−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED
−Removed: STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
−Removed: Market Price for our Common Stock
−Removed: Our common stock is traded on Nasdaq and on
−Removed: the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in each case under the symbol “ORMP.”
−Removed: As of November 26, 2019, there were 17,398,112
−Removed: shares of our common stock issued and outstanding held of record by approximately 40 registered stockholders.
−Removed: We believe that a
−Removed: significant number of stockholders hold their shares of our common stock in brokerage accounts and registered in the name of stock
−Removed: depositories and are therefore not included in the number of stockholders of record.
−Removed: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
−Removed: No unregistered sales of equity securities were
−Removed: made during the three months ended August 31, 2019.
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
+Added: Price for our Common Stock
+Added: common stock is traded on Nasdaq and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in each case under the symbol “ORMP.”
+Added: of November 24, 2020, there were 23,675,530 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding held of record by approximately
+Added: 36 registered stockholders.
+Added: We believe that a significant number of stockholders hold their shares of our common stock in brokerage
+Added: accounts and registered in the name of stock depositories and are therefore not included in the number of stockholders of record.
+Added: Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
+Added: unregistered sales of equity securities were made during the three months ended August 31, 2020.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
−Removed: The selected data presented below under the
−Removed: captions “Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data”
−Removed: and “Balance Sheet Data”
−Removed: for, and as of the end of, each
−Removed: of the fiscal years in the five-year period ended August 31, 2019, are derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, our
−Removed: audited consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: The selected information contained in this
−Removed: table should also be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
−Removed: of Operations”
−Removed: and the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The selected consolidated statements of comprehensive loss data for fiscals 2019, 2018 and 2017 and the selected
−Removed: consolidated balance sheet data as of August 31, 2019 and 2018, are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements
−Removed: included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: The statement of operations data for the years ended August 31, 2016 and 2015 and the
−Removed: balance sheet data as of August 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are derived from audited financial statements not included in this Annual
+Added: selected data presented below under the captions Statements of Comprehensive Loss and Balance Sheet for, and as of the end of,
+Added: each of the fiscal years in the five-year period ended August 31, 2020, are derived from, and should be read in conjunction with,
+Added: our audited consolidated financial statements.
+Added: selected information contained in this table should also be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and
+Added: Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
+Added: and the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto
+Added: included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The selected consolidated statements of comprehensive loss data for fiscals
+Added: 2020 and 2019 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of August 31, 2020 and 2019, are derived from the audited consolidated
+Added: financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: The statement of operations data for the years ended August 31,
+Added: 2018, 2017 and 2016 and the balance sheet data as of August 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are derived from financial statements not
+Added: included in this Annual Report.
The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of future results.
−Removed: (in thousands of dollars except share and per share data)
−Removed: Statements of Comprehensive Loss:
−Removed: Cost of revenues (income)
−Removed: Research and development expenses
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: Financial income
−Removed: Financial expenses
−Removed: Loss before taxes on income
−Removed: Taxes on income (Tax benefit)
−Removed: Net loss for the year
−Removed: Loss per common share –
+Added: the year ended
+Added: thousands except share and per share data)
+Added: of Comprehensive Loss:
+Added: of revenues (income)
+Added: and development expenses
+Added: and administrative expenses
+Added: before taxes on income
+Added: loss for the year
+Added: per common share –
basic and diluted
−Removed: Weighted average common shares outstanding
−Removed: As of August 31,
−Removed: in thousands of dollars except share and per share data
+Added: average common shares outstanding
+Added: (in thousands of dollars )
Balance Sheet Data:
−Removed: Cash, cash equivalents, short-term deposits, restricted cash and marketable securities
+Added: equivalents, short-term deposits, restricted cash and marketable securities
Other current assets
−Removed: Long-term deposits and other assets
−Removed: Long-term marketable securities
+Added: Long-term deposits
+Added: and other assets
+Added: Long-term marketable
Current liabilities
1 unchanged sentence
Stockholders’
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
−Removed: CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of our
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the
−Removed: related notes included elsewhere herein and in our consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In addition to our consolidated financial statements,
−Removed: the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs.
−Removed: Our actual results
−Removed: could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Factors that could cause or contribute to these
−Removed: differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly in “Cautionary Statement
−Removed: Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”
+Added: discussed in Note 1(k) to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company
+Added: changed the manner in which it accounts for revenues from contracts with customers during fiscal 2019.
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
+Added: following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the
+Added: consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere herein and in our consolidated financial statements.
+Added: addition to our consolidated financial statements, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our
+Added: plans, estimates and beliefs.
+Added: Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
+Added: Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report
+Added: on Form 10-K, particularly in “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”
and “Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors.”
−Removed: Overview of Operations
−Removed: We are a pharmaceutical company currently engaged
−Removed: in the research and development of innovative pharmaceutical solutions, including an orally ingestible insulin capsule to be used
−Removed: for the treatment of individuals with diabetes, and the use of orally ingestible capsules or pills for delivery of other polypeptides.
+Added: Factors.”
+Added: of Operations
+Added: are a pharmaceutical company currently engaged in the research and development of innovative pharmaceutical solutions, including
+Added: an orally ingestible insulin capsule to be used for the treatment of individuals with diabetes, and the use of orally ingestible
+Added: capsules or pills for delivery of other polypeptides.
An overview of our current clinical studies can be found in “Item
−Removed: Business.”
