−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: Forward-Looking
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Forward-Looking Statements
statements, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives,
6 unchanged sentences
likely result,” and similar expressions.
−Removed: We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe-harbor
−Removed: provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement
−Removed: for purposes of complying with those safe-harbor provisions.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations
−Removed: and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
+Added: We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe-harbor provisions
+Added: for forward- looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this statement for
+Added: purposes of complying with those safe-harbor provisions.
+Added: Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions
+Added: that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain.
−Removed: which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects on a consolidated basis include, but are not limited
−Removed: changes in economic conditions, legislative/regulatory changes, availability of capital, interest rates, competition, and generally
−Removed: accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: These risks and uncertainties should also be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and
−Removed: undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
−Removed: We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking
−Removed: statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
−Removed: Further information concerning our business,
−Removed: including additional factors that could materially affect our financial results, is included herein and in our other filings with the
−Removed: established Medinotec Capital Proprietary Limited in South Africa as a wholly owned subsidiary, which in turn acquired DISA Medinotec
−Removed: Proprietary Limited, after successfully proving that a private placement of a minimum of $3 Million was feasible.
+Added: Factors which could have a
+Added: material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects on a consolidated basis include but are not limited to changes in economic
+Added: conditions, legislative/regulatory changes, availability of capital, interest rates, competition, and generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: These risks and uncertainties should also be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed
+Added: on such statements.
+Added: We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
+Added: information, future events or otherwise.
+Added: Further information concerning our business, including additional factors that could materially
+Added: affect our financial results, is included herein and in our other filings with the SEC.
+Added: Medinotec Inc.
+Added: established Medinotec
+Added: Capital Proprietary Limited in South Africa as a wholly owned subsidiary, which in turn acquired DISA Medinotec, after successfully proving
+Added: that a private placement of a minimum of $3 million was feasible.
Medinotec Capital Proprietary
−Removed: Limited acquired DISA Medinotec Proprietary Limited (therefore establishing the Medinotec Company of Companies), a South African based
−Removed: medical device manufacturing and distribution company.
−Removed: In 2018, DISA Medinotec
−Removed: Proprietary Limited developed its most innovative product to date – the Trachealator.
−Removed: This award-winning (Medical Design Excellence
−Removed: Awards – Gold Winner 2021) balloon catheter was developed to address an as-yet unmet supply need in the specialty of advanced airway
−Removed: management, more specifically tracheal dilation.
−Removed: That makes this innovative product in our opinion a world first in its ability to dilate
−Removed: a patient’s airway while maintaining ventilation to the patient without obstructing his/her airway.
−Removed: life-saving device has quite literally changed the way that tracheal and, to a degree, bronchial stenosis, is managed in extremely ill
−Removed: This is especially true in a post Covid-19 world where tracheal stenosis due to extended tracheal intubation is becoming an
−Removed: ever more frequent pathology encountered by surgeons.
−Removed: The Medinotec Company of
−Removed: Companies is currently in management’s opinion considered a global leader in tracheal non-occlusive airway dilation technology.
−Removed: This belief of management was formed on the fact that there are a number of airway dilation balloons that are offered for the management
−Removed: of tracheal stenosis, but to our knowledge all of them are occlusive in nature.
−Removed: The fact that the Trachealator is a non-occlusive airway
−Removed: solution, allowing for continuous ventilation during dilation, results in management believing that we could be regarded as a global
−Removed: leader in this technology.
−Removed: products manufactured by The Medinotec Company of Companies include:
−Removed: Cross PTCA Catheter” The Medinotec Company of Companies also designed and developed a range of semi-compliant coronary
−Removed: PTCA balloon catheters known as the Cape Cross, which attained a CE Mark and are marketed around the world and in South Africa, becoming
−Removed: a widely used interventional balloons in the market.
−Removed: A PTCA balloon catheter (also known as a Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty [“POBA”]
−Removed: catheter) is inserted either from the groin or the arm and threaded through the blood vessels, through the aorta into the heart.
−Removed: The cardiac surgeon and/or interventional cardiologist will move the catheter to the blocked artery (plaque).
−Removed: The balloon part of
−Removed: the catheter is inflated to open the blockage in the artery, after which the balloon is deflated, and the entire catheter withdrawn
−Removed: If this procedure is not effective enough to open the artery, a coronary stent will be placed inside the diseased area
−Removed: of the artery.
−Removed: “ Cross Non-Compliant (“NC”) ” Catheter On the back of the Cape Cross, the Cape Cross NC Catheter was
−Removed: developed for post dilation purposes.
−Removed: The product has become a mainstay of our cardiology range.
−Removed: It is CE Marked and widely used
−Removed: in South Africa.
−Removed: After a stent is placed in an artery, it is followed up by moving a NC catheter to the site where the stent was
−Removed: The NC catheter balloon part is then inflated inside the stent.
−Removed: This is done to “seat” the stent inside the artery
−Removed: In other words, if the stent was not optimally placed, the NC Catheter can be used to make the stent fit “snugly”
−Removed: against the artery wall to avoid dislodgement and movement of the stent after placement.
