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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Our Chief Executive Officer, President and General
−Removed: Counsel, as our principal executive officer (“Chief Executive Officer”), and our Chief Financial Officer, as our principal
−Removed: financial officer (“Chief Financial Officer”), evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures,”
−Removed: as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure
−Removed: that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act are
−Removed: recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the period specified by the Commission’s rules and forms and are accumulated
−Removed: and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
−Removed: Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of April
−Removed: 30, 2022, that certain of our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting.
+Added: Our Interim Chairman, Interim Chief Executive
+Added: Officer and Interim President, as our principal executive officer (“Chief Executive Officer”), and our Chief Financial Officer,
+Added: as our principal financial officer (“Chief Financial Officer”), evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls
+Added: and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
+Added: Disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit to the Commission pursuant
+Added: to the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the period specified by the Commission’s rules and forms
+Added: and are accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
+Added: regarding required disclosures.
+Added: Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded
+Added: that, as of April 30, 2023, certain of our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal
+Added: control over financial reporting.
This is described below in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
−Removed: A control system, no matter how well conceived
−Removed: and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
−Removed: Further, the design
−Removed: of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
−Removed: to their costs.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that
−Removed: all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
−Removed: These inherent limitations include the realities
−Removed: that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
−Removed: Also, controls can be
−Removed: circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls.
−Removed: design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events.
−Removed: There can be no
−Removed: assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls
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We plan to hire an additional person to work for our Chief Financial Officer to enable sufficient segregation of his duties.
−Removed: Because of this material weakness, our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of April 30, 2022, our internal controls over financial reporting were not
−Removed: effective based on the COSO criteria.
+Added: Because of this material weakness, our Interim
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of April 30, 2023, our internal controls over financial reporting
+Added: were not effective based on the COSO criteria.
We plan to make changes to our procedures and
controls that we believe are reasonably likely to strengthen and materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: one material weakness should be eliminated during fiscal year 2023.
−Removed: Prior to the remediation of our material weakness,
−Removed: there remains risk that the processes and procedures on which we currently rely will fail to be sufficiently effective, which could result
−Removed: in material misstatement of our financial position or results of operations and require a restatement.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations
−Removed: in all control systems, no evaluation of controls - even where we conclude the controls are operating effectively - can provide absolute
−Removed: assurance that all control issues, including instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
−Removed: These inherent limitations include the realities
−Removed: that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
−Removed: Additionally, controls can
−Removed: be circumvented by the individual acts of a person, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls.
−Removed: design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events;
−Removed: accordingly, there
−Removed: can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
−Removed: Over time, our control
−Removed: systems, as we develop them, may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
−Removed: may deteriorate.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur
−Removed: and not be detected and could be material to our financial statements.
−Removed: Remediation of a Material Weakness
−Removed: Throughout the year ended April 30, 2022, we undertook
−Removed: remediation measures related to a previously reported material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: The previously reported
−Removed: material weakness related to insufficient information technology controls and documentation.
−Removed: We completed the remediation measures during
−Removed: the year ended April 30, 2022, including testing of the design and implementation of the related controls.
−Removed: We acquired and installed an
−Removed: accounting software package to record our transactions to provide the level of controls required by COSO.
−Removed: Based on these procedures, we
−Removed: believe that this previously reported material weakness has been remediated.
+Added: Prior to the remediation of our material
+Added: weakness, there remains risk that the processes and procedures on which we currently rely will fail to be sufficiently effective, which
+Added: could result in material misstatement of our financial position or results of operations and require a restatement.
+Added: Because of the inherent
+Added: limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls - even where we conclude the controls are operating effectively - can provide
+Added: absolute assurance that all control issues, including instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
+Added: These inherent limitations include
+Added: the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of a person, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the
+Added: The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events;
+Added: accordingly, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
+Added: Over time, our control systems, as we develop them, may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance
+Added: with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements
+Added: due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected and could be material to our financial statements.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial
+Added: Effective October 6, 2022, the former Chairman
+Added: of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel, Mr.
+Added: Waggoner, resigned from all positions with the Company
+Added: and its subsidiaries.
+Added: Also effective October 6, 2022, the Board approved the employment of Mr.
+Added: Silverman as the Interim Chairman
+Added: of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim President.
Other than described above in this Item 9A, there
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more complete understanding of the matters covered by the Certifications.
+Added: Limitations on the Effectiveness of Disclosure
+Added: Controls and Procedures
+Added: A control system, no matter how well conceived
+Added: and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
+Added: Further, the design
+Added: of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
+Added: to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that
+Added: all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
+Added: These inherent limitations include the realities
+Added: that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
+Added: Also, controls can be
+Added: circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls.
+Added: design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events.
+Added: There can be no
+Added: assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
OTHER INFORMATION
−Removed: On May 8, 2022, we entered into amendments to
−Removed: the employment agreements with each of Kenneth L.
−Removed: Waggoner, our Chief Executive Officer and President, and Carlos A.
−Removed: Trujillo, our Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer.
−Removed: The terms of such amended employment agreements are summarized in Part III, Item 11.
−Removed: “Executive Compensation—Employment
−Removed: Arrangements” of this Report, which summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such amended employment
−Removed: agreements filed herewith as Exhibits 10.40 and 10.41.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS
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officers are:
−Removed: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel
−Removed: Director and Chief Scientific Officer
−Removed: Director and Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: Thomas Liquard
−Removed: Matthias Löhr
−Removed: Waggoner became our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer and President in November 2013.
−Removed: Shortly thereafter, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner assumed the additional position of General Counsel.
−Removed: Waggoner became a full-time employee as the Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel of both PharmaCyte and Viridis
−Removed: Biotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of PharmaCyte.
−Removed: Waggoner has been a member of the Board since September 2014.
−Removed: Waggoner has over
−Removed: forty-five years of experience in management, business, operations and the practice of law.
−Removed: It was his education, training, experience
−Removed: and leadership skills that led us to elect him to the Board and appoint him Chairman.
−Removed: Waggoner began his professional career as
−Removed: an attorney in private practice.
−Removed: From 1986 to 2003, he was a senior partner with the international law firm Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison
−Removed: He was the Managing Partner of Brobeck’s Los Angeles office.
−Removed: While at Brobeck, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner served as a
−Removed: member of the Executive Committee and Policy Committee.
−Removed: Waggoner was the co-Chairman of Brobeck’s worldwide Environmental Law
−Removed: Waggoner’s career included leadership
−Removed: and legal positions with Fortune 100 companies most of his professional career.
+Added: Interim Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim President
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Robert Weinstein
+Added: Joshua Silverman has served as a director of the Company since August
+Added: 2022 and as our Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim President and Interim Chairman of the Board since October 2022.
+Added: has served as the managing member of Parkfield Funding LLC since August 2016.
+Added: Silverman co-founded Iroquois Capital Management, LLC
+Added: (“Iroquois”), an investment advisory firm, in 2003 and served as its principal, managing partner and co-chief investment officer
+Added: until July 2016.
+Added: While at Iroquois, he designed and executed complex transactions, structuring and negotiating investments in both public
+Added: and private companies and has often been called upon by the companies solve inefficiencies as they relate to corporate structure, cash
+Added: flow, and management.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner served as the Vice President
−Removed: and General Counsel of Chevron’s global downstream operations where he was responsible for the overall management of legal services
−Removed: to the North American, Latin American, European and Asian Products Companies.
−Removed: While at Chevron, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner led the restructuring of
−Removed: Chevron’s global Legal Department following Chevron’s acquisition of Texaco.
−Removed: From 2005 until September 2013, Mr.
−Removed: the principal of the Law Offices of Kenneth L.
−Removed: Waggoner & Associates.
−Removed: During that time, he held leadership and legal positions with
−Removed: several start-up companies and provided legal counsel and business advice to his clients.
−Removed: Waggoner received his Juris Doctorate with
−Removed: honors from Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1973.
−Removed: Crabtree is our Chief Scientific Officer
−Removed: and has been a member of the Board since February 2013.
−Removed: He has served as Chief Scientific Officer since October 14, 2020.
−Removed: Prior to that,
−Removed: Crabtree was our Chief Operating Officer.
−Removed: Given the major importance to developing treatments for cancer and diabetes coupled with
−Removed: Crabtree’s education, training and experience, Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree was appointed to the Board.
−Removed: Crabtree’s background in the biomedical
−Removed: sciences has been substantial, having been involved with various biopharmaceutical companies where he has alternatively supervised and
−Removed: coordinated the development of multiple drug candidates, prepared clinical protocols, investigator brochures, monographs, and research
−Removed: and review articles.
−Removed: Crabtree has over 50 years of experience in
−Removed: the biomedical sciences sector with the majority of that being in the cancer area.
−Removed: Crabtree served as the Director of Project Planning
−Removed: and Management (Oncology and Immunology) at Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) from 1990 to 1997.
−Removed: While at BMS, Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree established
−Removed: and directed the department that coordinated the development of all oncologic and immunologic drugs from initial discovery through regulatory
−Removed: He also served as Project Manager for the development of the major anticancer agent, Taxol.
−Removed: Taxol ultimately became a multi-billion-dollar
−Removed: drug for BMS and is still widely used to treat a variety of cancers.
−Removed: From 1985 to 1990, Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree was the Director of Pharmacology
−Removed: at Viratek, a subsidiary of ICN Pharmaceuticals, in Costa Mesa, California, where he worked on the development of anticancer drugs first
−Removed: developed at the Nucleic Acid Research Institute, a joint venture between Eastman Kodak and ICN Pharmaceuticals.
−Removed: He also helped coordinate
−Removed: the development of ribavirin, Viratek's landmark antiviral drug.
−Removed: From 1970 through 1985, Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree was a member of the faculty of Brown
−Removed: University where he was involved in both basic and clinical cancer research.
−Removed: Crabtree received his Ph.D.
−Removed: in Biochemistry
−Removed: from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
−Removed: He was a National
−Removed: Cancer Institute of Canada Research Fellow, is currently a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and was a member of the
−Removed: American Association for Cancer Research from the early 1990s until recently and has served on research grant review committees for the
−Removed: National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society.
−Removed: Trujillo has been our Chief Financial
−Removed: Officer and a member of the Board since March 2017.
−Removed: He began working for us as an independent contractor in September 2014.
−Removed: Trujillo became a full-time employee as the Vice President of Finance of both us and Viridis Biotech, and in March 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Trujillo was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: Trujillo has over three decades of experience in management, business, operations
−Removed: and financial accounting.
−Removed: It was his education, experience and leadership skills that led us to elect him to the Board.
−Removed: Trujillo is a Certified Public Accountant
−Removed: with an active license from the State of California.
−Removed: He has more than three decades of experience in finance, accounting and management.
−Removed: Trujillo started his career in public accounting and was the manager of an audit department a large regional public accounting firm.
−Removed: Trujillo then established a consulting and accounting practice which he operated for ten years and provided services as the Chief
−Removed: Financial Accountant to numerous organizations in several different industries.
−Removed: His experience has extended to companies in the biotechnology,
−Removed: telecommunications, manufacturing, construction and real estate development sectors.
−Removed: For the last fourteen years, Mr.
−Removed: been the Chief Financial Officer for both privately held and publicly traded and multinational companies.
−Removed: From June 2008 through September
−Removed: Trujillo was the Chief Financial Officer of VelaTel Global Communications, Inc.
−Removed: As a result, he brings experience to us in preparing
−Removed: and filing periodic reports with the Commission, in mergers and acquisitions and in the filing of comprehensive financial statements.
−Removed: Trujillo received his Bachelor of Accounting
−Removed: degree from California State University, Fullerton in 1982.
−Removed: Thomas Liquard
−Removed: Thomas Liquard has been a member of the Board
−Removed: since April 2015.
−Removed: Liquard has more than 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having held various commercialization,
−Removed: product development and leadership roles with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
−Removed: Liquard currently serves as the Senior Vice
−Removed: President of Product Development at Neurelis, Inc., a San Diego based biotechnology company.
−Removed: He joined Neurelis in late 2017.
−Removed: August 2015 to August 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Liquard was the Chief Executive Officer of Immuron, a Melbourne, Australia-based pharmaceutical company.
−Removed: Prior to Immuron, Mr.
−Removed: Liquard served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Alchemia, a major Australian pharmaceutical
−Removed: Liquard worked for Alchemia from October 2013 to November 2014.
−Removed: Liquard spent the previous seven years with Pfizer, Inc.
−Removed: based in New York, where he held various senior commercial positions.
−Removed: His last was as Senior Director, Portfolio Development Leader and
−Removed: Emerging Markets for the Established Products portfolio.
−Removed: In that role, Mr.
−Removed: Liquard drove business development (M&A, licensing, partnerships)
−Removed: and internal product development initiatives.
−Removed: Liquard was appointed to the Board because
−Removed: of his experience and expertise in leading positions with life science-based biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
−Removed: We believed that his
−Removed: seven-year tenure with Pfizer, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, where he played leading roles in the development
−Removed: of that company’s portfolio development, was a needed asset to us.
−Removed: Liquard received his Master of Business Administration in
−Removed: Finance and Strategy from the Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California.
−Removed: Abecassis, MD was appointed to the
−Removed: Board in July 2017.
+Added: Silverman served as co-chief investment officer of Vertical Ventures, LLC, a merchant bank.
+Added: Prior to forming Iroquois, Mr.
+Added: Silverman was a director of Joele Frank, a boutique consulting firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions.
+Added: Previously, Mr.
+Added: Silverman served as assistant press secretary to the president of the United States.
+Added: Silverman currently serves as
+Added: a director of AYRO, Inc.
+Added: AYRO), MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: MYMD), Synaptogenix, Inc.
+Added: SNPX) and Petros Pharmaceutical,
+Added: He previously served as a director of Marker Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: MRKR) from 2016 until 2018 and Protagenic
+Added: Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: PTIX) from 2016 to 2022.
+Added: Silverman received his B.A.
+Added: from Lehigh University in 1992.
+Added: Silverman was
+Added: chosen as a director of the Company because of his experience as an investment banker, as a management consultant and as a director of
+Added: numerous public companies.
+Added: Schechter has served as a director
+Added: of the Company since August 2022.
+Added: Schechter has served as the Director of Investment Banking at Chardan Capital Markets, a full-service
+Added: investment bank, since February 2008.
+Added: He has served as a partner of The Special Equities Group, a division of Dawson James Securities,
+Added: Inc., a full-service investment bank specializing in healthcare, biotechnology, technology, and clean-tech sectors, since April 2021.
+Added: Schechter is one of the founding partners of The Special Equities Opportunity Fund, a long-only fund that makes direct investments
+Added: in micro-cap companies and has served in this capacity since August 2019.
+Added: He currently serves on the board of directors of Synaptogenix,
+Added: Inc., (Nasdaq:
+Added: SNPX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and previously served as a director of DropCar, Inc.
+Added: He has received
+Added: formal education in finance and accounting and has extensive experience analyzing and evaluating the financial statements of public companies.
+Added: Schechter earned his A.B.
+Added: in Public Policy/Political Science from Duke University and his J.D.
+Added: from Fordham University School of Law.
+Added: Schechter was chosen as a director of the Company because of his lengthy public company, legal and investment banking experience.
+Added: Abecassis, MD has served as a director
+Added: of the Company since July 2017.
Since November 2019, Dr.
−Removed: Abecassis has been Dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
−Removed: Prior to that and since 1992, Dr.
−Removed: Abecassis was a transplantation surgeon at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
−Removed: Abecassis was appointed to the Board because of his demonstrated leadership qualities in academia, in the clinic and throughout his
−Removed: career in medicine.
−Removed: These attributes and his experience in the medical field translate directly to the work being undertaken by us in
−Removed: the cancer arena and have led us to elect him to the Board.
−Removed: Abecassis was the Director of the Comprehensive
−Removed: Transplant Center of the Feinberg School of Medicine.
−Removed: He was also the Chief of Transplant Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Feinberg
−Removed: and a James Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Feinberg.
−Removed: Abecassis received his Medical Degree from
−Removed: the University of Toronto in 1983 and was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at
−Removed: Northwestern University in 2000.
−Removed: After his postgraduate tenure in Toronto, Dr.
−Removed: Abecassis began his clinical career as Assistant Professor
+Added: Abecassis has been Dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine –
+Added: Tucson, and following postgraduate training at the University of Toronto, Dr.
+Added: Abecassis began his professional career as Assistant Professor
of Surgery and Director of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University of Iowa.
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University’s Director of Liver Transplantation, where he initiated Northwestern’s liver transplant program.
−Removed: was named Chief of the Division of Transplantation at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
−Removed: He became Founding Director of the Comprehensive
−Removed: Transplant Center at Northwestern in 2009 and was appointed Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine in 2008, serving
−Removed: Abecassis has received continuous funding
−Removed: from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) for the past 17 years.
−Removed: He is the principal investigator in research that includes
+Added: was named Chief of the Division of Transplantation at the Feinberg School of Medicine, and the James Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor
+Added: with Tenure at Feinberg.
+Added: He then became Founding Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Northwestern in 2009.
+Added: He was appointed
+Added: Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine in 2008, serving until 2011.
+Added: Abecassis received continuous funding from
+Added: the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) for 20+ consecutive years as principal investigator in research studies that include
both laboratory and clinical studies.
−Removed: He is also the principal investigator of the clinical core of the NIH Genomics of Transplantation
−Removed: Cooperative Research Program.
−Removed: Abecassis has trained numerous clinical and research fellows.
−Removed: Abecassis is a member of the Society of University
−Removed: Surgeons and the American Surgical Association and was President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2010-2011.
−Removed: He has served
−Removed: and continues to serve on the Editorial Boards of major scientific journals (Hepatology, Surgery, Transplantation and Liver Transplantation)
−Removed: and is a reviewer for all major journals related to surgery and transplantation.
−Removed: He has served as a member of NIH grant study sections
−Removed: and special emphasis panels relating to both transplantation and virology.
−Removed: He is a permanent member of the National Institute of Allergy
−Removed: and Infectious Diseases study section for career development and training grants.
