10-Q
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[X]
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2021
or
[ ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the Transition Period from _________ to _________
Commission
file number: 001-37603
BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
91-1835664
(State
or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization)
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
40
Marcus Drive, Melville, New York
11747
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
Code)
(631)
760-8100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
symbol(s)
Name
of exchange on which registered
None
N/A
N/A
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes[X] No [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit such files). Yes[X] No [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer
[ ]
Accelerated
filer
[ ]
Non-accelerated
filer
[X]
Smaller
reporting company
[X]
Emerging
growth company
[ ]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act: [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ]
No [X]
Indicate
by checkmark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes [X] No
[ ]
As
of May 14, 2021, there were 3,175,977,710 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
FORM
10-Q
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021 AND 2020
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
PART
I.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
3
ITEM
1.
Financial
Statements
3
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 (unaudited) and December 31, 2020
3
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)
6
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
7
ITEM
2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
25
ITEM
3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
32
ITEM
4.
Controls and Procedures
32
PART
II.
OTHER INFORMATION
34
ITEM
1.
Legal Proceedings
34
ITEM
1A.
Risk Factors
34
ITEM
2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
34
ITEM
3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
34
ITEM
4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
34
ITEM
5.
Other Information
34
ITEM
6.
Exhibits
35
SIGNATURES
36
2
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED
Consolidated Balance Sheets
March 31,
December 31,
2021
2020
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash
$ 2,500,909
$ 3,064,610
Accounts receivable
18,000
17,000
Prepaid expenses
75,452
105,407
Total Current Assets
2,594,361
3,187,017
Equipment, net
16,345
21,914
Right of use asset
444,838
473,849
Intangible assets, net
645,636
664,268
Total Assets
$ 3,701,180
$ 4,347,048
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 245,661
$ 118,851
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
713,064
718,259
Accrued interest
212,793
49,307
Lease liability
105,459
158,371
PPP loan payable
14,687
-
Total Current Liabilities
1,291,664
1,044,788
Lease liability, net of current portion
392,255
363,519
Notes payable, net of debt discount of $4,949,709 and $5,366,869, respectively
4,476,330
4,270,233
PPP loan payable, net of current portion
235,313
-
Total Liabilities
6,395,562
5,678,540
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; Authorized, 20,000,000 shares; none issued and
outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
-
-
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; Authorized, 300,000,000,000 shares; Issued
and outstanding 3,175,911,955 and 2,862,174,380, respectively
317,593
286,220
Additional paid in capital
102,484,188
88,225,121
Accumulated deficit
(105,496,163 )
(89,842,833 )
Total Stockholders’ Deficit
(2,694,382 )
(1,331,492 )
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit
$ 3,701,180
$ 4,347,048
The
accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED
Consolidated STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
March 31, 2020
Revenues
$ 18,000
$ 26,000
Operating expenses:
Marketing and promotion
2,600
22,008
Consulting
8,389
34,012
Research and development
165,254
186,328
General and administrative
14,896,413
602,641
Total operating expenses
15,072,656
844,989
Loss from operations
(15,054,656 )
(818,989 )
Other expense:
Interest expense
181,514
285,926
Amortization of debt discount
417,160
1,066,526
Loss on extinguishment of notes payable, net
-
658,152
Change in fair value of derivative liabilites
-
2,141,069
Reorganization items, net
-
2,580,110
Total other expense
598,674
6,731,783
Net loss
$ (15,653,330 )
$ (7,550,772 )
Net Loss Per Share
- Basic and Diluted
$ (0.01 )
$ (0.01 )
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding
- Basic and Diluted
2,919,719,282
960,077,909
The
accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED
Consolidated STATEMENTS of CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Unaudited)
Additional
Total
Common
Stock
Paid-in
Accumulated
Shareholders’
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Deficit
Balance
at January 1, 2021
2,862,174,380
$ 286,220
$ 88,225,121
$ (89,842,833 )
$ (1,331,492 )
Shares
issued in exchange of notes payable and accrued interest
19,409,575
1,940
211,733
-
213,673
Shares
issued in cashless exercise of warrants
294,328,000
29,433
(29,433 )
-
-
Stock-based
compensation:
-
restricted share units
-
-
179,098
-
179,098
-
options
-
-
13,897,669
-
13,897,669
Net
loss
-
-
-
(15,653,330 )
(15,653,330 )
Balance
as of March 31, 2021
3,175,911,955
$ 317,593
$ 102,484,188
$ (105,496,163 )
$ (2,694,382 )
Balance
at January 1, 2020
77,851,633
$ 7,787
$ 65,786,213
$ (78,570,146 )
$ (12,776,146 )
Shares
and warrants issued for cash
1,000,000
100
9,900
-
10,000
Shares
issued in exchange for notes payable and accrued interest
1,515,799,750
151,580
2,407,352
-
2,558,932
Stock-based
compensation:
-
options
-
-
221,881
-
221,881
Net
loss
-
-
-
(7,550,772 )
(7,550,772 )
Balance
as of March 31, 2020
1,594,651,383
$ 159,467
$ 68,425,346
$ (86,120,918 )
$ (17,536,105 )
The
accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED
Consolidated STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
March 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net Loss
$ (15,653,330 )
$ (7,550,772 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Amortization of debt discount
417,160
1,066,526
Accretion of interest expense
-
2,810,973
Depreciation and amortization
24,201
43,764
Stock-based compensation
14,076,767
221,881
Loss on extinguishment of note payables, net
-
658,152
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities
-
2,141,069
Non-cash effect of right of use asset
4,835
8,592
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
(1,000 )
6,000
Prepaid assets and other current assets
29,955
12,978
Accounts payable
126,809
94,349
Accrued interest, expenses and other current liabilities
160,901
37,842
Net cash used in operating activities
(813,702 )
(448,646 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable
-
441,762
Proceeds from PPP Loan
250,000
-
Sales of common stock and warrants for cash
-
10,000
Net cash provided by financing activities
250,000
451,762
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(563,702 )
3,116
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
3,064,610
1,664
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
$ 2,500,909
$ 4,780
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for:
Interest
$ -
$ -
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Shares issued in exchange for notes payable and accrured interest
$ 213,673
$ 2,558,932
Bifurcated embedded conversion options and warrants recorded as derivative liability
and debt discount
$ -
$ 2,377,818
Sale of warrants recorded as derivative liabilities
$ -
$ 10,000
The
accompanying footnotes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC.
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION, LIQUIDITY, AND BUSINESS
Corporate
History
BioRestorative
Therapies, Inc. has one wholly-owned subsidiary, Stem Pearls, LLC (“Stem Pearls”). BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. and its
subsidiary are referred to collectively as “BRT” or the “Company”.
On
March 20, 2020 (the “Petition Date”), the Company filed a voluntary petition commencing a case (the “Chapter 11 Case”)
under chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy
Court”).
On
August 7, 2020 the Company and Auctus Fund, LLC (“Auctus”), the Company’s largest unsecured creditor and a stockholder
as of the Petition Date, filed an Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) and on October 30, 2020, the Bankruptcy
Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan, as amended. Amendments to the Plan are reflected in
the Confirmation Order. On November 16, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan became effective. See Note 5 – Notes
Payable – Chapter 11 Reorganization.
Nature
of the Business
BRT
develops therapeutic products and medical therapies using cell and tissue protocols, primarily involving adult stem cells. BRT’s
website is at www.biorestorative.com. BRT is currently developing a Disc/Spine Program referred to as “brtxDISC”. Its lead
cell therapy candidate, BRTX-100 , is a product formulated from autologous (or a person’s own) cultured mesenchymal stem
cells collected from the patient’s bone marrow. The product is intended to be used for the non-surgical treatment of painful lumbosacral
disc disorders or as a complimentary therapeutic to a surgical procedure. BRT is also engaging in research efforts with respect to a
platform technology utilizing brown adipose (fat) for therapeutic purposes to treat type 2 diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders
and has labeled this initiative its ThermoStem Program. Further, BRT has licensed a patented curved needle device that is a needle system
designed to deliver cells and/or other therapeutic products or material to the spine and discs or other potential sites.
Liquidity
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as
a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and satisfying liabilities in the normal course of business. At March 31, 2021,
the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $105,496,000 and working capital surplus of approximately $1,303,000. For the
three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had a loss from operations of approximately $15,055,000 (of which, approximately $14,077,000
was attributable to non-cash stock-based compensation) and negative cash flows from operations of approximately $814,000. The Company’s
operating activities consume the majority of its cash resources. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur operating losses
as it executes its development plans for 2021, as well as other potential strategic and business development initiatives. In addition,
the Company has had and expects to have negative cash flows from operations, at least into the near future. The Company has previously
funded, and plans to continue funding, these losses primarily through current cash on hand received subsequent to quarter end and additional
infusions of cash from equity and debt financing.
