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of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file
−Removed: or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified under the rules and
+Added: maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in reports we file or
+Added: submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified under the rules and
forms of the SEC.
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in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, the Company is in process of remediating its material weaknesses and designing an effective internal
−Removed: control environment, however it has not yet remediated its material weaknesses.
+Added: of December 31, 2023, the Company is in process of remediating its material weaknesses and designing an effective internal control environment,
+Added: however it has not yet remediated its material weaknesses.
efforts to address material weaknesses in internal controls
−Removed: engaged third party subject matter experts to assist in the design and documentation of an internal control environment meeting
−Removed: those requirements and criteria established in the COSO 2013 Internal Control Integrated Framework;
+Added: engaged third party subject matter experts to assist in the design and documentation of an internal control environment meeting those
+Added: requirements and criteria established in the COSO 2013 Internal Control Integrated Framework;
engaged information technology experts who designed and implemented a secure, cloud based, server and IT environment with controlled
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Other Information
+Added: May 2023, pursuant to the Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations, the holders of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock exercised
+Added: the Put Right requiring Akos to force redemption of all of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock for $1,000 per share, plus accrued
+Added: but unpaid dividends of approximately $50,000 for a total of approximately $1,052,057.
+Added: The Company had 20 days following the receipt
+Added: of the Put Exercise Notice to make the payment and made payment on May 19, 2023.
+Added: Company, Akos, and the Akos Investor terminated the Akos Purchase Agreement in connection with the planned Spin-Off and that certain
+Added: registration rights agreement in connection with the Akos Private Placement in May 2023.
+Added: May 2023, the Company entered into a cost reduction plan, including a reduction in force of approximately 35% of its full-time employees
+Added: to streamline its operations and conserve cash resources.
+Added: Additionally, contracts with seven consultants that were focused on the Akos
+Added: cannabinoid spin-out will be terminated.
+Added: The Company recognized severance charges of $874,273 through December 31, 2023.
+Added: The plan included
+Added: a focus on progressing the Company’s existing non-cannabinoid pipeline while reducing the rate of spend and managing cash flow.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company has completed the reduction in force, with such severance expenses recorded in salaries and wages.
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
+Added: Not applicable.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
−Removed: following table sets forth information regarding the members of our board of directors (the “Board”) and our executive officers.
−Removed: Officers and Directors
−Removed: Joseph Tucker, Ph.D.
−Removed: Executive Officer and Director
−Removed: September 2021
−Removed: and Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: December 2020
−Removed: Medical Officer
−Removed: December 2021
−Removed: Peter Facchini, Ph.D.
−Removed: Innovation Officer
−Removed: September 2021
−Removed: Financial Officer
−Removed: of the Board of Directors
−Removed: and Chair of the Audit Committee
−Removed: December 2020
−Removed: and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker
−Removed: December 2020
−Removed: and Chair of the Compensation Committee
−Removed: Officers and Directors
−Removed: Tucker has served as our President and Director since September 16, 2021.
−Removed: Prior to joining Enveric, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker was the
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of MagicMed Industries, from its founding in May 2020 to September 2021.
−Removed: the Executive Chairman of Willow Biosciences Inc.
−Removed: from March 2014 to March 2020.
−Removed: Tucker was a founder and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: of Stem Cell Therapeutics, which he took public on the TSX (TSX:
−Removed: Trillium Therapeutics (Nasdaq:
−Removed: TRIL) acquired Stem
−Removed: Cell Therapeutics in 2013.
−Removed: Tucker has also held the position of Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Epimeron Inc., a University
−Removed: of Calgary start-up acquired in the creation of Willow Biosciences Inc.
−Removed: At Willow, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker served as Executive Chairman
−Removed: and Chief Operating Officer.
−Removed: Prior to founding companies, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker was a healthcare analyst with two investment banks and has also
−Removed: worked in technology commercialization for a university technology transfer office.
−Removed: Tucker received his Ph.D.
−Removed: in Biochemistry and
−Removed: Molecular Biology from the University of Calgary.
−Removed: Lind was appointed Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in November 2022.
−Removed: Pasqualone was appointed Chairman of the Compensation Committee in November 2022.
−Removed: Kanubaddi has served as our President since October 2021 and Chief Operating Officer since December 30, 2020.
−Removed: an entrepreneur and business leader who has a passion for health and healing.
−Removed: From September 2019 through December 2020, Mr.
−Removed: was the President & Chief Operating Officer of NEXGEL, Inc.
−Removed: (“NEXGEL”), an FDA registered, ISO certified advanced hydrogel
−Removed: manufacturer serving the OTC, cosmetic and medical device markets around the world.
−Removed: At NEXGEL, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi led the rebranding, repositioning
−Removed: and overall strategy for the company to accelerate growth and drive innovation.
−Removed: This included rebranding the company as NEXGEL, branding
−Removed: the company’s unique hydrogels, developing a robust white label catalog, architecting an innovation engine to fill the pipeline
−Removed: with new concepts and guiding the company’s first-ever branded product launches.
−Removed: In addition to NEXGEL, since August 2018, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi has also served as the Senior Partner at IQ/EQ Brand Strategy, where he assists companies in developing “go to market”
−Removed: strategies, branding and naming exercises and new product innovation for consumer, medical device and prescription companies.
−Removed: his consulting career, from February 2007 to September 2019, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Welmedix Healthcare,
−Removed: where he developed innovative skin and wound care solutions to improve health and healing with an eye towards whole person wellness.
−Removed: During his tenure, he led the company to develop three unique brands with patented solutions, gaining distribution in over 20,000 retail
−Removed: outlets, including Walmart, Walgreens, CVS and others.
−Removed: After building some of the fastest growing brands in their respective categories,
−Removed: Welmedix sold its leading brands to a private-equity backed healthcare company.
−Removed: Before his entrepreneurial venture, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi began
−Removed: his 25+ year career in the healthcare industry at two leading companies – Wyeth (now Pfizer) and Bristol Myers Squibb’s ConvaTec
−Removed: While working with market leading brands like Centrum, Advil and Chapstick;
−Removed: medical devices and hospital businesses including
−Removed: Aloe Vesta, DuoDerm and Sur-Fit Natura, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi held positions of increasing responsibility across the functional areas of brand
−Removed: management, sales, new product development and new ventures.
−Removed: Kanubaddi holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and BS in Marketing
−Removed: from Miami University.
−Removed: Kanubaddi also served on the Board of Directors for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the
−Removed: leading industry trade group for consumer healthcare in the United States.
−Removed: Bob Dagher has served as our Chief Medical Officer since December 2021.
−Removed: Dagher has over twenty years of experience in clinical
−Removed: development in the pharmaceutical industry and as a past board-certified physician from the American Board of neurology and psychiatry.
−Removed: He has an extensive therapeutic background concentrated in the neuroscience space which includes a focus on psychotic, affective and
−Removed: anxiety disorders, as well as neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration and movement disorders.
−Removed: Furthermore, Dr.
−Removed: Dagher has supported and driven
−Removed: successful drug development programs from preclinical stages through Phase 4 clinical trials.
−Removed: Following his early experience treating
−Removed: patients in academic and private practice settings, Dr.
−Removed: Dagher started his career in the pharmaceutical industry at GlaxoSmithKline,
−Removed: followed by Sanofi/Genzyme working on neurology, psychiatry, and urology indications.
−Removed: Prior to joining Enveric, Dr.
−Removed: Dagher served as
−Removed: the Chief Medical Officer at WCG MedAvante-ProPhase from December 2019 to December 2021 and Cadent Therapeutics from January 2018 to
−Removed: Prior to that, he was Senior Medical Director at LabCorp-Covance from October 2013 to January 2018.
−Removed: In both these organizations,
−Removed: Dagher helped forge and develop compelling scientific solutions to match industry challenges and developed innovative programs
−Removed: targeting movement and cognitive disorders.
−Removed: Dagher brings extensive experience working in the pharmaceutical industry with a focus
−Removed: and passion for drug development for neurological and mental health indications.
−Removed: Peter Facchini has served as our Chief Innovation Officer since joining the Company in September 2021.
−Removed: Facchini has been
−Removed: a Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary since 1995, during which he held
−Removed: the Canada Research Chair in Plant Metabolic Processes Biotechnology, was a Parex Resources Innovation Fellow, and received the 2021
−Removed: Faculty of Science Innovation Excellence Award.
−Removed: Facchini co-founded and was the Chief Scientific Officer of Willow Biosciences Inc.
−Removed: and Epimeron Inc.
−Removed: Facchini was the Chief Scientific Officer at MagicMed Industries Inc.
−Removed: from May 2020 to September 2021.
−Removed: Facchini was the Chief Scientific Officer of Willow Biosciences from 2014 to 2020.
−Removed: Facchini has published over 165 scientific
−Removed: papers and co-invented over 45 patents.
−Removed: Facchini is an international leader in the biochemistry and biotechnology fields of natural
−Removed: product metabolism.
−Removed: Coveney has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 13, 2023.
−Removed: Coveney brings to the Company years of experience
−Removed: in biotechnology finance and accounting.
−Removed: Coveney provided fractional CFO services to Progressive Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: Patients, LLC, from June 2022 to July 2022 to August 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Coveney previously held the position of a chief financial
−Removed: officer at Memgen, Inc.
−Removed: from November 2021 to June 2022 and at Q-State Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: from April 2020 to April 2021.
−Removed: chief financial officer position, Mr.
−Removed: Coveney served as Senior Vice President of Finance, HR & IT of Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: November 2018 to February 2020.
−Removed: He held various senior positions at Berg Health LLC from September 2015 to November 2018.
−Removed: was an Audit Partner at Braver PC (now Marcum) from July 2007 through October 2012.
−Removed: Coveney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
−Removed: Management with a Concentration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts and served as a non-commissioned officer in the United
−Removed: States Coast Guard.
−Removed: Webb has served as a non-employee director of the Company since June 13, 2022.
−Removed: Webb is the President and CEO of CXL Ophthalmics,
−Removed: LLC and a member of its board of directors, positions he has held since 2017.
−Removed: He has served as a director at iQure Pharma Inc.
−Removed: 2022, at GMDx Genomics since 2021, at RIFFIT, Inc.
−Removed: since 2019, at Videokawa since 2018, and at DeuteRx, LLC since 2012.
−Removed: a Principal and IntrinsicBio Life Sciences Consulting LLC, a position he has held since 2016.
−Removed: He has been a founder and CEO of biotechnology
−Removed: companies, taking them from seed round funding through venture financing and NASDAQ IPO.
−Removed: Webb began his career in Booz, Allen &
−Removed: Hamilton’s Chicago office, specializing in healthcare and life sciences and subsequently at CIBA-Geigy (now Novartis) where has
−Removed: was last a senior vice president.
−Removed: Webb holds Bachelor’s degrees in Biochemistry and Economics from the University of Kansas,
−Removed: summa cum laude and an MA in International Relations from Sussex University in the UK.
−Removed: In addition, he holds an MBA degree from Kellogg
−Removed: with a concentration in healthcare management.
−Removed: He is a past Chairman of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.
−Removed: Webb’s relevant
−Removed: industry experience qualifies him to be a director of the Company.
−Removed: Kegler has served as a non-employee director of the Company since December 30, 2020.
−Removed: Kegler was employed by Mallinckrodt
−Removed: Pharmaceuticals from January 2013 to June 2019, serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Interim from December
−Removed: 2018 to May 2019, where he had responsibility for the global finance function and was a member of the executive committee, Vice President
−Removed: Finance from November 2016 to November 2018, President Specialty Generics (Interim) and Vice President Finance from July 2016 to October
−Removed: 2016, and Vice President, Finance from January 2013 to June 2016.
−Removed: He has served in various consulting roles since June 2019, which ended
−Removed: in March 2020.
−Removed: Kegler has 40 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, controllership and business
−Removed: Previously Mr.
−Removed: Kegler served as the vice president of commercial finance for various businesses within Mallinckrodt and
−Removed: was also interim president of the company’s specialty generics business.
−Removed: Prior to joining Mallinckrodt, he was the chief financial
−Removed: officer for Convatec a private equity-owned company that was purchased from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
−Removed: He worked in various finance roles
−Removed: within Bristol-Myers Squibb including commercial, International, technical operations, research & development as well as the assistant
−Removed: controller of internal controls.
−Removed: Kegler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Missouri, an MBA from
−Removed: Saint Louis University and completed the Certified Public Accountant exam in Missouri.
−Removed: Kegler’s experience as an officer at several companies and extensive knowledge of corporate finance qualify
−Removed: him to be a director of the Company.
−Removed: Douglas Lind has served as a non-employee director of the Company since March 17, 2021.
−Removed: Lind is a co-founder and Managing
−Removed: Partner, since 2013 at Biomark Capital, a Greenwich, CT-based healthcare venture firm.
−Removed: There, his investment focus has included cellular
−Removed: therapy, medical imaging, peripheral vascular disease, and oncology.
−Removed: Lind has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of life
−Removed: science related professions, ranging from former practicing physician to senior Wall Street equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley.
−Removed: Lind is a graduate of the University of Iowa, College of Medicine.
−Removed: He was a practicing physician in Brookline, Massachusetts.
−Removed: served as an attending physician at St.
−Removed: Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston, a major teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of
−Removed: Medicine, where he completed his residency training in Internal Medicine.
−Removed: Lind’s medical background and
−Removed: relevant industry experience qualify him to be a director of the Company.
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker, PhD has served as a non-employee director of the Company since December 30, 2020.
−Removed: Since January 2018, Dr.
−Removed: Schabacker has served as president and chief executive officer of the ECRI Institute, a non-profit organization with 500 employees and
−Removed: an operating budget of $80 million focusing on advancing evidenced-based, effective healthcare globally.
−Removed: Prior to joining ECRI, Dr.
−Removed: worked at Baxter Healthcare Corporation, serving as corporate vice president and chief scientific officer from July 2015 to May 2017,
−Removed: chairman of the executive quality council from March 2014 to May 2017, Chief Scientific Officer, Medical Products from July 2014 to July
−Removed: 2015, and Vice President, R&D, Medical Products from March 2011 to July 2014.
−Removed: During his clinical years, and his time as an industry
−Removed: thought leader, Dr.
−Removed: Schabacker was focused on patient safety and enhancing patient care.
−Removed: For over a decade Dr.
−Removed: Schabacker has served
−Removed: on numerous boards of small and midsize companies and organizations, providing management with guidance and expertise to strategically
−Removed: accelerate growth and to build successful and sustainable high performing management teams.
−Removed: Schabacker’s medical background and relevant research and development experience qualify him to be a director
−Removed: of the Company.
−Removed: Pasqualone has served as a non-employee director of the Company since July 13, 2022.
−Removed: Pasqualone has served as Senior Vice
−Removed: President, Chief Business Officer of Theravance Biopharma, Inc.
−Removed: since November 2020 and joined Theravance Biopharma as Senior Vice President,
−Removed: Operations in June 2014 in connection with its spin-off from Innoviva.
−Removed: Pasqualone held the position of Senior Vice President, Operations
−Removed: at Innoviva since January 2014.
−Removed: From 2010 to 2012, he served as President of Intercontinental Region:
−Removed: Latin America, Middle East and
−Removed: Africa and also as President of Southern Europe from 2009 to 2010, at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS).
−Removed: Over a 25-year period with BMS, Mr.
−Removed: Pasqualone held senior management positions in the U.S.
−Removed: and globally.
−Removed: In the U.S., he was responsible for the Oncology/Virology business
−Removed: and led the marketing group in the Diabetes business.
−Removed: After leaving Bristol-Myers Squibb and prior to joining Theravance, Mr.
−Removed: was self-employed as a part-time consultant.
−Removed: Pasqualone holds an M.B.A.
−Removed: from University of Dayton and a B.S.
−Removed: in Marketing from Bowling
−Removed: Green State University in Ohio.
−Removed: Pasqualone’s relevant industry experience as an officer at several companies qualifies him
−Removed: to be a director of the Company.
−Removed: O’Neil has served as a non-employee director of the Company since June 13, 2022.
−Removed: O’Neil has served at ECRI, a
−Removed: nonprofit organization focused on advancing effective, evidenced-based healthcare globally since 2021, first as VP, Strategy and currently
−Removed: as Chief Strategy Officer.
−Removed: Prior to ECRI, O’Neil was the founder and managing partner of Incline GEP from 2014 until 2021.
−Removed: 2011 to 2013, O’Neil served on the drug access team of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), responsible for improving sustainable
−Removed: access to pediatric HIV drugs and diagnostics for the developing world utilizing a market-based approach.
−Removed: Earlier in her career, O’Neil
−Removed: was a Principal at Avista Capital Partners, founded by former DLJ Merchant Banking partners.
−Removed: At Avista, O’Neil launched the consumer
−Removed: silo and executed five private equity investments and related tack-on acquisitions in healthcare and consumer, four of which were corporate
−Removed: carve-outs requiring intense operational and infrastructure building.
−Removed: Prior to Avista, O’Neil was a senior manager in business
−Removed: development at Tumi, an Oaktree Capital Management portfolio company.
−Removed: In addition, O’Neil served various roles in the private equity
−Removed: groups of Guggenheim Partners, Oaktree Capital Management, and DLJ Merchant Banking.
−Removed: O’Neil received a BBA from the University
−Removed: O’Neil’s expertise in business operations and fundraising experience qualify her to be a director of the
−Removed: Relationships
−Removed: are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.
−Removed: 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
−Removed: 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity
−Removed: securities to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity
−Removed: Officers, directors and greater-than-10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section
−Removed: 16(a) forms they file.
−Removed: solely upon a review of the Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company, we believe that all directors, officers
−Removed: and persons beneficially owning greater than 10% of the Company’s equity securities timely filed reports required by Section 16(a)
−Removed: of the Exchange Act during Fiscal 2022, except for the following reporting persons:
−Removed: Form 4 was filed late for Mr.
−Removed: Avani Kanubaddi with respect to one transaction.
−Removed: Form 4 was filed late for Mr.
−Removed: Carter Ward with respect to one transaction.
−Removed: Form 3 was filed late for Ms.
−Removed: Bevin O’Neil with respect to her appointment to the Board.
−Removed: None of these cases involved purchase or sale, but rather non-market transactions
−Removed: such as a grant or exercise of stock options.
−Removed: with the oversight of the board of directors and its committees, operates within a comprehensive plan of corporate governance for the
−Removed: purpose of defining independence, assigning responsibilities, setting high standards of professional and personal conduct and assuring
−Removed: compliance with such responsibilities and standards.
−Removed: We regularly monitor developments in the area of corporate governance.
−Removed: of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy
−Removed: have adopted a Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy that applies to our directors, officers, employees and certain
−Removed: persons performing services for us.
−Removed: The Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy addresses, among other things,
−Removed: competition and fair dealing, conflicts of interest, protection and proper use of Company assets, government relations, compliance with
−Removed: laws, rules and regulations and the process for reporting violations of the Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy,
−Removed: employee misconduct, improper conflicts of interest or other violations.
−Removed: Our Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy
−Removed: is available on our website at www.enveric.com in the “Corporate Governance” section found under the “Investors”
−Removed: We intend to disclose any amendments to, or waivers from, our Code of Corporate Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy at the
−Removed: same website address provided above.
−Removed: Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that our board will consist of such number of directors as determined
−Removed: from time to time by resolution adopted by our Board.
−Removed: The size of our board is currently fixed at seven (7) directors.
−Removed: Subject to any
−Removed: rights applicable to any then-outstanding shares of preferred stock, any vacancies or newly created directorships resulting from an increase
−Removed: in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office.
−Removed: Stockholders vote to elect directors
−Removed: with a term then expiring each year at our annual meeting.
−Removed: have no formal policy regarding board diversity.
−Removed: Our board believes that each director should have a basic understanding of the principal
−Removed: operational and financial objectives and plans and strategies of the Company, our results of operations and financial condition and relative
−Removed: standing in relation to our competitors.
−Removed: We take into consideration the overall composition and diversity of the board and areas of expertise
−Removed: that director nominees may be able to offer, including business experience, knowledge, abilities and customer relationships.
−Removed: we will strive to assemble a board that brings to us a variety of perspectives and skills derived from business and professional experience
−Removed: as we may deem are in our and our stockholders’ best interests.
−Removed: In doing so, we will also consider candidates with appropriate
−Removed: non-business backgrounds.
−Removed: are currently listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and therefore rely on the definition of independence set forth in the Nasdaq Listing
−Removed: Rules (“Nasdaq Rules”).
−Removed: Under the Nasdaq Rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if,
−Removed: in the opinion of our board, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment
−Removed: in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
−Removed: Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his
−Removed: background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, we have determined that Mr.
−Removed: Pasqualone, Ms.
−Removed: Lind have no material relationships with us that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment and are “independent
−Removed: directors” as that term is defined in the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
−Removed: Committees, Meetings and Attendance
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2022, the Board held 14 meetings and acted by written consent on seven occasions.
−Removed: We expect our directors
−Removed: to attend board meetings, meetings of any committees and subcommittees on which they serve and each annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: board delegates various responsibilities and authority to different board committees.
−Removed: Committees regularly report on their activities
−Removed: and actions to the full board.
−Removed: Currently, the board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and
−Removed: Corporate Governance Committee.
−Removed: Committee assignments are re-evaluated annually.
−Removed: Each of these standing committees operates under a charter
−Removed: that has been approved by our Board.
−Removed: The current charter of each of these committees is available on our website at www.enveric.com in
−Removed: the “Corporate Governance” section under “Investors.”
−Removed: following table sets forth the membership of each of the Board committees listed above.
−Removed: and Technology Committee
−Removed: and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker
−Removed: Audit Committee provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling the Board’s responsibility to the Company’s stockholders relating
−Removed: to the Company’s accounting and financial reporting practices and system of internal control, the audit process, the quality and
−Removed: integrity of the Company’s financial reporting, and the Company’s process for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations
−Removed: and its code of conduct.
−Removed: Audit Committee is responsible for, among other matters:
−Removed: and retaining the independent auditors to conduct the annual audit of our financial statements;
−Removed: the proposed scope and results of the audit;
−Removed: and pre-approving audit and non-audit fees and services;
−Removed: accounting and financial controls with the independent auditors and our financial and accounting staff;
−Removed: and approving transactions between us and our directors, officers and affiliates;
−Removed: and preventing prohibited non-audit services;
−Removed: procedures for complaints received by us regarding accounting matters;
−Removed: internal audit functions, if any;
−Removed: the report of the audit committee that the rules of the SEC require to be included in our annual meeting proxy statement.
−Removed: of March 31, 2023, the members of our Audit Committee were George Kegler (chairman), Frank Pasqualone, and Bevin O’Neil.
−Removed: Board has determined that Mr.
−Removed: Pasqualone and Ms.
−Removed: O’Neil are independent in accordance with Nasdaq Rules and Rule 10A-3 under
−Removed: the Exchange.
−Removed: Our Board has also reviewed the education, experience, and other qualifications of each member of the Audit Committee.
−Removed: Based upon that review, our Board has determined that Mr.
−Removed: Kegler qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined
−Removed: by the rules of the SEC.
−Removed: The Audit Committee met four times during the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other matters:
−Removed: and recommending the compensation arrangements for management, including the compensation for our president and chief executive officer;
−Removed: and reviewing general compensation policies with the objective to attract and retain superior talent, to reward individual performance
−Removed: and to achieve our financial goals;
−Removed: administering
−Removed: our stock incentive plans;
−Removed: the report of the compensation committee that the rules of the SEC require to be included in our annual meeting proxy statement.
−Removed: of March 31, 2023, the members of our Compensation Committee were Dr.
−Removed: Frank Pasqualone (chairman), Michael Webb, and Bevin O’Neil.
−Removed: Board has determined that Mr.
−Removed: Pasqualone, Mr.
−Removed: O’Neil are independent in accordance with Nasdaq Rules.
−Removed: The Compensation
−Removed: Committee has the authority to delegate to subcommittees of the Compensation Committee any of the responsibilities of the full committee.
−Removed: The Compensation Committee met one time during the year ended December 31, 2022 and acted by written consent on one occasion.
−Removed: and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other matters:
−Removed: the current composition, organization and governance of the board and its committees, and making recommendations for changes thereto;
−Removed: each director and nominee annually;
−Removed: desired board member skills and attributes and conducting searches for prospective members accordingly;
−Removed: nominees, and making recommendations to the Board concerning the appointment of directors to board committees, the selection of board
−Removed: committee chairs, proposal of the slate of directors for election to the board, and the termination of membership of individual directors
−Removed: in accordance with the board’s governance principles;
−Removed: the process of succession planning for the chief executive officer and as warranted, other senior officers of the Company;
−Removed: adopting, and overseeing the implementation of a code of business conduct and ethics;
−Removed: administering
−Removed: the annual board performance evaluation process.