−Removed: Abecassis has been a course director for the
−Removed: American Society of Transplant Surgeons Leadership Development Program since 2010 and was course director for the Advanced Leader Development
−Removed: Program in 2013 at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
−Removed: He was a voting member of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee
−Removed: and served on the United HealthCare Group Physician Advisory Board on Healthcare Performance and Quality.
−Removed: Abecassis has been a member
−Removed: of various local, regional and national regulatory committees and has published seminal papers on both the regulatory and financial aspects
−Removed: of transplantation, including the Healthcare Reform and the Affordable Care Act.
−Removed: Raymond C.K Tong
−Removed: Tong, MD serves as Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer of Harmony Medical Inc., an Asian investment group active in the introduction and distribution of medical and healthcare products
−Removed: and services in China and throughout Asia.
−Removed: He is also Chairman of the Business Development Committee of Shanghai Kedu Healthcare Group,
−Removed: the largest medical equipment third-party service provider in China, representing products from GE, Philips, Siemens, Kodak and other
−Removed: multi-nationals as well as local companies.
−Removed: He was appointed to the Board in October 2017.
−Removed: It was his stellar career in the medical field,
−Removed: as well as his significant connections to the investment community throughout Asia, leadership skills and business acumen and experience
−Removed: that caused us to elect him to the Board.
−Removed: Tong has been a Director of Medifocus Inc.
−Removed: since January 27, 2015.
−Removed: He was also a Director of Shanghai CP Guojian Pharmaceutical, one of the first and largest bio-pharmaceutical
−Removed: manufacturers in China.
−Removed: In addition, Dr.
−Removed: Tong is the founding Director and Chief Executive Officer of VetCell Therapeutics Asia, a cell
−Removed: therapy company focused on providing cell-based treatments for use in veterinary medicine in Asia.
−Removed: Tong’s earlier career includes senior
−Removed: management positions in China with Pfizer and Ball Corporation.
−Removed: He was also responsible for the Healthcare Investment Division of CITIC
−Removed: in Hong Kong.
−Removed: CITIC is the largest conglomerate in China and an established global player, with businesses covering healthcare, financial
−Removed: services, resources, energy, manufacturing, engineering and many others.
−Removed: Tong received his medical degree from the
−Removed: University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada in 1983.
−Removed: He also received a Ph.D.
−Removed: degree in neurophysiology and an M.B.A.
−Removed: After receiving
−Removed: his medical degree, Dr.
−Removed: Tong founded a chain of medical clinics in the Province of Ontario where he served as Medical Director and Chief
−Removed: During this period, he also served as a consultant and an investigator in several clinical trials.
−Removed: Tong returned
−Removed: to Hong Kong, where he was born and resided before medical school, and spent the next 19 years in prominent corporate appointments with
−Removed: several multinational medical and pharmaceutical companies discussed above.
−Removed: Matthias Löhr
−Removed: Matthias Löhr, MD was appointed to the Board
−Removed: in March 2022.
−Removed: Löhr is a licensed physician, board-certified internist and Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the
−Removed: Karolinska Institute of Stockholm, Sweden.
−Removed: He leads the pancreatic team at Karolinska University Hospital.
−Removed: He has served as Professor
−Removed: of Molecular Gastroenterology at the University of Heidelberg with a same-named unit at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg
−Removed: He has worked as a translational scientist and principal investigator in clinical studies in gastrointestinal oncology for many
−Removed: In addition to being highly published, he has extensive scientific and grant review experience, and has received multiple awards
−Removed: and distinctions.
−Removed: These attributes and his experience in the medical field translate directly to the work being undertaken by us in the
−Removed: cancer arena have led us to elect him to the Board.
−Removed: Löhr served as the Principal Investigator
−Removed: for the Phase 1/2 and Phase 2 clinical trials of the PharmaCyte’s pancreatic cancer therapy that were completed in the early 2000s.
−Removed: He is familiar with the Cell-in-a-Box ® live-cell encapsulation technology that forms the core of our pancreatic cancer
−Removed: He also administered our therapy for pancreatic cancer in clinical trials in patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer.
−Removed: Löhr has also previously served as a
−Removed: consultant to us in connection with our development of treatments for pancreatic cancer and diabetes using the Cell-in-a-Box ®
−Removed: He has expertise in both diseases and has a thorough understanding of our technology and its use in a clinical setting.
−Removed: Löhr was appointed Professor
−Removed: of Molecular Gastroenterology at the University of Heidelberg and became Head of the Division at the German Cancer Research Center, which
−Removed: he led until 2010.
−Removed: Löhr has authored more than 340 original peer-reviewed scientific papers and more than 50 reviews.
−Removed: authored six books.
−Removed: He has been granted six patents and is an Editor Board Member of the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Pancreatology,
−Removed: Scientific Reports, and the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
−Removed: Löhr holds MD and PhD degrees from the
−Removed: Universities of Hamburg and Rostock.
−Removed: Following receipt of his medical degree, he served a residency in pathology in Hamburg, Germany,
−Removed: and residencies in internal medicine and gastroenterology, where he became chief resident and later attending physician and assistant
−Removed: professor at the University of Rostock.
+Added: Abecassis is a member in good standing of several important professional societies, including
+Added: the Society of University Surgeons and the American Surgical Association, and was elected President of the American Society of Transplant
+Added: Surgeons from 2010-2011.
+Added: He has served on the Editorial Boards of major scientific journals related to the fields of Hepato-pancreatico-biliary
+Added: (HPB) and transplant surgery.
+Added: He has served as a member of NIH grant study sections and special emphasis panels relating to both transplantation
+Added: and virology.
+Added: He served as a permanent member of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases study section for career development
+Added: and training grants.
+Added: Abecassis has been a course director for the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Leadership Development Program
+Added: for the Advanced Leader Development Program in 2013 at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
+Added: He was a voting member of the
+Added: Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee and served on the United HealthCare Group Physician Advisory Board on Healthcare Performance and
+Added: Abecassis has been a member of various local, regional and national regulatory committees and has published seminal papers
+Added: on both the regulatory and financial aspects of transplantation, including the Healthcare Reform and the Affordable Care Act.
+Added: received his Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 1983 and was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree from the
+Added: Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2000.
+Added: Abecassis was also a co-founder of Transplant Genomics Inc., a company
+Added: focused on developing, validating and commercializing molecular biomarkers for transplant rejection, and currently a subsidiary of Eurofins
+Added: Abecassis was chosen as a director of the Company because of the combination of his clinical training and experience
+Added: in HPB diseases (e.g.
+Added: liver and pancreatic cancer), his research background in related areas, and his experience with the regulatory and
+Added: business aspects of translation and commercialization of research efforts.
+Added: Robert Weinstein
+Added: Robert Weinstein has served as a director of the
+Added: Company since November 2022.
+Added: Weinstein has served as chief financial officer of Synaptogenix, Inc.
+Added: SNPX since October 2013.
+Added: In addition, Mr.
+Added: Weinstein performs work as a consultant for Petros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: He has extensive accounting
+Added: and finance experience, spanning more than 30 years, as a public accountant, investment banker, healthcare private equity fund principal
+Added: and chief financial officer.
+Added: From September 2011 to the present, Mr.
+Added: Weinstein has also been an independent consultant for several healthcare
+Added: companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
+Added: From March 2010 to August 2011, he was the chief financial officer of Green
+Added: Energy Management Services Holdings, Inc., an energy consulting company.
+Added: From August 2007 to February 2010, Mr.
+Added: Weinstein served as chief
+Added: financial officer of Xcorporeal, Inc., a development-stage medical device company which was sold in March 2010 to Fresenius Medical USA,
+Added: a leading provider of dialysis equipment and services worldwide.
+Added: Weinstein also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XWELL,
+Added: (formerly XpresSpa Group, Inc.) (Nasdaq:
+Added: XWEL), a health and wellness company whose core assets, XpresSpa and XpresCheck®, is
+Added: a leading airport retailer of spa services and related health and wellness products and Oblong, Inc.
+Added: which provides multi-stream collaboration
+Added: technologies and managed services for video collaboration and network applications in the United States and internationally.
+Added: received his MBA degree in finance and international business from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, is a Certified
+Added: Public Accountant (inactive), and received his BS degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany.
+Added: was chosen as a director of the Company because of his public company and financial expertise.
+Added: Walker has served as a director of the
+Added: Company since December 2022.
+Added: Walker has over 35 years of experience in corporate governance, turnaround management, corporate restructuring
+Added: and bankruptcy matters.
+Added: Walker founded Walker Nell Partners, Inc., an international business consulting firm, and has served
+Added: as its president from its founding to the present.
+Added: Before founding Walker Nell Partners, Inc., Mr.
+Added: Walker worked for 15 years at the DuPont
+Added: Company in Wilmington, Delaware in the Securities and Bankruptcy group, where he worked in the Corporate Secretary’s office and
+Added: served as Senior Counsel.
+Added: From 2022 to present, Mr.
+Added: Walker has served as a director of AMMO, Inc.
+Added: POWW), a designer, producer,
+Added: and marketer of ammunition products.
+Added: From December 2020 to the present, Mr.
+Added: Walker has served as a director of AYRO, Inc.
+Added: a designer and manufacturer of compact, sustainable electric vehicles.
+Added: From 2018 to the present, Mr.
+Added: Walker has served as a director of
+Added: Wrap Technologies, Inc.
+Added: WRAP), an innovator of modern policing solutions, where he also serves as chairman of the board.
+Added: 2018 to the present, Mr.
+Added: Walker has served as a director of Pitcairn Company and as the Chair of its Compensation Committee.
+Added: Walker served as chairman of the board of directors of BridgeStreet Worldwide, Inc., a global provider of extended corporate
+Added: From 2016 to 2018, Mr.
+Added: Walker served as chairman of the board of directors of Last Call Operating Companies, an owner of various
+Added: national restaurants.
+Added: From 2013 to 2020, Mr.
+Added: Walker served as chairman of the board of trustees of National Philanthropic Trust, a public
+Added: From 2018 to 2020, Mr.
+Added: Walker served as Vice President of the Board of Education of the City of Philadelphia.
+Added: From 2020 to the
+Added: Walker has served as a director of Petros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: PTPI), which focuses on men’s health.
+Added: Walker has also served on the board of directors for numerous other companies and foundations including Seaborne Airlines, Inc., Green
+Added: Flash Brewery, Inc., and Eagleville Hospital and Foundation.
+Added: Walker has a J.D.
+Added: from Catholic University (Washington, DC) and a Bachelor
+Added: of Arts from Loyola University (New Orleans).
+Added: He is an attorney licensed by the State Bar of Georgia.
+Added: He is a member of the State Bar
+Added: Association of Georgia, American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association.
+Added: chosen as a director of the Company because of his extensive board experience.
+Added: Trujillo has been our Chief Financial
+Added: Officer since March 2017.
+Added: He began working for us as an independent contractor in September 2014.
+Added: In January 2015, Mr.
+Added: Trujillo became
+Added: a full-time employee as the Vice President of Finance of both us and Viridis Biotech, and in March 2017, Mr.
+Added: Trujillo was appointed as
+Added: our Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: Trujillo has over three decades of experience in management, business, operations, and financial accounting.
+Added: Trujillo is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license from the State of California.
+Added: He has more than three decades of experience
+Added: in finance, accounting, and management.
+Added: Trujillo started his career in public accounting and was the manager of an audit department
+Added: for a regional public accounting firm.
+Added: Trujillo then established a consulting and accounting practice which he operated for ten years
+Added: and provided services as the Chief Financial Accountant to numerous organizations in several different industries.
+Added: His experience has
+Added: extended to companies in the biotechnology, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction, and real estate development sectors.
+Added: the last fifteen years, Mr.
+Added: Trujillo has been the Chief Financial Officer for both privately held and publicly traded and multinational
+Added: From June 2008 through September 2014, Mr.
+Added: Trujillo was the Chief Financial Officer of VelaTel Global Communications, Inc.
+Added: As a result, he brings experience to us in preparing and filing periodic reports with the Commission, in mergers and acquisitions and
+Added: in the filing of comprehensive financial statements.
+Added: Trujillo received his Bachelor of Accounting degree from California State University,
+Added: Fullerton in 1982.
Family Relationships
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of the Board.
−Removed: Waggoner serves as the Chairman of the Board and as our Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel.
+Added: Silverman serves as the Interim Chairman of the Board and as our Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Interim President.
The Board does not have a policy on whether or
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The Audit Committee is currently comprised of
−Removed: Michael Abecassis, Dr.
−Removed: Tong, and Mr.
+Added: Robert Weinstein, Wayne R.
+Added: Walker, and Jonathan L.
The Chairman of the Audit Committee is Mr.
−Removed: The primary purposes of our Audit
−Removed: Committee are to assist the Board in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations with respect to matters involving the accounting,
−Removed: auditing, financial reporting, internal control, legal compliance and risk management functions of the Company, including, assisting the
−Removed: Board’s oversight of:
+Added: The primary purposes
+Added: of our Audit Committee are to assist the Board in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations with respect to matters involving the
+Added: accounting, auditing, financial reporting, internal control, legal compliance and risk management functions of the Company, including,
+Added: assisting the Board’s oversight of:
(i) the integrity of our financial statements;
−Removed: (ii) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
+Added: (ii) the effectiveness of our internal control
+Added: over financial reporting;
(iii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
−Removed: (iv) the qualifications and independence of our independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm;
−Removed: and (v) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm.
+Added: (iv) the qualifications and independence of our
+Added: independent registered public accounting firm;
+Added: and (v) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public
+Added: accounting firm.
Our Board has determined that each member of our
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Our Board has determined that the Chairman of the Audit Committee,
−Removed: Liquard, is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K under the
+Added: Weinstein, is an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K under the
Exchange Act.
−Removed: Our Audit Committee charter can be viewed and
−Removed: downloaded from the “Governance” dropdown menu of our website under the “Company” tab.
+Added: A copy of the Audit Committee’s written
+Added: charter is publicly available on our website at ir.pharmacyte.com/governance-docs .
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is currently comprised
−Removed: The Chairperson of the Compensation Committee is Dr.
−Removed: The primary purposes of our Compensation
−Removed: Committee are:
−Removed: (i) to establish and maintain our executive compensation policies and compensation consistent with corporate objectives
−Removed: and stockholder interests;
−Removed: (ii) to oversee the competency and qualifications of our senior management personnel and the provisions of
−Removed: senior management succession planning;
+Added: Abecassis and Mr.
+Added: The Chairperson of the Compensation Committee is Mr.
+Added: The primary purposes of
+Added: our Compensation Committee are:
+Added: (i) to establish and maintain our executive compensation policies and compensation consistent with corporate
+Added: objectives and stockholder interests;
+Added: (ii) to oversee the competency and qualifications of our senior management personnel and the provisions
+Added: of senior management succession planning;
and (iii) to advise the Board with respect to director compensation issues.
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for our executive officers.
−Removed: Our Compensation Committee charter can be viewed
−Removed: and downloaded from the “Governance” dropdown menu of our website under the “Company” tab.
−Removed: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
−Removed: is currently comprised of Dr.
−Removed: Abecassis and Dr.
−Removed: The Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is Dr.
+Added: A copy of the Compensation Committee’s written charter is publicly
+Added: available on our website at ir.pharmacyte.com/governance-docs .
+Added: Nominating Committee
+Added: The Nominating Committee is currently comprised
+Added: Schechter, and Mr.
+Added: The Chairperson of the Nominating Committee is Mr.
The primary purposes of the Nominating Committee
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final recommendation with respect to that candidate to the Board.
+Added: If a stockholder wishes to propose a candidate
+Added: for consideration as a nominee for election to our Board, it must follow the procedures described in “Stockholder Proposals and
+Added: Nominations for Director” at the end of this proxy statement.
+Added: In general, persons recommended by stockholders will be considered
+Added: in accordance with our Nominating Committee’s written charter.
+Added: Any such recommendation should be made in writing to the Nominating
+Added: Committee, care of our Interim President at our principal office and should be accompanied by the following information concerning each
+Added: recommending stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made:
+Added: · all information relating to
+Added: such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement;
+Added: · certain biographical and share
+Added: ownership information about the stockholder and any other proponent, including a description of any derivative transactions in the Company’s
+Added: · a description of certain arrangements
+Added: and understandings between the proposing stockholder and any beneficial owner and any other person in connection with such stockholder
+Added: · a statement whether or not either
+Added: such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of voting shares sufficient to
+Added: carry the proposal.
+Added: The recommendation must also be accompanied by
+Added: the following information concerning the proposed nominee:
+Added: · certain biographical information
+Added: concerning the proposed nominee;
+Added: · all information concerning the
+Added: proposed nominee required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors;
+Added: · certain information about any
+Added: other security holder of the Company who supports the proposed nominee;
+Added: · a description of all relationships
+Added: between the proposed nominee and the recommending stockholder or any beneficial owner, including any agreements or understandings regarding
+Added: the nomination;
+Added: · additional disclosures relating
+Added: to stockholder nominees for directors, including completed questionnaires and disclosures required by our Bylaws.
+Added: The recommendation must also be accompanied by the following information
+Added: concerning the proposed nominee:
+Added: · certain biographical information
+Added: concerning the proposed nominee;
+Added: · all information concerning the
+Added: proposed nominee required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors;
+Added: · certain information about any
+Added: other security holder of the Company who supports the proposed nominee;
+Added: · a description of all relationships
+Added: between the proposed nominee and the recommending stockholder or any beneficial owner, including any agreements or understandings regarding
+Added: the nomination;
+Added: · additional disclosures relating
+Added: to stockholder nominees for directors, including completed questionnaires and disclosures required by our Bylaws.
+Added: A copy of the Nominating Committee’s written charter is publicly
+Added: available on our website at ir.pharmacyte.com/governance-docs .
Board Practices
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policy requiring them to do so.
+Added: One director attended our annual meeting of stockholders held in December 2022.
Shareholder Communications
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communicate with our Board.
−Removed: Shareholders who wish to communicate with our Board may write to the Board at our address set forth at the
−Removed: beginning of this Report.
−Removed: These communications will be reviewed by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: determine whether the communications should be presented to our Board.
