−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
+Added: EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
−Removed: Our common stock has been listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market
−Removed: under the symbol “AVCO”
−Removed: since November 5, 2018.
−Removed: Our common shares were traded previously on the OTC Market Group Inc.’s
−Removed: Venture Market (the “OTCQB”) since February 22, 2016, under the symbol “AVCO”
−Removed: since October 18, 2016 and
−Removed: “GTHC”
−Removed: prior to October 18, 2016.
−Removed: The following table sets forth, for each of the calendar periods
−Removed: indicated, the quarterly high and low bid prices for our common stock quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: The prices in the table
−Removed: represent prices between dealers and do not include adjustments for retail mark-up, markdown or commission and may not represent
−Removed: actual transactions.
+Added: Our common stock has been
+Added: listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AVCO” since November 5, 2018.
+Added: Our common shares were traded previously
+Added: on the OTC Market Group Inc.’s Venture Market (the “OTCQB”) since February 22, 2016, under the symbol “AVCO”
+Added: since October 18, 2016 and “GTHC” prior to October 18, 2016.
+Added: The following table sets
+Added: forth, for each of the calendar periods indicated, the quarterly high and low bid prices for our common stock quoted on the Nasdaq Capital
+Added: The prices in the table represent prices between dealers and do not include adjustments for retail mark-up, markdown or commission
+Added: and may not represent actual transactions.
First Quarter
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Fourth Quarter
−Removed: On March 29, 2021,
−Removed: the closing trading price of our shares of common stock was $1.10 per share and there were 84,405,614 common shares outstanding.
−Removed: On that date, there were approximately 225 registered holders of record of our shares of common stock, based upon information received
−Removed: from our stock transfer agent.
−Removed: However, this number does not include beneficial owners whose shares were held of record by nominees
−Removed: or broker dealers.
−Removed: The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends on
−Removed: its common stock.
−Removed: The Company currently intends to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of its business.
−Removed: a result, the Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: On March 28, 2022, the closing
+Added: trading price of our shares of common stock was $0.73 per share and there were 88,625,709 common shares outstanding.
+Added: On that date, there
+Added: were approximately 217 registered holders of record of our shares of common stock, based upon information received from our stock transfer
+Added: However, this number does not include beneficial owners whose shares were held of record by nominees or broker dealers.
+Added: The Company has never declared
+Added: or paid any cash dividends on its common stock.
+Added: The Company currently intends to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion
+Added: of its business.
+Added: As a result, the Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Company held its annual meeting on August 4, 2020.
−Removed: During its annual meeting, the Company approved 2020 Incentive Stock Plan and
−Removed: reserved 5,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder.
+Added: During its annual meeting, the Company approved 2020 Incentive Stock Plan and reserved
+Added: 5,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Common Shares Issued for Services
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued
−Removed: a total of 1,505,921 shares of its common stock for services rendered and to be rendered.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company
+Added: issued a total of 1,405,679 shares of its common stock for services rendered and to be rendered.
These shares were valued at
$1,507,488, the fair market values on the grant dates using the reported closing share prices on the dates of grant, and the Company recorded
−Removed: stock-based compensation expense of $1,670,166 for the year ended December 31, 2020 and reduced accrued liabilities of $187,725
−Removed: and recorded prepaid expense of $34,629 as of December 31, 2020 which will be amortized over the rest of corresponding service
−Removed: In January 2021, the Company issued a total of 300,000 shares of its common stock
−Removed: for services rendered.
−Removed: These shares were valued at $360,000, the fair market values on the grant dates using the reported closing
−Removed: share prices on the dates of grant and the Company reduced accrued liabilities of $360,000.
−Removed: The offers, sales, and issuances of the securities described
−Removed: above were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities
−Removed: Act of 1933 or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.
−Removed: The recipients
−Removed: of securities in each of these transactions acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in
−Removed: connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the securities issued in these transactions.
−Removed: Each of the recipients of securities in these transactions was an accredited or sophisticated person and had adequate access,
−Removed: through employment, business or other relationships, to information about us.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: As the Company is a Smaller Reporting Company (as defined by
−Removed: Rule 229.10(f)(1)), the Company is not required to provide the information under this item.
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
−Removed: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
−Removed: operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements
−Removed: and related notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: Certain information
−Removed: contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
−Removed: All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-K
−Removed: including, without limitation, statements under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
−Removed: of Operations”
−Removed: regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future
−Removed: operations, are forward-looking statements.
−Removed: When used in this Form 10-K, words such as “anticipate,”
−Removed: “believe,”
−Removed: “estimate,”
−Removed: “expect,”
−Removed: “intend”
−Removed: and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management,
−Removed: identify forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions
−Removed: made by, and information currently available to, our management.
−Removed: Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated
−Removed: by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the risk factors and business
−Removed: sections in this Form 10-K.
−Removed: Impact of COVID-19 on our Operations, Financial Condition,
−Removed: Liquidity and Results of Operations
−Removed: The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations is unknown and will
−Removed: depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the
−Removed: COVID-19 outbreak, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any additional preventative
−Removed: and protective actions that governments, or us, may determine are needed.
−Removed: The occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic
−Removed: had negativeimpact on our operations.
−Removed: Some tenants have delayed on rent payment and some of the universities and laboratories with which
−Removed: we collaborate were temporarily closed.
−Removed: Our general development operations have continued during the COVID-19 pandemic and we have not
−Removed: had significant disruption.
−Removed: However, we are uncertain if the COVID-19 pandemic will impact future operations at our laboratory, or our
−Removed: ability to collaborate with other laboratories and universities.
−Removed: In addition, we are unsure if the COVID-19 pandemic will impact future
−Removed: clinical trials.
−Removed: Given the dynamic nature of these circumstances, the duration of business disruption and reduced traffic, the related
−Removed: financial effect cannot be reasonably estimated at this time but is expected to adversely impact the Company’s business for the
−Removed: year of 2021.
