of the Securities.
(kk)
Transfer Taxes
. On
the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than
income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in
connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the Securities
to be sold to each Investor will be, or will have been, fully paid
or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes
will be or will have been complied with.
(ll)
Office of Foreign Assets
Control
. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, to the
Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee
or Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject
to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
(mm)
U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation
. The Company is not and
has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Investor’s
request.
(nn)
Bank Holding Company
Act
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended (the “
BHCA
”) and to regulation
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“
Federal
Reserve
”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of
the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the
BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(oo)
Illegal or Unauthorized
Payments; Political Contributions
. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors),
any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other
representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any
Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly
or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift
of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of
applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to
any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any
elective or appointive public office except for personal political
contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(pp)
Money Laundering
.
The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have
been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
record-keeping and reporting requirements of the USA Patriot Act of
2001, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as amended, and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money
laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the
laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs
administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control,
including, but not limited, to (i) Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to
Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001));
and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V
(collectively, the “
Money Laundering Laws
”),
and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(qq)
Stock Option Plans
.
Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in
accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of
the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option
would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock
option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been
backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no
and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly
grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate
the grant of stock options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
(rr)
No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers
. There are no
material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or
reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company
and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by
the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees
owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the
Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any
of the Transaction Documents. In addition, on or prior to the date
hereof, the Company had discussions with its accountants about its
Financial Statements previously filed with the Commission. Based on
those discussions, the Company has no reason to believe that it
will need to restate any such Financial Statements or any part
thereof.
(ss)
Certificates
.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered
to the Placement Agent or to counsel for the Placement
Agent shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the
Company to the Placement Agent as to the matters set forth
therein.
(tt)
Reliance
.
The Company acknowledges that the Placement Agent will rely
upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations
and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance.
(uu)
FINRA
Affiliations
. There are no affiliations with any FINRA
member firm among the Company’s officers, directors or, to
the knowledge of the Company, any five percent (5%) or greater
stockholder of the Company.
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Section
3.
Delivery and Payment
. Each Closing shall occur at the
offices of Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP, 1185 Avenue of the
Americas, 37
th
Floor, New York,
New York 10036 (or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by
the Placement Agent and the Company) (“
Placement Agent
Counsel
”). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
at each Closing payment of the purchase price for the Securities
sold on such Closing Date shall be made by Federal Funds wire
transfer, against delivery of such Securities, and such Securities
shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such
denominations, as the Placement Agent may request. Deliveries of
the documents with respect to the purchase of the Securities, if
any, shall be made at the offices of Placement Agent Counsel. All
actions taken at a Closing shall be deemed to have occurred
simultaneously.
Section
4.
Covenants and Agreements of the Company
. The Company further
covenants and agrees with the Placement Agent as
follows:
(a)
Registration Statement
Matters
. The Company will advise the Placement Agent
promptly after it receives notice thereof of the time when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to any Prospectus has been filed and
will furnish the Placement Agent with copies thereof. The Company
will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of any Prospectus and for so long as the
delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the
Offering. The Company will advise the Placement Agent, promptly
after it receives notice thereof (i) of any receipt of comments of,
or any request by the Commission to amend the Registration
Statement or to amend or supplement any Prospectus or for
additional information, and (ii) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order
directed at any Incorporated Document, if any, or any amendment or
supplement thereto or any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or threatened
institution of any Proceeding for any such purpose, or of any
request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or a Prospectus or for additional
information. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order or prevention or suspension of such
use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or
order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the
Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such
order at the earliest possible moment, or will file a new
registration statement and use its best efforts to have such new
registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall
comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B and
430C, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with
respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use
its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the
Company under such Rule 424(b) are received in a timely
manner by the Commission.
(b)
Blue Sky
Compliance
. The Company will cooperate with the Placement
Agent and the Investors in endeavoring to qualify the Securities
for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions (United
States and foreign) as the Placement Agent or the Investors may
reasonably request and will make such applications, file such
documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably
required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not
now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company
will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports
and other documents as are or may be required to continue such
qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Placement
Agent may reasonably request for distribution of the Securities.
The Company will advise the Placement Agent promptly of the
suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such
exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading
in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any Proceeding
for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order
suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the
Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof
at the earliest possible moment.
(c)
Amendments and Supplements
to the Prospectus and Other Matters
. The Company will comply
with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the
completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in
this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Incorporated
Documents and any Prospectus. If during the period in which a
prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with
the distribution of Securities contemplated by the Transaction
Documents or the Prospectus (the “
Prospectus Delivery
Period
”), any event shall occur as a result of which,
in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Placement
Agent or counsel for the Placement Agent, it becomes necessary to
amend or supplement the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not
misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or
supplement the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus or to file
under the Exchange Act any Incorporated Document to comply with any
law, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Placement Agent
and to dealers, an appropriate amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Registration Statement, the
Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus that is necessary in order
to make the statements in the Incorporated Documents and any
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not
misleading, or so that the Registration Statement, the Incorporated
Documents or any Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will
comply with law. Before amending the Registration Statement or
supplementing the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus in
connection with the Offering, the Company will furnish the
Placement Agent with a copy of such proposed amendment or
supplement and will not file any such amendment or supplement to
which the Placement Agent reasonably objects.
(d)
Copies of any Amendments
and Supplements to a Prospectus
. The Company will furnish
the Placement Agent, without charge, during the period beginning on
the date hereof and ending on the later of the last Closing Date of
the Offering, as many copies of the Incorporated Documents and any
Prospectus and Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), and any
amendments and supplements thereto (including any Incorporated
Documents, if any) as the Placement Agent may reasonably
request.
(e)
Free Writing
Prospectus
. The Company covenants that it will not, unless
it obtains the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, make
any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a
“free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the
Securities Act (a “
Free Writing
Prospectus
”). In the event that the Placement Agent
expressly consents in writing to any Free Writing Prospectus (a
“
Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus
”), the Company covenants that it
shall comply with the requirements of Rule 164 and 433 of the
Securities Act applicable to such Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the
Commission, legending and record keeping. If at any time during the
Prospectus Delivery Period there occurred or occurs an event or
development the result of which a Free Writing Prospectus
conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or any Prospectus or included or would
include, when taken together with the Final Prospectus and
Incorporated Documents, an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company
will promptly notify the Placement Agent and will promptly amend or
supplement, at its own expense, such Free Writing Prospectus to
eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or
omission.
(f)
Lock-Up
. The
Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
the Placement Agent, it will not, during the period from the date
hereof until the date that is ninety (90) days after the date of
the Final Prospectus (the “
Lock-Up Period
”), (i)
offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock
Equivalents; or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled
by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise; or (iii) file any registration statement with the
Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock
or any Common Stock Equivalents (other than a registration
statement for Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents of the
Company that will not be declared effective by the Commission prior
to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (each, a
“
Subsequent Offering
Registration Statement
”, and any such offering
pursuant thereto, each, a “
Subsequent Offering
”)).
The restrictions contained in the preceding sentence shall not
apply to (1) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (2) the issuance
of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the
conversion or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents disclosed as
outstanding in the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits
thereto) or Prospectus, (3) the issuance of employee stock options
not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and the grant of
restricted stock awards or restricted stock units or shares of
Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the
Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto) or the Final
Prospectus or (4) any Subsequent Offering of shares of Common Stock
and/or Common Stock Equivalents that is consummated pursuant to a
Subsequent Offering Registration Statement after the expiration of
the Lock-Up Period. The Company agrees not to accelerate the
vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any repurchase
right prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period except with
respect to any employees, officers or directors of the Company that
have executed a Lock-Up Agreement. As used herein
“
Business
Day
” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are
authorized or required by law to remain closed.
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(g)
Transfer Agent
. The
Company will maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer
agent for the Common Stock.
(h)
Trading Market
. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain approval,
to the extent necessary, to include the Shares and the Warrant
Shares on the Trading Market.
(i)
Earnings
Statement
. As soon as practicable and in accordance with
applicable requirements under the Securities Act, but in any event
not later than 18 months after the last Closing Date, the Company
will make generally available to its security holders and to the
Placement Agent an earnings statement, covering a period of at
least 12 consecutive months beginning after the last Closing Date,
that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 under
the Securities Act.
(j)
Use
of Proceeds
. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from
the sale of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the
purposes set forth in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus under the heading “Use of
Proceeds”.
(k)
Periodic Reporting
Obligations
. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the
Company will duly file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and
the Trading Market all reports and documents required to be filed
under the Exchange Act within the time periods and in the manner
required by the Exchange Act.
(l)
Additional
Documents
.
The
Company will enter into any subscription, purchase or other
customary agreements as the Placement Agent or the Investors deem
necessary or appropriate to consummate the Offering, all of which
will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Placement Agent and the Investors. The Company agrees that the
Placement Agent may rely upon, and each is a third-party
beneficiary of, the representations and warranties, and applicable
covenants, set forth in the Transaction Documents and any other
such purchase, subscription or other agreement with Investors in
the Offering.
(m)
No Manipulation of
Price
.
The
Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably
be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any securities of the Company.
(n)
Acknowledgment
.
The Company acknowledges that any advice given by the Placement
Agent to the Company is solely for the benefit and use of the Board
of Directors of the Company and may not be used, reproduced,
disseminated, quoted or referred to, without the Placement
Agent’s prior written consent.
Section
5.
Conditions of the Obligations of the Placement Agent
. The
obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof as well as any
representations of the Company in the Transaction Documents, in
each case as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date as
though then made, to the timely performance by each of the Company
of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and under the
Transaction Documents on and as of such dates, and to each of the
following additional conditions:
(a)
Accountants’ Comfort
Letter
. On the date hereof, the Placement Agent shall have
received, and the Company shall have caused to be delivered to the
Placement Agent, a letter from Marcum LLP (the independent
registered public accounting firm of the Company), addressed to the
Placement Agent, dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Placement Agent. The letter shall not disclose
any change in the condition (financial or other), earnings,
operations, business or prospects of the Company from that set
forth in the Incorporated Documents or the applicable Prospectus,
which, in the Placement Agent’s sole judgment, is material
and adverse and that makes it, in the Placement Agent’s sole
judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering
of the Securities as contemplated by such Prospectus.
(b)
Transaction
Documents
. The Company and each Subsidiary (as the case may
be) shall have duly executed and delivered to the Investors each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the
Purchase Agreement and the applicable number of Warrants issuable
to each Investor pursuant to the terms thereunder.
(c)
Compliance with
Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from the
FINRA.
The Final Prospectus (in accordance with Rule 424(b))
and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, if any, shall have been
duly filed with the Commission, as appropriate; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof shall have been issued and no Proceeding for that
purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
no order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; no order having the effect of ceasing or
suspending the distribution of the Securities or any other
securities of the Company shall have been issued by any securities
commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall
be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any
securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock
exchange; all requests for additional information on the part of
the Commission shall have been complied with; and FINRA shall have
raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the
placement terms and arrangements.
(d)
Corporate
Proceedings
. All corporate proceedings and other legal
matters in connection with this Agreement, the Registration
Statement and each Prospectus, and the registration, sale and
delivery of the Securities, shall have been completed or resolved
in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent’s
counsel, and such counsel shall have been furnished with such
papers and information as it may reasonably have requested to
enable such counsel to pass upon the matters referred to in this
Section 5.
(e)
No Material Adverse
Effect
. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and prior to each Closing Date, in the Placement
Agent’s sole judgment after consultation with the Company,
there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
Effect.
(f)
No Materially Misleading
Fact
. The Placement Agent shall not have reasonably
determined, and advised the Company, that the Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, or any Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue
statement of fact which, in the reasonable opinion of the Placement
Agent, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the
reasonable opinion of the Placement Agent, is material and is
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
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(g)
Opinion of Counsel
.
The Placement Agent shall have received on each Closing Date the
favorable opinion of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, US legal counsel to the
Company, dated as of such Closing Date, including, without
limitation, a negative assurance letter addressed to the Placement
Agent, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Placement
Agent. On or before each Closing Date there shall have been
furnished to the Placement Agent the negative assurance letter of
Placement Agent Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to
the Placement Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Placement Agent.
