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DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
−Removed: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE
−Removed: The names of our directors, executive
−Removed: officers and certain information about each of them at March 31, 2023 are set forth below.
+Added: Not applicable.
+Added: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
+Added: names of our directors, executive officers and certain information about each of them at March 31, 2024 are set forth below.
Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
+Added: President, Chief Financial
+Added: Officer, Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chief Operating Officer
+Added: Duane DeSisto (1)
Steven Felsher(2)(3)
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Ellen O’Connor Vos
−Removed: (1) Member of Compensation Committee
−Removed: (2) Member of Audit Committee
−Removed: (3) Member of Nominating and Governance Committee
−Removed: There are no family relationships
−Removed: among any of our directors or executive officers.
−Removed: The principal occupations and
−Removed: positions for at least the past five years of our directors and executive officers are described below.
−Removed: James “Jeb” Besser .
−Removed: Besser has served as our chief executive officer since February 23, 2022 and combines over 25 years of experience in alternative investments,
−Removed: strategic advisory, corporate strategy and corporate governance.
−Removed: Since 1999, he has been a Managing Member at Manchester Management Company,
−Removed: LLC (“Manchester”), an investment management firm.
−Removed: Besser is also currently a director of River Stone Biotech, a development
−Removed: stage specialty bioprocessing company.
+Added: of Compensation Committee
+Added: of Audit Committee
+Added: of Nominating and Governance Committee
+Added: are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
+Added: principal occupations and positions for at least the past five years of our directors and executive officers are described below.
+Added: “Jeb” Besser .
+Added: Besser has served as our chief executive officer since February 2022 and combines over 25 years of
+Added: experience in alternative investments, strategic advisory, corporate strategy and corporate governance.
+Added: Since 1999, he has been a Managing
+Added: Member at Manchester Management Company, LLC (“Manchester”), an investment management firm.
+Added: Besser is also currently
+Added: a director of River Stone Biotech, a development stage specialty bioprocessing company.
He holds a B.A.
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We believe that Mr.
−Removed: Besser is qualified to serve
−Removed: as member of our board of directors due to his extensive prior experience conducting financial analysis of public companies (certain of
−Removed: which were in the development stage), including such public companies’ management teams, products, including products in the development
−Removed: stage, the potential markets for such products and other factors that could affect the likelihood and timing of success and market penetration
−Removed: of such entities’ products as well as his capital raising activities.
−Removed: We believe this provides us with valuable insights into the
−Removed: financial markets and investment criteria of institutional and other investors as well as capital raising activities.
−Removed: Paul DiPerna.
−Removed: has been our chairman, chief financial officer, president and treasurer since we acquired Quasuras in July 2017.
−Removed: He also served as our
−Removed: chief executive officer from July 2017 until August 2021, and as our Secretary from July 2017 to October 2021.
−Removed: In 2015, he founded Quasuras,
−Removed: an early-stage medical device company developing an insulin pump product, and, until its acquisition by us, he served as its chief executive
−Removed: officer and chairman.
+Added: Besser is qualified to serve as member of our board of directors due to his extensive prior experience conducting
+Added: financial analysis of public companies (certain of which were in the development stage), including such public companies’ management
+Added: teams, products, including products in the development stage, the potential markets for such products and other factors that could affect
+Added: the likelihood and timing of success and market penetration of such entities’ products as well as his capital raising activities.
+Added: We believe this provides us with valuable insights into the financial markets and investment criteria of institutional and other investors
+Added: as well as capital raising activities.
+Added: DiPerna has been our chairman, chief financial officer, president and treasurer since we acquired Quasuras, Inc.
+Added: in July 2017.
+Added: He also served as our chief executive officer from July 2017 until August 2021, and as our Secretary from July 2017 to
+Added: October 2021.
+Added: In 2015, he founded Quasuras, an early-stage medical device company developing an insulin pump product, and, until its
+Added: acquisition by us, he served as its chief executive officer and chairman.
Prior to that, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna founded Fuel Source Partners, LLC to incubate early stage medical device products and
−Removed: accumulate technical talent.
−Removed: Our current pump product was one of such proposed products and was spun-out to Quasuras in 2015.
−Removed: to 2015, he served as a co-inventor at a private company with property rights in a medical device used for blood borne infection control
−Removed: called the Curos Cap, which was acquired by 3M Corporation.
−Removed: DiPerna founded Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
−Removed: and held various positions, including as director, chief executive officer and chief technology officer and was primarily responsible
−Removed: for the design concept and development of Tandem’s initial insulin pump.
−Removed: Prior to that, he held executive and management positions
−Removed: at Baxter Healthcare Corporation (“Baxter”) where he was tasked with identifying synergistic opportunities in the diabetes
+Added: DiPerna founded Fuel Source Partners, LLC
+Added: to incubate early stage medical device products and accumulate technical talent.
+Added: Our current pump product was one of such proposed products
+Added: and was spun-out to Quasuras in 2015.
+Added: From 2012 to 2015, he served as a co-inventor at a private company with property rights in a medical
+Added: device used for blood borne infection control called the Curos Cap, which was acquired by 3M Corporation.
+Added: DiPerna founded
+Added: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
+Added: (“Tandem”) and held various positions, including as director, chief executive officer and chief
+Added: technology officer and was primarily responsible for the design concept and development of Tandem’s initial insulin pump.
+Added: to that, he held executive and management positions at Baxter Healthcare Corporation (“Baxter”) where he was tasked with
+Added: identifying synergistic opportunities in the diabetes industry.
As a result, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna developed substantial expertise and knowledge in the diabetes industry and led attempts by Baxter to
−Removed: acquire three insulin pump manufacturers.
−Removed: Previously, he held mechanical design engineering positions in the automated test equipment
−Removed: and blood separation sciences industries.
−Removed: DiPerna holds approximately 70 patents in medical device and microfluidic technology and
−Removed: has achieved numerous product clearances with the FDA.
−Removed: He has also achieved multiple successful exits with previous companies.
−Removed: received a Masters in Engineering Management from Northeastern University and a B.S.
−Removed: in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
−Removed: Massachusetts and has spent over 35 years in the medical-device industry.
−Removed: We believe that Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna is qualified to serve as the chairman
−Removed: of our board of directors due to his extensive knowledge and experience in the medical-device industry generally, and, in particular,
−Removed: with regard to insulin pumps and the diabetes industry, as well as his management and leadership experience from holding director and
−Removed: senior executive positions in other public and private companies and leading project development teams of medical device companies.
−Removed: Kevin Schmid .
−Removed: has served as our chief operating officer since July 21, 2022.
−Removed: He has over 19 years of experience in medical device senior management
−Removed: and high-volume global manufacturing operations.
−Removed: He served as a consultant to the Company from March 2022 until his hire date.
−Removed: has served as a member of the board of directors of Eitan Medical, an Israel based provider of connected infusion and wearable drug delivery
−Removed: solutions, since 2018.
−Removed: From 2018 through June 2021, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Common Sensing, Inc.,
−Removed: a disposable injector pen dose monitoring and reporting technology company.
+Added: DiPerna developed substantial expertise and knowledge
+Added: in the diabetes industry and led attempts by Baxter to acquire three insulin pump manufacturers.
+Added: Previously, he held mechanical design
+Added: engineering positions in the automated test equipment and blood separation sciences industries.
+Added: DiPerna holds approximately 70 patents
+Added: in medical device and microfluidic technology and has achieved numerous product clearances with the FDA.
+Added: He has also achieved multiple
+Added: successful exits with previous companies.
+Added: DiPerna received a Masters in Engineering Management from Northeastern University and a
+Added: in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and has spent over 35 years in the medical-device industry.
+Added: DiPerna is qualified to serve as the chairman of our board of directors due to his extensive knowledge and experience in the
+Added: medical-device industry generally, and, in particular, with regard to insulin pumps and the diabetes industry, as well as his management
+Added: and leadership experience from holding director and senior executive positions in other public and private companies and leading project
+Added: development teams of medical device companies.
+Added: Schmid has served as our chief operating officer since July 21, 2022.
+Added: He has over 19 years of experience in medical device
+Added: senior management and high-volume global manufacturing operations.
+Added: He served as a consultant to the Company from March 2022 until his
+Added: Schmid has served as a member of the board of directors of Eitan Medical, an Israel based provider of connected infusion
+Added: and wearable drug delivery solutions, since 2018.
+Added: From 2018 through June 2021, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and a board member
+Added: of Common Sensing, Inc., a disposable injector pen dose monitoring and reporting technology company.
From 2016 to 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Schmid was Vice President of Drug Delivery
−Removed: Systems for the Stevanato Group, a provider of innovative packaging and drug delivery solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
−Removed: 2003 to 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Schmid was Vice President of Manufacturing, Operations, and Drug Delivery Systems for Insulet Corporation.
−Removed: BSME degree from Clarkson University and an MBA from Sacred Heart University.
−Removed: Febbo was appointed to our board of directors in January 2020.
−Removed: He is currently the Chief
−Removed: Executive Officer and a director of OptimizeRx Corporation, a digital health company focused on bringing life sciences support to patients
−Removed: and providers, having joined the company in 2016.
−Removed: Since April 2022, he has served as member of the board of directors of Augmedix, Inc.,
−Removed: a Nasdaq-listed provider of automated medical documentation and data services.
−Removed: Febbo founded Plexuus, LLC, a payment processing business
−Removed: for medical professionals in September 2015 and remained its Chairman from September 2015 to December 2020.
−Removed: From April 2007 to September
−Removed: 2015, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Merriman Holdings, Inc., an investment banking firm, where he assisted with capital raises
−Removed: in the technology, biotechnology, clean technology, consumer and resources industries.
−Removed: Febbo was a co-founder of, and from September
−Removed: 2013 to September 2015 served as Chief Executive Officer of, Digital Capital Network, Inc.
−Removed: a transaction platform for institutional and
−Removed: accredited investors.
−Removed: He was a co-founder of, and from January 1999 to September 2015 was Chief Executive Officer of, MedPanel, LLC, a
−Removed: provider of market intelligence and communications for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and medical device industries.
−Removed: Since 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Febbo has been a faculty member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s linQ program, which is a collaborative initiative
−Removed: focused on increasing the potential of innovative research to benefit society and the economy.
−Removed: Since 2004, he has been a board member
−Removed: of the United Nations Association of Greater Boston, a resource for the citizens of Greater Boston on the broad agenda of critical global
−Removed: issues addressed by the United Nations and its agencies.
−Removed: He holds a B.A.
−Removed: in international studies and Spanish from Dickinson College.
−Removed: We believe that Mr.
−Removed: Febbo is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his wealth of experience in building and managing
−Removed: health services and financial businesses.
−Removed: Febbo brings more than 20 years of experience in building and managing health services and
−Removed: financial businesses.
−Removed: On January 29, 2018, the Financial Industry
−Removed: Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) accepted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (the “Consent”) submitted by
−Removed: Without admitting or denying the findings, Mr.
−Removed: Febbo consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he permitted
−Removed: Merriman Capital, Inc.
−Removed: to conduct a securities business while below its net capital requirement.
−Removed: From August 2012 to October 2015, he
−Removed: was the Financial and Operations Principal (“FinOp”) for a registered broker-dealer, Merriman Capital, Inc.
−Removed: (“Merriman”).
−Removed: During certain months, while Mr.
−Removed: Febbo was FinOp, FINRA found that certain of Merriman’s net capital filings with FINRA were inaccurate
−Removed: because of the method by which Merriman calculated net capital and that, when corrected, it was retroactively determined that Merriman
−Removed: had operated below its minimum net capital requirements.
−Removed: Febbo, as FinOp, signed certain of these reports and was thus held responsible.
−Removed: Based on the Consent, in settlement, Mr.