−Removed: We have limited cash available to fund planned operations and although we have other
−Removed: sources of capital described below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources,”
−Removed: management continues to pursue various
−Removed: financing alternatives to fund our operations so we can continue as a going concern.
−Removed: However, the COVID-19 pandemic has created
−Removed: significant economic uncertainty and volatility in the credit and capital markets.
−Removed: Management plans to secure the necessary financing
−Removed: through the issue of new equity and/or the entering into of strategic partnership arrangements but the ultimate impact of the
−Removed: COVID-19 pandemic on our ability to raise additional capital is unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly
−Removed: uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and new information which may
−Removed: emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: We may not be able to raise sufficient additional capital and may tailor
−Removed: our operations based on the amount of funding we are able to raise in the future.
−Removed: Nevertheless, there is no assurance that these
−Removed: initiatives will be successful.
−Removed: Further, there is no assurance that capital available to us in any future financing will be on
−Removed: acceptable terms.
−Removed: The Company is a clinical-stage, vertically
−Removed: integrated, leading CellTech bio-developer dedicated to advancing and empowering innovative, transformative immune effector cell
−Removed: therapy, exosome technology, as well as COVID-19 related diagnostics and therapeutics.
−Removed: The Company also provides strategic advisory
−Removed: and outsourcing services to facilitate and enhance its clients’
−Removed: growth and development, as well as competitiveness in healthcare
−Removed: and CellTech industry markets.
−Removed: Through its subsidiary structure with u nique integration of verticals
−Removed: from innovative R&D to automated bioproduction and accelerated clinical development, the Company is establishing a leading
−Removed: role in the fields of cellular immunotherapy (including CAR-T/NK), exosome technology (ACTEX™), and COVID-19 related vaccine
−Removed: and therapeutics .
−Removed: Avalon achieves and fosters seamless integration of unique verticals to bridge and
−Removed: accelerate innovative research, bio-process development, clinical programs and product commercialization.
−Removed: Avalon’s upstream
−Removed: innovative research includes:
−Removed: ● Development
−Removed: of Avalon Clinical-grade Tissue-specific Exosome (“ACTEX™”)
−Removed: therapeutic and diagnostic targets development utilizing QTY-code protein design technology
−Removed: with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) including using the QTY code protein
−Removed: design technology for development of a hemofiltration device to treat Cytokine Storm.
−Removed: ● Co-development
−Removed: of next generation, transposon-based, multi-target CAR-T, CAR-NK and other immune effector
−Removed: cell therapeutic modalities with Arbele Limited.
−Removed: partnership with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna,
−Removed: Austria to develop an S-layer vaccine that can be administered by an intranasal or oral
−Removed: route against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease.
−Removed: Avalon’s midstream bio-processing and bio-production facility is located in
−Removed: Nanjing, China with state-of-the-art, automated GMP and QC/QA infrastructure for standardized bio-manufacturing of clinical-grade
−Removed: cellular products involved in our clinical programs in immune effector cell therapy, regenerative therapeutics, as well as bio-banking.
−Removed: Avalon’s downstream medical team and facility consists of top-rated affiliated
−Removed: hospital network and experts specialized in hematology, oncology, cellular immunotherapy, hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell transplant,
−Removed: as well as regenerative therapeutics.
−Removed: Our major clinical programs include:
−Removed: Avalon has initiated its first-in-human
−Removed: clinical trial of CD19 CAR-T candidate, AVA-001 in August 2019 at the Hebei Yanda Lu Daopei Hospital and Beijing Lu Daopei
−Removed: Hospital in China (the world’s single largest CAR-T treatment network with over 600 patients being treated with CAR-T)
−Removed: for the indication of relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
−Removed: The AVA-001 candidate
−Removed: (co-developed with China Immunotech Co.
−Removed: Ltd) is characterized by the utilization of 4-1BB (CD137) co-stimulatory signaling
−Removed: pathway, conferring a strong anti-cancer activity during pre-clinical study.
−Removed: It also features a shorter bio-manufacturing
−Removed: time which leads to the advantage of prompt treatment to patients where timing is important related hematologic malignancies.
−Removed: Avalon has successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial of its AVA-001 anti-CD19 CAR-T cell therapy as a bridge
−Removed: to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the Lu
−Removed: Daopei Hospital (registered clinical trial number NCT03952923) with excellent efficacy (90% complete remission rate) and minimal
−Removed: adverse side effects.
−Removed: Avalon is currently expanding the patient recruitment for AVA-001
−Removed: to include relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.
−Removed: ● ACTEX™:
−Removed: Stem cell-derived Avalon Clinical-grade Tissue-specific Exosomes (ACTEX™) is one
−Removed: of the core technology platforms that has been co-developed by Avalon GloboCare and Weill
−Removed: Cornell Medicine.
−Removed: The Company formed a strategic partnership with HydroPeptide, LLC,
−Removed: a leading epigenetics skin care company, to engage in co-development and commercialization
−Removed: of a series of clinical-grade, exosome-based cosmeceutical and orthopedic products.
−Removed: part of this agreement, the Company signed a three-way Material Transfer Agreement between
−Removed: Avalon GloboCare, HydroPeptide and Weill Cornell Medicine.
−Removed: ● FLASH-CAR™:
−Removed: The Company advanced its next generation immune cell therapy using RNA-based, non-viral FLASH-CAR™
−Removed: co-developed with the Company’s strategic partner Arbele Limited.
−Removed: The adaptable
−Removed: FLASH-CAR™
−Removed: platform can be used to create personalized cell therapy from a patient’s
−Removed: own cells, as well as off-the-shelf cell therapy from a universal donor.
−Removed: Our leading candidate, AVA-011, is currently at process development
−Removed: stage to generate clinical-grade cell-therapy products for subsequent clinical studies.