−Removed: of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Results of Operations
−Removed: Critical accounting policies
−Removed: Our significant accounting policies are more
−Removed: fully described in the notes to our accompanying consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that the accounting policies below
−Removed: are critical for one to fully understand and evaluate our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: The discussion and analysis of our financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which we prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: Business - Research and Development.”
+Added: of Operations
+Added: accounting policies
+Added: significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our accompanying consolidated financial statements.
+Added: believe that the accounting policies below are critical for one to fully understand and evaluate our financial condition and results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements,
+Added: which we prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.
−Removed: The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make
−Removed: estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and
−Removed: liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting
+Added: The preparation of our consolidated
+Added: financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
+Added: and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported
+Added: revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
On an ongoing basis, we evaluate such estimates and judgments.
−Removed: We base our estimates on historical experience and on various
−Removed: other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments
−Removed: about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
−Removed: Actual results may differ
−Removed: from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: Revenue recognition :
−Removed: recognized when delivery has occurred, evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risks and rewards for the products are transferred
−Removed: to the customer and collection is reasonably assured.
−Removed: Under Accounting Standards Codification, or
−Removed: ASC, 605 (which was the authoritative revenue recognition guidance applied for all periods prior to September 1, 2018) given the
−Removed: Company’s continuing involvement through the expected product submission in June 2023, amounts received relating to the License
−Removed: Agreement were recognized over the period from which we were entitled to the respective payment, and the expected product submission
−Removed: date using a time-based model approach over the periods that the fees were earned.
−Removed: However, under ASC 606, we are required to recognize
−Removed: the total transaction price (which includes consideration related to milestones once the criteria for recognition have been satisfied)
−Removed: using the input method over the period the performance obligation is fulfilled.
−Removed: Accordingly, once the consideration associated
−Removed: with a milestone is included in the transaction price, incremental revenue is recognized immediately based on the period of time
−Removed: that has elapsed towards complete satisfaction of the performance obligation.
−Removed: Since the customer benefits from the services
−Removed: as the entity performs, revenue is recognized over time through the expected product submission date in June 2023, using the input
−Removed: The Company used the input method to measure the process for the purpose of recognizing revenue, which approximates the
−Removed: straight line attribution.
−Removed: The Company used significant judgment when it determined the product submission date.
−Removed: Under ASC 606, the consideration that the
−Removed: Company would be entitled to upon the achievement of contractual milestones, which are contingent upon the occurrence of future
−Removed: events, are a form of variable consideration.
−Removed: When assessing the portion, if any, of such milestones-related consideration to be
−Removed: included in the transaction price, the Company first assesses the most likely outcome for each milestone and excludes the consideration
−Removed: related to milestones of which the occurrence is not considered the most likely outcome.
−Removed: The Company then evaluates if any of the
−Removed: variable consideration determined in the first step is constrained by including in the transaction price variable consideration
−Removed: to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when
−Removed: the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
−Removed: The Company used significant judgment
−Removed: when it determined the first step of variable consideration.
−Removed: Comparison of Fiscal 2019 to Fiscal 2018
−Removed: The following table summarizes certain statements
−Removed: of operations data for us for the twelve month periods ended August 31, 2019 and 2018:
−Removed: Year ended August 31,
+Added: estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results
+Added: of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
+Added: from other sources.
+Added: Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
+Added: of options and warrants :
+Added: We grant options to purchase shares of our common stock to employees and consultants and have
+Added: and may in the future issue warrants in connection with some of our financings and to certain other consultants.
+Added: account for share-based payments to employees, directors and consultants in accordance with the guidance that requires awards
+Added: classified as equity awards to be accounted for using the grant-date fair value method.
+Added: The fair value of share-based payment
+Added: transactions is based on the Black Scholes option-pricing model or Monte Carlo model when appropriate and is recognized as an
+Added: expense over the vesting period.
+Added: elected to recognize compensation cost for awards to employees, directors and consultants that have a graded vesting schedule
+Added: using the accelerated method based on the multiple-option award approach.
+Added: recognition :
+Added: Revenue is recognized when delivery has occurred, evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risks and
+Added: rewards for the products are transferred to the customer and collection is reasonably assured.
+Added: Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 605 (which was the authoritative revenue recognition guidance applied for all periods
+Added: prior to September 1, 2018) given our continuing involvement through the expected product submission in June 2023, amounts received
+Added: relating to the License Agreement were recognized over the period from which we were entitled to the respective payment, and the
+Added: expected product submission date using a time-based model approach over the periods that the fees were earned.
+Added: under ASC 606, we are required to recognize the total transaction price (which includes consideration related to milestones once
+Added: the criteria for recognition have been satisfied) using the input method over the period the performance obligation is fulfilled.
+Added: Accordingly, once the consideration associated with a milestone is included in the transaction price, incremental revenue is recognized
+Added: immediately based on the period of time that has elapsed towards complete satisfaction of the performance obligation.
+Added: the customer benefits from the services as the entity performs, revenue is recognized over time through the expected product submission
+Added: date in June 2023, using the input method.
+Added: The Company used the input method to measure the process for the purpose of recognizing
+Added: revenue, which approximates the straight line attribution.
+Added: The Company used significant judgment when it determined the product
+Added: submission date.
+Added: ASC 606, the consideration that the Company would be entitled to upon the achievement of contractual milestones, which are contingent
+Added: upon the occurrence of future events, are a form of variable consideration.
+Added: When assessing the portion, if any, of such milestones-related
+Added: consideration to be included in the transaction price, the Company first assesses the most likely outcome for each milestone and
+Added: excludes the consideration related to milestones of which the occurrence is not considered the most likely outcome.