−Removed: Febbo, who was then no longer registered with any broker-dealer, accepted a fine of $5,000, a
−Removed: 10-business day suspension from acting as FinOp for any FINRA member and required to requalify by examination for the Series 27 license
−Removed: before again acting in a FinOp capacity.
−Removed: Steven Felsher.
−Removed: appointed to our board of directors in November 2021.
−Removed: Felsher is an experienced executive with respect to finance, administration,
−Removed: governance and other aspects of public and private company management.
−Removed: He has served as a member of the board of directors of Signal Hill
−Removed: Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, since March 2021.
−Removed: From August 2018 to July 2020, he served as a member of the
−Removed: board of directors of Sito Mobile, Inc., a publicly-traded company that provided customized, data-driven solutions for brands spanning
−Removed: all forms of media.
+Added: Vice President of Drug Delivery Systems for the Stevanato Group, a provider of innovative packaging and drug delivery solutions for the
+Added: pharmaceutical industry.
+Added: From 2003 to 2015, Mr.
+Added: Schmid was Vice President of Manufacturing, Operations, and Drug Delivery Systems for
+Added: Insulet Corporation.
+Added: He has a BSME degree from Clarkson University and an MBA from Sacred Heart University.
+Added: DeSisto was appointed to our board of directors in July 2023.
+Added: He has over 45 years of progressive management experience
+Added: and over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry as a member of senior management and as a board member at multiple public
+Added: From 2001 to 2014, he served as the chief executive officer of Insulet Corporation, manufacturer of the world’s first
+Added: patch insulin pump.
+Added: Prior to 2001, he held executive positions with Paper Exchange, an e-business solution for the pulp and paper industry,
+Added: AAI-Foster Grant, a sunglass and eyeglass provider to point-of-purchase retail, and Zoll Medical, a defibrillator manufacturer.
+Added: an undergraduate degree from Providence College and a masters of business administration degree from Bryant University.
+Added: We believe that
+Added: DeSisto is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive background in operational leadership and commercialization
+Added: of advanced medical devices and therapies, including insulin pumps.
+Added: In addition, he has served as an executive officer and member of
+Added: the board of directors at multiple public companies.
+Added: Felsher was appointed to our board of directors in November 2021.
+Added: Felsher is an experienced executive with respect
+Added: to finance, administration, governance and other aspects of public and private company management.
+Added: He served as a member of the board
+Added: of directors of Signal Hill Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, from March 2021 to February 2023.
+Added: From August 2018
+Added: to July 2020, he served as a member of the board of directors of Sito Mobile, Inc., a publicly-traded company that provided customized,
+Added: data-driven solutions for brands spanning all forms of media.
From January 2011 to June 2019, Mr.
−Removed: Felsher was a senior advisor at Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm
−Removed: focused on the information and communications technology sectors.
−Removed: He spent a substantial portion of his career with Grey Global Group
−Removed: Inc., a global marketing services company, where he served as a senior executive from 1979 until 2007, most recently as vice chairman
−Removed: and chief financial officer.
+Added: Felsher was a senior advisor at Quadrangle
+Added: Group LLC, a private investment firm focused on the information and communications technology sectors.
+Added: He spent a substantial portion
+Added: of his career with Grey Global Group Inc., a global marketing services company, where he served as a senior executive from 1979 until
+Added: 2007, most recently as vice chairman and chief financial officer.
He holds a BA in classical Greek from Dickinson College and a J.D.
from Yale University School of Law.
−Removed: believe that Mr.
−Removed: Felsher is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive business experience with administration,
−Removed: governance, capital allocation and other aspects of public and private company management.
−Removed: was appointed to our board of directors in April 2017.
−Removed: In August 2022, he was appointed as chairman of the board of directors of SANUWAVE
−Removed: Health, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of wound-care products.
−Removed: Frank has worked with Manchester, LP since May 2002, and, prior to
−Removed: such time, he was a founder and managing director at First Principles Group, a boutique consultancy and principal investor specializing
−Removed: in corporate restructuring, restarts, intellectual property assessment and salvage, and spin outs.
−Removed: Prior to such time, Mr.
−Removed: approximately five years as an analyst and portfolio manager at Hollis Capital, a San Francisco based hedge fund and prior thereto, Mr.
−Removed: Frank worked for an independent private client group at Paine Webber specializing in primary research to develop investment ideas (particularly
−Removed: short sale ideas) for institutional clients.
+Added: We believe that Mr.
+Added: Felsher is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive
+Added: business experience with administration, governance, capital allocation and other aspects of public and private company management.
+Added: Frank was appointed to our board of directors in April 2017.
+Added: In August 2022, he was appointed as chairman of the board
+Added: of directors of SANUWAVE Health, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of wound-care products.
+Added: Frank has worked with Manchester, LP since
+Added: May 2002, and, prior to such time, he was a founder and managing director at First Principles Group, a boutique consultancy and principal
+Added: investor specializing in corporate restructuring, restarts, intellectual property assessment and salvage, and spin outs.
+Added: Prior to such
+Added: Frank spent approximately five years as an analyst and portfolio manager at Hollis Capital, a San Francisco based hedge fund
+Added: and prior thereto, Mr.
+Added: Frank worked for an independent private client group at Paine Webber specializing in primary research to develop
+Added: investment ideas (particularly short sale ideas) for institutional clients.
Prior to his employment at Paine Webber, Mr.
−Removed: Frank was a currency trader for Eastern Vanguard.
+Added: currency trader for Eastern Vanguard.
Frank holds a BA in Economics and in Political Science from Brown University.
−Removed: We believe that Mr.
−Removed: Frank is qualified to serve as member
−Removed: of our board of directors due to his extensive prior experience conducting financial analysis of public companies (certain of which were
−Removed: in the development stage), including such public companies’ management teams, products, including products in the development stage,
−Removed: the potential markets for such products and other factors that could affect the likelihood and timing of success and market penetration
−Removed: of such entities’ products as well as his capital raising activities.
−Removed: We believe this provides us with valuable insights into the
−Removed: financial markets and investment criteria of institutional and other investors as well as capital raising activities.
−Removed: Philip Sheibley.
−Removed: was appointed to our board of directors in November 2021.
−Removed: Sheibley is an experienced executive and venture capitalist.
−Removed: he has served as a principal at Alumni Investment Partners, a private equity firm.
+Added: We believe that
+Added: Frank is qualified to serve as member of our board of directors due to his extensive prior experience conducting financial analysis
+Added: of public companies (certain of which were in the development stage), including such public companies’ management teams, products,
+Added: including products in the development stage, the potential markets for such products and other factors that could affect the likelihood
+Added: and timing of success and market penetration of such entities’ products as well as his capital raising activities.
+Added: We believe this
+Added: provides us with valuable insights into the financial markets and investment criteria of institutional and other investors as well as
+Added: capital raising activities.
+Added: Sheibley was appointed to our board of directors in November 2021.
+Added: Sheibley is an experienced executive and venture
+Added: Since 2011, he has served as a principal at Alumni Investment Partners, a private equity firm.
From 1981 to 2010, Mr.
−Removed: Sheibley served as a management
−Removed: and technology consultant with Accenture, where he focused on the life sciences area, holding a variety of leadership positions, including
−Removed: North American industry director for life sciences and global lead for management consulting.
−Removed: Sheibley holds a B.S.
−Removed: in industrial
−Removed: and systems engineering with a business minor from Lehigh University.
+Added: served as a management and technology consultant with Accenture, where he focused on the life sciences area, holding a variety of leadership
+Added: positions, including North American industry director for life sciences and global lead for management consulting.
+Added: Sheibley holds
+Added: in industrial and systems engineering with a business minor from Lehigh University.
We believe that Mr.
−Removed: Sheibley is qualified to serve on our board
−Removed: of directors because of his extensive business experience in the life sciences area and experience with venture capital investment and
−Removed: consulting, including financing transactions for early- stage and scale-up stage companies, assisting with scale-up strategy/execution,
−Removed: and participating as a board member in the medical products industry.
+Added: Sheibley is qualified
+Added: to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive business experience in the life sciences area and experience with venture
+Added: capital investment and consulting, including financing transactions for early- stage and scale-up stage companies, assisting with scale-up
+Added: strategy/execution, and participating as a board member in the medical products industry.
Carmen Volkart.
−Removed: was appointed to our board of directors in December 2019.
−Removed: She has served as chief financial officer of Natureworks LLC, an advanced materials
−Removed: company offering a portfolio of renewably-sourced polymers, since October 2018.
−Removed: Volkart served as a member of the board of directors,
−Removed: including as a member of the audit committee of Antares Pharma, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed, specialty pharmaceutical company, from October
−Removed: 2021 to May 2022, when it was acquired by another Nasdaq-listed company.
−Removed: From October 2012 to July 2018, she served as chief financial
−Removed: officer and, for a portion of that time, as senior vice president of commercialization for NxThera, Inc., a medical device company pioneering
−Removed: the application of convective radiofrequency thermotherapy to treat endurological conditions.
−Removed: Volkart served as global chief financial
−Removed: officer of Tornier N.V.
−Removed: from 2010 to 2012, and was chief operating and financial officer, corporate secretary, compliance officer and
−Removed: treasurer of Spine Wave, Inc.
+Added: Volkart was appointed
+Added: to our board of directors in December 2019.
+Added: Since January 2023, she has served as a member of the board of directors of Tactile Systems
+Added: Technology, Inc.
+Added: (Tactile Medical), a Nasdaq-listed, medical technology company developing and marketing at-home therapies for people
+Added: suffering from underserved, chronic conditions.
+Added: Volkart served as chief financial officer of Natureworks LLC, an advanced materials
+Added: company offering a portfolio of renewably-sourced polymers, from October 2018 to September 2023.
+Added: She served as a member of the board
+Added: of directors, including as a member of the audit committee of Antares Pharma, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed, specialty pharmaceutical company,
+Added: from October 2021 to May 2022, when it was acquired by another Nasdaq-listed company.
+Added: From October 2012 to July 2018, Ms.
+Added: Volkart served
+Added: as chief financial officer and, for a portion of that time, as senior vice president of commercialization for NxThera, Inc., a medical
+Added: device company pioneering the application of convective radiofrequency thermotherapy to treat endourological conditions.
+Added: She served as
+Added: global chief financial officer of Tornier N.V.
+Added: from 2010 to 2012, and was chief operating and financial officer, corporate secretary,
+Added: compliance officer and treasurer of Spine Wave, Inc.
from 2006 to 2010.
−Removed: Prior to 2006, she held various executive and financial positions at American Medical
−Removed: Systems, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.
+Added: Prior to 2006, Ms.
+Added: Volkart held various executive and financial
+Added: positions at American Medical Systems, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.
and Honeywell, Inc.
−Removed: Volkart holds a B.S.
−Removed: in accounting from the University of North Dakota and an MBA
−Removed: with a concentration in strategic management from the University of Minnesota.
+Added: She holds a B.S.
+Added: in accounting from the University of
+Added: North Dakota and an MBA with a concentration in strategic management from the University of Minnesota.
We believe that Ms.
−Removed: Volkart is qualified to serve on our
−Removed: board of directors because of her substantial financial and public-company experience, as she has served as chief financial officer at
−Removed: multiple medical device and other companies.
−Removed: Ellen O’Connor Vos.
−Removed: Vos was appointed to our board of directors in May 2021 and served as our chief executive officer from August 2021 until February 23,
+Added: qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her substantial financial and public-company experience, as she has served as
+Added: chief financial officer at multiple medical device and other companies.
+Added: O’Connor Vos.
+Added: Vos was appointed to our board of directors in May 2021 and served as our chief executive officer from August
+Added: 2021 until February 23, 2022.