−Removed: ● AVA-Trap™:
−Removed: Avalon’s AVA-Trap™
−Removed: therapeutic program plans to enter animal model testing
−Removed: followed by expedited clinical studies with the goal of providing an effective therapeutic
−Removed: option to combat COVID-19 and other life-threatening conditions involving cytokine storms.
−Removed: The Company initiated a sponsored research and co-development project with Massachusetts
−Removed: Institute of Technology (MIT) led by Professor Shuguang Zhang as Principal Investigator
−Removed: Using the unique QTY code protein design platform, six water-soluble variant
−Removed: cytokine receptors have been successfully designed and tested to show binding affinity
−Removed: to the respective cytokines.
−Removed: We generated revenue by providing medical related consulting services in advanced
−Removed: areas of immunotherapy and second opinion/referral services through our wholly-owned subsidiary Avalon (Shanghai) Healthcare Technology
−Removed: Co., Ltd., or Avalon Shanghai.
−Removed: We also own and operate rental commercial real property in New Jersey, where we are headquartered.
−Removed: The value of the Renminbi (“RMB”), the main currency used in China,
−Removed: fluctuates and is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions.
−Removed: The conversion
−Removed: of RMB into foreign currencies such as the U.S.
−Removed: dollar have generally been based on rates set by the People’s Bank of China,
−Removed: which are set daily based on the previous day’s interbank foreign exchange market rates and current exchange rates on the
−Removed: world financial markets.
−Removed: Going Concern
−Removed: The Company is a clinical-stage,
−Removed: vertically integrated, leading CellTech bio-developer dedicated to advancing and empowering innovative, transformative immune
−Removed: effector cell therapy, exosome technology, as well as COVID-19 related diagnostics and therapeutics.
−Removed: The Company also provides
−Removed: strategic advisory and outsourcing services to facilitate and enhance its clients’
−Removed: growth and development, as well as competitiveness
−Removed: in healthcare and CellTech industry markets.
−Removed: Through its subsidiary structure with unique integration of verticals from innovative
−Removed: R&D to automated bioproduction and accelerated clinical development, the Company is establishing a leading role in the fields
−Removed: of cellular immunotherapy (including CAR-T/NK), exosome technology (ACTEX™), and regenerative therapeutics.
−Removed: In addition, the Company owns commercial real estate that houses its headquarters
−Removed: in Freehold, New Jersey and provides outsourced, customized international healthcare services
−Removed: to the rapidly changing health care industry primarily focused in the People’s Republic of China.
−Removed: The Company did
−Removed: not generate any revenue from development services and sales of developed products segment during the year ended December 31,
−Removed: These consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which
−Removed: contemplates, among other things, the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
−Removed: As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company
−Removed: had an accumulated deficit of $42,041,375 at December 31, 2020, and has incurred recurring net loss and generated negative cash
−Removed: flow from operating activities of $12,679,438 and $7,546,100 for the year ended December 31, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: The Company has
−Removed: a limited operating history and its continued growth is dependent upon the continuation of providing medical consulting services
−Removed: to its only few clients who are related parties and generating rental revenue from its income-producing real estate property in
−Removed: New Jersey and performing development services for hospitals and other customers and sales of developed products to hospitals
−Removed: and other customers;
−Removed: hence generating revenues, and obtaining additional financing to fund future obligations and pay liabilities
−Removed: arising from normal business operations.
−Removed: In addition, the current cash balance cannot be projected to cover the operating expenses
−Removed: for the next twelve months from the release date of this report.
−Removed: These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
−Removed: ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s
−Removed: ability to raise additional capital, implement its business plan, and generate significant revenues.
−Removed: There are no assurances that
−Removed: the Company will be successful in its efforts to generate significant revenues, maintain sufficient cash balance or report profitable
−Removed: operations or to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company plans on raising capital through the sale of equity to implement its
−Removed: business plan.
−Removed: However, there is no assurance these plans will be realized and that any additional financings will be available
−Removed: to the Company on satisfactory terms and conditions, if any.
−Removed: The occurrence of an uncontrollable event such as the COVID-19 pandemic had negatively
−Removed: impact on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: Some tenants have delayed on rent payment and our occupancy of our rental property has
−Removed: Our general development operations have continued during the COVID-19 pandemic and we have not had significant disruption.
−Removed: However, we are uncertain if the COVID-19 pandemic will impact future operations at our laboratory, or our ability to collaborate
−Removed: with other laboratories and universities.
−Removed: In addition, we are unsure if the COVID-19 pandemic will impact future clinical trials.
−Removed: Given the dynamic nature of these circumstances, the duration of business disruption and reduced traffic, the related financial
−Removed: effect cannot be reasonably estimated at this time but is expected to adversely impact the Company’s business for the year
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
−Removed: related to the recoverability or classification of asset-carrying amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that
−Removed: may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Critical Accounting
−Removed: Use of Estimates
−Removed: Our discussion
−Removed: and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which
−Removed: have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
−Removed: The preparation of these
−Removed: consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets,
−Removed: liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.
−Removed: We continually evaluate our
−Removed: estimates, including those related to the useful life of property and equipment and investment in real estate, assumptions
−Removed: used in assessing impairment of long-term assets, valuation of deferred tax assets and the associated valuation allowances,
−Removed: and valuation of stock-based compensation.
−Removed: We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions
−Removed: that we believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the
−Removed: carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
−Removed: Any future changes to these estimates
−Removed: and assumptions could cause a material change to our reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Actual results
−Removed: may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition
−Removed: We recognize revenue under
−Removed: Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”).
−Removed: The core principle of the revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods
−Removed: or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for
−Removed: those goods or services.
−Removed: The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:
−Removed: Identify the contract with the customer
−Removed: Identify the performance obligations in the contract
−Removed: Determine the transaction price
−Removed: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
−Removed: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation
−Removed: In order to identify the performance obligations in a contract
−Removed: with a customer, a company must assess the promised goods or services in the contract and identify each promised goods or service
−Removed: that is distinct.