+Added: Company then evaluates if any of the variable consideration determined in the first step is constrained by including in the transaction
+Added: price variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue
+Added: recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
+Added: used significant judgment when it determined the first step of variable consideration.
+Added: of Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2019
+Added: following table summarizes certain statements of operations data for us for the twelve month periods ended August 31, 2020 and
Operating Data:
(dollar amounts in thousands)
−Removed: Cost of revenues (income)
+Added: Cost of revenues
Research and development expenses
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Weighted average common shares outstanding
−Removed: Revenues consist of proceeds related to the
−Removed: License Agreement that are recognized over the period from which the Company is entitled to the respective payments and through
−Removed: Revenues for fiscal 2019 increased by 10%
−Removed: to $2,703,000 from $2,449,000 for fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The increase is mainly attributed to milestone payments received during fiscal 2019
−Removed: in connection with the License Agreement which are recognized through the expected product submission date using a cost-to-cost
−Removed: model approach.
−Removed: Cost of revenues (income)
−Removed: Cost of revenues consists of royalties related
−Removed: to the License Agreement that will be paid over the term of the License Agreement in accordance with revenue recognition accounting
−Removed: and the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological Innovation, 1984, as amended, including
−Removed: any regulations or tracks promulgated thereunder, or the R&D Law.
−Removed: Cost of revenues for fiscal 2019 increased
−Removed: to expense of $90,000 compared to income of $86,000 for fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The increase is attributed to an adjustment that was made
−Removed: during fiscal 2018 and related to a decrease in the royalties rate we are obligated to pay to the IIA from 3.5% to 3% due to the
−Removed: amendment of the applicable regulations.
−Removed: As a result, during fiscal 2018 we recorded income which effected our cost of revenues.
−Removed: Research and development expenses
−Removed: Research and development expenses include costs
−Removed: directly attributable to the conduct of research and development programs, including the cost of salaries, employee benefits, costs
−Removed: of materials, supplies, the cost of services provided by outside contractors, including services related to our clinical trials,
−Removed: clinical trial expenses, the full cost of manufacturing drugs for use in research and preclinical development.
−Removed: All costs associated
−Removed: with research and development are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: Clinical trial costs are a significant component
−Removed: of research and development expenses and include costs associated with third-party contractors.
−Removed: We outsource a substantial portion
−Removed: of our clinical trial activities, utilizing external entities such as CROs, independent clinical investigators and other third-party
−Removed: service providers to assist us with the execution of our clinical studies.
−Removed: Clinical activities which relate principally
−Removed: to clinical sites and other administrative functions to manage our clinical trials are performed primarily by CROs.
−Removed: CROs typically
−Removed: perform most of the start-up activities for our trials, including document preparation, site identification, screening and preparation,
−Removed: pre-study visits, training and program management.
−Removed: Clinical trial and pre-clinical trial expenses
−Removed: include regulatory and scientific consultants’
−Removed: compensation and fees, research expenses, purchase of materials, cost of manufacturing
−Removed: of the oral insulin and exenatide capsules, payments for patient recruitment and treatment, as well as salaries and related expenses
−Removed: of research and development staff.
−Removed: From August 2009 to March 2014, Oramed Ltd.
−Removed: was awarded five government grants amounting to a total net amount of NIS 8 million (approximately $2,194,000) from the IIA.
−Removed: used the funds to support further research and development and clinical studies of our oral insulin capsule and oral GLP-1 analog
−Removed: during the period from February 2009 to December 2014.
−Removed: The five grants are subject to repayment according to the terms determined
−Removed: by the IIA and applicable law.
+Added: consist of proceeds related to the License Agreement that are recognized over the period from which the Company is entitled to
+Added: the respective payments and through June 2023.
+Added: for fiscal 2020 totaled $2,710,000, consistent with $2,703,000 for fiscal 2019.
+Added: of revenues consists of royalties related to the License Agreement that will be paid over the term of the License Agreement in
+Added: accordance with revenue recognition accounting and the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological
+Added: Innovation, 1984, as amended, including any regulations or tracks promulgated thereunder, or the R&D Law.
+Added: of revenues for fiscal 2020 decreased to no expense compared to expense of $90,000 for fiscal 2019.
+Added: The decrease is attributable
+Added: to a milestone payment which was received during fiscal 2019.
+Added: and development expenses
+Added: and development expenses include costs directly attributable to the conduct of research and development programs, including the
+Added: cost of salaries, employee benefits, costs of materials, supplies, the cost of services provided by outside contractors, including
+Added: services related to our clinical trials, clinical trial expenses, the full cost of manufacturing drugs for use in research and
+Added: preclinical development.
+Added: All costs associated with research and development are expensed as incurred.
+Added: trial costs are a significant component of research and development expenses and include costs associated with third-party contractors.
+Added: We outsource a substantial portion of our clinical trial activities, utilizing external entities such as CROs, independent clinical
+Added: investigators and other third-party service providers to assist us with the execution of our clinical studies.
+Added: activities which relate principally to clinical sites and other administrative functions to manage our clinical trials are performed
+Added: primarily by CROs.
+Added: CROs typically perform most of the start-up activities for our trials, including document preparation, site
+Added: identification, screening and preparation, pre-study visits, training and program management.
+Added: trial and pre-clinical trial expenses include regulatory and scientific consultants’
+Added: compensation and fees, research expenses,
+Added: purchase of materials, cost of manufacturing of the oral insulin and exenatide capsules, payments for patient recruitment and
+Added: treatment, as well as salaries and related expenses of research and development staff.
