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Fourth Quarter
−Removed: As of February 18, 2020, there were approximately
−Removed: 89 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: This does not include an indeterminate number of persons who
−Removed: hold our Common Stock in brokerage accounts and otherwise in “street name.”
+Added: As of March 5, 2021, there were
+Added: approximately 103 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: This does not include an indeterminate
+Added: number of persons who hold our Common Stock in brokerage accounts and otherwise in “street name.”
We have never paid cash dividends and have
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no new awards shall be granted under the 2015 Plan.
−Removed: As of both December 31, 2019 and February 18,
+Added: As of both December 31, 2020 and March 5,
2021, no options and 2,000,000 shares of fully vested common stock remained as granted under the 2015 Plan.
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the 2017 Plan from 50,000,000 to 89,700,000 shares.
+Added: On April 6, 2020, the Board approved an amendment to the 2017 Plan to reduce
+Added: the number of shares of common stock of the Company available for issuance pursuant to the 2017 Plan from 89,700,000 shares to
+Added: 85,700,000 shares.
The Amended 2017 Plan also provides
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other than cash or common stock may be used to purchase the shares underlying an option and shall determine the value of the property
−Removed: As of both December 31, 2019 and February 18,
+Added: As of both December 31, 2020 and March
5, 2021, 81,050,000 options remain as granted under the Amended 2017 Plan.
−Removed: As of both December 31, 2019 and February 18,
−Removed: 2020, 2,000,000 options remain as granted not pursuant to any stock option plan.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
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(ii) options to purchase 82,650,000 shares of common stock were outstanding under the Amended
−Removed: and (iii) warrants outstanding to purchase 8,500,000 shares of common stock not pursuant to any plan and options outstanding
−Removed: to purchase 2,000,000 of common stock not pursuant to any plan.
+Added: and (iii) warrants outstanding to purchase 10,326,857 shares of common stock not pursuant to any plan.
To management’s knowledge, there are
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities and Use of Proceeds
−Removed: On January 22, 2019, the Company issued 250,000
−Removed: shares of common stock at a price of $0.06 per share for gross proceeds of $15,000 to an accredited investor and on February 4,
−Removed: 2019 Clarence E.
−Removed: Smith, CEO of the Company, was issued 500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.06 per share for gross proceeds
−Removed: of $30,000 pursuant to a private placement.
−Removed: No solicitation was used in this offering.
−Removed: For both sales of securities, the
−Removed: Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation
−Removed: D promulgated under the Securities Act with respect to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
−Removed: No commissions
−Removed: were paid in connection with this issuance of securities.
−Removed: A Form D was filed on January 14, 2019.
+Added: On February 25, 2020, an option to purchase
+Added: 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock held by a former officer of the Company expired.
+Added: This option was not granted
+Added: pursuant to any stock option plan.
+Added: On March 25, 2020, the Board cancelled 27,000,000
+Added: options issued pursuant to the 2017 Plan, of which 15,000,000 were held by the Company’s CEO, 2,000,000 held by a director
+Added: of the Company, and 10,000,000 held by a consultant.
+Added: On March 26, 2020, the Board granted 22,000,000 new stock options (10,000,000
+Added: to the Company’s CEO, 2,000,000 to one of the directors, and 10,000,0000 to the consultant) with a term of six years and
+Added: exercisable at a price of $0.14 per share, expiring on March 25, 2026.
Between April 13, 2020 and May 29, 2020, the
−Removed: Company sold 10,000,000 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $500,000 to accredited investors (one of which was the Company’s
−Removed: President & CEO, Clarence E.
+Added: Company issued 2,222,222 shares of common stock at a price of $0.09 per share for gross proceeds of $200,000 to accredited investors
+Added: (one of which was Clarence E.
+Added: Smith, CEO of the Company) No solicitation was used in this offering.
+Added: For both sales of securities,
+Added: the Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of
+Added: Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act with respect to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
+Added: No commissions were paid in connection with this issuance of securities.
+Added: A Form D was filed on April 23, 2020 and a second
+Added: Form D was filed on June 2, 2020.
+Added: Between July 20, 2020 and July 27, 2020, the Company sold
+Added: 320,513 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.078 for gross proceeds of $25,000 to accredited investors in a private
+Added: No solicitation was used in the offering.
+Added: The Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section
+Added: 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act with respect to transactions
+Added: by an issuer not involving any public offering.
+Added: No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances of securities.
+Added: A Form D was filed on August 4, 2020.
+Added: Between August 4, 2020 and September 9, 2020,
+Added: the Company sold 3,653,077 shares of common stock of the Company at a price per share of $0.065 for gross proceeds of $237,450
+Added: to accredited investors in a private placement, of which the Company’s President and CEO purchased 1,000,000 shares for gross
+Added: proceeds of $65,000.
+Added: No solicitation was used in the offering.