−Removed: “Lamprey” Suction Dissector, a surgical tool used in the fields of neurosurgery, ear, nose and throat (“ENT”)
−Removed: surgery and general surgery to combine the processes of suctioning blood out of the surgeon’s field of view while allowing
−Removed: him/her to dissect sensitive structures without having to change instruments.
−Removed: Aortic Perfusion and Dilation Catheter, a non-occlusive perfusion balloon to allow the expansion of the aortic valve (“BAV”
−Removed: or Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty) without impeding the cardiac output, which is currently in the mid stages of research and development
−Removed: and could potentially be used to post-dilate the artificial valve in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (“TAVI”),
−Removed: a rapidly growing market, without the need for pacing.
−Removed: highly specific, niche Chronic Total Occlusion (“CTO”) Catheter of 1mm in diameter.
−Removed: This micro balloon catheter addresses
−Removed: an extremely specific market need for difficult coronary cases and will cement our position as one of the leading specialized coronary
−Removed: balloon catheter manufacturers in the world.
−Removed: new self-expanding, temporary, silicone Tracheal Stent to be used in conjunction with the Trachealator in the treatment of tracheal
−Removed: The complimentary nature of this product will build on our current expertise in the field of advanced airway management.
−Removed: following distinct and finite developmental phases / stages are applicable to all our product pipeline, namely:
+Added: Limited acquired DISA Medinotec (therefore establishing the Medinotec Group of Companies), a South African based medical device manufacturing
+Added: and distribution company.
+Added: In 2018, DISA Medinotec developed its
+Added: most innovative product to date – the Trachealator.
+Added: This award-winning (Medical Design Excellence Awards – Gold Winner 2021)
+Added: balloon catheter was developed to address an as-yet unmet supply need in the specialty of advanced airway management, more specifically
+Added: tracheal dilation.
+Added: That makes this innovative product in the Company’s opinion a world first in its ability to dilate a patient’s
+Added: airway while maintaining ventilation to the patient without obstructing his/her airway.
+Added: This life-saving device has quite
+Added: literally changed the way that tracheal and, to a degree, bronchial stenosis, is managed in extremely ill patients.
+Added: This is especially
+Added: true in a post Covid-19 world where tracheal stenosis due to extended tracheal intubation is becoming an ever more frequent pathology
+Added: encountered by surgeons.
+Added: In management’s opinion, the
+Added: Company is currently considered a global leader in tracheal non-occlusive airway dilation technology.
+Added: This belief of management was formed
+Added: on the fact that there are a number of airway dilation balloons that are offered for the management of tracheal stenosis, but to the Company’s
+Added: knowledge all of them are occlusive in nature.
+Added: The fact that the Trachealator is a non-occlusive airway solution, allowing for continuous
+Added: ventilation during dilation, results in management believing that the Company could be regarded as a global leader in this technology.
+Added: Other products manufactured by the Company
+Added: The “Cape Cross PTCA Catheter”:
+Added: Company also designed and developed a range of semi-compliant coronary PTCA balloon catheters known as the Cape Cross, which
+Added: attained a CE Mark and are marketed around the world and in South Africa, becoming a widely used interventional balloons in the
+Added: A PTCA balloon catheter (also known as a Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty [“POBA”] catheter) is inserted either
+Added: from the groin or the arm and threaded through the blood vessels, through the aorta into the heart.
+Added: The cardiac surgeon and/or
+Added: interventional cardiologist will move the catheter to the blocked artery (plaque).
+Added: The balloon part of the catheter is inflated to
+Added: open the blockage in the artery, after which the balloon is deflated, and the entire catheter withdrawn and removed.
+Added: procedure is not effective enough to open the artery, a coronary stent will be placed inside the diseased area of the
+Added: Cape “Cross Non-Compliant (“NC”)”
+Added: Catheter on the back of the Cape Cross, the Cape Cross NC Catheter was developed for post dilation purposes.
+Added: The product has
+Added: become a mainstay of our cardiology range.
+Added: It is CE Marked and widely used in South Africa.
+Added: After a stent is placed in an artery,
+Added: it is followed up by moving a NC catheter to the site where the stent was placed.
+Added: The NC catheter balloon part is then inflated inside
+Added: This is done to “seat” the stent inside the artery wall.
+Added: In other words, if the stent was not optimally placed,
+Added: the NC Catheter can be used to make the stent fit “snugly” against the artery wall to avoid dislodgement and movement
+Added: of the stent after placement.
+Added: Aortic Perfusion and Dilation Catheter, a non-occlusive perfusion
+Added: balloon to allow the expansion of the aortic valve (“BAV” or Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty) without impeding the cardiac output,
+Added: which is currently in the mid stages of research and development and could potentially be used to post-dilate the artificial valve in
+Added: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (“TAVI”), a rapidly growing market, without the need for pacing.