+Added: August 2009 to March 2014, Oramed Ltd.
+Added: was awarded five government grants amounting to a total net amount of NIS 8 million (approximately
+Added: $2,194,000) from the IIA.
+Added: We used the funds to support further research and development and clinical studies of our oral insulin
+Added: capsule and oral GLP-1 analog during the period from February 2009 to December 2014.
+Added: The five grants are subject to repayment
+Added: according to the terms determined by the IIA and applicable law.
See “—Government grants”
−Removed: Research and development expenses for fiscal
−Removed: 2019 increased by 13% to $13,522,000 from $11,979,000 for fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The increase is mainly attributed to expenses related
−Removed: to our Phase IIb three-month dose-ranging clinical trial and our oral leptin development and is partially offset by a decrease
−Removed: in expenses related to toxicology studies and scale-up process development and production of our oral capsule ingredients.
−Removed: fiscal 2019, stock-based compensation costs totaled $231,000, as compared to $575,000 during fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The decrease is mainly
−Removed: attributable to the progress in amortization of awards granted in prior periods.
−Removed: Government grants
−Removed: The Government of Israel encourages research
−Removed: and development projects through the IIA, pursuant to the R&D Law.
−Removed: Under the R&D Law, a research and development plan that
−Removed: meets specified criteria is generally eligible for a grant of up to 50% of certain approved research and development expenditures.
+Added: Research and development
+Added: expenses for fiscal 2020 decreased by 24% to $10,235,000 from $13,522,000 for fiscal 2019.
+Added: The decrease is mainly attributed to
+Added: expenses related to our Phase IIb three-month dose-ranging clinical trial which was terminated during fiscal 2020 and is partially
+Added: offset by an increase in regulatory expenses and an increase in raw material expenses related to our phase III trial.
+Added: During fiscal
+Added: 2020, stock-based compensation costs totaled $458,000, as compared to $218,000 during fiscal 2019.
+Added: The increase is mainly attributable
+Added: to new grants in fiscal 2020.
+Added: Government of Israel encourages research and development projects through the IIA, pursuant to the R&D Law.
+Added: Under the R&D
+Added: Law, a research and development plan that meets specified criteria is generally eligible for a grant of up to 50% of certain approved
+Added: research and development expenditures.
Each plan must be approved by the IIA.
−Removed: In fiscals 2019 and 2018, we did not recognize
−Removed: any research and development grants.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2019, we incurred a liability to pay royalties to the IIA of $390,810.
−Removed: Under the terms of the grants we received from
−Removed: the IIA, we are obligated to pay royalties of 3% on all revenues derived from the sale of the products developed pursuant to the
−Removed: funded plans, including revenues from licensed ancillary services.
−Removed: Royalties are generally payable up to a maximum amount equaling
−Removed: 100% of the grants received (dollar linked) with the addition of interest at an annual rate based on the LIBOR rate.
−Removed: The R&D Law generally requires that a product
−Removed: developed under a program be manufactured in Israel.
−Removed: However, when applying for a grant, the applicant may declare that part of
−Removed: the manufacturing will be performed outside of Israel or by non-Israeli residents and if the IIA is convinced that performing some
−Removed: of the manufacturing abroad is essential for the execution of the program, it may still approve the grant.
−Removed: This declaration will
−Removed: be a significant factor in the determination of the IIA as to whether to approve a program and the amount and other terms of the
−Removed: benefits to be granted.
−Removed: If a company wants to increase the volume of manufacturing outside of Israel after the grant has been approved,
−Removed: it may transfer up to 10% of the company’s approved Israeli manufacturing volume, measured on an aggregate basis, outside
−Removed: of Israel after first notifying the IIA thereof (provided that the IIA does not object to such transfer within 30 days).
−Removed: upon the approval of the IIA, a portion greater than 10% of the manufacturing volume may be performed outside of Israel.
−Removed: case of transfer of manufacturing out of Israel, the grant recipient is required to pay royalties at an increased rate, which may
−Removed: be substantial, and the aggregate repayment amount is increased up to 120%, 150% or 300% of the grant, depending on the portion
−Removed: of the total manufacturing volume that is performed outside of Israel.
−Removed: The approval we received from the IIA for the License Agreement
−Removed: was subject to payment of increased royalties and an increased ceiling, all in accordance with the provisions of the R&D Law.
−Removed: The R&D Law further permits the IIA, among other things, to approve the transfer of manufacturing rights outside of Israel
−Removed: in exchange for the import of different manufacturing into Israel as a substitute, in lieu of the increased royalties.
−Removed: The R&D Law also provides that know-how
−Removed: developed under an approved research and development program may not be transferred or licensed to third parties in Israel without
−Removed: the approval of the research committee.
−Removed: Such approval is not required for the sale or export of any products resulting from such
−Removed: research or development.
−Removed: The R&D Law further provides that the know-how developed under an approved research and development
−Removed: program may not be transferred or licensed to any third parties outside Israel absent IIA approval which may be granted in certain
−Removed: circumstances as follows:
−Removed: (a) the grant recipient pays to the IIA a portion of the sale or license price paid in consideration
−Removed: for the purchase or license of such IIA-funded know-how or the price paid in consideration for the sale of the grant recipient
−Removed: itself, as the case may be, in accordance with certain formulas included in the R&D Law;
−Removed: (b) the grant recipient receives know-how
−Removed: from a third party in exchange for its IIA-funded know-how;
−Removed: or (c) such transfer of IIA-funded know-how is made in the context
−Removed: of IIA approved research and development cooperation projects or consortia.