−Removed: of March 31, 2023, the members of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee were Douglas Lind (chairman), Dr.
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker and George Kegler.
−Removed: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met one time during the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: We incorporate by reference the information responsive to this Item under
+Added: the captions “Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance – Executive Officers,” “Corporate Governance
+Added: – Family Relationships,” “Related Person Transactions and Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,”
+Added: “Corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics,” “Corporate Governance – Committees of the Board of Directors –
+Added: Audit Committee,” “Corporate Governance – Insider Trading Policy,” “Stockholder Proposals and Nominations
+Added: for Director” appearing in our definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Proxy
+Added: Statement”), a copy of which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2023.
Executive Compensation
−Removed: Compensation Table
−Removed: following table sets forth total compensation paid to the named executive officers for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
−Removed: Name and Principal Position
−Removed: Joseph Tucker (2)
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: 2,226,992 (5)
−Removed: Avani Kanubaddi (6)
−Removed: President and Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: 3,789,523 (7)
−Removed: Peter Facchini (8)
−Removed: Chief Innovation Officer
−Removed: 1,566,910 (11)
−Removed: compensation consists of Restricted Stock Unit Award (“RSU’s”) and Restricted Stock Awards (“RSA’s”).
−Removed: RSU’s and RSA’s may contain vesting conditions that include, without limitation, continued employment or engagement with
−Removed: the Company, achievement of defined stock price levels or achievement of defined performance milestones, termination of the employee
−Removed: without cause, resignation of the employee for good cause or change in control.
−Removed: Please also note there are no assurances that such
−Removed: vesting conditions will be met and accordingly there are no assurances that any unvested RSU’s or RSA’s will become vested
−Removed: prior to being forfeited on the expiration date defined in the relevant award agreements.
−Removed: Furthermore, RSU’s require that the
−Removed: recipient’s employment with the Company be terminated, or that a change of control occur, as a prerequisite of conversion of
−Removed: vested restricted stock units into shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: RSA’s have no such condition of termination or change of control
−Removed: as a prerequisite of conversion of vested restricted stock awards into shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: Tucker was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 16, 2021.
−Removed: Bonus for 2022 was paid in January 2023.
−Removed: for 2021 was paid in February 2022.
−Removed: Bonus for 2022 consists of a one-time bonus of $194,000 paid in 2022 and $270,270 attributable to 2022 was paid in January 2023.
−Removed: Bonus consists of $100,000 paid in September 2021 and $59,063 attributable to 2021 paid in February 2022.
−Removed: Tucker’s 2021 stock compensation consists of an aggregate of 16,375 RSU’s, valued at $2,226,992,
−Removed: with such valuation being based on the Company’s closing price per share of $136.00 on the RSU grant date.
−Removed: All of these RSU’s
−Removed: are unvested as of December 31, 2021, with no assurances of these RSU’s vesting in the future.
−Removed: Kanubaddi served as Chief Operating Officer from December 30, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Kanubaddi was appointed President on October 1, 2021.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s 2022 stock compensation consists of an aggregate of 22,556 RSU’s, valued at $755,626, with such valuation being based on the Company’s closing price per
−Removed: share of $33.50 on the RSU grant date.
−Removed: All of these RSU’s are unvested as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s 2021 stock compensation consists of an aggregate of 15,790 RSU’s, valued at $3,789,523,
−Removed: with such valuation being based on the Company’s closing price per share of $240.00 on the RSU grant date.
−Removed: All of these RSU’s
−Removed: Facchini has served as Chief Innovation Officer since September 16, 2021.
−Removed: and bonus paid in Canadian Dollars and translated to United States Dollars equivalent.
−Removed: for 2022 was paid in January 2023.
−Removed: consists of $40,390 paid in September 2021 and $29,039 attributable to 2021 paid in February 2022.
−Removed: Facchini’s 2021 stock compensation consists of an aggregate of
−Removed: 11,522 RSU’s, valued at $1,556,910, with such valuation being based on the Company’s closing price per share of $ on the RSU
−Removed: All of these RSU’s are unvested as of December 31, 2021, with no assurances of these RSU’s vesting in the future.
−Removed: Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
−Removed: Employment Agreement
−Removed: May 24, 2021, Dr.
−Removed: Joseph Tucker entered into an employment agreement (the “Tucker Employment Agreement”) with the Company
−Removed: pursuant to which he will become the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the September 16, 2021 closing date of
−Removed: the Amalgamation (the “Tucker Effective Date”).
−Removed: to the Tucker Employment Agreement, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker receives a base salary of $350,000 annually (“Tucker Base Salary”).
−Removed: also received, upon entering into the Tucker Employment Agreement, a one-time signing bonus of $100,000 and 1,375 RSUs, of which half
−Removed: are subject to time-based vesting and the other half subject to market-based vesting.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Tucker Employment Agreement,
−Removed: upon entering into the agreement, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker also received an initial equity compensation received grant of 15,000 RSUs, of which half
−Removed: are subject to time-based vesting and the other half subject to market-based vesting.
−Removed: The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions
−Removed: of the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
−Removed: The Tucker time-based RSUs vest in quarters on each of the first four anniversaries
−Removed: of the Tucker Effective Date.
−Removed: in calendar year 2022, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker became eligible to receive annual performance bonuses of up to 75% of the Tucker Base Salary, as determined
−Removed: from time to time by the Company’s board of directors.
−Removed: Tucker Employment Agreement will remain in effect until terminated by either party, unless the Company or Dr.
−Removed: Tucker delivers advance
−Removed: written notice of termination to the other party at least 30 days prior.
−Removed: In addition, the Tucker Employment Agreement is subject to early
−Removed: termination by him or the Company in accordance with the terms of the Tucker Employment Agreement.
−Removed: to the Tucker Employment Agreement, if Dr.
−Removed: Tucker’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by Dr.
−Removed: good reason, then the Company must pay Dr.
−Removed: Tucker, in addition to any then-accrued and unpaid obligations owed to him, 12 months of the
−Removed: then-current Tucker Base Salary.
−Removed: Tucker Employment Agreement also contains covenants restricting Dr.
−Removed: Tucker from soliciting the Company’s employees or customers
−Removed: for a period of 12 months after the termination of Dr.
−Removed: Tucker’s employment with the Company and prohibiting him from disclosure
−Removed: of confidential information regarding the Company at any time.
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker has been awarded an aggregate of 16,375 RSU’s, of which 14,157 are unvested.
−Removed: Vesting conditions include,
−Removed: without limitation, continued employment or engagement with the Company, achievement of defined stock price levels, termination of the
−Removed: employee without cause, resignation of the employee for good cause or change in control and there can be no assurances of any of these
−Removed: vesting conditions being achieved and accordingly no assurances of any of these RSU’s vesting.
−Removed: Furthermore, in the event that any
−Removed: or all of these RSU’s do vest, Dr.
−Removed: Tucker will be eligible to convert any vested RSU’s into an equivalent number of shares
−Removed: of Common Stock on the first day of the seventh month subsequent to either his termination of employment with the Company or in the event
−Removed: of a change in control and provided compliance with all terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan, including, without limitation, the availability
−Removed: of shares approved by the Company’s shareholders for such issuance.
−Removed: Employment Agreement
−Removed: to the completion of the Offer, and contingent and effective upon the completion of the Offer, the Company entered into an employment
−Removed: agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi (the “Kanubaddi Employment Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Kanubaddi Employment Agreement, dated
−Removed: December 2, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi serves in the position of Chief Operating Officer.
−Removed: Kanubaddi is entitled to a base salary of $295,000
−Removed: and a closing bonus in the amount of $60,000.
−Removed: Kanubaddi is also eligible to receive annual performance bonuses of up to 50% of his
−Removed: base salary based on satisfaction of performance criteria/financial results, as determined by the board of directors of the Company in
−Removed: its sole discretion.
−Removed: Within 30 days after the completion of the Offer, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi was granted an award of restricted stock units that
−Removed: represent, in the aggregate, 3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock determined on a fully diluted basis as of
−Removed: the date of grant.
−Removed: Kanubaddi is also eligible to receive additional equity awards, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
−Removed: the terms of the Kanubaddi Employment Agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s employment may be terminated by either the Company or Mr.
−Removed: at any time and for any reason with 30 days’ advance written notice.
−Removed: Upon termination of Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s employment, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi will receive (i) his fully earned but unpaid base salary through the date of termination, (ii) any accrued and unpaid time
−Removed: off or similar pay to which Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi is entitled as a matter of law or Company policy, (iii) any amounts due to Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi under
−Removed: the terms of the benefit plans, and (iv) any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred prior to the date of termination (the “Kanubaddi
−Removed: Accrued Obligations”).
−Removed: the Company terminates Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s employment for cause or Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi resigns without good reason (as defined below), the
−Removed: Company, at its sole discretion, may shorten the notice period and determine the date of termination without any obligation to pay any
−Removed: additional compensation other than the Kanubaddi Accrued Obligations and without triggering a termination of Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s employment
−Removed: without cause.
−Removed: If the Company terminates Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi’s employment without cause or Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi resigns for good reason at any
−Removed: Kanubaddi is entitled to the following severance payments and benefits:
−Removed: (i) his full annual base salary less applicable deductions
−Removed: and withholdings;
−Removed: plus (ii) any earned but unpaid performance bonus, if any, for the year of the termination.
−Removed: Kanubaddi Employment Agreement also contains certain standard non-solicitation, non-disparagement and confidentiality requirements for
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, Mr.
−Removed: Kanubaddi has been awarded an aggregate of 38,346 RSU’s, of which 22,556 are unvested.
−Removed: will be eligible to convert these vested RSU’s into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock on the first day of the
−Removed: seventh month subsequent to either his termination of employment with the Company, or in the event of a change in control, and
−Removed: provided compliance with all terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan, including, without limitation, the availability of shares
−Removed: approved by the Company’s shareholders for such issuance.
−Removed: Employment Agreement
−Removed: May 24, 2021, Dr.
−Removed: Peter Facchini entered into an employment agreement (the “Facchini Employment Agreement”) with the Company
−Removed: pursuant to he serves as the Company’s Chief Innovation Officer, effective as of the September 16, 2021 closing date of the Amalgamation
−Removed: (the “Facchini Effective Date”).
−Removed: to the Facchini Employment Agreement, as of the Facchini Effective Date, Dr.
−Removed: Facchini has received a base salary of C$295,000 annually
−Removed: (“Facchini Base Salary”).
−Removed: Facchini also received a one-time signing bonus of C$50,000 and up to 130,000 RSUs, based on
−Removed: the price of the Company’s shares at the Facchini Effective Date.
−Removed: Half of any such RSUs are subject to time-based vesting, and
−Removed: the remaining half of any such RSUs are subject to market-based vesting.
−Removed: Additionally, Dr.
−Removed: Facchini received 10,500 RSUs as equity compensation.
−Removed: 5,250 of such RSUs are subject to time-based
−Removed: vesting, and the remaining 5,250 of such RSUs are subject to market-based vesting.
−Removed: The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions
−Removed: of the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
−Removed: The RSUs are subject to time-based vesting and shall vest in quarters on each of
−Removed: the first four anniversaries of the Facchini Effective Date.
−Removed: Facchini Employment Agreement will remain in effect until terminated by either party, unless the Company delivers advance written notice
−Removed: of termination to Dr.
−Removed: Facchini or Dr.
−Removed: Facchini delivers advance written notice of termination to the Company at least 30 days prior.
−Removed: In addition, the Facchini Employment Agreement is subject to early termination by him or the Company in accordance with the terms of
−Removed: the Facchini Employment Agreement.
−Removed: to the Facchini Employment Agreement, if Dr.
−Removed: Facchini’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by Dr.
−Removed: for good reason, then the Company must pay Dr.
−Removed: Facchini, in addition to any then-accrued and unpaid obligations owed to him, 12 months
−Removed: of the then-current Facchini Base Salary.
−Removed: Facchini Employment Agreement also contains covenants restricting Dr.
−Removed: Facchini from soliciting the Company’s employees or customers
−Removed: for a period of 12 months after the termination of Dr.
−Removed: Facchini’s employment with Enveric and prohibiting him from disclosure of confidential
−Removed: information regarding the Company at any time.
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, Dr.
−Removed: Facchini has been awarded an aggregate of 11,522 RSU’s, of which 9,953 are unvested.
−Removed: Vesting conditions
−Removed: include, without limitation, continued employment or engagement with the Company, achievement of defined stock price levels, termination
−Removed: of the employee without cause, resignation of the employee for good cause or change in control and there can be no assurances of any
−Removed: of these vesting conditions being achieved and accordingly no assurances of any of these RSU’s vesting.
−Removed: Furthermore, in the event
−Removed: that any or all of these RSU’s do vest, Dr.
−Removed: Facchini will be eligible to convert any vested RSU’s into an equivalent number
−Removed: of shares of Common Stock on the first day of the seventh month subsequent to either his termination of employment with the Company,
−Removed: or in the event of a change in control, and provided compliance with all terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan, including, without limitation,
−Removed: the availability of shares approved by the Company’s shareholders for such issuance.
−Removed: Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
−Removed: Restricted Stock Units (1)
−Removed: Restricted Stock Units
−Removed: Stock Options
−Removed: Equity Awards
−Removed: Joseph Tucker
−Removed: Avani Kanubaddi
−Removed: Peter Facchini
−Removed: restricted stock units are eligible for conversion into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock on the first day of the seventh
−Removed: month subsequent to either the employee’s termination of employment with the Company, or in the event of a change in control,
−Removed: and provided compliance with all terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan, including, without limitation, the availability of shares
−Removed: approved by the Company’s shareholders for such issuance.
−Removed: Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control
−Removed: of our named executive officers has a contract in place for change in control payments.
−Removed: employment agreements of Dr.
−Removed: Joseph Tucker, Mr.
−Removed: Avani Kanubaddi, and Dr.
−Removed: Peter Facchini include provisions for severance
−Removed: pay equal to twelve months of salary upon termination by the Company without cause, as defined in the employment agreements or termination
−Removed: by the employee for good reason, as defined in the employment agreements.
−Removed: of our named executive officers have also been granted RSU’s which are currently either fully vested or contain conditions providing
−Removed: for vesting upon change of control.
−Removed: Vested RSU’s are eligible for conversion to an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock
−Removed: upon termination of the employee by either the Company without cause, termination by the employee for good reason or an event of change
−Removed: of control, and provided the Company’s compliance with all terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan, including, without limitation,
−Removed: the availability of shares approved by the Company’s shareholders for such issuances.
−Removed: following table presents the total compensation for each person who served as a member of our board of directors during the fiscal year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Other than set forth in the table and described more follow below, we did not pay any compensation, reimburse
−Removed: any expense of, make any equity awards or non-equity awards to, or pay any other compensation to any of the other
−Removed: members of our board of directors in 2022.
−Removed: Fees earned or paid in cash ($)
−Removed: Other compensation
−Removed: George Kegler
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker
−Removed: Dave Johnson (Former Director)*
−Removed: Sol Mayer (Former Director)
−Removed: Bradley Thompson (Former Director)
−Removed: Frank Pasqualone
−Removed: *Dave Johnson served as our Executive Chairman through October 28, 2022.
−Removed: Johnson’s “Other Compensation” is comprised of consulting
−Removed: fees for services provided after he served on the Board of Directors, through December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan
−Removed: The purpose of the Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) is to enable us to remain competitive
−Removed: and innovative and aid our ability to attract and retain the services of key employees, key contractors, and non-employee directors.
−Removed: The 2020 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
−Removed: stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights, and other awards, which may be granted singly, in combination,
−Removed: or in tandem, and which may be paid in cash or shares of our common stock.
−Removed: The 2020 Plan provides flexibility to the Company with regard
−Removed: to its compensation methods in order to adapt the compensation of its key employees, key contractors, and non-employee directors to a
−Removed: changing business environment, after giving due consideration to competitive conditions and the impact of applicable tax laws.
−Removed: Date and Expiration .
−Removed: The 2020 Plan was adopted on December 31, 2020 pursuant to the Tender Agreement and was effective as of December
−Removed: 31, 2020 (the “2020 Plan Effective Date”).
−Removed: The 2020 Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the 2020 Plan Effective
−Removed: Date, unless sooner terminated by our board of directors.
−Removed: No award may be made under the 2020 Plan after its termination date, but awards
−Removed: made prior to the termination date may extend beyond that date in accordance with their terms.
−Removed: On May 3, 2022, our Board adopted the First Amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term
−Removed: Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to (i) increase the aggregate number of shares available for the grant of awards by
−Removed: 146,083 shares to a total of 200,000 shares, and (ii) add an “evergreen” provision whereby the number of shares authorized
−Removed: for issuance pursuant to awards under the Incentive Plan will be automatically increased on the first trading date immediately following
−Removed: the date the Company issues any share of Common Stock (defined below) to any person or entity, to the extent necessary so that the number
−Removed: of shares of the Company’s Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan will equal the greater of (x) 200,000
−Removed: shares, and (y) 15% of the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding as of such issuance date.
−Removed: Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on July 14,
−Removed: Authorization .
−Removed: Subject to certain adjustments, as of January 1, 2023, the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: that have been reserved and may be issued pursuant to awards under the Incentive Plan is 153,513 shares.
−Removed: Administration .
−Removed: The 2020 Plan shall be administered by the board of directors of the Company or such committee of the board as it designated by it to
−Removed: administer the 2020 Plan (the “Committee”).
−Removed: At any time that there is no Committee to administer the Plan, any reference
−Removed: to the Committee is a reference to the board of directors of the Company.
−Removed: The Committee will determine the persons to whom awards are
−Removed: determine the type, size, and terms of awards;
−Removed: interpret the 2020 Plan;
−Removed: establish and revise rules and regulations relating
−Removed: to the 2020 Plan;
−Removed: establish performance goals for awards and certify the extent of their achievement;
−Removed: and make any other determinations
−Removed: that it believes are necessary for the administration of the Plan.
−Removed: The Committee may delegate certain of its duties to one or more officers
−Removed: of the Company as provided in the Plan.
−Removed: Eligibility .
−Removed: Employees (including any employee who is also a director or an officer), contractors, and non-employee directors of the Company or any
−Removed: of its subsidiaries, whose judgment, initiative, and efforts contributed to or may be expected to contribute to its successful performance,
−Removed: are eligible to participate in the 2020 Plan.
−Removed: The Committee may grant either incentive stock options (“ISOs”) qualifying under Section 422 of the Internal
−Removed: Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or nonqualified stock options, provided that only employees of the Company
−Removed: and our subsidiaries (excluding subsidiaries that are not corporations) are eligible to receive ISOs.
−Removed: Stock options may not be granted
−Removed: with an option price less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date the stock option is granted.
−Removed: ISO is granted to an employee who owns or is deemed to own more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of our stock (or
−Removed: of any parent or subsidiary), the option price shall be at least 110% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date
−Removed: The Committee will determine the terms of each stock option at the time of grant, including, without limitation, the methods
−Removed: by or forms in which shares will be delivered to participants or registered in their names.
−Removed: The maximum term of each option, the times
−Removed: at which each option will be exercisable, and provisions requiring forfeiture of unexercised options at or following termination of employment
−Removed: or service generally are fixed by the Committee, except that the Committee may not grant stock options with a term exceeding ten (10)
−Removed: years or, in the case of an ISO granted to an employee who owns or is deemed to own more than 10% of the combined voting power of all
−Removed: classes of our stock (or of any parent or subsidiary), a term exceeding five (5) years.
−Removed: of stock options may pay the option price (i) in cash, check, bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company;
−Removed: delivering to us shares of common stock (included restricted stock) already owned by the participant having a fair market value equal
−Removed: to the aggregate option price and that the participant has not acquired from the Company within six months prior to the exercise date;
−Removed: (iii) by delivering to the Company or its designated agent an executed irrevocable option exercise form, together with irrevocable instructions
−Removed: from the participant to a broker or dealer, reasonably acceptable to the Company, to sell certain of the shares purchased upon the exercise
−Removed: of the option or to pledge such shares to the broker as collateral for a loan from the broker and to deliver to us the amount of sale
−Removed: or loan proceeds necessary to pay the purchase price;
−Removed: (iv) by requesting us to withhold the number of shares otherwise deliverable upon
−Removed: exercise of the stock option by the number of shares having an aggregate fair market value equal to the aggregate option price at the
−Removed: time of exercise (i.e., a cashless net exercise);
−Removed: and (v) by any other form of valid consideration that is acceptable to the Committee
−Removed: in its sole discretion.
−Removed: Appreciation Rights .
−Removed: The Committee is authorized to grant stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) as a stand-alone award,
−Removed: or freestanding SARs, or in conjunction with options granted under the 2020 Plan, or tandem SARs.
−Removed: SARs entitle a participant to receive
−Removed: an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of exercise over the fair market value
−Removed: of a share of Company common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: The grant price of a SAR cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of
−Removed: a share of Company common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: The Committee will determine the terms of each SAR at the time of the grant, including,
−Removed: without limitation, the methods by or forms in which shares will be delivered to participants or registered in their names.
−Removed: term of each SAR, the times at which each SAR will be exercisable, and provisions requiring forfeiture of unexercised SARs at or following
−Removed: termination of employment or service generally are fixed by the Committee, except that no freestanding SAR may have a term exceeding
−Removed: ten (10) years and no tandem SAR may have a term exceeding the term of the option granted in conjunction with the tandem SAR.
−Removed: Distributions
−Removed: to the recipient may be made in common stock, cash, or a combination of both as determined by the Committee.
−Removed: Stock and Restricted Stock Units .
−Removed: The Committee is authorized to grant restricted stock and restricted stock units.
−Removed: Restricted stock
−Removed: consists of shares of Company common stock that may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, or otherwise
−Removed: disposed of, and that may be forfeited in the event of certain terminations of employment or service, prior to the end of a restricted
−Removed: period as specified by the Committee.
−Removed: Restricted stock units are the right to receive shares of common stock at a future date in accordance
−Removed: with the terms of such grant upon the attainment of certain conditions specified by the Committee, which include a substantial risk of
−Removed: forfeiture and restrictions on their sale or other transfer by the participant.
−Removed: The Committee determines the eligible participants to
−Removed: whom, and the time or times at which, grants of restricted stock or restricted stock units will be made;
−Removed: the number of shares or units
−Removed: to be granted;
−Removed: the price to be paid, if any;
−Removed: the time or times within which the shares covered by such grants will be subject to forfeiture;
−Removed: the time or times at which the restrictions will terminate;
−Removed: and all other terms and conditions of the grants.
−Removed: Restrictions or conditions
−Removed: could include, but are not limited to, the attainment of performance goals (as described below), continuous service with the Company,
−Removed: the passage of time, or other restrictions or conditions.
−Removed: Except as otherwise provided in the 2020 Plan or the applicable award agreement,
−Removed: a participant shall have, with respect to shares of restricted stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class
−Removed: of common stock that is the subject of the restricted stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the common stock and the right
−Removed: to receive any dividends thereon.
−Removed: Equivalent Rights .
−Removed: The Committee is authorized to grant a dividend equivalent right to any participant, either as a component of
−Removed: another award or as a separate award, conferring on the participant the right to receive credits based on the cash dividends that would
−Removed: have been paid on the shares of common stock specified in the award as if such shares were held by the participant.
−Removed: The terms and conditions
−Removed: of the dividend equivalent right shall be specified in the grant.
−Removed: Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a dividend equivalent
−Removed: right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares.
−Removed: Any such reinvestment shall be at the fair market
−Removed: value at the time thereof.
−Removed: A dividend equivalent right may be settled in cash, shares, or a combination thereof.
−Removed: The Committee may grant performance awards payable at the end of a specified performance period in cash, shares of common
−Removed: stock, units, or other rights based upon, payable in, or otherwise related to our common stock.
−Removed: Payment will be contingent upon achieving
−Removed: pre-established performance goals (as discussed below) by the end of the applicable performance period.
−Removed: The Committee will determine
−Removed: the length of the performance period, the maximum payment value of an award, and the minimum performance goals required before payment
−Removed: will be made, so long as such provisions are not inconsistent with the terms of the 2020 Plan, and to the extent an award is subject
−Removed: to Section 409A of the Code, are in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any applicable regulations
−Removed: In certain circumstances, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine that the amount payable with respect to certain
−Removed: performance awards will be reduced from the maximum amount of any potential awards.