Vos has served as a member of VosHealth LLC since November 2020.
−Removed: Prior to that, she served as the president and chief executive
−Removed: officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association from October 2017 to November 2020.
+Added: Prior to that, she served as the president
+Added: and chief executive officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association from October 2017 to November 2020.
Previously, Ms.
−Removed: Vos had been chief executive officer
−Removed: of ghg | greyhealth group from 1996 to 2017, and she has been a champion of using digital capabilities to improve the public health.
−Removed: Vos also serves on the board of OptimizeRX Corporation, a publicly- traded digital health company, and the Jed Foundation, a leading nonprofit
−Removed: dedicated to protecting the emotional health of college students, and was a founding board member of MMRF, a pioneering cancer research
+Added: Vos had been chief
+Added: executive officer of ghg | greyhealth group from 1996 to 2017, and she has been a champion of using digital capabilities to improve the
+Added: public health.
+Added: Vos also serves on the board of OptimizeRX Corporation, a publicly- traded digital health company, and the Jed Foundation,
+Added: a leading nonprofit dedicated to protecting the emotional health of college students, and was a founding board member of MMRF, a pioneering
+Added: cancer research foundation.
Vos holds a B.S.
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We believe that Ms.
−Removed: Vos is qualified to serve on our board of directors
−Removed: because of her executive experience and extensive executive skills in digital marketing, commercialization and communications in the healthcare
−Removed: Involvement in Legal Proceedings
−Removed: Except as described above with regard
−Removed: Febbo, to our knowledge, none of our executive officers or our directors has, during the last ten years:
−Removed: ● had any bankruptcy petition
−Removed: filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was
−Removed: a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
−Removed: ● been subject to any order,
−Removed: judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority,
−Removed: permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities,
−Removed: futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any
−Removed: such activity;
−Removed: ● been found by a court of competent
−Removed: jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities
−Removed: or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
−Removed: ● been the subject of, or a party
−Removed: to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated
−Removed: (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state
−Removed: securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including,
−Removed: but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent
−Removed: cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection
−Removed: with any business entity;
−Removed: ● been the subject of, or a party
−Removed: to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section
−Removed: 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent
−Removed: exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
−Removed: To our knowledge, there are no
−Removed: material proceedings to which any director, officer or affiliate of ours, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class
−Removed: of voting securities of us, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate of ours, or security holder is a party adverse to
−Removed: us or any of our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries.
−Removed: Arrangements for Appointment of Directors and Officers
−Removed: Pursuant to the Reorganization
−Removed: and Share Exchange Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the Share Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2017, by and among us, Quasuras, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna and the other stockholders of Quasuras, until July 24, 2022, our board of directors was required to consist of no more than five
−Removed: and no less than two directors of which (i) Manchester Explorer, L.P.
−Removed: has the right to appoint two directors, pursuant to which Manchester
−Removed: Explorer, L.P.
+Added: Vos is qualified to serve on
+Added: our board of directors because of her executive experience and extensive executive skills in digital marketing, commercialization and
+Added: communications in the healthcare industry.
+Added: Relationships.
+Added: are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.
+Added: in Legal Proceedings
+Added: our knowledge, none of our executive officers or our directors has, during the last ten years:
+Added: any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of
+Added: any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or
+Added: executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior
+Added: to that time;
+Added: subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated,
+Added: of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily
+Added: enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business,
+Added: securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities,
+Added: or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
+Added: found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or the Commodity
+Added: Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities
+Added: law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
+Added: the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment,
+Added: decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement
+Added: of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal
+Added: or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial
+Added: institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent
+Added: injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent
+Added: cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting
+Added: mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity;
+Added: the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended
+Added: or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange
+Added: Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act),
+Added: or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority
+Added: over its members or persons associated with a member.
+Added: our knowledge, there are no material proceedings to which any director, officer or affiliate of ours, any owner of record or beneficially
+Added: of more than 5% of any class of voting securities of us, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate of ours, or security
+Added: holder is a party adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries.
+Added: for Appointment of Directors and Officers
+Added: to the Reorganization and Share Exchange Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the Share Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2017, by and
+Added: among us, Quasuras, Mr.
+Added: DiPerna and the other stockholders of Quasuras, until July 24, 2022, our board of directors was required to consist
+Added: of no more than five and no less than two directors of which (i) Manchester Explorer, L.P.
+Added: has the right to appoint two directors, pursuant
+Added: to which Manchester Explorer, L.P.
appointed Mr.
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Volkart and (ii) Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna, in addition to being our chairman of the board, had the right
−Removed: to appoint two additional directors, pursuant to which he appointed Liam Burns, who resigned from our board of directors in December 2021,
+Added: DiPerna, in addition to being our chairman of the
+Added: board, had the right to appoint two additional directors, pursuant to which he appointed Liam Burns, who resigned from our board of directors
+Added: in December 2021, and Febbo.
In May 2021, the parties amended the Share Agreement and removed Manchester Explorer L.P’s and Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s rights
−Removed: to appoint directors.
+Added: DiPerna’s rights to appoint directors.
In addition, the parties agreed that Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna shall remain chairman of our board of directors until July 2022;
+Added: DiPerna shall remain chairman of our board of directors
+Added: until July 2022;
provided, that in the event Mr.
DiPerna resigns or is otherwise replaced as our chief executive officer, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna shall remain as chairman
−Removed: of our board of directors for an additional period of three years.
−Removed: Following such amendment, our board of directors increased the size
−Removed: of the board to six members and, on May 18, 2021, appointed Ms.
+Added: shall remain as chairman of our board of directors for an additional period of three years.
+Added: Following such amendment, our board of directors
+Added: increased the size of the board to six members and, on May 18, 2021, appointed Ms.
Vos as a director to our board.
−Removed: The DiPerna Employment and Related Agreements
−Removed: We entered into an employment
−Removed: agreement dated August 1, 2018, with Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna pursuant to which Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna is employed by us as our president.
−Removed: employment agreement had an initial two-year term and automatically renews for additional one-year terms.
−Removed: Pursuant to such agreement,
−Removed: we agreed to pay Mr.
−Removed: i) an annual salary of $200,000 in cash, ii) $100,000 per year in fully-vested stock options granted monthly
−Removed: at an exercise price determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion and iii) an annual bonus of $300,000, payable at the
−Removed: discretion of our board of directors, either in shares or in cash.
−Removed: If the board chooses to pay the bonus in shares, such shares will be
−Removed: valued at a price determined by our board of directors.
−Removed: Pursuant to such employment agreement (i) if (a) we terminate Mr.
−Removed: employment without cause or he resigns with good reason, we will pay Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna a lump sum of $200,000, and (b) we terminate Mr.
−Removed: employment for cause, we are not obligated to make any severance payment and Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna will receive only his base compensation through
−Removed: the last day of his employment, (ii) upon Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s death or disability, he will receive his base compensation through the last
−Removed: day of his employment and will remain eligible for all applicable benefits relative to death or disability pursuant to any plans that
−Removed: we have in place at such time, and (iii) upon a change of control (as defined in the employment agreement), Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna will be paid a
−Removed: lump sum of $100,000 within sixty days of the time at which such change of control takes place.
−Removed: In May 2020, we amended our employment agreement with Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna to provide that in the event of a change in control:
−Removed: ● within 60 days of the date
−Removed: the change in control occurs, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna shall be paid by us or our successor in interest a lump sum cash payment equal to 12 months
−Removed: DiPerna’s then annual Base Compensation (as defined in the employment agreement);
−Removed: ● immediately prior to such change
−Removed: of control, any unvested stock options or other unvested securities of ours issued to Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna shall automatically accelerate and
−Removed: immediately become fully vested and exercisable.
−Removed: In June 2020, our board of directors
−Removed: approved an amendment to the employment agreement to provide that Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s base salary would be paid entirely in cash commencing
−Removed: July 1, 2020.
−Removed: The payment of the additional cash component of Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s annual base salary ($8,333.33 per month) was initially
−Removed: be deferred (the Deferred Salary) and accrue for Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s benefit until we have received $5,000,000 of cumulative gross proceeds
−Removed: of financing, at which time the Deferred Salary shall be paid to Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna and the salary deferrals will cease.
−Removed: The salary deferrals
−Removed: ceased and the Deferred Salary was paid to Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna in May 2021.
−Removed: In August 2021, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna resigned as our chief executive officer,
−Removed: and he continues to serve as our president, chief financial officer, treasurer and chairman of our board of directors.
−Removed: If a change of control occurred on March 31, 2023,
−Removed: under his employment agreement, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna would be entitled to the following:
−Removed: ● payment of a lump sum of $300,000
−Removed: within 60 days of the time at which such change of control takes place.
−Removed: ● accelerated vesting of 45,000
−Removed: shares of common stock under an unvested stock option.
−Removed: The value of the shares subject to accelerated vesting is calculated as the intrinsic
−Removed: value per share multiplied by the number of shares that would become fully vested upon a change of control.
−Removed: The intrinsic value per share
−Removed: would be calculated as the excess of the closing price of the common stock of $1.45 on the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 31, 2023 over
−Removed: the exercise price of the option.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, the intrinsic value was zero.
−Removed: In connection with our acquisition
−Removed: of Quasuras, we entered into an Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement dated as of July 24, 2017, with Quasuras and Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna, pursuant
−Removed: DiPerna transferred to us all intellectual property rights owned directly and/or indirectly by him related to our business.
−Removed: Separately, we agreed to pay Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna, as part of his compensation for services to be performed for us, pursuant to a royalty agreement,
−Removed: certain fees based upon future sales, if any, of our potential product subject to a maximum $10,000,000 cap on the aggregate amount of
−Removed: fees that Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna could earn from such arrangement.
−Removed: The Vos Employment Agreement
−Removed: On August 11, 2021, we entered
−Removed: into a two-year employment agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ms.
−Removed: Vos for her service as our chief executive officer, and the
−Removed: Agreement renews for one-year terms, unless either party provides the other with 90-day prior written notice of termination.
−Removed: The Agreement
−Removed: provided that Ms.
−Removed: Vos was entitled to total base compensation of $300,000 annually, as follows:
−Removed: a cash salary of $250,000 per year (the
−Removed: “Cash Salary”), plus deferred salary of $50,000 per year (the Deferred Salary and, together with the Cash Salary, the “Base
−Removed: Compensation”).
−Removed: On February 23, 2022, Ellen O’Connor Vos
−Removed: informed our board of directors of that she was resigning from her position as our chief executive officer, effective immediately (the
−Removed: “Resignation”).
−Removed: In connection with the Resignation, we and Ms.
−Removed: Vos entered into a Severance and Release Agreement dated February
−Removed: 23, 2022 (the Separation Agreement).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Ms.
−Removed: Vos was entitled to receive separation payments in an aggregate
−Removed: gross amount of $375,000.
−Removed: Under the terms of the Separation Agreement, the vesting of an option to purchase 362,452 shares of our common
−Removed: stock, which was granted to Ms.
−Removed: Vos on August 11, 2021, ceased on May 24, 2022 and the remaining unvested shares were forfeited.
−Removed: The Schmid Offer Letter
−Removed: Pursuant to an offer letter with the Company (the
−Removed: “Offer Letter”), Mr.
−Removed: Schmid shall receive an annual salary of $250,000 (the “Schmid Base Salary”).
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: he is eligible for an annual discretionary target incentive bonus of up to 50% of his Base Salary.
−Removed: In connection with his appointment,
−Removed: Schmid was granted a stock option to purchase 175,000 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: The stock option vests over a three-year period
−Removed: with one-third of the shares subject to the stock option vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remaining shares
−Removed: vesting monthly thereafter, subject to Mr.