−Removed: The R&D Law imposes reporting requirements
−Removed: with respect to certain changes in the ownership of a grant recipient.
−Removed: The R&D Law requires the grant recipient to notify the
−Removed: IIA of any change in control of the recipient or a change in the holdings of the means of control of the recipient that results
−Removed: in a non-Israeli entity becoming an interested party in the recipient, and requires the new non-Israeli interested party to undertake
−Removed: to the IIA to comply with the R&D Law.
−Removed: In addition, the rules of the IIA may require the provision of additional information
−Removed: or representations in respect of certain such events.
+Added: fiscals 2020 and 2019, we did not recognize any research and development grants.
+Added: As of August 31, 2020, our liability to pay royalties
+Added: to the IIA was $317,000.
+Added: the terms of the grants we received from the IIA, we are obligated to pay royalties of 3% on all revenues derived from the sale
+Added: of the products developed pursuant to the funded plans, including revenues from licensed ancillary services.
+Added: Royalties are generally
+Added: payable up to a maximum amount equaling 100% of the grants received (dollar linked) with the addition of interest at an annual
+Added: rate based on the LIBOR rate.
+Added: R&D Law generally requires that a product developed under a program be manufactured in Israel.
+Added: However, when applying for
+Added: a grant, the applicant may declare that part of the manufacturing will be performed outside of Israel or by non-Israeli residents
+Added: and if the IIA is convinced that performing some of the manufacturing abroad is essential for the execution of the program, it
+Added: may still approve the grant.
+Added: This declaration will be a significant factor in the determination of the IIA as to whether to approve
+Added: a program and the amount and other terms of the benefits to be granted.
+Added: If a company wants to increase the volume of manufacturing
+Added: outside of Israel after the grant has been approved, it may transfer up to 10% of the company’s approved Israeli manufacturing
+Added: volume, measured on an aggregate basis, outside of Israel after first notifying the IIA thereof (provided that the IIA does not
+Added: object to such transfer within 30 days).
+Added: In addition, upon the approval of the IIA, a portion greater than 10% of the manufacturing
+Added: volume may be performed outside of Israel.
+Added: In any case of transfer of manufacturing out of Israel, the grant recipient is required
+Added: to pay royalties at an increased rate, which may be substantial, and the aggregate repayment amount is increased up to 120%, 150%
+Added: or 300% of the grant, depending on the portion of the total manufacturing volume that is performed outside of Israel.
+Added: we received from the IIA for the License Agreement was subject to payment of increased royalties and an increased ceiling, all
+Added: in accordance with the provisions of the R&D Law.
+Added: The R&D Law further permits the IIA, among other things, to approve
+Added: the transfer of manufacturing rights outside of Israel in exchange for the import of different manufacturing into Israel as a
+Added: substitute, in lieu of the increased royalties.
+Added: R&D Law also provides that know-how developed under an approved research and development program may not be transferred or
+Added: licensed to third parties in Israel without the approval of the research committee.
+Added: Such approval is not required for the sale
+Added: or export of any products resulting from such research or development.
+Added: The R&D Law further provides that the know-how developed
+Added: under an approved research and development program may not be transferred or licensed to any third parties outside Israel absent
+Added: IIA approval which may be granted in certain circumstances as follows:
+Added: (a) the grant recipient pays to the IIA a portion of the
+Added: sale or license price paid in consideration for the purchase or license of such IIA-funded know-how or the price paid in consideration
+Added: for the sale of the grant recipient itself, as the case may be, in accordance with certain formulas included in the R&D Law;
+Added: (b) the grant recipient receives know-how from a third party in exchange for its IIA-funded know-how;
+Added: or (c) such transfer of
+Added: IIA-funded know-how is made in the context of IIA approved research and development cooperation projects or consortia.
+Added: R&D Law imposes reporting requirements with respect to certain changes in the ownership of a grant recipient.
+Added: Law requires the grant recipient to notify the IIA of any change in control of the recipient or a change in the holdings of the
+Added: means of control of the recipient that results in a non-Israeli entity becoming an interested party in the recipient, and requires
+Added: the new non-Israeli interested party to undertake to the IIA to comply with the R&D Law.
+Added: In addition, the rules of the IIA
+Added: may require the provision of additional information or representations in respect of certain such events.
For this purpose, “control”
−Removed: is defined as the ability to direct
−Removed: the activities of a company other than any ability arising solely from serving as an officer or director of the company.
−Removed: is presumed to have control if such person holds 50% or more of the means of control of a company.
+Added: is defined as the ability to direct the activities of a company other than any ability arising solely from serving as an officer
+Added: or director of the company.
+Added: A person is presumed to have control if such person holds 50% or more of the means of control of a
“Means of control”
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An “interested party”
−Removed: a company includes a holder of 5% or more of its outstanding share capital or voting rights, its chief executive officer and directors,
−Removed: someone who has the right to appoint its chief executive officer or at least one director, and a company with respect to which
−Removed: any of the foregoing interested parties holds 25% or more of the outstanding share capital or voting rights or has the right to
−Removed: appoint 25% or more of the directors.
−Removed: Failure to meet the R&D Law’s requirements
−Removed: may subject us to mandatory repayment of grants received by us (together with interest and penalties), as well as expose us to
−Removed: criminal proceedings.