+Added: A highly specific, niche Chronic Total Occlusion (“CTO”)
+Added: Catheter of 1mm in diameter:
+Added: This micro balloon catheter addresses an extremely specific market need for difficult coronary cases and
+Added: may cement in our opinion a position as one of the leading specialized coronary balloon catheter manufacturers in the world.
+Added: A new self-expanding, temporary, silicone Tracheal
+Added: Stent to be used in conjunction with the Trachealator in the treatment of tracheal stenosis.
+Added: The complimentary nature of this product
+Added: will build on our current expertise in the field of advanced airway management and provide the surgeon with additional treatment
+Added: options for complicated Airway Stenosis cases.
+Added: The Epistaxis:
+Added: an inflatable non-occlusive balloon nasal catheter has been designed
+Added: for fast control of intranasal bleeding.
+Added: The preliminary clinical trials conducted were in the Company’s opinion satisfactory.
+Added: The following distinct and finite developmental phases / stages
+Added: are applicable to all the Company’s product pipeline, namely:
2) Pre-production
+Added: 4) Production
Mark accreditation
1 unchanged sentence
8) International
−Removed: sales outside the US
+Added: sales outside the United States
510 (k) approval
2 unchanged sentences
Trachealator:
−Removed: only outstanding phase is the commencement of material sales into the United States.
−Removed: the necessary preparations have been made (e.g., renting offices, hiring sales and admin
−Removed: staff) and it is therefore envisaged that sales will begin once all paperwork and compliance
−Removed: matters are addressed.
−Removed: While unlocking the United States of America as a commercial market
−Removed: for the product various Compliance documents and customer registration were completed, these
−Removed: customers are performing their own in-house clinical overviews of the product.
−Removed: order for $10,000 was placed during December, 2022 which means commercialization in the United
−Removed: States of America has started.
−Removed: Cross PTCA Catheter:
−Removed: 510(k) approval still needs to be obtained.
−Removed: Cross NC Catheter:
−Removed: 510(k) approval still needs to be obtained.
−Removed: Suction Dissector:
−Removed: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping, Production, Clinical Trials, and CE Marking have all been completed.
−Removed: Commercialization of this
−Removed: product have been paused in order to prioritize other products with better commercial prospects.
−Removed: Perfusion & Dilatation Catheter:
−Removed: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping, Testing, Production, Clinical Trials, Application for MDR
−Removed: CE Mark Accreditation has been submitted.
−Removed: CTO Catheter:
−Removed: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping
−Removed: Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months
−Removed: ended August 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: was formed in Nevada and is at the moment a holding company, but it is expected to facilitate the sales of all products in the United
−Removed: States directly in the near future.
−Removed: Therefore, over time, as we implement our business plan and realize commercial operations in the
−Removed: United States, we believe Medinotec Inc.
−Removed: will become the primary operating company within the Medinotec Company of Companies and the
−Removed: South African DISA Medinotec Proprietary Limited will be the manufacturing platform for the operations in the United States and other
−Removed: The Consolidated Medinotec Company of Companies’
−Removed: revenue for the quarter ended August 31, 2023 was $350,792 compared to $135,879 in revenue being recorded in the comparative
−Removed: quarter for the prior year.
−Removed: The Consolidated Medinotec Company of Companies’ revenue for the six months ended August 31, 2023 was
−Removed: $766,999 compared to $332,350 revenue being recorded in the comparative six months in the prior year.
−Removed: The revenue was up in comparison to the prior year
−Removed: with $214,913 for the quarter and up by $434,649 for the six months.
−Removed: The reason for the higher sales growth in quarter two was due to
−Removed: demand in the South African region and replenishing of inventory levels by hospitals as well as increased interest and demand in the
−Removed: products of the Medinotec Company of Companies.
−Removed: This table indicates the sales per product as a breakdown
−Removed: of the total revenue balance:
−Removed: Three months ended (unaudited)
−Removed: Six months ended (unaudited)
−Removed: United States of America
−Removed: Cross NC Catheter
+Added: From humble beginnings, the Company is pleased to report that it has supplied
+Added: over 400 Trachealators, both in private and academic hospitals throughout the United States of America.
+Added: listing registration for Medinotec Inc was obtained.
Cape Cross PTCA Catheter:
−Removed: Trachealator Catheter
−Removed: United States of America
−Removed: Company Sales
−Removed: Revenue generated by affiliations
−Removed: to related parties were as follows:
−Removed: The increase overall for the tracheal or product in both the Outside
−Removed: and Inside United States territories, is substantiated by the roll out of this product as our lead product in the non-occlusive tracheal
−Removed: dilation market.
+Added: 510(k) clearance pending.
+Added: Cape Cross NC Catheter:
+Added: 510(k) clearance pending
+Added: OUTFLO Aortic Perfusion Dilatation Catheter
+Added: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping, Testing, Production, Clinical Trials, Application or MDR CE
+Added: Mark Accreditation has been submitted.
+Added: FDA 510 (K) clearance in progress.
+Added: Micro CTO Catheter:
+Added: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping, Clinical Trials MDR/CE Mark accreditation application has
+Added: been submitted.