The
Company believes the following has been able to mitigate the above factors with regards to its ability to continue as a going concern:
(i) as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization approximately $14,700,000 in outstanding debt and other liabilities were exchanged for (a)
shares of common stock, (b) new convertible notes or (c) new convertible notes and warrants to purchase shares of common stock; (ii)
the Company secured DIP financing during its Chapter 11 Case in the amount of $1,189,413, as well as an aggregate amount of $3,848,548
in debt financing from Auctus and others as part of the Company’s Chapter 11 reorganization, to sustain operations; and (iii) pursuant
to the plan of reorganization, Auctus is required to loan to the Company, as needed, an additional amount equal to $3,500,000, less the
amount of Auctus’ DIP financing ($1,226,901, inclusive of accrued interest) and its DIP costs not to exceed approximately $650,000.
As a result of the above, and cash on hand of approximately $2,248,000 as of May 11, 2021, the Company believes it has sufficient cash
to fund operations for the twelve months subsequent to the filing date. In addition, the Company is seeking further funding to commence
and complete a Phase 2 clinical study of the use of BRTX-100.
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There
is no assurance that these funds will be sufficient to enable the Company to fully complete its development activities or attain profitable
operations. If the Company is unable to obtain such additional financing on a timely basis the Company may have to curtail its development,
marketing and promotional activities, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition
and results of operations, and ultimately the Company could be forced to discontinue its operations and liquidate.
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern and the
realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The carrying amounts of assets and liabilities
presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement
values. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary
should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 has
been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and
Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, such financial information includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position at such dates and the operating
results and cash flows for such periods. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of
the results that may be expected for the entire year or for any other subsequent interim period.
Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant
to the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December
31, 2020 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 30, 2021.
Principles
of Consolidation
The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Stem Pearls.
Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Reclassifications
During
the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reclassified $2,580,110 related to the write-off of unamortizaed debt discount on
convertible notes to reorganization items on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. This amount was previously
recorded as interest expense in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021. This reclassification
had no effect on net loss or cash flows as previously reported.
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Chapter
11 Cases
Chapter
11 Accounting
The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared as if we were a going concern and in accordance
with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 852, Reorganizations .
Weak
industry conditions in 2019 negatively impacted the Company’s results of operations and cash flows and may continue to do so in
the future. In order to decrease the Company’s indebtedness and maintain the Company’s liquidity levels suifficient to meet
its commitments, the Company undertook a number of actions, including minimizing capital expendtiures and further reducing its recurring
operating expenses. The Company believed that even after taking these actions, it would not have sufficient liquidity to satisfy its
debt service obligations and meet its other financial obligations. On March 20, 2020 (the “Petition Date”), the Company filed
a voluntary petition commencing a case under chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
District of New York. On August 7, 2020, the Company and Auctus, the Company’s largest unsecured creditor and a stockholder as
of the Petition Date, filed an Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). On November 16, 2020 (the “Effective
Date”), the Plan became effective.
Reorganization
Items, Net
The
Company incurred costs after the Petition Date associated with the reorganization, primarily unamortized debt discount and postpetition
professional fees. In accordance with applicable guidance, costs associated with the bankruptcy proceedings have been recorded as reorganization
items, net within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021
and 2020. Reorganization items, net for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, were $- and $2,580,110, respectively, representing
cash used in operating activities.
Reorganization
items, net for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, consisted of the following:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Three
Months Ended
March
31, 2020
Unamortized debt discount on convertible notes
$ -
$ 2,580,110
Total reorganization items, net
$ -
$ 2,580,110
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity-based transactions, revenue and expenses and disclosure
of contingent liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company bases its estimates and
assumptions on historical experience, known or expected trends and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable. As future
events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ from these estimates which may cause the Company’s
future results to be affected.
The
Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation
of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates include the carrying value of intangible
assets, deferred tax asset and valuation allowance, estimated fair value of derivative liabilities stemming from convertible debt securities,
and assumptions used in the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model, such as expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, and expected divided
rate.
Revenue
The
Company derives all of its revenue pursuant to a license agreement between the Company and a stem cell treatment company (“SCTC”)
entered into in January 2012, as amended in November 2015. Pursuant to the license agreement, the SCTC granted to the Company a license
to use certain intellectual property related to, among other things, stem cell disc procedures and the Company has granted to the SCTC
a sublicense to use, and the right to sublicense to third parties the right to use, in certain locations in the United States and the
Cayman Islands, certain of the licensed intellectual property. In consideration of the sublicenses, the SCTC has agreed to pay the Company
royalties on a per disc procedure basis.
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Practical
Expedients
As
part of ASC Topic 606, the Company has adopted several practical expedients including:
●
Significant
Financing Component – the Company does not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing
component since the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the Company transfers a promised good or
service to the customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will be one year or less.
●
Unsatisfied
Performance Obligations – all performance obligations related to contracts with a duration for less than one year, the Company
has elected to apply the optional exemption provided in ASC Topic 606 and therefore, is not required to disclose the aggregate amount
of transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially satisfied at the end of the reporting
period.
●
Right
to Invoice – the Company has a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value
to the customer of the Company’s performance completed to date. The Company may recognize revenue in the amount to which the
entity has a right to invoice.
Contract
Modifications
There
were no contract modifications during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Contract modifications are not routine in the performance
of the Company’s contracts.
Cash
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
There were no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
Accounts
Receivable
Accounts
receivable are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances, net of allowances for doubtful accounts. The Company periodically
assesses its accounts and other receivables for collectability on a specific identification basis. The Company provides for allowances
for doubtful receivables based on management’s estimate of uncollectible amounts considering age, collection history, and any other
factors considered appropriate. Payments are generally due within 30 days of invoice. The Company writes off accounts receivable against
the allowance for doubtful accounts when a balance is determined to be uncollectible. The Company did not record an allowance for doubtful
accounts as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related
assets, generally three to fifteen years. Expenditures that enhance the useful lives of the assets are capitalized and depreciated. Computer
equipment costs are capitalized, as incurred, and depreciated on a straight-line basis over a range of 3 – 5 years.
Leasehold
improvements are amortized over the lesser of (i) the useful life of the asset, or (ii) the remaining lease term. Maintenance and repairs
are charged to expense as incurred. The Company capitalizes cost attributable to the betterment of property and equipment when such betterment
extends the useful life of the assets. At the time of retirement or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost and accumulated
depreciation will be removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, will be reflected in operations.
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Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
The
Company reviews long-lived assets, including finite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the
forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate to the carrying amount. If the operation is determined
to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then these assets are written down first, followed by other long-lived assets
of the operation to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature
of the assets. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company determined that there was no impairment charge for
intangible assets.
Intangible
Assets
The
Company records its intangible assets at cost in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. Definite lived intangible
assets are amortized over their estimated useful life using the straight-line method, which is determined by identifying the period over
which the cash flows from the asset are expected to be generated.
Advertising
and Marketing Costs
The
Company expenses advertising and marketing costs as they are incurred. Advertising and marketing expenses were $2,600 and $22,008 for
the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The above advertising and marketing expenses are recorded in marketing
and promotion on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Fair
Value Measurements
As
defined in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” fair value is the price that would be received to sell an
asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The
Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions
about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated,
or generally unobservable. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy
gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and
the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). This fair value measurement framework applies at both initial and subsequent
measurement.
Level
1:
Quoted
prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in
which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing
basis. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments such as exchange-traded derivatives, marketable securities and listed
equities.
Level
2:
Pricing
inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as
of the reported date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies.
These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities,
time value, volatility factors and current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant
economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument,
can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace.
Instruments in this category generally include non-exchange-traded derivatives such as commodity swaps, interest rate swaps, options
and collars.
Level
3:
Pricing
inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally
developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value.
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Net
Loss per Common Share
Net
loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
All vested outstanding options and warrants are considered potential common stock. The dilutive effect, if any, of stock options, warrants,
and unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) are calculated using the treasury stock method. All outstanding convertible
notes are considered common stock at the beginning of the period or at the time of issuance, if later, pursuant to the if-converted method.
Since the effect of common stock equivalents is anti-dilutive with respect to losses, options, warrants, RSUs and convertible notes have
been excluded from the Company’s computation of net loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
The
following table summarizes the securities that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the effect of including these
potential shares was antidilutive:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021
2020
Options
2,352,695,565
4,874,617
Warrants
14,689,060,954
8,823,490
Unvested RSUs
1,173,917,974
-
Convertible notes – common stock
804,326,396 (1)
20,614,707,544
(2)
Total
19,020,000,889
20,628,405,651
(1)
As
of Marh 31, 2021 all of the convertible notes had variable conversion prices and the shares issuable were estimated based on the
market conditions. Pursuant to the note agreements, there were 6,078,578,968 shares of common stock reserved for future note
conversions as of March 31, 2021.
