UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2025
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___________ to ____________
Commission file number 000-56016
KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
83-3492907
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4460 Old Dixie Highway
Grant-Valkaria , Florida 32949
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
(833) 452-4825
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
KAVL
The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has
submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of
this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒
No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”
and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of September 16, 2025, there were 11,542,302 shares of common
stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.
KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item
Page
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
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PART I
Financial Information
F-1
Item 1.
Financial Statements
F-1
Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets
F-1
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
F-2
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
F-3
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
F-5
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
F-6
Item 2
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
1
Liquidity and Capital Resources
4
Results of Operations
4
Emerging Growth Company
6
Item 3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
6
Item 4
Controls and Procedures
6
PART II
Other Information
7
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
7
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
7
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
7
Item 3
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
7
Item 4
Mine Safety Disclosures
7
Item 5
Other Information
7
Item 6
Exhibits
8
Signatures
9
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements and information
included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2025 (this “Report”) contain or may contain
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), Section 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We generally use the words “may,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,”
“intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “likely,” “estimate,” “potential,”
“continue,” “will,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are not statements of historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future events and results, including, without
limitation, statements related to:
●
our substantial reliance on, and efforts to diversify our business from, the business of our affiliate Bidi Vapor, LLC (“Bidi”);
●
our inability to import and sell the Bidi Stick due to a patent infringement claim filed by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and RAI Services Company with the; International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) against Bidi, us, and forty (40) other respondents (the “ITC Complaint”) and the ongoing investigation of the ITC in connection with the ITC Complaint;
●
our ability to raise required funding in the form of debt or equity both in the near and longer term;
●
our ability to integrate and ultimately enter into licenses for or create products relating to the intellectual property assets we acquired from GoFire, Inc. on May 30, 2023;
●
the impact of the FDA’s marketing denial order (“MDO”) in January 2024 regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick tobacco-flavored ENDS product, which has the potential to have a substantial adverse impact on our company;
●
the outcome of Bidi Vapor’s petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the January 2024 MDO related to Classic BIDI® Stick;
●
our substantial reliance on our relationship with, and the results of marketing and sales activity by, Phillip Morris International, to whom we have licensed international rights to distribute Bidi products and from who we are entitled to receive royalty payments, which are currently our primary source of revenue;
●
the impact of government regulation, laws or consumer preferences generally, or changes thereto, that could affect our business; and circumstances or developments that may make us unable to implement or realize the anticipated benefits, or that may increase the costs of our current and planned business initiatives, including matters over which we have little or no control.
Forward-looking statements, including those concerning our expectations,
involve significant risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, which may cause our actual results,
performance, or achievements, or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. See the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operation” section contained in this Report and the section “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended October 31, 2024, for a listing of some of the factors that could cause the results anticipated by our forward-looking
statements to differ from actual future results. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United
States, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented
in this Report.
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Potential investors should not place undue reliance
on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, there is no undertaking to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.
The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such statements are presented only as a guide about
future possibilities and do not represent assured events, and we anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views
to change. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date after the date
of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also contains estimates
and other statistical data prepared by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry.
These estimates and data involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and potential investors are cautioned not to give undue weight
to these estimates and data. We have not independently verified the statistical and other industry data generated by independent parties
and contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and
the future performance of the industries in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk.
Potential investors should not make an investment
decision based solely on our projections, estimates or expectations.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
July
31, 2025
October
31, 2024
ASSETS
CURRENT
ASSETS
Cash
$ 1,268,926
$ 3,902,300
Accounts
receivable, net
120,000
263,571
Prepaid
expenses
22,083
344,312
Total
current assets
1,411,009
4,510,183
Fixed
assets, net
—
2,146
Intangible
assets, net
10,092,105
10,681,911
Right
of use asset - operating lease
—
810,036
TOTAL
ASSETS
$ 11,503,114
$ 16,004,276
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
Accounts
payable
$ 198,075
$ 57,496
Accounts
payable - related party
60,000
131,683
Loans
payable, net
—
207,616
Accrued
expenses
392,563
925,601
Operating
lease obligation - short term
213,952
203,937
Total
current liabilities
864,590
1,526,333
LONG
TERM LIABILITIES
Operating
lease obligation, net of current portion
553,498
662,271
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
1,418,088
2,188,604
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Preferred
stock; 5,000,000 shares authorized
Series
A Convertible Preferred stock ($ 0.001 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2025 and
October 31, 2024)
—
—
Series
B Convertible Preferred stock ($ 0.001 par value, 900,000 shares authorized, 900,000 issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2025 and
October 31, 2024)
900
900
Common
stock ($ .001 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 11,542,302 and 8,517,302 shares issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2025
and October 31, 2024, respectively)
11,542
8,517
Additional
paid-in capital
54,153,902
51,269,485
Accumulated
deficit
( 44,081,318 )
( 37,463,230 )
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
10,085,026
13,815,672
TOTAL
LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$ 11,503,114
$ 16,004,276
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
For the
Three Months Ended July 31,
For the
Nine Months Ended July 31,
2025
2024
2025
2024
Revenues
Revenues, net
$ —
$ 274,615
$ 46,755
$ 5,257,333
Revenues - related party
—
2,250
—
5,950
Royalty revenue
142,425
440,734
345,318
931,059
Excise tax on products
—
( 3,785 )
—
( 42,641 )
Total
revenues, net
142,425
713,814
392,073
6,151,701
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenue - related
party
—
344,998
—
4,085,091
Total
cost of revenue
—
344,998
—
4,085,091
Gross
profit
142,425
368,816
392,073
2,066,610
Operating
expenses
Advertising and promotion
—
30,000
—
686,292
General and administrative
expenses
700,944
1,756,594
6,310,660
5,768,430
Loss on ROU asset
—
—
707,626
—
Total
operating expenses
700,944
1,786,594
7,018,286
6,454,722
Other
expense
Loss on extinguishment
of Debt
—
—
—
( 98,432 )
Loss on disposal of furniture
and equipment
—
—
( 1,798 )
—
Interest expense, net
( 836 )
( 154,083 )
( 9,019 )
( 725,466 )
Total
other expense
( 836 )
( 154,083 )
( 10,817 )
( 823,898 )
Loss
before income taxes provision
( 559,355 )
( 1,571,861 )
( 6,637,030 )
( 5,212,010 )
Benefit from (provision
for) income taxes
—
—
18,942
( 715 )
Net
loss
$ ( 559,355 )
$ ( 1,571,861 )
$ ( 6,618,088 )
$ ( 5,212,725 )
Preferred
stock dividend
—
( 180,000 )
( 22,500 )
( 315,000 )
Net
loss attributable to common shareholder
$ ( 559,355 )
$ ( 1,751,861 )
$ ( 6,640,588 )
$ ( 5,527,725 )
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
$ ( 0.05 )
$ ( 0.39 )
$ ( 0.61 )
$ ( 1.62 )
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
11,542,302
4,482,527
10,855,306
3,404,047
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
unaudited consolidated financial statements.
F- 2
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’
Equity
For the Nine Months Ended July 31, 2025
(Unaudited)
Convertible Preferred Shares
(Series B)
Par Value Convertible Preferred Shares
(Series B)
Common
Shares
Par Value Common Shares
Additional Paid-in Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Balances, October 31, 2024
900,000
$ 900
8,517,302
$ 8,517
$ 51,269,485
$ ( 37,463,230 )
$ 13,815,672
Common shares issued for services
—
—
3,025,000
3,025
2,870,725
—
2,873,750
Preferred stock dividend
—
—
—
—
( 22,500 )
—
( 22,500 )
Stock option expense
—
—
—
—
31,302
—
31,302
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 4,061,080 )
( 4,061,080 )
Balances, January 31, 2025
900,000
$ 900
11,542,302
$ 11,542
$ 54,149,012
$ ( 41,524,310 )
$ 12,637,144
Stock option expense
—
—
—
—
2,445
—
2,445
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,997,653 )
( 1,997,653 )
Balances, April 30, 2025
900,000
$ 900
11,542,302
$ 11,542
$ 54,151,457
$ ( 43,521,963 )
$ 10,641,936
Stock option expense
—
—
—
—
2,445
—
2,445
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 559,355 )
( 559,355 )
Balances, July 31, 2025
900,000
$ 900
11,542,302
$ 11,542
$ 54,153,902
$ ( 44,081,318 )
$ 10,085,026
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
unaudited consolidated financial statements.