+Added: Tracheal Stent:
+Added: Epistaxis Catheter
+Added: Testing, Pre-Production Prototyping, Testing, Production, Clinical Trials.
+Added: of Operations for the Three and Nine Months ended November 30, 2023, and 2022
+Added: Medinotec Inc.
+Added: was formed in Nevada
+Added: and is a holding company and is currently facilitating the sales of all products in the United States directly.
+Added: Therefore, over time,
+Added: as we implement our business plan and realize commercial operations in the United States, we believe Medinotec Inc.
+Added: will become the primary
+Added: operating company within the Medinotec Group of Companies and the South African DISA Medinotec will be the manufacturing platform for
+Added: the operations in the United States of America and other countries.
+Added: The Company’s revenue for the
+Added: quarter ended November 30, 2023, was $2,002,547, compared to $387,989 in revenue being recorded in the comparative quarter for the prior
+Added: The Company’s revenue for the nine months ended November 30, 2023, was $2,769,547, compared to $720,339 in revenue being recorded
+Added: in the comparative nine months in the prior year.
+Added: table indicates the sales per revenue stream as a breakdown of the total revenue balance:
+Added: Three months ended (unaudited)
+Added: Nine months ended (unaudited)
+Added: November 30, 2023
+Added: November 30, 2022
+Added: November 30, 2023
+Added: November 30, 2022
+Added: Outside of United States of America
+Added: Internally Designed/Manufactured Sales
+Added: Distribution Agreement Sales
+Added: Sales Generated inside the United States of America
+Added: Internally Designed/Manufactured Sales
+Added: increased in comparison to the prior year by $1,614,558 for the quarter and by $2,049,208 for the nine months.
+Added: The reason for the higher
+Added: sales growth was due to new distribution agreements the Company entered into.
+Added: This led to increased revenues in South Africa.
+Added: the Company realized sales for its Trachealator in the United States for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2023, with no such
+Added: sales inside the United States for the prior year periods.
+Added: increase for the sales category “Internally Designed/Manufactured ”
+Added: which includes the Trachealator product in both the outside and inside United States territories, is substantiated by the roll out of
+Added: this product as our lead product in the non-occlusive tracheal dilation market and the increase in its popularity and use within these
+Added: No revenue was generated by affiliations
+Added: to related parties during the three or nine months ending November 30,2023.
Cost of Goods
+Added: The Company recorded cost of goods
+Added: of $1,138,628 for the quarter ending November 30, 2023, up from $164,685 for the quarter ending November 30, 2022.
+Added: For the nine months
+Added: ending November 30, 2023, the consolidated entities recorded cost of goods sold of $1,298,116, up from $300,142 for the nine months ending
+Added: November 30, 2022.
+Added: The most material change in the increase
+Added: in the cost of goods, is that it functions in a direct correlation to sales and therefore the cost of goods followed the same upward trend
+Added: Due to the fact that distribution
+Added: revenues are distributed at lower gross profit margins than internally designed products, there has been a substantial increase in the
+Added: cost of goods, which has a direct correlation to the amount of distribution sales generated.
+Added: The Rand weakened from an average conversion
+Added: 17.9 (2022) to 1$:
+Added: 18.81 (2023) a 5% decline against the US Dollar.
+Added: Therefore, even though on the face value it seems like
+Added: cost of sales per unit decreased on a three- and nine-month basis from FY 2022 to 2023 it includes a positive conversion adjustment of
+Added: approximately $61,435 for the quarter ending November 30, 2023, and a foreign exchange conversion of $69,410 for the nine months ending
+Added: November 30, 2023.
+Added: The Rand was very volatile against the US Dollar in the past two fiscal reporting periods.
+Added: No related party transactions are
+Added: recorded in cost of sales for both quarters and nine months ending November 30, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: The Company’s operating expenses
+Added: were $606,009 for the quarter ended November 30, 2023, up from $197,805 for the quarter ended November 30, 2022.
The Company’s operating
−Removed: expenses were $234,069 for the quarter ended August 31, 2023, down from $259,032 for the quarter ended August 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: operating expenses were $510,927 for the six months ended August 31, 2023, up from $417,483 for the six months ended August 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Rand weakened from an
−Removed: average conversion rate of 1$:
−Removed: 2023) against the US Dollar.
+Added: expenses were $1,116,936 for the nine months ended November 30, 2023, up from $615,288 for the nine months ended November 30, 2022.
+Added: The South African Rand weakened from
+Added: an average conversion rate of 1$:
+Added: 17.9 (2022) to 1$:
+Added: 18.81 (2023) a 5% decline against the US Dollar.
Therefore, this will cause an expense
decrease/improvement of 5% on the operating expenses due to dollar strength within the conversion rate applied.
−Removed: This is estimated at
−Removed: a value of $25,748.
−Removed: After taking into account
−Removed: the effects of the foreign currency exchange, the remaining changes are mainly attributable to the Sales and Marketing expenses that,
−Removed: together with the Compliance cost, showed a step cost increase to support the higher sales figure for the six months ended August 31,
−Removed: Due to the amount of territories entered during the year, there was also an increase in general compliance costs to list products
−Removed: in these countries and to provide initial training and marketing into these countries.