−Removed: The purpose of this screening is to allow the Board to avoid having
−Removed: to consider irrelevant or inappropriate communications.
+Added: Shareholders who wish to communicate with our Board may write to the Board at 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway,
+Added: Suite 500, Las Vegas, NV 89169.
+Added: These communications will be reviewed by our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: Communications will be then distributed to our board of directors, or to any individual director or directors as appropriate, depending
+Added: on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communications.
+Added: Items that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board
+Added: may be excluded, such as:
+Added: junk mail and mass mailings;
+Added: resumes and other forms of job inquiries;
+Added: solicitations or advertisements
+Added: In addition, any material that is unduly hostile,
+Added: threatening, or illegal in nature may be excluded, in which case it will be made available to any outside director upon request.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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Named Executive Officers and their positions were as follows:
−Removed: Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer, President, General Counsel and Chairman of the Board;
−Removed: Crabtree, Chief Scientific Officer and Director;
+Added: Silverman, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim President and Interim Chairman of the Board;
+Added: Waggoner, Former Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: President, General Counsel and Chairman of the Board (2);
+Added: Crabtree, Former Chief Scientific Officer and Director (3);
Trujillo, Chief Financial Officer and Director.
The following tables provide information about
−Removed: compensation earned during our fiscal years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, by our Named Executive Officers.
+Added: compensation earned by our Named Executive Officers during our fiscal years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022.
Summary Compensation Table
Principal Position
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer,
−Removed: President and
+Added: Interim Chief Executive
+Added: Officer and Interim President
+Added: Former Chief Executive
+Added: Officer, President and
General Counsel
Crabtree, (4)
−Removed: Chief Scientific Officer
+Added: Former Chief Scientific
Chief Financial Officer
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to this Report.
−Removed: (2) We did not pay or accrue any other compensation,
−Removed: in the form of bonuses, incentive plan compensation or nonqualified deferred compensation earnings to any Named Executive officer for
−Removed: services as an executive officer during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021;
−Removed: neither were there any perquisites or other personal
−Removed: benefits payable to our Named Executive Officers.
−Removed: Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
−Removed: Option Awards
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable (1)
−Removed: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
−Removed: Option Exercise Price ($)
−Removed: Option Expiration Date
−Removed: Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)(1)
−Removed: Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)(2)
−Removed: _______________________
−Removed: Subject to the Named Executive Officer’s continued employment, 1/12 th of each grant vests monthly after the grant date.
−Removed: The unexercisable/unvested awards shown in this table were each granted effective as of January 1, 2022.
−Removed: The market value is based on the closing stock price of $2.33 on April 30, 2022, the last day of trading in this fiscal year.
+Added: (2) Includes $10,417 of compensation for Mr.
+Added: service as a member of the board of directors.
+Added: Waggoner resigned from all positions with
+Added: the Company and its subsidiaries effective October 6, 2022.
+Added: Crabtree resigned from all positions with
+Added: the Company and its subsidiaries effective October 12, 2022.
+Added: Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation
Employment Arrangements
−Removed: We have entered into an Amended and Restated Executive
−Removed: Compensation Agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner (“Waggoner Compensation Agreement”) with an effective date of January 1, 2022.
−Removed: current term of the Waggoner Compensation Agreement extends until December 31, 2024, with annual extensions at the end of the term (or
−Removed: any extension of the term), unless we or Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner provide 90-days written notice of termination.
−Removed: The Waggoner Compensation Agreement
−Removed: provides that Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner will serve as a member of our Board, as our Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel and as the
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of our subsidiary Viridis Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: Under this agreement, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner is paid a base
−Removed: salary of $520,000 subject to annual increases in the discretion of our Compensation Committee and shall be eligible to receive cash incentive
−Removed: compensation (“Bonus”).
−Removed: Waggoner is eligible to participate in the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (“2021
+Added: On November 14, 2022, the Board approved employment
+Added: Silverman as the Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim President and Interim Chairman of the Board on a month-to-month basis,
+Added: and it further approved paying Mr.
+Added: Silverman a monthly salary of $31,250.
+Added: On May 8, 2022, we entered into an Amended and
+Added: Restated Executive Compensation Agreement with Mr.
+Added: Waggoner (the “Waggoner Compensation Agreement”), effective as of January
+Added: The Waggoner Compensation Agreement provided that Mr.
+Added: Waggoner would serve as a member of our Board, as our Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: President and General Counsel and as the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of our subsidiary Viridis Biotech, Inc.
+Added: agreement, Mr.
+Added: Waggoner was paid a base salary of $520,000 subject to annual increases in the discretion of our Compensation Committee
+Added: and was eligible to receive cash incentive compensation (“Bonus”).
+Added: Waggoner was eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan.
On May 20, 2022, the Compensation Committee granted Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner (i) a stock option grant to purchase 529,000 shares of
−Removed: common stock exercisable over a ten-year term at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the date
−Removed: of grant, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and the remaining vesting monthly over three years from the date of grant, approximately
−Removed: 11,000 option shares per month, and (ii) a grant of 150,800 restricted stock units, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and an additional
−Removed: 25% on each anniversary of the grant date.
−Removed: Waggoner’s employment is terminated
−Removed: by us without “Cause” or by him for “Good Reason” (as such terms are defined in the Waggoner Compensation Agreement),
+Added: Waggoner (i) a stock option grant to purchase 529,000 shares of common stock exercisable
+Added: over a ten-year term at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant, vesting at the
+Added: rate of 25% immediately and the remaining vesting monthly over three years from the date of grant (approximately 11,000 option shares
+Added: per month), and (ii) a grant of 150,800 restricted stock units, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and an additional 25% on each anniversary
+Added: of the grant date.
+Added: On October 6, 2022, Mr.
+Added: Waggoner resigned from
+Added: all positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, effective immediately.
+Added: In connection with Mr.
+Added: Waggoner’s departure, on October
+Added: 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Separation, Consulting and Release Agreement with Mr.
+Added: Waggoner (the “Separation Agreement”).
+Added: The Separation Agreement became effective on October 13, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Separation Agreement,
+Added: the Company agreed to pay Mr.
+Added: Waggoner a lump sum payment of $216,667.
+Added: Waggoner is entitled to continued medical and health benefits
+Added: at his sole expense and retains his option to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock of the Company and 23,000 restricted stock units
+Added: previously granted to Mr.
+Added: The Separation Agreement includes mutual releases of claims, by Mr.
+Added: Waggoner in favor of the Company
+Added: and certain Company Parties (as defined therein) and by the Company in favor of Mr.
+Added: Waggoner, and mutual non-disparagement obligations
+Added: Waggoner and on the Company.
+Added: Waggoner remains subject to certain restrictive covenants, including any confidentiality, non-compete,
+Added: non-solicit, invention assignment, or similar agreement or arrangement to which he is a party with any member of the Company Group and
+Added: other provisions of the Waggoner Compensation Agreement.
+Added: During the twelve months immediately following the Separation Date (the “Consulting
+Added: Period”), Mr.
+Added: Waggoner agreed to serve as a consultant to facilitate the orderly transfer of work to other employees of the Company.
+Added: In consideration for Mr.
+Added: Waggoner’s consulting services, the Company agreed to pay Mr.
+Added: Waggoner $433,333, payable in twelve installments
+Added: at the end of each month of the Consulting Period in arrears.
+Added: On March 10, 2015, we entered into an Executive
+Added: Compensation Agreement with Dr.
+Added: Crabtree, effective as of January 1, 2015 (as amended on December 30, 2015, March 10, 2017 and October
+Added: 14, 2020, the “Crabtree Compensation Agreement”).
+Added: The Crabtree Compensation Agreement provided that Dr.
+Added: Crabtree would serve
+Added: as a member of our Board, as our Chief Scientific Officer and as the Chief Scientific Officer of our subsidiary Viridis Biotech.
+Added: was paid a base salary of $84,000 subject to annual increases in the discretion of our Compensation Committee.
+Added: The Crabtree Compensation
+Added: Agreement also provided that, during his continued employment, Dr.
+Added: Crabtree would receive annual stock grants of 400 shares of restricted
+Added: common stock, vesting at the rate of 33 shares per month, and an annual stock option grant to purchase 1,000 shares of common stock exercisable
+Added: over a five-year term at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant, vesting at the
+Added: rate of 83 option shares per month.
+Added: On August 15, 2022, Mr.
+Added: Crabtree resigned from
+Added: his position as a director, effective immediately, and on October 12, 2022, Mr.
+Added: Crabtree resigned from his position as Chief Scientific
+Added: Officer, effective immediately.
+Added: In connection with Mr.
+Added: Crabtree’s departure, on October 12, 2022, the Company entered into a Release
+Added: Agreement with Mr.
+Added: Crabtree (the “Release Agreement”).
+Added: The Release Agreement became irrevocable seven days after execution
+Added: of the Release Agreement and became effective on October 20, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Release Agreement,
+Added: the Company agreed to pay Mr.
+Added: Crabtree the aggregate sum of $29,695, which consisted of accrued wages, expense reimbursements, accrued
+Added: unused paid time off (less applicable withholdings and deductions), and three months of Mr.
+Added: Crabtree’s base salary as of the separation
+Added: date, which salary is payable in substantially equal installments over a three-month period in accordance with the Company’s regular
+Added: payroll practices.
+Added: The Release Agreement includes releases of claims by Mr.
+Added: Crabtree in favor of the Company and certain Released Parties
+Added: (as defined therein).
+Added: Crabtree remains subject to certain continuing obligations, including a confidentiality agreement to which he
+Added: On May 8, 2022 we entered into an Amended and
+Added: Restated Executive Compensation Agreement with Mr.
+Added: Trujillo (“Trujillo Compensation Agreement”) effective as of January 1,
+Added: The current term of the Trujillo Compensation Agreement extends until December 31, 2024, with annual extensions at the end of the
+Added: term (or any extension of the term) unless we or Mr.
+Added: Trujillo provide 90-days written notice of termination.
+Added: The Trujillo Compensation Agreement provided that
+Added: Trujillo will serve as a member of our Board, from which he resigned on August 15, 2022, and as our Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: is paid an annual base salary of $380,000, subject to annual increases at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and shall be eligible
+Added: to receive an annual Bonus.
+Added: Trujillo is eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan.
+Added: On May 20, 2022, the Compensation Committee granted
+Added: Trujillo (i) a stock option grant to purchase 201,860 shares of common stock exercisable over a ten-year term at an exercise price
+Added: per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and the remaining
+Added: vesting monthly over three years from the date of grant, approximately 4,200 option shares per month, and (ii) a grant of 57,540 restricted
+Added: stock units, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and an additional 25% on each anniversary of the grant date.
+Added: Trujillo’s employment is terminated
+Added: by us without “Cause” or by him for “Good Reason” (as such terms are defined in the Trujillo Compensation Agreement),
then subject to his execution of a timely release, he is entitled to:
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time his employment terminates, (ii) payment of the annual bonus, if any, earned by Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner for the year preceding the year of termination,
+Added: Trujillo for the year preceding the year of termination,
or, if greater, the target bonus, if any, for the year of termination, (iii) accelerated vesting of any unvested stock or option awards
and (iv) continued health coverage for Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner and his family and life insurance coverage for Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner, if any, for 18 months
−Removed: at the Company’s expense.
+Added: Trujillo and his family and life insurance coverage for Mr.
+Added: Trujillo, if any, at the Company’s
+Added: expense until the earliest of:
+Added: (A) the eighteen-month anniversary of termination;
+Added: (B) the date Mr.
+Added: Trujillo is no longer eligible to receive
+Added: COBRA continuation coverage;
+Added: and (C) the date on which Mr.
+Added: Trujillo receives or becomes eligible to receive substantially similar coverage
+Added: from another employer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Mr.
employment is terminated by us without Cause or by him for Good Reason within two years after a “Change in Control” (as such
−Removed: term is defined in the Waggoner Compensation Agreement) or within six months prior to a Change in Control, then the base salary and bonus,
+Added: term is defined in the Trujillo Compensation Agreement) or within six months prior to a Change in Control, then the base salary and bonus,
if any, component of severance would be paid in lump sum.
−Removed: Waggoner would be entitled to receive a full Code Section 280G tax
+Added: Trujillo would be entitled to receive a full Code Section 280G tax
gross-up, with respect to any amounts that may be subject to the excise tax provisions under Code Section 280G.
−Removed: Waggoner’s employment ceases due
+Added: Trujillo’s employment ceases due
to his death, (i) any otherwise unvested equity awards held by him at the time of his death would become vested, (ii) his eligible dependents
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or estate would receive the proceeds, if any, from any life insurance.
−Removed: Waggoner’s employment is terminated
−Removed: due to “Disability” (as such term is defined in the Waggoner Compensation Agreement) he would receive continued health coverage
+Added: Trujillo’s employment is terminated
+Added: due to “Disability” (as such term is defined in the Trujillo Compensation Agreement) he would receive continued health coverage
and life insurance coverage, if any, for 18 months at our expense, as well as any disability benefits payable under any long-term disability
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Additionally, Mr.
−Removed: Waggoner is bound by confidentiality
+Added: Trujillo is bound by confidentiality
and non-disparagement provisions as well as non-solicitation and non-competition covenants that apply during the term of his employment
and for twenty-four months after termination of his employment.
−Removed: We have entered into an Executive Compensation
−Removed: Agreement with Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree (“Crabtree Compensation Agreement”).
−Removed: The current term of the Crabtree Compensation Agreement extends
−Removed: until December 31, 2022 with annual extensions at the end of the term (or any extension of the term) unless we or Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree provide
−Removed: 90-days written notice of termination.
−Removed: The Crabtree Compensation Agreement provides that Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree will serve as a member of our Board,
−Removed: as our Chief Scientific Officer and as the Chief Operating Officer of our subsidiary Viridis Biotech.
−Removed: Crabtree is paid a base salary
−Removed: of $84,000 subject to annual increases in the discretion of our Compensation Committee.
−Removed: The Crabtree Compensation Agreement also provides
−Removed: that, during his continued employment, Dr.
−Removed: Crabtree will receive annual stock grants of 400 shares of restricted common stock, vesting
−Removed: at the rate of 33 shares per month, and an annual stock option grant to purchase 1,000 shares of common stock exercisable over a five-year
−Removed: term at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant, vesting at the rate of 83 option
−Removed: shares per month.
−Removed: All other terms regarding severance benefits,
−Removed: treatment on a change in control, employment termination due to death/disability and restrictive covenants are substantially the same
−Removed: as disclosed above for the Waggoner Agreement.
−Removed: We have entered into an Amended and Restated Executive
−Removed: Compensation Agreement with Mr.
−Removed: Trujillo (“Trujillo Compensation Agreement”) with an effective date of January 1, 2022.
−Removed: current term of the Trujillo Compensation Agreement extends until December 31, 2024, with annual extensions at the end of the term (or
−Removed: any extension of the term) unless we or Mr.
−Removed: Trujillo provide 90-days written notice of termination.
−Removed: The Trujillo Compensation Agreement provides that
−Removed: Trujillo will serve as a member of our Board and as our Chief Financial Officer.
−Removed: Trujillo is paid an annual base salary of $380,000,
−Removed: subject to annual increases at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and shall be eligible to receive an annual Bonus.
−Removed: is eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan.
−Removed: On May 20, 2022, the Compensation Committee granted Mr.
−Removed: Trujillo (i) a stock option grant
−Removed: to purchase 201,860 shares of common stock exercisable over a ten-year term at an exercise price per share equal to the closing price
−Removed: of the common stock on the date of grant, vesting at the rate of 25% immediately and the remaining vesting monthly over three years from
−Removed: the date of grant, approximately 4,200 option shares per month, and (ii) a grant of 57,540 restricted stock units, vesting at the rate
−Removed: of 25% immediately and an additional 25% on each anniversary of the grant date.
−Removed: All other terms regarding severance benefits, treatment on a change
−Removed: in control, employment termination due to death/disability and restrictive covenants are substantially the same as disclosed above for
−Removed: the Waggoner Agreement.
−Removed: Directors Compensation
+Added: Potential Payments upon Termination or Change-In-Control
+Added: Employment Agreements
+Added: Information regarding potential payments upon termination
+Added: or change-in-control pursuant to employment agreements with officers of the Company is set forth above.
+Added: Under our 2021 Plan, upon a Change in Control (as
+Added: defined in the 2021 Plan), the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, take one or more of the following actions:
+Added: cause any or all outstanding awards to become vested and immediately exercisable (as applicable), in whole or in part;
+Added: cause any outstanding option or stock appreciation right to become fully vested and immediately exercisable for a reasonable period in advance of the Change in Control and, to the extent not exercised prior to that Change in Control, cancel that option or stock appreciation right upon closing of the Change in Control;
+Added: cancel any unvested award or unvested portion thereof, with or without consideration;
+Added: cancel any award in exchange for a substitute award;
+Added: redeem any restricted stock or restricted stock unit for cash and/or other substitute consideration with value equal to the fair market value of an unrestricted share on the date of the Change in Control;
+Added: cancel any option or stock appreciation right in exchange for cash and/or other substitute consideration with a value equal to:
+Added: (a) the number of shares subject to that option or stock appreciation right, multiplied by (b) the difference, if any, between the fair market value on the date of the Change in Control and the exercise price of that option or the base price of the stock appreciation right;
+Added: provided, that if the fair market value on the date of the Change in Control does not exceed the exercise price of any such option or the base price of any such stock appreciation right, the committee may cancel that option or stock appreciation right without any payment of consideration therefor;
+Added: take such other action as the Compensation Committee determines to be appropriate under the circumstances.
+Added: Further, in the discretion of the Compensation
+Added: Committee, any cash or substitute consideration payable upon cancellation of an award may be subjected to (i) vesting terms substantially
+Added: identical to those that applied to the cancelled award immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) earn-out, escrow, holdback
+Added: or similar arrangements, to the extent such arrangements are applicable to any consideration paid to stockholders in connection with the
+Added: Change in Control.