F- 3
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’
Equity
For the Nine Months Ended July 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
Convertible Preferred Shares (Series B)
Par Value Convertible Preferred Shares (Series B)
Common Shares
Par Value Common Shares
Additional Paid-in Capital
Accumulated Deficit
Total
Balances, October 31, 2023
900,000
$ 900
2,793,386
$ 2,793
$ 44,317,266
$ ( 30,763,948 )
$ 13,557,011
Rounding from reverse split
—
—
52,949
53
( 53 )
—
—
Common shares issued for services
—
—
16,667
17
61,983
—
62,000
Preferred stock dividend
—
—
—
—
( 67,500 )
—
( 67,500 )
Stock option expense
—
—
—
—
309,958
—
309,958
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 2,113,686 )
( 2,113,686 )
Balances, January 31, 2024
900,000
$ 900
2,863,002
$ 2,863
$ 44,621,654
$ ( 32,877,634 )
$ 11,747,783
Preferred stock dividend
—
—
—
—
( 67,500 )
—
( 67,500 )
Stock option expense, net of forfeitures
—
—
—
—
( 289,088 )
—
( 289,088 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,527,178 )
( 1,527,178 )
Balances, April 30, 2024
900,000
$ 900
2,863,002
$ 2,863
$ 44,265,066
$ ( 34,404,812 )
$ 9,864,017
Issuance of common stock, warrants, and pre-funded warrants, net of issuance costs
—
—
1,746,500
1,747
5,250,980
—
5,252,727
Exercises of pre-funded warrants
—
—
2,174,456
2,174
( 724 )
—
1,450
Preferred stock dividend
—
—
—
—
( 67,500 )
—
( 67,500 )
Stock option expense
—
—
—
—
56,062
—
56,062
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,571,861 )
( 1,571,861 )
Balances, July 31, 2024
900,000
$ 900
6,783,958
$ 6,784
$ 49,503,884
$ ( 35,976,673 )
13,534,895
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
For the Nine Months Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
July 31, 2025
July 31, 2024
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss
$ ( 6,618,088 )
$ ( 5,212,725 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Stock based compensation
2,873,750
62,000
Depreciation and amortization
590,154
590,319
Make-whole provision
39,283
—
Amortization of debt discount
—
163,064
Loss on extinguishment of debt
—
98,432
Loss on ROU Asset
707,626
—
Loss on disposal of furniture and equipment
1,798
—
Stock options expense
36,192
76,932
Bad debt expense
—
1,925
Reserve for credit losses
—
203,382
ROU operating lease expense
102,410
148,012
Write-off of inventory
—
57,643
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
143,571
1,141,786
Prepaid expenses
322,229
354,330
Inventory
—
3,813,817
Accounts payable
140,579
( 300,998 )
Accounts payable - related party
( 71,683 )
( 991,817 )
Accrued expenses
( 189,821 )
( 18,579 )
Customer refunds due
—
69,312
Operating lease obligations
( 98,758 )
( 136,014 )
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
( 2,020,758 )
120,821
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Net cash used in investing activities
—
—
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from loans payable
—
1,106,732
Payments on loans payable
( 207,616 )
( 2,271,613 )
Payment on preferred dividends
( 405,000 )
—
Payments on loans payable – related party
( 218,787 )
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, warrants, and pre-funded warrants
—
5,997,720
Payments for issuance costs
—
( 744,993 )
Proceeds from exercises of pre-funded warrants
—
1,450
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
( 612,616 )
3,870,509
Net change in cash
( 2,633,374 )
3,991,330
Beginning cash balance
3,902,300
533,659
Ending cash balance
$ 1,268,926
$ 4,524,989
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid
$ 9,019
$ 562,402
Income taxes paid
$ —
$ —
NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS
Preferred stock dividend
$ 22,500
$ 202,500
Cashless exercise of pre-funded warrants
$ —
$ 724
Insurance financed by third party
$ —
$ 475,481
Franchise fees paid by related party
$ —
$ 218,787
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial
Statements
Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company,”
the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), formerly known as Quick Start Holdings, Inc.,
was incorporated on September 4, 2018, in the State of Delaware.
Description of Business
On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive
distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) of certain electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”)
and related components (the “Products”) with Bidi Vapor, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Bidi”). The
Distribution Agreement was amended and restated on May 21, 2020, again on April 20, 2021, again on June 10, 2022 ,
and again on November 17, 2022 (collectively the “A&R Distribution Agreement”), in order to clarify some of the
provisions and memorialize the Company’s current business relationship with Bidi. Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement,
Bidi granted the Company an exclusive worldwide right to distribute the Products for sale and resale to non-retail level customers. Currently,
the Products consist primarily of the “Bidi Stick.”
On August 31, 2020, the Company formed Kaival Labs,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as “Kaival Labs”), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose
of developing Company-branded and white-label products and services. The Company has not yet launched any Kaival-branded product, nor
has it begun to provide white label wholesale solutions for other product manufacturers. On March 11, 2022, the Company formed Kaival
Brands International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to as “KBI”), as a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company, for the purpose of entering into an international licensing agreement with Philip Morris Products S.A. (“PMPSA”),
a wholly owned affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”).
On June 13, 2022, the Company’s wholly owned
subsidiary, KBI, entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, a wholly owned affiliate of PMI, for the development and distribution
of ENDS products in certain markets outside of the United States, subject to market (or regulatory) assessment. The PMI License Agreement
grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi’s ENDS device, known as the BIDI® Stick in
the United States, as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such
ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets, outside of the United States.
International Trade Commission (ITC) claims against
the Company
On June 11, 2024, the RJ Reynolds Entities filed the
ITC Complaint. The ITC Complaint requests the ITC grant: (a) temporary and permanent limited exclusion orders pursuant to Section 337(e)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the importation of the Bidi Stick in the United States; and (b) issue temporary
and permanent cease and desist orders pursuant to 337(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the sale and distribution
of the Bidi Stick in the United States. No damages are recoverable in the proceedings before the ITC. If the Company or Bidi is prohibited
from importing the Bidi Stick, then the Company’s business, operations, financial results, and reputation would be significantly
adversely impacted.
As a result of the ITC Complaint and other factors,
the Company does not expect any significant revenue from the sale of Bidi Sticks in the foreseeable future. The Company’s primary
source of revenue is from KBI from royalties from PMI under the PMI License Agreement.
Impact of the FDA PMTA Decision and Subsequent
Court Actions
In September 2021, in connection with the Bidi’s
Premarket Tobacco Product Application (“PMTA”) process, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”)
effectively “banned” flavored ENDS by denying nearly all then-pending PMTAs for such products. Following the issuance of Marketing
Denial Orders (“MDO”), manufacturers are required to stop selling non-tobacco flavored ENDS products.
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Bidi, along with nearly every other company in the
ENDS industry, received a MDO for its non-tobacco flavored ENDS products. With respect to Bidi, the MDO covered all non-tobacco flavored
BIDI® Sticks, including its Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick. As a result, beginning in September 2021, Bidi pursued multiple avenues
to challenge the MDO. First, on September 21, 2021, separate from the judicial appeal of the MDO in its entirety, Bidi filed a 21 C.F.R.
§ 10.75 internal FDA supervisory review request specifically of the decision to include the Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick in the
MDO. In May 2022, the FDA issued a determination that it views the Arctic BIDI® Stick as a non-tobacco flavored ENDS product, and
not strictly a menthol flavored product.
On September 29, 2021, Bidi petitioned the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the “11 th Circuit”) to review the FDA’s denial of the comprehensive
PMTAs for its non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick ENDS, arguing that it was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure
Act (“APA”), as well as ultra vires, for the FDA not to conduct any scientific review of Bidi’s comprehensive applications,
as required by the Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”), to determine whether the BIDI® Sticks are “appropriate for the protection
of the public health”. Bidi further argued that the FDA violated due process and the APA by failing to provide fair notice of the
FDA’s new requirement for ENDS companies to conduct long-term comparative smoking cessation studies for their flavored products,
and that the FDA should have gone through the notice and comment rulemaking process for this requirement.
On October 14, 2021, Bidi requested that the FDA re-review
the MDO and reconsider its position that Bidi did not include certain scientific data in its applications sufficient to allow the PMTAs
to proceed to scientific review. In light of this request, on October 22, 2021, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. § 10.35(a), the FDA issued
an administrative stay of Bidi’s MDO pending its re-review, permitting the Company to continue sales. Subsequently, the FDA decided
not to rescind the MDO and lifted its administrative stay on December 17, 2021. Following the lifting of the FDA’s administrative
stay, Bidi filed a renewed motion to stay the MDO with the 11 th Circuit. On February 1, 2022, the appellate court granted Bidi’s
motion to stay (i.e., put on hold) the MDO, again allowing the Company to continue sales pending the litigation on the merits. Oral arguments
in the merits-based proceeding were held on May 17, 2022.