−Removed: Limited R&D activities
−Removed: were conducted in this quarter due to the focus on rolling out the Trachealator in the United States which consumed all production and
−Removed: testing resources.
+Added: This is estimated at a
+Added: value of $30,300 for the quarter ending November 30,2023 and $47,800 for the nine months ending November 30,2023.
+Added: considering the effects of the foreign currency exchange, the remaining changes are mainly attributable to the General and administrative
+Added: expenses that,
+Added: together with the Compliance cost, showed a step cost increase to support the higher sales figure mainly due to the new revenue stream
+Added: of the cardiology distribution business in South Africa for the nine months ended November 30, 2023.
+Added: Three months ended (Unaudited)
+Added: Nine months ended (Unaudited)
+Added: November 30, 2023
+Added: November 30, 2022
+Added: November 30, 2023
+Added: November 30, 2022
+Added: Operating expenses
+Added: and amortization expense
+Added: and administrative expenses
+Added: and development expenses
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: to the number of territories entered during the year, there was also an increase in general compliance costs to list products in these
+Added: countries and to provide initial training and marketing into these countries.
+Added: Limited R&D activities were
+Added: conducted in this quarter due to the focus on rolling out the Trachealator in the United States which consumed all production and testing
R&D activities have resumed and are expected to increase for the rest of the year.
−Removed: and administrative expenses showed significant growth due increases in payroll costs in the United States, indemnity insurance and
−Removed: payments made to service providers as part of obtaining our quotation on the OTCQX markets.
−Removed: Costs relating to the quotation on the OTC
−Removed: markets that will not be non-recurring in the future is estimated at $30,000 and all other costs will be repeated in the future.
−Removed: of the major components that affects the operating expenses is the costs of compliance for the business.
−Removed: These costs increased significantly
−Removed: as we started to grow our product portfolio and is expected to rise as we enter new sales territories.
−Removed: Certain costs are once off in
−Removed: nature and others will be recurring this will be determined after the markets have been entered and all regulatory requirements met.
−Removed: months ended (unaudited)
−Removed: months ended (unaudited)
−Removed: *Compliance costs are included
−Removed: in the General and Admin expenses line item.
−Removed: Sales and Marketing expenses
−Removed: was insignificant due to Covid restrictions stopping travel and conferences, this started to normalize in FY 2022 and is expected to
−Removed: grow significantly in the later end of FY 2023 since the company is in the process of expanding its sales footprint in the United States
−Removed: of America, the dedicated sales force will continue to grow as new territories pass the compliance hurdles.
+Added: and administrative expenses showed significant growth mainly due to increases in independent contractor fees in
+Added: the United States and higher staff compliment of 25 sales representatives in for the new Cardiology distribution Revenues.
+Added: Other costs included but not as material:
+Added: indemnity insurance and payments made to service providers as part of obtaining our quotation on the OTCQX markets and costs relating
+Added: to the quotation on the OTC markets that will not be non-recurring in the future are estimated at $30,000 and all other costs will be
+Added: repeated in the future.
+Added: A future expected major component that affects the operating expenses
+Added: is the costs of compliance for the business.
+Added: These costs increased significantly as we started to grow our product portfolio and are expected
+Added: to rise as we enter new sales territories.
+Added: Certain costs are once off in nature and others will be recurring.
+Added: This will be determined
+Added: after the markets have been entered and all regulatory requirements met.
months ended (unaudited)
months ended (unaudited)
−Removed: Sales and Marketing
−Removed: Related party expenses included
−Removed: in operating expenses include Minoan Capital Proprietary Limited for Rental expenses in the third quarter ending was $7,970.
−Removed: party rental expenses in the same quarter preceding year ending August 31, 2022 amounted to $8,800.
−Removed: The rent charge
−Removed: is comparable to rent charged for similar properties in the same relative area.
−Removed: The company does market research of a Minimum and a Maximum
−Removed: rental value within the area at every renewal of the rental agreement to ensure this is market related, this exercise is undertaken together
−Removed: with a registered property agent who has the appropriate knowledge of the area.
−Removed: ASC 850-10-50-6.
−Removed: Consolidated Medinotec Company of Companies for the quarter ending August 31, 2023 showed total net loss of $33,164, down from a loss
−Removed: of $189,648 from the prior quarter ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: The Consolidated Medinotec Company of Companies for the six months ending
−Removed: August 31, 2023 showed total net loss of $10,876, down from a loss of $252,736 from the six months ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: The change is mainly attributable
−Removed: to the higher sales in the Unites States of America, Currency fluctuations, general and Administrative expenses and sales and marketing
−Removed: expenses which showed a step cost increase to support the higher sales figure, which includes the compliance costs discussed in operating
−Removed: expenses above which is expected to continue to rise as new planned roll territories become active.