(h)
Good Standing
. The
Placement Agent shall have received a certificate evidencing the
formation and good standing of the Company from the Secretary of
State of Nevada as of a date within ten (10) days of each Closing
Date.
(i)
Certified Charter
.
The Placement Agent shall have received a certified copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as certified by the
Nevada Secretary of State within ten (10) days of each Closing
Date.
(j)
Secretary’s
Certificate
. The Placement Agent shall have received on each
Closing Date a certificate of the Company, dated as of such Closing
Date, signed by the Secretary of the Company or such other officer
of the Company serving in such capacity, as to (i) the resolutions
of the Board of Directors approving the Offering and issuance and
pricing of the Securities, in a form reasonable acceptable to the
Placement Agent, (ii) the incumbency of the officers of the Company
executing this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, (iii) the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, and (iv) the Bylaws of
the Company, each as in effect at the Closing.
(k)
Officers’
Certificate
. The Placement Agent shall have received on each
Closing Date a certificate of the Company, dated as of such Closing
Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, to the effect that, and the Placement Agent
shall be satisfied that, the signers of such certificate have
reviewed the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents,
the Prospectus, and this Agreement and to the further effect
that:
(i)
The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
and in the Transaction Documents are true and correct, as if made
on and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to
be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing
Date;
(ii)
No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened under the
Securities Act; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending
the distribution of the Securities or any other securities of the
Company has been issued by any securities commission, securities
regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities
commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in
the United States;
(iii)
When the Registration Statement became effective, at the time of
sale, and at all times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of
such certificate, the Registration Statement and the Incorporated
Documents, if any, when such documents became effective or were
filed with the Commission, contained all material information
required to be included therein by the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and in all material
respects conformed to the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and the Registration
Statement and the Incorporated Documents, if any, did not and do
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading (provided, however, that
the preceding representations and warranties contained in this
paragraph (iii) shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by the Placement Agent expressly for use
therein) and, since the effective date of the Registration
Statement, there has occurred no event required by the Securities
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder to
be set forth in the Incorporated Documents which has not been so
set forth; and
(iv)
Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents and any
Prospectus, there has not been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any transaction that is material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except transactions entered into in
the ordinary course of business; (c) any obligation, direct or
contingent, that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, except
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (d) any
material change in the capital stock (except changes thereto
resulting from the exercise of outstanding stock options or
warrants) or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary; (e) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made on the capital stock of the Company; or (f) any loss
or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company
or any Subsidiary which has been sustained or will have been
sustained which has a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)
Outstanding
Shares
. The Placement Agent shall have received a letter
from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the trading day immediately
prior to each Closing Date.
(m)
Bring-down Comfort
Letter
.
On
each Closing Date, the Placement Agent shall have received
from Marcum LLP a letter dated as of such Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent, to the effect
that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished
pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except
that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of
procedures shall be no more than three Business Days prior
to such Closing Date.
(n)
Stock Exchange
Listing
. The Common Stock shall be registered under the
Exchange Act and shall be listed on the Trading Market, and the
Company shall not have taken any action designed to terminate, or
likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration of
the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending
from trading the Common Stock from the Trading Market, nor, except
as disclosed in the SEC Reports as of the date hereof, shall the
Company have received any information suggesting that the
Commission or the Trading Market is contemplating terminating such
registration or listing. The Shares and the Warrant Shares shall be
approved for listing on the Trading Market, subject to official
notice of issuance.
(o)
Lock-Ups
. On or
before the date hereof, the Placement Agent shall have received
duly executed lock-up agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto
(each a “
Lock-Up
Agreement
”), from each of the parties specified in
Schedule
1
.
(p)
Transfer Agent Issuance
Instructions
. The Company shall have issued irrevocable
instructions to its transfer agent with respect to the issuance of
the Shares to the Investors on such Closing Date, in a form
reasonable acceptable to the Placement Agent, in accordance with
the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
(q)
Transfer
Agent Lock-Up Instructions
. On or before the first Closing
Date, the Company shall have issued irrevocable instructions to its
transfer agent, in a form reasonable acceptable to the Placement
Agent, to stop transfer of any shares of equity securities of the
Company in accordance with the various Lock-Up
Agreements.
(r)
Additional
Documents
. On or before each Closing Date, the Placement
Agent and counsel for the Placement Agent shall have received such
information and documents as they may reasonably require for the
purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the
Securities as contemplated herein and in the Transaction Documents,
or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations
and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or
agreements, herein contained, including, without limitation, any
and all Required Approvals.
Section
6.
Payment of Expenses
. The Company agrees to pay all costs,
fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the
performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and in the Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation: (i) all expenses incident to the
issuance, delivery and qualification of the Securities (including
all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and expenses of
the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock; (iii) all
necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with
the issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) all fees and
expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or
certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing,
filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement
(including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and
certificates of experts), the Preliminary Prospectus and Final
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this
Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses incurred by the Company or the Placement Agent in
connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions
from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the
Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue
sky laws or the securities laws of any other country, and, if
requested by the Placement Agent, preparing and printing a
“Blue Sky Survey,” an “International Blue Sky
Survey” or other memorandum, and any supplements thereto,
advising the Placement Agent of such qualifications, registrations
and exemptions; (vii) the filing fees incident to the review and
approval by FINRA of the Placement Agent’s participation in
the offering and distribution of the Securities; (viii) the fees
and expenses associated with including the Shares and the Warrant
Shares on the Trading Market; (ix) all costs and expenses incident
to the travel and accommodation of the Company’s and the
Placement Agent’s employees on the “roadshow,” if
any; and (x) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Part
II of the Registration Statement.
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Section
7.
Indemnification and Contribution
.
(a) The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent,
its Affiliates and each person controlling the Placement Agent
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act), and the
directors, officers, agents and employees of the Placement Agent,
its Affiliates and each such controlling person (the Placement
Agent, and each such entity or person, an “
Indemnified Person
”) from
and against any losses, claims, damages, judgments, assessments,
costs and other liabilities (collectively, the “
Liabilities
”), and shall
reimburse each Indemnified Person for all fees and expenses
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for all
Indemnified Persons, except as otherwise expressly provided herein)
(collectively, the “
Expenses
”) as they are
incurred by an Indemnified Person in investigating, preparing,
pursuing or defending any Actions, whether or not any Indemnified
Person is a party thereto, (i) caused by, or arising out of or in
connection with, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Incorporated Document or by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other
than untrue statements or alleged untrue statements in, or
omissions or alleged omissions from, information relating to an
Indemnified Person furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Person expressly for use in the Incorporated Documents)
or (ii) otherwise arising out of or in connection with advice or
services rendered or to be rendered by any Indemnified Person
pursuant to this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, the
transactions contemplated thereby or any Indemnified Person’s
actions or inactions in connection with any such advice, services
or transactions;
provided,
however
, that, in the case of clause (ii) only, the Company
shall not be responsible for any Liabilities or Expenses of any
Indemnified Person that are finally judicially determined to have
resulted solely from such Indemnified Person’s (x) gross
negligence or willful misconduct in connection with any of the
advice, actions, inactions or services referred to above or (y) use
of any offering materials or information concerning the Company in
connection with the offer or sale of the Securities in the Offering
which were not authorized for such use by the Company and which use
constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company
also agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Person for all Expenses
as they are incurred in connection with enforcing such Indemnified
Person’s rights under this Agreement.
(b) Upon
receipt by an Indemnified Person of actual notice of an Action
against such Indemnified Person with respect to which indemnity may
be sought under this Agreement, such Indemnified Person shall
promptly notify the Company in writing; provided that failure by
any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve
the Company from any liability which the Company may have on
account of this indemnity or otherwise to such Indemnified Person,
except to the extent the Company shall have been prejudiced by such
failure. The Company shall, if requested by the Placement Agent,
assume the defense of any such Action including the employment of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent, which
counsel may also be counsel to the Company. Any Indemnified Person
shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action
and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person
unless: (i) the Company has failed promptly to assume the defense
and employ counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such Action
(including any impeded parties) include such Indemnified Person and
the Company, and such Indemnified Person shall have been advised in
the reasonable opinion of counsel that there is an actual conflict
of interest that prevents the counsel selected by the Company from
representing both the Company (or another client of such counsel)
and any Indemnified Person; provided that the Company shall not in
such event be responsible hereunder for the fees and expenses of
more than one firm of separate counsel for all Indemnified Persons
in connection with any Action or related Actions, in addition to
any local counsel. The Company shall not be liable for any
settlement of any Action effected without its written consent
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Placement Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle,
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or otherwise
seek to terminate any pending or threatened Action in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) unless
such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an
unconditional release of each Indemnified Person from all
Liabilities arising out of such Action for which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder. The indemnification required
hereby shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof
during the course of the investigation or defense, as such expense,
loss, damage or liability is incurred and is due and
payable.
(c) In
the event that the foregoing indemnity is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person other than in accordance with this Agreement,
the Company shall contribute to the Liabilities and Expenses paid
or payable by such Indemnified Person in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits to the Company, on
the one hand, and to the Placement Agent and any other Indemnified
Person, on the other hand, of the matters contemplated by this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding clause is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Placement
Agent and any other Indemnified Person, on the other hand, in
connection with the matters as to which such Liabilities or
Expenses relate, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations; provided that in no event shall the Company
contribute less than the amount necessary to ensure that all
Indemnified Persons, in the aggregate, are not liable for any
Liabilities and Expenses in excess of the amount of fees actually
received by the Placement Agent pursuant to this Agreement. For
purposes of this paragraph, the relative benefits to the Company,
on the one hand, and to the Placement Agent on the other hand, of
the matters contemplated by this Agreement and in the Transaction
Documents shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the
total value paid or contemplated to be paid to or received or
contemplated to be received by the Company in the transaction or
transactions that are within the scope of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents, whether or not any such transaction is
consummated, bears to (b) the fees paid to the Placement Agent
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, no person guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the Securities Act, as amended, shall be entitled to
contribution from a party who was not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(d) The
Company also agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or
otherwise) to the Company for or in connection with advice or
services rendered or to be rendered by any Indemnified Person
pursuant to this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, the
transactions contemplated thereby or any Indemnified Person’s
actions or inactions in connection with any such advice, services
or transactions except for Liabilities (and related Expenses) of
the Company that are finally judicially determined to have resulted
solely from such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct in connection with any such advice, actions,
inactions or services.
(e) The
reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of the
Company set forth herein shall apply to any modification of this
Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
any termination of, or the completion of any Indemnified
Person’s services under or in connection with, this
Agreement.
Section
8.
Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery
. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company or any person controlling the
Company, of its officers, and of the Placement Agent set forth in
or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Placement Agent, the Company, or any of its or their partners,
officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may
be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities
sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement. A successor
to a Placement Agent, or to the Company, its directors or officers
or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement
agreements contained in this Agreement.
Section
9.
Termination of this Agreement.
(a)
The Placement Agent shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement by giving notice to the Company as hereinafter specified
at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, if in the discretion
of the Placement Agent, (i) there has occurred any material adverse
change in the securities markets or any event, act or occurrence
that has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Placement
Agent, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities
markets or there shall be such a material adverse change in general
financial, political or economic conditions or the effect of
international conditions on the financial markets in the United
States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Placement
Agent, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Securities or
enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (ii) trading in
the Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the
Trading Market, or trading in securities generally on the OTC
Markets, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the NYSE MKT shall
have been suspended, (iii) minimum or maximum prices for trading
shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities
shall have been required, on the OTC Markets, the Nasdaq Stock
Market, the NYSE or NYSE MKT, by such exchange or by order of the
Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction,
(iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or
state authorities, (v) there shall have occurred any attack on,
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving
the United States, any declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war, any substantial change or development
involving a prospective substantial change in United States or
international political, financial or economic conditions or any
other calamity or crisis, (vi) the Company suffers any loss by
strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, (vii) the Company is in
material breach of any of its representations, warranties or
covenants under this Agreement, including if any condition
specified in Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, or (viii) in the judgment of the Placement Agent, there
has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, any material adverse
change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered
as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business. If the Placement Agent elects to terminate this Agreement
as provided in this Section, the Company shall be notified promptly
by the Placement Agent by telephone, confirmed by
letter.