−Removed: If the Committee determines, in its sole discretion,
−Removed: that the established performance measures or objectives are no longer suitable because of a change in the Company’s business, operations,
−Removed: corporate structure, or for other reasons that the Committee deems satisfactory, the Committee may modify the performance measures or
−Removed: objectives and/or the performance period.
−Removed: Awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, and other awards under the 2020 Plan may be made subject
−Removed: to the attainment of performance goals relating to one or more business criteria which shall consist of one or more or any combination
−Removed: of the following criteria (“Performance Criteria”):
−Removed: ratio of debt to debt plus equity;
−Removed: net borrowing, credit quality, or debt ratings;
−Removed: profit before tax;
−Removed: economic profit;
−Removed: earnings before interest and taxes;
−Removed: earnings before
−Removed: interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization;
−Removed: gross margin;
−Removed: earnings per share (whether on a pre-tax, after-tax, operational, or other
−Removed: operating earnings;
−Removed: capital expenditures;
−Removed: expenses or expense levels;
−Removed: economic value added;
−Removed: ratio of operating earnings to capital
−Removed: spending or any other operating ratios;
−Removed: free cash flow;
−Removed: net asset value per share;
−Removed: the accomplishment of mergers,
−Removed: acquisitions, dispositions, public offerings, or similar extraordinary business transactions;
−Removed: sales growth;
−Removed: price of the shares;
−Removed: on assets, equity, or stockholders’ equity;
−Removed: market share;
−Removed: inventory levels, inventory turn or shrinkage;
−Removed: or total return to stockholders.
−Removed: Any Performance Criteria may be used to measure our performance as a whole or of any of our business units and may be measured relative
−Removed: to a peer group or index.
−Removed: Any Performance Criteria may include or exclude (i) events that are of an unusual nature or indicate infrequency
−Removed: of occurrence, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business;
−Removed: (iii) changes in tax or accounting regulations or laws;
−Removed: effect of a merger or acquisition, as identified in the Company’s quarterly and annual earnings releases;
−Removed: or (v) other similar
−Removed: In all other respects, Performance Criteria shall be calculated in accordance with the Company’s financial statements,
−Removed: under GAAP, or under a methodology established by the Committee prior to the issuance of an award, which is consistently applied and
−Removed: identified in the Company’s audited financial statements, including in notes thereto, or the Compensation Discussion and Analysis
−Removed: section of the Company’s annual report.
−Removed: The Committee may grant other forms of awards, based upon, payable in, or that otherwise relate to, in whole or in part,
−Removed: shares of our common stock, if the Committee determines that such other form of award is consistent with the purpose and restrictions
−Removed: of the 2020 Plan.
−Removed: The terms and conditions of such other form of award shall be specified in the grant.
−Removed: Such other awards may be granted
−Removed: for no cash consideration, for such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, or for such other consideration as may
−Removed: be specified in the grant.
−Removed: Forfeiture and Recoupment, Assignment .
−Removed: The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that an award will be immediately vested,
−Removed: in whole or in part, or that all or any portion may not be vested until a date, or dates, subsequent to its date of grant, or until the
−Removed: occurrence of one or more specified events, subject in any case to the terms of the 2020 Plan.
−Removed: If the Committee imposes conditions upon
−Removed: vesting, then, subsequent to the date of grant, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the date on which all or any portion
−Removed: of the award may be vested.
−Removed: Committee may impose on any award at the time of grant or thereafter, such additional terms and conditions as the Committee determines,
−Removed: including terms requiring forfeiture of awards in the event of a participant’s termination of service.
−Removed: The Committee will specify
−Removed: the circumstances on which performance awards may be forfeited in the event of a termination of service by a participant prior to the
−Removed: end of a performance period or settlement of awards.
−Removed: Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, restricted stock will be forfeited
−Removed: upon a participant’s termination of service during the applicable restriction period.
−Removed: In addition, we may recoup all or any portion
−Removed: of any shares or cash paid to a participant in connection with any award in the event of a restatement of the Company’s financial
−Removed: statements as set forth in the Company’s clawback policy, if any, as such policy may be approved or modified by board of directors
−Removed: of the Company from time to time.
−Removed: granted under the 2020 Plan generally are not assignable or transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, except
−Removed: that the Committee may, in its discretion and pursuant to the terms of an award agreement, permit transfers of nonqualified stock options
−Removed: or SARs to (i) the spouse (or former spouse), children, or grandchildren of the participant (“Immediate Family Members”);
−Removed: (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such Immediate Family Members;
−Removed: (iii) a partnership in which the only partners are
−Removed: (1) such Immediate Family Members and/or (2) entities which are controlled by the participant and/or his or her Immediate Family Members;
−Removed: (iv) an entity exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or any successor provision;
−Removed: or (v) a split interest
−Removed: trust or pooled income fund described in Section 2522(c)(2) of the Code or any successor provision, provided that (x) there shall be
−Removed: no consideration for any such transfer, (y) the applicable award agreement pursuant to which such nonqualified stock options or SARs
−Removed: are granted must be approved by the Committee and must expressly provide for such transferability, and (z) subsequent transfers of transferred
−Removed: nonqualified stock options or SARs shall be prohibited except those by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
−Removed: Upon Changes in Capitalization .
−Removed: In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Company
−Removed: common stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, rights offering, reorganization,
−Removed: merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, split-off, combination, subdivision, repurchase, or exchange of shares of common stock or
−Removed: other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares of common stock or other securities of the Company,
−Removed: or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the fair value of an award, then the Committee shall adjust any or all of the
−Removed: following so that the fair value of the award immediately after the transaction or event is equal to the fair value of the award immediately
−Removed: prior to the transaction or event:
−Removed: (i) the number of shares and type of common stock (or the securities or property) which thereafter
−Removed: may be made the subject of awards;
−Removed: (ii) the number of shares and type of common stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding
−Removed: (iii) the number of shares and type of common stock (or other securities or property) specified as the annual per-participant
−Removed: limitation under the 2020 Plan;
−Removed: (iv) the option price of each outstanding stock option;
−Removed: (v) the amount, if any, we pay for forfeited
−Removed: shares in accordance with the terms of the 2020 Plan;
−Removed: and (vi) the number of or exercise price of shares then subject to outstanding
−Removed: SARs previously granted and unexercised under the 2020 Plan, to the end that the same proportion of our issued and outstanding shares
−Removed: of common stock in each instance shall remain subject to exercise at the same aggregate exercise price;
−Removed: provided, however, that the number
−Removed: of shares of common stock (or other securities or property) subject to any award shall always be a whole number.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the
−Removed: foregoing, no such adjustment shall be made or authorized to the extent that such adjustment would cause the 2020 Plan or any stock option
−Removed: to violate Section 422 of the Code or Section 409A of the Code.
−Removed: All such adjustments must be made in accordance with the rules of any
−Removed: securities exchange, stock market, or stock quotation system to which we are subject.
−Removed: or Discontinuance of the 2020 Plan .
−Removed: The Company’s board of directors may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent
−Removed: of participants, alter, amend, revise, suspend, or discontinue the 2020 Plan in whole or in part;
−Removed: provided, however, that (i) no amendment
−Removed: that requires stockholder approval in order for the 2020 Plan and any awards under the 2020 Plan to continue to comply with Sections
−Removed: 421 and 422 of the Code (including any successors to such sections or other applicable law) or any applicable requirements of any securities
−Removed: exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which our stock is listed or traded, shall be effective unless such amendment is approved
−Removed: by the requisite vote of our stockholders entitled to vote on the amendment;
−Removed: and (ii) unless required by law, no action by our board
−Removed: of directors regarding amendment or discontinuance of the 2020 Plan may adversely affect any rights of any participants or obligations
−Removed: of the Company to any participants with respect to any outstanding awards under the 2020 Plan without the consent of the affected participant.
−Removed: Compensation Plan Information
−Removed: following table provides information regarding the weighted-average exercise price of options issued by Enveric as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Such issuances were approved by Enveric’s board of directors outside of an equity compensation plan.
−Removed: Plan category
−Removed: of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
−Removed: Weighted-average
−Removed: exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (3)
−Removed: of securities remaining for issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in the first column)
−Removed: Equity compensation
−Removed: plans approved by security holders (1)
−Removed: of the 2020 Plan
−Removed: 26,730 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of outstanding options, 708 shares of Common Stock to be issued
−Removed: pursuant to vested restricted stock awards, 62,492 vested restricted stock units representing 62,492 shares of Common Stock,
−Removed: 64,053 unvested restricted stock units representing 64,053 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: There can be no assurances of the
−Removed: achievement of vesting conditions related to those unvested restricted stock awards and unvested restrict stock units.
−Removed: the weighted-average grant date fair value of outstanding options and is calculated without taking into account the shares of common stock
−Removed: subject to outstanding restricted stock awards and outstanding restricted stock units.
−Removed: of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, there were 153,513 shares of common stock available under the Enveric
−Removed: Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”).
−Removed: On May 3, 2022, our Board adopted the First
−Removed: Amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Incentive
−Removed: Plan”) to (i) increase the aggregate number of shares available for the grant of awards by 146,083 shares to a total of
−Removed: 200,000 shares, and (ii) add an “evergreen” provision whereby the number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to
−Removed: awards under the Incentive Plan will be automatically increased on the first trading date immediately following the date the Company
−Removed: issues any share of Common Stock (defined below) to any person or entity, to the extent necessary so that the number of shares of
−Removed: the Company’s Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan will equal the greater of (x) 200,000 shares, and
−Removed: (y) 15% of the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding as of such issuance date.
−Removed: The Plan Amendment
−Removed: was approved by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on July 14, 2022.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, there are 311,740 shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan.
+Added: We incorporate by reference the information responsive to this Item under
+Added: the captions “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” and “Corporate Governance – Committees of the Board
+Added: of Directors – Compensation Committee” appearing in our Proxy Statement.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
−Removed: following table sets forth the names and number of common shares beneficially owned as of March 30, 2023, (including shares of common
−Removed: stock issuable within sixty (60) days of that date upon exercise or conversion of securities that entitle the holders thereof to obtain
−Removed: common stock upon exercise or conversion in accordance with the terms thereof) by (i) those persons who are known to us to be the beneficial
−Removed: owner(s) of more than five percent (5%) of our common stock , (ii) each of our directors and named executive officers and (iii) all of
−Removed: our directors and executive officers as a group.
−Removed: Except as otherwise indicated, the beneficial owners listed in the table below possess
−Removed: the sole voting and dispositive power in regard to such shares and have an address of c/o Enveric Biosciences, Inc., 4851 Tamiami Trail
−Removed: N, Suite 200, Naples, FL 34103.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, there were 2,078,271 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding.
−Removed: Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
−Removed: Percentage of Shares Outstanding
−Removed: Directors and Officers
−Removed: Joseph Tucker, PhD
−Removed: Avani Kanubaddi
−Removed: Peter Facchini, PhD
−Removed: George Kegler
−Removed: Frank Pasqualone
−Removed: Douglas Lind, M.D.
−Removed: Marcus Schabacker, M.D., PhD
−Removed: All directors and officers as a group of nine (9) persons
−Removed: Represents less than 1%
−Removed: 13,822 shares of Common Stock, 3,987 vested options to purchase Common Stock, warrants
−Removed: to purchase 13,290 shares of Common Stock, and 2,219 vested restricted stock units.
−Removed: Excludes unvested restricted stock units equivalent
−Removed: to 14,156 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: vested restricted stock units equivalent to 15,790 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: Excludes unvested
−Removed: restricted stock units equivalent to 22,556 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: 12,333 shares of Common Stock, 1,994 vested options to purchase Common Stock, warrants
−Removed: to purchase 12,280 shares of Common Stock, and 1,569 vested restricted stock units.
−Removed: Excludes unvested restricted stock units equivalent
−Removed: to 9,953 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: (4) Includes vested restricted stock awards equivalent to 320 shares of Common
−Removed: (5) Includes vested restricted stock awards equivalent to 136 shares of Common Stock
−Removed: (6) Includes 26,155 shares of Common Stock, vested restricted stock units equivalent
−Removed: to 19,578 shares of Common Stock, vested restricted stock awards equivalent to 776 shares of Common Stock, vested options to purchase
−Removed: 5,981 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase 25,570 shares of Common Stock.
−Removed: Excludes unvested restricted stock units equivalent
−Removed: to 46,665 shares of Common Stock.
+Added: We incorporate by reference the information responsive to this Item under
+Added: the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Executive Officer and Director Compensation
+Added: – Equity Compensation Plan Information” appearing in our Proxy Statement
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
−Removed: below are transactions occurring since January 1, 2022 and any currently proposed transactions to which the Company was a party and in
−Removed: amounts involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of (i) $120,000, or (ii) 1% of the average
−Removed: of the Company’s total assets at December 31, 2022 and December 30, 2021;
−Removed: director, executive officer, holder of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding capital
−Removed: stock, or any member of such person’s immediate family had or will have a direct or
−Removed: indirect material interest, excluding compensation arrangements described above.
−Removed: Company and David Johnson, the Company’s former Executive Chairman, entered into a consulting agreement on January 1, 2023 (the
−Removed: “January Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the January Agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Johnson agreed to provide consulting services to the
−Removed: Company effective January 1, 2023.
−Removed: Johnson earns $23,833 per month ($286,000 per annum) over the term of the January Agreement.
−Removed: The Company will also reimburse the Mr.
−Removed: Johnson for such reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him in carrying out his
−Removed: services under the January Agreement.
−Removed: The January Agreement will remain in effect until the earlier of (i) its termination pursuant
−Removed: to the terms of the January Agreement or (ii) the effectiveness of the spin-off of Akos from the Company.
−Removed: During the term of the
−Removed: January Agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Johnson will provide services as requested by the Company’s Board of Directors.
−Removed: employment is terminated without cause prior to the completion of the Akos spin-off, Company shall pay Mr.
−Removed: Johnson a termination fee
−Removed: of $286,000 over the 12 months following the termination of his employment.
+Added: incorporate by reference the information responsive to this Item under the captions “Related Person Transactions and Section 16(a)
+Added: Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” and “Corporate Governance – Director Independence” appearing in our
+Added: Proxy Statement.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
−Removed: The Company selected Marcum LLP as its independent accountant on January 12, 2021.
−Removed: Marcum LLP was dismissed
−Removed: on June 23, 2021.
−Removed: At that time the Company appointed Friedman LLP as its independent accountant.
−Removed: In September 2022, Marcum LLP acquired
−Removed: certain assets of Friedman LLP, at which point the Company’s auditor became Marcum LLP.
−Removed: Year Ended December 31,
−Removed: Audit-related fees
−Removed: All other fees
−Removed: fees consist of fees billed for services rendered for the audit of our financial statements and review of our financial statements.
−Removed: fees consist of fees billed for professional services related to the preparation of our U.S.
−Removed: federal and state income tax returns and
−Removed: Audit–related
−Removed: fees consist of fees reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements that are
−Removed: not reported as “Audit Fees.”
−Removed: other fees consist of fees for other miscellaneous items.
−Removed: services provided by the Company’s independent auditor were approved by the Company’s audit committee.
−Removed: Policy of Services Performed by Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: Audit Committee’s policy is to pre–approve all audit and non–audit related services, tax services and other services.
−Removed: Pre–approval is generally provided for up to one year, and any pre–approval is detailed as to the particular service or category
−Removed: of services and is generally subject to a specific budget.
−Removed: The Audit Committee has delegated the pre–approval authority to its
−Removed: chairperson when expedition of services is necessary.
−Removed: The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to
−Removed: periodically report to the full Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting
−Removed: firm in accordance with this pre–approval and the fees for the services performed to date.
+Added: We incorporate by reference the information responsive to this Item under
+Added: the caption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” appearing in our Proxy Statement.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Financial Statements:
−Removed: of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (PCAOB Firm ID :
−Removed: Marcum LLP # 688 and Friedman LLP # 711 )
+Added: Reports of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (PCAOB Firm ID:
+Added: Marcum LLP # 688 )
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Temporary Equity and Shareholders’ Equity
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Mezzanine Equity and Shareholders’ Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 24, 2021)
−Removed: Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021)
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
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(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 14, 2022)
−Removed: Description of Securities*
+Added: Description of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023)
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (issued in connection with January 2021 Registered Direct Offering) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 12, 2021)
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Form of Wainwright Warrant (in connection with July 2022 Offering) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 26, 2022)
+Added: Form of Inducement Warrant (in connection with December 2023 Offering) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 29, 2023)
Employment Agreement between Kevin Coveney and the Company, effective March 13, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2023)
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement (in connection with July 2022 Offering) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 26, 2022)
−Removed: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Non-U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense), dated January 10, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and Tikun Olam IP Ltd.* (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 1 to Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Non-U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense), dated August 12, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and Tikun Olam IP Ltd.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 2 to Assignment and Assumption Agreement (Non-U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense and Skincare), dated October 2, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and Tikun Olam IP Ltd.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense and Skincare), dated January 10, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and TO Pharmaceuticals USA LLC* (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 1 to Assignment and Assumption Agreement (U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense and Skincare), dated August 12, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and TO Pharmaceuticals USA LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 2 to Assignment and Assumption Agreement (U.S.
−Removed: GVHD Sublicense and Skincare), dated October 2, 2020, by and among Tikkun Pharma, Inc., Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: and TO Pharmaceuticals USA LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: License Agreement, dated January 10, 2020, by and among Tikun Olam LLC, Tikun Olam Hemp LLC and Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 1 to License Agreement, dated August 12, 2020, by and among Tikun Olam LLC, Tikun Olam Hemp LLC and Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 2 to License Agreement, dated October 2, 2020, by and among Tikun Olam LLC, Tikun Olam Hemp LLC and Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
−Removed: Employment Agreement, dated January 10, 2020, by and between the Company and David Johnson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021)
Employment Agreement, dated December 2, 2020, by and between the Company and Avani Kanubaddi (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021)
−Removed: Employment Agreement, dated December 22, 2020, by and between the Company and Robert Wilkins (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021)
−Removed: Consulting Agreement, dated December 29, 2020, by and between the Company and Barry Kostiner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021)
Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 9, 2021, by and among the Company and the purchasers thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 11, 2021)
−Removed: Development and Clinical Supply Agreement, between the Company and PureForm Global, Inc., dated February 22, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 17, 2021)
Exclusive License Agreement, between the Company and Diverse Biotech, Inc., dated March 5, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 17, 2021)
−Removed: Employment Agreement between Carter J.
−Removed: Ward and the Company, effective May 15, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2021)
Form of Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2021, by and among Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
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MagicMed Stock Option Plan, as amended September 10, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2021)
−Removed: Letter dated January 6, 2021 from Ram Associates, CPA to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2021)
−Removed: Letter of Marcum LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated June 29, 2021.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2021)
−Removed: Subsidiaries*
+Added: Form of Termination of Prior Agreements and Mutual Release (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2023)***
+Added: Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 1, 20123, by and among the Company and Canaccord Genuity, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 1, 2023)
+Added: Purchase Agreement, dated November 3, 2023, by and among the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 6, 2023)
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 3, 2023, by and among the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 6, 2023)
+Added: Form of Inducement Warrant, dated December 28, 2023, by and among the investors thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 29, 2023)
+Added: Code of Ethics*
+Added: Policy on Insider Trading*
+Added: Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023)
Consent of independent registered public accountant – Marcum LLP*
−Removed: Consent of independent registered public accountant – Friedman LLP.*
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 of Principal Executive Officer*
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Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 of Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer**
+Added: Clawback Policy*
XBRL Instance Document*
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Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
−Removed: Filed herewith.
−Removed: Furnished herewith.
−Removed: Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
+Added: Certain confidential portions of this Exhibit were omitted by means of marking such portions with brackets (“[***]”) because the identified confidential portions (i) are not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
+Added: contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
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BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: /s/ Joseph Tucker
+Added: Joseph Tucker
+Added: Joseph Tucker
Executive Officer
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Joseph Tucker
+Added: Joseph Tucker
Executive Officer
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George Kegler
+Added: Marcus Schabacker
+Added: Frank Pasqualone
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
(the “Company”) as of December 31,
−Removed: 2022, the related consolidated statements operations and comprehensive loss, changes in temporary equity and shareholders’ equity
−Removed: and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December
−Removed: 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles
−Removed: generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in mezzanine equity and shareholders’
+Added: equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
+Added: statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
+Added: Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the two years in the period ended
+Added: December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Paragraph – Going Concern
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As more fully described
−Removed: in Note 2, the Company has a significant working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds
−Removed: to meet its obligations and sustain its operations.
−Removed: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2.
−Removed: The financial statements do not
−Removed: include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: in Note 1, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations.
+Added: conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Management’s plans in regard
+Added: to these matters are also described in Note 1.
+Added: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
+Added: of this uncertainty.
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
−Removed: financial statements based on our audit.
−Removed: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
−Removed: (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
+Added: financial statements based on our audit s .
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight
+Added: Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audit
+Added: As part of our audits
we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
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Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
−Removed: fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error
+Added: or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audit provides
−Removed: a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: We believe that our audits
+Added: provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Audit Matters
−Removed: critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated
+Added: critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated
or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that:
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statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
−Removed: The communication of critical audit matters
+Added: The communication of a critical audit matter
does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit
−Removed: matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
−Removed: of Long-lived Assets
−Removed: Audit Matter Description
−Removed: discussed in Notes 2 and 4 to the financial statements, the Company reviews goodwill on an
−Removed: annual basis for impairment, or when circumstances indicate the assets might be impaired.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company reviews long lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes
−Removed: in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be
−Removed: Due to a sustained decline in the Company’s market capitalization, the
−Removed: Company performed an impairment analysis and determined that an impairment of goodwill and
−Removed: long-lived assets existed at December 31, 2022.
−Removed: the Company’s accounting for impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets required a
−Removed: high degree of subjective auditor judgment in evaluating the estimated discounted future cash flows used to test reporting units
−Removed: for recoverability and the determination of fair value of the relevant assets.
−Removed: The high degree of auditor judgement and increased
−Removed: extent of effort, including the need to involve valuation specialists, was required to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s
−Removed: analysis related to the impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets.
−Removed: We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
−Removed: obtained an understanding and evaluated the procedures over management’s impairment review process.
−Removed: We evaluated the reasonableness
−Removed: of management’s inputs inclusive of forecasts and discount rates used in the impairment analysis.
−Removed: With the assistance of our
−Removed: valuation specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the valuation methodology, tested the mathematical accuracy of the calculation
−Removed: and developed a range of independent estimates to determine reasonableness of valuation conclusions.
−Removed: Non-controlling Interest and Derivative Liability
−Removed: Audit Matter Description
−Removed: discussed in Notes 1, 2 and 8 to the financial statements, the Company announced plans to
−Removed: transfer and spin-off its cannabinoid clinical development pipeline assets to Akos Biosciences,
−Removed: (“Akos”) a majority owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: Akos entered into a
−Removed: Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Akos agreed to sell to an investor 1,000
−Removed: shares of Akos’ Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for $1.0 million during the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: If the Spin-Off does not occur, the Company has guaranteed the redeemable
−Removed: non-controlling interest associated with the put right option as defined in the Series A
−Removed: Convertible Preferred Stock agreement.
−Removed: Fees associated with the spin-off including, but not
−Removed: limited to, placement agent fees, are contingent upon the spin-off occurring.
−Removed: the accounting conclusions for the issuance of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock discussed above was challenging because of
−Removed: the complex provisions affecting classification and required extensive audit effort.
−Removed: The accounting for the Series A Convertible
−Removed: Preferred Stock involved an assessment of the particular features in the agreement and Certificate of Designation and the impact
−Removed: of those features on the accounting and classification of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
−Removed: The determination of fair value
−Removed: requires significant judgement by management and third-party valuation specialists to develop significant estimates and assumptions
−Removed: including the probability of the spin off occurring.
−Removed: Auditing management’s judgements involved especially challenging auditor
−Removed: judgement due to the nature and extent of audit effort required.
−Removed: We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
−Removed: obtained an understanding and evaluated the procedures over management’s technical accounting analysis and valuation process.
−Removed: We inspected the governing agreements for the transaction and evaluated the application of the Company’s technical accounting
−Removed: analyses including evaluating the terms and management’s conclusion on the interpretation and application of the relevant accounting
−Removed: With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the valuation methodology used,
−Removed: we evaluated the reasonableness of the inputs subject to assumptions and verified the accuracy and completeness of those inputs to
−Removed: the underlying transaction data utilized in the valuation of the preferred stock and derivative liability;
−Removed: we performed sensitivity
−Removed: analyses of the significant assumptions used in the valuation model to evaluate the change in fair value resulting from changes in
−Removed: the significant assumptions to determine reasonableness of the valuation conclusions.