−Removed: Related party expenses included
−Removed: in operating expenses include Minoan Capital Proprietary Limited for Rental expenses in the first quarter ending August 31, 2023 was
−Removed: The related party rental expenses in the same quarter preceding year ending August 31, 2022 amounted to $8,800.
+Added: Compliance cost
+Added: *Compliance costs are included in the General and Admin
+Added: expenses line item.
+Added: Sales and Marketing expenses are becoming more significant to
+Added: support the new Cardiology Distribution business in South Africa and to support the roll out of the Trachealator, an internally designed
+Added: and manufactured product in the United States.
+Added: Related party expenses include
+Added: $7,797 to Minoan Capital for rental expenses in the quarter ending November 30, 2023.
+Added: The related party rental expenses in the quarter
+Added: ending November 30, 2022, amounted to $13,957.
The rent charge is comparable
to rent charged for similar properties in the same relative area.
−Removed: The company does market research of a Minimum and a Maximum rental
−Removed: value within the area at every renewal of the rental agreement to ensure this is market related, this exercise is undertaken together
−Removed: with a registered property agent who has the appropriate knowledge of the area.
−Removed: Interest charged on the
−Removed: loan account for the quarter ended in favor of related party Minoan Medical Proprietary Limited was $61,054 for the quarter ended August
−Removed: 31, 2023, up from $41,953 in the same quarter ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: This change is attributable to an increase in the prime lending
−Removed: rate and additional draw downs on the loan.
−Removed: The interest rate chargeable is a guideline determined by the South African Reserve Bank
−Removed: and gets utilized by financial institutions to determine the financial gain they may derive from a loan.
−Removed: The Prime rate is therefore
−Removed: an arm’s length transaction and justifiable rate that can be applied to a loan within the borders of the Republic of South Africa
−Removed: and therefore complies with the arm’s length definitions in ASC 850-10-50-6.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital
−Removed: Company, as of August 31, 2023, had total current assets of $3,834,207 and total assets in the amount of $4,930,289.
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: as of August 31, 2023 was $123,892.
−Removed: The Company had
−Removed: working capital of $3,710,315 as of August 31, 2023.
−Removed: the research and development phase of this product has been completed, we expect to see an increase in sales being realized against expenditure
−Removed: incurred, the build out of the United States of America market is evident from the six month loss of $10,876 for the six month period
−Removed: ended August 31,2023 versus the loss of $252,736 for the comparative period ending August 31,2022.
+Added: The company does market research of a minimum and a maximum rental value
+Added: within the area at every renewal of the rental agreement to ensure this is market related, this exercise is undertaken together with a
+Added: registered property agent who has the appropriate knowledge of the area.
+Added: ASC 850-10-50-6.
+Added: Net Profit / Loss
+Added: The Company showed net losses of $429,371
+Added: and $503,248 for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2023, respectively, as compared with net losses of $36,341 and $289,077
+Added: for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2022, respectively.
+Added: The change is mainly attributable
+Added: to the higher sales of the new cardiology distribution business in South Africa and increased sales of the Trachealator, an internally
+Added: designed and manufactured product sold in the United States.
+Added: under non-operating expenses, a 1% movement in the interest rates constitutes a value of $1,606 on a quarterly basis and $14,454 for the
+Added: nine months ending November 30, 2023.
+Added: The interest charged for the three and nine months ending November 30, 2023, was $56,645 and $172,889,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: The interest charged for the three and nine months ending November 30, 2022, was $51,545 and $128,740, respectively.
+Added: change is attributable to an increase in the prime lending rate and additional drawdowns on the loan.
+Added: The company utilizes a trade finance
+Added: facility with a reputable third-party trade finance company in South Africa, the effect of this is recorded in trade receivables and interest
+Added: is incurred at prime plus 1% which is market related.
+Added: This facility is unsecured, and this facility accounts for the difference in interest
+Added: reported as related party and external interest paid within the Interest Expense line item.
+Added: The interest rate chargeable is a guideline
+Added: determined by the South African Reserve Bank and gets utilized by financial institutions to determine the financial gain they may derive
+Added: The Prime rate is therefore an arm’s length transaction and justifiable rate that can be applied to a loan within the
+Added: borders of the Republic of South Africa and therefore complies with the arm’s length definitions in ASC 850-10-50-6.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: of November 30, 2023, the Company had total current assets of $3,594,093 and total assets in the amount of $3,991,950.
+Added: Total current
+Added: liabilities as of November 30, 2023, were $336,190.
+Added: The Company had working capital of $3,257,903 as of November 30, 2023.
+Added: comparison, as of February 28, 2023 , the
+Added: total current assets of $3,369,487 and total assets in the amount of $4,490,432.
+Added: Total current liabilities as of February 28, 2023,
+Added: Consolidated, we had working capital of $3,298,167 as of February 28, 2023.
+Added: The research and development phase
+Added: of the internally designed product lines have largely concluded.
+Added: Therefore, we expect to see an increase in sales and marketing expenses,
+Added: to build out of the territory of the United States.
+Added: Combined with the Cardiology distribution contract business in South Africa.