−Removed: In addition, the Israeli government may from time to time audit sales of products which it claims incorporate
−Removed: technology funded through IIA programs which may lead to additional royalties being payable on additional products.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: General and administrative expenses include
−Removed: the salaries and related expenses of our management, consulting costs, legal and professional fees, travel expenses, business development
−Removed: costs, insurance expenses and other general costs.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses decreased
−Removed: by 9% from $4,083,000 for fiscal 2018 to $3,722,000 for fiscal 2019.
−Removed: The decrease in costs incurred related to general and administrative
−Removed: activities during fiscal 2019, is primarily attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation costs and is partially offset
−Removed: by an increase in salaries and related expenses.
−Removed: During fiscal 2019, as part of our general and administrative expenses, we incurred
−Removed: expenses of $591,000 related to stock-based compensation costs, as compared to $972,000 during fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The decrease is mainly
−Removed: attributable to the progress in amortization of awards granted in prior periods and to option forfeitures during the period.
−Removed: Financial income, net
−Removed: Net financial income, net was $576,000 for fiscal
−Removed: 2019 as compared to net financial income of $800,000 for fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease in fair
−Removed: market value of some investments and to the change in accounting method which classifies such losses under profit and loss rather
−Removed: than other comprehensive income.
−Removed: Taxes on income
−Removed: Taxes on income were $300,000 recognized for
−Removed: fiscal 2019 as compared to no tax expenses in fiscal 2018.
−Removed: The increase is due to the withholding taxes during 2019 in connection
−Removed: with the receipt of a milestone payment pursuant to the License Agreement, while no withholding taxes applied in fiscal 2018.
−Removed: Comparison of Fiscal 2018 to Fiscal 2017
−Removed: For a discussion of fiscal 2018 compared to
−Removed: fiscal 2017, see Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual
−Removed: Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: From our inception through August 31, 2019,
−Removed: we have incurred losses in an aggregate amount of $81,103,000.
−Removed: During that period we have financed our operations through several
−Removed: private placements of our common stock, as well as public offerings of our common stock, raising a total of $77,790,000, net of
−Removed: transaction costs.
−Removed: During that period we also received cash consideration of $5,879,000 from the exercise of warrants and
−Removed: We will seek to obtain additional financing through similar sources in the future as needed.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2019, we
−Removed: had $3,329,000 of available cash, $25,253,000 of short term and long term deposits and $4,996,000 of marketable
−Removed: Management continues to evaluate various financing
−Removed: alternatives for funding future research and development activities and general and administrative expenses through fundraising
−Removed: in the public or private equity markets.
−Removed: Although there is no assurance that we will be successful with those initiatives, management
−Removed: believes that it will be able to secure the necessary financing as a result of future third party investments.
−Removed: Based on our current
−Removed: cash resources and commitments, we believe we will be able to maintain our current planned development activities and the corresponding
−Removed: level of expenditures for at least the next 12 months.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2019, our total current assets
−Removed: were $33,324,000 and our total current liabilities were $5,308,000.
−Removed: On August 31, 2019, we had a working capital surplus of $28,016,000
−Removed: and an accumulated loss of $81,103,000.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2018, our total current assets were $31,037,000 and our total current
−Removed: liabilities were $4,553,000.
−Removed: On August 31, 2018, we had a working capital surplus of $26,484,000 and an accumulated loss of $69,223,000.
−Removed: The increase in working capital surplus from August 31, 2018 to August 31, 2019 was primarily due to an increase in short term
−Removed: During fiscal 2019, cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: decreased to $3,329,000 from $4,996,000 as of August 31, 2019, which is due to the reasons described below.
−Removed: Operating activities used cash of $12,940,000
−Removed: in fiscal 2019 compared to $14,657,000 used in fiscal 2018.
−Removed: Cash used in operating activities in fiscal 2019 primarily consisted
−Removed: of net loss resulting from research and development and general and administrative expenses and changes in stock based compensation,
−Removed: while cash used by operating activities in fiscal 2018 primarily consisted of net loss resulting from research and development
−Removed: and general and administrative expenses and changes in deferred revenues.
−Removed: Investing activities used cash of $11,259,000
−Removed: in fiscal 2019, as compared to $7,004,000 provided in fiscal 2018.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2019 consisted primarily
−Removed: of the proceeds from short term deposits, partially offset by the acquisition of short and long term marketable securities, while
−Removed: cash provided by investing activities in fiscal 2018 consisted primarily of the purchase of bank deposits and marketable securities,
−Removed: partially offset by the sale of short-term deposits and maturity of marketable securities.
−Removed: There were no financing activities in 2019 compared
−Removed: to cash provided by financing activities of $22,654,000 in fiscal 2018.
−Removed: Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2018
−Removed: consisted of proceeds from our issuance of common stock and warrants and proceeds from exercise of warrants and options.
−Removed: financing activities in fiscal 2018 were as follows:
−Removed: ● On July 2, 2018, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with each of three investors, or the Purchasers, pursuant
−Removed: to which we agreed to sell, an aggregate of 2,892,000 units, or the Units, each Unit consisting of one share of our common stock
−Removed: and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $7.25 per share, or the Warrants, to the Purchasers
−Removed: for an offering price of $6.25 per Unit, or the Offering.
−Removed: The Warrants became exercisable commencing six months following their
−Removed: issuance for a period of three and one-half years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: The closing of the sale of the Units occurred on July
−Removed: The net proceeds to us from the Offering, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses and our Offering
−Removed: expenses were approximately $16,484,000.
−Removed: ● On July 2, 2018, we entered into a letter agreement with H.C.