−Removed: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021 (such date takes into account the acquisition of certain assets of Friedman LLP
−Removed: by Marcum LLP effective September 1, 2022) .
−Removed: Hanover, New Jersey
−Removed: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
−Removed: the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: on the Financial Statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (the Company) as of December 31, 2021, and the
−Removed: related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended,
−Removed: and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements
−Removed: present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations
−Removed: and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
−Removed: financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
−Removed: financial statements based on our audit.
−Removed: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
−Removed: (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities
−Removed: laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
−Removed: reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
−Removed: is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audit,
−Removed: we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
−Removed: on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
−Removed: fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
−Removed: the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant
−Removed: estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audit provides
−Removed: a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: have served as the Company’s auditor from 2021 through 2022.
+Added: matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
+Added: Research & Development Cost Recognition:
+Added: Critical Audit Matter Description
+Added: As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company records costs for contracted research and development costs based upon estimates of costs incurred through the balance sheet date for services performed by contract research organizations, clinical study sites and other research and development related vendors.
+Added: Auditing the recognition of costs associated with contracted research and development organizations is challenging due to the significant judgment required to determine the nature and level of services that have been received, including determining the progress to completion of specific tasks and activities conducted in relation to what has been invoiced and recorded.
+Added: How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit
+Added: The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
+Added: Obtained an understanding of the design and implementation of internal controls for contracted research and development cost.
+Added: Tested the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used in the estimates including, but not limited to, the estimated costs per project milestone and duration.
+Added: Assessed the reasonableness of the significant assumptions, corroborated the progress of the contracted research and development costs with the Company’s operations personnel and to information obtained by the Company directly from third parties, and to information in contracts or statements of work including costs for those activities and project duration.
+Added: Examined subsequent invoices received from contracted research and development cost third parties.
+Added: have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
Hanover, New Jersey
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BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: of December 31,
−Removed: expenses and other current assets
+Added: As of December 31,
Current assets:
−Removed: Property and equipment,
−Removed: Right-of-use operating
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Total current assets
+Added: Other assets:
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Right-of-use operating lease asset
Intangible assets, net
−Removed: LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY, AND SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: Total other assets
+Added: LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY, AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
+Added: Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
Accrued liabilities
−Removed: Current portion of right-of-use
−Removed: operating lease obligation
+Added: Current portion of right-of-use operating lease obligation
Investment option liability
−Removed: current liabilities
−Removed: Non-current liabilities:
−Removed: Non-current portion of
−Removed: right-of-use operating lease obligation
−Removed: Deferred tax liability
−Removed: non-current liabilities
−Removed: Commitments and contingencies
−Removed: Temporary equity
−Removed: Series C redeemable preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, and 52,684.548 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as
−Removed: of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
−Removed: non-controlling interest
−Removed: temporary equity
+Added: Warrant liability
+Added: Derivative liability
+Added: Total current liabilities
+Added: Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
+Added: Mezzanine equity
+Added: Series C redeemable preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
+Added: Redeemable non-controlling interest
+Added: Total mezzanine equity
Shareholders’ equity
−Removed: Preferred stock, $ 0.01
−Removed: par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: Series B preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 3,600,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued
−Removed: and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.01 par
−Removed: value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,078,271 and 651,921 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
+Added: Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized;
+Added: Series B preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 3,600,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,739,315 and 2,078,271 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
+Added: Stock subscription receivable
+Added: ( 1,817,640 )
Accumulated deficit
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( 79,207,786 )
−Removed: other comprehensive loss
−Removed: shareholders’ equity
−Removed: liabilities, temporary equity, and shareholders’ equity
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
+Added: Total shareholders’ equity
+Added: Total liabilities, mezzanine equity, and shareholders’ equity
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
−Removed: the Years Ended December 31,
+Added: For the Years Ended December 31,
Operating expenses
−Removed: administrative
+Added: General and administrative
Research and development
−Removed: Impairment of intangible
−Removed: assets and goodwill
−Removed: and amortization
−Removed: operating expenses
+Added: Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill
+Added: Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Total operating expenses
Loss from operations
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( 27,415,106 )
−Removed: Other income (expense)
−Removed: Inducement expense
+Added: Other (expense) income
+Added: Inducement expense, net
( 1,848,235 )
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: warrant liabilities
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: investment option liability
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: derivative liability
+Added: Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
+Added: Change in fair value of investment option liability
+Added: Change in fair value of derivative liability
+Added: Interest income (expense), net
+Added: Total other (expense) income
Net loss before income taxes
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( 19,957,393 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit
+Added: Income tax (expense) benefit
( 17,291,732 )
( 18,471,333 )
−Removed: Less preferred dividends
−Removed: attributable to non-controlling interest
−Removed: deemed dividends attributable to accretion of embedded derivative at redemption value
−Removed: Net loss attributable to
+Added: Less preferred dividends attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: Less deemed dividends attributable to accretion of embedded derivative at redemption value
+Added: Net loss attributable to shareholders
( 17,458,761 )
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Foreign currency translation
−Removed: Comprehensive
+Added: Comprehensive loss
$ ( 17,491,776 )
$ ( 19,306,255 )
−Removed: Net loss per share -
−Removed: basic and diluted
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding, basic
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Net loss per share - basic and diluted
+Added: Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: Income (Loss)
−Removed: B Preferred Stock
−Removed: Other Comprehensive
−Removed: Income (Loss)
+Added: Redeemable Non-controlling Interest
+Added: Total Mezzanine Equity
+Added: Additional Paid-In Capital
+Added: Subscription Receivable
+Added: Accumulated Deficit
+Added: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
+Added: Total Shareholders’ Equity
Balance at January 1, 2023 -
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$ ( 536,734 )
−Removed: January 2021 registered
−Removed: direct offering, net of offering costs
−Removed: February 2021 registered
−Removed: direct offering, net of offering costs
−Removed: Consideration paid pursuant
−Removed: to amalgamation agreement
−Removed: Exercise of warrants
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Induced conversion of stock
−Removed: options into restricted stock awards
+Added: Preferred dividends attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
+Added: Accretion of embedded derivative to redemption value
+Added: Redemption of Series A preferred
+Added: ( 1,052,057 )
+Added: ( 1,052,057 )
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Common stock issued in
−Removed: lieu of cash for services
−Removed: Common stock issued pursuant
−Removed: to exercise of warrant put rights
−Removed: Conversion of Series B
−Removed: preferred shares
+Added: Issuance of common shares in exchange for RSU conversions
+Added: Issuance of common shares for deferred offering costs
+Added: Issuance of Inducement Warrants, net of offering costs of $ 239,302
+Added: Induced conversion of warrants and preferred investment options
+Added: Exercise of warrants and preferred investment options
( 1,537,140 )
−Removed: Foreign exchange translation
−Removed: Foreign exchange translation
+Added: Foreign exchange translation loss
( 17,291,732 )
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$ 100,815,851
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: $ ( 1,817,640 )
+Added: $ ( 96,499,518 )
+Added: $ ( 569,749 )
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: C Redeemable Preferred Stock
−Removed: Non-controlling Interest
−Removed: Other Comprehensive
−Removed: Shareholders’
+Added: Series C Redeemable Preferred Stock
+Added: Redeemable Non-controlling Interest
+Added: Total Mezzanine Equity
+Added: Additional Paid-In Capital
+Added: Accumulated Deficit
+Added: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
+Added: Total Shareholders’ Equity
Balance at January 1, 2022
$ ( 60,736,453 )
−Removed: February 2022 registered
−Removed: direct offering, net of offering costs
+Added: $ ( 60,736,453 )
+Added: February 2022 registered direct offering, net of offering costs
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Conversion of RSUs into
−Removed: common shares
−Removed: Redeemable non-controlling
−Removed: interest, net of $ 402,000 embedded derivative and net of issuance costs of $ 41,962
−Removed: Issuance of redeemable
−Removed: Series C preferred stock
−Removed: Preferred dividends attributable
−Removed: to redeemable non-controlling interest
−Removed: Accretion of embedded derivative
−Removed: to redemption value
−Removed: Conversion of RSAs into
−Removed: common shares
−Removed: July 2022 registered direct
−Removed: offering, PIPE offering, modification of warrants and exercise of pre-funded warrants, net of offering costs
−Removed: Issuance of rounded shares
−Removed: as a result of the reverse stock split
−Removed: Redemption of Series C
−Removed: preferred stock
−Removed: Foreign exchange translation
+Added: Conversion of RSUs into common shares
+Added: Redeemable non-controlling interest, net of $ 402,000 embedded derivative and net of issuance costs of $ 41,962
+Added: Issuance of redeemable Series C preferred stock
+Added: Preferred dividends attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
+Added: Accretion of embedded derivative to redemption value
+Added: Conversion of RSAs into common shares
+Added: July 2022 registered direct offering, PIPE offering, modification of warrants and exercise of pre-funded warrants, net of offering costs
+Added: Issuance of rounded shares as a result of the reverse stock split
+Added: Redemption of Series C preferred stock
+Added: Foreign exchange translation loss
( 18,471,333 )
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$ ( 536,734 )
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: $ ( 79,207,786 )
+Added: $ ( 536,734 )
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: the Years Ended December 31,
−Removed: Cash Flows From Operating
−Removed: $ ( 18,471,333 )
+Added: For the Years Ended December 31,
+Added: Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
$ ( 17,291,732 )
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile
−Removed: net loss to cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: warrant liability
$ ( 18,471,333 )
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities
+Added: Change in fair value of warrant liability
( 4,315,236 )
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: investment option liability
+Added: Change in fair value of investment option liability
( 3,472,726 )
−Removed: Change in fair value of
−Removed: derivative liability
+Added: Change in fair value of derivative liability
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Stock issued in lieu of
−Removed: cash for services
−Removed: Impairment of intangible
−Removed: assets and goodwill
+Added: Inducement expense
+Added: Impairment of intangibles
Non-cash income tax benefit
( 1,504,302 )
−Removed: ( 7,454,805 )
−Removed: Inducement expense
−Removed: Amortization of right-of-use
−Removed: Amortization of intangible
+Added: Amortization of ROU asset
+Added: Amortization of intangibles
Depreciation expense
−Removed: in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: current assets
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued
−Removed: operating lease liability
−Removed: cash used in operating activities
+Added: Gain on disposal of property and equipment
+Added: Change in operating assets and liabilities:
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: Right-of-use operating lease asset and obligation
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
( 14,094,411 )
( 17,146,723 )
−Removed: Flows From Investing Activities:
−Removed: Purchases of property and
−Removed: Purchase of Diverse Bio
−Removed: license agreement
−Removed: accretive acquisition of MagicMed
−Removed: cash (used in) provided by investing activities
−Removed: Cash Flows From Financing
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of common
−Removed: stock, warrants, and investment options, net of offering costs
−Removed: Proceeds from the sale
−Removed: of redeemable non-controlling interest, net of offering costs (see Note 8)
−Removed: from warrant exercises, net of fees
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Effect of foreign exchange
−Removed: Net increase in cash
−Removed: Cash at beginning of
+Added: Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
+Added: Purchases of property and equipment
+Added: Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
+Added: Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
+Added: Proceeds from sale of common stock, warrants, and investment options, net of offering costs
+Added: Payment for equity distribution offering costs
+Added: Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock
+Added: ( 1,052,057 )
+Added: Proceeds from the sale of redeemable non-controlling interest, net of offering costs
+Added: Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
+Added: ( 1,343,141 )
+Added: Effect of Foreign Exchange Rate on Changes on Cash
+Added: Net (decrease) increase in cash
+Added: ( 15,435,907 )
+Added: Cash at beginning of year
Cash at end of year
−Removed: Supplemental disclosure
−Removed: of cash and non-cash transactions:
+Added: Supplemental disclosure of cash and non-cash transactions:
Cash paid for interest
Income taxes paid
−Removed: Investment options issued
−Removed: in conjunction with common stock issuance
−Removed: Modification of warrants as part of share
−Removed: capital raise
−Removed: Warrants issued in conjunction
−Removed: with common stock issuance
−Removed: Issuance of embedded
−Removed: Preferred dividends
−Removed: attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
−Removed: Accretion of embedded
−Removed: derivative to redemption value
−Removed: Issuance of Common Stock
−Removed: pursuant to MagicMed amalgamation
−Removed: Deferred tax liability
−Removed: incurred due to MagicMed amalgamation
−Removed: Conversion of preferred
−Removed: stock to common stock
−Removed: Fair value of warrants issued
−Removed: Right-of-use assets
−Removed: obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Warrants issued in conjunction with common stock issuance
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: Issuance of embedded derivative
+Added: Stock subscription receivable
+Added: Offering costs accrued not paid
+Added: Warrants issued for offering costs
+Added: Issuance of common shares for deferred offering costs
+Added: Induced conversion of warrants and preferred investment options
+Added: Preferred dividends attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
+Added: Investment options issued in conjunction with common stock issuance
+Added: Modification of warrants as part of share capital raise
+Added: Accretion of embedded derivative to redemption value
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY AND OTHER UNCERTAINTIES
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Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (“Enveric Biosciences, Inc.” “Enveric” or the “Company”) is a pharmaceutical company developing innovative, evidence-based cannabinoid medicines.
−Removed: office of the Company is located in Naples, Florida.
+Added: (“Enveric” or the “Company”) is a biotechnology company developing novel neuroplastogenic small-molecule
+Added: therapeutics for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and addiction disorders.
+Added: The head office of the Company is located in Naples,
The Company has the following wholly-owned subsidiaries:
Jay Pharma Inc.
−Removed: Pharma”), 1306432 B.C.
−Removed: (“HoldCo”), MagicMed Industries, Inc.
−Removed: (“MagicMed”), and Enveric Canada.
−Removed: Company has an Amalgamation Agreement (“Amalgamation Agreement”) and tender agreement (“Tender Agreement”) with
−Removed: Jay Pharma, which were entered into in prior years.
−Removed: May 24, 2021, the Company entered into an Amalgamation Agreement (the “Amalgamation Agreement”) with 1306432 B.C.
−Removed: corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“HoldCo”),
−Removed: Ltd., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo
−Removed: (“Purchaser”), and MagicMed Industries Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“MagicMed”),
−Removed: pursuant to which, among other things, the Company, indirectly through Purchaser, acquired all of the outstanding securities of MagicMed
−Removed: in exchange for securities of the Company by way of an amalgamation under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act, upon the terms
−Removed: and conditions set forth in the Amalgamation Agreement, such that, upon completion of the Amalgamation (as defined herein), the amalgamated
−Removed: corporation (“Amalco”) will be an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: The Amalgamation was completed on September
−Removed: Industries develops and commercializes psychedelic-derived pharmaceutical candidates.
−Removed: MagicMed’s psychedelic derivatives library,
−Removed: the Psybrary™, is an essential building block from which industry can develop new patented products.
−Removed: The initial focus of the Psybrary™
−Removed: is on psilocybin and DMT derivatives, and it is then expected to be expanded to other psychedelics.
−Removed: May 11, 2022, the Company announced plans to transfer and spin-off its cannabinoid clinical development pipeline assets to Akos Biosciences,
−Removed: (formerly known as Acanna Therapeutics, Inc.), a majority owned subsidiary of the Company (hereafter referred to as “Akos”),
−Removed: which was incorporated on April 13, 2022, by way of dividend to Enveric shareholders (the “Spin-Off”).
−Removed: The Spin-Off will
−Removed: be subject to various conditions, including Akos meeting the qualifications for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, and if successful,
−Removed: would result in two standalone public companies.
−Removed: The new company as a result of the Spin-Off will be referred to as Akos.
−Removed: If the Spin-Off
−Removed: does not occur, the Company has guaranteed the redeemable non-controlling interest (“RNCI”).
−Removed: May 5, 2022, the Company and Akos entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Akos Purchase Agreement”) with an
−Removed: accredited investor (the “Akos Investor”), pursuant to which Akos agreed to sell to the Akos Investor up to an aggregate
−Removed: shares of Akos’ Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Akos Series A Preferred Stock”), par value $ 0.01
−Removed: per share at a price of $ 1,000
−Removed: per share, and warrants (the “Akos Warrants”) to purchase shares of Akos’ common stock (the “Akos Common
−Removed: Stock”), par value $ 0.01
−Removed: per share, for an aggregate purchase price of up to $ 5,000,000
−Removed: (the “Akos Private Placement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Akos Purchase Agreement, Akos has issued 1,000
−Removed: shares of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock to the Akos Investor in exchange for $ 1,000,000
−Removed: on May 5, 2022 (See Note 8).
−Removed: July 14, 2022 the Company affected a 1-for-50 reverse stock split .
−Removed: All historical share and per share amounts reflected throughout this
−Removed: report have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.
+Added: (“Jay Pharma”), 1306432 B.C.
+Added: MagicMed Industries, Inc.
+Added: (“MagicMed”), Enveric Canada Inc., and Enveric Therapeutics, Pty.
+Added: (“Enveric Therapeutics”).
+Added: its unique discovery and development platform, The Psybrary™, Enveric has created a robust Intellectual Property portfolio of New
+Added: Chemical Entities for specific mental health indications.
+Added: Enveric’s lead program, the EVM201 Series, comprises next generation
+Added: synthetic prodrugs of the active metabolite, psilocin.
+Added: Enveric is developing the first product from the EVM201 Series – EB-373
+Added: – for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
+Added: Enveric is also advancing its second program, the EVM301 Series, expected to offer
+Added: a first-in-class, new approach to the treatment of difficult-to-address mental health disorders, mediated by the promotion of neuroplasticity
+Added: without also inducing hallucinations in the patient.
+Added: the Company’s amalgamation with MagicMed completed in September 2021 (the “Amalgamation”), the Company has continued
+Added: to pursue the development of MagicMed’s proprietary Psychedelic Derivatives library, the Psybrary™ which the Company believes
+Added: will help to identify and develop the right drug candidates needed to address mental health challenges, including cancer-related distress.
+Added: The Company synthesizes novel versions of classic psychedelics, such as psilocybin, DMT, mescaline and MDMA, using a mixture of chemistry
+Added: and synthetic biology, resulting in the expansion of the Psybrary™, which includes 15 patent families with over a million potential
+Added: variations and hundreds of synthesized molecules.
+Added: Within the Psybrary™ the Company has three different types of molecules, Generation
+Added: 1 (classic psychedelics), Generation 2 (pro-drugs), and Generation 3 (new chemical entities).
+Added: The Company is working to add novel psychedelic
+Added: molecular compounds and derivatives (“Psychedelic Derivatives”) on a regular basis through its work at the Company’s
+Added: labs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where the Company has a team of PhD scientists with expertise in synthetic biology and chemistry.
+Added: date the Company has created over 500 molecules that are housed in the Psybrary™.
+Added: Company screens newly synthesized molecules in the Psybrary™ through PsyAI™, a proprietary artificial intelligence (“AI”)
+Added: Leveraging AI systems is expected to reduce the time and cost of pre-clinical, clinical, and commercial development.
+Added: believes it streamlines pharmaceutical design by predicting ideal binding structures of molecules, manufacturing capabilities, and pharmacological
+Added: effects to help determine ideal drug candidates, tailored to each indication.
+Added: Each of these molecules that the Company believes are patentable
+Added: can then be further screened to see how changes to its makeup alter its effects in order to synthesize additional new molecules.
+Added: compounds of sufficient purity are undergoing pharmacological screening, including non-clinical (receptors/cell lines), preclinical (animal),
+Added: and ultimately clinical (human) evaluations.
+Added: The Company intends to utilize the Psybrary™ and the AI tool to categorize and characterize
+Added: the Psybrary™ substituents to focus on bringing more psychedelics-inspired molecules from discovery to the clinical phase.
+Added: March 21, 2023, the Company established Enveric Therapeutics, an Australia-based subsidiary, to support the Company’s plans to
+Added: advance its lead program, the EVM201 Series, comprised of the next generation synthetic prodrugs of the active metabolite, psilocin (“EVM201
+Added: Series”), towards the clinic.
+Added: Enveric Therapeutics will oversee the Company’s preclinical, clinical, and regulatory activities
+Added: in Australia, including ongoing interactions with the local Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) and the Therapeutic Goods Administration
+Added: (TGA), Australia’s regulatory authority.
Concern, Liquidity and Other Uncertainties
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a research and development company, the Company has not yet generated revenue and the Company has incurred continuing losses from its
−Removed: The Company’s operations have been funded principally through the issuance of debt and equity.
−Removed: These factors raise
−Removed: substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: The Company’s operations have been funded principally through the issuance of equity.
+Added: These factors raise substantial
+Added: doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the issuance of these financial
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash and its ability to generate
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cash of $ 2,287,977 and working capital of $ 1,238,027 .
−Removed: The Company’s current cash on hand is not sufficient enough to satisfy
−Removed: its operating cash needs for the 12 months from the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The Company believes that it has adequate
−Removed: cash on hand to cover anticipated outlays through December 31, 2023.
−Removed: These conditions raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s
−Removed: ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year after the date the financial statements are issued.
−Removed: plan to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt include raising additional working capital through public or private equity
−Removed: or debt financings or other sources, which may include collaborations with third parties as well as disciplined cash spending.
−Removed: additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: Should the Company be unable to raise sufficient additional
−Removed: capital, the Company may be required to undertake cost-cutting measures including delaying or discontinuing certain operating activities.
+Added: The Company’s current cash on hand is not sufficient enough to satisfy its
+Added: operating cash needs for the 12 months from the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: These conditions raise substantial doubt regarding
+Added: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year after the date the financial statements are issued.
+Added: Management’s plan to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt include raising additional working capital through public
+Added: or private equity or debt financings or other sources, which has included the Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord for proceeds
+Added: of up to $ 2.4 million (see Note 7), the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park (see Note 7), subject to registration, the Inducement Letters
+Added: and resulting sales of common stock under the Existing Warrants for cash proceeds of $ 1.8 million received in January 2024 (see Note
+Added: 7), and the exercise of warrants to purchase 1,954,000 shares of common stock for cash proceeds of approximately $ 2.7 million in February
+Added: 2024 (see Note 12), and may include additional collaborations with third parties as well as disciplined cash spending.
+Added: Adequate additional
+Added: financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: Should the Company be unable to raise sufficient additional capital,
+Added: the Company may be required to undertake cost-cutting measures including delaying or discontinuing certain operating activities.
a result of these factors, management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern for a period of one year after the date of the financial statements are issued.
−Removed: The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the
−Removed: outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: current inflationary trend existing in the North American economic environment is considered by the Company to be reasonably likely to
−Removed: have a material unfavorable impact on results of continuing operations.
−Removed: Higher rates of price inflation, as compared to recent prior
−Removed: levels of price inflation have caused a general increase the cost of labor and materials.
−Removed: In addition, there is an increased risk of
−Removed: the Company experiencing labor shortages as a result of a potential inability to attract and retain human resources due to increased
−Removed: labor costs resulting from the current inflationary environment.
−Removed: February 18, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that,
−Removed: based upon the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 consecutive business day period between January 5, 2022,
−Removed: through February 17, 2022, the Company did not meet the minimum bid price of $ 1.00 per share required for continued listing on the Nasdaq
−Removed: Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
−Removed: The letter also indicated that the Company will be
−Removed: provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until August 17, 2022 (the “Compliance Period”), in which to regain
−Removed: compliance pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A).
−Removed: July 29, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market stating that for the
−Removed: last ten consecutive business days, from July 15 to July 28, 2022, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock had been
−Removed: at $ 1.00 per share or greater.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
+Added: The Company’s consolidated financial
+Added: statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: in Force/Restructuring
+Added: May 2023, the Company entered into a cost reduction plan, including a reduction in force (“RIF”) of approximately 35% of
+Added: its full-time employees to streamline its operations and conserve cash resources.
+Added: Additionally, contracts with seven consultants that
+Added: were focused on the Akos cannabinoid spin-out were terminated.
+Added: The Company recognized severance charges of approximately $ 453,059 through
+Added: December 31, 2023.
+Added: The plan included a focus on progressing the Company’s existing non-cannabinoid pipeline while reducing the
+Added: rate of spend and managing cash flow.
+Added: In June 2023, the Company completed the reduction in force, with such severance expenses recorded
+Added: in general and administrative accounts.
+Added: June 16, 2023, the Company entered into a separation agreement with Avani Kanubaddi, the Company’s President and Chief Operating
+Added: Officer (the “Kanubaddi Separation Agreement”).