On August 23, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Circuit set aside the MDO issued to the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks and remanded Bidi’s back to the FDA for
further review. Specifically, the Court held that the MDO was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the Administrative
Procedure Act (“APA”) because FDA failed to consider the relevant evidence before it, specifically Bidi’s aggressive
and comprehensive marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans designed to prevent youth appeal and access.
The FDA did not appeal to the 11 th Circuit’s
decision. The FDA had until October 7, 2022 (45 days from the August 23, 2022, decision) to either request a panel rehearing or a rehearing
“en banc” (a review by the entire 11 th Circuit, not just the 3-judge panel that issued the decision), and until
November 21, 2022 (90 days after the decision) to seek review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. No request for a rehearing was
filed, and no petition for a writ of certiorari was made to the Supreme Court. On July 29, 2024, Bidi received a Recission of Marketing
Denial letter from FDA formally rescinding the MDO for the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick PMTAs and putting those applications back
into the review process. The Company is able to market and sell the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, subject to the FDA’s
enforcement discretion, for the duration of the PMTA scientific review.
Separately, on or about May 13, 2022, the FDA placed
the tobacco-flavored Classic BIDI® Stick into the final Phase III scientific review. In March 2023, FDA issued a deficiency letter
regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick PMTA, to which Bidi submitted in June 2023. Subsequently, on January 22, 2024, FDA issued a MDO
for the Classic BIDI® Stick. On January 26, 2024, Bidi filed a petition for review of the MDO with the 11 th Circuit Court
of Appeals, followed by a motion to stay the MDO. Bidi is arguing, among other things, that the MDO was arbitrary and capricious in violation
of the Administrative Procedure Act. On February 2, 2024, Bidi filed a Time Sensitive Motion for a Stay Pending Review, which the court
denied on February 18, 2024. Briefing on the merits proceeded, with Bidi filing the opening merits brief on April 15, 2024. FDA filed
its response brief on June 7, 2024, and Bidi filed its reply brief on July 29, 2024. Oral arguments were held before a three-judge panel
on the 11 th Circuit on April 2, 2025. The Court issued a decision on April 24, 2025 upholding FDA’s denial order.
Accordingly, at this time, the Classic BIDI® Stick is considered an adulterated tobacco product, the continued marketing and distribution
of which is prohibited.
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Risks and Uncertainties
The FDA has indicated that it is prioritizing enforcement
of unauthorized ENDS against companies (1) that never submitted PMTAs, (2) whose PMTAs have been refused acceptance or filing by the FDA,
(3) whose PMTAs remain subject to MDOs, and (4) that are continuing to market unauthorized synthetic nicotine products after the July
13, 2022, cutoff. Subject to FDA’s enforcement discretion, until the scientific review process is complete on Bidi’s PMTA
the Company views the risk of FDA enforcement against Bidi as low and is no longer marketing the Classic BIDI® Stick per the MDO.
The Company anticipates FDA will move forward with a review of Bidi’s PMTA for the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks on remand,
as directed by the Court; however, the Company cannot provide any assurances as to the timing or outcome.
Merger and Share Exchange Agreement
On September 23, 2024, we agreed with Delta Corp
Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“Delta”) to effect a business combination between us and Delta
by entering into a Merger and Share Exchange Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) among us, Delta, Delta Corp Holdings Limited,
a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), KAVL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Pubco (“Merger Sub”), and the shareholders of Delta.
On September 11, 2025, the Company and Delta entered
into a Business Combination Termination and Release Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of
the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement’) among the Company, Delta, Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted
company, KAVL Merger Sub Inc. and Delta Corp Cayman Limited.
Pursuant to the Termination
Agreement, the Company and Delta mutually terminated the Merger Agreement and all agreements between the parties that are ancillary thereto
and Delta waived any and all claims against the other party that in any way directly and/or indirectly arise out of, are based upon,
or are in connection with the Merger Agreement any agreements ancillary thereto.
Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Significant
Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the
financial statements of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kaival Labs and Kaival Brands International. Intercompany transactions
are eliminated.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with
the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained
within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 7, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”).
In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial
position and the results of operations for the interim period presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for the
interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. Notes to the consolidated financial
statements, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal
period as reported in the 2024 Annual Report, have been omitted.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading
have been included. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Cash
The Company considers all highly liquid investments
with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of July 31,
2025, and October 31, 2024.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”)
insures deposits according to the ownership category in which the funds are insured and how the accounts are titled. The standard deposit
insurance coverage limit is $ 250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. The Company had uninsured cash of $ 1,018,926
and $ 3,652,300 as of July 31, 2025, and October 31, 2024, respectively.
Advertising and Promotion
All advertising, promotion and marketing expenses, including commissions,
are expensed when incurred.
Accounts Receivable and Reserve for Credit Loss
Accounts receivable pertain to contracts with customers
who are granted credit by the Company in the ordinary course of business and are recorded at the invoiced amount. Accounts receivable
does not bear interest. Accounts receivable presented on the consolidated balance sheet are adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowance
for credit losses. The Company’s reserve for credit losses is developed by using relevant available information including historical
collection and loss experience, current economic conditions, prevailing economic conditions, supportable forecasted economic conditions
and evaluations of customer balances. Once a receivable is deemed uncollectible after collection efforts have been exhausted, it is written
off against the reserve for credit losses. The Company closely monitors the credit quality of its customers and does not generally require
collateral or other security on receivables. The reserve for credit losses is measured on a collective basis when similar risk characteristics
exist.
Based upon management’s assessment of the accounts
receivable aging and the customers’ payment history, the Company has determined that no reserve for credit losses is required as
of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024.
On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi
Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA, which was subsequently upheld by the 11 th Circuit Court of
Appeals. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recorded an estimated accrual for potential customer
returns of the “Classic” products of zero and $ 46,775 as of July 31, 2025, and October 31, 2024, respectively, which
is included in accrued expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets.
Credit Risk
Financial instruments, which potentially subject us
to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of purchases of inventories, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and revenue. The
Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral on trade receivables. Historically,
the Company has not experienced significant credit losses.
Inventories
All product inventory is purchased from a related
party, Bidi. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost includes all costs of purchase and other costs
incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Company determines cost based on the first-in, first-out
(“FIFO”) method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated
costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.
On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi
Vapor’s tobacco-flavored “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The appeal of that denial order before the 11 th
Circuit Court of Appeals was unsuccessful. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recognized a full
reserve for all remaining “Classic” products on hand amounting to $ 313,654 as of October 31, 2024. The Company has zero inventory
as of July 31, 2025.
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Leases
The Company determines if a contract contains a lease
at commencement of the arrangement based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use
of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates
to an asset which the Company does not own. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying
asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.
The Company recognizes lease liabilities at the present value of the future lease payments and a corresponding ROU asset at the lease
commencement date. The interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the rate implicit in the lease
unless that rate cannot be readily determined. When the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the interest
rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Company’s Incremental Borrowing Rate (“IBR”).
The IBR is a hypothetical rate based on the Company’s understanding of what its credit rating would be to borrow and resulting interest
the Company would pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over the lease term on a collateralized
basis. Periods covered by the Company’s option to extend or terminate the lease are included in the lease term when it is reasonably
certain that the Company will exercise its option to extend or not exercise its option to terminate, as applicable.
Lease payments may be fixed or variable; however,
only fixed payments or in-substance fixed payments are included in the Company’s lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments
may include costs such as common area maintenance, utilities, real estate taxes or other costs. Variable lease payments are recognized
in operating expenses in the period in which the obligations for those payments are incurred. The Company records rent expense for its
operating lease, which has escalating rent payments, on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not have any financing
leases.
The Company made a policy election not to separate
non-lease components from lease components for all its leases; therefore, it accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease
component. The Company also elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify, such that leases with a term
of 12 months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which includes
definite-lived intangibles, long-lived fixed assets and lease right-of-use assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance
relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of
the acquired assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business or significant negative industry or economic trends. If this
evaluation indicates that the value of the long-lived asset may be impaired, the Company makes an assessment of the recoverability of
the net carrying value of the asset over its remaining useful life. If this assessment indicates that the long-lived asset is not recoverable,
based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the technology over the remaining useful life, the Company reduces the net carrying
value of the related asset to fair value and may adjust the remaining useful life. An impairment analysis is subjective and assumptions
regarding future growth rates and operating expense levels can have a significant impact on the expected future cash flows and impairment
analysis.