−Removed: Schmid’s continuous service with us.
−Removed: In the event of termination of his employment by
−Removed: us other than for cause or good reason (as defined in the Offer Letter), Mr.
−Removed: Schmid will receive an amount equal to six months of his
−Removed: then-current base salary as a severance payment.
−Removed: As compensation for his services
−Removed: as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr.
−Removed: Besser is paid de minimis compensation of $1.00 per year.
−Removed: Communications with our Board of Directors
−Removed: Stockholders who desire to communicate
−Removed: with the board of directors, or a specific director, may do so by sending the communication addressed to either the board of directors
−Removed: or any individual director, c/o Modular Medical, Inc., 10740 Thornmint Road, San Diego, California 92127.
−Removed: These communications will be
−Removed: delivered to the board of directors, or any individual director, as specified.
−Removed: Corporate Governance
−Removed: Board Leadership Structure
−Removed: and Role in Risk Oversight
−Removed: Due to the small size and early
−Removed: stage of the Company, we have not adopted a formal policy on whether the chairman and chief executive officer positions should be separate
−Removed: Since 2017, Mr.
+Added: Communications
+Added: with our Board of Directors
+Added: who desire to communicate with the board of directors, or a specific director, may do so by sending the communication addressed to either
+Added: the board of directors or any individual director, c/o Modular Medical, Inc., 10740 Thornmint Road, San Diego, California 92127.
+Added: communications will be delivered to the board of directors, or any individual director, as specified.
+Added: Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
+Added: Due to our small size and early stage, we have
+Added: not adopted a formal policy on whether the chairman and chief executive officer positions should be separate or combined.
DiPerna has been serving as our chairman, and, since February 2022, Mr.
−Removed: Besser has been serving as our
−Removed: chief executive officer.
−Removed: Our board of directors has oversight responsibility for our risk management processes.
−Removed: Our board of directors
−Removed: receives and reviews periodic reports from management, auditors, legal counsel, and others, as considered appropriate, regarding our assessment
−Removed: Our board of directors will focus on the most significant risks facing us and our general risk management strategy, and also
−Removed: ensure that risks undertaken by us are consistent with our appetite for risk.
−Removed: While our board of directors oversees our risk management
−Removed: processes, management is responsible for day-to- day risk management processes.
−Removed: We believe this division of responsibilities is the most
−Removed: effective approach for addressing the risks facing us and that the leadership structure of our board of directors supports this approach.
−Removed: We have established an audit committee,
−Removed: a compensation committee, and a nominating and governance committee.
−Removed: Each committee’s members and functions are described below.
−Removed: Audit Committee
−Removed: Our board of directors established
−Removed: the audit committee (the Audit Committee) for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes and audits of
−Removed: our financial statements.
−Removed: The Audit Committee also is charged with reviewing any internal control violations under our whistleblower policy.
−Removed: The responsibilities of our audit committee are described in the Audit Committee Charter adopted by our board of directors, a current
−Removed: copy of which can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
−Removed: Felsher and Mr.
−Removed: Sheibley are the
−Removed: current members of the Audit Committee.
−Removed: Felsher serves as the chairperson and has been designated by the board of directors as the
−Removed: “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and the Exchange
−Removed: That status does not impose duties, liabilities or obligations that are greater than the duties, liabilities or obligations otherwise
−Removed: imposed on Mr.
−Removed: Felsher as a member of the audit committee and the board of directors, however.
−Removed: Our board of directors has determined that
−Removed: each of our Audit Committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of the Nasdaq listing rules and meets the independence
−Removed: standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Compensation Committee
−Removed: Our board of directors established
−Removed: the compensation committee for the purpose of reviewing, recommending and approving our compensation policies and benefits, including
−Removed: the compensation of all of our executive officers and directors.
−Removed: Febbo and Ms.
−Removed: Volkart are the current members of the compensation
−Removed: committee, and Mr.
−Removed: Febbo serves as the chairperson.
−Removed: Each of our Compensation Committee members satisfies the “independence”
−Removed: requirements of the Nasdaq listing rules and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Our compensation committee is responsible
−Removed: for reviewing, recommending and approving our compensation policies and benefits, including the compensation of all of our executive officers
−Removed: and directors, and it also has the principal responsibility for the administration of our equity incentive plan.
−Removed: The responsibilities
−Removed: of our compensation committee are more fully described in the Compensation Committee Charter adopted by our board of directors, a current
−Removed: copy of which can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
−Removed: Nominating and Corporate Governance
−Removed: The Nominating and Governance Committee consists
+Added: Besser has been serving as our chief executive officer.
+Added: board of directors has oversight responsibility for our risk management processes.
+Added: Our board of directors receives and reviews periodic
+Added: reports from management, auditors, legal counsel, and others, as considered appropriate, regarding our assessment of risks.
+Added: of directors will focus on the most significant risks facing us and our general risk management strategy, and also ensure that risks
+Added: undertaken by us are consistent with our appetite for risk.
+Added: While our board of directors oversees our risk management processes, management
+Added: is responsible for day-to-day risk management processes.
+Added: We believe this division of responsibilities is the most effective approach
+Added: for addressing the risks facing us and that the leadership structure of our board of directors supports this approach.
+Added: have established an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and governance committee.
+Added: Each committee’s members
+Added: and functions are described below.
+Added: board of directors established the audit committee (the Audit Committee) for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting
+Added: processes and audits of our financial statements.
+Added: The Audit Committee also is charged with reviewing any internal control violations
+Added: under our whistleblower policy.
+Added: The responsibilities of our audit committee are described in the Audit Committee Charter adopted by our
+Added: board of directors, a current copy of which can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
+Added: Sheibley and Ms.
+Added: Volkart are the current members of the Audit Committee.
+Added: Felsher serves as the chairperson and has been
+Added: designated by the board of directors as the “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation
+Added: S-K under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
+Added: That status does not impose duties, liabilities or obligations that are greater than
+Added: the duties, liabilities or obligations otherwise imposed on Mr.
+Added: Felsher as a member of the audit committee and the board of directors,
+Added: Our board of directors has determined that each of our Audit Committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements
+Added: of the Nasdaq listing rules and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
+Added: board of directors established the compensation committee (the Compensation Committee) for the purpose of reviewing, recommending and
+Added: approving our compensation policies and benefits, including the compensation of all of our executive officers and directors.
+Added: Volkart are the current members of the compensation committee, and Mr.
+Added: DeSisto serves as the chairperson.
+Added: Each of our Compensation
+Added: Committee members satisfies the “independence” requirements of the Nasdaq listing rules and meets the independence standards
+Added: under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
+Added: Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing, recommending and approving our compensation policies and benefits, including the
+Added: compensation of all of our executive officers and directors, and it also has the principal responsibility for the administration of our
+Added: equity incentive plan.
+Added: The responsibilities of our compensation committee are more fully described in the Compensation Committee Charter
+Added: adopted by our board of directors, a current copy of which can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
+Added: and Governance Committee
+Added: board of directors established the nominating and governance committee (the Nominating and Governance Committee) for the purpose of (i)
+Added: carrying out the responsibilities delegated by the board of directors relating to our director nominations process, (ii) developing and
+Added: assessing our corporate governance policies, (iii) review our strategies, activities, and policies regarding environmental, social, and
+Added: governance, or ESG, matters and (iv) provide oversight for the evaluation of the performance of the board of directors and its committees.
+Added: The Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Mr.
Sheibley and Mr.
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Sheibley serves as the chairperson.
−Removed: Each of the members of our Nominating and Governance Committee
−Removed: satisfies the “independence” requirements of the Nasdaq listing rules and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3
−Removed: under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider persons recommended by stockholders for inclusion as nominees
−Removed: for election to our board of directors if the information required by our bylaws is submitted in writing in a timely manner addressed
−Removed: and delivered to our secretary at the address of our executive offices.
−Removed: The Nominating and Governance Committee will
−Removed: identify and evaluate nominees for our board of directors, including nominees recommended by stockholders, based on numerous factors it
−Removed: considers appropriate, some of which may include strength of character, mature judgment, career specialization, relevant technical skills,
−Removed: diversity, and the extent to which the nominee would fill a present need on our board of directors.
−Removed: The responsibilities of our Nominating
−Removed: and Governance committee are more fully described in the Nominating and Governance Committee Charter adopted by our board of directors,
−Removed: a current copy of which can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
−Removed: Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Employees,
−Removed: Executive Officers and Directors
−Removed: We have adopted a Code of Business
−Removed: Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct, applicable to all of our employees, executive officers and members of our board of directors.
+Added: the members of our Nominating and Governance Committee satisfies the “independence” requirements of the Nasdaq listing rules
+Added: and meets the independence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
+Added: The responsibilities of our Nominating and Governance committee
+Added: are more fully described in the Nominating and Governance Committee Charter adopted by our board of directors, a current copy of which
+Added: can be found on the investors section of our website, www.modular-medical.com.
+Added: Nominating and Governance Committee will consider persons recommended by stockholders for inclusion as nominees for election to our board
+Added: of directors if the information required by our bylaws is submitted in writing in a timely manner addressed and delivered to our secretary
+Added: at the address of our executive offices.
+Added: The Nominating and Governance Committee will identify and evaluate nominees for our board of
+Added: directors, including nominees recommended by stockholders, based on numerous factors it considers appropriate, some of which may include
+Added: strength of character, mature judgment, career specialization, relevant technical skills, diversity, and the extent to which the nominee
+Added: would fill a present need on our board of directors.
+Added: board of directors has determined that each of the current directors, with the exception of Mr.
+Added: Frank and Ms.
+Added: Vos, is “independent,”
+Added: as defined by the listing rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, or Nasdaq, and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
+Added: Our board of directors
+Added: has standing Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees, each of which is comprised solely of independent directors
+Added: in accordance with the Nasdaq listing rules.
+Added: No director qualifies as independent unless the board of directors affirmatively determines
+Added: that he has no direct or indirect relationship with us that would impair his independence.
+Added: We independently review the relationship of
+Added: the Company to any entity employing a director or on whose board of directors such director is serving currently.
+Added: Business Conduct and Ethics for Employees, Executive Officers and Directors
+Added: have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or the Code of Conduct, applicable to all of our employees, executive officers and
+Added: members of our board of directors.
The Code of Conduct is available on our website at www.modular-medical.com.
−Removed: Our Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for
−Removed: overseeing the Code of Conduct, and our board of directors must approve any waivers of the Code of Conduct.
−Removed: In addition, we intend to
−Removed: post on our website all disclosures that are required by law concerning any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Code
−Removed: Board Diversity
−Removed: We seek diversity in experience,
−Removed: viewpoint, education, skill, and other individual qualities and attributes to be represented on our board of directors.
−Removed: We believe directors
−Removed: should have various qualifications, including individual character and integrity;
+Added: Our Nominating and Governance
+Added: Committee is responsible for overseeing the Code of Conduct, and our board of directors must approve any waivers of the Code of Conduct.
+Added: In addition, we intend to post on our website all disclosures that are required by law concerning any amendments to, or waivers from,
+Added: any provision of the Code of Conduct.
+Added: seek diversity in experience, viewpoint, education, skill, and other individual qualities and attributes to be represented on our board
+Added: of directors.
+Added: We believe directors should have various qualifications, including individual character and integrity;
business experience;
leadership ability;
−Removed: strategic planning
−Removed: skills, ability, and experience;
−Removed: requisite knowledge of our industry and finance, accounting, and legal matters;
−Removed: communications and interpersonal
+Added: strategic planning skills, ability, and experience;
+Added: requisite knowledge of our industry and finance, accounting,
+Added: and legal matters;
+Added: communications and interpersonal skills;
and the ability and willingness to devote time to our company.