+Added: In accordance with the Kanubaddi Separation Agreement, Mr.
+Added: outstanding restricted stock units (“RSUs”) will retain their vesting conditions.
+Added: Kanubaddi’s 2023 salary and benefits
+Added: of $ 550,974 , inclusive of the 2023 performance bonus in the amount of $ 129,760 were accrued and the salary and benefits, excluding the
+Added: 2023 performance bonus will be paid out in twelve equal monthly installments beginning in July 2023.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the performance
+Added: metrics for the 2023 performance bonus were not achieved and the accrued amount of amount of $ 129,760 was reversed.
+Added: Upon termination,
+Added: any unvested time-based RSUs became fully vested.
+Added: The Company accelerated expense recognized related to these shares that vested was
+Added: All of the 11,278 market performance-based RSUs previously granted that were subject to the original terms and conditions of
+Added: Kanubaddi’s employment agreement were forfeited during the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: OF RESTRUCTURING COSTS PAYABLE
+Added: Restructuring Costs
+Added: January 1, 2023 Beginning balance
+Added: Restructuring costs incurred
+Added: Restructuring costs paid
+Added: Restructuring costs reversed
+Added: December 31, 2023 ending balance
+Added: Company considers the current inflationary trend existing in the North American economic environment reasonably likely to have a material
+Added: unfavorable impact on results of continuing operations.
+Added: Higher rates of price inflation, as compared to recent prior levels of price
+Added: inflation, have caused a general increase in the cost of labor and materials.
+Added: In addition, there is an increased risk of the Company
+Added: experiencing labor shortages due to a potential inability to attract and retain human resources due to increased labor costs resulting
+Added: from the current inflationary environment.
+Added: November 21, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market stating that as
+Added: of September 30, 2023, the Company did not meet the minimum of $ 2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity required for continued listing
+Added: pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1).
+Added: On February 6, 2024, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq, granting the Company an extension
+Added: to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement by May 20, 2024.
+Added: If the Company fails to evidence compliance
+Added: upon filing its periodic report for June 30, 2024 with the SEC and Nasdaq, the Company may be subject to delisting.
+Added: The Company plans
+Added: to regain and evidence compliance with the Stockholders’ Equity Requirement by the required deadlines, but it is not assured.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
of Presentation and Principal of Consolidation
−Removed: accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance and in conformity with GAAP and the applicable rules
+Added: accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance and in conformity with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding consolidated financial information.
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transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
−Removed: Reclassification
−Removed: Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the current period financial
−Removed: statement presentation.
−Removed: These reclassifications had no effect on net earnings or cash flows as previously reported.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
+Added: preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and expenses during the periods reported.
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Significant areas requiring management’s estimates and assumptions include determining
−Removed: the fair value of transactions involving common stock and the valuation of stock-based compensation, accruals associated with third party
−Removed: providers supporting research and development efforts, estimated fair values of long lives assets used to record impairment charges related
−Removed: to intangible assets, acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), and goodwill, and allocation of purchase
−Removed: price in business acquisitions.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: the fair value of transactions involving common stock, the valuation of warrants and preferred investment options, and the valuation
+Added: of stock-based compensation and accruals associated with third party providers supporting research and development efforts.
+Added: Actual results
+Added: could differ from those estimates.
Currency Translation
inception through December 31, 2023, the reporting currency of the Company was the United States dollar while the functional currency
−Removed: of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries was the Canadian dollar.
−Removed: For the reporting periods ended December 31, 2022 and December
−Removed: 31, 2021, the Company engaged in a number of transactions denominated in Canadian dollars.
−Removed: As a result, the Company is subject to exposure
−Removed: from changes in the exchange rates of the Canadian dollar and the U.S.
−Removed: Company translates the assets and liabilities of its Canadian subsidiaries into the U.S.
−Removed: dollar at the exchange rate in effect on the
−Removed: balance sheet date.
−Removed: Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate in effect during each monthly period.
−Removed: translation gains and losses are recorded as foreign currency translation gain (loss), which is included in the consolidated statements
−Removed: of shareholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
+Added: of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries was the Canadian dollar and Australian dollar.
+Added: For the reporting periods ended December
+Added: 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company engaged in a number of transactions denominated in Canadian dollars and Australian dollars.
+Added: the Company is subject to exposure from changes in the exchange rates of the Canadian dollar and Australian dollar against the United
+Added: States dollar.
+Added: Company translates the assets and liabilities of its Canadian subsidiaries and Australian subsidiary into the United States dollar at
+Added: the exchange rate in effect on the balance sheet date.
+Added: Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate in effect during
+Added: each monthly period.
+Added: Unrealized translation gains and losses are recorded as foreign currency translation gain (loss), which is included
+Added: in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Company has not entered into any financial derivative instruments that expose it to material market risk, including any instruments designed
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that arise from exchange rate changes on transactions denominated in a currency other than the local currency are included in other comprehensive
−Removed: income (loss) in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) as incurred.
+Added: loss in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as incurred.
and Cash Equivalents
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instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution,
−Removed: which at times, may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage of $ 250,000 in the United States and $ 100,000 in Canada.
−Removed: has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had greater than $ 250,000 and $ 100,000 at US and Canadian financial institutions, respectively.
+Added: which at times, may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage of $ 250,000 in the United States and Australia and $ 100,000 in Canada.
+Added: The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts, and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on
+Added: such accounts.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had greater than $ 250,000 at United States financial institutions, less than $ 250,000
+Added: at Australian financial institutions, and greater than $ 100,000 at Canadian financial institutions.
Comprehensive
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Company accounts for business combinations under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification
−Removed: (“ASC”) Topic 805, “Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”) using the acquisition method of accounting,
−Removed: and accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired business are recorded at their fair values at the date of acquisition.
−Removed: transactions that are business combinations, the Company evaluates the existence of goodwill.
−Removed: Goodwill represents the excess purchase
−Removed: price over the fair value of the tangible net assets and intangible assets acquired in a business combination.
−Removed: ASC 805-10 also specifies
−Removed: criteria that intangible assets acquired in a business combination must meet to be recognized and reported apart from goodwill.
−Removed: All acquisition
−Removed: costs are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: Upon acquisition, the accounts and results of operations are consolidated as of and subsequent to the
−Removed: acquisition date.
−Removed: estimated fair value of net assets acquired, including the allocation of the fair value to identifiable assets and liabilities, was determined
−Removed: using established valuation techniques.
−Removed: A fair value measurement is determined as the price the Company would receive to sell an asset
−Removed: or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
−Removed: In the context of purchase
−Removed: accounting, the determination of fair value often involves significant judgments and estimates by management, including the selection
−Removed: of valuation methodologies, estimates of future revenues, costs and cash flows, discount rates, and selection of comparable companies.
−Removed: The estimated fair values reflected in the purchase accounting are subject to management’s judgment.
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
assets consist of the Psybrary™ and Patent Applications, In Process Research and Development (“IPR&D”) and license
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a quantitative impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
and equipment are recorded at cost.
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useful lives are typically 3 to 5 years for office furniture and equipment and are depreciated on a straight-line basis.
+Added: Offering Costs
+Added: Company allocates offering costs to the different components of the capital raise on a pro rata basis.
+Added: Any offering costs allocated to
+Added: common stock are charged directly to additional paid-in capital.
+Added: Any offering costs allocated to warrant liabilities are charged to general
+Added: and administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: Company complies with the requirements of ASC Topic 340, Other Assets and Deferred Costs (“ASC 340”) and SAB 5A -
+Added: Expenses of Offering .
+Added: Offering costs, which consist mainly of legal, accounting and consulting fees directly attributable to the
+Added: issuance of an equity contract to be classified in equity are recorded as a reduction in equity.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023,
+Added: the Company incurred $ 567,603 in deferred offering costs in connection with the Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution
+Added: Agreement”), with Canaccord Genuity LLC (“Canaccord”) and the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”)
+Added: with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”).
+Added: These deferred offering costs will be proportionately offset against
+Added: the total proceeds from the issuance of common stock available under the agreements and the Company will expense any remaining balance
+Added: of deferred offering costs if the agreements are terminated.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, there were no issuances of common
+Added: stock under the agreements resulting in the deferral of offering costs.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Liability and Investment Options
Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants and investment options, to determine if
−Removed: such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and FASB ASC 815.
−Removed: Company accounts for warrants and investment options for shares of the Company’s common stock that are not indexed to its own stock
−Removed: as derivative liabilities at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: The Company accounts for common stock warrants and investment
−Removed: options with put options as liabilities under ASC 480.
−Removed: Such warrants and investment options are subject to remeasurement at each consolidated
−Removed: balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized as a component of other expense on the consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: The Company will continue to adjust the liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise or expiration of such common
−Removed: stock warrants and investment options.
−Removed: At that time, the portion of the warrant liability and investment options related to such common
−Removed: stock warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.
+Added: such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 “Distinguishing
+Added: Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”).
+Added: The Company accounts for warrants and investment options for shares of the Company’s common stock that are not indexed to its own
+Added: stock as derivative liabilities at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The Company accounts for common stock warrants and
+Added: investment options with put options as liabilities under ASC 480.
+Added: Such warrants and investment options are subject to remeasurement at
+Added: each consolidated balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized as a component of other expense on the consolidated statements
+Added: of operations.
+Added: The Company will continue to adjust the liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise or expiration
+Added: of such common stock warrants and investment options.
+Added: At that time, the portion of the warrant liability and investment options related
+Added: to such common stock warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.
+Added: and Inducement of Warrants and Investment Options
change in any of the terms or conditions of warrants is accounted for as a modification.
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the warrants are accounted for as equity issuance costs.
+Added: Company accounts for the inducement to exercise warrants in accordance with ASC Subtopic 470-20-40 “Debt with Conversion and Other
+Added: Options” (“ASC 470-20-40”).
+Added: ASC 470-20-40 requires the recognition through earnings of an inducement charge equal to
+Added: the fair value of the consideration delivered in excess of the consideration issuable under the original conversion terms.
+Added: the Company recognized a loss on the warrant inducement for the incremental change of the warrants related to the reduced exercise price
+Added: and the issuance of new warrants as these components induced the holders to exercise the warrants.
Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded
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instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the
−Removed: fair value reported in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: The classification of derivative instruments,
−Removed: including whether such instruments should be recorded as assets or liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting
−Removed: Derivative liabilities are classified in the consolidated balance sheets as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash
−Removed: settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
−Removed: Company allocates offering costs to the different components of the capital raise on a pro rata basis.
−Removed: Any offering costs allocated to
−Removed: common stock are charged directly to additional paid-in capital.
−Removed: Any offering costs allocated to warrant liabilities are charged to general
−Removed: and administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: fair value reported in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such
+Added: instruments should be recorded as assets or liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: Derivative liabilities
+Added: are classified in the consolidated balance sheets as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion
+Added: of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Company utilizes an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes.
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and liabilities at the enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Company evaluates the recoverability of deferred tax assets and establishes a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that
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was required to be recorded.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with tax audits is to record such items as a component of operating
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that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviations from its position.
−Removed: Company has identified its United States and Canadian federal tax return, its state and provincial tax returns in Florida and Ontario,
−Removed: CA as its “major” tax jurisdictions.
−Removed: The Company is in the process of filing its corporate tax returns for the years ended
−Removed: December 31, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: Net operating losses for these periods will not be available to reduce future taxable income until the returns
+Added: Company has identified its United States, Canadian and Australian federal tax returns, and its state and provincial tax returns in Florida,
+Added: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ontario, CA as its “major” tax jurisdictions.
+Added: The Company is in the process
+Added: of filing its United States federal and state and Australian federal corporate tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: Company is in the process of filing its Canadian corporate tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Net operating
+Added: losses for these periods will not be available to reduce future taxable income until the returns are filed.
Company follows ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, which addresses the accounting for stock-based payment transactions, requiring
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AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
value of RSA’s is equal to the product of the number of restricted shares awarded, multiplied by the closing price per share of
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The computations of net loss per share for each period presented is the same for both basic and fully
−Removed: In accordance with ASC 260-10-45-13, penny warrants were included in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”), penny warrants were included in the calculation
+Added: of weighted average shares outstanding for the purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share.
the year ended December 31, 2022 the Company issued 767,500 pre-funded common stock warrants, which were exercised on various dates during
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OF POTENTIALLY DILUTIVE SECURITIES
−Removed: the years ended December 31,
−Removed: Warrants to purchase shares of
+Added: For the years ended December 31,
+Added: Warrants to purchase shares of common stock
Restricted stock units - vested and unissued
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Restricted stock awards - vested and unissued
−Removed: Restricted stock awards - unvested
−Removed: Investment options to purchase shares of common
−Removed: Options to purchase
−Removed: shares of common stock
−Removed: Total potentially dilutive
+Added: Common stock in abeyance
+Added: Investment options to purchase shares of common stock
+Added: Options to purchase shares of common stock
+Added: Total potentially dilutive securities
+Added: Value of Financial Instruments
+Added: fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value
+Added: Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts in the balance sheets, excluding the derivative,
+Added: warrants, and preferred investment option liabilities, primarily due to their short-term nature.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Value Measurements
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1 - Valuations based on quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2 - Valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and
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31, 2023 and 2022 because of their short-term nature.
−Removed: following table provides the financial liabilities measured on a recurring basis and reported at fair value on the balance sheets as
−Removed: of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and indicates the fair value of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value
−Removed: of warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options:
−Removed: OF FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY OF VALUATION INPUTS ON RECURRING BASIS
−Removed: Warrant liabilities - January 2021
−Removed: Warrant liabilities - February 2021 Warrants
−Removed: Warrant liabilities
−Removed: - February 2022 Warrants
−Removed: Fair value of warrant liability as of
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: liability - fair value
−Removed: Derivative liability - May
−Removed: Fair value of derivative liability as
−Removed: of December 31, 2022
−Removed: liability - fair value
−Removed: Wainwright investment options
−Removed: RD investment options
−Removed: PIPE investment options
−Removed: Fair value of investment option liability
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options are all classified as Level 3, for which there is no current market
−Removed: for these securities such as the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.
−Removed: Changes in fair value measurement
−Removed: categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded
−Removed: as appropriate.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Company established the initial fair value of its warrant liabilities at the respective dates of issuance.
−Removed: The Company used a Black Scholes
−Removed: valuation model in order to determine their value.
−Removed: The key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the initial valuations of
−Removed: the warrant liabilities are below:
−Removed: OF BLACK SCHOLES VALUATION MODELS OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
−Removed: February 2022
−Removed: 2022 Post-Modification Warrants (See Note 7)
−Removed: Exercise price
−Removed: Dividend yield
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Risk free interest rate
−Removed: Number of warrants
−Removed: Value (per share)
−Removed: Company established the initial fair value of its derivative liability at the respective date of issuance.
−Removed: The Company used a Weighted
−Removed: Expected Return valuation model in order to determine their value.
−Removed: The key inputs into the Weighted Expected Return valuation model for
−Removed: the initial valuations of the warrant liabilities are below:
−Removed: Derivative Liability
−Removed: Dividend rate
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Company established the initial fair value of its investment options at the respective dates of issuance.
−Removed: The Company used a Black Scholes
−Removed: valuation model in order to determine their value.
−Removed: The key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the initial valuations of
−Removed: the investment options are below:
−Removed: Exercise price
−Removed: Dividend yield
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Risk free interest rate
−Removed: Number of investment options
−Removed: Value (per share)
−Removed: following table presents the changes in fair value of the warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options
−Removed: that are classified as Level 3:
−Removed: OF FAIR VALUE OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND DERIVATIVE LIABILITY AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
−Removed: Warrant Liabilities
−Removed: Fair value as of December 31, 2020
−Removed: Initial value of warrant liability
−Removed: Change in fair value
−Removed: ( 9,327,326 )
−Removed: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Issuance of February 2022 warrants
−Removed: Change in fair value due to modification of
−Removed: February 2022 warrants as part of July 2022 raise
−Removed: Change in fair value
−Removed: ( 4,315,236 )
−Removed: Fair value of warrant liability as of
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: Derivative Liability
−Removed: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Issuance of May 2022 convertible
−Removed: preferred stock
−Removed: Change in fair value
−Removed: Fair value of derivative liability as
−Removed: of December 31, 2022
−Removed: Investment Options
−Removed: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: Issuance of July 2022 investment options
−Removed: Change in fair value
−Removed: ( 3,472,726 )
−Removed: Fair value of investment option liability
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the Level 3 valuations of the warrant liabilities as of December 31, 2022 are below:
−Removed: OF BLACK SCHOLES VALUATION MODELS OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
−Removed: 2021 Warrants
−Removed: 2021 Warrants
−Removed: 2022 Warrants
−Removed: Post-Modification Warrants
−Removed: Exercise price
−Removed: Dividend yield
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Risk free interest rate
−Removed: Number of warrants
−Removed: Value (per share)
−Removed: key inputs into the Weighted Expected Return valuation model for the Level 3 valuations of the derivative liability as of December 31,
−Removed: 2022 are below:
−Removed: Derivative Liability
−Removed: Dividend rate
−Removed: key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the Level 3 valuations of the investment options as of December 31, 2022 are below:
−Removed: Exercise price
−Removed: Dividend yield
−Removed: Expected volatility
−Removed: Risk free interest rate
−Removed: Number of investment options
−Removed: Value (per share)
and Development
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actual costs become known, the Company adjusts its accruals accordingly.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
lease assets are included within right-of-use operating lease asset and operating lease liabilities are included in current portion of
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12 months or less at lease inception and do not contain purchase options or renewal terms that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise.
−Removed: All other lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement
−Removed: Because most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, the Company used an incremental borrowing
−Removed: rate based on the information available at adoption date in determining the present value of lease payments.
−Removed: A lease qualifies as a finance lease if any of the following criteria are met at the inception of the lease:
+Added: Lease payments for short-term leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
+Added: All other lease assets and lease
+Added: liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement date.
+Added: Because most of the
+Added: Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, the Company used an incremental borrowing rate based on the information
+Added: available at adoption date in determining the present value of lease payments.
+Added: Company assesses whether an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception.
+Added: For arrangements considered leases or that contain
+Added: a lease that is accounted for separately, the Company determines the classification and initial measurement of the right-of-use asset
+Added: and lease liability at the lease commencement date, which is the date that the underlying asset becomes available for use.
+Added: has elected to account for non-lease components associated with its leases and lease components as a single lease component.
+Added: Company recognizes a right-of-use asset, which represents the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term, and
+Added: a lease liability, which represents the present value of the Company’s obligation to make payments arising over the lease term.
+Added: The present value of the lease payments is calculated using either the implicit interest rate in the lease or an incremental borrowing
+Added: lease qualifies as a finance lease if any of the following criteria are met at the inception of the lease:
(i) there is a transfer of
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Non-controlling Interest
−Removed: connection with the issuance of Akos Series A Preferred Stock, the Akos Purchase Agreement and certificate of designation contain a put
−Removed: right guaranteed by the Company as defined in Note 8.
−Removed: Applicable accounting guidance requires an equity instrument that is redeemable
−Removed: for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity if it is redeemable (a) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed
−Removed: or determinable date, (b) at the option of the holder, or (c) upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of
−Removed: As a result of this feature, the Company recorded the non-controlling interests as redeemable non-controlling interests and
−Removed: classified them in temporary equity within its consolidated balance sheet initially at its acquisition-date estimated redemption value
−Removed: or fair value.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has elected to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust
−Removed: the carrying amount of the instrument by accreting the embedded derivative at each reporting period over 12 months.
−Removed: Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations provides that upon the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of May 5, 2022, and
−Removed: only in the event that the Spin-Off has not occurred;
−Removed: or (ii) such time that Akos and the Company have abandoned the Spin-Off or the
−Removed: Company is no longer pursuing the Spin-Off in good faith, the holders of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right (the
−Removed: “Put Right”), but not the obligation, to cause Akos to purchase all or a portion of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock for
−Removed: a purchase price equal to $ 1,000 per share, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of
−Removed: Designations, plus all the accrued but unpaid dividends per share.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Akos Purchase Agreement, the Company has guaranteed
−Removed: the payment of the purchase price for the shares purchased under the Put Right.
+Added: connection with the issuance of Akos Series A Preferred Stock, the Akos Purchase Agreement (as defined below in Note 8) and certificate
+Added: of designation contain a put right guaranteed by the Company as defined in Note 8.
+Added: Applicable accounting guidance requires an equity
+Added: instrument that is redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity if it is redeemable (a) at a fixed
+Added: or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (b) at the option of the holder, or (c) upon the occurrence of an event that is
+Added: not solely within the control of the issuer.
+Added: As a result of this feature, the Company recorded the non-controlling interests as Redeemable
+Added: Non-Controlling Interests (“RNCI”) and classified them in mezzanine equity within its consolidated balance sheet initially
+Added: at its acquisition-date estimated redemption value or fair value.
+Added: In addition, the Company has elected to recognize changes in the redemption
+Added: value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument by accreting the embedded derivative at each reporting
+Added: period over 12 months.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: May 2023, pursuant to the Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations, the holders of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock exercised
+Added: the Put Right (as defined below) requiring Akos to force redemption of all of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock.
Company determines its reporting units in accordance with FASB ASC 280, “Segment Reporting” (“ASC 280”).
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Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts
−Removed: in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify certain financial instruments.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 eliminates
−Removed: the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies
−Removed: the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity.
−Removed: The new standard
−Removed: also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all
−Removed: convertible instruments.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and should be applied on a full or
−Removed: modified retrospective basis.
−Removed: Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including
−Removed: interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company will adopt ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2024.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: AMALGAMATION WITH MAGICMED INDUSTRIES INC .
−Removed: May 24, 2021, the Company entered into an Amalgamation Agreement (the “Amalgamation Agreement”) with 1306432 B.C.
−Removed: corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“HoldCo”),
−Removed: Ltd., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HoldCo
−Removed: (“Purchaser”), and MagicMed Industries Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“MagicMed”),
−Removed: pursuant to which, among other things, the Company, indirectly through Purchaser, acquired all of the outstanding securities of MagicMed
−Removed: in exchange for securities of the Company by way of an amalgamation under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act, upon the terms
−Removed: and conditions set forth in the Amalgamation Agreement, such that, upon completion of the Amalgamation (as defined herein), the amalgamated
−Removed: corporation (“Amalco”) will be an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: The Amalgamation was completed on September
−Removed: the effective time of the Amalgamation (the “Effective Time”), holders of outstanding common shares of MagicMed (the “MagicMed
−Removed: Shares”) received such number of shares of common stock of the Company (“Company Shares”) representing, together with
−Removed: the Company Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Converted Options (each as defined herein), approximately 36.6 % of
−Removed: the issued and outstanding Company Shares (on a fully diluted basis).
−Removed: The MagicMed Shares were initially converted into Amalco Redeemable
−Removed: Preferred Shares (as defined in the Amalgamation Agreement), which immediately following the Amalgamation were redeemed for 0.000001
−Removed: of a Company Share.
−Removed: Following such redemption, the shareholders of MagicMed received additional Company Shares equal to the product of
−Removed: the Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Amalgamation Agreement) multiplied by the number of MagicMed Shares held by each such shareholder.
−Removed: Additionally, following the Effective Time (i) each outstanding MagicMed stock option was converted into and became an option to purchase
−Removed: (the “Converted Options”) the number of Company Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of MagicMed Shares
−Removed: subject to such MagicMed stock option, and (ii) each holder of an outstanding MagicMed warrant (including Company Broker Warrants (as
−Removed: defined in the Amalgamation Agreement), the “Warrants”) received upon exercise of such Warrant that number of Company Shares
−Removed: which the holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of the Amalgamation if, immediately prior to the date of the Amalgamation
−Removed: (the “Effective Date”), such holder had been the registered holder of the number of MagicMed Shares to which such holder
−Removed: would have been entitled if such holder had exercised such holder’s Warrants immediately prior to the Effective Time (the foregoing
−Removed: collectively, the “Amalgamation”).
−Removed: In aggregate, holders of MagicMed Shares received 199,025 Company Shares representing
−Removed: approximately 31.7 % of the Company Shares following the consummation of the Amalgamation.
−Removed: The maximum number of Company Shares to be
−Removed: issued by the Company as in respect of the Warrants and Converted Options shall not exceed 148,083 Company Shares.