No impairment was identified for the nine months ended July 31, 2025 and
2024, respectively.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with
ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue when a customer
obtains control of promised goods, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the
goods. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1)
identify the contracts with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price;
(4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies
a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the
consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods it transfers to the customer. Under ASC 606, disaggregated revenue from contracts
with customers depicts the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows affected by economic factors.
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Products Revenue
The Company generates products revenue from the sale
of the Products (as defined above) to non-retail customers. The Company recognizes revenue at a point in time based on management’s
evaluation of when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied and control of the Products has
been transferred to the customer. In most situations, transfer of control is considered complete when the products have been shipped to
the customer. The Company determined that a customer obtains control of the Product upon shipment when title of such product and risk
of loss transfer to the customer. However, when the Company enters a consignment agreement with a new customer, once it ships and delivers
the requested amount of ordered Products to its distribution center for its retail sales locations, the Company retains ownership of the
delivered Products until they are delivered to the actual retail stores (as opposed to the Company’s consignment customer). The
Company’s shipping and handling costs are fulfillment costs, and such amounts are classified as part of cost of sales. The Company
offers credit sales arrangements to non-retail (or wholesale) customers and monitors the collectability of each credit sale routinely.
Revenue is measured by the transaction price, which
is defined as the amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for providing goods to customers. The transaction price
is adjusted for estimates of known or expected variable consideration, which includes refunds and returns as well as incentive offers
and promotional discounts on current orders. Estimates for sales returns are based on, among other things, an assessment of historical
trends, information from customers, and anticipated returns related to current sales activity. These estimates are established in the
period of sale and reduce revenue in the period of the sale. Variable consideration related to incentive offers and promotional programs
are recorded as a reduction to revenue based on amounts the Company expects to collect. Estimates are regularly updated, and the impact
of any adjustments are recognized in the period the adjustments are identified. In many cases, key sales terms such as pricing and quantities
ordered are established at the time an order is placed and incentives have very short-term durations.
Amounts billed and due from customers are short term
in nature and are classified as receivable since payments are unconditional and only the passage of time related to credit terms is required
before payments are due. The Company does not grant payment financing terms greater than one year. Payments received in advance of revenue
recognition are recorded as deferred revenue.
Royalty Revenue
On June 13, 2022, KBI entered into the PMI License
Agreement with PMPSA, effective as of May 13, 2022 (the “PMI Commencement Date”). Pursuant to the PMI License Agreement, KBI
granted PMPSA an exclusive irrevocable license to use its technology, documentation, and intellectual property to make, distribute, and
sell disposable nicotine e-cigarettes Products based on the intellectual property in certain international markets set forth in the PMI
License Agreement (the “PMI Markets”). The Company has the exclusive international distribution rights to the Products and,
in order to allow KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI License Agreement, has contributed the international distribution
rights for the PMI Markets to KBI as set forth in a Capital Contribution Agreement, dated June 10, 2022. The sublicense granted to PMPSA
is exclusive in the PMI Markets and neither KBI nor any of its affiliates can sell, promote, use, or distribute any competing products
in the PMI Markets for the duration of the term of the PMI License Agreement and any Sell-Out Period (as defined in the PMI License Agreement).
PMSPA will be responsible for any regulatory filings necessary to sell the Products in the PMI Markets. Both KBI and PMPSA agree to work
together in the registration and maintenance of the Intellectual Property, but KBI will bear all cost and expense to implement the registration
strategy. Finally, PMPSA has agreed to potential future development services with KBI in the PMI Markets and has been granted certain
rights with respect to potential future products.
The initial term of the PMI License Agreement is five
(5) years and automatically renews for an additional five-year period unless PMPSA has failed to meet the agreed upon minimum key performance
indicators set forth in the PMI License Agreement, in which case the PMI License Agreement will automatically terminate at the end of
the initial license term.
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In consideration for the grant of the licensed rights,
PMPSA agreed to pay to KBI a royalty equal to a percentage of the base price of the first sale of each unit of Product manufactured. In
addition, before the launch of the first product in a market and each anniversary of such launch, PMPSA agrees to pre-pay to KBI a guaranteed
minimum royalty based on the estimated royalties payable by PMPSA to KBI in relation to all markets in the twelve (12)-month period following
the first launch or each successive anniversary of the first launch, subject to an aggregate maximum guaranteed royalty payment for all
markets for each applicable twelve (12)-month period. PMPSA may require modification of certain products to be sold under the PMI Licensing
Agreement to be modified for a PMI Market. Pursuant to the PMI Licensing Agreement, PMPSA has absolute discretion over sales, marketing,
product branding and packaging pertaining to sales in the PMI Markets, as well as the right to select the specific PMI Markets in which
to launch commercialization and determine what product types are to be promoted in each market, subject to sales and marketing plans and
annual business plans set by PMPSA and certain expansion criteria agreed between PMPSA and KBI. Royalty revenue earned from the PMI License
Agreement is recognized in the period the sales of the Product manufactured occurs.
The PMI License Agreement contains customary representations,
warranties, covenants, and indemnification provisions; however, KBI’s liability under the PMI License Agreement is capped at the
greater of: (i) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); or (ii) an amount equal to the total of the royalties due to KBI (but not yet paid)
plus the royalties (including the guaranteed royalty payment) paid to KBI pursuant to the PMI License Agreement during the immediately
preceding twelve (12) consecutive months, provided that such amount shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).
On June 10, 2022, Bidi entered into a License Agreement
(the “KBI License Agreement”) with KBI, pursuant to which KBI has the exclusive irrevocable license to use Bidi’s licensed
intellectual property to the extent necessary for KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI Licensing Agreement. Such irrevocable
license includes: (i) the right of KBI to grant sub-licenses to PMPSA under the PMI License Agreement for the express purposes set forth
in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; (ii) the right of KBI to grant to PMPSA the right to grant sub-sub-licenses in
the manner set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; and (iii) certain branding rights to the extent (but only
to the extent) necessary to permit KBI to perform its obligations to PMPSA as set forth in the PMI License Agreement.
On August 12, 2023, the Company executed and entered
into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to the PMI License Amendment
(which has an effective date of June 30, 2023), the following material changes have been made to the PMI License Agreement:
1. Royalty Rate. The royalty paid
by PMPSA to KBI will no longer be based on sales price of the Product being sold, but rather on the volume of liquid contained within
Product being sold. The royalty will be on a sliding scale of between $0.08 to $0.16 per sale based on the volume of liquid contained
in the Product, increasing to between $0.10 to $0.20 per sale upon meeting certain sales milestones . For purposes of determining aggregate
sales threshold, all sales undertaken since commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement will be counted.
2. Elimination of Certain Potential
Royalty Adjustments. Certain potential adjustments to the royalties receivable by KBI as provided for in the PMI License Agreement have
been eliminated.
3. Guaranteed Royalty. The guaranteed
royalty payment owed to KBI under the PMI License Agreement has been eliminated. Instead, royalties will be paid on a quarterly basis
going-forward based on actual sales. Any unpaid guaranteed royalty has been cancelled.
4. Insurance Tail Requirements.
KBI’s requirement to keep certain tail insurance after the expiration or termination of the PMI Licensing Agreement was reduced
from 6 years to 2 years.
5. Markets. The identification
of the PMI Markets that PMI may enter has been expanded to cover certain additional territories.
6. Net Reconciliation Payment to
KBI. As a result of the changes to the PMI License Agreement described in paragraphs 1 thought 3 above, the value of such changes was
calculated and reconciled as of the date of commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement through June 30, 2023. On September 8, 2023, the
Company received the Net Reconciliation Payment from PMPSA of $ 134,981 pursuant to this provision.
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The KBI License Agreement provides that KBI shall
pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development
costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. During the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2025, the Company paid
license fees of $ 30,000 and $ 228,215 , respectively, to Bidi. As of July 31, 2025, $ 60,000 of license fees are owed to Bidi.
During the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2024, the Company paid license fees of $ 70,000 and $ 130,000 , respectively,
to Bidi. As of October 31, 2024, $ 131,683 of license fees are owed to Bidi.
As of July 31, 2025, amounts receivable from PMPSA
in connection with the PMI License Agreement totaled $120,000 of which $120,000 and $0 pertain to royalties and reimbursement of certain
non-recurring engineering costs, respectively. As of October 31, 2024, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI License
Agreement totaled $263,367 of which $263,367 and $0 pertain to royalties and reimbursement of certain non-recurring engineering costs,
respectively .
Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net
loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration
of potential common stock equivalents.
Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing
net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding plus common share equivalents
from conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury method and preferred stock using the if-converted method, except
when antidilutive. In the event of a net loss, the effects of all potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted net loss per
share calculation as their inclusion would be antidilutive.
Concentration of Revenues and Accounts Receivable
No revenue concentration from the sale of Products
existed for the nine months ended July 31, 2025.
For the nine months ended July 31, 2024, (i) 24 % or
$ 1,228,535 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from QuikTrip Corporation,
(ii) 19 % or $ 990,589 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from GPM Investments, LLC, and (iii) 11 % or $ 575,183 of
the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from FAVS Business, LLC. On May 2, 2024, QuikTrip Corporation terminated its consignment
arrangement with the Company.
No accounts receivable concentration from the sale
of Products existed as of July 31, 2025.
QuikTrip Corporation, with an outstanding balance
of approximately $205 accounted for 100% of the total accounts receivable from customers, as of October 31, 2024.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company measures the cost of services received
in exchange for an award of equity instruments (share-based payments, referred to herein as “SBP”) based on the grant-date
fair value of the award. That cost is recognized over the period during which a recipient is required to provide service in exchange for
the SBP award—the requisite service period (vesting period). For SBP awards subject to performance conditions, compensation is not
recognized until the performance condition is probable of occurrence. The grant-date fair value of share options is estimated using the
Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s balance sheet includes certain
financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively
short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.
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ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability
(an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions
developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about
market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair
value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical
assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy
are described below:
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Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
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Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
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Level 3 - Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon
certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024. The respective
carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these
instruments. These financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses. As of July 31, 2025
and October 31, 2024, the Company did not have any financial assets or liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring
basis.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Not Yet
Adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements
to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires additional disclosures reconciling the rates of different
categories of income tax (i.e. federal, state, foreign, etc.) and a disaggregation of taxes paid and refunded. ASU 2023-09 is effective
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and for interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, although
early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its income tax disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued
ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which is intended to improve
reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The purpose of
the amendment is to enable investors to better understand an entity’s overall performance and assess potential future cash flows.
The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The guidance is to be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the
financial statements. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on the Company’s
financial statements.
Note 3 – Going Concern
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets
and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements
are issued. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (or FASB), Accounting Standards Update (or ASU) No. 2014-15, Presentation
of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company’s management evaluates whether there are conditions
or events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within
one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.
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The Company has incurred
recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations for the
nine months ended July 31, 2025. The Company will need significant additional funds to satisfy its outstanding payables, fund its working
capital, and fully implement its business plan. In addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is adversely
affected by the uncertainty surrounding Bidi’s PMTA process with the FDA for its non-tobacco flavored Bidi ® Stick
as well as the uncertainty in the Company’s ability to continue to sell the Bidi Stick given the patent infringements claim filed
by RJ Reynolds. Likewise, in April 2025 the 11 th Circuit upheld FDA’s MDO for the Classic BIDI® Stick. All of these
factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Management plans to continue developing strategies
for similar or expanded operations for the Company’s business to help the Company’s ability to determine where its business
will be viable going forward. Until such time, if ever, the Company can generate substantial product revenues, management plans to
finance its cash needs through public or private equity offerings or debt financing.
However, there is no assurance that the Company will
be able to raise additional capital, generate revenues or achieve profitability due to the factors listed above as well as the regulation
and public perception of ENDS products and the various other risks faced by the Company. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of
assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these or other risks or uncertainties.
Note 4 – Intangible Assets
The Company’s intangible
assets include patents and technology that were acquired pursuant to the GoFire Asset Purchase Agreement (“GoFire APA”). The
cost and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets amounted to $ 11,795,975 and $ 1,703,870 as of July 31, 2025, respectively
and $ 11,795,975 and $ 1,114,064 as of October 31, 2024, respectively. Amortizable patents and technology have a useful life of 15.0 years
with a weighted average remaining useful life of 12.8 years and 13.7 years as of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024, respectively.
The Company recognized amortization
expenses of $ 589,806 and $ 589,798 for the nine months ended July 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively. Amortization expense is included
under general and administrative expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations.
Future amortization expense of intangible assets is
as follows:
Schedule of future amortization expense of intangible assets
Remaining period in 2025 (three months)
$ 196,592
Year ending October 31, 2026
786,398
Year ending October 31, 2027
786,398
Year ending October 31, 2028
786,398
Year ending October 31, 2029
786,398
Thereafter
6,749,921
Total
$ 10,092,105
Note 5 – Loans Payable
Insurance Loans
On May 10, 2024, the Company obtained two insurance
loans. The first loan is a nine-month loan from First Insurance Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance, with the principal amount
of $ 381,077 and subject to an effective interest rate of 7.45 %. The second loan is a nine-month loan from IPFS Corporation to
finance the annual D&O insurance, with the principal amount of $ 94,404 and subject to an effective interest rate of 11.15 %.
As of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024, the outstanding balance of the Insurance loans amounted to 0 zero and $ 207,616 , respectively.
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Loan Agreements
On November 29, 2023, the Company entered into two
loan agreements which are collateralized by all assets of the Company until the loans are repaid in full. Under the terms of these agreements,
the Company received the disclosed Purchase Price and agreed to repay the disclosed Purchase Amount, which is collected by the lenders
at the disclosed weekly payment rate. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mosser personally guarantees the performance
of these loans. These loans were fully paid on June 13, 2024, upon their maturity.
On August 9, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with AJB Capital Investments, LLC (“AJB”), pursuant to which the Company sold a
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $650,000 (the “Note”) to AJB in a private transaction for a purchase price of $585,000
(giving effect to original issue discount of $65,000). The Note matured on February 8, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”) and had
interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Interest was payable on a monthly basis beginning on the date one month following the date of issuance
of the Note. Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company paid a commitment fee to AJB in the form of 19,048 shares of Common Stock (the
“Commitment Fee Shares”) with a relative fair value of $130,478 which was recognized as discount to the note. The debt discount
and issuance costs were amortized over the term of the note. Amortization expense amounted to zero and $38,273 for the nine months ended
July 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively .
Under the SPA, the Company had the right to repurchase
half of the Commitment Fee Shares if the Note was repaid in full prior to maturity. On December 1, 2023, the Company fully paid the loan
balance in advance of the maturity date. In connection with the repayment of the Note, the Company agreed that AJB would be permitted
to retain all of the Commitment Fee Shares. The Company recognized $ 98,432 as loss on extinguishment of debt in the nine months ended
July 31, 2024. As of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024, the carrying value of the Note was zero.
Note 6 – Leases
T he Company does
not have financing leases and only one operating lease for office space and inventory storage space with Just Pick, LLC (“Just Pick”),
a related party that was owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the former Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Certain
of the Company’s leases, have and may in the future, include renewal options, which have been and might be in the future, included
in the calculation of the lease liabilities and right of use assets when the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the option.
Cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
Schedule of cash flow information related to leases
July 31, 2025
July 31, 2024
Other Lease Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases
$ ( 102,410 )
$ ( 148,012 )
The following table provides the maturities of lease
liabilities as of July 31, 2025:
Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities
Operating Leases
Remaining period in 2025
$ 121,474
Year ending October 31, 2026
253,614
Year ending October 31, 2027
274,946
Year ending October 31, 2028
175,989
Total future undiscounted lease payments
$ 826,023
Less: Interest
( 58,573 )
Present value of lease liabilities
$ 767,450
At July 31, 2025, the Company had no additional leases
which had not yet commenced.
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On April 23, 2025, the Company received a letter
of demand from Just Pick, LLC. noting that the Company was in breach of the lease as base rent and operating expenses have not been
paid since January 8, 2025. On April 30, 2025, the Company responded and provided Just Pick, LLC with a termination notice. As of
April 30, 2025, the Company determined that it would no longer be using the leased office space in its business and recorded a loss
on the ROU assets of $ 707,626 ,
accordingly. In May 2025, the Company paid the total unpaid lease payments through May 2025 amounting to $ 78,217 .
As of July 31, 2025, there is still ongoing negotiation between Just Pick, LLC and the Company regarding the settlement of the
remaining reported office lease liability.