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(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
provisions concerning confidentiality, indemnification and
contribution contained herein and the Company’s obligations
contained in the indemnification provisions, including any
obligations under Section 6 (Payment of Expenses), Section 7
(Indemnification and Contribution) and Section 8 (Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery), will survive any expiration
or termination of this Agreement, and the Company’s
obligation to pay fees actually earned and payable and to reimburse
expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section 1
hereof and which are permitted to be reimbursed under FINRA Rule
5110(f)(2)(D), will survive any expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
(c)
The terms of the Right of First Refusal shall survive the
termination of this Agreement unless this Agreement is terminated
by the Company for cause in compliance with FINRA Rule
5110(f)(2)(D)(ii), which includes the Placement Agent’s
material failure to provide the services contemplated in this
Agreement, and the Company’s exercise of this right for
termination for cause eliminates any obligations with respect to
the Right of First Refusal.
Section
10.
Notices
. All communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be mailed, hand or electronically delivered and confirmed
to the parties hereto as follows:
If to
the Placement Agent, to the address set forth above, attention:
Jared Schramm, Facsimile: (949) 720-7215
With a copy to:
Sichenzia
Ross Ference Kesner LLP
1185
Avenue of the Americas, 37
th
Floor
New
York, NY 10036
Facsimile:
(212) 930-9725
Attention:
Gregory Sichenzia
If to
the Company:
Q
Biomed Inc.
c/o Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
501 Madison Avenue – 14th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Facsimile:
(212) 826-9307
Attention:
William S.
Rosenstadt
Any
party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications
by giving written notice to the others.
Section
11.
Successors
. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the
employees, officers and directors and controlling persons referred
to in Section 7 hereof, and to their respective successors, and
personal representative, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
Section
12.
Partial Unenforceability
. The invalidity or unenforceability
of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other section,
paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or
provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such
minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to
make it valid and enforceable.
Section
13.
Governing Law Provisions
. This Agreement shall be deemed to
have been made and delivered in New York City and both this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect and
in all other respects by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Each of the Placement Agent and the Company: (i) agrees that any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County of New
York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which it may have
or hereafter to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding,
and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York
Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit,
action or proceeding. Each of the Placement Agent and the Company
further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all
process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding
in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York and
agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified
mail to the Company’s address shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon the Company, in any such
suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the
Placement Agent mailed by certified mail to the Placement
Agent’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective
service process upon the Placement Agent, in any such suit, action
or proceeding. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, the Company agrees that neither the Placement Agent
nor its Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors,
employees, agents and representatives of the Placement Agent, its
Affiliates and each other person, if any, controlling the Placement
Agent or any of its Affiliates, shall have any liability (whether
direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the
Company for or in connection with the engagement and transaction
described herein except for any such liability for losses, claims,
damages or liabilities incurred by us that are finally judicially
determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence
of such individuals or entities. If either party shall commence an
action or proceeding to enforce any provision of this Agreement,
then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be
reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorney’s
fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
Section
14.
Absence of Fiduciary Relationship.
The Company acknowledges
and agrees that: (a) the Placement Agent has been retained solely
to act as the placement agent in connection with the sale of the
Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship
between the Company and the Placement Agent has been created in
respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
irrespective of whether the Placement Agent has advised or is
advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other
terms of the Securities set forth in this Agreement, the Final
Prospectus, and the Transaction Documents were established by the
Placement Agent and the Investors following discussions and
arm’s-length negotiations and the Company is capable of
evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms,
risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Placement Agent and its
Affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may
involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that
the Placement Agent does not have any obligation to disclose such
interest and transactions to the Company by virtue of any
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and (d) it has been
advised that the Placement Agent is acting, in respect of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit
of the Placement Agent, and not on behalf of the
Company.
Section
15.
General Provisions
. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior
written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements,
understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter
hereof, except for the engagement agreement entered into by and
between the Company and the Placement Agent, dated as of November
14, 2017, as amended, which shall survive the execution of this
Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in
writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein
(express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each
party whom the condition is meant to benefit. No waiver of any of
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall
constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of
whether similar), nor shall any such waiver be deemed or constitute
a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided. Section
headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and
shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign below whereupon this instrument, along with
all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
_______,
2018
Roth
Capital Partners, LLC
57 W.
57
th
St.,
18
th
Floor
New
York, NY 10019
As Placement Agent
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the
engagement by Q BioMed Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“
Company
”) of Roth Capital
Partners, LLC, as the Company’s lead Placement Agent (the
“
Placement
Agent
,”) with respect to the proposed public offering
of securities of the Company (the “
Offering
”), including
shares of common stock, par value $ $0.001 per share, of the
Company (the “
Common
Stock
”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Engagement
Agreement, as may be amended from time to time, between the Company
and Placement Agent (the “
Engagement
Agreement
”).
In
order to induce you to act as placement agent to the Offering, the
undersigned agrees that, for a period (the “
Lock-Up Period
”)
beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date
that is ninety (90) days after the date of the final prospectus
supplement relating to the Offering, the undersigned will not,
without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent,
(i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell,
hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file
(or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission
”) in respect
of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate
or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder
(the “
Exchange
Act
”) with respect to, any Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common
Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the
foregoing, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of Common Stock or any other securities
of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for,
or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, whether
any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock
or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or
(iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction
specified in clause (i) or (ii).
The
foregoing paragraph shall not apply to (a) the registration of the
offer and sale of securities in the Offering and the sale of the
securities to investors introduced by the Placement Agent in the
Offering, (b) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof
agrees in writing with the Placement Agent to be bound by the terms
of this Lock-Up Agreement, (c) dispositions to any trust for the
direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate
family of the undersigned, provided that such trust agrees in
writing with the Placement Agent to be bound by the terms of this
Lock-Up Agreement, (d) transfers of Common Stock or securities
convertible into Common Stock on death by will or intestacy, (e)
sales or transfers of Common Stock solely in connection with the
“cashless” exercise of Company stock options
outstanding on the date hereof for the purpose of exercising such
stock options (provided that any remaining Common Stock received
upon such exercise will be subject to the restrictions provided for
in this Lock-Up Agreement) or (f) sales or transfers of Common
Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock pursuant to a
sales plan entered into prior to the date hereof pursuant to
Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, a copy of which has been
provided to the Placement Agent. In addition, the restrictions sets
forth herein shall not prevent the undersigned from entering into a
sales plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act
after the date hereof,
provided
that (i) a copy
of such plan is provided to the Placement Agent promptly upon
entering into the same and (ii) no sales or transfers may be
made under such plan until the Lock-Up Period ends or this Lock-Up
Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. For purposes
of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean the
undersigned and the spouse, any lineal descendent, father, mother,
brother or sister of the undersigned.
In
addition, the undersigned hereby waives any rights the undersigned
may have to require registration of Common Stock in connection with
the filing of a registration statement relating to the Offering.
The undersigned further agrees that, for the Lock-Up Period, the
undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the
Placement Agent, make any demand for, or exercise any right with
respect to, the registration of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock,
or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any such
securities.
The
undersigned hereby confirms that the undersigned has not, directly
or indirectly, taken, and hereby covenants that the undersigned
will not, directly or indirectly, take, any action designed, or
which has constituted or will constitute or might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of shares of Common Stock.
This
Lock-Up Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the
principles of conflict of laws.
If
(i) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not
intend to proceed with the Offering, (ii) the registration
statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Offering is
withdrawn, or (iii) if the closing of the Offering does not occur
prior to ninety (90) days from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement,
this Lock-Up Agreement shall be immediately terminated and of no
further force and effect.
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SCHEDULE I
List of officers, directors and stockholders executing lock-up
agreements:
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
(this “
Agreement
”), dated as of ____,
2018, is by and among Q BioMed Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“
Company
”), and
each of the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached
hereto (individually, a “
Buyer
” and collectively, the
“
Buyers
”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company and each Buyer desire to enter into this transaction to
purchase (i) the Common Shares (as defined below), and (ii)
Warrants (as defined below) pursuant to a currently effective shelf
registration statement on Form S-1, to purchase Common Stock
registered thereunder (Registration Number 333-222008) (the
“
Registration
Statement
”), which Registration Statement has been
declared effective in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “
1933
Act
”), by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “
SEC
”).
B. Each
Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the
terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) such aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock as set forth opposite such
Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers (which
aggregate amount for all Buyers shall be [ ] shares of Common Stock
and shall collectively be referred to herein as the
“
Common
Shares
”), and (ii) a warrant to initially acquire up
to such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of
Buyers, as evidenced by a certificate in the form attached hereto
as
Exhibit A-1
(the “
Warrants
”)
(as exercised, the “
Warrant
Shares
”).
C. The
Common Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively
referred to herein as the “
Securities
”.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as
follows:
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON SHARES AND WARRANTS.
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(a)
Purchase
of Common Shares and Warrants
. Subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below,
the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer
severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on
the Closing Date (as defined below) (A) such aggregate number of
Common Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in
column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, and (B) Common Warrants to
initially acquire up to such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as
is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the
Schedule of Buyers.
(b)
Closing
.
The closing (the “
Closing
”) of the purchase of the
Common Shares and the Warrants by the Buyers shall occur at the
offices of Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP, 1185 Avenue of the
Americas, 37
th
Floor, New York, NY
10036. The date and time of the Closing (the “
Closing Date
”) shall be 10:00
a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day (as defined
below) on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections
6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is
mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). As used herein
“
Business Day
”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required
by law to remain closed.
(c)
Purchase
Price.
The aggregate purchase price for the Common Shares
and Warrants (the “
Purchase
Price
”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such
Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of
Buyers.
(d)
Form
of Payment; Deliveries
. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer
shall pay its respective Purchase Price to the Company for the
Common Shares and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer
at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter (as defined below) and
(ii) the Company shall (A) cause VStock Transfer, LLC
(together with any subsequent transfer agent, the
“
Transfer
Agent
”) through the Depository Trust Company
(“
DTC
”) Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit such aggregate
number of Common Shares that each Buyer is purchasing as is set
forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the
Schedule of Buyers to such Buyer’s or its designee’s
balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at
Custodian system, and (B) deliver to each Buyer a Warrant pursuant
to which such Buyer shall have the right to initially acquire up to
such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite
such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers, in
each case, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in
the name of such Buyer or its designee.
(e)
Placement
Agent Fees
. At the Closing, the Company shall pay (i) to
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, as lead placement agent (the
“
Lead
Placement Agent
”), all fees and
expenses due to the Lead Placement Agent as of the Closing Date,
and (ii) to Brookline Capital Markets, as co-lead placement agent
(the “
Co-Lead
Placement Agent
”), all
fees and expenses due to the Co-Lead Placement Agent as of the
Closing Date, each pursuant to the terms of that certain Placement
Agent Agreement, dated as of ______, 2018, by and between the
Company and the Lead Placement Agent (the “
Placement Agent Agreement
”), in
each case, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the Lead Placement Agent's and Co-Lead Placement
Agent’s respective written wire instructions.
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Each
Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the
Company with respect to only itself that, as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date:
(a)
Organization;
Authority
. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter
into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
(b)
Validity;
Enforcement
. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and
shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such
Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement
of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
(c)
No
Conflicts
. The execution, delivery and performance by such
Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation
of the organizational documents of such Buyer, or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
such Buyer is a party or (iii) result in a violation of any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and
state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults,
rights or violations which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations
hereunder.
(d)
Acknowledgement
of Risk
. Such Buyer acknowledges and understands that its
investment in the Securities involves a significant degree of risk,
including, without limitation, (i) the Company remains an
early stage business with limited operating history and requires
substantial funds in addition to the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities; (ii) an investment in the Company is speculative,
and only purchasers who can afford the loss of their entire
investment should consider investing in the Company and the
Securities; (iii) such Buyer may not be able to liquidate its
investment; (iv) transferability of the Securities is limited;
(v) in the event of a disposition of the Securities, such
Buyer could sustain the loss of its entire investment;
(vi) the Company has not paid any dividends on its Common
Stock since inception and does not anticipate the payment of
dividends in the foreseeable future and (vii) those risks set out
in the Registration Statement.