−Removed: A performance obligation meets ASC 606’s definition of a “distinct”
−Removed: goods or service (or bundle
−Removed: of goods or services) if both of the following criteria are met:
−Removed: customer can benefit from the goods or service either on its own or together with other
−Removed: resources that are readily available to the customer (i.e., the goods or service is capable
−Removed: of being distinct).
−Removed: entity’s promise to transfer the goods or service to the customer is separately
−Removed: identifiable from other promises in the contract (i.e., the promise to transfer the goods
−Removed: or service is distinct within the context of the contract).
−Removed: If a goods or service is not distinct, the goods or service is combined with other
−Removed: promised goods or services until a bundle of goods or services is identified that is distinct.
−Removed: The transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects
−Removed: to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of
−Removed: third parties (for example, some sales taxes).
−Removed: The consideration promised in a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts,
−Removed: variable amounts, or both.
−Removed: Variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable
−Removed: that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with
−Removed: the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
−Removed: The transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation on a relative
−Removed: standalone selling price basis.
−Removed: The transaction price allocated to each performance obligation is recognized when that performance
−Removed: obligation is satisfied, at a point in time or over time as appropriate.
−Removed: Types of revenue:
−Removed: fees under consulting agreements with related parties
−Removed: to provide medical related consulting services to its clients.
−Removed: The Company is paid
−Removed: for its services by its clients pursuant to the terms of the written consulting agreements.
−Removed: Each contract calls for a fixed payment.
−Removed: fees under agreements to perform development services
−Removed: for hospitals and other customers.
−Removed: The Company does not perform contracts that are contingent
−Removed: upon successful results .
−Removed: of developed products to hospitals and other customers .
−Removed: Revenue recognition criteria:
−Removed: Company recognizes revenue by providing medical related consulting services under written
−Removed: service contracts with its customers.
−Removed: Revenue related to its service offerings is recognized
−Removed: as the services are performed.
−Removed: from development services performed under written
−Removed: contracts is recognized as services are provided .
−Removed: from sales of developed items to hospitals and
−Removed: other customers is recognized when items are shipped to customers and titles are transferred .
−Removed: We have determined that the ASC 606 does not apply to rental contracts, which are
−Removed: within the scope of other revenue recognition accounting standards.
−Removed: Rental income from operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis under
−Removed: the guidance of ASC 842.
−Removed: Lease payments under tenant leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related
−Removed: The cumulative difference between lease revenue recognized under the straight-line method and contractual lease payments
−Removed: are included in rent receivable on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: We do not offer promotional payments, customer coupons, rebates or other cash redemption
−Removed: offers to our customers.
−Removed: We are governed by the income tax
−Removed: laws of China and the United States.
−Removed: Income taxes are accounted for pursuant to ASC 740 “Accounting for Income
−Removed: Taxes,”
−Removed: which is an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities
−Removed: for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns.
−Removed: charge for taxes is based on the results for the period as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed.
−Removed: calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
−Removed: Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect
−Removed: of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements
−Removed: and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit.
−Removed: In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized
−Removed: for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probably that taxable profit
−Removed: will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized.
−Removed: Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period
−Removed: when the asset is realized or the liability is settled.
−Removed: Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when
−Removed: it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is changed to equity.
−Removed: assets and liabilities are offset when they related to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and we intend to settle
−Removed: its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.
−Removed: Recent Accounting Standards
−Removed: For details of applicable new accounting standards, please, refer to Recent
−Removed: Accounting Standards in Note 3 of our consolidated financial statements accompanying this report.
−Removed: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Comparison of Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, we had real property rental
−Removed: revenue of $1,206,854, as compared to $1,155,677 for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $51,177, or 4.4%.
−Removed: was primarily attributable to the increase of tenants in 2020.
−Removed: We expect that our revenue from real property rent will increase
−Removed: in the near future since our occupancy of our rental property increased in subsequent period.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, we had medical related consulting services
−Removed: revenue from related parties of $170,908, as compared to $355,544 for the year ended December 31, 2019, a decrease of $184,636,
−Removed: The decrease was mainly attributable to the decreased demand for our consulting service from our related parties.
−Removed: expect that our revenue from medical related consulting services will increase in the near future.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2020, we did not have any revenue from contract services through performing development services for hospitals and other customers and
−Removed: sales of developed products to hospitals and other customers.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2019, we had revenue from contract services
−Removed: through performing development services for hospitals and other customers and sales of developed products to hospitals and other customers
−Removed: We have discontinued sales of our exosome isolation system product.
−Removed: However, we are actively developing other unrelated proprietary
−Removed: exosome related products for sale or licensure.
−Removed: Costs and Expenses
−Removed: Real property operating expenses consist of property management fees, property insurance,
−Removed: real estate taxes, depreciation, repairs and maintenance fees, utilities and other expenses related to our rental properties.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, our real property operating
−Removed: expenses amounted to $851,754, as compared to $818,662 for the year ended December 31, 2019, an increase of $33,092, or 4.0%.
−Removed: increase was mainly due to an increase in property management fees of approximately $11,000, and an increase in other miscellaneous
−Removed: items of approximately $22,000.
−Removed: Costs of medical related consulting services include the cost of labor and related
−Removed: benefits, travel expenses related to medical related consulting services, other related consulting costs, and other overhead costs.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, costs of medical related consulting services
−Removed: amounted to $135,805, as compared to $284,472 for the year ended December 31, 2019, a decrease of $148,667, or 52.3%.
−Removed: was mainly due to the decrease in medical related consulting services revenue.
−Removed: Costs of development services and sales of developed products include inventory
−Removed: costs, materials and supplies costs, labor and related benefits, depreciation, other overhead costs and shipping and handling
−Removed: costs incurred.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2019, costs of development services for hospitals
−Removed: and other customers and sales of developed products to hospitals and other customers amounted to $103,258.