+Added: The Company relied on the exemption from registration available
+Added: under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act with respect to
+Added: transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
+Added: No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances
+Added: of securities.
+Added: A Form D was filed on August 13, 2020 and an amended Form D was filed on September 1, 2020.
+Added: Between November 5, 2020 and December 4, 2020, the Company sold
+Added: 2,532,143 shares of common stock at $0.07 per share for gross proceeds of $177,250 to accredited investors (one of which was the
+Added: Company’s President & CEO, Clarence E.
Smith) in a private placement.
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in connection with these issuances of securities.
−Removed: A Form D was filed on April 8, 2019.
−Removed: Between June 14, 2019 and June 18, 2019, the
−Removed: Company sold 2,266,667 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $272,000 to accredited investors in a private placement.
−Removed: solicitation was used in the offering.
−Removed: The Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of
−Removed: the 1933 Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions by an issuer not involving
−Removed: any public offering.
−Removed: No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances of securities.
−Removed: A Form D was filed
−Removed: on July 2, 2019.
−Removed: On July 15, 2019, the Board of Directors of
−Removed: the Company canceled a total of 16,000,000 options previously granted to its CEO, a director, and a consultant and granted a total
−Removed: of 16,000,000 new options under the Amended 2017 Plan at an exercise price of $0.26 per share as follows:
−Removed: Clarence Smith, President,
−Removed: CEO & Director (options to purchase 5,000,000 shares);
−Removed: Edward McDonough, Director (options to purchase 1,000,000 shares);
−Removed: Grant Young, a consultant (options to purchase 10,000,000 shares).
−Removed: Twenty-five percent of the shares vest on October 13, 2019 and
−Removed: 25% vest every three months thereafter.
−Removed: The options expire on July 14, 2024.
−Removed: Prior to a change in control of the Company, the vesting
−Removed: schedule of the option shall immediately accelerate so that the option is fully vested and available for exercise.
−Removed: Also on July 15, 2019, in connection with the
−Removed: continued service of certain directors, officers and consultants, the Board granted options pursuant to the Amended 2017 Plan to
−Removed: acquire shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.26 per share as follows:
−Removed: Smith (an option to purchase
−Removed: 5,000,000 shares);
−Removed: McDonough (an option to purchase 2,000,000 shares);
−Removed: Michael Guzzetta, CFO (an option to purchase 4,000,000
−Removed: Young (options to purchase 5,000,000 shares).
−Removed: Twenty-five percent of the shares vest on October 13, 2019 and 25%
−Removed: vest every three months thereafter.
−Removed: The options expire on July 14, 2024.
−Removed: Prior to a change in control of the Company, the vesting
−Removed: schedule of the option shall immediately accelerate so that the option is fully vested and available for exercise.
−Removed: also issued an option under the Amended 2017 Plan to a consultant to acquire 500,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.26 per share.
−Removed: The option is identical to the others issued by the Board except that 250,000 shares vest on October 13, 2019 and 250,000 vest
−Removed: three months thereafter.
−Removed: For these grants of options, no solicitation
−Removed: was used and the Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
−Removed: as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions
−Removed: by an issuer not involving any public offering.
−Removed: No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances of securities.
−Removed: On September 24, 2019, the Company’s CFO exercised an option
−Removed: to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock of the Company at $0.07 per share through a cashless exercise.
−Removed: The CFO received 97,826
−Removed: shares and the Company received 152,174 as consideration for the exercise.
−Removed: The Company relied on the exemption from registration
−Removed: under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D
−Removed: promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions not involving a public offering.
−Removed: No commissions were paid in connection
−Removed: with the issuance of these securities.
−Removed: On November 18, 2019, in connection with the
−Removed: continued service of certain directors, officers and consultants, the Board granted options pursuant to the Amended 2017 Plan to
−Removed: acquire shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.11 per share as follows:
−Removed: Smith (an option to purchase
−Removed: 5,000,000 shares);
−Removed: McDonough (an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares);
−Removed: Michael Guzzetta, CFO (an option to purchase 4,000,000
−Removed: Young (options to purchase 5,000,000 shares).
−Removed: Twenty-five percent of the shares vest on February 18, 2020 and
−Removed: 25% vest every three months thereafter.
−Removed: The options expire on November 17, 2024.
−Removed: For these grants of options, no solicitation
−Removed: was used and the Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
−Removed: as amended (the “1933 Act”) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions
−Removed: by an issuer not involving any public offering.
−Removed: No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances of securities.
−Removed: Between October 16, 2019 and December 19, 2019, the Company sold
+Added: A Form D was filed on November 27, 2020, an amended Form D was filed on
+Added: each of December 14, 2020.
+Added: Between December 23, 2020 and December 30, 2020, the Company sold
1,826,857 Units (each Unit comprised of one common share and one warrant to purchase one common share at $0.07) for gross proceeds
−Removed: of $300,000 to accredited investors (one of which was the Company’s President & CEO, Clarence E.