(2)
As
of March 31, 2020 many of the convertible notes had variable conversion prices and the shares issuable were estimated based on the
market conditions. Pursuant to the note agreements, there were 360,7963,730 shares of common stock reserved for future note conversions
as of March 31, 2020.
Stock-based
Compensation
The
Company applies the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires the measurement
and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees, including employee stock options, in the statements
of operations.
For
stock options issued to employees and members of the board of directors for their services, the Company estimates the grant date fair
value of each option using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires management
to make assumptions with respect to the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the common stock consistent with the
expected life of the option, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend yields of the common stock. For awards subject to service-based
vesting conditions, including those with a graded vesting schedule, the Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense equal to
the grant date fair value of stock options on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting
term. Forfeitures are recorded as they are incurred as opposed to being estimated at the time of grant and revised.
Pursuant
to Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-07 Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee
Share-Based Payment Accounting, the Company accounts for stock options issued to non-employees for their services in accordance ASC 718.
The Company uses valuation methods and assumptions to value the stock options that are in line with the process for valuing employee
stock options noted above.
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Since
the shares underlying the Company’s 2010 Equity Participation Plan and the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plans”)
are registered, the Company estimates the fair value of the awards granted under the Plans based on the market value of its freely tradable
common stock as reported on the OTC Markets. On February 3, 2020, the Company was advised by OTC Markets Group that, based upon the closing
bid price of the Company’s common stock being less than $0.001 per share for five consecutive trading days, the Company’s
common stock was moved from the OTCQB Market to the Pink Market effective at market open on February 10, 2020. The fair value of the
Company’s restricted equity instruments was estimated by management based on observations of the cash sales prices of both restricted
shares and freely tradable shares. Awards granted to directors are treated on the same basis as awards granted to employees. Upon the
exercise of an option or warrant, the Company issues new shares of common stock out of its authorized shares.
Income
Taxes
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets,
including tax loss and credit carry forwards, and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income
in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
The
Company utilizes ASC 740, Income Taxes , which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected
future tax consequences of events that have been included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements or tax returns.
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method to compute the differences between the tax basis of assets
and liabilities and the related financial amounts, using currently enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is “more
likely than not” that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company’s net
deferred tax asset has been fully reserved.
For
uncertain tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold, the Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax
positions in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties,
if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations when
a determination is made that such expense is likely.
Derivative
Financial Instruments
The
Company evaluates its convertible instruments to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivative
financial instruments to be separately accounted for in accordance with Topic 815 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
ASC. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record embedded conversion options (“ECOs”)
and any related freestanding instruments at their fair values as of the inception date of the agreement and at fair value as of each
subsequent balance sheet date. Any change in fair value is recorded as non-operating, non-cash income or expense for each reporting period
at each balance sheet date. Conversion options are recorded as a discount to the host instrument and are amortized as amortization of
debt discount on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements over the life of the underlying instrument. The Company reassesses
the classification of its derivative instruments at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during
the period, the contract is reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the reclassification.
The
Multinomial Lattice Model and Black-Scholes Model were used to estimate the fair value of the ECOs of convertible notes payable, warrants,
and stock options that are classified as derivative liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The models include
subjective input assumptions that can materially affect the fair value estimates. The expected volatility is estimated based on the actual
volatility during the most recent historical period of time equal to the weighted average life of the instruments.
Sequencing
Policy
Under
ASC 815-40-35 (“ASC 815”), the Company has adopted a sequencing policy, whereby, in the event that reclassification of contracts
from equity to assets or liabilities is necessary pursuant to ASC 815 due to the Company’s inability to demonstrate it has sufficient
authorized shares as a result of certain securities with a potentially indeterminable number of shares, shares will be allocated on the
basis of the earliest issuance date of potentially dilutive instruments, with the earliest grants receiving the first allocation of shares.
Pursuant to ASC 815, issuances of securities to the Company’s employees and directors, or to compensate grantees in a share-based
payment arrangement, are not subject to the sequencing policy.
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Leases
In
February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”)). The standard requires all leases that have a term
of over 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet with the liability for lease payments and the corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”)
asset initially measured at the present value of amounts expected to be paid over the term. Recognition of the costs of these leases
on the income statement will be dependent upon their classification as either an operating or a financing lease. Costs of an operating
lease will continue to be recognized as a single operating expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Costs for a financing
lease will be disaggregated and recognized as both an operating expense (for the amortization of the ROU asset) and interest expense
(for interest on the lease liability).
A
lease is defined as a contract that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time
in exchange for consideration.
In
accordance with ASC 842, Leases , the Company recognized an ROU asset and corresponding lease liability on its balance sheets for
its office space lease agreement. See Note 8 - Leases for further discussion, including the impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
ROU
assets include any prepaid lease payments and exclude any lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Lease expense for minimum
lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate
the lease if it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
Leases
in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of office rental. All of the leases are classified as operating leases. The Company
has a lease agreement for office space with a remaining term of 3.75 years as of March 31, 2021.
Subsequent Events
There were no
subsequent events or transactions requiring recognition or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements,
and noted thereto, through the date the financial statements were issued.
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In
March 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-03, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) (“ASU 2021-03”) which requires
an entity to identify and evaluate goodwill impairment triggering events when they occur to determine whether it is more likely than
not that the fair value of a reporting unit (or entity, if the entity has elected the accounting alternative for amortizing goodwill
and chosen that option) is less than its carrying amount. If an entity determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill is
impaired, it must test goodwill for impairment using the triggering event date as the measurement date. An entity is required to disclose
the amount assigned to goodwill in total and by major business combination, or by reorganization event resulting in fresh-start-start
reporting. Also, the weighted average amortization period in total and the amortization period by major business combination, or by reorganization
event resulting in fresh-start reporting. ASU 2021-03 was effective for the Company on January 1, 2021 and did not have a significant
impact on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement.
In
May 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-04 “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50),
Compensation— Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
815- 40) Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options”
which clarifies and reduces diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified
written call options (for example, warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. An entity should measure the
effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after
modification or exchange as follows: i) for a modification or an exchange that is a part of or directly related to a modification or
an exchange of an existing debt instrument or line-of-credit or revolving-debt arrangements (hereinafter, referred to as a “debt”
or “debt instrument”), as the difference between the fair value of the modified or exchanged written call option and the
fair value of that written call option immediately before it is modified or exchanged; ii) for all other modifications or exchanges,
as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the modified or exchanged written call option over the fair value of that written call option
immediately before it is modified or exchanged. The amendments in this Update are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. An entity should apply the amendments prospectively to
modifications or exchanges occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. The Company is currently evaluating the impact
of this standard on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
All
other newly issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements have been deemed to be not applicable or immaterial to the Company.
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NOTE
3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The
Company is a party to a license agreement with the SCTC (as amended) (the “SCTC Agreement”). Pursuant to the SCTC Agreement,
the Company obtained, among other things, a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing license from the SCTC to utilize or sublicense a certain
medical device patent for the administration of specific cells and/or cell products to the disc and/or spine (and other parts of the
body) and a worldwide (excluding Asia and Argentina), exclusive, royalty-bearing license to utilize or sublicense a certain method for
culturing cells. Pursuant to the license agreement with the SCTC, unless certain performance milestones had been or are satisfied, the
Company would have been required to pay to the SCTC $150,000 by April 2017 and an additional $250,000 by April 2019 in order to maintain
its exclusive rights with regard to the disc/spine technology. In February 2017, the Company received authorization from the Food and
Drug Administration (the “FDA”) to proceed with a Phase 2 clinical trial. Based upon such authorization, the Company has
satisfied a performance milestone such that the Company was not required to pay to the SCTC a minimum amount of $150,000 by April 2017
to retain exclusive rights with regard to the disc/spine technology. In addition, the Company believes that it has until February 2022
to complete the Phase 2 clinical trial in order to satisfy the final performance milestone such that the Company was not required to
pay the additional $250,000 by April 2019 pursuant to the SCTC Agreement to maintain its exclusive rights.
Intangible
assets consist of the following:
Patents and Trademarks
Licenses
Accumulated Amortization
Total
Balance as of January 1, 2020
$ 3,676
$ 1,301,500
$ (566,012 )
$ 739,164
Amortization expense
-
-
(74,896 )
(74,896 )
Balance as of December 31, 2020
3,676
1,301,500
(640,908 )
664,268
Amortization expense
-
-
(18,632 )
(18,632 )
Balance as of March 31, 2021
$ 3,676
$ 1,301,500
$ (659,540 )
$ 645,636
Weighted average remaining amortization period at March 31, 2021 (in years)
-
8.61
Amortization of intangible
assets consists of the following:
Patents and Trademarks
Licenses
Accumulated Amortization
Balance as of January 1, 2020
$ 3,312
$ 562,700
$ 566,012
Amortization expense
364
74,532
74,896
Balance as of December 31, 2020
3,676
637,232
640,908
Amortization expense
-
18,632
18,632
Balance as of March 31, 2021
$ 3,676
$ 655,864
$ 659,540
NOTE
4 – ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities consist of:
March
31,
2021
December
31,
2020
Accrued payroll
$ 22,898
$ -
Accrued research and development expenses
32,568
-
Accrued general and administrative expenses
-
60,661
Accrued
DIP and Plan costs related to DIP Funding and Plan (1)
657,598
657,598
Total accrued expenses
$ 713,064
$ 718,259
(1)
Amount
represents DIP and Plan costs associated with the Auctus DIP Funding and the Plan.