−Removed: We also believe the skill sets, backgrounds, and qualifications
−Removed: of our directors, taken as a whole, should provide a significant mix of diversity in personal and professional experience, background,
−Removed: viewpoints, perspectives, knowledge, and abilities.
−Removed: Nominees are not to be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, national
−Removed: origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis proscribed by law.
−Removed: The assessment of prospective directors is made in
−Removed: the context of the perceived needs of our board of directors from time to time.
−Removed: All of our directors have held high-level
−Removed: positions in business or professional service firms and have experience in dealing with complex issues.
−Removed: We believe that all of our directors
−Removed: are individuals of high character and integrity, are able to work well with others, and have committed to devote sufficient time to the
−Removed: business and affairs of our company.
−Removed: In addition to these attributes, the description of each director’s background set forth above
−Removed: indicates the specific qualifications, skills, perspectives, and experience necessary to conclude that each individual should continue
−Removed: to serve as a director of ours.
−Removed: Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
−Removed: Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our
−Removed: directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial
−Removed: reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock and other equity securities of ours.
−Removed: Directors, executive officers
−Removed: and greater than 10% holders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
−Removed: our review of Forms 3 and 4 filed during fiscal 2023 (and any written representations to us by such persons), we believe that all directors,
−Removed: executive officers and 10% stockholders complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements during fiscal 2023, except that:
−Removed: Felsher failed to timely file a Form 4 to report an option award under our director compensation plan;
−Removed: Frank failed to timely file a Form 4 to report two option awards under our director compensation plan
−Removed: Sheibley failed to timely file:
−Removed: Form 4 to report an open-market purchase of shares of our common stock;
−Removed: Form 4 to report a stock award under our director compensation plan;
−Removed: Form 4 to report a stock award under our director compensation plan.
−Removed: Schmid failed to timely a Form 3 to report his initial beneficial ownership;
−Removed: Volkart failed to timely file a Form 4 to report an option award under our director compensation plan;
−Removed: Vos failed to timely file a Form 4 to report an option award under our director compensation plan.
+Added: We also believe
+Added: the skill sets, backgrounds, and qualifications of our directors, taken as a whole, should provide a significant mix of diversity in
+Added: personal and professional experience, background, viewpoints, perspectives, knowledge, and abilities.
+Added: Nominees are not to be discriminated
+Added: against on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis proscribed by law.
+Added: assessment of prospective directors is made in the context of the perceived needs of our board of directors from time to time.
+Added: of our directors have held high-level positions in business or professional service firms and have experience in dealing with complex
+Added: We believe that all of our directors are individuals of high character and integrity, are able to work well with others, and
+Added: have committed to devote sufficient time to the business and affairs of our company.
+Added: In addition to these attributes, the description
+Added: of each director’s background set forth above indicates the specific qualifications, skills, perspectives, and experience necessary
+Added: to conclude that each individual should continue to serve as a director of ours.
+Added: Section 16(a) Reports
+Added: 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers and persons who beneficially own 10% or more of a class of securities
+Added: registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership with the
+Added: Directors, executive officers and greater than 10% stockholders are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to furnish
+Added: us with copies of all reports filed by them in compliance with Section 16(a).
+Added: solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to us during fiscal 2024, including
+Added: those reports that we filed on behalf of our directors and executive officers, no director, executive officer, beneficial owner of more
+Added: than 10% of the outstanding common stock, or any other person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, failed to file with the SEC
+Added: on a timely basis during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, except that in July 2023 Mr.
+Added: DeSisto failed to timely file a Form
+Added: 3 to report his initial beneficial ownership and a Form 4 to report a restricted stock unit award.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
−Removed: SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
−Removed: The following table sets forth compensation information
−Removed: for fiscal 2023 and 2022 for each of our named executive officers.
−Removed: Name and Principal
+Added: COMPENSATION TABLE
+Added: The following
+Added: table sets forth compensation information for fiscal 2024 and 2023 for each of our named executive officers.
Option Awards
−Removed: Non-Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: Incentive Plan
+Added: Principal Position
Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: President, President Chief Financial Officer,
−Removed: Treasurer and Chairman
+Added: Paul DiPerna,
+Added: President, President Chief
+Added: Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chairman
Kevin Schmid,
Chief Operating Officer
−Removed: Ellen O’Connor Vos,
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer (5)
−Removed: (1) Award amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value with
−Removed: respect to awards granted, as determined pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ASC Topic 718.
+Added: amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value with respect to awards granted, as determined
+Added: pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ASC Topic 718.
The assumptions used
−Removed: to calculate the aggregate grant date fair value of option awards are set forth in the notes to the consolidated financial statements
−Removed: included in item 8 of this Report.
−Removed: These amounts do not reflect actual compensation earned or to be earned by our named executive officers.
−Removed: Besser was appointed our chief executive officer in February
−Removed: 2022, and he is paid de minimis annual compensation of $1.00.
−Removed: (3) Includes payment of $70,833 of deferred salary.
−Removed: Schmid was appointed our chief operating officer in July
−Removed: 2022 at an annual base salary of $250,000.
−Removed: Vos was appointed our chief executive officer in August
−Removed: 2021, and she resigned as our chief executive officer in February 2022.The compensation amounts disclosed in the table above exclude
−Removed: amounts paid to Ms.
−Removed: Vos for her service as a non-employee director.
−Removed: (6) Represents payment during fiscal 2022 of i) accrued holiday
−Removed: and vacation pay, ii) deferred salary and iii) three months of salary for the notice period and accrued severance of $300,000 that was
−Removed: Vos in fiscal 2023.
−Removed: Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
−Removed: The following table shows certain information regarding
−Removed: outstanding equity awards held by our named executive officers as of March 31, 2023.
−Removed: Unexercisable
−Removed: (1) The standard option term is ten years, but all of the options
−Removed: expire automatically unless exercised within 90 days after the cessation of service as an employee, director or consultant.
−Removed: (2) The option was granted on June 1, 2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (3) The option was granted on May 1, 2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (4) The option was granted on April 1, 2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (5) The option was granted on March 2, 2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (6) The option was granted on February 1,2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (7) The option was granted on January 1, 2020, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (8) The option was granted on December 1, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (9) The option was granted on November 1, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (10) The option was granted on October 1, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (11) The option was granted on September 15, 2019, and the shares
−Removed: subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (12) The option was granted on August 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (13) The option was granted on July 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (14) The option was granted on June 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (15) The option was granted on May 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (16) The option was granted on April 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (17) The option was granted on March 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (18) The option was granted on February 15, 2019, and the shares
−Removed: subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (19) The option was granted on January 15, 2019, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (20) The option was granted on December 15, 2018, and the shares
−Removed: subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (21) The option was granted on November 15, 2018, and the shares
−Removed: subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (22) The option was granted on October
−Removed: 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (23) The option was granted on September 15, 2018, and the shares
−Removed: subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (24) The option was granted on August 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested on the grant date.
−Removed: (25) The option was granted on November 25, 2019, and the shares subject to this option vest monthly over
−Removed: three years commencing January 1, 2020, subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
−Removed: (26) The option was granted on April 14, 2022, and the shares subject
−Removed: to this option vest one-third on the annual anniversary of the grant date and the remaining two-thirds vest monthly over the next two
−Removed: years subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant
−Removed: (27) The option was granted on July 21, 2022, and the shares subject to
−Removed: this option vest one-third on the annual anniversary of the grant date and the remaining two-thirds vest monthly over the next two years
−Removed: subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
−Removed: Employment Agreements
−Removed: We have entered into our standard
−Removed: form of employment, confidential information and invention assignment agreement with each of our named executive officers.
−Removed: entered into agreements to indemnify our directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our articles
−Removed: of incorporation and bylaws.
−Removed: These agreements, among other things, provide for indemnification of our directors and certain executive
−Removed: officers for many expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any
−Removed: action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company, arising out of such person’s services as a director
−Removed: or executive officer of ours, any subsidiary of ours or any other company or enterprise to which such person provided services at our
−Removed: Director Compensation
−Removed: Effective April 1, 2021, our board
−Removed: of directors approved our outside (non-employee) director compensation plan (the Director Plan).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Director Plan, outside
−Removed: directors are paid the following annual retainers:
+Added: to calculate the aggregate grant date fair value of option awards are set forth in the notes
+Added: to the consolidated financial statements included in item 8 of this Report.
+Added: These amounts
+Added: do not reflect actual compensation earned or to be earned by our named executive officers.
+Added: Besser was appointed our chief executive officer in February 2022, and he is paid de minimis
+Added: annual compensation of $1.00.
+Added: Schmid was appointed our chief operating officer in July 2022 at an annual base salary of
+Added: Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
+Added: following table shows certain information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our named executive officers as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
+Added: of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
+Added: Exercise Price($)
+Added: Expiration Date(1)
+Added: standard option term is ten years, but all of the options expire automatically unless exercised
+Added: within 90 days after the cessation of service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on October 2, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vested in January
+Added: 2024 upon the Company’s 510(k) premarket submission to the FDA for its initial pump
+Added: option was granted on June 1, 2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on May 1, 2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on April 1, 2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on March 2, 2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on February 1,2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on January 1, 2020, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on December 1, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on November 1, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on October 1, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on September 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on August 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on July 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on June 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on May 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on April 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on March 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on February 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on January 15, 2019, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on December 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on November 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on October 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on September 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully
+Added: vested on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on August 15, 2018, and the shares subject to this option were fully vested
+Added: on the grant date.
+Added: option was granted on November 25, 2019, and the shares subject to this option vested monthly
+Added: over three years commencing January 1, 2020, subject to continued service as an employee,
+Added: director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on April 14, 2022, and the shares subject to this option vest:
+Added: on the annual anniversary of the grant date and ii) the remaining two-thirds monthly over
+Added: the next two years, subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant
+Added: option was granted on April 3, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vest:
+Added: on the annual anniversary of the grant date and ii) the remaining two-thirds monthly over
+Added: the next two years subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on October 2, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vested in January
+Added: 2024 upon the Company’s 510(k) premarket submission to the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration
+Added: (“FDA”) for its initial pump product.
+Added: option was granted on October 2, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vest if the
+Added: Company receives notification of FDA clearance of the 510(k) premarket submission on or before
+Added: August 1, 2024, subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on July 21, 2022, and the shares subject to this option vest:
+Added: on the annual anniversary of the grant date and ii) the remaining two-thirds monthly over
+Added: the next two years subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on April 3, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vest:
+Added: on the annual anniversary of the grant date and ii) the remaining two-thirds vest over the
+Added: next two years subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: option was granted on October 2, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vested in January
+Added: 2024 upon the Company’s 510(k) premarket submission to the FDA for its initial pump
+Added: option was granted on October 2, 2023, and the shares subject to this option vest if the
+Added: Company receives notification of FDA clearance of the 510(k) premarket submission on or before
+Added: August 1, 2024, subject to continued service as an employee, director or consultant.
+Added: have entered into our standard form of employment, confidential information and invention assignment agreement with each of our named
+Added: executive officers.
+Added: We also have entered into agreements to indemnify our directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification
+Added: provided for in our articles of incorporation and bylaws.
+Added: These agreements, among other things, provide for indemnification of our directors
+Added: and certain executive officers for many expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by
+Added: any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Company, arising out of such person’s
+Added: services as a director or executive officer of ours, any subsidiary of ours or any other company or enterprise to which such person provided
+Added: services at our request.
+Added: Employment and Related Agreements
+Added: entered into an employment agreement dated August 1, 2018, with Mr.
+Added: DiPerna pursuant to which Mr.
+Added: DiPerna is employed by us as our president.