+Added: Under the 2021 Plan, upon termination of a participant’s
+Added: service with the Company and unless otherwise specified in an applicable award agreement, any portion of an option or stock appreciation
+Added: right that is not exercisable upon termination will expire immediately, and any portion of an option or stock appreciation right that
+Added: is exercisable upon termination will expire on the date it ceases to be exercisable, as determined by the reason for termination:
+Added: Termination by reason of death:
+Added: If a participant’s service with the Company terminates by reason of death, any option or stock appreciation right held by such participant may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of his or her death or on such accelerated basis as the Compensation Committee may determine at or after grant, by the legal representative of the estate or by the legatee of the participant, for a period expiring (i) at such time as may be specified by the Compensation Committee at or after grant, or (ii) if not specified by the Compensation Committee, then 12 months from the date of death, or (iii) if sooner than the applicable period specified under (i) or (ii) above, upon the expiration of the stated term of such option or stock appreciation right.
+Added: Termination by reason of disability:
+Added: If a participant’s service with the Company terminates by reason of disability, any option or stock appreciation right held by such participant may thereafter be exercised by the participant or his or her personal representative, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of termination, or on such accelerated basis as the Compensation Committee may determine at or after grant, for a period expiring (i) at such time as may be specified by the Compensation Committee at or after grant, or (ii) if not specified by the Compensation Committee, then 12 months from the date of termination of service, or (iii) if sooner than the applicable period specified under (i) or (ii) above, upon the expiration of the stated term of such option or stock appreciation right.
+Added: Termination for Cause:
+Added: If a participant’s service with the Company is terminated for Cause (as defined in the 2021 Plan) or if a participant resigns at a time that there was a Cause basis for such participant’s termination:
+Added: (i) any option or stock appreciation right, or portion thereof, not already exercised will be immediately and automatically forfeited as of the date of such termination, and (ii) any shares for which the Company has not yet delivered share certificates will be immediately and automatically forfeited and the Company will refund to the participant the option exercise price paid for such shares, if any.
+Added: Other termination:
+Added: If a participant’s service with the Company terminates for any reason other than death, disability or Cause, any option or stock appreciation right held by such participant may thereafter be exercised by the participant, to the extent it was exercisable at the time of such termination, or on such accelerated basis as the Compensation Committee may determine at or after grant, for a period expiring (i) at such time as may be specified by the Compensation Committee at or after grant, or (ii) if not specified by the Compensation Committee, then 90 days from the date of termination of service, or (iii) if sooner than the applicable period specified under (i) or (ii) above, upon the expiration of the stated term of such option or stock appreciation right.
+Added: Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
+Added: Option Awards
+Added: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable
+Added: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable
+Added: Option Exercise Price ($)
+Added: Option Expiration Date
+Added: Director Compensation
The following table sets forth information concerning
−Removed: compensation paid or to our directors, other than our Named Executive Officers who also serve as directors, during the year ended April
+Added: compensation paid or to each of our directors, other than our Named Executive Officers who also serve as directors, who served during
+Added: the year ended April 30, 2023.
Director Compensation Table
+Added: Schechter (2)
+Added: Robert Weinstein (3)
+Added: Jack Stover (7)
Thomas Liquard (8)
−Removed: Thomas C.K Yuen
Matthias Löhr (10)
The amounts in the columns titled “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” reflect the grant date fair values of awards made during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023, as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and the assumptions stated in Note 4 and Note 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements to this Report.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022, the non-employee directors held unexercised options to purchase shares as follows:
−Removed: Liquard, 1,503, Dr.
−Removed: Abecassis, 2,470 and Dr.
−Removed: Tong, 1,670 shares.
−Removed: These include options granted during the year ended April 30, 2022 (shown in this column) and options granted in prior years.
−Removed: Each non-employee director is party to an agreement
−Removed: to serve as a director.
−Removed: The agreements provide that each non-employee director receives a cash retainer of $12,500 per quarter (pro-rated
−Removed: for periods of service less than a quarter).
−Removed: In addition, we annually grant to each non-employee director:
−Removed: (i) 334 shares of our common
−Removed: and (ii) a stock option to purchase 334 shares of our common stock with a term of five years and an exercise price per share equal
−Removed: to the closing price of the common stock on the date of grant.
−Removed: Each of these equity awards is fully vested upon grant.
−Removed: Our three employee directors (who are also Named
−Removed: Executive Officers) do not receive additional compensation for their service on the Board.
−Removed: For information regarding the compensation
−Removed: of our three employee directors, please see above, under the heading “Executive Compensation.”
+Added: Schechter was appointed to the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Weinstein was appointed to the Board effective November 14, 2022.
+Added: Walker was elected to the Board on December 28, 2022.
+Added: Allen was appointed to the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Allen did not stand for reelection at the annual meeting of stockholders held on December 28, 2022.
+Added: Farb was appointed to the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Farb did not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of stockholders held on December 28, 2022.
+Added: Stover was appointed to the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Stover resigned from the Board effective November 1, 2022.
+Added: Liquard resigned from the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Tong resigned from the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Löhr resigned from the Board effective August 15, 2022.
+Added: Each non-employee director receives a cash retainer
+Added: of $12,500 per quarter (pro-rated for periods of service less than a quarter).
+Added: Our employee directors do not receive additional
+Added: compensation for their service on the Board.
+Added: For information regarding the compensation of our Named Executive Officers who are also directors,
+Added: please see above, under the heading “Executive Compensation.”
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
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executive officers and directors as a group.
+Added: We deem shares of common stock that may be acquired
+Added: by an individual or group within 60 days of July 15, 2023 pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or the vesting of restricted
+Added: stock units to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such individual or group, but those shares are
+Added: not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table.
+Added: Except as indicated
+Added: in footnotes to this table, we believe that the stockholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to
+Added: all shares of common stock shown to be beneficially owned by them based on information provided to us by these stockholders.
+Added: Under the terms of certain of our outstanding
+Added: warrants, holders may not exercise the warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such holder, together with its affiliates, to
+Added: beneficially own a number of shares of our common stock which would exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as applicable, of our then outstanding common
+Added: stock following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants which
+Added: have not been exercised.
+Added: The number of shares of common stock beneficially owned do not reflect these limitations.
+Added: The address of all beneficial owners is 3960 Howard
+Added: Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169.
+Added: Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common
Name and Address
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Common Stock (1)
−Removed: 1,231,482 (2)
−Removed: Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd.
−Removed: 1,260,928 (3)
−Removed: Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.
−Removed: 1,309,099 (4)
−Removed: Waggoner, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel
−Removed: Crabtree, Chief Scientific Officer and Board Member
−Removed: Trujillo, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member
−Removed: Thomas Liquard, Board Member
+Added: More than 5% stockholders:
+Added: Richard Abbe (2)(3)
+Added: Entities affiliated with Iroquois Capital Management, LLC (2)(4)
+Added: Entities affiliated with Sabby Management, LLC (5)
+Added: Entities affiliated with Intracoastal Capital LLC (6)(7)
+Added: Entities affiliated with Ayrton Capital LLC (9)
+Added: Directors, Officers and Named Executive Officers:
+Added: Silverman, Interim Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim President
+Added: Schechter, Board Member
Abecassis, Board Member (10)
−Removed: Tong, Board Member
−Removed: Matthias Löhr, Board Member
+Added: Robert Weinstein, Board Member
+Added: Walker, Board Member
+Added: Trujillo, Chief Financial Officer (11)
+Added: Waggoner (12)
+Added: Crabtree (13)
All directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)
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* Indicates percentage is less than 1.0%.
−Removed: Percentages based on 21,601,047 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of July 15, 2022, in addition to the options to purchase shares that are unexercised, but which are exercisable within sixty days of July 15, 2022, which are presented below:
−Removed: This information is based on a Form 13 G/A filed with the SEC on February 11, 2022 by Mitchell P.
−Removed: Kopin (“Kopin”).
−Removed: Kopin reported sole and shared voting and sole and shared dispositive power of 1,231,482 shares of common stock underlying currently exercisable warrants.
−Removed: The address of Kopin is c/o Intracoastal Capital, LLC, 245 Palm Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33483.
−Removed: This information is based on a Form 13 G/A filed with the SEC on January 4, 2022 by Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd.
−Removed: Sabby reported sole and shared voting and sole and shared dispositive power of 1,260,928 shares of common stock underlying currently exercisable warrants.
+Added: based on 8,778,101 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 15, 2023.
+Added: This information is based solely on the Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC by Richard Abbe, Kimberly Page, Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.
+Added: (“Iroquois Master Fund”), Iroquois Capital Management, LLC (“Iroquois Capital”) and Iroquois Capital Investment Group LLC (“ICIG,” and collectively, the “Iroquois Parties”) on June 16, 2023.
+Added: The Iroquois Parties made a single, joint filing to reflect the formation of a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
+Added: Page serves as a director of Iroquois Master Fund.
+Added: Iroquois Capital serves as the investment manager for Iroquois Master Fund, and Mr.
+Added: Abbe serves as the president of Iroquois Capital.
+Added: Each Iroquois Party disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares that he, she or it does not directly own and except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein.
+Added: The address of the Iroquois Parties is 2 Overhill Road, Suite 400, Scarsdale, New York 10583.
+Added: Includes (i) 10,696 shares owned by ICIG, (ii) 384,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants owned by ICIG, (iii) 300,000 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred shares owned by ICIG, (iv) 178,654 shares owned by Iroquois Master Fund, (v) 1,896,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants owned by Iroquois Master Fund and (vi) 1,700,000 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred shares owned by Iroquois Master Fund.
+Added: Includes (i) 178,654 shares, (ii) 1,896,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants and (iii) 1,700,000 shares issuable upon conversion of convertible preferred shares owned by Iroquois Master Fund.
+Added: This information is based on the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 10, 2023 by Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd., Sabby Management, LLC and Hal Mintz (collectively, “Sabby”).
+Added: Sabby reported sole and shared voting and sole and shared dispositive power of 934,456 shares of common stock.
+Added: Sabby Management, LLC is the investment manager of Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd.
+Added: Hal Mintz is the Manager of Sabby Management, LLC and in such capacity has the right to vote and dispose of the securities held by Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd.
The address of Sabby is c/o Ogier Fiduciary Services (Cayman) Limited, 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9007, Cayman Islands.
−Removed: This information is based on a Form 13 D/A filed with the SEC on July 11, 2022 by Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.
−Removed: (“Iroquois”).
−Removed: Iroquois reported sole and shared voting and sole and shared dispositive power of 1,309,099 shares of common stock underlying currently exercisable warrants.
−Removed: The address of Iroquois is 2 Overhill Road, Suite 400, Scarsdale, New York 10583.
−Removed: Includes 529,000 options and 150,800 restricted stock units contingent
−Removed: upon stockholder approval.
−Removed: Includes 201,860 options and 57,540 restricted stock units contingent
−Removed: upon stockholder approval.
−Removed: Exercisable options within sixty days of July 15, 2022:
−Removed: Crabtree, PhD
−Removed: Trujillo, CPA
−Removed: Thomas Liquard
−Removed: Abecassis, MD
−Removed: Matthias Löhr, MD
−Removed: The address of all beneficial owners is 3960 Howard
−Removed: Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169.
−Removed: Each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common
+Added: This information is based on the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 8, 2023 by Mitchell P.
+Added: Kopin, Daniel B.
+Added: Asher and Intracoastal Capital LLC (“Intracoastal”).
+Added: The address of Mr.
+Added: Kopin and Intracoastal is c/o Intracoastal Capital, LLC, 245 Palm Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33483.
+Added: The address of Mr.
+Added: Asher is 111 W.
+Added: Jackson Boulevard, Suite 2000, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
+Added: The 1,735,189 shares consist of (i) 1,106,042 shares of common stock held by Intracoastal and (ii) 629,147 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Intracoastal.
+Added: Kopin is the manager of Intracoastal.
+Added: Includes (i) 1,106,042 shares held by Intracoastal, (ii) 330,694 shares held by Mr.
+Added: Asher and (iii) 629,147 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by Intracoastal.
+Added: Includes (i) 1,020,042 shares held by Alto Opportunity Master Fund, SPC – Segregated Master Portfolio B (“Alto”) and (ii) 730,670 shares of common stock issuable on the exercise of certain warrants and conversion of certain shares of convertible preferred stock held by Alto.
+Added: Alto is a private investment vehicle for which Ayrton Capital LLC (“Ayrton”) serves as the investment manager.
+Added: Waqas Khatri serves as the managing member of Ayrton.
+Added: Ayrton’s address is 55 Post Rd West, 2nd Floor, Westport, CT 06880.
+Added: This information is based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on May 19, 2023.
+Added: Includes 1,670 shares issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock.
+Added: Includes 8,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock.
+Added: Includes 12,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock.
+Added: Waggoner resigned from all positions with the Company effective October 6, 2022.
+Added: Includes 4,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock.
+Added: Crabtree resigned from all positions with the Company effective October 12, 2022.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity
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TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
+Added: Our Audit Committee charter requires all future transactions between
+Added: us and any director, executive officer, holder of 5% or more of any class of our capital stock or any member of the immediate family of,
+Added: or entities affiliated with, any of them, or any other related persons, as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K, or their affiliates,
+Added: in which the amount involved is equal to or greater than $120,000, be approved in advance by our Audit Committee.
+Added: Any request for such
+Added: a transaction must first be presented to our Audit Committee for review, consideration and approval.
+Added: In approving or rejecting any such
+Added: proposal, our Audit Committee is to consider all available information deemed relevant by the Audit Committee, including, but not limited
+Added: to, the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction, and whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable to
+Added: us than terms we could have generally obtained from an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances.
We had the following related party transactions
during the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: We own 14.3% of the equity in SG Austria and is
−Removed: reported on the cost method of accounting.
+Added: We own 14.3% of the equity in SG Austria, and
+Added: such investment is reported on the cost method of accounting.
SG Austria has two subsidiaries:
−Removed: (i) Austrianova;
−Removed: and (ii) Austrianova Thailand.
−Removed: products and services from these subsidiaries in the approximate amounts of $323,000 and $405,000 in the years ended April 30, 2022, and
−Removed: 2021, respectively.
+Added: (i) Austrianova and (ii) Austrianova Thailand.
+Added: We purchased products and services from these subsidiaries in the approximate amounts of $339,000 and $323,000 in the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
In April 2014, we entered a consulting agreement
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the years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022, were approximately $61,000 and $114,000, respectively.
−Removed: In addition, during the years ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022, and 2021, we issued 167 and 167 common shares, respectively, to Dr.
−Removed: We recorded a noncash consulting expense of approximately
−Removed: $400 and $5,000 relating to these share issuances for the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
Except for Mr.
−Removed: Abecassis, Dr.
−Removed: Löhr, the Board has determined that none of our directors satisfy the definition of Independent Director as established in
−Removed: the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
−Removed: Abecassis, Dr.
−Removed: Löhr have been determined by the Board to be Independent
+Added: Schechter, Dr.
+Added: Abecassis, Mr.
+Added: Walker, the Board has determined that none of our directors satisfy the definition of Independent Director as established in the
+Added: Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
+Added: Schechter, Dr.
+Added: Abecassis, Mr.
+Added: Weinstein and Mr.
+Added: Walker have been determined by the Board to be Independent
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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During the years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022,
−Removed: we incurred from Armanino $167,239 and $80,196 in annual audit fees, respectively, and $33,238 and $63,590 in quarterly review fees, respectively.
−Removed: Additional fees relating to capital raises were paid to Armanino in the amounts of $61,149 and $0 during the years ended April 30, 2022,
−Removed: and 2021, respectively.
+Added: we incurred from Armanino $140,958 and $167,239 in annual audit fees, respectively, and $31,500 and $33,238 in quarterly review fees,
+Added: respectively, and $19,640 and $0 in income tax analysis, respectively.
+Added: Additional fees relating to capital raises were paid to Armanino
+Added: in the amounts of $0 and $61,149 during the years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
Our Audit Committee pre-approves all services
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All the services listed above have been pre-approved by our Audit Committee.
+Added: Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible
+Added: Non-Audit Services of Independent Public Accountant
+Added: Consistent with SEC policies regarding auditor
+Added: independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of our independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm.
+Added: In recognition of this responsibility, the Audit Committee has established a policy to pre-approve all audit and
+Added: permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.
+Added: Prior to engagement of an independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm for the next year’s audit, management will submit an aggregate of services expected to be rendered during
+Added: that year for each of four categories of services to the Audit Committee for approval.
+Added: Audit services include audit work
+Added: performed in the preparation of financial statements, as well as work that generally only an independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm can reasonably be expected to provide, including comfort letters, statutory audits, and attest services and consultation regarding
+Added: financial accounting and/or reporting standards.
+Added: Audit-Related services are for assurance
+Added: and related services that are traditionally performed by an independent registered public accounting firm, including due diligence related
+Added: to mergers and acquisitions, employee benefit plan audits, and special procedures required to meet certain regulatory requirements.
+Added: Tax services include all services
+Added: performed by an independent registered public accounting firm’s tax personnel except those services specifically related to the
+Added: audit of the financial statements, and includes fees in the areas of tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice.
+Added: Other Fees are those associated
+Added: with services not captured in the other categories.
+Added: The Company generally does not request such services from our independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm.
+Added: Prior to engagement, the Audit Committee pre-approves
+Added: these services by category of service.
+Added: The fees are budgeted and the Audit Committee requires our independent registered public accounting
+Added: firm and management to report actual fees versus the budget periodically throughout the year by category of service.
+Added: During the year,
+Added: circumstances may arise when it may become necessary to engage our independent registered public accounting firm for additional services
+Added: not contemplated in the original pre-approval.
+Added: In those instances, the Audit Committee requires specific pre-approval before engaging
+Added: our independent registered public accounting firm.
+Added: The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval
+Added: authority to one or more of its members.
+Added: The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only,
+Added: any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
(a) Documents filed as part of this Report:
16 unchanged sentences
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, dated October 31, 2019.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020.
+Added: Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated July 2, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021.
+Added: Certificate of Change to Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated July 9, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021.
+Added: Certificate of Change to
+Added: Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated March 7, 2023.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 16, 2023.
+Added: Certificate of Designations
+Added: of Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.