A private placement was completed
−Removed: in the wake of the successful research and development (R&D) and subsequent regulatory approval in the prior financial year for $3,467,500
−Removed: and therefore the Company has enough cash reserves and working capital to fund the roll out in the market of the United States of America
−Removed: (USA) including new R&D activities and Marketing and Sales functions .
−Removed: The Company also embarked on obtaining additional distribution contracts in the cardiology field which will further complement its basket
−Removed: of products within the territory of South Africa, these distribution rights are expected to be granted and transitioned by Sept 2023.
−Removed: We further expect to grow
−Removed: distribution revenues in the future which will add to the product basket and ensure more revenue streams with mature profitable products
+Added: in the wake of the successful research and development and subsequent regulatory approval in the prior financial year for $3,467,500 and
+Added: therefore the Company has enough cash reserves and working capital to fund the roll out in the market of the United States including new
+Added: research and development activities and Marketing and Sales functions .
+Added: The Company has obtained a significant
+Added: distribution revenue stream in South Africa.
+Added: These distribution products currently and in the future are expected to add to the product
+Added: basket of the business and ensure more revenues are generated in the Company, which consists of more mature but also profitable products
that will complement our in house developed products.
−Removed: We have cash available on hand and believe that this cash will be sufficient to
−Removed: fund operations and meet our obligations as they come due within one year from the date these Condensed Consolidated financial statements
−Removed: In the event that we do not achieve the revenue anticipated in its current operating plan, management has the ability and
−Removed: commitment to reduce operating expenses as necessary.
−Removed: Our long-term success is dependent upon our ability to successfully raise additional
−Removed: capital, market our existing services, increase revenues, and, ultimately, to achieve profitable operations.
−Removed: Our Unaudited Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction
−Removed: of liabilities in the normal course of business.
−Removed: We received FDA 510(k) approval through the substantially equivalence process for Class
−Removed: II medical devices for our main product being the Trachealator in November 2021.
−Removed: As the research and development phase of this product
−Removed: has been completed, we expect to see an increase in sales being realized against expenditure incurred, the build out of the United States
−Removed: of America market is evident from the small loss of $10,876 for the six months ended August 31, 2023 versus the loss of 252,736 for the
−Removed: comparative period ending August 31, 2022.
+Added: The Company appointed DISA Lifesciences, a South African based sub-distributor,
+Added: which already distributes the in house manufactured brands of Medinotec within the market territory of South Africa.
+Added: This sub-distributor
+Added: will facilitate sales into the territory of South Africa while the main focus of the business unit still remains development of products
+Added: for which it owns the IP, while the distributor will perform the sales and marketing functions in this territory.
+Added: Sales contributed for
+Added: the quarter ending November 30, 2023, is $1,344,803.
+Added: The Trachealator product
+Added: obtained FDA approval in November 2022, which allowed the Company to sell this product into the United States of America.
+Added: Since the Company
+Added: had no prior sales channels or infrastructure in the United States, management found it prudent to plan a roll out of the product with
+Added: a distributor that had an established network and infrastructure.
+Added: For this business, the Company partnered with a company called Innovative
+Added: Outcomes and entered into a revolving credit facility to a maximum of $750,000.
+Added: Innovative Outcomes would use this to grow both their
+Added: own distribution network and infrastructure and also allow for the Company to utilize this network and infrastructure.
+Added: However, during
+Added: quarter ending November 30, 2023, there was a material change in strategic focus where the Company would require its products to be marketed
+Added: to niche surgical units, Innovative Outcomes would be servicing the wound care clinic market only which meant that the future growth of
+Added: the combined network and infrastructure would not be a strategic match between the two entities.
+Added: It was therefore decided to separate
+Added: the network and infrastructure developed and for each company to pursue its strategic focus.
+Added: The note receivable will continue on the
+Added: same terms and become payable later in the 2024 financial year, but the Company decided to provide full impairment against this receivable
+Added: on November 30, 2023.
+Added: This decision was made in prudence due to the fact that the receivable is not backed by any Trachealator revenue
+Added: streams anymore and does not change that Innovative Outcomes will still be liable for payment of this in the future Interest will accrue
+Added: as normal until maturity date.
+Added: Should payments be received this provision will be reversed with the same amount of cashflow received.
+Added: We have cash available on hand and
+Added: believe that this cash will be sufficient to fund operations and meet our obligations as they come due within one year from the date these
+Added: Condensed Consolidated financial statements are issued.
+Added: In the event that we do not achieve the revenue anticipated in its current operating
+Added: plan, management has the ability and commitment to reduce operating expenses as necessary.
+Added: Our long-term success is dependent upon our
+Added: ability to successfully raise additional capital, market our existing services, increase revenues, and, ultimately, to achieve profitable
+Added: Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization
+Added: of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
+Added: FDA 510(k) approval through the substantially equivalence process for Class II medical devices for our main product being the Trachealator.
+Added: During the quarter ending November 30, 2023, the Company also obtained cardiology distribution revenues in South Africa, which significantly
+Added: contributed to the overall profitability of the Company.