(e)
Acknowledgements
Regarding Placement Agent
. Such Buyer acknowledges that the
Lead Placement Agent and Co-Lead Placement Agent are the exclusive
placement agents on a “best efforts” basis for the
Securities being offered hereby and will be compensated by the
Company for acting in such capacity. Such Buyer represents that
such Buyer was contacted regarding the sale of the Securities by
the Lead Placement Agent or the Co-Lead Placement Agent (or an
authorized agent or representative of one of them) with whom such
Buyer had a substantial pre-existing relationship and who entered
into a confidentiality agreement or otherwise agreed, orally or in
writing, to keep information with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby confidential.
(f)
Review
of Registration Statement and SEC Documents
. Such Buyer has
had the opportunity to review the Registration Statement and is
aware of the disclosures set out therein. Such Buyer has had the
opportunity to review the SEC Documents (as defined
herein).
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As of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Company represents
and warrants to each of the Buyers that, except as set out in the
Registration Statement and the SEC Documents,:
(a)
Organization
and Qualification
. Each of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they
are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their
properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to
do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which
its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted
by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as
defined below). As used in this Agreement, “
Material Adverse Effect
” means any
material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets,
liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any
Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions
contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or
any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in
connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their
respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as
defined below). Other than the Persons (as defined below) set forth
in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement, the Company has no
Subsidiaries. “
Subsidiaries
” means any Person in
which the Company, directly or indirectly, (A) owns any of the
outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest
of such Person or (B) controls or operates all or any part of the
business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of
the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a
“
Subsidiary
”.
(b)
Authorization;
Enforcement; Validity
. The Company has the requisite power
and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the
Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares, the issuance of the
Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been
duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and
(other than the filing with the SEC of the prospectus forming part
of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
1933 Act (as amended or supplemented, from time to time, the
“
Prospectus
”)
and any other filings as may be required by any state securities
agencies) no further filing, consent or authorization is required
by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders or other
governing body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction
Documents will be prior to the Closing, duly executed and delivered
by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability
may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement
of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as
rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by
federal or state securities law. “
Transaction Documents
” means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Warrants, the Irrevocable
Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined below) and each of the
other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any
of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to
time.
(c)
Issuance
of Securities; Registration Statement
. The issuance of the
Common Shares and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon
issuance and payment in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights,
mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights
of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other
encumbrances (collectively “
Liens
”) with respect to the
issuance thereof. As of the Closing, the Company shall have
reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 100%
of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any
limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the
Warrants). Upon exercise in accordance with the Warrants, the
Warrant Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or
Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being
entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. The
issuance by the Company of the Securities has been registered under
the 1933 Act, the Securities are being issued pursuant to the
Registration Statement and all of the Securities are freely
transferable and freely tradable by each of the Buyers without
restriction (except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement),
whether by way of registration or some exemption therefrom. The
Registration Statement is effective and available for the issuance
of the Securities thereunder and the Company has not received any
notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop-order
with respect to the Registration Statement or that the SEC
otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or
intends or has threatened in writing to do so. The “Plan of
Distribution” section under the Registration Statement
permits the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder and as
contemplated by the other Transaction Documents. Upon receipt of
the Securities, each of the Buyers will have good and marketable
title to the Securities. The Registration Statement and any
prospectus included therein, including the Prospectus, complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“
1934 Act
”) and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder and all
other applicable laws and regulations. At the time the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, at the date
of this Agreement and at each deemed effective date thereof
pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act, the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto complied and will comply in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did
not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued
and at the Closing Date, complied, and will comply, in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and did not, and
will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Company meets all of the requirements for the
use of Form S-1 under the 1933 Act for the offering and sale of the
Securities contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents, and the SEC has not notified the Company of any
objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(1) under the 1933 Act. At the earliest time
after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or
another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the
meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the 1933 Act) relating to any of
the Securities, the Company was not and is not an “Ineligible
Issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act). The
Company (i) has not distributed any offering material in connection
with the offer or sale of any of the Securities and (ii) until no
Buyer holds any of the Securities, shall not distribute any
offering material in connection with the offer or sale of any of
the Securities to, or by, any of the Buyers (if required), in each
case, other than the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
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(d)
No
Conflicts
. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Shares,
the Warrants and the Warrant Shares and the reservation for
issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation
of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined below) (including,
without limitation, any certificate of designation contained
therein), By-Laws (as defined below), certificate of formation,
memorandum of association, articles of association, by-laws or
other organizational documents of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result
in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state
securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of
the OTCQB (the “
Principal
Market
”) and including all applicable foreign, federal
and state laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or
affected.
(e)
Consents
.
The Company is not required to obtain any consent from,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with
(other than the filing with the SEC of the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and any other filings as may be required by any
state securities agencies and such filings as are required by the
Principal Market), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or
any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in
order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations
under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case,
in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents,
authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company
is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been
or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date,
and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which
might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the
registration, application or filings contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents (as
defined herein), the Company is not in violation of the
requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any
facts or circumstances which could reasonably lead to delisting or
suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
“
Governmental
Entity
” means any nation, state, county, city, town,
village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature,
federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government,
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental agency, branch, department, official,
or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national
organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise,
any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police,
regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or
enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public
international organization or any of the foregoing.
(f)
Acknowledgment
Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities
. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an “affiliate”
(as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a
successor rule thereto) (collectively, “
Rule 144
”)) of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or (iii) to its knowledge, a “beneficial
owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as
defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act). The Company
further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor
or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any
similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given
by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection
with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s
purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each
Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent
evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
(g)
Placement
Agent’s Fees
.
The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement
agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’
commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer or its
investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent
fees payable to the Lead Placement Agent and Co-Lead Placement
Agent in accordance with the Placement Agent Agreement. The Company
shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability,
loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney's fees and
out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.
The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Lead Placement
Agent and Co-Lead Placement Agent in connection with the sale of
the Securities. Other than the Lead Placement Agent and the Co-Lead
Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with
the offer or sale of the Securities.
(h)
No
Integrated Offering
. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries
or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf
has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under
circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to
require approval of stockholders of the Company under any
applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without
limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or
automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the
Company are listed or designated for quotation. None of the
Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting
on their behalf will take any action or steps that would cause the
offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other
offerings of securities of the Company.
(i)
Application
of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement
. The Company and
its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in
order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition,
interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill
(including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights
agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover
provision under the Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other
organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to
any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s
issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the
Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all
necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any
stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to
accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or
a change in control of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(j)
SEC
Documents; Financial Statements
. During the two (2) years
prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed all periodic
reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other
documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the
reporting requirements of the 1934 Act, provided that the Company
has filed all current reports required to be filed by it with the
SEC during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, but that
some of such periodic reports were not filed on a timely basis (all
of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits
and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and
schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein
being hereinafter referred to as the “
SEC Documents
”). The Company has
delivered or has made available to the Buyers or their respective
representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the
SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their
respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC
Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were
filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements
of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as
in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“
GAAP
”), consistently applied,
during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or
(ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary
statements) and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the
results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually
or in the aggregate). The reserves, if any, established by the
Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable
based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date
hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be
accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for
by the Company in its financial statements or otherwise. No other
information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the
Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents (including,
without limitation, information in the disclosure schedules to this
Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance
under which they are or were made. The Company is not currently
contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements
(including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the
independent accountants of the Company with respect thereto)
included in the SEC Documents (the “
Financial Statements
”), nor is the
Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would
require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial
Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials
Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and
regulations of the SEC. The Company has not been informed by its
independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend
or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any
need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial
Statements.
(k)
Absence
of Certain Changes
. Since the date of the Company’s
most recent audited financial statements contained in a Form 10-K,
there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse
development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties,
operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Since the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial
statements contained in a Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold
any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the
ordinary course of business or (iii) made any capital expenditures,
individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of
business. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken
any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary
have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their
respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy
proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would
reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, upon receipt of proceeds
from this offering, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For
purposes of this Section 3(k), “
Insolvent
” means, (i) with respect
to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (A)
the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay
the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness
(as defined below), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable
to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured or (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or
believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their
ability to pay as such debts mature; and (ii) with respect to the
Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (A) the present fair
saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s
(as the case may be) assets is less than the amount required to pay
its respective total Indebtedness, (B) the Company or such
Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable to pay its respective
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the
Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or
believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its
respective ability to pay as such debts mature. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any
transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any
transaction, for which the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small
capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged
as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be
conducted.
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(l)
No
Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or
Circumstances
. No event, liability, development or
circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to
exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities,
prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition
(financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be
disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a
registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to
an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which
has not been publicly announced, (ii) could have a material adverse
effect on any Buyer’s investment hereunder or (iii) could
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)
Conduct
of Business; Regulatory Permits
. Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default
under its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or their
organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of
association, articles of association, Articles of Incorporation or
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, respectively. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any
judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct
its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all
cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth
in the SEC Documents, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules,
regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no
knowledge of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably lead
to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal
Market in the foreseeable future. Except as set forth in the SEC
Documents, during the two years prior to the date hereof, (i) the
Common Stock has been listed or designated for quotation on the
Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been
suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company
has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the
Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the
Common Stock from the Principal Market. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to
possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect,
and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such certificate, authorization or permit. There is no
agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree
binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would
reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or
materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such
effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(n)
Foreign Corrupt
Practices
. Neither the Company, the Company’s
subsidiary or any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other
person acting for or on behalf of the foregoing (individually and
collectively, a “
Company
Affiliate
”) have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (the “
FCPA
”) or any other applicable
anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has any Company Affiliate
offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any
money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the
giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other
person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity
to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for
political office (individually and collectively, a
“
Government
Official
”) or to any person under circumstances where
such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that
all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered,
given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government
Official, for the purpose of:
(i)
(A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in
his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to
do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C)
securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government
Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any
Governmental Entity, or
(ii)
assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining
business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(o)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
.
The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with any and all
applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended, and any and all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
(p)
Transactions With
Affiliates
. Except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, since January 1, 2016, no current or former employee,
partner, director, officer or stockholder (direct or indirect) of
the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any associate, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of any thereof, or any
relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of
any of the foregoing, is presently, or has ever been, (i) a party
to any transaction with the Company or its Subsidiaries (including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services by, or rental of real or personal property
from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any such director,
officer or stockholder or such associate or affiliate or relative
Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees,
officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries))
or (ii) the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any
corporation, firm, association or business organization which is a
competitor, supplier or customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries
(except for a passive investment (direct or indirect) in less than
5% of the common stock of a company whose securities are traded on
or quoted through a Trading Market (as defined below)), nor does
any such Person receive income from any source other than the
Company or its Subsidiaries which relates to the business of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or should properly accrue to the
Company or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in the
Registration Statement, no employee, officer, stockholder or
director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his
or her immediate family is indebted to the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor is the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or
guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of
salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable
expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) for other
standard employee benefits made generally available to all
employees or executives (including stock option agreements
outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company).
(q)
Equity
Capitalization
.
(i)
Definitions
:
“
Common Stock
” means (x) the
Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share,
and (y) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have
been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification
of such common stock.
(ii)
Authorized
and Outstanding Capital Stock
. As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) 250,000,000
shares of Common Stock, of which, [ ] are issued and outstanding
and [ ] shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible
Securities (as defined below) (other than the Common Shares and the
Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into,
shares of Common Stock. “
Convertible Securities
” means any
capital stock or other security of the Company that is at any time
and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible
into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles
the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security
of the Company (including, without limitation, Common
Stock).