+Added: DiPerna’s employment agreement had an initial two-year term and automatically renews for additional one-year terms.
+Added: to such agreement, we agreed to pay Mr.
+Added: i) an annual salary of $200,000 in cash, ii) $100,000 per year in fully-vested stock
+Added: options granted monthly at an exercise price determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion and iii) an annual bonus of
+Added: $300,000, payable at the discretion of our board of directors, either in shares or in cash.
+Added: If the board chooses to pay the bonus in
+Added: shares, such shares will be valued at a price determined by our board of directors.
+Added: Pursuant to such employment agreement (i) if (a)
+Added: we terminate Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s employment without cause or he resigns with good reason, we will pay Mr.
+Added: DiPerna a lump sum of $200,000,
+Added: and (b) we terminate Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s employment for cause, we are not obligated to make any severance payment and Mr.
+Added: receive only his base compensation through the last day of his employment, (ii) upon Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s death or disability, he will
+Added: receive his base compensation through the last day of his employment and will remain eligible for all applicable benefits relative to
+Added: death or disability pursuant to any plans that we have in place at such time, and (iii) upon a change of control (as defined in the employment
+Added: agreement), Mr.
+Added: DiPerna will be paid a lump sum of $100,000 within sixty days of the time at which such change of control takes place.
+Added: we amended our employment agreement with Mr.
+Added: DiPerna to provide that in the event of a change in control:
+Added: 60 days of the date the change in control occurs, Mr.
+Added: DiPerna shall be paid by us or our
+Added: successor in interest a lump sum cash payment equal to 12 months of Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s then
+Added: annual Base Compensation (as defined in the employment agreement);
+Added: ● immediately
+Added: prior to such change of control, any unvested stock options or other unvested securities
+Added: of ours issued to Mr.
+Added: DiPerna shall automatically accelerate and immediately become fully
+Added: vested and exercisable.
+Added: June 2020, our board of directors approved an amendment to the employment agreement to provide that Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s base salary would
+Added: be paid entirely in cash commencing July 1, 2020.
+Added: The payment of the additional cash component of Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s annual base salary
+Added: ($8,333.33 per month) was initially be deferred (the Deferred Salary) and accrue for Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s benefit until we have received
+Added: $5,000,000 of cumulative gross proceeds of financing, at which time the Deferred Salary shall be paid to Mr.
+Added: DiPerna and the salary deferrals
+Added: The salary deferrals ceased and the Deferred Salary was paid to Mr.
+Added: DiPerna in May 2021.
+Added: In August 2021, Mr.
+Added: DiPerna resigned
+Added: as our chief executive officer, and he continues to serve as our president, chief financial officer, treasurer and chairman of our board
+Added: of directors.
+Added: a change of control occurred on March 31, 2024, under his employment agreement, Mr.
+Added: DiPerna would be entitled to the following:
+Added: of a lump sum of $300,000 within 60 days of the time at which such change of control takes
+Added: ● accelerated
+Added: vesting of 111,296 shares of common stock under unvested stock options.
+Added: The value of the
+Added: shares subject to accelerated vesting is calculated as the intrinsic value per share multiplied
+Added: by the number of shares that would become fully vested upon a change of control.
+Added: The intrinsic
+Added: value per share would be calculated as the excess of the closing price of the common stock
+Added: of $1.85 on the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 28, 2024 over the exercise price of the option.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, the intrinsic value of the shares subject to accelerated vesting was
+Added: approximately $67,000.
+Added: connection with our acquisition of Quasuras, we entered into an Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement dated as of July 24, 2017, with
+Added: Quasuras and Mr.
+Added: DiPerna, pursuant to which Mr.
+Added: DiPerna transferred to us all intellectual property rights owned directly and/or indirectly
+Added: by him related to our business.
+Added: Separately, we agreed to pay Mr.
+Added: DiPerna, as part of his compensation for services to be performed for
+Added: us, pursuant to a royalty agreement, certain fees based upon future sales, if any, of our potential product subject to a maximum $10,000,000
+Added: cap on the aggregate amount of fees that Mr.
+Added: DiPerna could earn from such arrangement.
+Added: Schmid Offer Letter
+Added: to an offer letter with the Company (the “Offer Letter”), Mr.
+Added: Schmid shall receive an annual salary of $250,000 (the “Schmid
+Added: Base Salary”) for his services as our chief operating officer.
+Added: Additionally, he is eligible for an annual discretionary target
+Added: incentive bonus of up to 50% of his Base Salary.
+Added: In connection with his appointment, Mr.
+Added: Schmid was granted a stock option to purchase
+Added: 175,000 shares of our common stock.
+Added: The stock option vests over a three-year period with one-third of the shares subject to the stock
+Added: option vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remaining shares vesting monthly thereafter, subject to Mr.
+Added: continuous service with us.
+Added: In the event of termination of his employment by us other than for cause or good reason (as defined in the
+Added: Offer Letter), Mr.
+Added: Schmid will receive an amount equal to six months of his then-current base salary as a severance payment.
+Added: compensation for his services as our chief executive officer, Mr.
+Added: Besser is paid de minimis compensation of $1.00 per year.
+Added: the first quarter of fiscal 2022, our board of directors approved our outside (non-employee) director compensation plan (the Director
+Added: Pursuant to the Director Plan, outside directors are paid the following annual retainers:
for service as a member of the board of directors;
−Removed: ● $5,000 for service as chair of the audit committee;
−Removed: ● $5,000 for service as chair of the compensation committee.
−Removed: The annual retainers will be paid
−Removed: in quarterly installments in either cash, options to purchase shares of our common stock or in shares of our common stock, as directed
−Removed: by each director based on an annual election.
−Removed: In addition, under the Director Plan, each director will also receive an annual service
−Removed: equity award of $100,000 paid in quarterly installments in either options to purchase shares of our common stock or shares of our common
−Removed: stock, as directed by each director based on an annual election.
−Removed: In addition, upon appointment to our board
−Removed: of directors, we award our non-employee directors a stock option grant under our Amended 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2017 Plan).
−Removed: fiscal 2022, we awarded each of the new non-employee directors a stock option to purchase 16,667 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: These options
−Removed: vest annually over three years from the date of appointment to our board of directors.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the compensation earned by
−Removed: our non-employee directors in fiscal 2023:
+Added: for service as chair of a committee of the board of directors.
+Added: annual retainers are paid in quarterly installments in either cash, options to purchase shares of our common stock or in shares of our
+Added: common stock, as directed by each director based on an annual election.
+Added: addition, under the Director Plan, each director receives an annual service equity award of $100,000 paid in quarterly installments
+Added: in either options to purchase shares of our common stock or shares of our common stock, as directed by each director based on an
+Added: annual election.
+Added: In July 2022, the Board amended the Director Plan to provide that a minimum price of $10.00 per share of common
+Added: stock would be used to calculate the number of shares subject to options or share awards.
+Added: addition, upon appointment to our board of directors, we award our non-employee directors an equity award under our Amended 2017 Equity
+Added: Incentive Plan (the 2017 Plan), and such awards vest over three years.
+Added: The following
+Added: table summarizes the compensation earned by our non-employee directors in fiscal 2024:
+Added: Duane DeSisto
William Febbo(5)
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Ellen O’Connor Vos
−Removed: (1) Award amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value with respect to awards
−Removed: granted, as determined pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 718.
−Removed: The assumptions used to calculate the aggregate grant date fair value of option
−Removed: awards are set forth in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: amounts do not reflect actual compensation earned or to be earned by our directors.
−Removed: (2) As of March 31, 2023, our non-employee directors each held outstanding options
−Removed: to purchase the following number of shares of our common stock:
−Removed: William Febbo, 66,667;
+Added: DeSisto was appointed to our board of directors in July 2023, and, upon his appointment,
+Added: was granted a restricted stock unit (the “DeSisto RSU”) for 250,000 shares of
+Added: our common stock.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, 187,499 shares of our common stock remained unvested
+Added: under the DeSisto RSU.
+Added: amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value with respect to awards granted, as determined
+Added: pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 718.
+Added: The assumptions used to calculate the aggregate grant date
+Added: fair value of option awards are set forth in the notes to the consolidated financial statements
+Added: included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: These amounts do not reflect actual
+Added: compensation earned or to be earned by our directors.
+Added: of March 31, 2024, our non-employee directors each held outstanding options to purchase the
+Added: following number of shares of our common stock:
Steven Felsher, 98,084;
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Carmen Volkart;
−Removed: 120,558 and Ellen O’Connor Vos, 136,021.
−Removed: (3) Represents stock awards;
−Removed: we calculated the estimated fair value of the stock awards
−Removed: issued to our non-employee directors using the closing price per share of our common stock on the day prior to the grant date in accordance
−Removed: with the Director Plan.
−Removed: Equity Compensation Plan Information
−Removed: The following table shows
−Removed: the number of securities to be issued upon exercise or vesting of outstanding equity awards under the 2017 Plan as of March 31, 2023.
−Removed: securities to be
−Removed: equity awards
−Removed: exercise price
−Removed: of outstanding
−Removed: remaining available
−Removed: for future issuance
−Removed: compensation plans
−Removed: (excluding securities
−Removed: Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
−Removed: CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: The following table sets forth certain information as of
−Removed: June 15, 2023 concerning the ownership of our common stock by:
−Removed: ● each stockholder known by us
−Removed: to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock (currently our only class of voting securities);
−Removed: ● each of our directors;
−Removed: ● each of our executive officers;
−Removed: ● all directors and executive
−Removed: officers as a group.
−Removed: Beneficial ownership is determined
−Removed: in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, and includes all shares over which the beneficial owner exercises voting or investment
−Removed: Shares that are issuable upon the exercise of options, warrants and other rights to acquire common stock that are presently exercisable
−Removed: or exercisable within 60 days of June 15, 2023 are reflected in a separate column in the table below.
−Removed: These shares are taken into account
−Removed: in the calculation of the total number of shares beneficially owned by a particular holder and the total number of shares outstanding
−Removed: for the purpose of calculating percentage ownership of the particular holder.
−Removed: We have relied on information supplied by our officers,
−Removed: directors and certain stockholders and on information contained in filings with the SEC.
−Removed: Except as otherwise indicated, and subject to
−Removed: community property laws where applicable, we believe, based on information provided by these persons, that the persons named in the table
−Removed: have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
−Removed: The percentage of
−Removed: beneficial ownership is based on 21,088,823 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 15, 2023.
−Removed: Unless otherwise stated, the business
−Removed: address of each of our directors and executive officers listed in the table is 10740 Thornmint Road, San Diego, California 92127.
−Removed: Name and principal position
−Removed: Number of Shares
+Added: 150,558, Ellen O’Connor Vos, 166,020.
+Added: (4) Represents
+Added: stock awards under the Director Plan;
+Added: we calculated the estimated fair value of the stock
+Added: awards issued to Messrs.
+Added: DeSisto, Felsher and Sheibley and Ms.
+Added: Volkart using the closing
+Added: price per share of our common stock on the day prior to the grant date in accordance with
+Added: the Director Plan.
+Added: Febbo resigned from our board of directors in July 2023.
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
+Added: following table sets forth certain information as of May 31, 2024 concerning the ownership of our common stock by:
+Added: stockholder known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares
+Added: of our common stock (currently our only class of voting securities);
+Added: of our directors;
+Added: of our executive officers;
+Added: directors and executive officers as a group.
+Added: ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, and includes all shares over which the beneficial owner exercises
+Added: voting or investment power.
+Added: Shares that are issuable upon the exercise of options, warrants and other rights to acquire common stock
+Added: that are presently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of June 15, 2024 are reflected in a separate column in the table below.