Note 7 – Stockholders’ Equity
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
On May 30, 2023, the Company issued 900,000 shares
of the Series B Preferred Stock as consideration for the GoFire asset purchase. The Series B Preferred Stock carries no voting rights
except: (i) with respect to the ability of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (the “Majority
Holders”), to nominate a director to the Company’s board of directors, and (ii) that the vote of the Majority Holders is necessary
for effecting any amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation that affects the Series
B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of the Company at a redemption price of $ 15 per share, subject
to potential downward adjustments based on the trading price of the Common Stock. Subject to additional limitations in the GoFire APA,
the Series B Preferred Stock holds seniority over the Common Stock and each other class of series of securities now existing or hereafter
authorized with respect to dividend rights, the distribution of assets upon liquidation, and dissolution and redemption rights. Upon a
liquidation and winding up of the Company, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference of $15 per
share (the “Liquidation Preference”), though the redemption may be adjusted downward based on the trading price of the Common
Stock at the time of liquidation. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a dividend equal to 2% of the Liquidation
Preference, accruing from the Closing Date and payable on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date. Amounts payable in respect
of the Series B Dividend shall begin to accrue on a daily basis, be cumulative from and including the Original Issue Date, whether or
not the Corporation has funds legally available for such dividends or such dividends are declared, shall compound on each six month anniversary
of the Original Issue Date and shall be payable in arrears on the 18-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date. No preemptive rights
are granted to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. The Majority Holders have the ability to cause a voluntary conversion of the Series
B Preferred Stock into Common Stock at a conversion rate of 0.3968 shares of Common Stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock which
may only occur on or after the following dates 18-month, 24 month, 36 month, 48 month, and 60 month anniversary of the original issuance
date; and only up to 180,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock on each of these dates. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock will automatically
convert to Common Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the GoFire APA) . On December 3, 2024, the Company paid
accrued dividends of $ 405,000 to Series B shareholders. As of July 31, 2025, the Company had zero accrued dividend payable to Series B
shareholders and no further dividends will be accrued or paid.
Pursuant to the GoFire APA, the Company is required
to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the APA Shares and Warrant Shares with the SEC for distribution to GoFire’s stockholders
and/or public resale by such stockholders within 180 days of the Closing Date. In addition, if any Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding
nineteen (19) months after the Closing Date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a subsequent registration
statement registering the distribution to GoFire’s stockholders and/or public resale Series B Conversion Shares by such stockholders.
If such subsequent registration statement is required, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain effectiveness
of such subsequent registration statement within nineteen (19) months of the Closing Date, and if the Company does not so register the
Series B Conversion Shares within nineteen (19) months of the Closing Date, the Company will issue to GoFire or its designee an additional
ten percent (10%) of all of the Series B Conversion Shares underlying the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock. All of
the securities issued as consideration for the Purchased Assets are subject to a lock-up agreement that terminates one hundred eighty
(180) days from the Closing Date. As of July 31, 2025, the Company made an accrual for the additional ten percent (10%) of all of
the Series B Conversion Shares of $ 39,283 .
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Common Stock
During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2025,
the Company issued zero and 3,025,000 fully vested shares of common stock, respectively, to directors, officers and an employee pursuant
to grants under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan. During the three and nine months
ended July 31, 2025, the Company recognized stock compensation cost of zero and $ 2,873,750 , respectively.
Stock Options
Summary of stock options information is as follows:
Schedule of stock options information
Aggregate
Aggregate
Exercise Price
WA Exercise
Number
Exercise Price
Range
Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2024
189,590
$ 6,847,736
$ 3.64 - 602.28
$ 36.12
Granted
—
—
—
—
Exercised
—
—
—
—
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired
( 69,637 )
( 3,494,717 )
$ 15.33 - 602.28
50.18
Outstanding, July 31, 2025
119,953
3,353,019
$ 3.64 - 59.85
27.95
Exercisable, July 31, 2025
118,763
$ 3,333,304
$ 3.64 - 59.85
$ 28.07
During the three months ended July 31, 2025, and 2024,
the Company recognized $ 2,445 and $ 56,062 , respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding stock options. During the nine
months ended July 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company recognized $ 36,192 and $ 76,932 , respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding
stock options. No options were granted during the three and nine months ended July 31, 2025.
As of July 31, 2025, the Company had $ 18,744 of unrecognized
expenses related to options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.94 years. The weighted
average remaining contractual life is approximately 3.81 years for stock options outstanding as of July 31, 2025. The aggregate intrinsic
value of these outstanding options as of July 31, 2025, was 0 zero.
Warrants
Warrant information as of the periods indicated is
as follows:
Schedule of warrant information
Weighted
Aggregate
Exercise
Average
Aggregate
Number
Exercise
Price
Price
Range
Exercise
Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2024
5,754,686
$ 19,826,116
$ 1.16 - 126.00
$ 3.45
Granted
—
—
—
—
Exercised
—
—
—
—
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired
—
—
—
—
Outstanding, July 31, 2025
5,754,686
$ 19,826,116
$ 1.16 - 126.00
$ 3.45
Exercisable, July 31, 2025
5,754,686
$ 19,826,116
$ 1.16 - 126.00
$ 3.45
The weighted average remaining contractual life is
approximately 3.81 years for common stock warrants outstanding as of July 31, 2025. As of July 31, 2025, there was no intrinsic value
of outstanding stock warrants.
Note 8 – Related-Party Transactions
In March 2020, the Company commenced business operations
as a result of becoming the exclusive distributor of certain ENDS and related components (the “Products”) manufactured by
Bidi, a related party company that was also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the former Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company.
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Revenue and Accounts Receivable
During the nine months ended July 31, 2025, and 2024,
the Company recognized revenue of 0 zero and $ 5,950 , respectively, from one company owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the former Chief Executive
Officer and Director of the Company, and/or his wife. There was no accounts receivable balance for these transactions as of July 31, 2025
and October 31, 2024.
Purchases and Accounts Payable
There were no purchases of inventory from Bidi for
the nine months ended July 31, 2025 and no amounts owed to Bidi for inventory purchases as of July 31, 2025.
During the nine months ended July 31, 2024, 100% of
the inventories of Products, consisting solely of the BIDI® Stick, were purchased from Bidi, a related party controlled by Nirajkumar
Patel, the former Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, in the amount of $ 273,060 .
The KBI License agreement provides that KBI shall
pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development
costs incurred for entry to specific international markets.
During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2025,
the Company paid license fees of approximately $ 30,000 and $ 228,215 , respectively to Bidi. As of July 31, 2025, the Company
had a payable to Bidi of $ 60,000 related to the PMI License Agreement.
During the three and nine months ended July 31, 2024,
the Company paid license fees of $ 70,000 and $ 130,000 , respectively, to Bidi. As of October 31, 2024, the Company had a payable
to Bidi of $ 131,683 related to the PMI License Agreement.
Leased Office Space and Storage Space
On June 10, 2022, the Company entered into the 2022
Lease with Just Pick, owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the former Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. The Company
had $ 19,554 and $ 140,533 in operating lease expenses for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2025, respectively, and $ 49,844
and $ 148,012 for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2024, respectively.
On April 23, 2025, the Company received a letter
of demand from Just Pick, LLC. noting that the Company was in breach of the lease as base rent and operating expenses have not been
paid since January 8, 2025. On April 30, 2025, the Company responded and provided Just Pick, LLC with a termination notice. As of
April 30, 2025, the Company determined that it would no longer be using the leased office space in its business and recorded a loss
on the ROU assets of $ 707,626 , accordingly. In May 2025, the Company paid the total unpaid lease payments through May 2025 amounting
to $ 78,217 .As of July 31, 2025, there is still ongoing negotiation between Just Pick, LLC and the Company regarding the settlement
of the remaining reported office lease liability.
Note 9 – Subsequent
Events
On September 11, 2025, Kaival and Delta entered into a Business Combination
Termination and Release Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of the Merger Agreement (the “Merger
Agreement’) among the Company, Delta, Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, KAVL Merger Sub Inc. and Delta
Corp Cayman Limited.
Pursuant to the Termination
Agreement, the Company and Delta mutually terminated the Merger Agreement and all agreements between the parties that are ancillary thereto
and Delta waived any and all claims against the other party that in any way directly and/or indirectly arise out of, are based upon, or
are in connection with the Merger Agreement any agreements ancillary thereto.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is designed to provide a reader of the financial statements with a narrative report on
our financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited
financial statements and notes thereto for the nine months ended July 31, 2025, included under Item 1 – Financial Statements in
this Report and our audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended October 31, 2024, contained in the 2024 Annual Report.