(iii)
Valid
Issuance; Available Shares; Affiliates
. All of such
outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon
issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable. The Registration Statement sets forth the number of
shares of Common Stock that are (A) reserved for issuance pursuant
to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the
Warrants) and (B) that are, as of the date hereof, owned by Persons
who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the
1933 Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers,
directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued
and outstanding Common Stock are “affiliates” without
conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for
purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, no Person owns 10%
or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock (calculated based on the assumption that all
Convertible Securities (as defined below), whether or not presently
exercisable or convertible, have been fully exercised or
converted (as the case may be) taking account of any
limitations on exercise or conversion (including
“blockers”) contained therein without conceding that
such identified Person is a 10% stockholder for purposes of federal
securities laws).
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(iv)
Existing
Securities; Obligations
. Except as set forth in the
Registration Statement: (A) none of the Company’s or any
Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to
preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or
permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares,
interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to,
calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or
securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the
1933 Act (except pursuant to this Agreement); (D) there are no
outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions,
and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing
anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the
issuance of the Securities; and (F) neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom
stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or
agreement.
(v)
Organizational
Documents
. The Company has submitted to the SEC true,
correct and complete copies of the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
“
Articles of
Incorporation
”), and the Company’s by-laws, as
amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the
“
By-laws
”), and
the terms of all Convertible Securities and the material rights of
the holders thereof in respect thereto, and the Buyer’s may
access such documents and terms through the SEC’s EDGAR
database.
(r)
Indebtedness
and Other Contracts
. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, (i) except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit
agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or
instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or
instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the
other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(iii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any
amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default
under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any
Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not
result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument
relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the
judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be
disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the
SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of
the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective
businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or
could not have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this
Agreement: (x) “
Indebtedness
” of any Person means,
without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B)
all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (including, without
limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP)
(other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or
payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds
and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including
obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with
respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of
such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary
obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in
connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered
thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness
referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any
property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or
property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “
Contingent Obligation
” means, as
to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or
otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary
purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the
primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of
such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or
that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that
the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in
part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z)
“
Person
” means
an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint
venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization,
any other entity and any Governmental Entity or any department or
agency thereof.
(s)
Litigation
.
There is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public
board, other Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or
body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the
Common Stock or any of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ officers or directors, whether of a civil or
criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such, except
as set forth in the Registration Statement. No director, officer or
employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has willfully
violated 18 U.S.C. §1519 or engaged in spoliation in
reasonable anticipation of litigation. Without limitation of the
foregoing, there has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company,
there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC
involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any current or
former director or officer of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. The SEC has not issued any stop order or other order
suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by
the Company under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, including, without
limitation, the Registration Statement. After reasonable inquiry of
its employees, the Company is not aware of any fact which might
result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental
Entity.
(t)
Insurance
.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be
prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and
its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such
Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
any reason to believe that it will be unable to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(u)
Employee
Relations
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any
member of a union. The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that
their relations with their employees are good. No executive officer
(as defined in Rule 501(f) promulgated under the 1933 Act) or other
key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has notified
the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to
leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate
such officer’s employment with the Company or any such
Subsidiary. No executive officer or other key employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is, or is now expected to be, in
violation of any material term of any employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement,
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such
executive officer or other key employee (as the case may be) does
not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability
with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and
foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and
employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in
compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v)
Title
.
(i)
Real
Property
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries holds
good title to all real property, leases in real property,
facilities or other interests in real property owned or held by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “
Real Property
”) owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as applicable). The Real
Property is free and clear of all Liens and is not subject to any
rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions, variances,
reservations, or limitations of any nature except for (a) Liens for
current taxes not yet due and (b) zoning laws and other land use
restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use of
the property subject thereto. Any Real Property held under lease by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(ii)
Fixtures
and Equipment
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as
applicable) has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in,
the tangible personal property, equipment, improvements, fixtures,
and other personal property and appurtenances that are used by the
Company or its Subsidiary in connection with the conduct of its
business (the “
Fixtures and
Equipment
”). The Fixtures and Equipment are
structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair, are
adequate for the uses to which they are being put, are not in need
of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance
and repairs and are sufficient for the conduct of the
Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ businesses (as
applicable) in the manner as conducted prior to the Closing. Each
of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns all of its Fixtures and
Equipment free and clear of all Liens except for (a) Liens for
current taxes not yet due and (b) zoning laws and other land use
restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use of
the property subject thereto.
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(w)
Intellectual
Property Rights
. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or
possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade
names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names,
original works of authorship, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade
secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications
and registrations therefor (“
Intellectual Property Rights
”)
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted
and presently proposed to be conducted. Each of patents owned by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is listed in the
Registration Statement. Except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, none of the Company's Intellectual Property Rights have
expired or terminated or have been abandoned or are expected to
expire or terminate or are expected to be abandoned, within three
years from the date of this Agreement. The Company does not have
any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its
Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no
claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, being
threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
regarding its Intellectual Property Rights. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts or circumstances
which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or
claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and its Subsidiaries
have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property
Rights.
(x)
Environmental
Laws
. (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries (A) are in
compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as defined below),
(B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the failure to so comply
could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental
Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws
relating to pollution or protection of human health or the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including,
without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes
(collectively, “
Hazardous
Materials
”) into the environment, or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands
or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or
notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued,
entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
(ii)
No
Hazardous Materials
:
(A) have
been disposed of or otherwise released from any Real Property (as
defined below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
violation of any Environmental Laws; or
(B) are
present on, over, beneath, in or upon any Real Property or any
portion thereof in quantities that would constitute a violation of
any Environmental Laws. No prior use by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Real Property has occurred that violates any
Environmental Laws, which violation would have a material adverse
effect on the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(iii) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries knows of any other person
who or entity which has stored, treated, recycled, disposed of or
otherwise located any Hazardous Materials on any Real Property,
including, without limitation, such substances as asbestos and
polychlorinated biphenyls.
(iv) None
of the Real Properties are on any federal or state
“Superfund” list or Liability Information System
(“
CERCLIS
”) list
or any state environmental agency list of sites under consideration
for CERCLIS, nor subject to any environmental related
Liens.
(y)
Subsidiary
Rights
. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the
unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by
applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all
capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or
such Subsidiary.
(z)
Tax
Status
. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has
timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all
other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes
and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii)
has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the
payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which
such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid
taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and
its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The Company
is not operated in such a manner as to qualify as a passive foreign
investment company, as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code
”). The net operating loss
carryforwards (“
NOLs
”) for United States federal
income tax purposes of the consolidated group of which the Company
is the common parent, if any, shall not be adversely effected by
the transactions contemplated hereby. The transactions contemplated
hereby do not constitute an “ownership change” within
the meaning of Section 382 of the Code, thereby preserving the
Company’s ability to utilize such NOLs.
(aa)
Internal
Accounting and Disclosure Controls
. The Company’s
statement in its Annual Report on Form 10-k for the year ended
November 30, 2016 that its internal control over financial
reporting was ineffective has not been revised. The Company’s
statement in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-q for the period ended
August 31, 2017 that its disclosure controls and procedures were
ineffective has not been revised. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any
accountant, Governmental Entity or other Person relating to any
potential material weakness or significant deficiency in any part
of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(bb)
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
. There is no transaction,
arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet
entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934
Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc)
Investment
Company Status
. The Company is not, and upon consummation of
the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment
company,” an affiliate of an “investment
company,” a company controlled by an “investment
company” or an “affiliated person” of, or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for,
an “investment company” as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(dd)
Acknowledgement
Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity
. It is understood
and acknowledged by the Company that (i) following the public
disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, in accordance with the terms thereof, none of the Buyers
have been asked by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to agree,
nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, to desist from effecting any transactions in or with
respect to (including, without limitation, purchasing or selling,
long and/or short) any securities of the Company, or
“derivative” securities based on securities issued by
the Company or to hold any of the Securities for any specified term
(except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement); (ii) any Buyer,
and counterparties in “derivative” transactions to
which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently
may have a “short” position in the Common Stock which
was established prior to such Buyer’s knowledge of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and (iii)
each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or
control over any arm’s length counterparty in any
“derivative” transaction. The Company further
understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
pursuant to the Press Release (as defined below) one or more Buyers
may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times
during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including,
without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number
of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to the Warrants are
being determined and such hedging and/or trading activities, if
any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’
equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the
hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company
acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading
activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the
Warrants or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents
executed in connection herewith or therewith.
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(ee)
Manipulation
of Price
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person acting on
their behalf has, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action
designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation
of the price of any security of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the
Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation
for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities (other than the
Lead Placement Agent and the Co-Lead Placement Agent), (iii) paid
or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting
another to purchase any other securities of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or (iv) paid or agreed to pay any Person for
research services with respect to any securities of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(ff)
U.S.
Real Property Holding Corporation
. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as any of
the Securities are held by any of the Buyers, shall become, a U.S.
real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897
of the Code, and the Company and each Subsidiary shall so certify
upon any Buyer’s request.
(gg)
Registration
Eligibility
. The Company is eligible to register the
issuance of the Securities by the Company using Form S-1
promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(hh)
Transfer
Taxes
. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other
taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be
paid in connection with the issuance, sale and transfer of the
Common Shares and Warrants to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will
be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company,
and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied
with.
(ii)
Bank
Holding Company Act
. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended (the “
BHCA
”) and to regulation by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“
Federal
Reserve
”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more
of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the
BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling
influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity
that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal
Reserve.
(jj)
Illegal
or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions
. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers
and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents
or other representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company
or any Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has,
directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment,
contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or
not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe
to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder
of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office
except for personal political contributions not involving the
direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(kk)
Money
Laundering
. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot
Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money
laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the
laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs
administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control,
including, but not limited, to (i) Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to
Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001));
and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter
V.
(ll)
Management
.
Except as set forth in the Registration Statement hereto, during
the past five year period, no current or former officer or director
or, to the knowledge of the Company, no current ten percent (10%)
or greater stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has been the subject of:
(i) a
petition under bankruptcy laws or any other insolvency or
moratorium law or the appointment by a court of a receiver, fiscal
agent or similar officer for such Person, or any partnership in
which such person was a general partner at or within two years
before the filing of such petition or such appointment, or any
corporation or business association of which such person was an
executive officer at or within two years before the time of the
filing of such petition or such appointment;
(ii) a
conviction in a criminal proceeding or a named subject of a pending
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations that do not
relate to driving while intoxicated or driving under the
influence);
(iii) any
order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or
temporarily enjoining any such person from, or otherwise limiting,
the following activities:
(1) Acting
as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity
trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage
transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the United
States Commodity Futures Trading Commission or an associated person
of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter,
broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person,
director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and
loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing
any conduct or practice in connection with such
activity;
(2) Engaging
in any particular type of business practice; or
(3) Engaging
in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any
security or commodity or in connection with any violation of
securities laws or commodities laws;
(iv) any
order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated, of any authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting
for more than sixty (60) days the right of any such person to
engage in any activity described in the preceding sub paragraph, or
to be associated with persons engaged in any such
activity;
(v) a
finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or
by the SEC or other authority to have violated any securities law,
regulation or decree and the judgment in such civil action or
finding by the SEC or any other authority has not been subsequently
reversed, suspended or vacated; or
(vi) a
finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any
federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or
finding has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated.
(mm)
Stock Option Plans
.
Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in
accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of
the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the
fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option
would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock
option granted under the Company's stock option plan has been
backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no
and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly
grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate
the grant of stock options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
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(nn)
No
Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers
. There are no
material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or
reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company
and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by
the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees
owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the
Company's ability to perform any of its obligations under any of
the Transaction Documents. In addition, on or prior to the date
hereof, the Company had discussions with its accountants about its
financial statements previously filed with the SEC. Based on those
discussions, the Company has no reason to believe that it will need
to restate any such financial statements or any part
thereof.
(oo)
No
Additional Agreements.
The Company does not have any
agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than
as specified in the Transaction Documents.
(pp)
Public
Utility Holding Act
None of the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or an
“affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such
terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of
2005.
(qq)
Federal
Power Act.
None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under
the Federal Power Act, as amended.