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NOTE
5 – NOTES PAYABLE
A
summary of the notes payable activity during the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below:
Convertible Notes
Other Loans
Debt Discount
Total
Outstanding, January 1, 2021
$ 9,637,102
$ -
$ (5,366,869 )
$ 4,270,233
Issuances
-
250,000
-
250,000
Exchanges for equity
(211,063 )
-
-
(211,063 )
Amortization of debt discount
-
-
417,160
417,160
Outstanding, March 31, 2021
$ 9,426,039
$ 250,000
$ (4,949,709 )
$ 4,726,330
Chapter
11 Reorganization
On
March 20, 2020, the Company filed a voluntary petition commencing a case under chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. On August 7, 2020, the Company and Auctus, the Company’s largest
unsecured creditor and a stockholder as of the Petition Date, filed an Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”).
Pursuant to the Bankruptcy, for any outstanding principal and interest at the date of the Company’s Chapter 11 petition (except
for creditors who provided additional debt financing in connection with the Bankruptcy), 100 shares of the Company’s common stock
were issued for each dollar of allowed claim, with such shares subject to leak-out restrictions prohibiting the holder from selling,
without the consent of the Company, more than 33% of the issued shares during each of the three initial 30 day periods following the
Effective Date. As a result of the Chapter 11 petition, the conversion rights for the then outstanding notes were rescinded and were
subject to the conversion rights outlined above.
On
October 30, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan, as amended. Amendments
to the Plan are reflected in the Confirmation Order. On November 16, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan became effective.
The
material features of the Plan, as amended and confirmed by the Confirmation Order, are as follows:
i.
Treatment
of the financing to the Company by Auctus of up to $7,000,000 which Auctus has provided or committed to provide consisting of the
debtor-in-possession loans made to the Company by Auctus during the Chapter 11 Case (the “DIP Funding”) and additional
funding as described below.
ii.
Auctus
has provided $3,500,000 in funding to the Company (the “Initial Auctus Funding”) and is to provide, subject to certain
conditions, additional funding to the Company, as needed, in an amount equal to $3,500,000, less the sum of the debtor-in-possession
loans made to the Company by Auctus during the Chapter 11 Case (inclusive of accrued interest) (approximately $1,227,000 as of the
Effective Date) and the costs incurred by Auctus as the debtor-in-possession lender (the “DIP Costs”). As of March 31,
2021, the DIP Costs and additional Plan costs were not finalized and recorded. The DIP Costs and the additional Plan costs in the
aggregate are estimated to total $657,598, of which $500,000 and $157,598 were recorded in debt discount and accrued expenses, respectively,
on the consolidated balance sheets. In addition, four other persons and entitles (collectively, the “Other Lenders”)
who held allowed general unsecured claims provided funding to the Company in the aggregate amount of approximately $348,000 (the
“Other Funding” and together with the Initial Auctus Funding, the “Funding”). In consideration of the Funding,
the Company has issued the following:
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a.
Secured
convertible notes of the Company (each, a “Secured Convertible Note”) in the principal amount equal to the Funding; the
payment of the Secured Convertible Notes is secured by the grant of a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s
assets; the Secured Convertible Notes have the following features:
●
Maturity
date of three years following the Effective Date;
●
Interest
at the rate of 7% per annum;
●
The
right of the holder to convert the indebtedness into shares of common stock of the Company at a price equal to the volume weighted
average price for the common stock over the five trading days immediately preceding the conversion; and
●
Mandatory
conversion of all indebtedness at such time as the common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another senior exchange
on the same terms as provided to investors in connection with a public offering undertaken in connection with such listing;
b.
Warrants
(each, a “Class A Warrant”) to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to the amount of the Funding provided
divided by $0.0005 (a total of 7,000,000,000 Class A Warrants in consideration of the Initial Auctus Funding and a total of approximately
697,000,000 Class A Warrants in the aggregate in consideration of the Other Funding), such Class A Warrants having an exercise price
of $0.0005 per share; and
c.
Warrants
(each, a “Class B Warrant” and together with the Class A Warrants, the “Plan Warrants”) to purchase a number
of shares of common stock equal to the Funding provided divided by $0.001 (a total of 3,500,000,000 Class B Warrants in consideration
of the Initial Auctus Funding and a total of approximately 348,500,000 Class B Warrants in the aggregate in consideration of the
Other Funding), such Class B Warrants having an exercise price of $0.001 per share.
iii.
The
obligation to Auctus with respect to the DIP Funding has been exchanged for the following:
a.
A
Secured Convertible Note in the principal amount of approximately $1,349,591 (110% of the DIP Funding) with a maturity date of November
16, 2023;
b.
A
Class A Warrant to purchase 2,453,802,480 shares of common stock; and
c.
A
Class B Warrant to purchase 1,226,901,240 shares of common stock (as to which 544,697,452 shares of common stock have been exercised
on a net exercise basis, pursuant to the terms of the Class B Warrant, with respect to the issuance of 512,124,200 shares of common
stock, of which 217,796,200 and 294,328,000 were issued during 2020 and 2021, respectively).
In
addition, Auctus shall be entitled to receive a Secured Convertible Note in exchange for its allowed DIP Costs and allowed Plan costs
in a manner in which the DIP Funding was treated and may be entitled to a Class A Warrant and a Class B Warrant in consideration of such
costs.
The
claim arising from the secured promissory notes of the Company, dated February 20, 2020 and February 26, 2020, in the original principal
amounts of $320,200 and $33,562, respectively, issued to John Desmarais (“Desmarais”) (collectively, the “Desmarais
Notes”), was treated as an allowed secured claim in the aggregate amount of $490,699 and was exchanged for a Secured Convertible
Note in such amount.
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iv.
The
claim arising from the promissory note issued in June 2016 by the Company to Desmarais in the original principal amount of $175,000
was treated as an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount of $245,192 and was satisfied and exchanged for 24,519,200 shares
of common stock.
v.
The
claim arising from the promissory note issued in June 2016 by the Company to Tuxis Trust, an entity related to Desmarais, in the
original principal amount of $500,000 was treated as follows:
a.
$444,534
was treated as an allowed general unsecured claim in such amount and exchanged for 44,453,400 shares of common stock; and
b.
$309,301
was treated as an allowed secured claim in such amount and exchanged for a Secured Convertible Note in such amount with a maturity
date of November 16, 2023.
vi.
Holders
of allowed general unsecured claims (other than Auctus and the Other Lenders) received an aggregate of 1,049,726,797 shares of common
stock where were valued at the fair market value of the stock at issuance date of $14,381,259 with an associated loss of $3,883,991
recognized in Reorganization Items, net on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations in exchange for approximately $10,497,268
outstanding accounts payable and convertible debt (including accrued interest), with such shares being subject to a leak-out restriction
prohibiting each holder from selling, without consent of the Company, more than 33% of its shares during each of the three initial
30 day periods following the Effective Date.
vii.
Auctus
and the Other Lenders have been issued, in respect of their allowed general unsecured claims ($3,261,819 in the case of Auctus and
an aggregate of approximately $382,400 in the case of the Other Lenders), a convertible promissory note of the Company (each, an
“Unsecured Convertible Note”) in the allowed amount of the claim, which Unsecured Convertible Notes have the following
material features:
a.
Maturity
date of three years from the Effective Date;
b.
Interest
at the rate of 5% per annum;
c.
The
right of the holder to convert the indebtedness into shares of common stock at a price equal to the volume weighted average for the
common stock over the five trading days immediately preceding the conversion;
d.
Mandatory
conversion of all outstanding indebtedness at such time as the common stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another senior
exchange on the same terms as provided to investors in connection with a public offering undertaken in connection with such listing;
and
e.
A
leak-out restriction prohibiting each holder from selling, without the consent of the Company, more than 16.6% of the underlying
shares received upon conversion during each of the six initial 30 day periods following the Effective Date.
viii.
The
issuance of (a) the shares of common stock and the Unsecured Convertible Notes to the holders of allowed general unsecured claims
and (b) the Secured Convertible Notes and Plan Warrants to Auctus in exchange for the DIP Funding and any common stock into which
those Secured Convertible Notes and those Plan Warrants may be converted is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code Section 1145. Such securities shall be freely transferrable subject to Section
1145(b)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Pursuant
to the Plan, on the Effective Date, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to which,
among other things, the number of shares of common stock authorized to be issued by the Company has been increased to 300,000,000,000
and the par value of the shares of common stock has been reduced to $0.0001 per share.