−Removed: aggregate number of Company Shares that the Company issued in connection with the Amalgamation (collectively, the “Share Consideration”)
−Removed: was in excess of 20 % of the Company’s pre-transaction outstanding Company Shares.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company sought and received
−Removed: stockholder approval of the issuance of the Share Consideration in the Amalgamation in accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
−Removed: to the terms of the Amalgamation Agreement, the Company appointed, effective as of the Effective Time two individuals selected by MagicMed
−Removed: to the Company Board of Directors, Dr.
−Removed: Joseph Tucker and Dr.
−Removed: Brad Thompson.
−Removed: Amalgamation Agreement contained representations and warranties, closing deliveries and indemnification provisions customary for a transaction
−Removed: of this nature.
−Removed: The closing of the Amalgamation was conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the Share Consideration being approved
−Removed: for listing on Nasdaq, (ii) the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 registering the Share Consideration (the “S-4
−Removed: Registration Statement”) and (iii) the approval (a) of the MagicMed stockholders of the Amalgamation and (b) of the Company’s
−Removed: stockholders of each of the Amalgamation and the issuance of the Share Consideration in the Amalgamation.
−Removed: The closing of the Amalgamation
−Removed: occurred on September 16, 2021.
−Removed: Industries develops and commercializes psychedelic-derived pharmaceutical candidates.
−Removed: MagicMed’s psychedelic derivatives library,
−Removed: the Psybrary™, is an essential building block from which industry can develop new patented products.
−Removed: The initial focus of the Psybrary™
−Removed: is on psilocybin and DMT derivatives, and it is then expected to be expanded to other psychedelics.
−Removed: September 16, 2021, the Company completed the Acquisition.
−Removed: In exchange for a total purchase price valued at $ 39,042,282 the Company acquired
−Removed: 37,463,673 shares of Common Stock from MagicMed, which represents 100 % of the outstanding and issued shares of Common Stock of MagicMed,
−Removed: for equity consideration on the date of closing valued at $ 27,067,310 .
−Removed: The Purchaser also agreed that it would issue Company Shares in
−Removed: lieu of shares of MagicMed Shares for any warrants to purchase MagicMed Shares that were exercised, with the maximum number of Company
−Removed: Shares issuable pursuant to such warrant exercises being 118,274 .
−Removed: The fair value of the warrants on the closing date of the Amalgamation
−Removed: was $ 10,724,578 .
−Removed: Additionally, the Purchaser agreed that it would issue issued Company Shares in lieu of shares of MagicMed Shares for
−Removed: any options to purchase MagicMed Shares that were exercised, with the maximum number of Company Shares issuable pursuant to such option
−Removed: exercises being 19,477 .
−Removed: The fair value of the options on the closing date of the Amalgamation was $ 1,535,790 , with $ 1,250,394 included
−Removed: in the purchase price and $ 285,396 to be recognized as expense in the post combination period.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: goodwill of $ 9,834,855 was recorded in relation to the Acquisition, with $ 9,061,927 of this amount being related to deferred tax liabilities
−Removed: arising from the Company’s purchase of the MagicMed Shares and $ 772,928 relating to the residual intangible asset that generates
−Removed: earnings in excess of a normal return on all other tangible and intangible assets.
−Removed: following table represents the purchase price:
−Removed: OF BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
−Removed: Stock ( 199,025 common shares issued)
−Removed: Fair value of warrants
−Removed: Fair value of options
−Removed: Total Purchase Price
−Removed: Acquisition is being accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805.
−Removed: following table summarizes the purchase price allocations relating to the Acquisition:
−Removed: OF RECOGNIZED IDENTIFIED ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ASSUMED
−Removed: Assets acquired:
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: current assets
−Removed: Government remittances
−Removed: Property and equipment
−Removed: Right-of-use lease assets
−Removed: In process research and
−Removed: Psybrary and patent applications
−Removed: assets acquired
−Removed: Liabilities assumed:
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: Accrued expenses and other
−Removed: Right-of-use lease liabilities
−Removed: tax liabilities
−Removed: liabilities assumed
−Removed: fair value of net assets acquired attributable to the Company
−Removed: goodwill represents the excess fair value after the allocation to the identifiable net assets, with $ 9,061,927 being specifically attributable
−Removed: to the deferred tax liabilities incurred and $ 777,928 relating to the residual intangible asset that generates earnings in excess of
−Removed: a normal return on all other tangible and intangible assets.
−Removed: The calculated goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.
+Added: August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives
+Added: and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify certain financial
+Added: ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features
+Added: from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts
+Added: in an entity’s own equity.
+Added: The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments
+Added: that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including
+Added: the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
+Added: December 15, 2023, and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than
+Added: fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: The Company early adopted ASU 2020-06
+Added: effective January 1, 2023, and has determined that the adoption of this guidance had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.
+Added: November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
+Added: Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures .
+Added: 2023-07 updates reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses.
+Added: ASU 2023-07 is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods within fiscal years
+Added: beginning after December 15, 2024.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The amendments should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods
+Added: presented in the financial statements.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2023-07 to determine its impact on the Company’s
+Added: disclosures, however, as the Company currently has one reportable segment, the Company does not expect ASU 2023-07 to have a material
+Added: December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures , which amends the
+Added: disclosure to address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures
+Added: primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information and includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness
+Added: of income tax disclosures.
+Added: The ASU is effective on a prospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early
+Added: adoption and retrospective application are permitted.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The Company is currently assessing potential impacts
+Added: of ASU 2023-09 and does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements
+Added: and disclosures.
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: adjustments to the assessed fair values of the assets and liabilities made subsequent to the acquisition date, but within the measurement
−Removed: period, which is up to one year, are recorded as adjustments to goodwill.
−Removed: Any adjustments subsequent to the measurement period are recorded
−Removed: the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company finalized the opening balance sheet and valuations for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
−Removed: related to the acquisition of MagicMed and adjusted provisional amounts as follows:
−Removed: Company recorded a $ 16.6 million indefinite lived Psybrary™ and Patent Applications
−Removed: asset with a corresponding decrease to IPR&D;
−Removed: Company further decreased the IPR&D asset by $ 0.7 million with a corresponding increase
−Removed: Company recorded a $ 0.2 million right of use asset, with offsetting right of use operating
−Removed: lease liability related to identified leases in accordance with ASC 842 – Leases.
−Removed: acquisition-related costs for the Acquisition incurred by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $ 650,000
−Removed: and is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: and Proforma Financial Information
−Removed: amounts of MagicMed’s revenues and net loss included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
−Removed: loss for the period from the acquisition date to December 31, 2021 were $ — and $ 33,556,532 respectively.
−Removed: The following unaudited
−Removed: proforma financial information presents the consolidated results of operations of the Company and MagicMed for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021, as if the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented instead of on September 16, 2021.
−Removed: proforma information does not necessarily reflect the results of operations that would have occurred had the entities been a single company
−Removed: during those periods.
−Removed: OF PROFORMA INFORMATION
−Removed: the year ended December 31,
−Removed: $ ( 54,127,203 )
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
+Added: of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the prepaid expenses and other current assets of the Company consisted of the following:
+Added: OF PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
+Added: Prepaid research and development
+Added: Prepaid value-added taxes
+Added: Prepaid insurance
+Added: Prepaid other
+Added: Deferred offering costs
+Added: Franchise tax receivable
+Added: R&D tax incentive receivable
+Added: Total prepaid expenses and other current assets
INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
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As of December 31, 2022,
−Removed: the Company qualitatively assessed whether it is more likely than not that the respective fair value of the Company’s reporting
−Removed: unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill.
−Removed: Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2021 and throughout 2022, the Company
−Removed: experienced a sustained decline in the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock and as a result the Company determined
−Removed: that as of December 31, 2022 it was more likely than not that the carrying value of these acquired intangibles exceeded their estimated
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company performed an impairment analysis as of December 31, 2022 using the income approach.
−Removed: This analysis
−Removed: required significant judgments, including primarily the estimation of future development costs, the probability of success in various
−Removed: phases of its development programs, potential post launch cash flows and a risk-adjusted weighted average cost of capital.
−Removed: ASU 2017-04, the Company recorded a goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge as of December 31, 2022 and a goodwill and intangible
−Removed: asset impairment charge as of December 31, 2021 for the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying value over its fair value.
−Removed: following table provides the Company’s goodwill, indefinite and definite lives intangible assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s intangible assets consisted of:
−Removed: OF GOODWILL INDEFINITE AND FINITE LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS
−Removed: December 31, 2020
−Removed: Acquired during the year
−Removed: Impairment losses
+Added: the Company’s goodwill and intangible assets were fully impaired, and thus no annual impairment test was necessary as of December
+Added: The following table provides the Company’s goodwill, indefinite and definite lives intangible assets as of December 31,
+Added: 2023 and 2022.
+Added: of December 31, 2022, the Company’s goodwill consisted of:
+Added: Accumulated Impairment Losses
+Added: Currency Translation
+Added: Balance at January 1, 2022
$ ( 8,225,862 )
−Removed: on currency translation
−Removed: Balance at December 31,
Impairment losses
( 1,486,060 )
−Removed: on currency translation
−Removed: at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Indefinite lived intangible
−Removed: Balance at December 31,
−Removed: Acquired during the year
−Removed: Impairment losses
( 1,486,060 )
−Removed: on currency translation
+Added: Loss on currency translation
Balance at December 31, 2022
+Added: ( 9,711,922 )
+Added: of December 31, 2022, the Company’s indefinite lived intangible assets consisted of:
+Added: OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS
+Added: Indefinite lived intangible assets
+Added: Balance at January 1, 2022
Impairment losses
( 5,967,602 )
−Removed: on currency translation
−Removed: at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Definite lived intangible
+Added: Loss on currency translation
Balance at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Acquired during the year
−Removed: Impairment loss
−Removed: ( 1,404,892 )
−Removed: on currency translation
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the definite lived intangible assets consisted of:
+Added: Definite lived intangible assets
+Added: Balance at January 1, 2022
Balance at December 31, 2022
−Removed: at December 31, 2022
−Removed: goodwill, impairment losses amounted to $ 1,486,060 and $ 8,225,862 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: For the identified indefinite
−Removed: lived assets, impairment losses amounted to $ 5,967,602 and $ 29,048,164 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: For identified
−Removed: definite lived intangible assets, impairment losses amounted to $ — and $ 1,404,892 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: For identified definite lived intangible assets, amortization expense amounted to $ 168,750 and $ 643,333 during the years ended December
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2023
+Added: identified definite lived intangible assets, amortization expense amounted to $ 168,754 and $ 168,750 during the years ended December 31,
2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: For identified definite lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization amounted to $ 295,314 and $ 126,564 as of December 31, 2022 and
−Removed: 2021, respectively.
−Removed: goodwill, aggregate impairment amounted to $ 9,711,922 and $ 8,225,862 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: For the identified
−Removed: indefinite lived assets, aggregate impairment amounted to $ 35,015,766 and $ 29,048,164 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: For identified definite lived intangible assets, aggregate impairment amounted to $ 1,404,892 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Company amortizes definite lived intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.
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OF FINITE LIVED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
−Removed: ending December 31,
−Removed: lived Assets Amortization Expense
−Removed: of Diverse Bio License Agreement
−Removed: March 5, 2021, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “DB Agreement”) with Diverse Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company acquired an exclusive, perpetual license to develop five therapeutic candidates (collectively, the “Agents”)
−Removed: with the goal of alleviating the side effects that cancer patients experience.
−Removed: Under the terms of the DB Agreement, Diverse has granted
−Removed: the Company an exclusive license to its intellectual property rights covering the Agents and its products.
−Removed: In exchange, the Company has
−Removed: granted Diverse the right to information relating to the Agents developed for the express purpose of using such information to obtain
−Removed: patent rights, which right terminates upon the issuance or denial of the patent rights.
−Removed: the DB Agreement, the Company will maintain sole responsibility and ownership of the development and commercialization of the Agents
−Removed: and its products.
−Removed: Diverse has agreed not to develop or commercialize any agent or product that would compete with the Agents, or its
−Removed: products containing the Agents, at any time during or after the term of the DB Agreement.
−Removed: If Diverse intends to license, sell, or transfer
−Removed: any other molecules linked with cannabinoids not granted to the Company under the terms of the DB Agreement, the Company will have the
−Removed: first right, but not the obligation, to negotiate an agreement with Diverse for such cannabinoids.
−Removed: The Company agreed to pay Diverse
−Removed: an up-front investment payment in the amount of $ 675,000 , as well as a running royalty starting with the first commercial sale by the
−Removed: Company to a third party in an arm’s length transaction.
−Removed: term of the DB Agreement shall continue for as long as the Company intends to develop or commercialize the new drugs, unless earlier
−Removed: terminated by either Party.
−Removed: The Agreement may be terminated by either party upon ninety (90) days written notice of an uncured material
−Removed: breach or in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has the right to terminate the DB Agreement at any time
−Removed: upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Diverse.
+Added: Year ending December 31,
+Added: Finite lived assets amortization
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
and equipment consists of the following assets which are located in Calgary, Canada and placed in service by Enveric Biosciences Canada,
−Removed: Inc (“EBCI”), with all amounts translated into U.S.
+Added: (“EBCI”), with all amounts translated into U.S.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT NET OF ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
Lab equipment
−Removed: equipment and leasehold improvements
−Removed: and Equipment, gross
+Added: Computer equipment and leasehold improvements
Accumulated depreciation
−Removed: and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
+Added: Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
expense was $ 175,228 and $ 159,160 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACCRUED LIABILITIES
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OF ACCRUED LIABILITIES
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
Product development
−Removed: Accrued salaries and wages
+Added: Accrued salaries, wages, and bonuses
Professional fees
−Removed: accrued expenses
+Added: Accrued restructuring costs
+Added: Accrued franchise taxes
+Added: Total accrued expenses
SHARE CAPITAL AND OTHER EQUITY INSTRUMENTS
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for distribution.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, 100,000,000 shares of common stock were authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation.
−Removed: December 30, 2020, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to designate and authorize 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock.
−Removed: The Company issued Series B preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Stock), which has a certificate of designation authorizing issuance
−Removed: of 3,600,000 preferred shares.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, holders of an aggregate of 3,275,407 shares of Series B Preferred
−Removed: Stock converted their shares into 65,509 shares of common stock.
−Removed: Following those conversions, no Series B Preferred stock shares remain
−Removed: C Preferred Shares
−Removed: May 3, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a dividend of one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s
−Removed: Series C Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) for each outstanding share of the Company’s Common Stock (the
−Removed: “Common Stock”) held of record as of 5:00 p.m.
−Removed: Eastern Time on May 13, 2022 (the “Record Date”).
−Removed: This dividend
−Removed: was based on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock prior to the Reverse Stock Split.
−Removed: The outstanding shares of Series C Preferred
−Removed: Stock were entitled to vote together with the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as a single class, exclusively
−Removed: with respect to a proposal giving the Board the authority, as it determines appropriate, to implement a reverse stock split within twelve
−Removed: months following the approval of such proposal by the Company’s stockholders (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”),
−Removed: as well as any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the Reverse Stock Split Proposal (the
−Removed: “Adjournment Proposal”).
−Removed: Company held a special meeting of stockholders on July 14, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”) for the purpose of voting on, among
−Removed: other proposals, a Reverse Stock Split Proposal and an Adjournment Proposal.
−Removed: All shares of Series C Preferred Stock that were not present
−Removed: in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting were automatically redeemed by the Company immediately prior to the opening of the polls
−Removed: at Special Meeting (the “Initial Redemption”).
−Removed: All shares that were not redeemed pursuant to the Initial Redemption were
−Removed: redeemed automatically upon the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the Reverse Stock Split Proposal at the Special Meeting
−Removed: (the “Subsequent Redemption” and, together with the Initial Redemption, the “Redemption”).
−Removed: Each share of Series
−Removed: C Preferred Stock was entitled to receive $0.10 in cash for each 10 whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to the
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022, there were 52,684.548 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2022, both the Initial Redemption and the Subsequent Redemption have occurred.
−Removed: As a result, no shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, there are 100,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock authorized for future issuances.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock were authorized
+Added: under the Company’s articles of incorporation.
+Added: Distribution Agreement
+Added: September 1, 2023, the Company entered into the Distribution Agreement, with Canaccord, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell
+Added: from time to time, through Canaccord as sales agent and/or principal, shares of common stock of the Company, par value $ 0.01 per share
+Added: having an aggregate offering price of up to $ 10.0 million.
+Added: Due to the offering limitations applicable to the Company and in accordance
+Added: with the terms of the Distribution Agreement, the Company may offer common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $ 2,392,514
+Added: pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated September 1, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).
+Added: Subject to the terms and conditions
+Added: of the Distribution Agreement, Canaccord may sell the common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market
+Added: The Company will pay Canaccord a commission equal to 3.0 % of the gross sales price of the common stock sold through
+Added: Canaccord under the Distribution Agreement and has also agreed to reimburse Canaccord for certain expenses.
+Added: The Company may also sell
+Added: common stock to Canaccord as principal for Canaccord’s own account at a price agreed upon at the time of sale.
+Added: Any sale of common stock to Canaccord as principal would be pursuant to the terms of a separate terms agreement between the Company and Canaccord.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Inducement Letters (as defined below within this Note 7) prohibits the Company from entering into any variable rate transaction as defined
+Added: in the Inducement Letters, including the issuance of (1) any variable priced debt or equity securities or (2) transactions whereby the
+Added: Company may issue securities at a future determined price, such as through an at-the-market offering or an equity line of credit.
+Added: variable rate transaction restriction expires after six-month from the closing date of December 28, 2023 for the Inducement Letters for
+Added: an issuance through an at-the-market offering, and one-year for the remaining variable rate transactions.
+Added: Subsequent to December 31, 2023, the limitation on the at-the-market offering was waived.
+Added: Park Equity Line
+Added: November 3, 2023, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement and a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”),
+Added: with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which Lincoln Park has committed to purchase up to $ 10.0 million of the Company’s common stock,
+Added: par value $ 0.01 per share subject to certain limitations and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln
+Added: Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $ 10.0 million of the Company’s common stock (the “Purchase Shares”).
+Added: However, such sales of common stock by the Company, if any, will be subject to important limitations set forth in the Purchase Agreement,
+Added: including limitations on number of shares that may be sold.
+Added: Sales may occur from time to time, at the Company’s sole discretion,
+Added: over the 24-month period commencing on the date that the conditions to Lincoln Park’s purchase obligation set forth in the Purchase
+Added: Agreement are satisfied, including that a registration statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of the shares of our common stock that
+Added: have been and may be issued to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement, which the Company has filed with the SEC pursuant to the Registration
+Added: Rights Agreement, is declared effective by the SEC and a final prospectus relating thereto is filed with the SEC.
+Added: the purchase price per share to be paid by Lincoln Park for the shares of common stock that we may elect to sell to Lincoln Park under
+Added: the Purchase Agreement, if any, will fluctuate based on the market prices of our Common Stock at the time we elect to sell shares to
+Added: Lincoln Park pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, if any, it is not possible for us to predict the number of shares of Common Stock that
+Added: we will sell to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement, the purchase price per share that Lincoln Park will pay for shares purchased
+Added: from us under the Purchase Agreement, or the aggregate gross proceeds that we will receive from those purchases by Lincoln Park under
+Added: the Purchase Agreement.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company has issued no shares of common stock through the Equity Line or the Distribution Agreement.
+Added: The Company had capitalized deferred offering costs of $ 567,603 related to establishing the Distribution Agreement with Canaccord and
+Added: the Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park and no reductions to additional paid in capital.
+Added: Of this amount, $ 255,107 represents the fair
+Added: value of 139,403 shares of common stock issued to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment under the Purchase Agreement.
Stock Activity
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2023 a total of 103,641 shares of common stock were issued pursuant to the conversion of restricted stock
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022, a total of 1,223 and 899 shares of common stock were issued pursuant to the conversion
+Added: of restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, respectively.
February 15, 2022, the Company completed a public offering of 400,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 400,000 shares
−Removed: of Common Stock for gross proceeds of approximately $ 10 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering
+Added: of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $ 10.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other
+Added: offering expenses.
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as sole book-running manager for the offering.
−Removed: In addition, Enveric granted the underwriter
−Removed: a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 60,000 shares of Common Stock and/or warrants to purchase up to an additional 60,000
−Removed: shares of Common Stock at the public offering price, which the underwriter has partially exercised for warrants to purchase up to 60,000
−Removed: shares of common stock.
−Removed: At closing, Enveric received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $ 9.1 million, after deducting underwriting
−Removed: discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses with $ 5.8 million allocated to equity, $ 3.6 million to warrant liability and
−Removed: the remaining $ 0.3 million recorded as an expense.
+Added: In addition, Enveric granted
+Added: the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 60,000 shares of common stock and/or warrants to purchase up to an additional
+Added: 60,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, which the underwriter has partially exercised for warrants to purchase up
+Added: to 60,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: At closing, Enveric received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $ 9.1 million, after deducting
+Added: underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses with $ 5.8 million allocated to equity, $ 3.6 million to warrant
+Added: liability and the remaining $ 0.3 million recorded as an expense.
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 22, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Registered Direct Securities Purchase Agreement”)
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The gross proceeds from the RD Offering were approximately $ 3,000,000 .
−Removed: to certain ownership limitations, the RD Pre-Funded Warrants became immediately exercisable at an exercise price equal to $ 0.0001 per
−Removed: share of common stock.
−Removed: On August 3, 2022, all of the issued RD Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised.
+Added: Subject to certain ownership limitations, the RD Pre-Funded Warrants
+Added: became immediately exercisable at an exercise price equal to $ 0.0001 per share of common stock.
+Added: On August 3, 2022, all of the issued
+Added: RD Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised.
with the RD Offering, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “PIPE Securities Purchase Agreement”)
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proceeds from the PIPE Offering were approximately $ 5,000,000 .
−Removed: to certain ownership limitations, the PIPE Pre-Funded Warrants became immediately exercisable at an exercise price equal to $ 0.0001 per
−Removed: share of common stock.
−Removed: All of the issued PIPE Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised on various dates prior to August 18, 2022.
+Added: Subject to certain ownership limitations, the PIPE Pre-Funded Warrants
+Added: became immediately exercisable at an exercise price equal to $ 0.0001 per share of common stock.
+Added: All of the issued PIPE Pre-Funded Warrants
+Added: were exercised on various dates prior to August 18, 2022.
RD Offering and PIPE Offering closed on July 26, 2022, with aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $ 8 million.
The aggregate net proceeds
−Removed: from the offerings, after deducting the placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses, were approximately $ 7.1 million with
−Removed: $ 3.2 million allocated to equity, $ 4.3 million to investment option liability, and the remaining $ 0.4 million recorded as an expense.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2022, a total of 1,223 and 899 shares of Common Stock were issued pursuant to the conversion of restricted
−Removed: stock awards and restricted stock units, respectively.
−Removed: January 14, 2021, the Company completed an offering of 44,427 shares of Common Stock and pre-funded warrants at approximately $ 225.00
−Removed: per share and a concurrent private placement of warrants to purchase 33,321 shares of Common Stock at $ 247.50 per share, exercisable
−Removed: immediately and terminating five years after the date of issuance for gross proceeds of approximately $ 10,000,000 .
−Removed: The net proceeds to
−Removed: the Company after deducting financial advisory fees and other costs and expenses were approximately $ 8,800,087 , with $ 4,617,087 of such
−Removed: amount allocated to share capital and $ 4,846,000 allocated to warrant liability and the remaining $ 663,000 recorded as an expense.
−Removed: February 11, 2021, the Company completed an offering of 60,141 shares of Common Stock and a concurrent private placement of warrants
−Removed: to purchase 1,503,513 shares of Common Stock at $ 245.00 per share, exercisable immediately and terminating five year from the date of
−Removed: issuance for gross proceeds of approximately $ 12,800,000 .
−Removed: The net proceeds to Enveric from the offering after deducting financial advisory
−Removed: fees and other costs and expenses were approximately $ 11,624,401 , with $ 7,016,401 of such amount allocated to share capital and $ 5,135,000
−Removed: allocated to warrant liability and the remaining $ 527,000 recorded as an expense.
−Removed: September 16, 2021, the Company, in connection with the Amalgamation Agreement entered into on May 24, 2021, acquired MagicMed Industries
−Removed: Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary MagicMed USA, Inc.
−Removed: The Company issued a total of 199,025 shares of Common Stock, valued at $ 39,042,282
−Removed: on the date of closing.