(rr)
Registration
Rights
. No holder of securities of the Company has rights to
the registration of any securities of the Company because of the
filing of the Registration Statement or the issuance of the
Securities hereunder that could expose the Company to material
liability or any Buyer to any liability or that could impair the
Company’s ability to consummate the issuance and sale of the
Securities in the manner, and at the times, contemplated hereby,
which rights have not been waived by the holder thereof as of the
date hereof.
(ss)
Disclosure
.
The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on
its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or
counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably
be expected to constitute material, non-public information
concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the
existence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents. The Company understands and
confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing
representations in effecting transactions in securities of the
Company. All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the
Company and its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the schedules to this Agreement,
furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All of
the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to each Buyer
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will be true and correct
in all material respects as of the date on which such information
is so provided and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each
press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement
did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or
information exists with respect to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities,
prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions
(financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or
regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof
or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly
disclosed. All financial projections and forecasts that have been
prepared by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and made available to you have been prepared in good faith based
upon reasonable assumptions and represented, at the time each such
financial projection or forecast was delivered to each Buyer, the
Company’s best estimate of future financial performance (it
being recognized that such financial projections or forecasts are
not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the
period or periods covered by any such financial projections or
forecasts may differ from the projected or forecasted results). The
Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any
representations or warranties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in
Section 2.
(a)
Best
Efforts
. Each Buyer shall use its best efforts to timely
satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be
satisfied by it as provided in Section 6 of this Agreement. The
Company shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the
covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as
provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.
(b)
Amendments
to the Registration Statement; Prospectus Supplements; Free Writing
Prospectuses
.
(i)
Amendments
to the Registration Statement; Prospectus Supplements; Free Writing
Prospectuses
. Except as provided in this Agreement and other
than periodic reports and current reports required to be filed
pursuant to the 1934 Act, the Company shall not file with the SEC
any amendment to the Registration Statement that relates to the
Buyer, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or file with the SEC any supplement (each, a
“
Prospectus
Supplement
”) to the initial Prospectus included in the
Registration Statement at the time it was initially declared
effective by the SEC (the “
Initial Prospectus
”) that relates
to the Buyer, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby with respect to which (a) the Buyer shall not
previously have been advised, (b) the Company shall not have given
due consideration to any comments thereon received from the Buyer
or its counsel, or (c) the Buyer shall reasonably object after
being so advised, unless the Company reasonably has determined that
it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or make any
supplement to the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or any
other applicable law or regulation, in which case the Company shall
promptly (but in no event later than 24 hours) so inform the Buyer,
the Buyer shall be provided with a reasonable opportunity to review
and comment upon any disclosure relating to the Buyer and the
Company shall expeditiously furnish to the Buyer an electronic copy
thereof. In addition, for so long as, in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Buyer, the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the
notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is required
to be delivered in connection with any acquisition or sale of
Securities by the Buyer, the Company shall not file the Initial
Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement with respect to the
Securities without delivering or making available a copy of such
Prospectus (including each Prospectus Supplement in effect as of
such time, if any) to the Buyer promptly.
(ii) The
Company has not made, and agrees that unless it obtains the prior
written consent of the Buyer it will not make, an offer relating to
the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing
prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 promulgated under the 1933
Act (an “
Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus
”) or that would otherwise constitute a
“free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405
promulgated under the 1933 Act (a “
Free Writing Prospectus
”) required
to be filed by the Company or the Buyer with the SEC or retained by
the Company or the Buyer under Rule 433 under the 1933 Act. The
Buyer has not made, and agrees that unless it obtains the prior
written consent of the Company it will not make, an offer relating
to the Securities that would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus
required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the
Company under Rule 433 under the 1933 Act. Any such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or other Free Writing Prospectus consented to by
the Buyer or the Company is referred to in this Agreement as a
“
Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus
.” The Company agrees that (x) it has
treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it
has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the
requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of
timely filing with the SEC, legending and record
keeping.
(c)
Prospectus
Delivery
. Immediately prior to execution of this Agreement,
the Company shall have delivered to the Buyer, and as soon as
practicable after execution of this Agreement the Company shall
file, the Prospectus with respect to the Securities to be issued on
the Closing Date, as required under, and in conformity with, the
1933 Act, including Rule 424(b) thereunder. Except as set out in
Section 4(b), the Company shall provide the Buyer a reasonable
opportunity to comment on a draft of each Prospectus Supplement and
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, shall give due
consideration to all such comments and, subject to the provisions
of Section 4(b) hereof, shall deliver or make available to the
Buyer, without charge, an electronic copy of the Prospectus
(including any Prospectus Supplement and any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, if any) on the Closing Date. The Company consents to
the use of the Prospectus in accordance with the provisions of the
1933 Act and with the securities or “blue sky” laws of
the jurisdictions in which the Securities may be sold by the Buyer,
in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities and for
such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act)
is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with
sales of the Securities. If during such period of time any event
shall occur that in the judgment of the Company and its counsel is
required to be set forth in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or should be
set forth therein in order to make the statements made therein (in
the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading, or if it is necessary to
amend the Registration Statement or supplement or amend the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus to comply with
the 1933 Act or any other applicable law or regulation, the Company
shall forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(b) above, file
with the SEC an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement
or Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus (or supplement to the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus) and shall expeditiously furnish
or make available to the Buyer an electronic copy
thereof.
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(d)
Stop
Orders
. The Company shall advise the Buyer promptly (but in
no event later than 24 hours) and shall confirm such advice in
writing: (i) of the Company’s receipt of notice of any
request by the SEC for amendment of or a supplement to the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus or for any additional information; (ii) of the
Company’s receipt of notice of the issuance by the SEC of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of the Prospectus or
any Prospectus Supplement, or of the suspension of qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; (iii) of the Company becoming aware of the happening of
any event, which makes any statement of a material fact made in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus untrue or which requires the making of any
additions to or changes to the statements then made in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by
the 1933 Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements then made therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, or of the necessity to amend the Registration Statement
or supplement the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or any other law or (iv) if
at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement is
not effective or is not otherwise available for the issuance of the
Securities or any Prospectus contained therein is not available for
use for any other reason. Thereafter, the Company shall promptly
notify such holders when the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and/or any
amendment or supplement thereto, as applicable, is effective and
available for the issuance of the Securities. If at any time the
SEC shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or prohibiting or suspending the use of the
Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, the Company shall use best
efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest
possible time.
(e)
Blue
Sky
. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take
such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary
in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities
for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement
under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the
states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such
qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so
taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. Without
limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement,
the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to
the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable
securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable
federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky”
laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the
like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the
Buyers.
(f)
Reporting
Status
. Until the date on which the Buyers shall have sold
all of the Securities (the “
Reporting Period
”), the Company
shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its
status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act
even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would
no longer require or otherwise permit such
termination.
(g)
Use
of Proceeds
. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities as described in the Prospectus, but not, directly
or indirectly, for (i) except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the satisfaction of any indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the redemption or repurchase of any
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) the
settlement of any outstanding litigation.
(h)
Financial
Information
. The Company agrees to send the following to
each holder of Warrants (each, an “
Investor
”) during the Reporting
Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through
EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system,
within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC,
a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets,
income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or
cash flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current
Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on
Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) unless
the following are either filed with the SEC through EDGAR or are
otherwise widely disseminated via a recognized news release service
(such as PR Newswire), on the same day as the release thereof,
facsimile copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries and (iii) unless the following are filed with
the SEC through EDGAR, copies of any notices and other information
made available or given to the stockholders of the Company
generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving
thereof to the stockholders.
(i)
Listing
.
The Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for
quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Underlying Securities
(as defined below) upon each national securities exchange and
automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is
then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be)
(subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such
listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all
Underlying Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of
the Transaction Documents on such national securities exchange or
automated quotation system. The Company shall maintain the Common
Stock’s listing or authorization for quotation (as the case
may be) on the Principal Market, the OTCQX, the OTCBB, The New York
Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the
Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, a
“
Trading
Market
”). Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably
expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common
Stock from all Trading Markets on which the Common Stock is listed
or quoted. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in
connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(i).
“
Underlying
Securities
” means the (i) the Common Shares, (ii) the
Warrant Shares and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or
issuable with respect to the Common Shares, the Warrant Shares, or
the Warrants, respectively, including, without limitation, (1) as a
result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
exchange or similar event or otherwise and (2) shares of capital
stock of the Company into which the shares of Common Stock are
converted or exchanged and shares of capital stock of a Successor
Entity (as defined in the Warrants) into which the shares of Common
Stock are converted or exchanged, in each case, without regard to
any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.
(j)
Fees
.
The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement
agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, transfer agent fees,
DTC fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons
engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation,
any fees or commissions payable to the Lead Placement Agent of the
Co-Lead Placement Agent, who are the Company’s sole placement
agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement). The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless
against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket
expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such
payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction
Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses
in connection with the sale of the Securities to the
Buyers.
(k)
Disclosure
of Transactions and Other Material Information
.
(i)
Disclosure
of Transaction
. The Company shall, on or before
9:30 a.m., New York time, on the first (1
st
) Business Day after
the date of this Agreement, issue a press release (the
“
Press Release
”)
reasonably acceptable to the Buyers disclosing all the material
terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. On or before 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the first
(1
st
)
Business Day after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall
file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms
of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in
the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching all the material
Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this
Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), and the form of
the Warrants) (including all attachments, the “
8-K Filing
”). From and after the
filing of the Press Release, the Company shall have disclosed all
material, non-public information (if any) provided to any of the
Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In
addition, effective upon the filing of the Press Release, the
Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or
similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral,
between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on
the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on
the other hand, shall terminate.
(ii)
Limitations
on Disclosure
. The Company shall not, and the Company shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Buyer
with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the
express prior written consent of such Buyer (which may be granted
or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). In the event of
a breach of any of the foregoing covenants, or any of the covenants
or agreements contained in any other Transaction Document, by the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective
officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined in the
reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any
other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, such
Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form
of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such
breach or such material, non-public information, as applicable,
without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries,
or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or
agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers,
directors, employees, affiliates, stockholders or agents, for any
such disclosure. To the extent that the Company delivers any
material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer's
consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer
shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a
duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public
information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its
Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any
other public statements with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be
entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make the
Press Release and any press release or other public disclosure with
respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the
8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required
by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of
clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in
connection with any such press release or other public disclosure
prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of the
applicable Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such
Buyer’s sole discretion), the Company shall not (and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the
name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or
otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to
the contrary and without implication that the contrary would
otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees
that no Buyer shall have (unless expressly agreed to by a
particular Buyer after the date hereof in a written definitive and
binding agreement executed by the Company and such particular Buyer
(it being understood and agreed that no Buyer may bind any other
Buyer with respect thereto)), any duty of confidentiality with
respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material,
non-public information regarding the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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(l)
Reservation
of Shares
. So long as any of the Warrants remain
outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all
times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no
less than 100% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of all the Warrants then outstanding (without regard
to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth
therein) (collectively, the “
Required Reserve Amount
”);
provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock
reserved pursuant to this Section 4(l) be reduced other than
proportionally in connection with any exercise of the Warrants. If
at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and
reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required
Reserve Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action
necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares,
including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of
stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's
obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of
an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder
approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and
voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase
in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number
of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve
Amount.
(m)
Conduct
of Business
. The business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law,
ordinance or regulation of any Governmental Entity, except where
such violations would not reasonably be expected to result, either
individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(n)
Reserved.
(o)
Passive
Foreign Investment Company
. The Company shall conduct its
business, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their
respective businesses, in such a manner as will ensure that the
Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign
investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the
Code.
(p)
Corporate
Existence
. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any
Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental
Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) unless the Company is in
compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental
Transactions set forth in the Warrants.
(q)
Exercise
Procedures
. The form of Exercise Notice (as defined in the
Warrants) included in the Warrants sets forth the totality of the
procedures required of the Buyers in order to exercise the
Warrants. No legal opinion or other information or instructions
shall be required of the Buyers to exercise their Warrants. The
Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and shall deliver the
Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time
periods set forth in the Warrants. Without limiting the preceding
sentences, no ink-original Exercise Notice (as defined in the
Warrants) shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or
other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Exercise Notice
form be required in order to exercise the Warrants.