Corporate Bylaws.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
333-68008) filed with the SEC on August 20, 2001.
1 unchanged sentence
One to the Bylaws of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2014.
Amendment No.
Two to the Bylaws of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 3, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 3, 2014.
Amendment No.
Three to Bylaws of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2021.
Amendment No.
Four to Bylaws of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021.
−Removed: Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated July 2, 2021
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021.
−Removed: Certificate of Change to Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated July 9, 2021
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 13, 2021
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 6, 2021.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: Five to Bylaws
+Added: of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 18, 2022.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: Six to Bylaws
+Added: of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 19, 2023.
Form of Common Stock Certificate.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
333-68008) filed with the SEC on August 20, 2001.
2 unchanged sentences
Form of Common Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
Form of Pre-funded Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
Form of Underwriter’s Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
Form of Pre-Funded Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
Form of Series A Warrant Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
Form of Placement Agent Common Stock Purchase Warrant.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
+Added: Form of Warrant.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 26, 2011, between SG Austria Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
First Addendum, dated June 11, 2011, to Asset Purchase Agreement between SG Austria Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
Second Addendum, dated June 14, 2012, to Asset Purchase Agreement between SG Austria Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2012.
Third Addendum, dated June 25, 2013, to Asset Purchase Agreement between SG Austria Private Limited and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2013.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2013.
Licensing Agreement, dated June 25, 2013, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2013.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2013.
Manufacturing Framework Agreement, dated March 20, 2014, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
Master Services Agreement, dated April 7, 2014, between ViruSure GmbH and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
Consulting Agreement, dated April 1, 2014, between Vin-de-Bona Trading Company Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 4, 2014.
License Agreement, dated October 13, 2014, between University of Technology, Sydney and PharmaCyte Biotech Australia Pty Ltd (formerly, Nuvilex Australia Pty Ltd).
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Amendment No.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Amendment No.
1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on October 17, 2014.
Master Services Agreement, dated March 7, 2014, between ViruSure GmbH and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from Amendment No.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Amendment No.
1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on October 17, 2014.
1 unchanged sentence
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on December 15, 2014.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on December 15, 2014.
First Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2015, between Kenneth L.
Waggoner and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
Second Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2015, between Kenneth L.
Waggoner and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
Executive Compensation Agreement, dated January 1, 2015, between Gerald W.
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
First Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2015, between Gerald W.
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
Second Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2015, between Gerald W.
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
−Removed: Letter agreement, dated April 20, 2015, between Thomas Liquard and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2015.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2015.
Amendment No.
1 unchanged sentence
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
Third Stock Option Agreement, dated December 30, 2015, between Gerald W.
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
Third Stock Option Agreement, dated December 30, 2015, between Kenneth L.
Waggoner and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 8, 2016.
First Amendment, dated June 30, 2015, to Licensing Agreement, dated December 1, 2014, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
Second Amendment, dated October 19, 2015, to Licensing Agreement, dated December 1, 2014, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
Variation, dated April 20, 2016, to License Agreement, October 13, 2014, between University of Technology, Sydney and PharmaCyte Biotech Australia Pty Ltd (formerly, Nuvilex Australia Pty Ltd).
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
First Amendment, dated June 24, 2016, to Licensing Agreement, dated June 25, 2013, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
Binding Memorandum of Understanding, dated July 28, 2016, between Austrianova Singapore Pte Ltd.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 29, 2016.
Amendment No.
1 unchanged sentence
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
Fourth Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2017, between Kenneth L.
Waggoner and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
Third Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2017, between Carlos A.
Trujillo and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
Fourth Stock Option Agreement, dated March 10, 2017, between Gerald W.
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
−Removed: Amendment No.
−Removed: 1, dated March 10, 2017, to Letter Agreement between Thomas Liquard and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
−Removed: Letter Agreement, dated May 1, 2017, between Thomas C.
−Removed: Yuen and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 13, 2017.
Letter agreement, dated June 29, 2017, between Michael Abecassis, M.D.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 10, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 10, 2017.
Binding Term Sheet, dated August 30, 2017, among Austrianova Singapore Pte.
1 unchanged sentence
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2017.
−Removed: Letter agreement, dated October 9, 2017, between Raymond C.
−Removed: Tong and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 10, 2017.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2017.
Fourth Addendum, dated May 14, 2018, to Asset Purchase Agreement between SG Austria Pte.
and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
Third Amendment, dated May 14, 2018, to Licensing Agreement, dated December 1, 2014, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
Ltd and the Company .
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
Second Amendment, dated May 14, 2018, to the Licensing Agreement, dated June 25, 2013, between Austrianova Singapore Pte.
Ltd and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2018.
Amendment No.
1 unchanged sentence
Crabtree and the Company.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 16, 2020.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 16, 2020.
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2021.
−Removed: Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2021.
Amended and Restated Executive Compensation Agreement, dated May 8, 2022, between Kenneth L.
Waggoner and the Company.
−Removed: Filed herewith.
+Added: Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s
+Added: Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022.
Amended and Restated Executive Compensation Agreement, dated May 8, 2022, between Carlos A.
Trujillo and the Company .
−Removed: Filed herewith.
+Added: Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
+Added: SEC on July 28, 2022.
PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
1 unchanged sentence
Filed herewith.
+Added: Cooperation Agreement dated
+Added: August 15, 2022, by and between PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: and Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.
+Added: and its affiliates.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022.
+Added: Separation, Consulting
+Added: and Release Agreement, dated October 6, 2022, by and between PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: and Kenneth L.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2022.
+Added: Release Agreement, dated
+Added: October 12, 2022, by and between PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: and Gerald W.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 14, 2022.
+Added: Securities Purchase Agreement,
+Added: dated May 9, 2023.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement,
+Added: dated May 9, 2023.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.
+Added: Engagement Letter, dated
+Added: May 9, 2023, by and between the Company and Katalyst Securities LLC.
+Added: Incorporated by reference
+Added: from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2023.
PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: 2022 Equity Incentive Plan .
+Added: Incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Company’s Schedule
+Added: 14A filed with the SEC on November 25, 2022.
+Added: PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
14 unchanged sentences
Furnished herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Instance
+Added: Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline
+Added: XBRL document.
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
+Added: Schema Document
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
+Added: Calculation Linkbase Document
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
+Added: Definition Linkbase Document
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
+Added: Label Linkbase Document
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension
+Added: Presentation Linkbase Document
Filed herewith.
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibits 101)
+Added: Cover Page Interactive
+Added: Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibits 101)
Filed herewith.
13 unchanged sentences
July 31, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Kenneth L.
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer
+Added: /s/ Joshua N.
+Added: Interim Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Executive Officer)
2 unchanged sentences
Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial
−Removed: and Accounting Officer)
+Added: (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act,
1 unchanged sentence
July 31, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Kenneth L.
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director
+Added: /s/ Joshua N.
+Added: Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chairman of the Board and
(Principal Executive Officer)
2 unchanged sentences
Chief Financial Officer and Director
−Removed: (Principal Financial and Accounting
+Added: (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 31, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Gerald W.
−Removed: Crabtree, Director
+Added: /s/ Jonathan L.
+Added: Silverman, Director
July 31, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Thomas Liquard
−Removed: Thomas Liquard, Director
+Added: /s/ Robert Weinstein
+Added: Robert Weinstein, Director
July 31, 2023
2 unchanged sentences
July 31, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Raymond C.F.
−Removed: Tong, Director
−Removed: July 28, 2022
−Removed: /s/ Matthias Löhr
−Removed: Matthias Löhr, Director
+Added: Walker, Director
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH
5 unchanged sentences
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB Auditor ID:
+Added: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB Auditor ID:
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 30, 2023, and 2022
5 unchanged sentences
Financial Statement Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
−Removed: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
To the Board of Directors
12 unchanged sentences
and 2022, and the related consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended April 30,
−Removed: 2022, in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: In addition, in our opinion, the consolidated financial statement
−Removed: schedules listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set form therein when read in conjunction
−Removed: with the related consolidated financial statements.
+Added: 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: In addition, in our opinion, the consolidated
+Added: financial statement schedules listed in the accompanying index presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set form therein
+Added: when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
31 unchanged sentences
/s/ Armanino LLP
−Removed: Bellevue, Washington
+Added: Irvine, California
July 31, 2023
21 unchanged sentences
133,333,334 shares, $ 0.0001 par value;
−Removed: 20,721,047 and 1,590,084 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively
+Added: shares issued 21,602,078 , shares outstanding 16,793,980 as of April 30, 2023, and 20,721,047 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2022
Additional paid-in capital
2 unchanged sentences
( 111,648,656 )
+Added: Treasury stock, at cost, 4,808,098 and 0 shares as of April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively
+Added: ( 13,560,623 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
17 unchanged sentences
Other income (expense):
−Removed: Gain on forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loan
Interest income
Interest expense
−Removed: Other expense, net
+Added: Other income (expense), net
Total other income, net
12 unchanged sentences
$ ( 4,239,161 )
−Removed: Other comprehensive income:
+Added: Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments
−Removed: Other comprehensive income
+Added: Other comprehensive income (loss)
Comprehensive loss
6 unchanged sentences
YEARS ENDED APRIL 30, 2023 AND 2022
−Removed: Additional Paid-in
+Added: Treasury Stock
Comprehensive
7 unchanged sentences
costs of $ 8,362,137
−Removed: Stock issued for warrant exercises
Stock-based compensation-options
−Removed: Foreign currency translation adjustments
+Added: Issuance of pre-funded warrants
+Added: Stock issued fractional shares -
+Added: reverse stock split
+Added: Foreign currency translation adjustment
( 4,239,161 )
+Added: ( 4,239,161 )
Balance, April 30, 2022
3 unchanged sentences
Stock issued for services
−Removed: Stock issued for cash, net of cash
−Removed: issuance costs of $ 8,362,137
+Added: Stock issued for warrant exercise
Stock-based compensation - options
−Removed: Issuance of pre-funded warrants
−Removed: Reverse stock split adjustment
−Removed: Foreign currency translation adjustments
+Added: Stock issued fractional shares -
+Added: reverse stock split
+Added: Gain on de-consolidation of subsidiary
+Added: Foreign currency translation adjustment
( 4,315,993 )
( 4,315,993 )
+Added: Repurchase of common stock
+Added: ( 4,808,098 )
+Added: ( 13,560,623 )
+Added: ( 13,560,623 )
Balance, April 30, 2023
1 unchanged sentence
$ ( 115,958,773 )
+Added: ( 4,808,098 )
+Added: $ ( 13,560,623 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part
7 unchanged sentences
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
−Removed: Gain on forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loan
+Added: Other non-cash expenses
Stock issued for services
2 unchanged sentences
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Increase (decrease) in prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
Decrease in other assets
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Payment of insurance financing loan
+Added: Repurchase of common stock
+Added: ( 13,560,623 )
+Added: Proceeds from exercise of warrants
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Net cash provided by (used) in financing activities
Effect of currency rate exchange on cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: ( 17,360,720 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
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to as “CypCaps™.”
+Added: The Company is a Nevada corporation incorporated
+Added: In 2013, the Company restructured its operations to focus on biotechnology.
+Added: The Company acquired licenses from SG Austria Pte.
+Added: Ltd., a Singapore corporation (“SG Austria”) to treat cancer and Austrianova Singapore Pte.
+Added: Ltd., a Singapore corporation
+Added: (“Austrianova Singapore”) to treat diabetes using the Cell-in-the-Box technology.
+Added: The restructuring resulted in the Company
+Added: focusing all its efforts upon the development of a novel, effective and safe way to treat cancer and diabetes.
+Added: In January 2015, the Company
+Added: changed its name from Nuvilex, Inc.
+Added: to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
+Added: to reflect the nature of its current business.
+Added: In October 2021, the Company
+Added: moved its headquarters from Laguna Hills, California to Las Vegas, Nevada.
On September 1, 2020, the Company submitted an
Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for a planned
−Removed: Phase 2b clinical trial in LAPC.
+Added: clinical trial in LAPC.
On October 1, 2020, the Company received notice from the FDA that it had placed the IND on clinical hold.
−Removed: On October 30, 2020, the FDA sent a letter to the Company setting forth the reasons for the clinical hold and specific guidance on what
−Removed: the Company must do to have the clinical hold lifted.
−Removed: To lift the clinical hold, the FDA has informed
−Removed: the Company that it needs to conduct several additional preclinical studies.
+Added: 30, 2020, the FDA sent a letter to the Company setting forth the reasons for the clinical hold and specific guidance on what the Company
+Added: must do to have the clinical hold lifted.
+Added: To lift the clinical hold, the FDA informed the
+Added: Company that it needs to conduct several additional preclinical studies.
The FDA also requested additional information regarding several
topics, including DNA sequencing data, manufacturing information and product release specifications.
−Removed: The Company is also in the process
+Added: The Company has been in the process
of conducting these studies and gathering additional information to submit to the FDA.
−Removed: See “Clinical Hold” below.
+Added: See “Investigational New Drug Application
+Added: and Clinical Hold” below.
+Added: On August 15, 2022, the Company entered into a
+Added: Cooperation Agreement (“Cooperation Agreement”) with Iroquois Master Fund Ltd.
+Added: and its affiliates, pursuant to which the Company
+Added: elected a reconstituted Board of Directors (”Board”).
+Added: The Board has formed a Business Review Committee to evaluate, investigate
+Added: and review the Company’s business, affairs, strategy, management and operations and in its sole discretion to make recommendations
+Added: to the Company’s management and Board with respect thereto.
+Added: The Business Review Committee is also reviewing many of the risks relative
+Added: to the Company’s business.
+Added: In addition, the Board is reviewing the Company’s development programs and its relationship with
+Added: SG Austria, including that all licensed patents have expired, that know-how relating to the Company’s Cell-in-a-Box® technology
+Added: solely resides with SG Austria, and that the incentives of SG Austria and its management may not be currently aligned with those of the
+Added: The Board has curtailed spending on the Company’s programs, including pre-clinical and clinical activities, until the review
+Added: by the Business Review Committee and the Board is complete and the Board has determined the actions and plans to be implemented.
+Added: Review Committee’s recommendations will include potentially seeking a new framework for the Company’s relationship with SG
+Added: Austria and its subsidiaries.
+Added: In the event the Company is unsuccessful in seeking an acceptable new framework, the Company will reevaluate
+Added: whether it should continue those programs which are dependent on SG Austria, including its development programs for LAPC, diabetes and
+Added: malignant ascites.
+Added: The issues involving SG Austria have delayed the Company’s timeline for addressing the FDA clinical hold for
+Added: its planned clinical trial in LAPC and could result in other delays or termination of the development activities.
+Added: In addition, the curtailment
+Added: of spending on the Company’s programs pending the review by the Business Review Committee and the Board may cause additional delays.
The Cell-in-a-Box ® encapsulation
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They are protected from environmental challenges,
−Removed: such as the sheer forces associated with bioreactors and passage through catheters and needles.
−Removed: The Company believes that this enables
−Removed: greater cell growth and production of the active molecules.
+Added: such as the sheer forces associated with bioreactors and passage through catheters and needles, which the Company believes enables greater
+Added: cell growth and production of the active molecules.
The capsules are largely composed of cellulose (cotton) and are bioinert.
−Removed: The Company is developing therapies for pancreatic
−Removed: and other solid cancerous tumors by using genetically engineered live human cells that it believes are capable of converting a cancer
−Removed: prodrug into its cancer-killing form.
−Removed: The Company encapsulates those cells using the Cell-in-a-Box ® technology and places
−Removed: those capsules in the body as close as possible to the tumor.
−Removed: In this way, the Company believes that when a cancer prodrug is administered
−Removed: to a patient with a particular type of cancer that may be affected by the prodrug the killing of the patient’s cancerous tumor may
−Removed: be optimized.
−Removed: The Company is also developing a way to delay the production and accumulation
−Removed: of malignant ascites that results from many types of abdominal cancerous tumors.
−Removed: The Company’s therapy for malignant ascites involves
−Removed: using the same encapsulated cells it employs for pancreatic cancer but placing the encapsulated cells in the peritoneal cavity of a patient
−Removed: and administering ifosfamide intravenously.
+Added: The Company has been developing therapies for
+Added: pancreatic and other solid cancerous tumors by using genetically engineered live human cells that it believes are capable of converting
+Added: a cancer prodrug into its cancer-killing form.
+Added: The Company encapsulates those cells using the Cell-in-a-Box ® technology
+Added: and places those capsules in the body as close as possible to the tumor.
+Added: In this way, the Company believes that when a cancer prodrug
+Added: is administered to a patient with a particular type of cancer that may be affected by the prodrug, the killing of the patient’s
+Added: cancerous tumor may be optimized.
+Added: The Company has also been developing a way to
+Added: delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites that results from many types of abdominal cancerous tumors.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: therapy for malignant ascites involves using the same encapsulated cells it employs for pancreatic cancer but placing the encapsulated
+Added: cells in the peritoneal cavity of a patient and administering ifosfamide intravenously.
In addition to the two cancer programs discussed
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of insulin production.
+Added: Until the review by the Business Review Committee
+Added: and the Board is complete and the Board has determined the actions and plans to be implemented, spending on the Company’s programs
+Added: has been curtailed.
+Added: Investigational New Drug Application and
Clinical Hold
−Removed: On October 1, 2020, we received notice from the
−Removed: FDA that it had placed our IND on clinical hold.
−Removed: On October 30, 2020, the FDA sent us a letter setting forth the reasons for the clinical
−Removed: hold and providing specific guidance on what we must do to have the clinical hold lifted.
−Removed: In order to address the clinical hold, the FDA
−Removed: has requested that we:
+Added: On September 1, 2020, the Company submitted an
+Added: IND to the FDA for a planned clinical trial in LAPC.
+Added: On October 1, 2020, the Company received notice from the FDA that it had placed the
+Added: Company’s IND on clinical hold.
+Added: On October 30, 2020, the FDA sent the Company a letter setting forth the reasons for the clinical
+Added: hold and providing specific guidance on what the Company must do to have the clinical hold lifted.
+Added: In order to address the clinical hold, the FDA requested that the Company:
Provide additional sequencing data and genetic stability studies;
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is in the latter stages of conducting the studies and providing the information requested by the FDA.