−Removed: Smith) in a private
−Removed: The warrants were immediately vested and expire three years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: No solicitation was used in the
−Removed: The Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506(b)
−Removed: of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.
+Added: of $127,880 to accredited investors in a private placement.
+Added: The warrants were immediately vested and expire one year from the date
+Added: No solicitation was used in the offering.
+Added: The Company relied on the exemption from registration available under Section
+Added: 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act with respect to transactions by an issuer
+Added: not involving any public offering.
No commissions were paid in connection with these issuances of securities.
−Removed: A Form D was filed on October 31, 2019, an amended
−Removed: Form D was filed on each of November 4, 2019, December 17, 2019, and December 30, 2019.
+Added: D was filed on November 27, 2020, and an amended Form D was filed on December 14, 2020.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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General and Administrative
−Removed: Interest Expense
Professional Fees
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Significant changes from the prior year include:
−Removed: Professional fees remained flat year over year going to $149,619 from $149,123 as legal, accounting and auditing activity all remained relatively unchanged over prior year totals.
+Added: Professional fees increased by $14,870, year over year going to $164,489 from $149,619 as legal and auditing fees each contributed to the increase, while accounting activity remained unchanged over prior year totals.
Share-based compensation increased sharply by $3,345,424 from $3,395,319 to $6,740,743 primarily as a result of the sharp increase of stock price at grant date of certain options and a change in accounting based on new FASB guidance for valuation of share-based payments to non-employees.
−Removed: Additionally, we granted a higher number of stock options in 2019.
+Added: Additionally, stock options were granted to two additional consultants in the last quarter of 2020.
Research and development increased by $157,771 from $369,520 to $527,291 primarily as a result of management’s current year investment in further testing and development of the AAGP ®
molecule and expanded study lines.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses increased by $202,364 from $78,074 to $280,438 due to the engagement of two investor relations firms and the engagement of a marketing firm to build a new website and expand public awareness of the Company through new social media applications.
+Added: In 2020 new studies included pilot tolerability test for topical ocular application and dose and time-dependent effect studies for dry-eye disease
+Added: General and administrative expenses decreased by $71,471 from $280,438 to $208,967 due to the disengagement of two investor relations firms and the reduction in spending on marketing firms.
+Added: In 2019 significant spending went to website development and expanding digital marketing through social media applications.
Our expenses in 2020 were $7,644,490 which
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During the year ended December 31, 2020, net
−Removed: cash used in operating activities increased $397,165 from $453,493 to $850,658 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: This increase was predominantly due to the increased spending on marketing and investor relations.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: new research and development contributed to the year-over- year increase of cash used in operations.
+Added: cash used in operating activities increased $30,650 from $850,658 to $881,308 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: This increase was predominantly due to the increased spending on research and development.
+Added: Additionally, a reduction to marketing
+Added: and public relations spending year-over- year kept the change in operating expenses lower than in previous year’s operations.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2020, net
−Removed: cash used in investing activities decreased by $10,436 primarily due to lower costs of patent maintenance and patent application
−Removed: Net cash from investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $35,458.
−Removed: Net cash used for investing
−Removed: activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $25,022.
+Added: cash used in investing activities increased by $45,156 primarily due to the increase in patent application spending.
+Added: Net cash from
+Added: investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was $25,022.
+Added: Net cash used for investing activities for the year
+Added: ended December 31, 2020 was $70,178.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2020, net
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities increased by $794,962 from $322,038 to $1,117,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and
+Added: cash provided by financing activities decreased by $349,419 from $1,117,000 to $767,581 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and
2020, respectively.
−Removed: This increase was predominantly due to an increase in private placements completed.
+Added: This increase was predominantly due to a reduction in private placements completed.
Going Concern
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stock price on the date of issuance.
−Removed: The Company accounts for stock compensation
−Removed: arrangements with persons classified as non-employees for accounting purposes in accordance with ASC 505-50 “Stock-Based
−Removed: Transactions with Nonemployees”, which requires that such equity instruments are recorded at their fair value on the measurement
−Removed: The measurement of share-based compensation is subject to periodic adjustment as the underlying instruments vest.
−Removed: value of stock options is estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and the compensation charges are amortized over
−Removed: the vesting period.
+Added: Share-based compensation for non-employees
+Added: in exchange for goods and services used or consumed in an entity’s own operations are also recorded at fair value on the
+Added: measurement date and accounted for in accordance with ASC 718.
+Added: The measurement of share-based compensation is subject to periodic
+Added: adjustment as the underlying instruments vest.
+Added: The fair value of stock options is estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing
+Added: Model and the compensation charges are amortized over the vesting period.
Intangible Assets –
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to which they relate.
−Removed: All other expenditures are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.
+Added: The Company capitalizes its patent application costs.
+Added: All other expenditures are recognized in profit or
+Added: loss as incurred.
As at December 31, 2020, the Company does not
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