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The
Company recorded $142,692 and $362,041 of interest expense related to notes payable and convertible note payable for the three
months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Convertible
Notes
Conversions,
Exchanges and Other
During
the three months ended March 31, 2021, certain lenders converted unsecured convertible notes with with an aggegate amount of $213,673
(including $2,611 of accrued interest) for an aggregate of 19,409,575 shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion
price of $0.01 per share.
Debtor-in-Possession
Financing
During
the year ended December 31, 2020, and subsequent to the Petition Date, in connection with the Chapter 11 Case, the Company received debtor-in-possession
loans of $1,189,413 in the aggregate from Auctus.
The
proceeds from the DIP Funding were used (a) for working capital and other general purposes of the Company; (b) United States Trustee
fees; (c) Bankruptcy Court approved professional fees and other administrative expenses arising in the Chapter 11 Case; and (d) interest,
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the DIP Funding, including professional fees.
Pursuant
to the Plan, the obligation to Auctus with respect to the DIP Funding has been exchanged for two Secured Convertible Notes (See Note
5 – Notes Payable – Chapter 11 Reorganization) for an aggregate principal amount of $1,349,591 which bear interest at 7%
per annum with a maturity date of November 16, 2023. In connection with the Secured Convertible Notes, Auctus received warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 3,680,703,720 shares of Company’s commons stock with exercise prices ranging between $0.0005 and $0.001 per share.
Interest
expense for the two Secured Convertible Notes was $23,294 for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Other
Loans
On
March 14, 2021, under the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, the Company entered into a note payable
with a financial institution for $250,000 at an interest rate of 1% per annum and a maturity date of March 14, 2026. Pursuant to the
note, principal and interest payments are deferred for ten months, which, at that time the Company may apply for loan forgiveness. If
the Company does not apply for loan forgiveness, or if the loan forgiveness is denied, the Company will be required to make monthly payments
of $5,100 starting on January 14, 2022. As of March 31, 2021, the Company has not applied for loan forgiveness. All remaining unpaid
principal and interest is due and payable at the maturity date. At March 31, 2021, $250,000 was outstanding.
Future
minimum payments under the above notes payable following the three months ended March 31, 2021, are as follows:
2021
$ -
2022
58,970
2023
9,485,601
2023
60,161
Thereafter
71,307
Total future minimum payments
9,676,039
Less: discount
(4,949,709 )
4,726,330
Less: current
(14,687 )
$ 4,711,643
NOTE
6 – Stockholders’ DEFICIT
Stock
Incentive Plan
On
March 18, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2021
Plan”). Pursuant to the 2021 Plan, a total of 4,700,000,000 shares of common stock are authorized to be issued pursuant to the
grant of stock options, restricted stock units, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other incentive awards.
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Warrant
and Option Valuation
The
Company has computed the fair value of warrants and options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected term used
for warrants and options issued to non-employees is the contractual life and the expected term used for options issued to employees and
directors is the estimated period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company utilizes the “simplified”
method to develop an estimate of the expected term of “plain vanilla” employee option grants. The Company is utilizing an
expected volatility figure based on a review of the historical volatilities, over a period of time, equivalent to the expected life of
the instrument being valued, of similarly positioned public companies within its industry. The risk-free interest rate was determined
from the implied yields from U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with a remaining term consistent with the expected term of the instrument
being valued.
Warrant
Activity Summary
In
applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model to warrants granted or issued, the Company used the following assumptions:
For
the Three Months Ended
March
31,
2020
Risk
free interest rate
1.63 %
Contractual
term (years)
5.00
Expected
volatility
202 %
The
weighted average estimated fair value of warrants granted during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.01 per
share.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 294,328,000 shares of the Company’ common stock, as a
result of the cashless exercise of 313,019,749 warrants to Auctus.
A
summary of the warrant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below:
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Average
Remaining
Aggregate
Number
of
Exercise
Life
Intrinsic
Warrants
Price
In
Years
Value
Outstanding,
January 1, 2021
15,002,388,203
$ 0.0011
4.9
95,965,883
Granted
-
-
Exercised
(313,019,749 )
0.001
Forfeited
(307,500 )
4.12
Outstanding,
March 31, 2021
14,689,060,954
$ 0.001
4.6
$ 165,904,440
Exercisable,
March 31, 2021
14,689,060,954
$ 0.001
4.6
$ 165,904,440
The
following table presents information related to stock warrants at March 31, 2021:
Warrants
Outstanding
Warrants
Exercisable
Weighted
Outstanding
Average
Exercisable
Exercise
Number
of
Remaining
Life
Number
of
Price
Warrants
In
Years
Warrants
$0.00
- $0.015
14,682,649,518
4.6
14,682,649,518
$0.20
- $1.99
5,106,746
3.3
5,106,746
$2.00
- $2.99
75,000
2.6
75,000
$3.00
- $3.99
70,000
2.3
70,000
$4.00
- $4.99
1,023,023
1.0
1,023,023
$5.00
- $5.99
136,667
0.3
136,667
14,689,060,954
4.6
14,689,060,954
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Stock
Options
In
applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model to stock options granted, the Company used the following assumptions:
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
2021
Risk free interest rate
1.71 %
Expected term (years)
5.50
Expected volatility
228 %
Expected dividends
0.00 %
The
Company granted options for the purchase of 2,347,835,948 shares of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021.
The
Company did not issue stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
The grant date fair value of options issued during the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $27,736,052.
A
summary of the option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2021 is presented below:
Weighted
Weighted
Average
Average
Remaining
Aggregate
Number
of
Exercise
Life
Intrinsic
Options
Price
In
Years
Value
Outstanding,
January 1, 2021
4,859,617
$ 0.98
6.2
-
Granted
2,347,835,948
0.0119
Forfeited
-
-
Outstanding,
March 31, 2021
2,352,695,565
$ 0.0139
10.0
$ -
Exercisable,
March 31, 2021
1,178,636,261
$ 0.0158
10.0
$ -
The
following table presents information related to stock options at March 31, 2021:
Options
Outstanding
Options
Exercisable
Weighted
Outstanding
Average
Exercisable
Exercise
Number
of
Remaining
Life
Number
of
Price
Options
In
Years
Options
$0.00
- $0.0119
2,347,835,948
10.0
1,173,917,974
$0.26
- $0.74
175,000
8.4
175,000
$0.75
- $0.99
4,607,117
5.9
4,465,787
$1.00
- $5.99
5,000
3.2
5,000
$6.00
- $19.99
37,500
2.8
37,500
$20.00
- $30.00
35,000
1.0
35,000
2,352,695,565
9.98
1,178,636,261
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On
March 18, 2021, the Company, pursuant to two employment agreements, granted to its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
and its Vice President, Research and Development options to purchase an aggregate of 2,347,835,948 shares of the Company’s common
stock (See Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies). The options have an exercise price of $0.0119 per share and vest to the extent
of 50% on the date of grant, 25% on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and 25% on the two-year anniversary of the grant date.
Restricted
Stock Units
Pursuant
to the 2021 Plan, the Company grants RSUs to employees, consultants, or non-employee directors (“Eligible Individuals”).
The number, terms, and conditions of the RSUs that are granted to Eligible Individuals are determined on an individual basis by the plan
administrator. On the distribution date, the Company shall issue to the Eligible Individual one unrestricted, fully transferable
share of the Company’s common stock (or the fair market value of one such share in cash) for each vestded and nonforfeitable RSU.
On
March 18, 2021, the Company, pursuant to two employment agreements, granted an aggregate of 1,173,917,974 RSUs to its Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the Board and its Vice President, Research and Development (See Note 7 – Commitments and Contingencies)
with a fair value of $0.0119 per share. The RSUs vest to the extent of one-third on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, one-third
on the two-year anniversary of the grant date, and one-third on the three-year anniversary of the grant date.
A
summary of our unvested RSUs as of March 31, 2021 is as follows:
Number
of
Shares
Outstanding,
January 1, 2021
-
Granted
1,173,917,974
Forfeited
-
Vested
-
Outstanding,
March 31, 2021
1,173,917,974
The
following table presents information related to stock compensation expense:
Weighted
Average
Unrecognized
Remaining
For
the Three Months Ended
at
Amortization
March
31,
March
31,
Period
2021
2020
2021
(Years)
Consulting
$ -
$ 34,012
$ -
-
Research
and development
25,121
60,104
56,358
0.6
General
and administrative
14,051,646
127,765
27,669,103
2.0
$ 14,076,767
$ 221,881
$ 27,725,461
2.0
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Note
7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation,
Claims and Assessments
Coventry
Enterprises, LLC
On
February 11, 2020, pursuant to an Order to Show Cause of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York (the “Court”),
in the matter of Coventry Enterprises, LLC vs. BioRestorative Therapies, Inc., pending the hearing of the plaintiff’s application
for a preliminary injunction, the Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the Company from issuing any additional shares
of stock except for purposes of fulfilling the plaintiff’s share reserve requests or conversion requests until such reserve requests
were fulfilled and enjoining the Company from reserving authorized shares for any other party until the plaintiff’s reserve requests
were fulfilled. Pursuant to a hearing held on February 13, 2020, the temporary restraining order with regard to the Company issuing shares
of common stock was not continued.