−Removed: We had neither revenue
−Removed: nor cost of revenue from this segment in the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Real Property Operating Income
−Removed: Our real property
−Removed: operating income for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $355,100, representing an increase of $18,085, or 5.4%, as compared
−Removed: to $337,015 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase was mainly attributable to the increase in rental revenue
−Removed: resulting from the increase of tenants as described above, offset by the increase in real property operating expenses.
−Removed: expect our real property operating income will increase in the near future since our occupancy rate increased in subsequent
−Removed: Gross Profit from Medical Related Consulting Services
−Removed: and Gross Margin
−Removed: Gross profit from medical related consulting services for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020 was $35,103, as compared to $71,072 for the year ended December 31, 2019, a change of $35,969, or 50.6%.
−Removed: Gross margin increased to 20.5% for the year ended December 31, 2020 from gross
−Removed: margin of 20.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: We estimate that our gross margin from medical related consulting services
−Removed: segment will remain at its current yearly level.
−Removed: Gross Loss from Development Services and Sales of
−Removed: Developed Products and Gross Margin
−Removed: We did not generate any gross profit from development services and sales of developed
−Removed: products in the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Our gross loss from development services and sales of developed products for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2019 was $68,174, with a gross margin of (194.3)%.
−Removed: Other Operating Expenses
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020 and 2019, other operating expenses consisted of the following:
−Removed: Years Ended December 31,
−Removed: Professional fees
−Removed: Compensation and related benefits
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: Advertising expenses
−Removed: Travel and entertainment
−Removed: Directors and officers liability insurance premium
−Removed: Rent and related utilities
−Removed: Other general and administrative
−Removed: Impairment loss
−Removed: ● Professional
−Removed: fees primarily consisted of accounting fees, audit fees, legal service fees, consulting
−Removed: fees, investor relations service charges and other fees incurred for service related
−Removed: to being a public company.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, professional fees increased
−Removed: by $558,880, or 9.3%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase was
−Removed: primarily attributable to an increase in consulting fees of approximately $989,000 mainly
−Removed: due to the increase in stock-based consulting fees resulting from the increase in use
−Removed: of consulting service providers, an increase in accounting service charges of approximately
−Removed: $103,000 as a result of the increase in stock-based accounting fees and an increase in
−Removed: other miscellaneous items of approximately $49,000, offset by a decrease in legal service
−Removed: fees of approximately $582,000 as a result of decrease in use of legal service providers.
−Removed: We expect that our professional fees will remain in its current yearly level with minimal
−Removed: increase in the near future.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, compensation and related benefits decreased by $4,587,541,
−Removed: or 52.5%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The significant decrease was
−Removed: primarily attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation of approximately $4,133,000
−Removed: which reflected the value of options granted and vested to our management, and a decrease
−Removed: in bonus for our three key officers of approximately $354,000, and a decrease in compensation
−Removed: and related benefits for other employees and directors of approximately $101,000, mainly
−Removed: due to the termination of employment in August 2019.
−Removed: We expect that our compensation
−Removed: and related benefits will remain in its current yearly level with minimal increase in
−Removed: the near future.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, research and development expenses
−Removed: decreased by $898,014, or 50.4%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: Our first project with Arbele was completed in
−Removed: January 2020 and no further research and development project was incurred in 2020.
−Removed: Our research and development contract with Weill
−Removed: Cornell Medicine expired as of November 2019.
−Removed: Therefore, our research and development expenses decreased.
−Removed: We expect our research
−Removed: and development expenses will increase in the near future.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, advertising expenses decreased by $390,712 or 57.0%
−Removed: as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due to decreased
−Removed: advertising activities incurred as a result of stricter control on corporation spending.
−Removed: We expect that our advertising expenses will continue to decrease in the near future.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, amortization expense from intangible assets decreased
−Removed: by $245,678, or 100.0%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: At the end of
−Removed: September 2019, our intangible assets were impaired to zero and therefore, no amortization
−Removed: expense was recorded related to intangible assets in the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, travel and entertainment expense decreased by $347,505,
−Removed: or 66.5%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The decrease was mainly due
−Removed: to decreased business travel activities and decreased entertainment expenditure resulting
−Removed: from COVID-19.
−Removed: In the year ended December 31, 2020, the spread of COVID-19 has caused
−Removed: public health officials to recommend precautions to mitigate the spread of the virus,
−Removed: such as, cease traveling to non-essential jobs and curtail all unnecessary travel, and
−Removed: stay at home as much as possible.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, Directors and Officers Liability
−Removed: Insurance premium increased by $91,605, or 49.7%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase was mainly due
−Removed: to different insurance provider with different premium.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, rent and related utilities expenses increased by $1,337,
−Removed: or 1.5%, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: general and administrative expenses mainly consisted of NASDAQ listing fee, academic
−Removed: sponsorship, and other miscellaneous items.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2020, other
−Removed: general and administrative expenses decreased by $45,282, or 9.9%, as compared to the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2019, which was mainly due to a decrease in academic sponsorship
−Removed: expenditure of approximately $95,000, offset by an increase in other miscellaneous items
−Removed: of approximately $50,000.
−Removed: September 2019, we assessed our intangible assets for any impairment and concluded that
−Removed: there were indicators of impairment as of September 30, 2019 and we calculated that
−Removed: the estimated undiscounted cash flows were less than the carrying amount of those intangible
−Removed: We have not been able to realize the financial projections provided by Dr.
−Removed: at the time of the intangible assets purchase and have decided to impair the intangible
−Removed: assets to zero.
−Removed: Based on our analysis, we recognized an impairment loss of $1,010,011
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2019, which reduced the value of intangible assets purchased
−Removed: We did not record any impairment charge for the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Loss from Operations
−Removed: As a result of the foregoing, for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020, loss from operations amounted to $12,454,019, as compared to $19,377,230 for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2019, a decrease of $6,923,211, or 35.7%.