−Removed: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Company’s
−Removed: COVID-19 continues to cause uncertainty and significant,
−Removed: industry-wide delays in clinical trials.
−Removed: The availability of vaccines holds promise for the future;
−Removed: however, new variants of the virus
−Removed: and potential waning immunity from vaccines may result in continued impact from COVID-19 in the future, which could adversely impact our
−Removed: Although the Company is not yet in a clinical trial, the Company has filed an IND with the FDA to commence a clinical trial
−Removed: While the IND has been placed on clinical hold by the FDA, the Company has assessed the impact of COVID-19 on its operations.
−Removed: Many clinical trials have been delayed due to
−Removed: There are numerous reasons for these delays.
−Removed: For example, patients have shown a reluctance to enroll or continue in a clinical
−Removed: trial due to fear of exposure to COVID-19 when they are in a hospital or doctor’s office.
−Removed: There are local, regional and state-wide
−Removed: orders and regulations restricting usual normal activity by people.
−Removed: These discourage and interfere with patient visits to a doctor’s
−Removed: office if the visit is not COVID-19 related.
−Removed: Healthcare providers and health systems have shifted their resources away from clinical trials
−Removed: toward the care of COVID-19 patients.
−Removed: The FDA and other healthcare providers are making product candidates for the treatment of COVID-19
−Removed: a priority over product candidates unrelated to COVID-19.
−Removed: As a result of COVID-19 and the mitigation efforts
−Removed: to address it, the Company may experience additional disruptions that could adversely impact its business and clinical trial, if allowed
−Removed: to proceed, including:
−Removed: (i) delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in the Company’s Phase 2b clinical trial if the FDA allows
−Removed: the Company to go forward with the trial;
−Removed: (ii) delays or difficulties in clinical site activation, including difficulties in recruiting
−Removed: clinical site investigators and clinical site personnel;
−Removed: (iii) delays in clinical sites receiving the supplies and materials needed to
−Removed: conduct the clinical trial, including interruption in global shipping that may affect the transport of the Company’s clinical trial
−Removed: (iv) changes in local regulations as part of a response to COVID-19 which may require the Company to change the ways in which
−Removed: its clinical trial is to be conducted, which may result in unexpected costs, or to discontinue the clinical trial altogether;
−Removed: (v) diversion
−Removed: of healthcare resources away from the conduct of clinical trials, including the diversion of hospitals serving as the Company’s
−Removed: clinical trial sites and hospital staff supporting the conduct of the Company’s clinical trial;
−Removed: (vi) interruption of key clinical
−Removed: trial activities, such as clinical trial site monitoring, due to limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments,
−Removed: employers and others, or interruption of clinical trial subject visits and study procedures, the occurrence of which could affect the
−Removed: integrity of clinical trial data;
−Removed: (vii) risk that participants enrolled in our clinical trials will acquire COVID-19 while the clinical
−Removed: trial is ongoing, which could impact the results of the clinical trial, including by increasing the number of observed adverse events;
−Removed: (viii) delays in necessary interactions with local regulators, ethics committees, and other important agencies and contractors due to
−Removed: limitations in employee resources or forced furlough of government employees;
−Removed: (ix) limitations in employee resources that would otherwise
−Removed: be focused on the conduct of the Company’s clinical trial because of sickness of employees or their families or the desire of employees
−Removed: to avoid contact with large groups of people;
−Removed: (x) refusal of the FDA to accept data from clinical trials in affected geographies;
−Removed: (xi) interruption or delays to the Company’s clinical trial activities.
−Removed: As a result of COVID-19, commencement of the Company’s
−Removed: clinical trial to treat LAPC may be delayed beyond the lifting of the clinical hold by the FDA should that occur.
−Removed: Also, enrollment may
−Removed: be difficult for the reasons discussed above.
−Removed: In addition, after enrollment in the trial, if patients contract COVID-19 during their participation
−Removed: in the trial or are subject to isolation or shelter in place restrictions, this may cause them to drop out of our clinical trial, miss
−Removed: scheduled therapy appointments or follow-up visits or otherwise fail to follow the clinical trial protocol.
−Removed: If patients are unable to
−Removed: follow the clinical trial protocol or if the trial results are otherwise affected by the consequences of COVID-19 on patient participation
−Removed: or actions taken to mitigate COVID-19 spread, the integrity of data from the clinical trial may be compromised or not be accepted by the
−Removed: This could further adversely impact or delay the Company’s clinical development program if the FDA allows it to proceed.
−Removed: Clinical trials in the biopharma industry may
−Removed: be delayed due to COVID-19.
−Removed: There are numerous reasons for these potential delays.
−Removed: The impact relates to delays in:
−Removed: (i) completing studies
−Removed: required by the FDA;
−Removed: (ii) manufacturing a new batch of CypCap™ for the Company’s planned clinical trial in LAPC;
−Removed: (iii) manufacturing
−Removed: syringes of CypCaps™ for some of the Company’s preclinical studies to be completed and for use in the Company’s Malignant
−Removed: Ascites Program;
−Removed: and (iv) securing third party contractors to conduct various R&D projects for the Company.
−Removed: As a result, there may
−Removed: be delays in generating responses to the requests from the FDA related to the clinical hold.
−Removed: Many of these potential delays are also due
−Removed: to the impact of COVID-19 in foreign countries where the Company is conducting these preclinical studies, including India, Europe, Singapore
−Removed: and Thailand.
−Removed: There have also been supply chain interruptions due to COVID-19.
−Removed: It is highly speculative in projecting the effects
−Removed: of COVID-19 on the Company’s proposed clinical development program and the Company generally.
−Removed: Moreover, the various precautionary
−Removed: measures taken by many governmental authorities around the world in order to limit the spread of COVID-19 has had and may continue to
−Removed: have an adverse effect on the global markets and global economy, including on the availability and pricing of employees, resources, materials,
−Removed: manufacturing and delivery efforts and other aspects of the global economy.
−Removed: The continuation of COVID-19 could materially disrupt the
−Removed: Company’s business and operations, hamper its ability to raise additional funds or sell securities, continue to slow down the overall
−Removed: economy, curtail consumer spending, interrupt the Company’s sources of supply, and make it hard to adequately staff the Company’s
−Removed: The effects of COVID-19 quickly and dramatically change over time.
−Removed: Its evolution is difficult to predict, and no one is able
−Removed: to say with certainty when the pandemic will cease to have an impact on the Company’s operations.
−Removed: Company Background
−Removed: The Company is a Nevada corporation incorporated
−Removed: In 2013, the Company restructured its operations to focus on biotechnology.
−Removed: The restructuring resulted in the Company focusing
−Removed: all its efforts upon the development of a novel, effective and safe way to treat cancer and diabetes.
−Removed: In January 2015, the Company changed
−Removed: its name from Nuvilex, Inc.
−Removed: to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.
−Removed: to reflect the nature of its current business.
−Removed: In October 2021, the Company moved
−Removed: its headquarters to Las Vegas, Nevada.
+Added: The Company has completed the pilot
+Added: study of two pigs and is evaluating the preliminary data before commencing the larger study of 90 pigs.
+Added: Impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s Financial
+Added: Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared
+Added: an outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the world’s economies have experienced pronounced effects.
+Added: Despite the multiple COVID-19
+Added: vaccines globally, there remains uncertainty around the extent and duration of disruption and any future related financial impact cannot
+Added: reasonably be estimated at this time.
+Added: COVID-19 has caused and may continue to cause significant, industry-wide delays in clinical trials.
+Added: Although the Company is not yet in a clinical trial, the Company has filed an IND with the FDA to commence a clinical trial in LAPC, and
+Added: this clinical trial may experience delays relating to COVID-19 once commenced, including but not limited to:
+Added: (i) delays or difficulties
+Added: in enrolling patients in the Company’s clinical trial if the FDA allows the Company to go forward with the trial;
+Added: (ii) delays or
+Added: difficulties in clinical site activation, including difficulties in recruiting clinical site investigators and clinical site personnel;
+Added: (iii) delays in clinical sites receiving the supplies and materials needed to conduct the clinical trial, including interruption in global
+Added: shipping that may affect the transport of the Company’s clinical trial product;
+Added: (iv) changes in local regulations as part of a response
+Added: to COVID-19 which may require the Company to change the ways in which its clinical trial is to be conducted, which may result in unexpected
+Added: costs, or to discontinue the clinical trial altogether;
+Added: (v) diversion of healthcare resources away from the conduct of clinical trials,
+Added: including the diversion of hospitals serving as the Company’s clinical trial sites and hospital staff supporting the conduct of
+Added: the Company’s clinical trial;
+Added: (vi) interruption of key clinical trial activities, such as clinical trial site monitoring, due to
+Added: limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments, employers and others, or interruption of clinical trial
+Added: subject visits and study procedures, the occurrence of which could affect the integrity of clinical trial data;
+Added: (vii) risk that participants
+Added: enrolled in our clinical trials will acquire COVID-19 while the clinical trial is ongoing, which could impact the results of the clinical
+Added: trial, including by increasing the number of observed adverse events;
+Added: (viii) delays in necessary interactions with local regulators, ethics
+Added: committees, and other important agencies and contractors due to limitations in employee resources or forced furlough of government employees;
+Added: (ix) limitations in employee resources that would otherwise be focused on the conduct of the Company’s clinical trial because of
+Added: sickness of employees or their families or the desire of employees to avoid contact with large groups of people;
+Added: (x) refusal of the FDA
+Added: to accept data from clinical trials in affected geographies;
+Added: and (xi) interruption or delays to the Company’s clinical trial activities.
+Added: Many of these potential delays may be exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19 in foreign countries where the Company is conducting these
+Added: preclinical studies, including India, Europe, Singapore and Thailand.
+Added: Further, the various precautionary measures taken
+Added: by many governmental authorities around the world in order to limit the spread of COVID-19 has had and may continue to have an adverse
+Added: effect on the global markets and global economy, including on the availability and pricing of employees, resources, materials, manufacturing
+Added: and delivery efforts and other aspects of the global economy.
+Added: COVID-19 could materially disrupt the Company’s business and operations,
+Added: hamper its ability to raise additional funds or sell securities, continue to slow down the overall economy, curtail consumer spending,
+Added: interrupt the Company’s supply chain, and make it hard to adequately staff the Company’s operations.
Nasdaq Listing
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on Nasdaq on August 10, 2021, under the symbol “PMCB.” Prior to that, the Company’s common stock was quoted on the OTCQB
−Removed: Market under the symbol “PMCB.” Following the reverse stock split (discussed below) of the Company’s common stock on
−Removed: July 12, 2021, and until August 6, 2021, the OTCQB Market Symbol for the Company’s common stock had been “PMCBD.” Thereafter,
−Removed: it reverted to “PMCB.”
+Added: Market under the symbol “PMCB.”
Reverse Stock Split
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of Change with the Nevada Secretary of State that authorized a 1:1500 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: stock split resulted in reducing the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock from 50 billion to thirty-three million
−Removed: three hundred thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-four with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share.
−Removed: Any fractional shares resulting from
−Removed: the reverse stock split were rounded up to the next whole share.
−Removed: All warrants, option, share and per share information in this Report
−Removed: gives retroactive effect to such 1:1500 reverse stock split.
+Added: stock split resulted in reducing the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock from 50 billion to 33,333,334 with
+Added: a par value of $0.0001 per share.
+Added: Any fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split were rounded up to the next whole share.
+Added: All warrant, option, share and per share information in this Report gives retroactive effect to such 1:1500 reverse stock split.
+Added: Increase in Authorized Shares
+Added: On March 14, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate
+Added: of Change with the State of Nevada, Secretary of State, to increase the number of authorized shares of its common stock to 133,333,334
+Added: The par value remained $ 0.0001 per share.
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
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The Company’s 14.3 % investment in SG Austria is presented on the cost method of accounting.
+Added: March 2023, Bio Blue Bird was liquidated and was de-consolidated in these consolidated financial statements.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial
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and results of operations.
−Removed: The severity, magnitude and duration, as well as the economic consequences of COVID-19, are uncertain, rapidly
−Removed: changing and difficult to predict.
−Removed: Therefore, the Company’s accounting estimates and assumptions may change over time in response
−Removed: to COVID-19 and may change materially in future periods.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.
−Removed: On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus
−Removed: Aid, Relief and Economic Security ("CARES") Act to provide certain relief as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak.
−Removed: The Company maintains a full valuation allowance on its U.S.
−Removed: net deferred tax assets.
−Removed: Deferred tax asset remeasurement (tax expense) was
−Removed: offset by a net decrease in valuation allowance, which resulted in no impact on the Company's income tax expense.
−Removed: Therefore, the Company
−Removed: does not expect the provisions in the CARES Act will impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
On March 11, 2021, Congress enacted the American
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Research and Development
−Removed: Research and development expenses consist of costs
−Removed: incurred for direct and overhead-related research expenses and are expensed as incurred.
−Removed: Costs to acquire technologies, including licenses,
−Removed: which are utilized in research and development and that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred.
−Removed: Technology developed
−Removed: for use in the Company’s product candidates is expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established.
+Added: Research and development (“R&D”)
+Added: expenses consist of costs incurred for direct and overhead-related research expenses and are expensed as incurred.
+Added: Costs to acquire technologies,
+Added: including licenses, which are utilized in research and development and that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred.
+Added: Technology developed for use in the Company’s product candidates is expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been
R&D costs for the years ended April 30, 2023
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concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements.
−Removed: maintains most of its cash balance at a financial institution located in California.
−Removed: Accounts at this institution are insured by the Federal
−Removed: Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000.
−Removed: Uninsured balances aggregated approximately $ 35,000,000 and $ 1,912,000 at April 30, 2022
−Removed: and 2021, respectively.
+Added: maintains most of its cash balance at financial institutions located in throughout the United States.
+Added: Accounts at these institutions are
+Added: insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000.
+Added: Uninsured balances aggregated approximately $ 279,000 and $ 35,000,000
+Added: at April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
−Removed: Management believes it is not exposed to any significant
−Removed: credit risk on cash.
+Added: Management believes it is not exposed
+Added: to any significant credit risk on cash.
Foreign Currency Translation
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NOTE 3 – ACCRUED EXPENSES
−Removed: Accrued expenses at April 30, 2022, and 2021,
−Removed: are summarized below:
+Added: Accrued expenses at April 30, 2023 and 2022 are
+Added: summarized below:
Schedule of accrued expenses
Payroll related costs
−Removed: Director and Officer insurance financing
The Director and Officer Insurance Policy for
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rate of 4.85 % per annum and required eight monthly payments of $ 12,829 .
−Removed: The unpaid balances as of April 30, 2022 and 2021, of $ 0 and $ 50,805 ,
−Removed: respectively, are included in accrued expenses.
−Removed: NOTE 4 – SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
−Removed: – PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
−Removed: On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted to
−Removed: provide financial aid to family and businesses impacted by COVID-19.
−Removed: The Company participated in the CARES Act, and on April 15,
−Removed: 2020, the Company entered into a note payable with a bank under the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (“PPP”) in the amount of $ 75,200 .
−Removed: This PPP loan was to mature on April 15, 2022 , with a fixed interest rate of 1 %
−Removed: per annum with interest deferred for six months.
−Removed: The PPP loan has an initial term of two years, is unsecured and guaranteed by the SBA.
−Removed: The Company used the proceeds from the PPP loan
−Removed: for qualifying expenses as defined in the PPP.
−Removed: The Company also applied for forgiveness of the PPP loan in accordance with the terms of
−Removed: the CARES Act.
−Removed: The SBA issued a notice of PPP loan forgiveness with an effective date of April 28, 2021, forgiving the entire principal
−Removed: of $ 75,200 and the accrued interest of $ 779 .
−Removed: The Company recognized the forgiveness of the PPP loan and accrued interest as Gain on forgiveness
−Removed: of Paycheck Protection Program loan in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021.
+Added: There were no unpaid balances as of April 30, 2023 and 2022.
NOTE 4 – COMMON STOCK TRANSACTIONS
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stock activity and related weighted average grant date fair value information for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
−Removed: In January 2020, the Company awarded 4,400
−Removed: shares of common stock to the executive officers of the Company as part of their compensation agreements for 2020.
−Removed: vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to them continuing service under the agreements.
−Removed: During the years ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022, and 2021, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amount of $ 0
−Removed: and $ 179,521 ,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: There were zero unvested shares as of April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, four
−Removed: non-employee members of the Board were issued 1,333 shares
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to their Director Letter Agreements (“DLAs”) in respect of their service during that year.
−Removed: shares were fully vested upon issuance.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2021, four non-employee
+Added: members of the Board were issued 1,334 shares of common stock pursuant to their Director Letter Agreements (“DLAs”) in respect
+Added: of their service during that year.
+Added: The shares were fully vested upon issuance.
The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $ 0 and $ 4,342
−Removed: the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
+Added: for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
There were zero unvested shares remaining related to such DLAs as of April
−Removed: 30, 2022, and 2021.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, four
−Removed: consultants were issued 667 shares
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to their consulting agreements with the Company.
−Removed: The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are
−Removed: subject to the consultants continuing to provide services under their consulting agreements.
−Removed: The Company recorded a non-cash
−Removed: consulting expense in the amount of $ 0 and
−Removed: the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to these consulting
−Removed: agreements as of April 30, 2022, and 2021.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, a
−Removed: consultant was issued 333 shares
−Removed: of common stock in respect of his services as the Chairman of the Company’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board with vesting
−Removed: subject to the consultant continuing to provide services to the Company.
−Removed: The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the
−Removed: amount of $ 3,542 and
−Removed: the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to his compensation
−Removed: arrangement as of April 30, 2022, and 2021.
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2021, a consultant
+Added: was issued 333 shares of common stock in respect of his services as the Chairman of the Company’s Medical and Scientific Advisory
+Added: Board with vesting subject to the consultant continuing to provide services to the Company.