−Removed: See Note 3 for further details.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, a total of 55,861 Common Shares were issued pursuant to exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock
−Removed: for cash proceeds totaling $ 3,285,171 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, a total of 2,685 Common Shares were issued pursuant to cashless exercise of options to purchase Common
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, a total of 20,307 Common Shares were issued as inducement for the conversion of certain warrants and
−Removed: The Company recognized an inducement expense of $ 1,125,291 in relation to these issuances.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 283 shares to a consultant in exchange for services valued at $ 33,467 .
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued a total of 4,434 shares of Common Stock pursuant to exercise of put rights contained
−Removed: in warrants originally issued by Ameri and assumed by the Company.
−Removed: and Conversion of Series B Preferred Shares
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued a total of 65,509 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion of 3,275,407
−Removed: shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: from the offerings, after deducting the placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses, were approximately $ 7.1 million,
+Added: with $ 3.2 million allocated to equity, $ 4.3 million to investment option liability, and the remaining $ 0.4 million recorded as an expense.
to 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan
−Removed: May 3, 2022, our Board adopted the First Amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Enveric Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2020 Long-Term
−Removed: Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to (i) increase the aggregate number of shares available for the grant of awards by
−Removed: 146,083 shares to a total of 200,000 shares, and (ii) add an “evergreen” provision whereby the number of shares authorized
−Removed: for issuance pursuant to awards under the Incentive Plan will be automatically increased on the first trading date immediately following
−Removed: the date the Company issues any share of Common Stock (defined below) to any person or entity, to the extent necessary so that the number
−Removed: of shares of the Company’s Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan will equal the greater of (x) 200,000
−Removed: shares, and (y) 15% of the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding as of such issuance date.
−Removed: Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on July 14,
−Removed: summary of activity under the Company’s incentive plan for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
+Added: May 3, 2022, our board of directors (“Board”) adopted the First Amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Enveric
+Added: Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to (i) increase the aggregate number of shares available
+Added: for the grant of awards by 146,083 shares to a total of 200,000 shares, and (ii) add an “evergreen” provision whereby the
+Added: number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to awards under the Incentive Plan will be automatically increased on the first trading
+Added: date immediately following the date the Company issues any share of common stock (defined below) to any person or entity, to the extent
+Added: necessary so that the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan will equal
+Added: the greater of (x) 200,000 shares, and (y) 15% of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of such
+Added: issuance date (the “Evergreen Provision”).
+Added: The Plan Amendment was approved by the Company’s shareholders at a special
+Added: meeting of the Company’s shareholders held on July 14, 2022.
+Added: November 2, 2023, the shareholders approved the amendments to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was approved by the Board on August
+Added: 8, 2023 (the “Amended Incentive Plan”).
+Added: The Amended Incentive Plan (i) increased the number of authorized shares reserved
+Added: for issuance under the Amended Incentive Plan to a maximum of 350,000 , subject to adjustment, and (ii) removed the Evergreen Provision
+Added: implemented in the Plan Amendment.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the total number of shares available for grant under the Incentive Plan was
+Added: summary of the stock option activity under the Company’s incentive plan for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 is presented
SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION
−Removed: Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Average Grant Date Fair Value
−Removed: Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
−Removed: Intrinsic Value
−Removed: Outstanding at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Options assumed pursuant to acquisition of
−Removed: Expired, forfeited,
+Added: Number of Shares
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise Price
+Added: Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)
+Added: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
+Added: Outstanding at January 1, 2022
Outstanding at December 31, 2022
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Exercisable at December 31, 2023
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, — and 2,876 options were exercised via a cashless exercise resulting in the issuance
−Removed: of — and 2,685 shares of common stock.
−Removed: granted during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were valued using the Black Scholes model with the following assumptions:
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: granted during the years ended December 31, 2022 were valued using the Black Scholes model with the following assumptions:
SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION
+Added: December 31, 2022
Exercise price
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Risk free interest rate
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
above assumptions are determined by the Company as follows:
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average risk-free interest rate — Based on the daily yield curve rates for U.S.
−Removed: obligations with maturities, which correspond to the expected term of the Company’s
−Removed: stock options.
−Removed: yield — The Company has not paid any dividends on common stock since its inception
−Removed: and does not anticipate paying dividends on its common stock in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: volatility — Based on the historical volatility of comparable companies in a similar
+Added: Treasury obligations with maturities, which
+Added: correspond to the expected term of the Company’s stock options.
+Added: yield — The Company has not paid any dividends on common stock since its inception and does not anticipate paying dividends
+Added: on its common stock in the foreseeable future.
+Added: volatility — Based on the historical volatility of comparable companies in a similar industry.
term — The Company has had no stock options exercised since inception.
−Removed: option term represents the period that stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding
−Removed: based on the simplified method provided in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”)
−Removed: 107, Share-Based Payment, which averages an award’s weighted-average vesting period
−Removed: and expected term for “plain vanilla” share options.
+Added: The expected option term represents the period that
+Added: stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding based on the simplified method provided in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”)
+Added: 107, Share-Based Payment, which averages an award’s weighted-average vesting period and expected term for “plain
+Added: vanilla” share options.
Company’s stock based compensation expense, recorded within general and administrative expense, related to stock options for the
years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 156,075 and $ 180,042 , respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $ 240,850 in unamortized
−Removed: stock option expense, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company exchanged options to purchase 11,209 shares of common stock for 6,509 restricted stock
−Removed: units and 843 restricted stock awards.
−Removed: In connection with this exchange, the Company recognized $ 298,714 in inducement expense related
−Removed: to the increase in fair value of the new awards over the old awards, which is included in other expenses on the Company’s consolidated
−Removed: statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: Company’s activity in restricted common stock was as follows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
−Removed: OF RESTRICTED COMMON STOCK AND AWARDS ACTIVITY
−Removed: average fair value
−Removed: Non-vested at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Non-vested at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Non-vested at December 31, 2022
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $ 24,363 and $ 231,631 , respectively, in stock-based compensation expense
−Removed: within general and administrative expense, related to restricted stock awards.
+Added: of December 31, 2023, the Company had $ 84,774 in unamortized stock option expense, which will be recognized over a weighted average period
+Added: of 1.00 years.
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $ 0 and $ 24,363 , respectively, in stock-based compensation expense within
+Added: general and administrative expense, related to restricted stock awards.
+Added: There were no RSA grants during the years ended December 31,
+Added: 2023 and 2022.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, there were no unvested RSA shares.
As of December 31, 2023, there were no unamortized stock-based
compensation costs related to restricted share awards.
−Removed: The balance of Common Shares related to the vested restricted stock awards as
−Removed: of December 31, 2022 will be issued during the 2023 calendar year.
−Removed: There are 708 vested and unissued shares of restricted stock awards
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company settled the 708 vested and
+Added: unissued shares (as of December 31, 2022) for cash of $ 14,250 .
+Added: There are no restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2023.
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
of Restricted Stock Units
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SCHEDULE OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AND AWARDS ACTIVITY
−Removed: average fair value
−Removed: Non-vested at December 31, 2020
+Added: Number of shares
+Added: Weighted average
+Added: Non-vested at January 1, 2022
Non-vested at December 31, 2022
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in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, the Company had unamortized stock-based compensation costs related to restricted stock units of $ 3,225,701 which
−Removed: will be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.8 years and unamortized stock-based costs related to restricted stock units which
−Removed: will be recognized upon achievement of specified milestones.
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, 1,856 shares of Common Stock have been issued in relation to vested restricted stock units and 62,492 restricted
−Removed: stock units are vested without shares of Common Stock being issued.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had unamortized stock-based
+Added: compensation costs related to restricted stock units of $ 2,021,021 which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years
+Added: and unamortized stock-based costs related to restricted stock units which will be recognized upon achievement of specified milestones.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, 20,848 restricted stock units are vested without shares of common stock being issued, with all of these shares
+Added: due as of December 31, 2023.
following table summarizes the Company’s recognition of stock-based compensation for restricted stock units for the following periods:
SCHEDULE OF STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION FOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
−Removed: ended December 31,
−Removed: Stock-based compensation for
+Added: Year ended December 31,
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense for RSUs:
General and administrative
Research and development
−Removed: of the end of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were 126,545 and 117,730 shares of common stock underlying outstanding
−Removed: restricted stock units, of which (i) 62,492 and 55,717 shares are underlying vested restricted stock units and issuable, subject to certain
−Removed: conditions for settlement, which includes either termination of employment with the Company or a change of control, and (ii) 64,053 and
−Removed: 62,013 shares are issuable upon the vesting of such restricted stock units, subject to achievement of vesting conditions, certain conditions
−Removed: of settlement which includes either termination of employment with the Company or a change of control, and further subject to the increase
−Removed: in the number of shares authorized for issuance of awards under the Long-Term Incentive Plan upon approval by the Company’s stockholders.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense for RSUs
+Added: and Preferred Investment Options
following table summarizes information about shares issuable under warrants outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022:
OF WARRANTS OUTSTANDING
−Removed: shares outstanding
−Removed: average exercise price
−Removed: average remaining life
−Removed: Outstanding at December 31, 2020
−Removed: Assumed pursuant to acquisition of MagicMed
−Removed: Exchanged for common
+Added: Warrant shares outstanding
+Added: Weighted average exercise price
+Added: Weighted average remaining life
+Added: Intrinsic value
+Added: Outstanding at January 1, 2022
+Added: Exchanged for common stock
Outstanding at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Exchanged for common
Outstanding at December 31, 2023
Exercisable at December 31, 2023
−Removed: February 11, 2022, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance
−Removed: Global Partners (the “Underwriter”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell, in a firm commitment
−Removed: offering, 400,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 400,000 shares
−Removed: of its common stock (“February 2022 Warrants”), as well as up to 60,000 additional shares of common stock and/or warrants
−Removed: to purchase an aggregate of up to 60,000 shares of its common stock that may be purchased by the Underwriter pursuant to a 45-day option
−Removed: granted to the Underwriter by the Company (the “Offering”).
−Removed: Each share of common stock was sold together with a common warrant
−Removed: to purchase one share of common stock, at an exercise price of $ 27.50 per share.
−Removed: Such common warrants were immediately exercisable and
−Removed: will expire five years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: There is not expected to be any trading market for the common warrants issued in the
−Removed: The combined public offering price of each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant sold in the Offering was $ 25.00 .
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: On February 11, 2022, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
+Added: with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Underwriter”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell,
+Added: in a firm commitment offering, 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate
+Added: of 400,000 shares of its common stock (“February 2022 Warrants”), as well as up to 60,000 additional shares of common stock
+Added: and/or warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 60,000 shares of its common stock that may be purchased by the Underwriter pursuant
+Added: to a 45-day option granted to the Underwriter by the Company (the “Offering”).
+Added: Each share of common stock was sold together
+Added: with a common warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at an exercise price of $ 27.50 per share.
+Added: Such common warrants were immediately
+Added: exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
+Added: There is not expected to be any trading market for the common warrants
+Added: issued in the Offering.
+Added: The combined public offering price of each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant sold in the Offering
+Added: was $ 25.00 .
On February 14, 2022, the Underwriter exercised its option to purchase an additional 60,000 warrants.
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five and one-half years following the closing of the offerings.
−Removed: connection with this transaction, the Company determined the fair value of the February 2022 Warrants immediately prior to the Warrant
−Removed: Amendment and the fair value of the amended warrants immediately after the Warrant Amendment.
−Removed: The incremental change in fair value was
−Removed: deemed to be $ 251,357 , which was included as equity issuance costs related to the RD and PIPE financing transactions.
+Added: In connection with this transaction, the Company determined the fair
+Added: value of the February 2022 Warrants immediately prior to the Warrant Amendment and the fair value of the amended warrants immediately
+Added: after the Warrant Amendment.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, the incremental change in fair value was deemed to be $ 251,357 , which was included as equity issuance costs
+Added: related to the RD and PIPE financing transactions.
warrants assumed pursuant to the acquisition of MagicMed contain certain down round features, which were not triggered by the February
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is less than the stated exercise price.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021, warrants exchanged for Common Stock consisted of an aggregate of 4,434 shares of Common Stock being
−Removed: issued in exchange for an aggregate of 2,188 warrants issued by Ameri and containing put rights that were exercised by the Holder and
−Removed: an aggregate of 19,464 shares of Common Stock being issued in exchange for an aggregate of 13,176 warrants containing certain terms wherein
−Removed: management determined it to be beneficial to the Company to exchange Common Shares for these warrants.
−Removed: aggregate of 4,434 Common Shares issued in exchange for the aggregate of 2,188 warrants issued by Ameri and containing put rights were
−Removed: issued in lieu of cash payments, in accordance with the terms of the put rights contained in the warrants.
−Removed: aggregate of 19,464 shares of common stock issued in exchange for certain outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 13,176 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $ 233.00 were issued pursuant to exchange agreements with the holders of such
−Removed: The Company believes that these exchanges are beneficial to the Company because the reacquired warrants contained provisions
−Removed: that required the Company to repurchase the warrants for cash at the holder’s option and/or “full ratchet” anti-dilution
−Removed: adjustments that may result in a reduction in the exercise price of such warrants and an increase in the number of shares issuable upon
−Removed: exercise thereof under certain circumstances.
−Removed: The Company has cancelled all of the warrants reacquired in such exchanges and they will
−Removed: not be reissued.
−Removed: In connection with this exchange, the Company recognized $ 826,577 in inducement expense related to the increase in fair
−Removed: value of the new awards over the old awards, which is included in other expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations
−Removed: and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Investment Options
+Added: following table summarizes information about investment options outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022:
+Added: OF WARRANTS AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
+Added: Investment options outstanding
+Added: Weighted average exercise price
+Added: Weighted average remaining life
+Added: Intrinsic value
+Added: Outstanding at January 1, 2022
+Added: Outstanding at December 31, 2022
+Added: ( 1,000,000 )
+Added: Outstanding at December 31, 2023
+Added: Exercisable at December 31, 2023
connection with the Registered Direct Securities Purchase Agreement the Company issued unregistered preferred investment options to purchase
up to 375,000 shares of common stock.
−Removed: Subject to certain
−Removed: ownership limitations, the RD Preferred Investment Options became immediately exercisable
−Removed: at an exercise price equal to $ 7.78 per share of common stock.
−Removed: The RD Preferred Investment Options
−Removed: are exercisable for five and one-half years from the date of issuance.
+Added: Subject to certain ownership limitations, the RD Preferred Investment Options became immediately
+Added: exercisable at an exercise price equal to $ 7.78 per share of common stock.
+Added: The RD Preferred Investment Options are exercisable for five
+Added: and one-half years from the date of issuance.
connection with the PIPE Securities Purchase Agreement the Company issued unregistered preferred investment options to purchase up to
625,000 shares of the common stock.
−Removed: Subject to certain
−Removed: ownership limitations, PIPE Preferred Investment Options became immediately exercisable
+Added: Subject to certain ownership limitations, PIPE Preferred Investment Options became immediately exercisable
at an exercise price equal to $ 7.78 per share of common stock.
−Removed: The PIPE Preferred Investment Options
−Removed: are exercisable for five and one-half years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: July 26, 2022, in connection with the RD Offering and PIPE Offering, the Company issued preferred
−Removed: investment options (the “Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options”) to an entity to purchase up to 70,000 shares of the
−Removed: common stock for acting as a placement agent.
−Removed: The Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options have substantially the same terms as the
−Removed: RD Preferred Investment Options and the PIPE Preferred Investments Options, except the Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options have
−Removed: an exercise price of $ 10.00 per share.
−Removed: The Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options
−Removed: are exercisable for five years from the date of the commencement of the RD Offering and PIPE Offering.
−Removed: following table summarizes information about investment options outstanding at December 31, 2022 (there were no investment options issued
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2021):
−Removed: OF WARRANTS AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
−Removed: options outstanding
−Removed: average exercise price
−Removed: average remaining life
−Removed: Outstanding at January 1, 2022
−Removed: Outstanding at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Exercisable at December 31, 2022
+Added: The PIPE Preferred Investment Options are exercisable for five and one-half
+Added: years from the date of issuance.
+Added: July 26, 2022, in connection with the RD Offering and PIPE Offering, the Company issued preferred investment options (the “Placement
+Added: Agent Preferred Investment Options”) to an entity to purchase up to 70,000 shares of the common stock for acting as a placement
+Added: The Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options have substantially the same terms as the RD Preferred Investment Options and
+Added: the PIPE Preferred Investments Options, except the Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options have an exercise price of $ 10.00 per
+Added: The Placement Agent Preferred Investment Options are exercisable for five years from the date of the commencement of the RD Offering
+Added: and PIPE Offering.
+Added: December 28, 2023, the Company entered into warrant exercise inducement offer letters (the “Inducement Letters”) with
+Added: certain holders (the “Holders”) of the February 2022 Post-Modification Warrants and RD and PIPE preferred investment
+Added: options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Existing Warrants and Investment Options”) pursuant
+Added: to which the Holders agreed to exercise for cash their Existing Warrants and Investment Options to purchase 1,122,000
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock, in the aggregate, at a reduced exercised price of $ 1.37
+Added: per share (from an original exercise price of $ 7.78
+Added: per share), in exchange for the Company’s agreement to issue new warrants (the “Inducement Warrants”) to purchase
+Added: up to 2,244,000
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Inducement Warrant Shares”), and the Holders to make a cash payment of
+Added: per Inducement Warrant share for total proceeds of $ 280,500 .
+Added: In January 2024, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $ 1,817,640
+Added: from the exercise of the Existing Warrants and Investment Options by the Holders and the sale of the Inducement Warrants.
+Added: the Existing Warrants and Investment Options by the Holders and the sale of the Inducement Warrants that exercised on December 28,
+Added: 2023 and unsettled until January 2024, the proceeds are included in the consolidated balance sheet as a subscription receivable as
+Added: of December 31, 2023.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, 418,000
+Added: shares of the Existing Warrants and Investment Options exercised were considered issued as the Company had the enforceable right to
+Added: the obtain the cash proceeds, which were in-transit, and the Holders were no longer able to rescind the exercise election.
+Added: the beneficial ownership limitation provisions, 704,000
+Added: shares of the Existing Warrants and Investment Options exercised were initially unissued and held in abeyance for the benefit of the
+Added: Holder until notice is received from the Holder that the shares may be issued in compliance with such limitation.
+Added: Company engaged Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) to act as its financial advisor in connection with the transactions
+Added: summarized above and will pay Roth approximately $144,000 for its services, in addition to reimbursement for certain expenses.
+Added: was also issued warrants to purchase up to 67,320 shares of common stock.
+Added: The Roth Warrants have the same terms as the Inducement
+Added: The grant date fair value of these Roth Warrants was estimated to be $77,991 on December 28, 2023 and were charged to
+Added: additional paid in capital as issuance costs.
+Added: The Company also incurred legal fees of $17,254 related to the transactions above that
+Added: were charged to additional paid in capital as issuance costs.
BIOSCIENCES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Company also agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of the Inducement Warrant Shares issued or issuable
+Added: upon the exercise of the Inducement Warrants (the “Resale Registration Statement”) by January 8, 2024 (filed January 11,
+Added: In the Inducement Letters, the Company agreed not to issue any shares of common stock or common stock equivalents or to file any
+Added: other registration statement with the SEC (in each case, subject to certain exceptions) for a period ending on February 26, 2024.
+Added: Company also agreed not to effect or agree to effect any variable rate transaction (as defined in the Inducement Letters) until December
+Added: See the Equity Distribution Agreement section of this Note.
+Added: connection with this transaction, the Company determined the fair value of the Existing Warrants and Investment Options immediately
+Added: prior to the Inducement Letters and the fair value of the amended warrants and investment options immediately after the Inducement
+Added: The pre-modification measurement of fair value of the Existing Warrants and Investment Options were determined utilizing a
+Added: Black-Scholes model considering all relevant assumptions current at the date of modification (i.e.
+Added: for the Existing Warrants share
+Added: price of $ 1.56 ,
+Added: exercise price of $ 7.78 ,
+Added: years, volatility of 94 %,
+Added: risk-free rate of 3.96 %,
+Added: and expected dividend rate of 0 %,
+Added: resulting in a fair value per share of $ .54 and for the Investment Options share price of $ 1.56 ,
+Added: exercise price of $ 7.78 ,
+Added: term of 4.1 years,
+Added: volatility of 95 %,
+Added: risk-free rate of 3.90 %,
+Added: and expected dividend rate of 0 %,
+Added: resulting in a fair value per share of $ .62 ).
+Added: The total fair value of the 122,000 Existing Warrants and 1,000,000 Investment Options
+Added: was $ 65,349 and $ 618,648 , respectively.
+Added: The post-modification fair value was determined using the intrinsic value of $ 0.19
+Added: due to the inducement and totaled $ 23,180 and $ 190,000 for the Existing Warrants and Investment Options, respectively.
+Added: The change in fair value from the date of the modification prior to modification and the fair value on the
+Added: date of the modification after the modification, but prior to exercise was $ 470,817 ,
+Added: which was reflected as an inducement gain, within other expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and
+Added: comprehensive loss.
+Added: grant date fair value of these Inducement Warrants was estimated to be $ 2,599,552 on December 28, 2023 and the proceeds of $ 280,500 ,
+Added: which were received on January 2, 2024, for the issuance of the Inducement Warrants is reflected as inducement expense, within other
+Added: expenses on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: Company established the initial fair value of its equity classified Inducement Warrants at the date of issuance on December 28, 2023.
+Added: The Company used a Black Scholes valuation model in order to determine their value.
+Added: The key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model
+Added: for the valuation of the warrants are below:
+Added: OF BLACK SCHOLES VALUATION MODEL FOR VALUATION OF WARRANTS
+Added: Roth and Inducement Warrants
+Added: December 28, 2023
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Number of warrants
+Added: Value (per share)
+Added: C Preferred Shares
+Added: May 3, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a dividend of one one-thousandth of a share of the Company’s
+Added: Series C Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) for each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock held of record as of 5:00 p.m.
+Added: Eastern Time on May 13, 2022 (the “Record Date”).
+Added: This dividend
+Added: was based on the number of outstanding shares of common stock prior to the Reverse Stock Split.
+Added: The outstanding shares of Series C Preferred
+Added: Stock were entitled to vote together with the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, as a single class, exclusively
+Added: with respect to a proposal giving the Board the authority, as it determines appropriate, to implement a reverse stock split within twelve
+Added: months following the approval of such proposal by the Company’s stockholders (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”),
+Added: as well as any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the Reverse Stock Split Proposal (the
+Added: “Adjournment Proposal”).
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Company held a special meeting of stockholders on July 14, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”) for the purpose of voting on, among
+Added: other proposals, a Reverse Stock Split Proposal and an Adjournment Proposal.
+Added: All shares of Series C Preferred Stock that were not present
+Added: in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting were automatically redeemed by the Company immediately prior to the opening of the polls
+Added: at Special Meeting (the “Initial Redemption”).
+Added: All shares that were not redeemed pursuant to the Initial Redemption were
+Added: redeemed automatically upon the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the Reverse Stock Split Proposal at the Special Meeting
+Added: (the “Subsequent Redemption” and, together with the Initial Redemption, the “Redemption”).
+Added: Each share of Series
+Added: C Preferred Stock was entitled to receive $0.10 in cash for each 10 whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to the
+Added: As of June 30, 2022, there were 52,684.548 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
+Added: As of December 31,
+Added: 2022, both the Initial Redemption and the Subsequent Redemption had occurred.
+Added: As a result, no shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there are 100,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock authorized for future issuances.
REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
and Related Private Placement
−Removed: connection with the planned Spin-Off, on May 5, 2022, Akos and the Company entered into the Akos Purchase Agreement with the Akos Investor,
−Removed: pursuant to which Akos agreed to sell up to an aggregate of 5,000 shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock, at price of $ 1,000 per share,
−Removed: and Akos Warrants to purchase shares of Akos’ common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the “Akos Common Stock”), for
−Removed: an aggregate purchase price of up to $ 5,000,000 .
−Removed: The Akos Purchase Agreement is guaranteed by the Company.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Akos Purchase
−Removed: Agreement, Akos has issued 1,000 shares of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock to the Akos Investor in exchange for $ 1,000,000 on May 5,
−Removed: The additional $ 4,000,000 will be received on or immediately prior to the Spin-Off.
−Removed: The issuance of the Akos Series A Preferred
−Removed: Stock results in RNCI (see Note 2).
−Removed: Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC (“Palladium”) acted as placement agent for the Akos Private
−Removed: Pursuant to the Akos Purchase Agreement, Akos has agreed to pay Palladium a fee equal to 9% of the aggregate gross proceeds
−Removed: raised from the sale of the shares of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock and a non-accountable expense allowance of 1% of the aggregate
−Removed: gross proceeds raised the sale of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock in the Akos Private Placement.