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives,
expectations, and intentions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Please
also see the cautionary language at the beginning of this Report regarding forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are engaged in the sale,
marketing and distribution of electronic nicotine delivery system (“ENDS”) products, also known as “e-cigarettes”,
in a variety of flavors. Until October of 2024, our primary source of revenue has been the Bidi Stick as we sold our inventory
on hand. However, on June 11, 2024, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and RAI
Services Company (collectively, the “RJ Reynolds Entities”) filed a patent infringement complaint with the International Trade
Commission (the “ITC”) against Bidi, us, and forty (40) other respondents (the “ITC Complaint”) pursuant to Section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Specifically, the ITC Complaint alleges that one or more components or elements of the Bidi
Stick infringe U.S. Patent No. 11,925,202, which is owned by one of the RJ Reynolds Entities. The ITC Complaint requests the ITC grant:
(a) temporary and permanent limited exclusion orders pursuant to Section 337(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit
the importation of the Bidi Stick in the United States; and (b) issue temporary and permanent cease and desist orders pursuant to 337(f)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of the Bidi Stick in the United States. No damages
are recoverable in the proceedings before the ITC. Since the initiation of the ITC Complaint, we have not imported any Bidi Sticks and
currently do not generate any revenue from the sale of Bidi Sticks. Our current primary source of revenue is through an international
licensing agreement with Philip Morris Products S.A. (“PMPSA”), a wholly owned affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc.
(“PMI”).
We have also entered into a Merger and Share Exchange
Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (together
with its successors and assigns, “Delta”), Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”),
KAVL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”) and Delta Corp Cayman Limited
(the “Sellers”).
On September 11, 2025, Kaival Brands Innovations Group,
Inc., (the “Company”) and Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (together with its successors
and assigns, “Delta”) entered into a Business Combination Termination and Release Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”)
pursuant to Section 10.1(a) of the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement’) among the Company, Delta, Delta Corp Holdings
Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, KAVL Merger Sub Inc. and Delta Corp Cayman Limited.
Pursuant to the Termination
Agreement, the Company and Delta mutually terminated the Merger Agreement and all agreements between the parties that are ancillary thereto
and Delta waived any and all claims against the other party that in any way directly and/or indirectly arise out of, are based upon, or
are in connection with the Merger Agreement any agreements ancillary thereto.
Material Items, Trends
and Risks Impacting Our Business
We believe that the following items and trends may
be useful in better understanding our results of operations.
On June 11, 2024, the RJ Reynolds Entities filed the ITC Complaint. The ITC
Complaint requests the ITC grant: (a) temporary and permanent limited exclusion orders pursuant to Section 337(e) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, which would prohibit the importation of the Bidi Stick in the United States; and (b) issue temporary and permanent cease
and desist orders pursuant to 337(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of the Bidi
Stick in the United States. No damages are recoverable in the proceedings before the ITC. If the Company or Bidi is prohibited from importing
the Bidi Stick, then our business, operations, financial results, and reputation would be significantly adversely impacted. Although Bidi
disputes the patent infringement claims set forth in the ITC Complaint by the RJ Reynolds Entities, in December 2024 Bidi entered into
a consent order agreeing to cease all importation and distribution of the Bidi Stick until the RJ Reynolds Entities’ patent expires
in October 2026. In November 2024, the ITC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied temporary relief to the Reynolds Entities and the case
proceeded on the merits. A trial was held in April 2025.The initial determination (ID) from the ALJ was issued on August 29, 2025. The
ALJ found that violation of §337 based on infringement of U.S. Patent No. 11,925,202 by the respondents, and that both the technical
and economic prongs of domestic industry were satisfied. The ID will now be reviewed by the Commission for final approval, with respondents
and complainants expected to file additional briefs. The Commission target deadline is December 29, 2025, subject to potential extensions.
The asserted patent expires in October 2026 as would any exclusion order that the ITC enters as a result of the ITC Complaint, as
well as the Bidi consent order.
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As a result of the ITC Complaint and other factors,
we do not expect any significant revenue from the sale of Bidi Sticks in the foreseeable future. Our primary source of revenue is from
KBI from royalties from PMI under the PMI License Agreement.
PMI Licensing Agreement and International Distribution
On June 13, 2022, we, through our wholly owned subsidiary,
KBI, entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, a wholly owned affiliate of PMI, for the development and distribution of ENDS
products in certain markets outside of the United States, subject to market (or regulatory assessment). The PMI License Agreement grants
to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi’s ENDS device, known as the BIDI® Stick in the United
States, as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device
and newly developed devices, in international markets, outside of the United States.
On July 25, 2022, we announced the launch of PMPSA’s
custom-branded self-contained e-vapor product, pursuant to the licensing agreement. The product, a self-contained e-vapor device initially
called VEEBA and more recently rebranded as VEEV NOW, has been custom developed and was initially distributed in Canada. VEEV NOW was
then commercially launched by PMPSA in Europe in February 2023, with additional market launches planned this year. On August 12, 2023,
we executed and entered into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to
the PMI License Amendment (which was effective on June 30, 2023), resulting in a Net Reconciliation Payment to KBI and ongoing quarterly
royalty payments.
The ability of PMPSA to generate
sales of its licensed products is important to our results of operations since we derive royalty revenue from PMPSA sales. Should our
relationship with PMPSA deteriorate or terminate, or if PMPSA is unable to generate meaningful sales of its licensed products, our business
and results of operations would be materially harmed.
Ability to Develop
and Monetize the GoFire Intellectual Property
We
purchased certain vaporizer and inhalation-related technology from GoFire in May 2023 with
the goal of diversifying our business and lessening our dependence on BIDI Vapor. We do not
expect that the acquired assets will generate immediate revenue for us, and while we believe
this to be a transformative acquisition for us and we are seeking to monetize the acquired
assets, we can give no assurances at this time that either (i) the patent applications
we acquired will eventuate in issued patents or (ii) we will be able to enter into successful
monetizing arrangements with respect to these assets.
Inflation
Consumer purchases of tobacco
products are historically affected by economic conditions, such as changes in employment, salary and wage levels, the availability of
consumer credit, inflation, interest rates, fuel prices, sales taxes, and the level of consumer confidence in prevailing and future economic
conditions. The U.S. has been experiencing an environment of material inflation in recent quarters, and this condition may impact discretionary
consumer purchases, such as the BIDI® Stick. Demand for our Products may also decline during recessionary periods or at other times
when disposable income is lower, and taxes may be higher.
Corporate History
We were incorporated on September 4, 2018, in the
State of Delaware. Effective July 12, 2019, we changed our corporate name from Quick Start Holdings, Inc. to Kaival Brands Innovations
Group, Inc. The name change was effected through a parent/subsidiary short-form merger of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., our wholly-owned
Delaware subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of the name change, with and into us. We were the surviving entity.
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Change of Control
On February 6, 2019, we entered into a Share Purchase
Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), by and among us, GMRZ Holdings LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“GMRZ”),
our then-controlling stockholder, and Kaival Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KH”), pursuant to which,
on February 20, 2019, GMRZ sold 24,000,000 shares of our restricted common stock, representing approximately 88.06% of our then issued
and outstanding shares of common stock, to KH, and KH paid GMRZ consideration in the amount set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement resulted in a change in control, with KH becoming our
largest controlling stockholder. KDMM Trust I, the trustee of which is the widow of Kaival’s former Chief Executive Officer and
director, Nirajkumar Patel, is the sole voting member of KH.
Other Potential Product Offerings & Opportunities
In May 2023, we acquired 19 existing and 47 pending
patents with novel technologies related to vaporization and inhalation technologies from GoFire. The GoFire patent portfolio includes
novel technologies across extrusion dose control, product preservation, tracking and tracing usage, multiple modalities (i.e., different
methods of vaporizing) and child safety. The patents and patent applications cover territories including the United States, Australia,
Canada, China, the EPO (European Patent Organization), Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea. The portfolio also includes
a proprietary mobile device software application that is used in conjunction with certain patents in the portfolio.
We expect to continue seeking third-party licensing
opportunities in the cannabis, hemp/CBD, nicotine, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical markets, as a means of monetizing our patents. However,
there can be no assurance that we will be able to implement this strategy.
Going Concern
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets
and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business within one year after the date the consolidated financial statements
are issued.
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“FASB”), Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements –
Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company’s management evaluates whether there are conditions or events, considered in aggregate,
that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the
accompanying financial statements are issued.