+Added: These shares are taken into account in the calculation of the total number of shares beneficially owned by a particular holder and the
+Added: total number of shares outstanding for the purpose of calculating percentage ownership of the particular holder.
+Added: We have relied on information
+Added: supplied by our officers, directors and certain stockholders and on information contained in filings with the SEC.
+Added: Except as otherwise
+Added: indicated, and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe, based on information provided by these persons, that
+Added: the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially
+Added: owned by them.
+Added: The percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 32,463,670 shares of common stock outstanding as of May 31, 2024.
+Added: otherwise stated, the business address of each of our directors and executive officers listed in the table is 10740 Thornmint Road, San
+Added: Diego, California 92127.
+Added: and principal position
Beneficially Owned
+Added: Equity Awards and
Shares Issuable on Exercise of
+Added: Equity Awards and
JEB Partners, L.P.
−Removed: 2,720,577 (3)
Manchester Explorer, L.P.
2 unchanged sentences
3,448,550 (3)
+Added: 683 Capital Management, LLC
+Added: 1,570,000 (4)
Sio Capital Management, LLC
3 unchanged sentences
2,553,586 (6)
+Added: Duane DeSisto
Steven Felsher
3 unchanged sentences
Ellen O’Connor Vos
−Removed: All current directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons)
−Removed: * Represents less than 1%
−Removed: (1) Excludes shares subject to outstanding options and warrants to acquire common stock that are exercisable
−Removed: within 60 days of June 15, 2023.
−Removed: (2) Represents the number of shares subject to outstanding options and warrants to acquire common stock that
−Removed: are exercisable within 60 days of June 15, 2023.
−Removed: (3) Includes (i) 124,750 shares directly held by Mr.
−Removed: (a) 60,277 shares were received in exchange for Mr.
+Added: All current directors and executive officers
+Added: as a group (9 persons)
+Added: shares subject to outstanding options, restricted stock units and warrants to acquire common
+Added: stock that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2024.
+Added: (2) Represents
+Added: the number of shares subject to outstanding options, restricted stock units and warrants
+Added: to acquire common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2024.
+Added: (i) 144,750 shares directly held by Mr.
+Added: Besser, of which:
+Added: (a) 60,277 shares were received
+Added: in exchange for Mr.
Besser’s shares as a result of our acquisition of Quasuras;
−Removed: 29,630 shares purchased in a private placement in 2018 (the “2018 Placement”) and (c) 34,843 shares were purchased in a
−Removed: private placement in 2020 (the “2020 Placement”);
−Removed: (ii) 2,218,077 held by Manchester Explorer, L.P.
−Removed: 1,515,152 shares were purchased in a private placement in 2017 (the “2017 Placement”), (b) 157,037 shares were purchased
−Removed: in the 2018 Placement, (c) 11,614 were purchased in the 2020 Placement, (d) 300,000 shares were purchased in a public offering in
−Removed: February 2022, and (e) 234,274 shares were acquired upon the conversion of a convertible note in February 2022;
−Removed: (iii) 317,473 shares
−Removed: held by JEB Partners, L.P.
−Removed: of which (a) 252,526 shares were purchased in the 2017 Placement, (b) 53,333 shares were purchased in the
+Added: 29,630 shares purchased in a private placement in 2018 (the “2018 Placement”)
+Added: and (c) 34,843 shares were purchased in a private placement in 2020 (the “2020 Placement”)
+Added: and (d) 20,000 shares were purchased in the open market;
+Added: (ii) 2,218,077 held by Manchester
+Added: Explorer, L.P.
+Added: (a) 1,515,152 shares were purchased in a private placement in 2017
+Added: (the “2017 Placement”), (b) 157,037 shares were purchased in the 2018 Placement,
+Added: (c) 11,614 were purchased in the 2020 Placement, (d) 300,000 shares were purchased in a public
+Added: offering in February 2022, (e) 234,274 shares were acquired upon the conversion of a convertible
+Added: note in February 2022 and (f) 900,000 shares were purchased in the Company’s February
+Added: 2024 public offering;
+Added: (iii) 330,473 shares held by JEB Partners, L.P.
+Added: of which (a) 252,526
+Added: shares were purchased in the 2017 Placement, (b) 53,333 shares were purchased in the 2018
Placement and (c) 11,614 shares were purchased in the 2020 Placement;
−Removed: and (iv) 60,277 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: Frank, which shares
−Removed: were received in our acquisition of Quasuras in exchange for Mr.
+Added: and (iv) 206,226 shares
+Added: Frank, which shares were received in our acquisition of Quasuras in exchange
Frank’s shares of Quasuras.
−Removed: Besser, as the managing
−Removed: member, and Mr.
−Removed: Frank, as the portfolio manager and consultant of Manchester Management Company, LLC, (“MMC”) the general
−Removed: partner of Manchester Explorer, L.P.
+Added: Besser, as the managing member, and Mr.
+Added: as the portfolio manager and consultant of Manchester Management Company, LLC, (“MMC”)
+Added: the general partner of Manchester Explorer, L.P.
and JEB Partners, L.
−Removed: P., have shared voting and dispositive power over shares held by
−Removed: Manchester Explorer, L.P.
+Added: P., have shared voting
+Added: and dispositive power over shares held by Manchester Explorer, L.P.
and JEB Partners, L.P.
The address for Manchester Explorer, L.P is c/o MMC, 2 Calle Candina, No.
−Removed: Juan, Puerto Rico 00907.
−Removed: (4) Based on information reported by Sio Capital
−Removed: Management, LLC (“Sio”) on Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 15, 2023.
−Removed: Sio and Sio GP, LLC (the “GP”)
−Removed: act as investment advisor and general partner, respectively, to various clients that are the record owners of the shares of our common
−Removed: stock reported on this Schedule 13G.
−Removed: Because Sio’s investment discretion with respect to such clients is subject to oversight by
−Removed: the GP, the GP may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the common stock of the Issuer owned by such clients.
−Removed: In addition, both Sio
−Removed: and the GP are controlled by Michael Castor.
−Removed: As such, he may be deemed to control the voting and dispositive decisions with respect to,
−Removed: and therefore be the beneficial owner of, the shares of our common stock.
−Removed: The address for Sio, Sio GP and Mr.
−Removed: Castor is 600 Third Avenue,
−Removed: New York, New York 10016.
−Removed: (5) These shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
−Removed: pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of our common stock.
−Removed: As of June 15, 2023, Sio held 1,348,314 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares
−Removed: of our common stock.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the pre-funded warrants, Sio cannot exercise such pre-funded warrants if Sio would beneficially
−Removed: own, after such exercise, more than 9.99% of the outstanding shares of our common stock.
−Removed: (6) Includes (i) 2,000,000 shares directly held by the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable Trust,
−Removed: (ii) 333,334 shares directly held by Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s adult daughters, Kelsie DiPerna and Alaria DiPerna, which shares Mr.
−Removed: has sole voting power over;
−Removed: (iii) 207,906 shares directly held by the Paul DiPerna Trust, of which 101,010 shares were purchased in the
−Removed: 2017 Placement and 23,429 shares were acquired upon the conversion off a convertible note in February 2022 and (iv) 12,346 shares held
−Removed: The 2,000,000 shares held by the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable Trust, 333,334 shares held by Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna’s adult daughters
−Removed: and 73,480 shares held by the Paul DiPerna Trust that were issued in 2017 to Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna in the Control Block Acquisition and transferred
−Removed: to such persons in December 2020 by Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna is the chairman of our board of directors, and also serves as our president,
−Removed: chief financial officer and treasurer.
−Removed: DiPerna is the trustee of both the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable Trust and the Paul DiPerna Trust.
−Removed: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS,
−Removed: AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
−Removed: Transactions with Related Persons
−Removed: MMC as the general partner of Manchester Explorer,
+Added: 1701, San Juan,
+Added: Puerto Rico 00907.
+Added: on information reported by 683 Capital Management, LLC (“683 Management”) on
+Added: Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 16, 2024.
+Added: 683 Management, as the investment manager
+Added: of 683 Capital Partners, LP (“683 Capital”), may be deemed to have beneficially
+Added: owned the shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock
+Added: beneficially owned by 683 Capital.
+Added: Ari Zweiman as the Managing Member of 683 Management may
+Added: be deemed to have beneficially owned the shares of common stock and warrants to purchase
+Added: shares of common stock beneficially owned by 683 Management.
+Added: The address for 683 Management,
+Added: 683 Capital and Mr.
+Added: Zweiman is 1700 Broadway, Suite 4200, New York, NY 10019.
+Added: on information reported by Sio Capital Management, LLC (“Sio”) on Schedule 13G
+Added: filed with the SEC on February 6, 2024.
+Added: Sio and Sio GP, LLC (the “GP”) act as
+Added: investment advisor and general partner, respectively, to various clients that are the record
+Added: owners of the shares of our common stock reported on this Schedule 13G.
+Added: Because Sio’s
+Added: investment discretion with respect to such clients is subject to oversight by the GP, the
+Added: GP may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the common stock of the Issuer owned by such
+Added: In addition, both Sio and the GP are controlled by Michael Castor.
+Added: As such, he may
+Added: be deemed to control the voting and dispositive decisions with respect to, and therefore
+Added: be the beneficial owner of, the shares of our common stock.
+Added: The address for Sio, the GP and
+Added: Castor is 600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016.
+Added: (i) 2,000,000 shares directly held by the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable Trust, (ii) 333,334 shares
+Added: directly held by Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s adult daughters, Kelsie DiPerna and Alaria DiPerna,
+Added: which shares Mr.
+Added: DiPerna has sole voting power over;
+Added: (iii) 207,906 shares directly held by
+Added: the Paul DiPerna Trust, of which 101,010 shares were purchased in the 2017 Placement and
+Added: 23,429 shares were acquired upon the conversion off a convertible note in February 2022 and
+Added: (iv) 12,346 shares held by Mr.
+Added: The 2,000,000 shares held by the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable
+Added: Trust, 333,334 shares held by Mr.
+Added: DiPerna’s adult daughters and 73,480 shares held
+Added: by the Paul DiPerna Trust that were issued in 2017 to Mr.
+Added: DiPerna in the Control Block Acquisition
+Added: and transferred to such persons in December 2020 by Mr.
+Added: DiPerna is the chairman
+Added: of our board of directors, and also serves as our president, chief financial officer and
+Added: DiPerna is the trustee of both the Paul DiPerna Irrevocable Trust and the
+Added: Paul DiPerna Trust.
+Added: are not aware of any arrangement that may result in a “changes in control,” as that term is defined by the provisions of
+Added: Item 403(c) of Regulation S-K.
+Added: Compensation Plan Information
+Added: following table shows the number of securities to be issued upon exercise or vesting of outstanding equity awards under the 2017 Plan
+Added: as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: securities to be
+Added: equity awards
+Added: exercise price
+Added: of outstanding
+Added: remaining available
+Added: for future issuance
+Added: compensation plans
+Added: (excluding securities
+Added: compensation plans not approved by security holders
+Added: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
+Added: with Related Persons
+Added: we describe any transactions to which we have been a participant, in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeds or will exceed
+Added: the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years and
+Added: in which any of our directors, director nominees, executive officers, or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any immediate
+Added: family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest
+Added: since April 1, 2022.
+Added: as the general partner of Manchester Explorer, L.P.
(Explorer), combined with the holdings of its affiliates, JEB Partners LP, Mr.
−Removed: Besser and Mr.
−Removed: Frank, owned approximately 25% of
−Removed: our outstanding shares of common stock at March 31, 2023.
−Removed: Besser is our chief executive officer and a managing member of MMC.
−Removed: Frank is one of our directors and serves as the portfolio manager of Explorer and as a managing member of MMC.