−Removed: Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: Other income (expense) mainly includes interest expense, change
−Removed: in fair value of warrants liabilities, allocated financing costs, loss from equity method investment, and loss from noncontrolling
−Removed: interest deficit adjustment .
−Removed: Other expense, net, totaled $225,419 for the year ended December 31, 2020, as compared
−Removed: to other income, net, of $1,307,069 for the year ended December 31, 2019, a decrease of $1,532,488, or 117.2%, which was primarily
−Removed: attributable to a decrease in change in fair value of warrants liabilities of approximately $2,817,000, an increase in interest
−Removed: expense of approximately $86,000, a decrease in other income of approximately $21,000, offset by a decrease in allocated financing
−Removed: expense of approximately $525,000, a decrease in loss from noncontrolling interest deficit adjustment of approximately $862,000,
−Removed: and a decrease in loss from equity method investment of approximately $4,000.
−Removed: We did not have any income taxes expense for the years ended December 31, 2020 and
−Removed: 2019 since we incurred losses in these periods.
−Removed: As a result of the factors described above, our net loss was $12,679,438 for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2020, as compared to $18,070,161 for the year ended December 31, 2019, a decrease of $5,390,723 or 29.8%.
−Removed: Net Loss Attributable to Avalon GloboCare Corp.
−Removed: The net loss attributable to Avalon GloboCare Corp.
−Removed: common shareholders was $12,679,438
−Removed: or $(0.16) per share (basic and diluted) for the year ended December 31, 2020, as compared with $18,070,161, or $(0.24) per share
−Removed: (basic and diluted) for the year ended December 31, 2019, a change of $5,390,723 or 29.8%.
−Removed: Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
−Removed: Our reporting currency is the U.S.
−Removed: The functional currency of our parent
−Removed: company, AHS, Avalon RT 9, Genexosome, Avactis, and Exosome, is the U.S.
−Removed: dollar and the functional currency of Avalon Shanghai
−Removed: and Beijing Genexosome, is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”).
−Removed: The financial statements of our subsidiaries whose functional
−Removed: currency is the RMB are translated to U.S.
−Removed: dollars using period end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, average rate
−Removed: of exchange for revenues, costs, and expenses and cash flows, and at historical exchange rates for equity.
−Removed: Net gains and losses
−Removed: resulting from foreign exchange transactions are included in the results of operations.
−Removed: As a result of foreign currency translations,
−Removed: which are a non-cash adjustment, we reported a foreign currency translation gain of $67,237 and a foreign currency translation
−Removed: loss of $20,887 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: This non-cash gain/loss had the effect of decreasing/increasing
−Removed: our reported comprehensive loss.
−Removed: Comprehensive Loss
−Removed: As a result of our foreign currency translation adjustment, we had comprehensive
−Removed: loss of $12,612,201 and $18,091,048 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: The Company has a limited operating history and its continued growth is dependent
−Removed: upon the providing medical consulting services to its only few clients who are related parties and generating rental revenue from
−Removed: its income-producing real estate property in New Jersey and performing development services for hospitals and other customers
−Removed: and sales of developed products to hospitals and other customers;
−Removed: hence generating revenues, and obtaining additional financing
−Removed: to fund future obligations and pay liabilities arising from normal business operations.
−Removed: In addition, the current cash balance
−Removed: cannot be projected to cover the operating expenses for the next twelve months from the release date of this report.
−Removed: These matters
−Removed: raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The ability of the Company to continue
−Removed: as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, implement its business plan, and generate
−Removed: significant revenues.
−Removed: There are no assurances that the Company will be successful in its efforts to generate significant revenues,
−Removed: maintain sufficient cash balance or report profitable operations or to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company plans on raising
−Removed: capital through the sale of equity to implement its business plan.
−Removed: However, there is no assurance these plans will be realized
−Removed: and that any additional financings will be available to the Company on satisfactory terms and conditions, if any.
−Removed: The occurrence of an uncontrollable event such as the COVID-19 pandemic is likely
−Removed: to negatively affect the Company’s operations.
−Removed: Efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus have intensified,
−Removed: including social distancing, travel bans and quarantine, and these are likely to negatively impact our tenants, employees and
−Removed: These, in turn, will not only impact our operations, financial condition and demand for our medical related consulting
−Removed: services but our overall ability to react timely to mitigate the impact of this event.
−Removed: Given the dynamic nature of these circumstances,
−Removed: the duration of business disruption and reduced traffic, the related financial effect cannot be reasonably estimated at this time
−Removed: but is expected to adversely impact our business for the year of 2021.
−Removed: Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and
−Removed: future operations, satisfy its obligations and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: At December 31, 2020 and 2019, we had
−Removed: cash balance of approximately $727,000 and $765,000, respectively.
−Removed: These funds are kept in financial institutions located as follows:
−Removed: United States
−Removed: Under applicable PRC regulations, foreign invested enterprises, or FIEs, in China
−Removed: may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations.
−Removed: In addition, a foreign invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profit based on PRC
−Removed: accounting standards each year to its general reserves until the cumulative amount of such reserves reach 50% of its registered
−Removed: These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends.
−Removed: In addition, a portion of our businesses and assets are denominated in RMB, which
−Removed: is not freely convertible into foreign currencies.
−Removed: All foreign exchange transactions take place either through the People’s
−Removed: Bank of China or other banks authorized to buy and sell foreign currencies at the exchange rates quoted by the People’s
−Removed: Bank of China.
−Removed: Approval of foreign currency payments by the People’s Bank of China or other regulatory institutions requires
−Removed: submitting a payment application form together with suppliers’
−Removed: invoices, shipping documents and signed contracts.
−Removed: currency exchange control procedures imposed by the PRC government authorities may restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiary
−Removed: to transfer its net assets to the Parent Company through loans, advances or cash dividends.