−Removed: Wainwright & Co., LLC, or HCW, pursuant to which HCW agreed
−Removed: to serve as exclusive placement agent in any offering by us occurring between July 2, 2018 and August 1, 2018.
−Removed: For its services
−Removed: in the Offering, HCW received a fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offering and a management fee of 1% of the
−Removed: gross proceeds raised in the Offering, up to $50,000 for non-accountable expenses as well as warrants to purchase up to 115,680
−Removed: shares of our common stock, exercisable for a period of three and one-half years from the date of issuance and with an exercise
−Removed: price of $7.8125 per share.
−Removed: Upon the exercise of the Warrants, HCW will receive a fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised
−Removed: as a result of such exercise.
−Removed: ● During fiscal 2019, no warrants or options were exercised.
−Removed: During fiscal 2018, 138,071 warrants were exercised for cash and
−Removed: resulted in the issuance of 138,071 shares of common stock and 50,750 options were exercised for cash and resulted in the issuance
−Removed: of 50,750 shares of common stock.
−Removed: The cash consideration received for the exercise of warrants was $790,000 and the cash consideration
−Removed: received for the exercise of options was $207,000.
−Removed: ● In October and November 2018 and February and May 2019, we issued a total of 13,194 shares of our common stock, valued approximately
−Removed: $54,000, in the aggregate, to certain service providers as remuneration for services rendered.
−Removed: ● On September 5, 2019, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, pursuant to which we may, from
−Removed: time to time and at our option, issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15,000,000,
−Removed: through a sales agent, subject to certain terms and conditions.
−Removed: Any shares sold will be sold pursuant to our effective shelf registration
−Removed: statement on Form S-3 including a prospectus dated February 2, 2017, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated September
−Removed: We will pay the sales agent a cash commission of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the sale of any shares sold through the
−Removed: sales agent under the Sales Agreement.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2019, no shares were sold under the Sales Agreement.
−Removed: Contractual Obligations
−Removed: The following table summarizes our significant
−Removed: contractual obligations and commercial commitments at August 31, 2019, and the effects such obligations are expected to have on
−Removed: our liquidity and cash flows in future periods (in thousands):
+Added: of a company includes a holder of 5% or more of its outstanding share capital or voting rights,
+Added: its chief executive officer and directors, someone who has the right to appoint its chief executive officer or at least one director,
+Added: and a company with respect to which any of the foregoing interested parties holds 25% or more of the outstanding share capital
+Added: or voting rights or has the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors.
+Added: to meet the R&D Law’s requirements may subject us to mandatory repayment of grants received by us (together with interest
+Added: and penalties), as well as expose us to criminal proceedings.
+Added: In addition, the Israeli government may from time to time audit
+Added: sales of products which it claims incorporate technology funded through IIA programs which may lead to additional royalties being
+Added: payable on additional products.
+Added: and administrative expenses
+Added: and administrative expenses include the salaries and related expenses of our management, consulting costs, legal and professional
+Added: fees, travel expenses, business development costs, insurance expenses and other general costs.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: expenses increased by 14% from $3,722,000 for fiscal 2019 to $4,232,000 for fiscal 2020.
+Added: The increase in costs incurred related
+Added: to general and administrative activities during fiscal 2020, is primarily attributable to an increase in costs related to the directors
+Added: and officers insurance policy and an increase in legal expenses and increase in stock-based compensation costs and is partially
+Added: offset by a decrease in travel expenses and a decrease in costs related to patents.
+Added: During fiscal 2020, as part of our general
+Added: and administrative expenses, we incurred expenses of $714,000 related to stock-based compensation costs, as compared to an expense
+Added: of $591,000 during fiscal 2019.
+Added: The increase is mainly attributable to new grants during fiscal 2020.
+Added: financial income, was $246,000 for fiscal 2020 as compared to net financial income of $576,000 for fiscal 2019.
+Added: The decrease is
+Added: mainly attributable to a decrease in the fair market value of some investments.
+Added: taxes on income were recognized for fiscal 2020 as compared to $300,000 for fiscal 2019.
+Added: The decrease is due to withholding taxes
+Added: in connection with the receipt of a milestone payment pursuant to the License Agreement during 2019.
+Added: 2019 compared with Fiscal 2018
+Added: a discussion of fiscal 2019 compared with fiscal 2018, see Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
+Added: Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: our inception through August 31, 2020, we have incurred losses in an aggregate amount of $92,614,000.
+Added: During that period we have
+Added: financed our operations through several private placements of our common stock, as well as public offerings of our common stock,
+Added: raising a total of $101,509,000, net of transaction costs.
+Added: During that period we also received cash consideration of $5,892,000
+Added: from the exercise of warrants and options.
+Added: We will seek to obtain additional financing through similar sources in the future as
+Added: As of August 31, 2020, we had $19,296,000 of available cash, $11,060,000 of short term deposits and $13,472,000 of marketable
+Added: continues to evaluate various financing alternatives for funding future research and development activities and general and administrative
+Added: expenses through fundraising in the public or private equity markets.
+Added: Although there is no assurance that we will be successful
+Added: with those initiatives, management believes that it will be able to secure the necessary financing as a result of future third
+Added: party investments.
+Added: Based on our current cash resources and commitments, we believe we will be able to maintain our current planned
+Added: development activities and the corresponding level of expenditures for at least the next 12 months.
+Added: of August 31, 2020, our total current assets were $40,511,000 and our total current liabilities were $4,536,000.