On
March 11, 2020, the Court ordered that the Company (i) convene and hold a special meeting, by no later than March 18, 2020, of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), for approval of certain changes to the shares of the Company, as set forth below;
(ii) approve a reverse split and/or a stock consolidation, solely of the Company’s outstanding shares, at a ratio of 1,000 to 1,
(iii) approve of the continuation of the Company’s then total authorized shares of common stock at 2,000,000,000 shares; and (iv)
to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Company, within ten days of the special meeting of the Board and by not later than March
25, 2020, to approve the foregoing. On March 18, 2020, the Board considered the matter, and, based upon the Court order, determined to
approve the foregoing items, including the 1,000 to 1 reverse split, subject to the Company having available funds to effectuate such
items. As discussed above in Note 5 – Notes Payable – Chapter 11 Reorganization on March 20, 2020, the Company filed a petition
commencing its Chapter 11 Case. As of the date of this report, the Company has not effected the reverse split.
The
Company records legal costs associated with loss contingencies as incurred and accrues for all probable and estimable settlements.
Appointment
or Departure of Directors and Certain Officers
On
March 18, 2021, the Company and Lance Alstodt, its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, entered into an employment
agreement (the “Alstodt Employment Agreement”) which provides for a term ending on March 18, 2026. Pursuant to the Alstodt
Employment Agreement, Mr. Alstodt is entitled to receive initially an annual salary of $250,000. Mr. Alstodt’s annual salary will
increase by $50,000 per year. In addition, in the event certain performance goals are met, Mr. Alstodt’s salary will increase by
$150,000. The Alstodt Employment Agreement also provides for the grant to Mr. Alstodt pursuant to the Plan of (i) a ten year option for
the purchase of 1,173,917,974 shares of common stock of the Company and (ii) 586,958,987 RSUs of the Company (See Note 6 – Stockholders’
Deficit) for additional information.
On
March 18, 2021, the Company and Francisco Silva, its Vice President, Research and Development, entered into an employment agreement (the
“Silva Employment Agreement”) which provides for a term ending on March 18, 2026. Pursuant to the Silva Employment Agreement,
Mr. Silva is entitled to receive initially an annual salary of $225,000. Mr. Silva’s annual salary will increase by $50,000 per
year. In addition, in the event certain performance goals are met, Mr. Silva’s salary will increase by $150,000. The Silva Employment
Agreement also provides for the grant to Mr. Silva pursuant to the Plan of (i) a ten year option for the purchase of 1,173,917,974 shares
of common stock of the Company and (ii) 586,958,987 RSUs of the Company (See Note 6 – Stockholders’ Deficit) for additional
information.
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Conversion
of Convertible Notes
During
the year ended December 31, 2020 and prior to the Petition Date, certain lenders requested to exchange a portion of their outstanding
convertible note principal and accrued interest for shares of the Company’s common stock. As of the Petition Date these shares
had yet to be issued to the lenders; however, the shares of the Company’s common stock issued for unsecured claims as part of the
Plan to the certain lenders represented the aggregate unsecured claims less the principal and accrued interest that was represented in
the uneffected exchanges. The Company believes that there may be a potential contingency related to the non-issued shares that would
be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock and not monetary compensation.
Note
8 - LEASES
With
the adoption of ASC 842, operating lease agreements are required to be recognized on the balance sheet as ROU assets and corresponding
lease liabilities.
The
Company is a party to a lease for 6,800 square feet of space located in Melville, New York (the “Melville Lease”) with respect
to its corporate and laboratory operations. The Melville Lease was scheduled to expire in March 2020 (subject to extension at the option
of the Company for a period of five years) and provided for an annual base rental during the initial term ranging between $132,600 and
$149,260. In June 2019, the Company exercised its option to extend the Melville Lease and entered into a lease amendment with the lessor
whereby the five-year extension term commenced on January 1, 2020 with annual base rent ranging between $153,748 and $173,060.
When
measuring lease liabilities for leases that were classified as operating leases, the Company discounted lease payments using its estimated
incremental borrowing rate at August 1, 2019. The weighted average incremental borrowing rate applied was 12%.
The
following table presents net lease cost and other supplemental lease information:
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2021
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2020
Lease
cost
Operating
lease cost (cost resulting from lease payments)
$ 39,593
$ 38,437
Short
term lease cost
-
-
Sublease
income
-
-
Net
lease cost
$ 39,593
$ 38,437
Operating
lease – operating cash flows (fixed payments)
$ 39,593
$ 38,437
Operating
lease – operating cash flows (liability reduction)
$ 24,176
$ 20,419
Non-current
leases – right of use assets
$ 444,838
$ 560,883
Current
liabilities – operating lease liabilities
$ 105,459
$ 89,222
Non-current
liabilities – operating lease liabilities
$ 392,256
$ 497,714
Future
minimum payments under non-cancelable leases for operating leases for the remaining terms of the leases following the three months ended
March 31, 2021:
Fiscal
Year
Operating
Leases
2021
(excluding the three months ended March 31, 2021)
$ 118,779
2022
163,132
2023
168,028
2024
173,060
Total
future minimum lease payments
622,999
Amount
representing interest
(125,285 )
Present
value of net future minimum lease payments
$ 497,714
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views with respect
to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are projections in respect of future events or our future financial
performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,”
“expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,”
“potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements include
statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of us and members of our management team, as well as the assumptions
on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,
including the risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 30, 2021, any of
which may cause our company’s or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements.
These risks and factors include, by way of example and without limitation:
●
our
ability to obtain financing needed to commence and complete our clinical trials;
●
our
ability to successfully develop and commercialize BRTX-100, our lead product candidate for the treatment of chronic lumbar disc disease;
●
our
ability to retain exclusive rights with regard to our licensed technology;
●
our
ability to protect our proprietary rights;
●
our
ability to achieve and sustain profitability of the existing lines of business;
●
our
ability to attract and retain world-class research and development talent;
●
our
ability to attract and retain key science, technology and management personnel and to expand our management team;
●
the
accuracy of estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, profitability, and needs for additional financing;
●
business
interruptions resulting from geo-political actions, including war and terrorism or disease outbreaks (such as the recent outbreak
of COVID-19);
●
our
ability to attract and retain customers; and
●
our
ability to navigate through the increasingly complex therapeutic regulatory environment.
Although
we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels
of activity, or performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend
to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
Readers
are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports filed with the
SEC. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated
events, or changes in the future operating results over time, except as required by law. We believe that our assumptions are based upon
reasonable data derived from and known about our business and operations. No assurances are made that actual results of operations or
the results of our future activities will not differ materially from our assumptions.
As
used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and unless otherwise indicated, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,”
and “our” refer to BioRestorative Therapies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BRT”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Stem Pearls, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Stem Pearls”). Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are
expressed in United States dollars.
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Intellectual
Property
This
report includes references to our federally registered trademarks, BioRestorative Therapies and Dragonfly design , BRTX-100,
ThermoStem and Stem Pearls . We also own an allowed trademark application for BRTX . The Dragonfly Logo is also registered with
the U.S. Copyright Office. This report also includes references to trademarks, trade names and service marks that are the property of
other organizations. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this report appear without the ®, SM
or ™ symbols, and copyrighted content appears without the use of the symbol ©, but the absence of use of these symbols
does not reflect upon the validity or enforceability of the intellectual property owned by us or third parties.
Corporate
History
BioRestorative
Therapies, Inc. has one wholly-owned subsidiary, Stem Pearls. BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. and its subsidiary are referred to collectively
as “BRT” or the “Company”.
On
March 20, 2020 (the “Petition Date”), the Company filed a voluntary petition commencing a case (the “Chapter 11 Case”)
under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy
Court”).
On
August 7, 2020 the Company and Auctus Fund, LLC (“Auctus”), the Company’s largest unsecured creditor and a stockholder
as of the Petition Date, filed an Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) and on October 30, 2020, the Bankruptcy
Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan, as amended. Amendments to the Plan are reflected in
the Confirmation Order. On November 16, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan became effective. See Note 5 – Notes
Payable in Part I, Item I of this report for additional information.
Business
Overview
We
develop therapeutic products and medical therapies using cell and tissue protocols, primarily involving adult (non-embryonic) stem cells.
We are currently pursuing our Disc/Spine Program with our initial investigational therapeutic product being called BRTX-100 .