−Removed: The current PRC Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) Law and its implementing
−Removed: rules generally provide that a 10% withholding tax applies to China-sourced income derived by non-resident enterprises for PRC
−Removed: enterprise income tax purposes unless the jurisdiction of incorporation of such enterprises’
−Removed: shareholder has a tax treaty
−Removed: with China that provides for a different withholding arrangement.
−Removed: The following table sets forth a summary of changes in our working capital from
−Removed: December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020:
−Removed: Working capital deficit:
−Removed: Total current assets
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: Working capital deficit
−Removed: $ (1,306,056 )
−Removed: $ (1,264,368 )
−Removed: capital deficit increased by $41,688 to $1,306,056 at December 31, 2020 from $1,264,368 at December 31, 2019.
−Removed: increase in working capital deficit was primarily attributable to a decrease in accounts receivable –
−Removed: related party of
−Removed: approximately $215,000, a decrease in deferred financing costs of approximately $89,000, an increase in accrued liabilities
−Removed: and other payables of approximately $89,000, an increase in accrued liabilities and other payables of approximately $71,000,
−Removed: an increase in accrued liabilities and other payables –
−Removed: related parties of approximately $119,000, and an increase in
−Removed: operating lease obligation of approximately $76,000, offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of
−Removed: approximately $51,000, a decrease in accrued research and development fees of approximately $136,000, and a decrease in
−Removed: accrued payroll liability and directors’
−Removed: compensation of approximately $334,000.
−Removed: Because the exchange rate conversion is different for the consolidated balance sheets
−Removed: and the consolidated statements of cash flows, the changes in assets and liabilities reflected on the consolidated statements
−Removed: of cash flows are not necessarily identical with the comparable changes reflected on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Cash Flows for
−Removed: the Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2019
−Removed: The following summarizes
−Removed: the key components of our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Years Ended December 31,
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: $ (7,546,100 )
−Removed: $ (7,079,871 )
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Effect of exchange rate on cash
−Removed: Net decrease in cash
−Removed: $ (1,487,396 )
−Removed: Net cash flow used in operating activities for the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2020 was $7,546,100, which primarily reflected our consolidated net loss of approximately $12,679,000, and
−Removed: the changes in operating assets and liabilities, primarily consisting of an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets
−Removed: of approximately $207,000, a decrease in accrued liabilities and other payables of approximately $837,000, offset by a decrease
−Removed: in accounts receivable –
−Removed: related party of approximately $217,000, an increase in accrued liabilities and other payables
−Removed: related parties of approximately $119,000, and the non-cash items adjustment primarily consisting of depreciation and
−Removed: amortization of approximately $315,000, and stock-based compensation and service expense of approximately $5,494,000.
−Removed: Net cash flow used in operating
−Removed: activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $7,079,871, which primarily reflected our consolidated net loss of
−Removed: approximately $18,070,000, the non-cash item adjustment consisting of change in warrants derivative liabilities of
−Removed: approximately $2,817,000, and the changes in operating assets and liabilities, primarily consisting of an increase in
−Removed: accounts receivable –
−Removed: related party of approximately $217,000, offset by a decrease in prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: current assets of approximately $480,000, and an increase in accrued liabilities and other payables of approximately
−Removed: $1,230,000, and the add-back of non-cash items mainly consisting of depreciation and amortization of approximately $507,000,
−Removed: stock-based compensation and service expense of approximately $9,209,000, allocated financing costs of approximately
−Removed: $525,000, impairment loss of approximately $1,010,000, and loss from noncontrolling interest deficit adjustment of
−Removed: approximately $862,000.
−Removed: We expect our cash
−Removed: used in operating activities to increase due to the following :
−Removed: development and commercialization of new products;
−Removed: increase in professional staff and services;
−Removed: increase in public relations and/or sales promotions for existing and/or new brands
−Removed: as we expand within existing markets or enter new markets.
−Removed: Net cash flow used in investing activities was $169,185
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to $552,967 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020, we made payment for improvement of commercial real estate of approximately $111,000 and made additional investment in
−Removed: equity method investment of approximately $58,000.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, we made payment
−Removed: for purchase of property and equipment of approximately $377,000, made payment for improvement of commercial real estate of approximately
−Removed: $16,000, and made payment for equity method investment of approximately $159,000.
−Removed: Net cash flow provided by financing activities was $7,664,281 for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2020 as compared to $6,154,910 for the year ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, we
−Removed: received proceeds from related party borrowings of $600,000 and net proceeds from equity offering of approximately $7,264,000
−Removed: (net of cash paid for commission and offering costs of approximately $540,000), offset by repayments made for note payable –
−Removed: related party of $200,000.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2019, we received proceeds from borrowings from
−Removed: a related party of $3,600,000, and net proceeds from equity offering of approximately $5,365,000 (net of offering costs of approximately
−Removed: $909,000), offset by repayments made to a related party for borrowings of $410,000, repayments for loan payable of $1,000,000,
−Removed: and payment made for repurchase of warrants of 1,400,000.
−Removed: Our capital requirements for the next twelve months primarily
−Removed: relate to working capital requirements, including salaries, fees related to third parties’
−Removed: professional services, reduction
−Removed: of accrued liabilities, mergers, acquisitions and the development of business opportunities.
−Removed: These uses of cash will depend on
−Removed: numerous factors including our sales and other revenues, and our ability to control costs.
−Removed: All funds received have been expended
−Removed: in the furtherance of growing the business.
−Removed: The following trends are reasonably likely to result in a material decrease in our
−Removed: liquidity over the near to long term:
−Removed: increase in working capital requirements to finance our current business, including ongoing
−Removed: research and development programs, clinical studies, as well as commercial strategies;
−Removed: use of capital for mergers, acquisitions and the development of business opportunities;
−Removed: of administrative personnel as the business grows;
−Removed: cost of being a public company.
−Removed: In the third quarter of 2019, we had secured a $20 million credit facility (Line
−Removed: of Credit) provided by our Chairman, Wenzhao Lu.