−Removed: DiPerna’s daughter is an employee of
−Removed: ours, and, during fiscal 2023, we paid her $201,275, which includes the aggregate grant date fair value, as determined pursuant to FASB
−Removed: ASC Topic 718, of a stock option granted to her.
−Removed: In February 2021, Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna and Explorer (together,
−Removed: the Related Party Holders), which is represented by Mr.
−Removed: Frank on our board of directors, purchased $100,000 and $1,000,000, aggregate
−Removed: principal amount of our convertible notes and received warrants to purchase 119,237 and 11,924 shares of our common stock (the Note Warrants),
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Effective April 30, 2021, the Related Party Holders entered into revocation agreements with the Company pursuant to which
−Removed: their collective $1,100,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible notes and accrued interest of $50,091 were replaced with new convertible
−Removed: In connection with a public offering of our equity securities in February 2022, the convertible notes and accrued interest held
−Removed: by the Related Party Holders were converted into our equity securities and Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna received 23,429 shares of our common stock and
−Removed: a warrant to purchase 23,429 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $6.60 per share and Explorer received 234,274 shares
−Removed: of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 234,274 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $6.60 per share.
−Removed: the exercise prices of the Note Warrants were reduced to $6.00 per share.
−Removed: In May 2021, Mr.
−Removed: Febbo purchased
−Removed: $200,000 aggregate principal amount of our convertible notes and received a warrant to purchase 23,229 shares of our common stock
−Removed: (the Director Warrant).
−Removed: In connection with a public offering of our equity securities in February 2022, the convertible note held by
−Removed: Febbo was converted into our equity securities.
−Removed: Upon conversion, Mr.
−Removed: Febbo received 45,586 shares of our common stock and a
−Removed: warrant to purchase 45,586 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $6.60 per share.
−Removed: In addition, the exercise price of
−Removed: the Director Warrant was reduced to $6.00 per share.
−Removed: In October 2021, we sold 12,346
−Removed: shares of common stock to Mr.
−Removed: DiPerna and 18,519 shares to Ms.
−Removed: Vos at a price per share of $8.10 in a private placement.
−Removed: See “Management” above
−Removed: for other related-party transactions involving our executive officers and directors.
−Removed: Director Independence
−Removed: Our board of directors has determined that
−Removed: each of the current directors, with the exception of Mr.
−Removed: Frank and Ms.
−Removed: Vos, is “independent,” as defined by the
−Removed: listing rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, or Nasdaq, and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
−Removed: Our board of directors has standing Audit,
−Removed: Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees, each of which is comprised solely of independent directors in accordance with the
−Removed: Nasdaq listing rules.
−Removed: No director qualifies as independent unless the board of directors affirmatively determines that he has no direct
−Removed: or indirect relationship with us that would impair his independence.
−Removed: We independently review the relationship of the Company to any entity
−Removed: employing a director or on whose board of directors he is serving currently.
+Added: Frank, owned approximately 13% of our outstanding shares of common stock at March 31, 2024.
+Added: Besser is our chief executive
+Added: officer and a managing member of MMC.
+Added: Frank is one of our directors, and he serves as the portfolio manager of Explorer and as a
+Added: managing member of MMC.
+Added: In February 2024, we closed a public offering of our common stock (the 2024 Offering), and Explorer purchased
+Added: 900,000 shares in the 2024 Offering for aggregate gross proceeds to us of $990,000.
+Added: DiPerna’s daughter is an employee of ours, and, during fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, we paid her approximately $137,000 and $201,000,
+Added: respectively, which includes the aggregate grant date fair value, as determined pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 718, of stock options granted
+Added: “Management” above for other related-party transactions involving our executive officers and directors.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
−Removed: The following table shows the fees billed to us by Farber
−Removed: Hass Hurley LLP, or Farber, our independent registered public accounting firm, for the audit of our consolidated financial statements
−Removed: and other services provided.
−Removed: Year ended March 31,
+Added: following table shows the fees billed to us by Farber Hass Hurley LLP, or Farber, our independent registered public accounting firm,
+Added: for the audit of our consolidated financial statements and other services provided (in thousands).
+Added: ended March 31,
Audit fees(1)
Audit-related fees(2)
−Removed: (1) Audit fees consisted of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual consolidated
+Added: fees consisted of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual consolidated
financial statements and reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: (2) Audit-related fees consisted of fees for services related to our issuance of SEC registration statements
+Added: (2) Audit-related
+Added: fees consisted of fees for services related to our issuance of SEC registration statements
and sales of our securities under registration statements.
−Removed: (3) Farber did not provide any non-audit or other services other than those reported under “Audit fees” and “Audit-related
+Added: did not provide any non-audit or other services other than those reported under “Audit
+Added: fees” and “Audit-related fees.”
+Added: Audit Committee meets with our independent registered public accounting firm at least four times a year.
+Added: At such times, the Audit Committee
+Added: reviews and approves both audit and non-audit services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm, as well as the
+Added: fees charged for such services.
+Added: The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving all auditing services and non-auditing services
+Added: (other than non-audit services falling within the de minimis exception set forth in Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange
+Added: Act and non-audit services that independent auditors are prohibited from providing to us) in accordance with the following guidelines:
+Added: (1) pre-approval policies and procedures must be detailed as to the particular services provided;
+Added: (2) the Audit Committee must be informed
+Added: about each service;
+Added: and (3) the Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members, who shall report to
+Added: the full committee, but shall not delegate its pre-approval authority to management.
+Added: Among other things, the Audit Committee examines
+Added: the effect that performance of non-audit services may have upon the independence of the auditors.
+Added: Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are set forth under Part II, Item 8 of this report.
+Added: Schedules may omitted because they are not applicable, not required, or because the required information is included in the Consolidated
+Added: Financial Statements or notes thereto.
of Underwriting Agreement dated May 15, 2023
+Added: Agreement dated as of February 15, 2024 between the Registrant and Titan Partners Group LLC
+Added: Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2023, between Modular Medical, Inc.
+Added: and Leerink Partners LLC
Reorganization
7 unchanged sentences
the State of Nevada on November 24, 2021
−Removed: Amended Bylaws
−Removed: 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
+Added: of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Modular Medical, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of
+Added: the State of Nevada on February 15, 2024
+Added: Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock dated February 14, 2022
1 unchanged sentence
of Private Placement Warrant dated May 2, 2022
−Removed: Form of Warrant
−Removed: Form of Underwriter’s Warrant
−Removed: Description of Registrant’s Securities
−Removed: Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2017, by and among Bear Lake Recreation, Inc., Manchester Explorer, LP, a Delaware
−Removed: limited partnership, and certain persons named therein
−Removed: of Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2017, by and between the Registrant and the purchaser named therein
−Removed: of Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of November 19, 2018 among the Registrant and the Investors named therein
+Added: of Underwriter’s Warrant
+Added: of Registrant’s Securities
Agreement dated August 1, 2018, by and between the Registrant and Paul DiPerna
3 unchanged sentences
and Paul DiPerna
−Removed: between MCP Socal Industrial – Bernardo, LLC and the Registrant dated January 10, 2020
Industrial/Commercial Agreement between the Registrant and Michael Summers dated January 5, 2023
−Removed: Agreement effective December 31, 2019 between Registrant and Carmen Volkart
−Removed: Agreement effective January 23, 2020 between the Registrant and William Febbo
of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and officers used from January 23, 2020
2 unchanged sentences
Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Paul DiPerna effective as of July 1, 2020
−Removed: Form of Convertible Promissory Note issued in the 2021 Private Placement
−Removed: Form of Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 2020 by and between the Registrant and the Investors named therein
−Removed: Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for the 2021 Private Placement
−Removed: Form of Registration Rights Agreement for the 2021 Private Placement
−Removed: Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued in the 2021 Private Placement
−Removed: Service Agreement effective May 18, 2021 between the Registrant and Ellen O’Connor Vos
−Removed: Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Ellen O’Connor Vos dated August 11, 2021
−Removed: Promissory Note dated October 28, 2021 between the Registrant and Manchester Explorer, L.P.
−Removed: Security Agreement dated October 28, 2021 between the Registrant and Manchester Explorer, L.P.
−Removed: Form of Warrant Agency Agreement dated February 14, 2023
−Removed: Form of Warrant Omnibus Amendment Agreement
−Removed: Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 2, 2022
−Removed: Severance and Release Agreement between the Registrant and Ellen O’Connor Vos dated February 23, 2022
−Removed: Offer Letter Agreement between the Registrant and Kevin Schmid dated July 13, 2022
−Removed: Standard Industrial/Commercial Single-Tenant Lease between the Registrant and Michael Summers dated January 5, 2023
−Removed: Form of Warrant Agency Agreement
−Removed: Form of Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 2021 between the Registrant and the Investors named therein
−Removed: List of Subsidiaries
−Removed: Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: Power of Attorney (see signature page of this Report)
−Removed: Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: of Convertible Promissory Note issued in the 2021 Private Placement
+Added: of Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 2020 by and between the Registrant and the Investors named therein
+Added: of Securities Purchase Agreement for the 2021 Private Placement
+Added: of Registration Rights Agreement for the 2021 Private Placement
+Added: of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued in the 2021 Private Placement
+Added: Note dated October 28, 2021 between the Registrant and Manchester Explorer, L.P.
+Added: Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., dated February 14, 2022
+Added: of Warrant Omnibus Amendment Agreement
+Added: of Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 2, 2022
+Added: and Release Agreement between the Registrant and Ellen O’Connor Vos dated February 23, 2022
+Added: Letter Agreement between the Registrant and Kevin Schmid dated July 13, 2022
+Added: Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement under the Amended and Restated Modular Medical, Inc.
+Added: 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: of Warrant Agency Agreement
+Added: of Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 2021 between the Registrant and the Investors named therein
+Added: Medical, Inc.
+Added: Two-Part FDA Submission and Clearance Milestone Bonus Program
+Added: Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Company and Paul DiPerna
+Added: of Subsidiaries
+Added: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
+Added: of Attorney (see signature page of this Report)
+Added: Certification
+Added: of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Certification
+Added: of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Certification
+Added: of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
+Added: Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
+Added: 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Recovery Policy
XBRL Instance Document.
1 unchanged sentence
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
+Added: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
+Added: Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
1 unchanged sentence
Not applicable.
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
−Removed: 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
−Removed: thereunto duly authorized, on the 26 th day of June, 2023.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
+Added: Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
+Added: on the 21 st day of June, 2024.
MODULAR MEDICAL, INC.
1 unchanged sentence
(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: POWER OF ATTORNEY
−Removed: KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
−Removed: person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James E.
−Removed: Besser and Paul DiPerna as her/his true and lawful
−Removed: attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and him and in her or his name, place and
−Removed: stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all
−Removed: exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
−Removed: attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
−Removed: done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
−Removed: confirming all that said attorney-in- fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
−Removed: virtue hereof.
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
+Added: ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James E.
+Added: Besser and Paul DiPerna
+Added: as her/his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and him and in her
+Added: or his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file
+Added: the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
+Added: unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
+Added: to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
+Added: all that said attorney-in- fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
+Added: to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
+Added: registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Chief Executive Officer
1 unchanged sentence
(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: /s/ Paul DiPerna
−Removed: Chairman, President and Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Chairman, President and
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 21, 2024
−Removed: /s/ William Febbo
June 21, 2024
−Removed: William Febbo
−Removed: /s/ Steven Felsher
+Added: Duane DeSisto
June 21, 2024
Steven Felsher
−Removed: /s/ Morgan C.
June 21, 2024
−Removed: /s/ Philip Sheibley
June 21, 2024
Philip Sheibley
−Removed: /s/ Carmen Volkart
June 21, 2024
Carmen Volkart
−Removed: /s/ Ellen O’Connor Vos
June 21, 2024
1 unchanged sentence
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.