+Added: The Company recorded a non-cash consulting
+Added: expense in the amount of $ 0 and $ 3,542 for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: There were zero unvested shares remaining
+Added: related to his compensation arrangement as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
In January 2021, the Company awarded 4,400 shares
of common stock to the executive officers of the Company as part of their compensation agreements for 2021.
−Removed: These shares vest
−Removed: monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to the executive officers continuing to provide service under their compensation
−Removed: During the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amounts of
+Added: These shares vest monthly
+Added: over a twelve-month period and are subject to the executive officers continuing to provide service under their compensation agreements.
+Added: During the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amounts of $ 0 and $ 29,480 ,
respectively.
−Removed: There were zero and 2,933 unvested
−Removed: shares as of April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
+Added: There were zero unvested shares as of April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
During the year ended April 30, 2022, four non-employee
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shares were fully vested upon issuance.
−Removed: The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $ 24,212 for the year ended April 30, 2022.
−Removed: zero unvested shares remaining related to such DLAs as of April 30, 2022, and 2021.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2022, four
−Removed: consultants were issued 668 shares
−Removed: of common stock pursuant to their consulting agreements with the Company.
−Removed: The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are
−Removed: subject to the consultants continuing to provide services under their consulting agreements.
+Added: The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $ 0 and $ 24,212 for the years ended April 30, 2023 and
+Added: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to such DLAs as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2022, four consultants
+Added: were issued 668 shares of common stock pursuant to their consulting agreements with the Company.
+Added: The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month
+Added: period and are subject to the consultants continuing to provide services under their consulting agreements.
The Company recorded a non-cash
−Removed: consulting expense in the amount of $ 9,576 for
−Removed: the year ended April 30, 2022.
−Removed: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to these consulting agreements as of April 30,
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2022, a
−Removed: consultant was issued 334 shares
−Removed: of common stock in respect of his services as the Chairman of the Company’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board with vesting
−Removed: subject to the consultant continuing to provide services to the Company.
−Removed: The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the
−Removed: amount of $ 1,059 for
−Removed: the year ended April 30, 2022.
−Removed: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to his compensation arrangement as of April 30,
+Added: consulting expense in the amount of $ 0 and $ 9,576 for the years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
+Added: There were zero unvested
+Added: shares remaining related to these consulting agreements as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2022, a consultant
+Added: was issued 334 shares of common stock in respect of his services as the Chairman of the Company’s Medical and Scientific Advisory
+Added: Board with vesting subject to the consultant continuing to provide services to the Company.
+Added: The Company recorded a non-cash consulting
+Added: expense in the amount of $ 0 and $ 1,059 for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: There were zero unvested shares remaining
+Added: related to his compensation arrangement as of April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
In January 2022, the Company awarded 4,400 shares
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over a twelve-month period and are subject to the executive officers continuing to provide service under their compensation agreements.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2022, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amounts of $ 3,667 .
−Removed: There were 2,933
−Removed: unvested shares as of April 30, 2022.
−Removed: On March 1, 2021, the Company received notices
−Removed: of cashless exercises of 26 warrant agreements.
−Removed: The cashless exercises resulted in the issuance of 29,144 shares of restricted common
+Added: During the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amounts of $ 7,334 and $ 3,667 .
+Added: There were zero and 2,933 unvested shares as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2023, three non-employee
+Added: members of the Board were issued 1,002 shares of common stock pursuant to their DLAs in respect of their service during that year.
+Added: shares were fully vested upon issuance.
+Added: The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $ 2,278 and $ 0 for the years ended April 30, 2023 and
+Added: 2022, respectively.
+Added: There were zero unvested shares remaining related to such DLAs as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
All shares were issued without registration under
the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
−Removed: On September 28, 2017, an S-3 Registration
−Removed: Statement (“Second S-3”) was declared effective by the Commission for the Company to sell from time to time in one or more
−Removed: public offerings of up to $50 million of its securities on a “shelf offering” basis.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021,
−Removed: the Company sold and issued approximately 462,000 shares of common stock, at prices ranging from approximately $15 to $45 per share.
−Removed: of underwriting discounts, legal, accounting, and other offering expenses, the Company received proceeds of approximately $ 4.7 million
−Removed: from the sale of these shares for the year ended April 30, 2021.
−Removed: On April 9, 2021, the Third S-3 (“Third S-3”) was declared
−Removed: effective by the Commission for a public offering of up to $100 million on a “shelf offering” basis.
−Removed: During the year ended
−Removed: April 30, 2022, the Company sold and issued approximately 19.1 million shares of common stock, at prices ranging from $4.25 to $5.00 per
−Removed: Net of underwriting discounts, legal, accounting, and other offering expenses, the Company received approximately $ 87.4 million
−Removed: from the sale of these shares and the exercise of approximately 2.5 million warrant shares for the year ended April 30, 2022.
+Added: On April 14, 2021, the Company’s Registration
+Added: Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
+Added: 333-255044) was declared effective by the Commission, registering up to $100 million of the Company’s
+Added: During August 2021, the Company sold and issued approximately 19.1 million shares of common stock, at prices ranging from
+Added: $4.25 to $5.00 per share.
+Added: Net of underwriting discounts, legal, accounting, and other offering expenses, the Company received approximately
+Added: $ 87.4 million from the sale of these shares and warrants and the exercise of warrants for approximately 2.5 million warrant shares.
+Added: On August 9, 2021, the Company entered into an
+Added: underwriting agreement to offer and sell shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock and warrants to purchase
+Added: common stock in a public offering (“First Offering”).
+Added: The gross proceeds of the First Offering were $ 15 million , before deducting
+Added: underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering expenses.
+Added: In August 2021, the Company received twenty-seven
+Added: (27) cash exercise notices relating to the common warrants with respect to the First Offering totaling 2,522,387 warrant shares (“Warrant
+Added: The Company received approximately $ 10,720,000 and issued 2,522,387 shares of common stock as a result of the exercise
+Added: On August 19, 2021, the Company entered into a
+Added: securities purchase agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors (“Purchasers”)
+Added: pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell in a registered direct offering (“Registered Direct Offering”), shares of the
+Added: Company’s common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock.
+Added: Further, pursuant to the Securities Purchase
+Added: Agreement, in a concurrent private placement (together with the Registered Direct Offering, “Second Offering”), the Company
+Added: also agreed to issue to the Purchasers unregistered warrants (“Series A Warrants”) to purchase shares of common stock.
+Added: Company received gross proceeds from the Second Offering, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable
+Added: by the Company, of approximately $70 million.
+Added: On November 17, 2021, the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 registering
+Added: the resale of the common stock underlying the Series A Warrants was declared effective by the U.S.
+Added: Securities and Exchange Commission
+Added: (“Commission”).
A summary of the Company’s non-vested restricted
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2022 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: Effective June 30, 2021, the Company implemented
+Added: Effective December 28, 2022, the Company implemented
the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (“2022 Equity Plan”) as approved by the Company’s stockholders.
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As of April 30, 2023, the Company had 281,269
−Removed: outstanding stock options to its directors and officers (collectively, “Employee Options”) and consultants
−Removed: (“Non-Employee Options”).
+Added: outstanding stock options to its directors and officers (collectively, “Employee Options”) and consultants (“Non-Employee
During the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022,
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date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, based on the following weighted average assumptions:
−Removed: Assumptions for options
+Added: Schedule of assumptions for options
Years Ended April 30,
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Expected volatility
−Removed: Expected lives (years)
+Added: Expected term (years)
Expected dividend yield
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A summary of the Company’s stock option
−Removed: activity and related information for the two years ended April 30, 2022 are shown below:
+Added: activity and related information for the two years ended April 30, 2023 is shown below:
Schedule of stock option activity
−Removed: Price per Share
+Added: Exercise Price Per Share
Outstanding, April 30, 2021
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Vested and expected to vest
−Removed: A summary of the activity for unvested stock
−Removed: options during the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021 is as follows:
−Removed: Unvested stock option activity
+Added: A summary of the activity for unvested stock options
+Added: during the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:
+Added: Schedule of unvested stock option activity
Unvested, April 30, 2021
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Unvested, April 30, 2023
−Removed: The Company recorded $ 44,800
−Removed: and $ 176,568
−Removed: of stock-based compensation related to the issuance of Employee Options to certain officers and directors in exchange for services
−Removed: during the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: At April 30, 2022, there remained $ 7,777
−Removed: of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Employee Options granted to officers and directors, to be recognized
−Removed: as expense over a weighted-average period of the remaining eight months in the calendar year.
−Removed: The unvested options vest at 500 shares
−Removed: per month and are expected to be fully vested on December 31, 2022.
+Added: The Company recorded $ 638,072 and $ 44,800 of stock-based
+Added: compensation related to the issuance of Employee Options to certain officers and directors in exchange for services during the years ended
+Added: April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: At April 30, 2023, there remained zero unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Employee
+Added: Options granted to officers and directors.
The following table summarizes the outstanding
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and do not provide any guarantee of value or return.
−Removed: The Company elected to early adopt ASU No.
−Removed: Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity
−Removed: (Subtopic 815-40) as of May 1, 2021.
−Removed: The early adoption of ASU No.2020-06 had an immaterial effect on the Company’s consolidated
−Removed: financial statements.
Effective August 12, 2021, the Company issued
−Removed: Common Stock Warrant Agreements (“Common Warrants”) with respect to the First Offering.
+Added: common stock purchase warrants (“Common Warrants”) with respect to the First Offering.
The Company issued Common Warrants
−Removed: to purchase 4,028,528
−Removed: shares of common stock based upon the underwriting agreement with H.C.
+Added: to purchase 4,028,528 shares of common stock pursuant to the underwriting agreement with H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”).
−Removed: Common Warrants have a term of five years with an exercise price of $ 4.25
−Removed: per warrant share, are fully vested upon issuance and have a cashless exercise feature.
−Removed: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option
−Removed: pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of these Common Warrants to be approximately $ 9,385,000
−Removed: and comprises the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
+Added: The Common Warrants expire August 12, 2026, have an exercise price of $ 4.25 per share, were fully exercisable upon issuance and have a
+Added: cashless exercise feature.
+Added: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of these
+Added: Common Warrants was approximately $ 9,385,000 which was included in the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the Consolidated
+Added: Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
Additionally, with respect to the First Offering,
−Removed: the Company issued common stock warrant agreements to Wainwright (“Underwriter Warrants”) to purchase 264,706
−Removed: shares of common stock.
−Removed: The Underwriter Warrants have a term of five years with an exercise price of $ 5.3125
−Removed: per warrant share, are fully vested upon issuance and have a cashless exercise feature.
−Removed: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option
−Removed: pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of these Underwriter Warrants to be approximately $ 601,000
−Removed: and comprises the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
+Added: the Company issued common stock purchase warrants to Wainwright (“Underwriter Warrants”) to purchase 264,706 shares of common
+Added: The Underwriter Warrants expire August 12, 2026, have an exercise price of $ 5.3125 per warrant share, were fully exercisable upon
+Added: issuance and have a cashless exercise feature.
+Added: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate
+Added: fair value of these Underwriter Warrants was approximately $ 601,000 which was included in the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented
+Added: on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
Effective August 12, 2021, the Company issued
−Removed: pre-funded warrants (“Pre-funded Warrants”) to purchase common stock and Common Warrants based upon the underwriting
+Added: 899,027 pre-funded warrants (“Pre-funded Warrants”) to purchase common stock and Common Warrants pursuant to the underwriting
agreement with Wainwright with respect to the First Offering.
−Removed: The Pre-funded Warrants required a payment upon issuance of $4.249 per
−Removed: warrant share and are fully vested upon issuance.
−Removed: The Company received approximately $ 3,820,000
−Removed: from the issuance of the Pre-funded Warrants.
−Removed: The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per share, are exercisable
−Removed: immediately, have a cashless exercise feature and do not have an expiration date.
−Removed: In August 2021, all 899,027
−Removed: of the Pre-funded Warrants issued under the underwriting agreement were exercised.
−Removed: The Company received $ 899
−Removed: as a result of the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants and issued 899,027 shares of common stock as a result of the exercise notices.
−Removed: There was no additional effect on the Pre-funded Warrants as they were fully exercised.
+Added: The Pre-funded Warrants were sold for $4.249 per Pre-funded Warrant share.
+Added: The Company received approximately $ 3,820,000 from the issuance of the Pre-funded Warrants.
+Added: The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price
+Added: of $0.001 per share, were exercisable immediately, have a cashless exercise feature and do not have an expiration date.
+Added: In August 2021,
+Added: all 899,027 of the Pre-funded Warrants issued under the underwriting agreement were exercised.
+Added: As a result of the exercise, the Company
+Added: received $ 899 and issued 899,027 shares of common stock.
Effective August 23, 2021, the Company issued
−Removed: additional Common Stock Warrant Agreements (“Series A Warrants”) with respect to its Registered Direct Public offering.
−Removed: Company issued Series A Warrants to purchase 7,000,000
−Removed: shares of common stock based upon the Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors.
−Removed: The Series A Warrants
−Removed: have a term of five years with an exercise price of $ 5.00
−Removed: per warrant share, are fully vested upon issuance, have a cashless exercise feature and are exercisable immediately.
−Removed: Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of these Series A Warrants to be approximately
−Removed: and comprises the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
−Removed: Effective August 23, 2021, the Company
−Removed: issued additional Common Stock Warrant Agreements (“Placement Agent Warrants”) with respect to its Registered Direct
−Removed: Public Offering.
−Removed: The Company issued Placement Agent Warrants to purchase 1,050,000
−Removed: shares of common stock to Wainwright or its designees based upon Wainwright acting as placement agent.
−Removed: The Placement Agent Warrants
−Removed: have a term of five years with an exercise price of $ 6.25
−Removed: per warrant share, are fully vested upon issuance, have a cashless exercise feature and are exercisable immediately.
−Removed: Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of these Placement Agent Warrants to be
−Removed: approximately $ 3,151,000
−Removed: and comprises the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the
+Added: additional common stock purchase warrants (“Series A Warrants”) with respect to the Second Offering.
+Added: The Company issued Series
+Added: A Warrants to purchase 7,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors.
+Added: The Series A Warrants expire August 23, 2026, have an exercise price of $ 5.00 per warrant share, were fully exercisable upon issuance
+Added: and have a cashless exercise feature.
+Added: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate fair value
+Added: of these Series A Warrants was approximately $ 21,340,000 which was included in the non-cash equity issuance costs as presented on the
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
Effective August 23, 2021, the Company issued
−Removed: Pre-funded Warrants pursuant to the Registered Direct Offering to purchase 5,570,000
−Removed: shares of common stock in the amount of approximately $ 27,844,000
−Removed: which required payments upon issuance of $4.999 per warrant share.
−Removed: The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.001
−Removed: per share, are fully vested upon issuance, are immediately exercisable, have a cashless exercise feature and do not have an expiration
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022, 4,620,000
−Removed: of the Pre-funded Warrants have been exercised for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 4,620,
−Removed: which resulted in the issuance of 4,620,000 shares.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022, the remaining unexercised Pre-funded Warrants were 950,000
−Removed: shares that can be exercised for $950.
−Removed: The Company received $4,749,050 pursuant to the issuance of the Pre-funded Warrants and these
−Removed: shares remain unissued as of April 30, 2022, (see Note 13 – Subsequent Events).
−Removed: In August 2021, the Company received
−Removed: twenty-seven cash exercise notices relating to the Common Warrants with respect to the First Offering totaling 2,522,387 warrant shares.
−Removed: The Company received approximately $ 10,720,000 and issued 2,522,387 shares of common stock as a result of the exercise notices.
+Added: additional common stock purchase warrants (“Placement Agent Warrants”) with respect to the Second Offering.
+Added: The Company issued
+Added: Placement Agent Warrants to purchase 1,050,000 shares of common stock to Wainwright or its designees, pursuant to Wainwright acting as
+Added: placement agent.
+Added: The Placement Agent Warrants expire August 23, 2026, have an exercise price of $ 6.25 per warrant share, were fully exercisable
+Added: upon issuance, and have a cashless exercise feature.
+Added: Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate
+Added: fair value of these Placement Agent Warrants was approximately $ 3,151,000 and which was included in the non-cash equity issuance costs
+Added: as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of $34,477,000.
+Added: Effective August 23, 2021, the Company issued
+Added: Pre-funded Warrants pursuant to the Second Offering to purchase 5,570,000 shares of common stock for approximately $ 27,844,000 or $4.999
+Added: per warrant share.
+Added: The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.001 per share, were fully exercisable upon issuance, have a cashless
+Added: exercise feature and do not have an expiration date.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023, 5,500,000 of the Pre-funded Warrants have been exercised for
+Added: aggregate gross proceeds of $ 5,500 , which resulted in the issuance of 5,500,000 shares.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023, Pre-funded Warrants were
+Added: exercisable for 70,000 shares of common stock remained outstanding.
+Added: The Company received a total of $ 4,749,930 pursuant to the issuance
+Added: of the Pre-funded Warrants as of April 30, 2023.
+Added: In August 2021, the Company received twenty-seven
+Added: cash exercise notices relating to the Common Warrants with respect to the First Offering totaling 2,522,387 warrant shares.
+Added: received approximately $ 10,720,000 and issued 2,522,387 shares of common stock as a result of the exercise notices.
Series A Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants
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At the time, the Series A Warrants and the Placement
−Removed: Agent Warrants were issued, neither the Series A Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants nor the underlying common stock was registered
−Removed: pursuant to the Securities Act.
−Removed: The Company registered the common stock underlying the Series A Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants
−Removed: pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (“Registration Statement”) filed with the Commission on November 8, 2021.
−Removed: The Registration Statement became effective on November 17, 2021.
+Added: Agent Warrants were issued, neither the Series A Warrants, the Placement Agent Warrants nor the underlying common stock for such warrants
+Added: was registered pursuant to the Securities Act.
+Added: The Company registered the common stock underlying the Series A Warrants and the Placement
+Added: Agent Warrants pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (“Registration Statement”) filed with the Commission on November
+Added: The Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission on November 17, 2021.
A summary of the Company’s warrant activity
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Outstanding, April 30, 2022
−Removed: ( 8,041,414 )
Outstanding, April 30, 2023
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The Company owns 14.3 % of the equity in SG Austria,
−Removed: and is reported on the cost method of accounting.