+Added: the research and development phase of most products completed, we expect to see an increase in sales being realized against the sales
+Added: expenditure incurred.
Cash Flow movements
−Removed: Operating activities used
−Removed: cash of $17,131 during the quarter ended August 31, 2023 compared to $480,779 for the same quarter ended August 31, 2022.
−Removed: months ending August 31, 2023 operating cash requirements was 281,256 in comparison to $600,000 the 6 months ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: This is mainly due to an increase in investment for accounts receivables and inventory combined for the 2022 period and investment in
−Removed: inventory for the current year these outflows are directly related to supporting the sales initiative in the United States of America.
−Removed: Since sales significantly increased quarter on quarter.
−Removed: As the business continues to grow the terms of customers will continue to affect
−Removed: the growth in accounts receivables while sales grow.
−Removed: activities was insignificant with a total spend of $18,011 during the quarter ending August 31, 2023 and consumed $1,047 for the prior
−Removed: quarter ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: No investing activities took place for the six months ending August 31,2023 and for the comparative six
−Removed: months ending August 31, 2022 the group invested $ 29,500 into property plant and equipment.
−Removed: The investment into property, plant and
−Removed: equipment peaked in the 2021 Fiscal period as the plant reached maximum potential production its current form.
−Removed: The new focus will be
−Removed: on sales and compliance activities as described in the operating expenses section during the quarter ending August 31, 2023.
−Removed: outflows for new plant will be purely to maintain operating levels and to replace outdated items.
−Removed: Financing activities provided
−Removed: cash of $168,110 during the quarter ended August 31, 2023 and $318,608 for the same quarter in the prior year.
−Removed: For the six months ending
−Removed: August 31, 2023 financing activities provided funding of $260,901 compared to $3,901,564 in the prior period ending August 31, 2022.
−Removed: The increase in the prior year is mainly due to the private placement being concluded during which $3,467,500 was raised and capital
−Removed: raising fees of $169,375 was incurred.
−Removed: The remaining increases in the current quarter and prior quarter is due to an additional drawdown
−Removed: on the related party borrowing from Minoan Medical Proprietary Limited.
−Removed: The loan account in favor of Minoan Medical Proprietary Limited
−Removed: increased by $476,171 during the quarter ended August 31, 2023.
−Removed: In the prior year the loan account increased by $318,561 in the quarter
−Removed: ended August 31, 2022.
+Added: Operating activities provided cash
+Added: of $101,232 for the nine months ending November 30, 2023, whereas operating activities used cash $848,140 for the nine months ending November
+Added: This is mainly due to an increase in sales and profitability with the incorporation of the new Cardiology distribution revenues
+Added: in South Africa and the growth of the Trachealator sales in the United States since sales significantly increased year on year and quarter
+Added: Financing activities used cash of
+Added: $282,552 during the nine months ended November 30, 2023, and provided cash of $4,229,838 for the same quarter in the prior year.
+Added: in the prior year is mainly due to the private placement being concluded during which $3,467,500 was raised and capital raising fees of
+Added: $169,375 were incurred.
+Added: The outflow year to date is due to the part settlement of the related party borrowing from Minoan Medical.
+Added: loan account in favor of Minoan Medical decreased by $282,552 during the nine months ended November 30, 2023.
+Added: In the prior year the loan
+Added: account increased by $931,713 in the nine months ended November 30, 2022.
The loan account is used to fund operational requirements.
−Removed: loan account in favor of Minoan Medical Proprietary Limited increased to $260,901 for the six months ended August 31, 2023.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of August 31, 2023, there
−Removed: were no off-balance sheet arrangements.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Estimates
−Removed: critical accounting estimates
−Removed: are set forth in Note 2 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: As of November 30, 2023, there were
+Added: no off-balance sheet arrangements.
+Added: Accounting Policies
+Added: critical accounting estimates are set forth in Note 2 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
are classified as an emerging growth company for our first five fiscal years after obtaining an IPO since our gross revenues does not
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accelerated filer.
−Removed: We also qualify as a small reporting company since our public float is below $250 Million and less than $100 million
−Removed: If a company qualifies as a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, it may
−Removed: choose to prepare its disclosure
−Removed: relying on scaled disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies in Regulation S-K.
−Removed: With the current information available the
−Removed: company expects to remain an Emerging Growth Company for at least five years.
−Removed: Recently Issued Accounting
−Removed: Pronouncements
−Removed: The Company does not expect
−Removed: the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated results of
−Removed: operation, financial position or cash flow.
+Added: We also qualify as a small reporting company since our public float is below $250 Million and has less than
+Added: $100 million in revenue.
+Added: If a company qualifies as a “smaller reporting company”, as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation
+Added: S-K, it may choose to prepare its disclosure relying on scaled disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies in Regulation
+Added: With the current information available the company expects to remain an Emerging Growth Company for at least five years.
+Added: Issued Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: The Company does not expect the adoption
+Added: of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company’s Consolidated results of operation, financial
+Added: position, or cash flow.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
−Removed: Not applicable
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