−Removed: The fee due in connection with the
−Removed: Akos Private Placement shall be paid to Palladium in the form of convertible preferred stock and warrants on similar terms to the securities
−Removed: issued in the Akos Private Placement.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, there have been no accruals recorded for the fees or warrants since the
−Removed: closing of the spin-off is not probable.
−Removed: Palladium is also entitled to warrants to purchase Akos Common Stock in an amount up to 8 % of
−Removed: the number of shares of Akos Common Stock underlying the shares issuable upon conversion of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock.
+Added: connection with the Spin-Off, on May 5, 2022, Akos and the Company entered into into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Akos
+Added: Purchase Agreement”) with an accredited investor (the “Akos Investor”), pursuant to which Akos agreed to sell up to
+Added: an aggregate of 5,000 shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock, at price of $ 1,000 per share, and warrants (the “Akos Warrants”)
+Added: to purchase shares of Akos’ common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the “Akos Common Stock”), for an aggregate purchase
+Added: price of up to $ 5,000,000 (the “Akos Private Placement”).
+Added: The Akos Purchase Agreement was guaranteed by the Company.
+Added: to the Akos Purchase Agreement, Akos issued 1,000 shares of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock to the Akos Investor in exchange for $ 1,000,000
+Added: on May 5, 2022.
+Added: The additional $ 4,000,000 was to be received on or immediately prior to the Spin-Off.
+Added: The issuance of the Akos Series
+Added: A Preferred Stock results in RNCI (see Note 2).
+Added: Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC (“Palladium”) acted as placement agent for
+Added: the Akos Private Placement.
+Added: Pursuant to the Akos Purchase Agreement, Akos had agreed to pay Palladium a fee equal to 9% of the aggregate
+Added: gross proceeds raised from the sale of the shares of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock and a non-accountable expense allowance of 1%
+Added: of the aggregate gross proceeds raised the sale of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock in the Akos Private Placement.
+Added: The fee due in connection
+Added: with the Akos Private Placement to be paid to Palladium in the form of convertible preferred stock and warrants was on similar terms
+Added: to the securities issued in the Akos Private Placement.
+Added: Palladium was also entitled to warrants to purchase Akos Common Stock in an amount
+Added: up to 8 % of the number of shares of Akos Common Stock underlying the shares issuable upon conversion of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, no accruals are required to be recorded for the fees or warrants since the Akos Series A Preferred Stock has
+Added: been redeemed.
of Akos Series A Preferred Stock
−Removed: the Certificate of the Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Akos (the “Akos Series A
−Removed: Preferred Certificate of Designations”), on or immediately prior to the completion of the spin-off of Akos into an independent,
−Removed: separately traded public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the outstanding Akos Series A Preferred Stock will be automatically
−Removed: converted into a number of shares of Akos Common Stock equal to 25 % of the then issued and outstanding Akos Common Stock, subject to
−Removed: the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined in the Akos Purchase Agreement).
−Removed: Cumulative dividends on each share of Akos Series A
−Removed: Preferred Stock accrue at the rate of 5 % annually.
−Removed: Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations provides that upon the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of May 5, 2022, and
+Added: the Certificate of the Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Akos (the “Akos Series
+Added: A Preferred Certificate of Designations”), on or immediately prior to the completion of the spin-off of Akos into an independent,
+Added: separately traded public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the outstanding Akos Series A Preferred Stock automatically converted
+Added: into a number of shares of Akos Common Stock equal to 25 % of the then issued and outstanding Akos Common Stock, subject to the Beneficial
+Added: Ownership Limitation (as defined in the Akos Purchase Agreement).
+Added: Cumulative dividends on each share of Akos Series A Preferred Stock
+Added: accrue at the rate of 5 % annually.
+Added: Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations provided that upon the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of May 5, 2022, and
only in the event that the Spin-Off has not occurred;
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of the purchase price for the shares purchased under the Put Right.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations contains limitations that prevent the holder thereof from acquiring shares of Akos
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be effective until 61 days following notice to Akos.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: of Akos Series A Preferred Stock
+Added: May 2023, pursuant to the Akos Series A Preferred Certificate of Designations, the holders of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock exercised
+Added: the Put Right requiring Akos to force redemption of all of the Akos Series A Preferred Stock for $ 1,000 per share, plus accrued
+Added: but unpaid dividends of approximately $ 52,000 for a total of approximately $ 1,052,000 .
+Added: The Company had 20 days following the receipt
+Added: of the Put Exercise Notice to make the payment and made payment on May 19, 2023.
+Added: Upon redemption in May 2023, the Company revalued the
+Added: derivative liability and the Company recognized a change in fair value of the derivative liability on the Company’s consolidated
+Added: statement of operations during the second quarter of 2023 of $ 714,000 .
+Added: Company, Akos, and the Akos Investor have terminated the Akos Purchase Agreement in connection with the planned Spin-Off and certain
+Added: registration rights agreement in connection with the Akos Private Placement.
for Akos Series A Preferred Stock
−Removed: the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock are redeemable at the option of the holder and the redemption is not solely in the control
−Removed: of the Company, the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock are accounted for as a redeemable non-controlling interest and classified
−Removed: within temporary equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock were redeemable at the option of the holder and the redemption is not solely in the control
+Added: of the Company, the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock were accounted for as a redeemable non-controlling interest and classified
+Added: within mezzanine equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
The redeemable non-controlling interest was initially measured
at fair value.
−Removed: Dividends on the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock are recognized as preferred dividends attributable to redeemable
+Added: Dividends on the shares of Akos Series A Preferred Stock were recognized as preferred dividends attributable to redeemable
non-controlling interest in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
table below presents the reconciliation of changes in redeemable non-controlling interest:
−Removed: SCHEDULE OF RECONCILIATION CHANGE IN REDEEMBALE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
+Added: SCHEDULE OF RECONCILIATION CHANGE IN REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
Balance at December 31, 2022
−Removed: non-controlling interest, net of initial value embedded derivative of $ 402,000 and net of issuance costs of $ 41,962
−Removed: Preferred dividends attributable
−Removed: to redeemable non-controlling interest
−Removed: of embedded derivative and transaction costs associated with Series A Preferred Stock
+Added: Preferred dividends attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest
+Added: Accretion of embedded derivative and transaction costs associated with Akos Series A Preferred Stock to redemption value
+Added: Redemption of Akos Series A Preferred Stock
+Added: ( 1,052,057 )
Balance at December 31, 2023
−Removed: of December 31, 2022, the redemption value of the redeemable non-controlling interest is $ 1,000,000 plus cumulative dividends which accrue
−Removed: at the rate of 5 % annually, or approximately $ 1,033,000 .
−Removed: The Company has guaranteed this redemption on behalf of Akos.
+Added: May 2023, the Akos Series A Preferred Stock was redeemed for a total of 1,052,057 , and the balance of the redeemable non-controlling
+Added: interest is $ 0 as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: following table provides the financial liabilities measured on a recurring basis and reported at fair value on the balance sheet as of
+Added: December 31, 2023 and 2022, and indicates the fair value of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value of
+Added: warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options:
+Added: OF FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY OF VALUATION INPUTS ON RECURRING BASIS
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
+Added: Warrant liabilities - January 2021 Warrants
+Added: Warrant liabilities - February 2021 Warrants
+Added: Warrant liabilities - February 2022 Warrants
+Added: Fair value of warrant liability
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
+Added: Derivative liability - May 2022
+Added: Fair value of derivative liability
+Added: December 31, 2023
+Added: December 31, 2022
+Added: Wainwright investment options
+Added: RD investment options
+Added: PIPE investment options
+Added: Fair value of investment option liability
+Added: warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options are all classified as Level 3, for which there is no current market
+Added: for these securities such as the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.
+Added: Changes in fair value measurement
+Added: categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded
+Added: within other income (expense) on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: Company established the initial fair value of its warrant liabilities at the respective dates of issuance.
+Added: The Company used a Black Scholes
+Added: valuation model in order to determine their value.
+Added: The key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the initial valuations of
+Added: the warrant liabilities are below:
+Added: OF BLACK SCHOLES VALUATION MODELS OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
+Added: February 2022 Warrants
+Added: February 2022 Post-Modification Warrants (See Note 7)
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: July 26, 2022
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Number of warrants
+Added: Value (per share)
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Company established the initial fair value of its derivative liability at the respective date of issuance.
+Added: The Company used a Weighted
+Added: Expected Return valuation model in order to determine their value.
+Added: The key inputs into the Weighted Expected Return valuation model for
+Added: the initial valuations of the warrant liabilities are below:
+Added: May 2022 Derivative Liability
+Added: Dividend rate
+Added: Company established the initial fair value of its investment options at the respective dates of issuance.
+Added: The Company used a Black Scholes
+Added: valuation model in order to determine their value.
+Added: The key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the initial valuations of
+Added: the investment options are below:
+Added: Wainwright Options
+Added: July 26, 2022
+Added: July 26, 2022
+Added: July 26, 2022
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Number of investment options
+Added: Value (per share)
+Added: following table presents the changes in fair value of the warrant liabilities, derivative liability, and investment options that are
+Added: classified as Level 3:
+Added: OF FAIR VALUE OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND DERIVATIVE LIABILITY AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
+Added: Total Warrant Liabilities
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Issuance of February 2022 warrants
+Added: Change in fair value due to modification of February 2022 warrants as part of July 2022 raise
+Added: Change in fair value
+Added: ( 4,315,236 )
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Change in fair value
+Added: Exercise of warrants
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2023
+Added: Total Derivative Liability
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Issuance of May 2022 convertible preferred stock
+Added: Change in fair value
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Change in fair value arising from redemption of Akos Series A Preferred Stock - See Note 8
+Added: Fair value of derivative liability as of December 31, 2023
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Total Investment Options
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2021
+Added: Issuance of July 2022 investment options
+Added: Change in fair value
+Added: ( 3,472,726 )
+Added: Fair value as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Change in fair value
+Added: Exercise of investment options
+Added: Fair value of investment option liability as of December 31, 2023
+Added: key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the Level 3 valuations of the warrant liabilities as of December 31, 2023 are below:
+Added: OF BLACK SCHOLES VALUATION MODELS OF WARRANT LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
+Added: January 2021 Warrants
+Added: February 2021 Warrants
+Added: February 2022 Warrants Unmodified
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Number of warrants
+Added: Value (per share)
+Added: key inputs into the Black Scholes valuation model for the Level 3 valuations of the investment options as of December 31, 2023 are below:
+Added: Wainwright & Co., LLC Options
+Added: Exercise price
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Number of investment options
+Added: Value (per share)
+Added: the date of the redemption of the of Akos Series A Preferred Stock in May 2023, the derivative liability fair value was $ 0 due to the
+Added: probability of a spin-off occurring was zero.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
+Added: Subsidiary Research and Development
+Added: March 23, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the selection of Australian CRO, Avance Clinical, in preparation for Phase
+Added: 1 Study of EB-373, the Company’s lead candidate targeting the treatment of anxiety disorders.
+Added: Under the agreement, Avance Clinical
+Added: will manage the Phase 1 clinical trial of EB-373 in coordination with the Company’s newly established Australian subsidiary, Enveric
+Added: Therapeutics Pty, Ltd.
+Added: The Phase 1 clinical trial is designed as a multi-cohort, dose-ascending study to measure the safety and tolerability
+Added: EB-373, a next-generation proprietary psilocin prodrug, has been recognized as a New Chemical Entity (NCE) by Australia’s
+Added: Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and is currently in preclinical development targeting the treatment of anxiety disorder.
+Added: cost of the Avance Clinical contract is approximately 3,000,000 AUD, which translates to approximately $ 2,000,000 USD as of December
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company has paid approximately $ 1,036,940 of the Avance Clinical contract costs and has accrued
+Added: $ 523,284 recorded as accrued liabilities and $ 239,320 as accounts payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
+Added: ended December 31, 2023, the Company has expensed $ 1,751,444 in research and development expenses within the accompanying consolidated
+Added: statement of operations.
and Clinical Supply Agreement
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by mutual agreement of the parties.
−Removed: The PureForm Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days written notice of
−Removed: an uncured material breach or immediately in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency.
−Removed: The PureForm Agreement contains, among other provisions,
−Removed: representation and warranties, indemnification obligations and confidentiality provisions in favor of each party that are customary for
−Removed: an agreement of this nature.
−Removed: Company has met the minimum purchase requirement of 1 kilogram during the first thirty days of the PureForm Agreement’s effectiveness.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: The Company has met the minimum purchase requirement of 1 kilogram during the first thirty days of
+Added: the PureForm Agreement’s effectiveness.
+Added: The Company did not pursue an extension of the PureForm Agreement beyond the initial term
+Added: and the agreement terminated in 2024.
agreement with Prof.
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As these products are still in the preclinical phase of development, no royalties have been
−Removed: Pharma, Tikkun Olam LLC (“TO LLC”) and Tikkun Olam Hemp LLC (“TOH”) entered into a license agreement dated on
−Removed: January 10, 2020, pursuant to which Jay Pharma would acquire certain in-licensed and owned intellectual property rights related to the
−Removed: cannabis products in the United States (presently excluding the state of New York) from TO LLC and TOH, each of which is an affiliate
−Removed: of TO Holdings Group LLC, in exchange for royalty payments of (i) four percent (4.0%) of net sales of OTC cancer products made via consumer
−Removed: and (ii) five percent (5.0%) of net sales of beauty products made via consumer channels;
−Removed: and (iii) three percent (3.0%) of
−Removed: net sales of OTC cancer products made via professional channels, along with a minimum net royalty payment starting in January 1, 2022
−Removed: and progressively increasing up to a cap of $400,000 maximum each year for the first 10 years, then $600,000 maximum each year for the
−Removed: next 5 years, and an annual maximum cap of $750,000 each year thereafter during the term of the agreement .
−Removed: The licensed intellectual
−Removed: property rights relate to beauty products and OTC cancer products, and branding rights related thereto.
−Removed: The beauty products include any
−Removed: topical or transdermal cannabis-containing or cannabis-derived (including hemp-based) skin care or body care beauty products, and the
−Removed: OTC cancer products means any cancer-related products, in each case excluding those regulated as a drug, medicine, or controlled substance
−Removed: by the FDA or any other relevant governmental authority, such as the USDA.
−Removed: August 12, 2020, Jay Pharma, TO LLC and TOH entered into the First Amendment to the License Agreement, pursuant to which all references
−Removed: to the Original Amalgamation Agreement and the amalgamation were revised to be references to the Tender Agreement and the Offer, as applicable.
−Removed: October 2, 2020, Jay Pharma, TO LLC and TOH entered into the Second Amendment to the License Agreement, pursuant to which the effective
−Removed: date of the transactions was revised to occur as of October 2, 2020.
−Removed: On December 30, 2022, the Tikun Olam License was formally terminated by mutual agreement between the Company and Tikun Olam.
Consulting and Vendor Agreements
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cash payments.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
August 1, 2021, MagicMed entered into a lease agreement (the “LSIH Lease”) with the University of Calgary for the use and
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Canada (the “LSIH Facility”).
−Removed: The Company acquired all rights and obligations contained in the LSIH Lease concurrent with
−Removed: its amalgamation with MagicMed.
−Removed: Company assesses whether an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception.
−Removed: For arrangements considered leases or that contain
−Removed: a lease that is accounted for separately, the Company determines the classification and initial measurement of the right-of-use asset
−Removed: and lease liability at the lease commencement date, which is the date that the underlying asset becomes available for use.
−Removed: has elected to account for non-lease components associated with its leases and lease components as a single lease component.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Company recognizes a right-of-use asset, which represents the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term, and
−Removed: a lease liability, which represents the present value of the Company’s obligation to make payments arising over the lease term.
−Removed: The present value of the lease payments is calculated using either the implicit interest rate in the lease or an incremental borrowing
−Removed: assets and liabilities are classified as follows on the consolidated balance sheet:
−Removed: OF LEASE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
−Removed: Classification
−Removed: of December 31, 2022
−Removed: of December 31, 2021
−Removed: use operating lease asset, net
−Removed: leased assets
−Removed: Current portion of right-of-use operating lease
−Removed: Non-current portion
−Removed: of right-of-use operating lease obligation
−Removed: lease liabilities
+Added: The lease expired in July 2023, and was extended on a month-to-month basis through December
+Added: Accordingly, no operating lease liability or right-of-use asset is recorded as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: The Company terminated
+Added: this lease effective in March 2024.
expense is recorded on the straight-line basis.
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and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: table below shows the future minimum rental payments, exclusive of taxes, insurance, and other costs, under the LSIH Lease:
−Removed: SCHEDULE OF FUTURE
−Removed: MINIMUM RENTAL PAYMENT
−Removed: ending December 31,
−Removed: Total future minimum
−Removed: lease payments
−Removed: present value
−Removed: Present value of lease payments
weighted-average remaining lease term and the weighted-average discount rate of the lease was as follows:
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AVERAGE REMAINING LEASE TERM
−Removed: Term and Discount Rate
+Added: December 31, 2022
Remaining lease term (years)
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Operating leases
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Company’s U.S.
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$ ( 19,957,393 )
−Removed: the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $ 1,486,060 and $ 7,454,805 , respectively.
−Removed: income tax benefit is as follows:
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded income tax expense of $ 28,913 and an income tax benefit of $ 1,486,060 ,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: The income tax benefit (expense) is as follows:
OF INCOME TAX EXPENSE BENEFITS
−Removed: Deferred tax benefit - United States
−Removed: tax benefit - Foreign
−Removed: income tax benefit
+Added: current income tax (expense) benefit
+Added: deferred income tax (expense) benefit
+Added: Total income tax (expense) benefit
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Company’s deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities consist of the following:
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Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Accrued bonus
Research and development capitalized expenses
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Net deferred tax assets
−Removed: Deferred tax liabilities:
−Removed: Indefinite lived intangible
−Removed: ( 1,607,122 )
−Removed: Net deferred tax liabilities
−Removed: $ ( 1,607,122 )
Company had the following potentially utilizable net operating loss tax carryforwards:
OF OPERATING LOSS CARRY FORWARDS
−Removed: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) limits the net operating loss deduction to 80% of taxable income for losses arising
−Removed: in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards and
−Removed: state net operating loss carryforwards of $ 18,349,753
−Removed: of $ 16,892,754 , respectively, which can be carried
−Removed: forward indefinitely.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has Canadian net operating loss carryforwards of $ 16,377,435
−Removed: which will begin to expire
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Net operating loss tax carryforwards
+Added: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) limits the net operating loss deduction to 80% of taxable income for losses
+Added: arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had federal net operating loss
+Added: carryforwards and state net operating loss carryforwards of $ 24,268,692
+Added: and $ 11,220,065 ,
+Added: respectively, both of which can be carried forward indefinitely and Canadian net operating loss carryforwards of $ 17,672,420 ,
+Added: which will begin to expire in 2040.
Company’s effective tax rate varied from the statutory rate as follows:
OF EFFECTIVE STATUTORY INCOME TAX RATE
−Removed: Federal income tax at the statutory
+Added: Federal income tax at the statutory rate
State income tax rate (net of federal)
Foreign tax rate differential
−Removed: Intangible asset impairment
−Removed: Non-deductive expenses
−Removed: Change in valuation
−Removed: Effective income tax
−Removed: September 16, 2021, the Company acquired MagicMed.
−Removed: In connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded intangible assets from
−Removed: IPR&D valued at $ 35,500,000 ,
−Removed: which would be tested for impairment for book purposes, but without a tax basis, creating a deferred tax liability of $ 9,061,927 .
−Removed: The deferred tax liability decreased to $ 1,607,122 due to an impairment on intangible asset of $ 29,048,164 and an impairment of
−Removed: goodwill of $ 8,225,862 for the year ended December 31, 2021.
−Removed: The deferred tax liability decreased to $ —
−Removed: due to an impairment on goodwill and intangible assets of $ 7,453,662
−Removed: for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Non-deductible expenses
+Added: Deferred true-up
+Added: Change in valuation allowance
+Added: Effective income tax rate
assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all
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statute of limitations.
−Removed: As of March 30, 2023, the Company has not filed tax returns for the fiscal years 2022 and 2021.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company has not filed tax returns for the fiscal year 2023 and Canadian corporate
+Added: tax returns for fiscal year 2022.
utilization of the Company’s net operating losses may be subject to a substantial limitation in the event of any significant future
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in the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards before their utilization.
−Removed: Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”)
−Removed: eliminated the option to deduct research and development expenditures in the current year and requires taxpayers to amortize US expenses
−Removed: over five years and foreign expense over fifteen years pursuant to IRC Section 174.
−Removed: The Company has estimated and capitalized gross $ 2,684,319
−Removed: of research and development expenditures that will be amortized primarily over five years.
−Removed: This did not have a material impact on the
−Removed: Company’s tax liability for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of these tax law changes
−Removed: on the current and future periods.
+Added: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) eliminated the option to deduct research and development expenditures
+Added: in the current year and requires taxpayers to amortize US expenses over five years and foreign expense over fifteen years pursuant to
+Added: IRC Section 174.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has estimated and capitalized gross $ 463,696 and $ 2,684,319 ,
+Added: respectively, of research and development expenditures that will be amortized primarily over five years.
+Added: This did not have a material
+Added: impact on the Company’s tax liability for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: The Company will continue to evaluate the
+Added: impact of these tax law changes on the current and future periods.
Reduction Act
−Removed: On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction
−Removed: Act of 2022 (the “Act”) into law.
−Removed: The Act includes a new 15% corporate minimum tax and a 1% excise tax on the value of corporate
−Removed: stock repurchases, net of new share issuances, after December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Company does not expect these provisions to have a material
−Removed: impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position;
−Removed: however, the Company will continue to evaluate their impact as further information
−Removed: becomes available.
+Added: August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) into law.
+Added: The Act includes a
+Added: new 15% corporate minimum tax and a 1% excise tax on the value of corporate stock repurchases, net of new share issuances, after December
+Added: These provisions did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position as of December 31, 2023.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: March 21, 2023, the Company established Enveric Therapeutics, Pty.
−Removed: (“Enveric Therapeutics”), an Australia-based subsidiary,
−Removed: to support the Company’s plans to advance its EVM201 Series towards the clinic.
−Removed: Enveric Therapeutics will oversee the Company’s
−Removed: preclinical, clinical, and regulatory activities in Australia, including ongoing interactions with the local Human Research Ethics Committees
−Removed: (HREC) and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia’s regulatory authority.
−Removed: March 23, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the selection of Australian CRO, Avance Clinical, in preparation for
−Removed: Phase 1 Study of EB-373, the Company’s lead candidate targeting the treatment of anxiety disorders.
−Removed: The Phase 1 clinical trial
−Removed: is expected to initiate in the fourth quarter of 2023.
−Removed: Under the agreement, Avance Clinical will manage the Phase 1 clinical trial
−Removed: of EB-373 in coordination with the Company’s newly established Australian subsidiary, Enveric Therapeutics Pty, Ltd.
−Removed: 1 clinical trial is designed as a multi-cohort, dose-ascending study to measure the safety and tolerability of EB-373.
−Removed: next-generation proprietary psilocin prodrug, has been recognized as a New Chemical Entity (NCE) by Australia’s Therapeutic
−Removed: Goods Administration (TGA) and is currently in preclinical development targeting the treatment of anxiety disorder.
−Removed: The total cost
−Removed: of the Avance Clinical contract is approximately 3,000,000
−Removed: AUD, which translates to approximately $ 1,500,000 as of the contract date of March 23, 2023.
+Added: February 29, 2024, the Company issued all 704,000 shares of common stock of the 704,000 shares of Existing Warrants and Investment Options
+Added: exercised that were held in abeyance due to the beneficial ownership limitation provisions.
+Added: February 29, 2024, one investor exercised the Inducement Warrants to purchase 1,954,000 shares of common stock for cash proceeds of approximately
+Added: $ 2.7 million.
+Added: March 8, 2024, the Company entered into a series of common stock purchase agreements for the issuance in a registered direct offering
+Added: shares of the Company’s common stock, par
+Added: per share to the Holders of the Inducement Warrants.
+Added: The issuance was made in exchange for the permanent and irrevocable waiver of the variable rate transaction limitation solely with respect
+Added: to the entry into and/or issuance of shares of common stock in an at the market offering contained in the Inducement Letters.
+Added: to December 31, 2023, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,668,000 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 2,392,502 and
+Added: net proceeds of $ 2,320,707 under the Distribution Agreement with Canaccord.”
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