(r)
Regulation
M
. The Company will not take any action prohibited by
Regulation M under the 1934 Act, in connection with the
distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(s)
Closing
Documents.
On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after
the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to each Buyer, the Placement Agent and Sichenzia Ross
Ference Kesner LLP a complete closing set of the executed
Transaction Documents, Securities and any other document required
to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or
otherwise.
(t)
Buyer
Leak-Out
. Each
Buyer agrees that from the date of this Agreement and ending at
4:00 pm (New York City time) on _________, 2018 (such period, the
“Restricted Period”), neither such Buyer, nor any
affiliate of such Buyer which (x) had or has knowledge of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (y) has or shares
discretion relating to such Buyer’s investments or trading or
information concerning such Buyer’s investments, including in
respect of the Securities, or (z) is subject to such Buyer’s
review or input concerning such affiliate’s investments or
trading (together, the “Buyer’s Trading
Affiliates”), collectively, shall sell, dispose or otherwise
transfer, directly or indirectly, (including, without limitation,
any sales, short sales, swaps or any derivative transactions that
would be equivalent to any sales or short positions) on any Trading
Day during the Restricted Period (any such date, a “Date of
Determination”), shares of Common Stock, or shares of Common
Stock underlying any Convertible Securities, held by the Buyer on
the date hereof, including the Shares and the Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the
“Restricted Securities”), in an amount more than __% of
the trading volume of Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, LP for
the applicable Date of Determination (“Leak-Out
Percentage”); provided, that the foregoing restriction shall
not apply to any actual “long” (as defined in
Regulation SHO of the 1934 Act) sales by the Holder or any of the
Holder’s Trading Affiliates at a price greater than
$_________ (in each case, as adjusted for stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar
events occurring after the date hereof).
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, during the Restricted Period, the
Buyer may, directly or indirectly, sell or transfer all, or any
part, of any Restricted Securities to any Person (an
“Assignee”) in a transaction which does not need to be
reported on the consolidated tape on the Principal Market, without
complying with (or otherwise limited by) the restrictions set forth
in this Leak-Out Agreement; provided, that as a condition to any
such sale or transfer an authorized signatory of the Company and
such Assignee duly execute and deliver a leak-out agreement in the
form of this Section 4(t) (an “Assignee Agreement”, and
each such transfer a “Permitted Transfer”) and,
subsequent to a Permitted Transfer, sales of the Buyer and the
Buyer’s Trading Affiliates and all Assignees (other than any
such sales that constitute Permitted Transfers) shall be aggregated
for all purposes of this Section 4(t) and all Assignee
Agreements.
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REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS; LEGEND.
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(a)
Register
. The Company shall
maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each
holder of Securities), a register for the Common Shares and the
Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of
the Person in whose name the Common Shares and the Warrants have
been issued (including the name and address of each transferee),
the number of Common Shares held by such Person and the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such
Person. The Company shall keep the register open and available at
all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its
legal representatives.
(b)
Transfer
Agent Instructions
. The Company shall issue irrevocable
instructions to its Transfer Agent and any subsequent transfer
agent in a form acceptable to each of the Buyers (the
“
Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions
”) to issue certificates or credit shares
to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name
of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Common Shares
and the Warrant Shares in such amounts as specified from time to
time by each Buyer to the Company upon the exercise of the Warrants
(as the case may be). The Company represents and warrants that no
instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
referred to in this Section 5(b) will be given by the Company
to its Transfer Agent with respect to the Securities, and that the
Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and
records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If a Buyer
effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities, the
Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its
Transfer Agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares
to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such
denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale,
transfer or assignment. The Company acknowledges that a breach by
it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a
Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law
for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will
be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b),
that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available
remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and
requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of
showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being
required. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue each legal
opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
to the Transfer Agent as follows: (i) at the Closing with respect
to the Common Shares, (ii) upon each exercise of the Warrants
(unless such issuance covered by a prior legal opinion previously
delivered to the Transfer Agent), and (iii) on each date a
registration statement with respect to the issuance or resale of
any of the Securities is declared effective by the SEC. Any fees
(with respect to the Transfer Agent, counsel to the Company or
otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinions or the
removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne by
the Company.
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(c)
Legends
.
Certificates and any other instruments evidencing the Common Shares
shall not bear any restrictive or other legend. For so long as a
Registration Statement is effective for the Warrant Shares, or as
long as there is an exemption from registration of the resale of
the Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act, certificates and any other
instruments evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not bear any
restrictive or other legend.
(d)
FAST
Compliance
. While any Warrants remain outstanding, the
Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in the
DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.
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6.
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CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
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The
obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Common
Shares and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each
of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for
the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company
at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with
prior written notice thereof:
(a) Such
Buyer shall have executed each of the other Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and delivered the same to the
Company.
(b) Such
Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price for the Common Shares and the related Warrants being
purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of
immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds
Letter.
(c) The
representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of
the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date,
which shall be true and correct as of such specific date), and such
Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material
respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such
Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.
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7.
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CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO
PURCHASE.
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The
obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase its Common Shares
and its related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each
Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any
time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior
written notice thereof:
(a) The
Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each
of the Transaction Documents and the Company shall have duly
executed and delivered to such Buyer (x) such aggregate number of
Common Shares set forth across from such Buyer’s name in
column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, and (y) Warrants (initially
for such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth across
from such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of
Buyers), in each case, as being purchased by such Buyer at the
Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Such
Buyer, the Lead Placement Agent and the Co-Lead Placement Agent
shall have received the opinion of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP, the
Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form
acceptable to such Buyer.
(c) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form acceptable to
such Buyer, which instructions shall have been delivered to and
acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer
agent.
(d) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing
the formation and good standing of the Company in such
entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of
State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction of formation as
of a date within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date.
(e) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing
the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good
standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of
each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business and is
required to so qualify, as of a date within twenty (20) days of the
Closing Date.
(f) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the
Articles of Incorporation as certified by the Nevada Secretary of
State within twenty (20) days of the Closing Date.
(g) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, in the
form acceptable to such Buyer, executed by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i)
the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the
Company’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable
to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
(iii) the By-laws of the Company, each as in effect at the
Closing, (iv) stating the matter in Section 7(h) and (v) as to such
other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the
form acceptable to such Buyer.
(h) Each
and every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true
and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as
though originally made at that time (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true
and correct as of such specific date) and the Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the
covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the
Closing Date.
(i) The
Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the
Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date immediately prior to
the Closing.
(j) The
Common Stock (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed (as
applicable) on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been
suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal
Market from trading on the Principal Market.
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(k) The
Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third
party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the
Securities, including without limitation, those required by the
Principal Market, if any.
(l) No
statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(m) Since
the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of
events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Reserved.
(o) Such
Buyer shall have received a letter on the letterhead of the
Company, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, setting forth the wire amounts of each Buyer and the wire
transfer instructions of the Company (the “
Flow of Funds
Letter
”).
(p) From
the date hereof to the Closing Date, (i) trading in the Common
Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Principal
Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited duration
agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated
prior to the Closing), and, (ii) at any time prior to the Closing
Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported
by such service, or on the Principal Market, nor shall a banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any
material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each
case, in the reasonable judgment of each Buyer, makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at the
Closing
(q) The
Registration Statement shall be effective and available for the
issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder and the Company shall
have delivered to such Buyer the Prospectus as required
thereunder.
(r) The
Company and its Subsidiaries shall have delivered to such Buyer
such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its
counsel may reasonably request.
In the
event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a
Buyer within five (5) days of the date hereof, then such Buyer
shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this
Agreement with respect to itself at any time on or after the close
of business on such date without liability of such Buyer to any
other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such
Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of
such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement and (ii) the
abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Common Shares and the
Warrants shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such
written notice, provided further that no such termination shall
affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to
reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described in
Section 4(j) above. Nothing contained in this Section 8
shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any
breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any
party to compel specific performance by any other party of its
obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents.
(a)
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial
.
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement
and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of
the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the
State of New York. The Company and each Buyer hereby irrevocably
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal
courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for
the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith
or under any of the other Transaction Documents or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding,
any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of
any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or
proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives
personal service of process and consents to process being served in
any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to
such party at the address for such notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed or operate to preclude any Buyer from bringing suit
or taking other legal action against the Company in any other
jurisdiction to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor
of such Buyer.
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY
TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY
OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
(b)
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been
signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event
that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an
e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an
executed signature page, such signature page shall create a valid
and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf
such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if
such signature page were an original thereof.
(c)
Headings;
Gender
. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience
of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include
the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof.
The terms “including,” “includes,”
“include” and words of like import shall be construed
broadly as if followed by the words “without
limitation.” The terms “herein,”
“hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like
import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision
in which they are found.
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(d)
Severability;
Maximum Payment Amounts
. If any provision of this Agreement
is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision
that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall
be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be
valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of
such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so
modified continues to express, without material change, the
original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof
and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the
provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the
respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or
the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be
conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable
provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes
as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or
unenforceable provision(s). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document (and without implication that the following is required or
applicable), it is the intention of the parties that in no event
shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries (as the case may be), or payable to or received by any
of the Buyers, under the Transaction Documents (including without
limitation, any amounts that would be characterized as
“interest” under applicable law) exceed amounts
permitted under any applicable law. Accordingly, if any obligation
to pay, payment made to any Buyer, or collection by any Buyer
pursuant the Transaction Documents is finally judicially determined
to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation to pay,
payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual
mistake of such Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and such
amount shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive
effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may
be, as would not be so prohibited by the applicable law. Such
adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing
or refunding, at the option of such Buyer, the amount of interest
or any other amounts which would constitute unlawful amounts
required to be paid or actually paid to such Buyer under the
Transaction Documents. For greater certainty, to the extent that
any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other amounts required to
be paid to or received by such Buyer under any of the Transaction
Documents or related thereto are held to be within the meaning of
“interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be
violative of applicable law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over
the period of time to which they relate.
(e)
Entire
Agreement; Amendments
. This Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and
thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede
all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the
Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and Persons acting on
their behalf, including, without limitation, any transactions by
any Buyer with respect to Common Stock or the Securities, and the
other matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the
other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached
hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and
therein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with
respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided,
however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any
effect on any agreements any Buyer has entered into with, or any
instruments any Buyer has received from, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior
investment made by such Buyer in the Company or (ii) waive, alter,
modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights of or benefits to any Buyer
or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the
date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Buyer, or any instruments any Buyer received
from the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date
hereof, and all such agreements and instruments shall continue in
full force and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein or
therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any
representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to
such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of
this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other
than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the
Required Holders (as defined below), and any amendment to any
provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions
of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and
holders of Securities, as applicable, provided that no such
amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (A) applies to
less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding or
(B) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such
Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or
withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion); provided further
that any such amendment or waiver that materially and adversely
affects the rights of the Placement Agent shall require the prior
written consent of the Placement Agent. No waiver shall be
effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of the waiving party, provided that the Required
Holders may waive any provision of this Agreement, and any waiver
of any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the
provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers
and holders of Securities, as applicable, provided that no such
waiver shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less
than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding (unless
a party gives a waiver as to itself only) or (2) imposes any
obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s
prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such
Buyer’s sole discretion). No consideration (other than
reimbursement of legal fees) shall be offered or paid to any Person
to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of
any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also
is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all
holders of the Common Shares, or all holders of the Warrants (as
the case may be). From the date hereof and while any Warrants are
outstanding, the Company shall not be permitted to receive any
consideration from a Buyer or a holder of Warrants that is not
otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents in order to,
directly or indirectly, induce the Company or any Subsidiary (i) to
treat such Buyer or holder of Warrants in a manner that is more
favorable than to other similarly situated Buyers or holders of
Warrants, as applicable, or (ii) to treat any Buyer(s) or holder(s)
of Warrants in a manner that is less favorable than the Buyer or
holder of Warrants that is paying such consideration; provided,
however, that the determination of whether a Buyer has been treated
more or less favorably than another Buyer shall disregard any
securities of the Company purchased or sold by any Buyer. The
Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with
any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in
the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no
Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other
obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary
or otherwise. As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into
this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that
(x) no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by
a Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall
affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or
qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (y) unless a
provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is
expressly preceded by the phrase “except as disclosed in the
SEC Documents,” nothing contained in any of the SEC Documents
shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify
or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the
Company’s representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document. “
Required Holders
” means (I) prior
to the Closing Date, Buyers entitled to purchase, in the aggregate,
at least a majority of the number of Common Shares at the Closing
and (II) on or after the Closing Date, holders of, in the
aggregate, at least a majority of the Underlying Securities as of
such time (excluding any Underlying Securities held by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries as of such time) issued or issuable
hereunder or pursuant to the Warrants.