−Removed: The unsecured credit facility bears interest at a rate of 5% and provides
−Removed: for maturity on drawn loans 36 months after funding.
−Removed: The note is not convertible to equity.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the total
−Removed: principal amount outstanding under the Credit Line was $3.2 million and we have approximately $16.8 million remaining available
−Removed: under the Line Credit.
−Removed: On December 13, 2019, we
−Removed: entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement SM (the “Sales Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC, as sales
−Removed: agent (“Jefferies”), pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through Jefferies, shares of our
−Removed: common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0 million.
−Removed: On April 6, 2020, the
−Removed: date on which we filed our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, our
−Removed: registration statement became subject to the offering limits set forth in General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.
−Removed: of April 6, 2020, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or public
−Removed: float, was $39,564,237, based on 23,691,160 shares of our outstanding common stock that were held
−Removed: by non-affiliates on such date and a price of $1.67 per share, which was the price at which our common stock was
−Removed: last sold on The Nasdaq Capital Market on February 19, 2020 (a date within 60 days of the date hereof), calculated in
−Removed: accordance with General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.
−Removed: We have not offered any securities pursuant to
−Removed: General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 in the 12 calendar months preceding the date of this prospectus supplement.
−Removed: We filed a prospectus supplement to amend and supplement the information in our prospectus and original prospectus supplement
−Removed: based on the amount of securities that we are eligible to sell under General Instruction I.B.6
−Removed: After giving effect to the $13,000,000 offering limit imposed by General Instruction I.B.6
−Removed: of Form S-3, we may offer and sell additional shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of
−Removed: up to $13,000,000 from time to time through Jefferies acting as our sales agent in accordance with the terms of
−Removed: the sales agreement.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, we sold a total of 4,052,008 shares of our common stock through Jefferies
−Removed: with an aggregate offering price of $7,077,835 and we have approximately $7.9 million offering price remaining available
−Removed: under the Sales Agreement.
−Removed: We estimate that based on current plans and assumptions,
−Removed: that our available cash will be insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements under our present operating expectations through
−Removed: cash available under our Credit Line and sales of equity through our Sales Agreement.
−Removed: Other than funds received from the sale
−Removed: of our equity and advances from our related party, and cash resource generating from our operations, we presently have no other
−Removed: significant alternative source of working capital.
−Removed: We have used these funds to fund our operating expenses, pay our obligations
−Removed: and grow our company.
−Removed: We will need to raise significant additional capital to fund our operations and to provide working capital
−Removed: for our ongoing operations and obligations.
−Removed: Therefore, our future operation is dependent on our ability to secure additional financing.
−Removed: Financing transactions may include the issuance of equity or debt securities, obtaining credit facilities, or other financing
−Removed: However, the trading price of our common stock and a downturn in the U.S.
−Removed: equity and debt markets could make it more
−Removed: difficult to obtain financing through the issuance of equity or debt securities.
−Removed: Even if we are able to raise the funds required,
−Removed: it is possible that we could incur unexpected costs and expenses or experience unexpected cash requirements that would force us
−Removed: to seek alternative financing.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional
−Removed: dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common
−Removed: The inability to obtain additional capital may restrict our ability to grow and may reduce our ability to continue to conduct
−Removed: business operations.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain additional financing, we will be required to cease our operations.
−Removed: have not considered this alternative, nor do we view it as a likely occurrence.
−Removed: Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: Contractual Obligations
−Removed: We have certain fixed contractual obligations and commitments that include future
−Removed: estimated payments.
−Removed: Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions, and other factors may result in actual payments differing
−Removed: from the estimates.
−Removed: We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments.
−Removed: We have presented below a summary
−Removed: of the most significant assumptions used in our determination of amounts presented in the tables, in order to assist in the review
−Removed: of this information within the context of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: tables summarize our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2020, and the effect these obligations are expected to have on
−Removed: our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.
−Removed: Payments Due by Period
−Removed: Contractual obligations:
−Removed: Less than 1 year
−Removed: Operating lease commitment
−Removed: Acquisition consideration
−Removed: Borrowings from related party (principal)
−Removed: Accrued interest –
−Removed: related party
−Removed: Epicon equity investment obligation
−Removed: AVAR joint venture commitment
−Removed: Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We presently do not have off-balance sheet
−Removed: arrangements.
−Removed: Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
−Removed: A portion of our operations are in China.
−Removed: Thus, a portion of our revenues and operating
−Removed: results may be impacted by exchange rate fluctuations between RMB and US dollars.
−Removed: For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019,
−Removed: we had an unrealized foreign currency translation gain of approximately $67,000 and an unrealized foreign currency translation
−Removed: loss of approximately $21,000, respectively, because of changes in the exchange rate.
−Removed: The effect of inflation on our revenue and
−Removed: operating results was not significant.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: As a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
−Removed: the Exchange Act, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
+Added: stock-based compensation expense of $1,075,756 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and reduced accrued liabilities of $276,032 and
+Added: recorded prepaid expense of $155,700 as of December 31, 2021 which will be amortized over the rest of corresponding service periods.
+Added: Shares Issued Pursuant to Related Party Debt Settlement Agreement and Release
+Added: 21, 2021, the Company and Mr.
+Added: Lu entered into and closed a Debt Settlement Agreement and Release pursuant to which $3.0 million debt owed
+Added: under the Line of Credit were settled by issuance of the Company’s 2,400,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: The 2.4 million shares issued
+Added: had a fair value of $3 million.
+Added: The offers, sales, and issuances
+Added: of the securities described above were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on Section 4(a)(2)
+Added: of the Securities Act of 1933 or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.
+Added: recipients of securities in each of these transactions acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale
+Added: in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the securities issued in these transactions.
+Added: of the recipients of securities in these transactions was an accredited or sophisticated person and had adequate access, through employment,
+Added: business or other relationships, to information about us.
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