+Added: On August 31,
+Added: 2020, we had a working capital surplus of $35,975,000 and an accumulated loss of $92,614,000.
+Added: As of August 31, 2019, our total
+Added: current assets were $33,324,000 and our total current liabilities were $5,308,000.
+Added: On August 31, 2019, we had a working capital
+Added: surplus of $28,016,000 and an accumulated loss of $81,103,000.
+Added: The increase in working capital surplus from August 31, 2019 to
+Added: August 31, 2020 was primarily due to an increase in cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: fiscal 2020, cash and cash equivalents increased to $19,296,000 from $3,329,000 as of August 31, 2019, which is due to the reasons
+Added: described below.
+Added: activities used cash of $12,440,000 in fiscal 2020 compared to $12,940,000 used in fiscal 2019.
+Added: Cash used in operating activities
+Added: in fiscal 2020 and 2019 primarily consisted of net loss resulting from research and development and general and administrative
+Added: expenses and changes in stock based compensation.
+Added: activities provided cash of $4,626,000 in fiscal 2020, as compared to $11,259,000 used in fiscal 2019.
+Added: Cash provided in investing
+Added: activities in fiscal 2020 consisted primarily of the proceeds from short term deposits and redemption of held to maturity securities,
+Added: partially offset by the acquisition of short and long terms marketable securities, while cash used in investing activities in
+Added: fiscal 2019 consisted primarily of the proceeds from short term deposits, partially offset by the acquisition of short and long
+Added: term marketable securities.
+Added: activities provided cash of $23,786,000 in fiscal 2020, as compared to no financing activities in fiscal 2019.
+Added: Cash provided by
+Added: financing activities during fiscal 2020 consisted of proceeds from our issuance of common stock and warrants and proceeds from
+Added: exercise of warrants and options.
+Added: Our primary financing activities in fiscal 2020 were as follows:
+Added: fiscal 2020, no warrants were exercised and 12,253 options were exercised for cash and
+Added: resulted in the issuance of 12,253 shares of common stock.
+Added: The cash consideration received
+Added: for the exercise of options was $12,253.
+Added: During fiscal 2019, no warrants or options were
+Added: September and November 2019 and February and May 2020, we issued a total of 10,000 shares
+Added: of our common stock, valued approximately $38,000, in the aggregate, to certain service
+Added: providers as remuneration for services rendered.
+Added: September 5, 2019, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement, or the Sales Agreement,
+Added: pursuant to which we may, from time to time and at our option, issue and sell shares
+Added: of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15,000,000 through a
+Added: sales agent, subject to certain terms and conditions.
+Added: Any shares sold will be sold pursuant
+Added: to our effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 including a prospectus and
+Added: prospectus supplement, each dated February 10, 2020 (which superseded a prior registration
+Added: statement, prospectus and prospectus supplement that related to shares sold under the
+Added: Sales Agreement).
+Added: We will pay the sales agent a cash commission of 3.0% of the gross
+Added: proceeds of the sale of any shares sold through the sales agent under the Sales Agreement.
+Added: As of August 31, 2020, 839,537 shares were issued under the Sales Agreement for aggregate
+Added: net proceeds of $3,879,000.
+Added: February 27, 2020, we entered into an underwriting agreement with National Securities
+Added: Corporation, or the Underwriter, in connection with a public offering, or the Offering
+Added: of 5,250,000 shares of our common stock, at an offering price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: also granted the Underwriter a 45-day option to purchase from us up to an additional
+Added: 787,500 shares of common stock at the public offering price, or the Over-Allotment Option.
+Added: In connection with the Offering, we also agreed to issue to the Underwriter, or its designees,
+Added: warrants, or the Underwriter’s Warrants, to purchase up to an aggregate of 7% of
+Added: the shares of common stock sold in the Offering (including any additional shares sold
+Added: during the 45-day option period), at an exercise price of $4.80 per share.
+Added: The Underwriter’s
+Added: Warrants issued in the Offering will be exercisable at any time and from time to time,
+Added: in whole or in part, commencing six months from issuance for a period of three years
+Added: from the date of issuance.
+Added: The closing of the sale of the Offering occurred on March
+Added: On April 9, 2020, we issued 180,561 shares of our common stock and 12,640 Underwriter’s
+Added: Warrants pursuant to a partial exercise by the Underwriter of the Over-Allotment Option,
+Added: or the Partial Over-Allotment Option Exercise.
+Added: The net proceeds to us from the Offering,
+Added: including from the Partial Over-Allotment Option Exercise, after deducting the underwriting
+Added: discount and our Offering expenses were $19,894,000.
+Added: following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commercial commitments at August 31, 2020, and the effects
+Added: such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods (in thousands):
Contractual Obligations
−Removed: Less than 1 year
Clinical research study obligations
−Removed: Purchase and technology transfer obligations
Operating lease obligations
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Accrued severance pay, net
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of August 31, 2019, we had no off balance
−Removed: sheet arrangements that have had or that we expect would be reasonably likely to have a future material effect on our financial
−Removed: condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
−Removed: Planned Expenditures
−Removed: We invest heavily in research and development,
−Removed: and we expect that in the upcoming years our research and development expenses, net, will continue to be our major operating expense.
+Added: Sheet Arrangements
+Added: of August 31, 2020, we had no off balance sheet arrangements that have had or that we expect would be reasonably likely to have
+Added: a future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations,
+Added: liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
+Added: invest heavily in research and development, and we expect that in the upcoming years our research and development expenses, net,
+Added: will continue to be our major operating expense.
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