We submitted an IND application to the FDA to obtain authorization to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial investigating the use of BRTX-100 ,
our lead cell therapy candidate, in the treatment of chronic lower back pain arising from degenerative disc disease. We have received
such authorization from the FDA. We intend to commence such clinical trial during 2021 (assuming the receipt of necessary funding). We
have obtained a license to use technology for investigational adult stem cell treatment of disc and spine conditions, including protruding
and bulging lumbar discs. The technology is an advanced stem cell injection procedure that may offer relief from lower back pain, buttock
and leg pain, and numbness and tingling in the leg and foot. We are also developing our ThermoStem Program . This pre-clinical
program involves the use of brown adipose (fat) in connection with the cell-based treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity as well as
hypertension, other metabolic disorders and cardiac deficiencies. United States patents related to the ThermoStem Program were
issued in September 2015, January 2019, March 2020 and March 2021; a notice of allowance was also issued in March 2021 for a separate
United States patent application in the ThermoStem Program and is expected to issue in the next few months; Australian patents
related to the ThermoStem Program were issued in April 2017 and October 2019; a Japanese patent related to the ThermoStem Program
was issued in December 2017; Israeli patents related to the ThermoStem Program were issued in October 2019 and May 2020; and
European patents related to the ThermoStem Program were issued in April 2020 and January 2021.
We
have licensed a patented curved needle device that is a needle system designed to deliver cells and/or other therapeutic products or
materials to the spine and discs or other potential sites. We anticipate that FDA approval or clearance will be necessary for this device
prior to commercialization. We do not intend to utilize this device in connection with our contemplated Phase 2 clinical trial with regard
to BRTX-100 .
Revenue
The
Company derives all of its revenue pursuant to a license agreement between the Company and a stem cell treatment company (“SCTC”)
entered into in January 2012, as amended in November 2015. Pursuant to the license agreement, the SCTC granted to the Company a license
to use certain intellectual property related to, among other things, stem cell disc procedures and the Company has granted to the SCTC
a sublicense to use, and the right to sublicense to third parties the right to use, in certain locations in the United States and the
Cayman Islands, certain of the licensed intellectual property. In consideration of the sublicenses, the SCTC has agreed to pay the Company
royalties on a per disc procedure basis.
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Results
of Operations
Comparison
of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Our
financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are summarized as follows in comparison to the three months ended March 31,
2020:
For
The Three Months Ended
March
31,
2021
2020
Revenues
$ 18,000
$ 26,000
Operating
Expenses:
Marketing
and promotion
2,600
22,008
Consulting
8,389
34,012
Research
and development
165,254
186,328
General
and administrative
14,896,413
602,641
Total
Operating Expenses
15,072,656
844,989
Loss
From Operations
(15,054,656 )
(818,989 )
Other
Expense:
Interest
expense
181,514
285,926
Amortization
of debt discount
417,160
1,066,526
Loss
on extinguishment of notes payable, net
-
658,152
Change
in fair value of derivative liabilities
-
2,141,069
Reorganization
items, net
-
2,580,110
Total
Other Expense
598,674
6,731,783
Net
Loss
$ (15,653,330 )
(7,550,772 )
Revenues
For
the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we generated $18,000 and $26,000, respectively, of royalty revenue in connection with
our sublicense agreement.
Marketing
and Promotion
Marketing
and promotion expenses include advertising and promotion, marketing and seminars, meals, entertainment and travel expenses. For the three
months ended March 31, 2021, marketing and promotion expenses decreased by $19,408, or 88%, from $22,008 to $2,600 as compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease is primarily due to the Company’s reduced marketing plan as the Company continues
to emerge from its Chapter 11 reorganization.
We
expect that marketing and promotion expenses will increase in the future as we increase our marketing activities following full commercialization
of our products and services.
Consulting
Consulting
expenses consist of consulting fees and stock-based compensation to consultants. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, consulting
expenses decreased by $25,623, or 75%, from $34,012 to $8,389, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease is
primarily due to the Company’s reduced usage of consultants as the Company continues to emerge from its Chapter 11 reorganization.
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Research
and Development
Research
and development expenses include cash and non-cash compensation of (a) our Vice President of Research and Development; (b) our Scientific
Advisory Board members; and (c) laboratory staff and costs related to our brown fat and disc/spine initiatives. Research and development
expenses are expensed as they are incurred. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, research and development expenses decreased by
$21,075, or 11%, from $186,328 to $165,254, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease is primarily due to the
decrease of approximately $35,000 in stock compensation allocated to the Company’s research and development activities.
We
expect that our research and development expenses will increase with the recommencement of our research and development initiatives during
the year ending December 31, 2021.
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, bonuses, payroll taxes, severance costs and stock-based compensation to employees
(excluding any cash or non-cash compensation of our Vice President of Research and Development and our laboratory staff), as well as
corporate expenses such as legal and professional fees, investor relations and occupancy related expenses. For the three months ended
March 31, 2021, general and administrative expenses increased by $14,293,772, or 2,372%, from $602,641 to $14,896,413, as compared to
the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase is primarily due to an increase of approximately $14,077,000 in stock-based compensation
resulting from the issuances of 2,347,835,948 stock options and 1,173,917,974 RSUs.
We
expect that our general and administrative expenses will further increase as we expand our staff, develop our infrastructure and incur
additional costs to support the growth of our business.
Interest
expense
For
the three months ended March 31, 2021, interest expense decreased $104,412, or 37%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020.
The decrease was due to the decrease in outstanding notes payable as a result of our restructuring under our Chapter 11 reorganization.
Amortization
of debt discount
For
the three months ended March 31, 2021, amortization of debt discount decreased $649,366, or 61%, as compared to the three months ended
March 31, 2020. The decrease was due to the decrease in outstanding notes payable as a result of our restructuring under our Chapter
11 reorganization.
Loss
on extinguishment of notes payable, net
For
the three months ended March 31, 2021, we did not record a loss on extinguishment of notes payable, as compared to a loss on extinguishment
of notes payable of $658,152 for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Change
in fair value of derivative liabilities
For
the three months ended March 31, 2021, we did not record a gain (loss) related to the change in fair value of derivative liabilities,
as compared to a loss related to the change in fair value of derivative liabilities of $2,141,069 for the three months ended March 31,
2020.
Reorganization
items, net
Reorganization
items, net consists primarily of costs associated the post-petition Chapter 11 bankruptcy. For the three months ended March 31, 2021,
we did not record reorganization items, net as compared to reorganization costs, net of $2,580,110 for the three months ended March
31, 2020.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Liquidity
We
measure our liquidity in a number of ways, including the following:
March
31,
December
31,
2021
2020
Cash
$ 2,500,909
$ 3,064,610
Working
Capital Surplus
$ 1,302,698
$ 2,142,229
Notes
Payable (Gross)
$ 9,426,039
$ 9,637,102
Availability
of Additional Funds
Based
upon our accumulated deficit and stockholders’ deficit of $105,496,163 and $2,694,382, respectively, as of March 31, 2021, along
with our forecast for continued operating losses and our need for financing to fund our contemplated clinical trials, as of such date,
we required additional equity and/or debt financing to continue our operations.
As
of March 31, 2021, our outstanding debt of $9,426,039, together with interest at rates ranging between 5% and 7% per annum, was
due on November 16, 2023, except for the PPP loan. As of March 31, 2021, the outstanding debt amount of $9,426,039 did
not include $657,598 of estimated DIP and Plan costs associated with the DIP Funding and the Plan (the “Auctus Costs”).
As of March 31, 2021, the Auctus Costs were not finalized. Of the Auctus Costs, $500,000 and $157,598 are recorded in debt discount
and accrued expenses, respectively, on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Our
operating needs include the planned costs to operate our business, including amounts required to fund working capital and capital expenditures.
Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds will depend on many factors, including our ability to successfully
commercialize our products and services, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with
other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement our product and service offerings.
We
may be unable to raise sufficient additional capital when we need it or raise capital on favorable terms. We have granted a security
interest in all of our assets to certain lenders, including Auctus, in connection with our Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. This may
impede our ability to raise additional debt financing. In addition, future financing may require us to pledge certain assets and enter
into covenants that could restrict certain business activities or our ability to incur further indebtedness and may contain other terms
that are not favorable to our stockholders or us. If we are unable to obtain adequate funds on reasonable terms, we may be required to
significantly curtail or discontinue operations or obtain funds by entering into financing agreements on unattractive terms.
Our
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which contemplate our continuation
as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities presented in the financial statements do not necessarily purport to represent realizable or settlement values.