(f)
Notices
.
Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or
permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon
receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by
facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or
electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) or
electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file
(whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the
sending party does not receive an automatically generated message
from the recipient's email server that such e-mail could not be
delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after
deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery
specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive
the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for
such communications shall be:
If to
the Company:
Q
BioMed Inc.
c/o
Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP
501
Madison Avenue, New York NY 11238
Telephone:
212-588-0022
Facsimile:
212-826-9307
Attention: Denis
Corin
E-Mail:
dcorin@qbiomed.com
With a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Ortoli
Rosenstadt LLP
501
Madison Avenue, New York NY 11238
Telephone:
212-588-0022
Facsimile:
212-826-9307
Attention: William
Rosenstadt
E-Mail:
wsr@ortolirosenstadt.com
If to
the Transfer Agent:
VStock
Transfer, LLC
18
Lafayette Place
Woodmere, New York
11598
Phone:
(212) 828-8436 Ext. 123
Facsimile: (646)
536-3179
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If to a
Buyer, to its address, e-mail address and facsimile number set
forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer’s
representatives as set forth on the Schedule of
Buyers.
If to
the Placement Agent:
Roth
Capital Partners, LLC
888 San
Clemente Drive
Newport
Beach, CA 92660
Facsimile: (949)
720-7215
Attention:
Aaron M. Gurewitz
E-mail:
agurewitz@roth.com
With a
copy (for informational purposes only) to:
Sichenzia Ross
Ference Kesner LLP
1185
Avenue of the Americas, 37
th
Floor
New
York, NY 10036
Telephone:
(212) 930-9700
Facsimile:
(212) 930-9725
Attention:
Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
E-mail:
gsichenzia@srfkllp.com
or, in
each case, to such other address, e-mail address and/or facsimile
number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the
recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other
party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change.
Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such
notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or
e-mail containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and,
with respect to each facsimile transmission, an image of the first
page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier
service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt
by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in
accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above,
respectively.
(g)
Successors
and Assigns
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and
assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Warrants (but
excluding any purchasers of Underlying Securities, unless pursuant
to a written assignment by such Buyer). The Company shall not
assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Required Holders,
including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction
(as defined in the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance
with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions
set forth in the Warrants). A Buyer may assign some or all of its
rights hereunder in connection with any transfer of any of its
Securities without the consent of the Company, in which event such
assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to
such assigned rights.
(h)
No
Third Party Beneficiaries
. This Agreement is intended for
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted
successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any
provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than (i)
the Indemnitees referred to in Section 9(m) and (ii) the
Placement Agent shall be a third party beneficiary of this Section
9(h) and Sections 1(e), 2(e), 2(f), 3(g), 3(ee), 4(j), 4(s), 7(b),
9(e) and 9(i).
(i)
Reliance
by the Placement Agent
. Each party agrees and acknowledges
that the Placement Agent may rely on the representations,
warranties, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in
this Agreement and may rely on the representations and warranties
of the respective Buyers contained in this Agreement as if such
representations, warranties, agreements, and covenants, as
applicable, were made directly to the Placement Agent. The parties
further agree that the Placement Agent may rely on or, if the
Placement Agent so requests, be specifically named as an addressee
of, the legal opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(b) of
this Agreement.
(j)
Exculpation
of Placement Agent
. Each party hereto agrees for the express
benefit of each of the Placement Agent, their affiliates and
representatives that:
(i) Neither
the Placement Agent nor any of its affiliates or any of its
representatives (1) has any duties or obligations other than those
specifically set forth herein or in the Engagement Letter; (2)
shall be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with
the information provided by the Company; (3) makes any
representation or warranty, or has any responsibilities as to the
validity, accuracy, value or genuineness of any information,
certificates or documentation delivered by or on behalf of the
Company pursuant to this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby; or
(4) shall be liable (x) for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by any of them in good faith and reasonably believed to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Agreement or any Transaction Document or (y) for
anything which any of them may do or refrain from doing in
connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document, except
for such party's own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith.
(ii) The
Placement Agent, and its affiliates and representatives shall be
entitled to (1) rely on, and shall be protected in acting upon, any
certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter or any other
document or security delivered to any of them by or on behalf of
the Company, and (2) be indemnified by the Company for acting as
Placement Agent hereunder pursuant the indemnification provisions
set forth in the Engagement Letter.
(k)
Survival
.
The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall
survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its
own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants
hereunder.
(l)
Further
Assurances
. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be
done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall
execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates,
instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably
request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(m)
Indemnification
.
(i) In
consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and
in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under
the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect,
indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each holder of any
Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members,
officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and
any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives
(including, without limitation, those retained in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the
“
Indemnitees
”)
from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits,
claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages,
and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any
such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification
hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements (the “
Indemnified Liabilities
”),
incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or
relating to (i) any misrepresentation or breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Company or any Subsidiary in
any of the Transaction Documents, (ii) any breach of any covenant,
agreement or obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary contained
in any of the Transaction Documents or (iii) any cause of action,
suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee
by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action
brought on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary) or which
otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results
from (A) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any
of the Transaction Documents, (B) any transaction financed or to be
financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the
proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (C) any disclosure
properly made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(k), or (D)
the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities either as an
investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents or as a party to this Agreement
(including, without limitation, as a party in interest or otherwise
in any action or proceeding for injunctive or other equitable
relief). To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the
Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make
the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of
the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable
law.
(ii) Promptly
after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 9(m) of notice of
the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any
governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified
Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the Company under this Section 9(m), deliver to
the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the
Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent
the Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof
with counsel mutually satisfactory to the Company and the
Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the
right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such
counsel to be paid by the Company if: (A) the Company has agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses; (B) the Company shall have
failed promptly to assume the defense of such Indemnified Liability
and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in
any such Indemnified Liability; or (C) the named parties to any
such Indemnified Liability (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnitee and the Company, and such Indemnitee
shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is
likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such
Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee
notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the Company, then the Company shall not
have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall
be at the expense of the Company), provided further, that in the
case of clause (C) above the Company shall not be responsible for
the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate
legal counsel for the Indemnitees. The Indemnitee shall reasonably
cooperate with the Company in connection with any negotiation or
defense of any such action or Indemnified Liability by the Company
and shall furnish to the Company all information reasonably
available to the Indemnitee which relates to such action or
Indemnified Liability. The Company shall keep the Indemnitee
reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or
any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. The Company shall
not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding
effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that
the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its
consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent
of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into
any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff
to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to
such Indemnified Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall
not include any admission as to fault on the part of the
Indemnitee. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder,
the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee
with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating
to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure
to deliver written notice to the Company within a reasonable time
of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the
Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 9(m),
except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely
prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(iii) The
indemnification required by this Section 9(m) shall be made by
periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the
investigation or defense, within ten (10) days after bills are
received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.
(iv) The
indemnity agreement contained herein shall be in addition to (A)
any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the
Company or others, and (B) any liabilities the Company may be
subject to pursuant to the law.
(n)
Construction
.
The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and
no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality
or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each
and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any
other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock
shall be automatically adjusted for any stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar
transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the
date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained
herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a
prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of,
arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of,
and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such
Buyer (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect
short sales or similar transactions in the future.
(o)
Remedies
.
Each Buyer and in the event of assignment by Buyer of its rights
and obligations hereunder, each holder of Securities, shall have
all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and
all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any
time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights
which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights
under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce
such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other
security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights
granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the
event that it or any Subsidiary fails to perform, observe, or
discharge any or all of its or such Subsidiary’s (as the case
may be) obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at
law would inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore
agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to specific performance
and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other
equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any
such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and
without posting a bond or other security. The remedies provided in
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be
cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in
equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other
injunctive relief).
(p)
Withdrawal
Right
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
(and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction
Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand
or option under a Transaction Document and the Company or any
Subsidiary does not timely perform its related obligations within
the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or
withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written
notice to the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), any
relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without
prejudice to its future actions and rights.
(q)
Payment
Set Aside; Currency
. To the extent that the Company makes a
payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of
the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or
exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any
part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by
or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the
Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state
or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to
the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or
such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. Unless otherwise
expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States
Dollars (“
U.S.
Dollars
”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement
and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.
All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be
converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with
the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “
Exchange Rate
” means, in relation
to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars
pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as
published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of
calculation.
(r)
Judgment
Currency
.
(i) If
for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the
Company in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to
convert into any other currency (such other currency being
hereinafter in this Section 9(r) referred to as the
“
Judgment
Currency
”) an amount due in US Dollars under this
Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate
prevailing on the Trading Day (as defined in the Warrants)
immediately preceding:
(1) the
date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any
proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other
jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on
such date: or
(2) the
date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any
proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of
which such conversion is made pursuant to Section 9(r)(i)(1)
being hereinafter referred to as the “
Judgment Conversion
Date
”).
(ii) If
in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction
referred to in Section 9(r)(i)(1) above, there is a change in
the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date
and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable
party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure
that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at
the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce
the amount of US Dollars which could have been purchased with the
amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial
order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion
Date.
(iii) Any
amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a
separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained
for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document.
(s)
Independent
Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights
. The
obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are
several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and
no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the
obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document.
Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and
no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be
deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges
that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an
association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity,
or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in
concert or as a group or entity, and the Company shall not assert
any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the
Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or
as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with
respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents. The decision of each Buyer to purchase
Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by
such Buyer independently of any other Buyer. Each Buyer
acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer
in connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and
that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in
connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the
Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents.
The Company and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer has
independently participated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in
the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the
advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be
entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights,
including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this
Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall
not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single
agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities
contemplated hereby was solely in the control of the Company, not
the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done solely for the
convenience of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not because it
was required or requested to do so by any Buyer. It is expressly
understood and agreed that each provision contained in this
Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the
Company, each Subsidiary and a Buyer, solely, and not between the
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Buyers collectively and not
between and among the Buyers.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each Buyer and the
Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
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Q BIOMED INC.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each Buyer and the
Company have caused their respective signature page to this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, by checking this box (i) the obligations of the
above-signed to purchase the securities set forth in this Agreement
to be purchased from the Company by the above-signed, and the
obligations of the Company to sell such securities to the
above-signed, shall be unconditional and all conditions to Closing
shall be disregarded, (ii) the Closing shall occur on the second
(2
nd
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Trading Day following the date of this Agreement and (iii) any
condition to Closing contemplated by this Agreement (but prior to
being disregarded by clause (i) above) that required delivery by
the Company or the above-signed of any agreement, instrument,
certificate or the like or purchase price (as applicable) shall no
longer be a condition and shall instead be an unconditional
obligation of the Company or the above-signed (as applicable) to
deliver such agreement, instrument, certificate or the like or
purchase price (as applicable) to such other party on the Closing
Date.
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18
Exhibit 23.1
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S
CONSENT
We consent to the inclusion in this Registration Statement of Q
BioMed Inc. on Form S-1
Amendment No. 2 (File Number
333-222008)
of our report dated February 28, 2017, which
includes an explanatory paragraph as to the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern, with respect to our audits of the
financial statements of Q BioMed Inc. as of November 30, 2016 and
2015 and for the years ended November 30, 2016 and 2015, which
report appears in the Prospectus, which is part of this
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our
Firm under the heading “Experts” in such
Prospectus.
/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
New York, NY
January 10, 2018