The Company has incurred recurring losses and negative
cash flows from operations for nine months ended July 31, 2025. The Company will need significant additional funds to satisfy its outstanding
payables, fund its working capital, and fully implement its business plan. In addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern is adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding Bidi’s PMTA process with the FDA for its non-tobacco flavored Bidi®
Stick as well as the uncertainty in the Company’s ability to continue to sell the Bidi Stick given the patent infringements claim
filed by RJ Reynolds. Likewise, in April 2025 the 11 th Circuit upheld FDA’s MDO for the Classic BIDI® Stick. All
of these factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Management plans to continue developing strategies
for similar or expanded operations for the Company’s business to help the Company’s ability to determine where its business
will be viable going forward. Until such time, if ever, the Company can generate substantial product revenues, management plans to
finance its cash needs through public or private equity offerings or debt financing.
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However, there is no assurance that the Company will
be able to raise additional capital, generate revenues or achieve profitability due to the factors listed above as well as the regulation
and public perception of ENDS products and the various other risks faced by the Company. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of
assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these or other risks or uncertainties.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We believe we will not have sufficient cash on hand
to support our operations for at least twelve months. As of July 31, 2025, we had working capital of $546,419 and total cash of $1,268,926.
As discussed above, this condition and other factors raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
We
intend to generally rely on cash from operations and equity and debt offerings to the extent
necessary and available, to satisfy our liquidity needs. There are several factors that could
result in the need to raise additional funds, including a decline in revenue, a lack of anticipated
sales growth, and increased costs. Our efforts are directed toward generating positive cash
flow and, ultimately, profitability. As our efforts during our fiscal 2024 and since have
not generated positive cash flows, we will need to raise additional capital. Should capital
not be available to us at reasonable terms, other actions will become necessary, including
implementing cost control measures and additional efforts to generate sales. We may also
be required to take more strategic actions such as exploring strategic options for the sale
of our company, the creation of joint ventures or strategic alliances under which we will
pursue business opportunities, or other alternatives.
Cash Flows:
Net cash flows used
in operations was approximately $2.0 million for the first nine months of fiscal year 2025, compared to $0.12 million cash flows provided
by operations for the first nine months of fiscal year 2024. The decrease in cash flows provided by operations for the first nine months
of fiscal year 2025 compared to the first nine months of fiscal year 2024 was primarily due to the lower sales revenue.
Net cash flows used in financing activities was approximately
$0.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal year 2025, compared to cash flows provided by financing activities of approximately $3.9
million for the first nine months of fiscal year 2024. The cash used in financing activities for the first nine months of fiscal year
2025 consisted primarily of payments on preferred dividends and payments on loans payables.
Results of Operations
Three months ended July 31, 2025, compared to three
months ended July 31, 2024
Revenues :
Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025
were approximately $142 thousand, compared to approximately $714 thousand in the same period of the prior fiscal year. Revenues decreased
in the third quarter of 2025, primarily due to a decrease in product sales to customers and also due to the decrease in royalty revenue.
Cost of Revenue, Net and Gross Profit:
Gross profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025
was approximately $142 thousand, or approximately 100.0% of revenues, net, compared to approximately $369 thousand gross profit or
approximately 51.7%, of revenues, net, for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. Total cost of revenue, net was zero for the third quarter
of fiscal year 2025, compared to approximately $345 thousand, or approximately 48.3% of revenue, net for the third quarter of fiscal year
2024. The decrease is due to the reduction of product sales to customers during the three months ended July 31, 2025.
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Operating Expenses:
Total operating expenses were approximately $701 thousand for
the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, compared to approximately $1.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. The decrease
is primarily a decrease in professional fees, payroll and general and administrative expenses. For the third quarter
of fiscal year 2025, operating expenses consisted primarily of professional fees of approximately $0.2 million, and all other general
and administrative expenses of approximately $0.4 million. General and administrative expenses in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025
consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, lease expense, project expenses, banking fees, business fees and state and franchise
taxes.
For the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, operating expenses consisted primarily
of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $0.03 million, stock option expense of approximately $56 thousand, professional fees
of approximately $0.6 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $1.1 million. General and administrative
expenses in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, lease expense, project expenses,
banking fees, business fees and state and franchise taxes.
Income Taxes:
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, we did
not accrue a provision for income taxes, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $0.6 million. Similarly, we did not accrue a provision
for income taxes, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $1.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024.
Net Loss:
As a result of the items noted above, the net loss
for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 was approximately $0.6 million, or $0.05 basic and diluted net loss per share, compared to a
net loss of approximately $1.8 million, or $0.39 basic and diluted net loss per share, for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024.
The decrease in the net loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, as compared to the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, is
primarily attributable to the lower sales and royalty revenue and decrease in operating expenses as noted above.
Nine months ended July 31, 2025, compared to nine
months ended July 31, 2024
Revenues:
Revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2025,
were approximately $0.4 million, compared to $6.2 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2024. Revenues decreased during the nine
months ended July 31, 2025, compared to the nine months ended July 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in product sales to customers.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit:
Gross profit for the
nine months ended July 31, 2025, was approximately $0.4 million, compared to gross profit of approximately $2.1 million for the nine
months ended July 31, 2024. Total cost of revenue was zero for the nine months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $4.1 million for the
nine months ended July 31, 2024. The decrease in gross profit for the nine months ended July 31, 2025 compared to the nine months ended
July 31, 2024 is due to the reduction of product sales to customers during the nine months July 31, 2025.
Operating Expenses:
Total operating expenses were approximately $7.0 million
for the nine months ended July 31, 2025, compared to approximately $6.5 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2024. For the nine
months ended July 31, 2025, operating expenses consisted primarily of stock option expense of $36 thousand, professional fees totaling
approximately $4.3 million, loss on ROU asset of $0.7 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $2.0
million. General and administrative expenses during the nine months ended July 31, 2025, consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance,
lease expense, project expenses, banking fees, business fees and state and franchise taxes.
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For the nine months ended July 31, 2024, operating
expenses were approximately $6.5 million, consisting primarily of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $0.7 million, stock
option expense of $77 thousand, professional fees totaling approximately $1.9 million, and all other general and administrative expenses
of approximately $3.8 million. General and administrative expenses during the nine months ended July 31, 2024, consisted primarily of
salaries and wages, insurance, banking fees, business fees, and other service fees.
Income Taxes:
During the nine months ended July 31, 2025, we did
not accrue a tax provision for income taxes, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $6.6 million for the nine months ended July
31, 2025. Similarly, we did not accrue a tax provision for income taxes during the nine months ended July 31, 2024, due to the pre-tax
loss of approximately $5.2 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2024.
Net Loss:
The net loss for the first nine months ended July
31, 2025, was approximately $6.6 million, or $0.61 basic and diluted net loss per share, compared to net loss for the nine months ended
July 31, 2024, which was approximately $5.2 million, or $1.62 basic and diluted net loss per share. The increase in the net loss for the
nine months ended July 31, 2025, as compared to the nine months ended July 31, 2024, is primarily attributable to the increase of stock
based compensation, loss on ROU asset and lower sales revenue.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; therefore actual
results could differ from those estimates. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during
the nine months ended July 31, 2025 from those disclosed in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of our 2024 Annual Report for the year ended October 31, 2024.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Item 1, Financial Statements, Note 2, Basis
of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies.
Emerging Growth Company
We are an “emerging growth company,” that
is exempt from certain financial disclosure and governance requirements for up to five years as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business
Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). The JOBS Act eases restrictions on the sale of securities and increases the number
of stockholders a company must have before becoming subject to the SEC’s reporting and disclosure rules. We have not elected to
use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the JOBS Act, that
allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies
until those standards apply to private companies.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk.
As a “smaller reporting company” as defined
by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,”
as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15e and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President
& Chief Operating Officer and our Interim Chief Financial Officer to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As of July 31, 2025, the end of the period covered
by this Report, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of members of our management, including
our President & Chief Operating Officer and our Interim Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and the operation
of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act. Our management has concluded, based on their
evaluation, that the disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report due to material
weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended October 31,
2024.
Changes in Internal Control
over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes
in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13(a)-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that
have occurred during the quarter ended July 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we may become party to litigation
or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in legal
proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, or results
of operations. To the best of our knowledge, no adverse legal activity is anticipated or threatened.
While we are not a party to the legal or regulatory
proceedings involving Bidi, the outcome of those or related proceedings could have a material adverse or positive impact on our ability
to operate our business given our reliance on Bidi.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a smaller reporting company,
we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None .
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith as a part of this Quarterly Report.
Exhibit
Number
Description
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
32.1
Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code*
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code*
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document*
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*
(1)
Schedules and Exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) (10) (iv) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however, that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any Schedule or Exhibit so furnished
*filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.
Date: September 16, 2025
A
/s/ Mark Thoenes
Mark Thoenes
Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 16, 2025
By:
/s/ Eric Morris
Eric Morris
Interim Chief Financial Officer
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