+Added: and this investment is reported on the cost method of accounting.
SG Austria has two subsidiaries:
(i) Austrianova;
−Removed: and (ii) Austrianova Thailand.
−Removed: Company purchased products and services from these subsidiaries in the approximate amounts of $ 323,000 and $ 405,000 in the years ended
−Removed: April 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.
+Added: and (ii) Austrianova
+Added: The Company purchased products and services from these subsidiaries in the approximate amounts of $ 339,000 and $ 323,000 in the
+Added: years ended April 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
In April 2014, the Company entered the Vin-de-Bona
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and diabetes (Prof.
−Removed: Gunzburg is the Chairman of Austrianova, and Dr.
+Added: Günzburg is the Chairman of Austrianova, and Dr.
Salmons is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Austrianova).
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and $ 114,000 , respectively.
−Removed: In addition, during the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, the Company issued 167 and 167 shares of common
−Removed: stock, respectively, to Dr.
−Removed: The Company recorded a noncash consulting expense of approximately $ 400 and $ 5,000 relating to these
−Removed: share issuances for the years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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upon a percentage of the sales of the pharmaceutical products if regulatory approval for marketing is obtained.
−Removed: In May 2019, the Company entered into a lease
−Removed: for its office space in Laguna Hills, California for a one-year lease for the leased premises.
−Removed: The term of the lease expired on August
−Removed: On May 28, 2020, the Company entered into an additional
−Removed: six-month lease of this office space, commencing on September 1, 2020.
−Removed: The term of the new lease expired on February 28, 2021.
−Removed: On May 24, 2021, the Company entered into an additional
−Removed: six-month lease of this office space, commencing on September 1, 2021, which expires on February 28, 2022.
+Added: On May 24, 2021, the Company entered into a lease
+Added: for its office space in Laguna Hills, California for a six-month lease for the leased premises commencing on September 1, 2021.
+Added: of the lease expired on February 28, 2022.
In October 2021, the Company moved the Company’s
−Removed: headquarter from Laguna Hills, California to Las Vegas.
+Added: headquarters from Laguna Hills, California to Las Vegas.
In doing so, the Company entered into a lease for office space in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
−Removed: The term of the lease expires on April 30, 2022.
+Added: The term of the lease expired on April 30, 2022.
In January 2022, the Company entered into an additional
−Removed: six-month lease of the Las Vegas, Nevada office space, commencing on May 1, 2022, which expires on October 31, 2022.
+Added: six-month lease of the Las Vegas, Nevada office space, commencing on May 1, 2022, which expired on October 31, 2022.
+Added: In July 2022, the Company entered into an additional
+Added: six-month lease of the Las Vegas, Nevada office space, commencing on November 1, 2022, which expired on April 30, 2023.
+Added: In January 2023, the Company entered into a month-to-month
+Added: agreement of the Las Vegas office space, commencing on May 1, 2023.
Rent expenses for these offices for the years
ended April 30, 2023 and 2022 were $ 23,420 and $ 19,341 , respectively.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the Company’s
−Removed: aggregate future minimum lease payments required under the operating lease as of:
−Removed: Schedule of future minimum lease payments
−Removed: Year Ending April 30,
+Added: With the month-to-month office rental agreements
+Added: there are no aggregate future minimum lease payments required to be made.
Material Agreements
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The Company entered into executive compensation
−Removed: agreements with its three executive officers in March 2015, each of which was amended in December 2015 and March 2017.
−Removed: Each agreement
−Removed: has a term of two years with annual extensions thereafter unless the Company or the officer provides written notification of termination
−Removed: at least ninety days prior to the end of the term or subsequent extensions.
−Removed: The Company also entered a compensation agreement with a Board
−Removed: member in April 2015 which continued in effect until amended in May 2017.
−Removed: The Company entered into amended and restated
−Removed: executive compensation agreements with two executive officers with an effective date of January 1, 2022 (“Amendment Date”).
−Removed: Each agreement has a term of three (3) years from the Amendment Date (“Initial Term”) and has automatic renewals of one (1)
−Removed: year (“Renewal Term”) unless the Company or the officer provides written notice of termination at least ninety (90) days prior
−Removed: to the end of the Initial Term or the Renewal Term.
+Added: agreements with Kenneth L.
+Added: Waggoner, Gerald W.
+Added: Crabtree and Carlos A.
+Added: Trujillo in March 2015, each of which was amended in December 2015
+Added: and March 2017.
+Added: The Company’s compensation agreements with Mr.
+Added: Waggoner and Mr.
+Added: Trujillo were amended and restated effective January
+Added: The compensation agreements with Dr.
+Added: Crabtree had a term of two years and the compensation agreements for Mr.
+Added: Waggoner and Mr.
+Added: Trujillo had a term of three years, with automatic renewals unless the Company or the officer provides written notice of termination at
+Added: least ninety days prior to the end of the current term.
+Added: Effective October 6, 2022, Mr.
+Added: Waggoner signed
+Added: the Separation, Consulting and Release Agreement (“Separation Agreement”), whereby he resigned from all positions with the
+Added: Company and its subsidiaries.
+Added: The Separation Agreement contains a consulting services agreement covering a twelve-month period, whereby
+Added: Waggoner will serve as an independent contractor for the Company in exchange for a monthly consulting fee of approximately $36,000
+Added: for the duration of such period.
+Added: Effective October 11, 2022, Dr.
+Added: Crabtree signed
+Added: a release agreement with the Company, whereby he resigned from all Company positions, including all positions with the Company’s
+Added: subsidiaries.
In May 2017, the Company amended the compensation
−Removed: agreement with the Board members and the terms continue in effect until a member is no longer on the Board.
−Removed: The Company has four independent directors.
−Removed: director receives the same compensation:
−Removed: (i) $12,500 in cash for each calendar quarter of service on the Board;
−Removed: (ii) 333 fully paid, non-assessable
−Removed: shares of the Company’s restricted common stock (“Shares”) annually;
−Removed: and (iii) a five-year option to purchase 333 Shares
−Removed: annually at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Shares on the date of grant.
−Removed: The Shares and the option Shares fully
−Removed: vest on the date of the grants.
+Added: agreements with each of the then-current independent Board members, and the terms of such amended agreements continue in effect until
+Added: a member is no longer on the Board.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023, the Company had five directors.
+Added: Each director was entitled to receive $12,500 in cash for each calendar quarter of service on the Board.
+Added: On August 15, 2022, the Company and the Board:
+Added: (i) accepted the previously tendered irrevocable resignation of each of Dr.
+Added: Matthias Löhr, Dr.
+Added: Tong, Thomas Liquard,
+Added: Crabtree, and Carlos A.
+Added: Trujillo, as members of the Board, and (ii) appointed Jonathan L.
+Added: Schechter, Joshua N.
+Added: Daniel Allen, Daniel S.
+Added: Farb, and Jack E.
+Added: Stover as independent members of the Board, effective immediately, each with a term expiring
+Added: at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders or until such person’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or
+Added: On November 1, 2022, Jack E.
+Added: Stover notified the
+Added: Company of his decision to resign from the Board effective immediately.
+Added: On November 14, 2022, in accordance with the recommendation of
+Added: the Company’s Nominating Committee, Robert Weinstein was appointed to serve as a director of the Board and the Chairperson of the
+Added: Audit Committee, with a term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders or until death, resignation, disqualification
+Added: On November 14, 2022, the Board approved the employment
+Added: Joshua Silverman as the Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim President and Interim Chairman of the Board on a month-to-month
+Added: Silverman accepting employment he was no longer an independent director.
+Added: On December 28, 2022, the Company held its annual
+Added: meeting of stockholders.
+Added: The stockholders voted to elect the following directors to serve one-year terms expiring in 2023:
+Added: Schechter, Michael M.
+Added: Abecassis, Robert Weinstein and Wayne R.
+Added: Service Agreements
+Added: The Company has entered into several service agreements
+Added: with independent and related parties pursuant to which services will be provided over a specified period-of-time related to the IND which
+Added: the FDA has placed on clinical hold.
+Added: The services include regulatory affairs strategy, advice and follow up work on the IND and services
+Added: related to having the clinical hold lifted.
+Added: The total cost is estimated to be approximately $212,000, of which the related party (SG Austria
+Added: and its subsidiaries) portion will be approximately $157,000.
+Added: These amounts take into account some of the cost associated with the work
+Added: and preclinical studies required to lift the clinical hold.
NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES
−Removed: At April 30, 2022, the Company had federal
−Removed: and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $ 52,382,000
+Added: At April 30, 2023, the Company had federal and
+Added: state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $ 55,625,000
and $ 47,295,000 ,
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these operating loss carryforwards expire in 2022 through 2038.
−Removed: Internal Revenue Code section 382 imposes an annual limitation for the utilization of tax attributes if there is an “ownership
−Removed: changes.” Based upon the equity activity during the year ended April 30, 2022, the Company had an ownership change in August
−Removed: Accordingly, it is more likely than not that section 382 will impose a restrictive limitation on the utilization of the
−Removed: Company’s federal tax attributes and would require the net operating loss carryforward to be written down.
−Removed: The Company is
−Removed: currently working through its section 382 study.
+Added: Revenue Code Section 382 imposes an annual limitation for the utilization of tax attributes if there is an “ownership change”.
+Added: Based upon the equity activity during the year ended April 30, 2022, the Company had an ownership change in August 2021.
+Added: of the change in-control that occurred in the Company’s shareholder base in August 2021, approximately $ 37,060,000
+Added: and $ 40,808,000
+Added: federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, respectively, became limited in their availability.
+Added: The remaining net operating
+Added: loss carryforwards are approximately $ 18,565,000
+Added: and $ 6,487,000
+Added: for federal and state purposes, respectively.
+Added: The remaining net operating loss deferred tax assets are approximately $ 3,899,000
+Added: and $ 555,000 for federal and state purposes, respectively.
Current tax laws limit the amount of loss available
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Stock compensation
+Added: Research and development
Total deferred tax assets
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any deferred tax assets or liabilities.
−Removed: The net change in valuation allowance for the years ended April 30, 2022, and 2021, was a decrease
−Removed: of $ 739,798 and an increase of $ 969,241 , respectively.
+Added: The net change in valuation allowance for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022 was an increase
+Added: of $ 470,940 and a decrease of $ 739,798 , respectively.
The provision for income taxes differs from the
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$ ( 906,359 )
+Added: $ ( 890,224 )
State income taxes, net of Federal taxes
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Expired stock options
−Removed: Net valuation allowance for state tax deductions
+Added: Net valuation allowance for state NOLs
Provision for income taxes
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As of the year ended April 30, 2023, the tax returns for 2018 through 2022
−Removed: remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and various state tax authorities.
+Added: remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities.
The Company’s policy is to recognize any
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Years Ended April 30,
+Added: $ ( 4,315,993 )
+Added: $ ( 4,239,161 )
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding
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Basic and diluted loss per share
−Removed: The table below sets forth these potentially
−Removed: dilutive securities:
+Added: The table below sets forth these potentially dilutive
Schedule of potentially dilutive securities
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The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of
−Removed: preferred stock, with a par value of $ 0.0001 , of which one share has been designated as "Series A Preferred Stock".
−Removed: 30, 2022, there are no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
+Added: preferred stock, with a par value of $ 0.0001 , of which one share had been designated as "Series A Preferred Stock" as of April
+Added: As of April 30, 2023 and 2022, there were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
The description of the Series A Preferred Stock
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The Series A Preferred Stock has no rights of transfer, conversion, dividends, preferences upon liquidation or participation in any distributions to shareholders.
+Added: NOTE 12 – TREASURY STOCK
+Added: In May 2022, the Board authorized a share repurchase
+Added: program to acquire its outstanding common stock for up to $ 10 million .
+Added: In January 2023, the Board authorized an additional share repurchase
+Added: program to acquire up to an additional $10 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock (“the New Program”).
+Added: conjunction with the share repurchase programs, the Company selected a broker to repurchase shares on behalf of the Company.
+Added: of common stock repurchased on any given trading day is determined by a formula, which is based on the market price of the common stock
+Added: and average daily volumes.
+Added: Shares repurchased are held in treasury for general corporate purposes.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2023,
+Added: the Company repurchased 4,808,098 shares at a total cost, including commissions, of $ 13,560,623 .
+Added: These shares are treated as Treasury
+Added: Stock using the cost method.
+Added: The 4,808,098 shares repurchased are included in Treasury Stock in the accompanying Consolidated Balance
+Added: At April 30, 2023, including the New Program, $ 6,497,473 remains available to repurchase the Company’s common stock pursuant
+Added: to the share repurchase programs.
NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: In May 2022, the Board granted the Company’s
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer stock options of 529,000 and 201,860, respectively, and restricted stock units of
−Removed: 150,800 and 57,540, respectively.
−Removed: These grants were made subject to an increase in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock.
−Removed: The Company is planning to increase the authorized shares of common stock at its 2022 annual shareholders meeting.
−Removed: In May 2022, the Board of Directors authorized
−Removed: a Share Repurchase Program whereby the Company would repurchase the Company’s common stock at the discretion of the Company’s
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer, depending on market conditions over a two-year period, in the amount of up to $10 million.
−Removed: The repurchases shall
−Removed: follow the applicable laws, including the Nevada Revised Statutes and Federal securities laws and in a manner to comply with the provisions
−Removed: of Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Act or any subsequent superseding or amending rule.
−Removed: As of July 28, 2022, there has been 851,981 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock repurchased at an approximate cost of $2,091,000, including commissions.
−Removed: On July 7, 2022, the Company received a notice
+Added: Issuance of Preferred Stock and Warrants
+Added: In May 2023, the Company entered into a Securities
+Added: Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the Company sold 35,000 shares of the Company’s newly designated
+Added: Series B convertible preferred stock with a stated value of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Shares”) and warrants to acquire
+Added: up to an aggregate of 8,750,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: The sale of the 35,000 Preferred Shares and warrants resulted in gross proceeds
+Added: of $35 million.
+Added: Preferred Shares
+Added: The terms of the Preferred Shares are as set
+Added: forth in the Certificate of Designations, which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on May 10, 2023.
+Added: Preferred Shares are convertible into shares of common stock (the “Conversion Shares”) at the election of the holder at
+Added: any time at an initial conversion price of $4.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”).
+Added: The Conversion Price is subject to
+Added: customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment in
+Added: the event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, at a price
+Added: below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to certain exceptions).
+Added: The Company will be required to redeem the Preferred
+Added: Shares in equal monthly installments, commencing on November 9, 2023.
+Added: The amortization payments due upon such redemption are
+Added: payable, at the company’s election, in cash, or subject to certain limitations, in shares of common stock valued at the lower
+Added: of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the greater of (A) a 20% discount to the average of the three lowest closing
+Added: prices of the Company’s common stock during the thirty trading day period immediately prior to the date the amortization
+Added: payment is due or (B) the lower of $0.556 and 20% of the Minimum Price (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock
+Added: Market) on the date of receipt of Nasdaq Stockholder Approval (as defined below);
+Added: provided that if the amount set forth in clause B
+Added: is the lowest effective price, the Company will be required to pay the amortization payment in cash.
+Added: The Company may require holders
+Added: to convert their Preferred Shares into Conversion Shares if the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $6.00 per share for 20
+Added: consecutive trading days and the daily trading volume of the Common Stock exceeds 1,000,000 shares per day during the same period
+Added: and certain equity conditions described in the Certificate of Designations are satisfied.
+Added: The holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled
+Added: to dividends of 4% per annum, compounded monthly, which will be payable in cash or shares of Common Stock at the Company’s option,
+Added: in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations.
+Added: Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event
+Added: (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Preferred Shares will accrue dividends at the rate of 15% per annum.
+Added: of Preferred Shares have no voting rights on account of the Preferred Shares, other than with respect to certain matters affecting the
+Added: rights of the Preferred Shares.
+Added: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s
+Added: ability to settle conversions and make amortization payments using shares of Common Stock is subject to certain limitations set forth
+Added: in the Certificate of Designations, including a limit on the number of shares that may be issued until the time, if any, that the Company’s
+Added: stockholders have approved the issuance of more than 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock in accordance with
+Added: Nasdaq listing standards (the “Nasdaq Stockholder Approval”).
+Added: The Company has agreed to seek stockholder approval of these
+Added: matters at a meeting to be held no later than October 1, 2023.
+Added: Further, the Certificate of Designations contains a certain beneficial
+Added: ownership limitation after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of, or as part of any amortization
+Added: payment under, the Certificate of Designations or Warrants.
+Added: The Certificate of Designations includes certain
+Added: Triggering Events (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), including, among other things, the failure to file and maintain an
+Added: effective registration statement covering the sale of the holder’s securities registrable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement
+Added: (defined below) and the Company’s failure to pay any amounts due to the holders of the Preferred Shares when due.
+Added: In connection
+Added: with a Triggering Event, each holder of Preferred Shares will be able to require the Company to redeem in cash any or all of the holder’s
+Added: Preferred Shares at a premium set forth in the Certificate of Designations.
+Added: On May 11, 2023, the Company commenced a tender
+Added: offer, in accordance with Rule 13e-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to purchase up to 7,750,000 shares
+Added: of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a price of $3.25 per share.
+Added: The tender offer expired one minute after 11:59 p.m.
+Added: on June 9, 2023, and following such expiration the Company accepted for purchase a total of 8,085,879 shares at $3.25 per share, including
+Added: 335,879 shares that the Company elected to purchase pursuant to its right to purchase up to an additional 2% of its outstanding shares.
+Added: The resultant aggregate purchase price was approximately $26,279,000, excluding fees and expenses relating to the tender offer.
+Added: On June 23, 2023, the Company received a notice
of exercise relating to the Pre-funded Warrants pursuant to the registered direct offering in the amount of $70 which resulted in the
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Years Ended April 30, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: Schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts
−Removed: Reserve Deducted in the Balance Sheets from the Asset to which it applies:
+Added: Reserve Deducted in the Balance Sheets from the
+Added: Asset to which it applies:
Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets:
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