The financial statements do not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
The
following events have mitigated the above factors with regards to our ability to continue as a going concern: (i) as part of our Chapter
11 reorganization approximately $14,700,000 in outstanding debt and other liabilities were exchanged for (a) shares of common stock,
(b) new convertible notes with three year terms or (c) new convertible notes with three year terms and warrants to purchase shares of
common stock; (ii) we secured DIP financing during our Chapter 11 reorganization in the aggregate amount of $1,189,413, and $3,848,548
in debt financing as part of our Chapter 11 reorganization to sustain operations; and (iii) pursuant to the plan of reorganization, Auctus
is required to loan to us, as needed, an additional amount equal to $3,500,000, less the amount of Auctus’ DIP financing ($1,226,901,
inclusive of accrued interest) and its DIP costs. As a result of the above, we have sufficient cash to fund operations for the twelve
months subsequent to the filing date. In addition, the Company will need to obtain further funding of at least $12,000,000 to complete
a Phase 2 clinical study of the use of BRTX-100 .
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Cash
Flows
During
the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, our sources and uses of cash were as follows:
Three
Months Ended March 31,
2021
2020
Net
cash used in operating activities
$ (813,702 )
$ (448,646 )
Net
cash provided by financing activities
250,000
451,762
Increase
(decrease) in cash
$ (563,702 )
$ 3,116
Operating
Activities
Net
cash used in operating activities was $813,702 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, primarily due to the net loss of $15,653,330
which was partially offset by non-cash expenses of $14,519,965 related to amortization of debt discount and stock-based compensation
and $319,663 of cash provided by changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities, primarily as a result of increases in accounts
payable and accrued interest, expenses and other current liabilities, partially offset by a decrease in prepaid assets and other current
assets. Net cash used in operating activities was $448,646 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the net loss of
$7,550,772, which was partially offset by non-cash expenses of $6,950,957 related to amortization of debt discount, accretion of interest
expense, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivative liabilities, and loss on extinguishment of notes payable and $151,169
of cash provided by changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities, primarily as a result of increases in accounts payable
and decreases in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Financing
Activities
Net
cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $250,000, which was due to $250,000 of net proceeds
from a loan received under the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Net cash provided by financing
activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $451,762, which was primarily due to $441,762 of net proceeds were debt financings
and $10,000 of proceeds from equity financings.
We
anticipate that the costs to complete our Phase 2 clinical trials with regard to our Disc/Spine Program will be at least $12,000,000.
In addition, we anticipate approximately $45,000,000 in additional funding will be needed to complete the clinical trials using BRTX-100
(assuming the receipt of no revenues). As noted above in “Availability of Additional Funds” we secured additional funding
as part of Chapter 11 reorganization in the aggregate amount of $5,037,961 as well as approximately $14,700,000 in outstanding debt and
other liabilities being exchanged for (a) shares of common stock, (b) new convertible notes with three year terms or (c) new convertible
notes with three year terms and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. Additionally, pursuant to the plan of reorganization, Auctus
is required to loan to us, as needed, an additional amount equal to $3,500,000, less the amount of Auctus’ DIP financing ($1,226,901,
inclusive of accrued interest) and its DIP costs. As a result of the above, we have sufficient cash to fund operations for the twelve
months subsequent to the filing date.
Effects
of Inflation
We
do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our business, revenues or operating results during the periods presented.
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Significant
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our
significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included
herein for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on April 30, 2021.
Fair
Value Measurement
The
fair value measurement guidance clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an
asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement
that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in the valuation of an asset or liability. It establishes
a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest
priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority
to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the fair value measurement guidance
are described below:
Level
1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;
Level
2 - Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the
full term of the asset or liability; or
Level
3 - Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported
by little or no market activity).
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at dates of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods. Our significant estimates
and assumptions include the recoverability and useful lives of long-lived assets, the fair value of our common stock, stock-based compensation,
warrants issued in connection with notes payable, derivative liabilities and the valuation allowance related to our deferred tax assets.
Certain of our estimates, including the carrying amount of the intangible assets, could be affected by external conditions, including
those unique to us and general economic conditions. It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have an effect on our
estimates and could cause actual results to differ from those estimates.
Intangible
Assets
Intangible
assets are comprised of trademarks and licenses with original estimated useful lives of 10 and 17.7 years, respectively. Once placed
into service, we amortize the cost of the intangible assets over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis.
Impairment
of Long-lived Assets
We
review for the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use of the
asset and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount. While our near term liquidity is tight, historically we have been
successful in raising capital as needed (although there can be no assurance that we will continue to be successful in raising capital
as needed). We continue to progress our scientific agenda and meet related milestones. We have not identified any impairment losses.
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Income
Taxes
We
recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of items that have been included or excluded in
our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis
of the difference between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting amounts, or temporary differences,
at enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.
We
adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740-10, which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process
for unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken
in a tax return.
Stock-Based
Compensation
We
measure the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value of the award. For employees
and directors, the fair value of the award is measured on the grant date and for non-employees, the fair value of the award is generally
re-measured on vesting dates and interim financial reporting dates until the service period is complete. The fair value amount is then
recognized over the period during which services are required to be provided in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. Since
the shares underlying our 2010 Equity Participation Plan and the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plans”) were registered,
we estimate the fair value of the awards granted under the Plans based on the market value of our freely tradable common stock as reported
on the OTC. The fair value of our restricted equity instruments was estimated by management based on observations of the cash sales prices
of both restricted shares and freely tradable shares. Awards granted to directors are treated on the same basis as awards granted to
employees.
New
and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Any
new and recently adopted accounting pronouncements are more fully described in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements herein for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition,
changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that
is material to stockholders.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not
Applicable. As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing disclosure controls and procedures,
our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls
and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood
of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future
conditions. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance
of achieving the desired control objectives.
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Under
the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer, who is also our principal financial
officer, we are required to perform an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
under the Exchange Act, as of March 31, 2021. Management has not completed such evaluation and, as such, has concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports
we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer, who is also our principal
financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. As a result of the material weakness in internal
controls over financial reporting described below, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2021 were
not effective.
Material
Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management
assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2021 based on the
framework established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, management has determined that the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting as of March 31, 2021 was not effective.
A
material weakness, as defined in the standards established by the Sarbanes-Oxley, is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or
interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
The
ineffectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was due to the following material weaknesses:
●
Inadequate
segregation of duties due to limited personnel consistent with control objectives;
●
Adherence
to formal policies and procedures post-bankruptcy; and
●
Lack
of risk assessment procedures on internal controls to detect financial reporting risks on a timely manner.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other
than described above there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our first quarter
of 2021 that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
We
are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results
of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our Company, threatened against or affecting
our Company, our common stock, our subsidiary or of our Company’s or our subsidiary’s officers or directors in their capacities
as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
An
investment in our common stock involves a number of very significant risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors included in
the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC
on April 30, 2021, in addition to other information contained in those reports and in this quarterly report in evaluating the Company
and its business before purchasing shares of our common stock. The Company’s business, operating results and financial condition
could be adversely affected due to any of those risks.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds
During
the three months ended March 31, 2021, we issued the following securities in transactions not involving any public offering. For each
of the following transactions, we relied upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code as a security exchanged by an issuer
for a claim against the issuer in a bankruptcy plan of reorganization. For each such transaction, we did not use general solicitation
or advertising to market the securities, the securities were offered to a limited number of persons, the investors had access to information
regarding us (including information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press
releases made by us and information contained in filings with the bankruptcy court), and we were available to answer questions by prospective
investors. We reasonably believe that each of the investors is an accredited investor.
Warrants
Date
Issued
Common
Stock
Shares
Exercise
Price
Term
(Years)
Purchaser(s)
Consideration (1)
1/26/2021
11,123,856
-
-
-
(2 )
$ 119,548 (3)
3/1/2021
143,380,000
-
-
-
(2 )
$ 1,863,940 (4)
3/11/2021
8,285,719
-
-
-
(2 )
$ 94,126 (3)
3/31/2021
150,948,000
-
-
-
(2 )
$ 1,811,376 (4)
(1)
The
value of the non-cash consideration was estimated to be the fair value of our restricted common stock. Since our shares are thinly
traded in the open market, the fair value of our equity instruments was estimated by management based on observations of the cash
sale prices of both restricted shares and freely tradeable shares.
(2)
Accredited
investor.
(3)
Issued
upon conversion of unsecured convertible notes.
(4)
Issued
on a cashless net exercise basis pursuant to the exercise of warrants.
Item
3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not
Applicable.
Item
5. Other Information
None.
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Item
6. Exhibits
Incorporated
by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
Form
Exhibit
Filing
Date
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
10-K
3.1
03/18/2021
3.2
Bylaws
8-K
3.4
12/23/2014
31.1*
Certification
of Principal Executive Officer
31.2*
Ceritfication
of Principal Financial Officer
32.1**
Section
1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
101.INS
XBRL
Instance Document
101.SCH
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*
Filed
herewith.
**
In
accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibit 32.1 is being furnished and not filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BIORESTORATIVE
THERAPIES, INC.
By:
/s/
Lance Alstodt
Lance
Alstodt
Chief
Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board
(Principal
Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
Date:
May
17, 2021
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