S-1: General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies
Published on June 30, 2020
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30,
2020
Registration No.
333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Commission File Number: 000-30262
KNOW LABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nevada
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90-0273142
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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3920
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(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Number)
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500
Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, Washington
USA
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98101
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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206-903-1351
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
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N/A
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(Former name, address, and fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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Ronald P. Erickson, Chairman of the Board
Know Labs, Inc.
500 Union Street, Suite 810
Seattle, WA 98101
206-903-1351
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Lawrence W. Horwitz, Esq.
Jessica Lockett, Esq.
Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation
14 Orchard, Suite 200
Lake Forest, California 92630
(949) 540-6540
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after this Registration
Statement is declared effective.
If any
of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, check the following
box. ☒
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Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ?
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Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered
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Amount to be
Registered (1)
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Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Unit (2)
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, underlying the Principal of 8%
Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (3)
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5,639,500
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$1.75
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$9,869,125
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$1,281.01
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, underlying the Interest of 8%
Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (3)
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451,160
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1.75
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789,530
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102.48
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, issuable upon exercise of
Investor Warrants (3)
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2,819,750
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1.75
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4,934,563
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640.51
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, issuable upon exercise of
Placement Agent Private Placement Offering Warrants
(4)
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615,675
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1.75
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1,077,431
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139.85
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Total
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9,526,085
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$1.75
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$16,670,649
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$2,163.85
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
(1) In
the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction
involving our common stock, in order to prevent dilution, the
number of shares registered shall be automatically increased to
cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”).
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act,
solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee based
upon the average of the high and low prices as reported on the Over
the Counter Bulletin Board ("OTCBB") as of June 30,
2020.
(3)
This Registration Statement covers the resale by our selling
shareholders (the "Selling Shareholders") of:
(i) up
to 5,639,500 shares of common stock underlying the conversion of
principal amount of registrants 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Notes
(“Principal Shares”)
(ii) up
to 451,160 shares of common stock issuable by the registrant
upon the conversion of interest accrued under the 8%
Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (“Interest Shares”)
(The Principal Shares and Interest Shares are referred to
collectively as the “Shares”).
(iii)
up to 2,819,750 shares (the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding investor's warrants
(the "Investor Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were
previously issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with 8%
Unsubordinated Convertible Notes offering that closed in a series
of closings between October 17, 2019 and June 24,
2020.
(4)
We are registering 615,675 shares of
our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding
placement agent warrants (the “Placement Agent
Warrants”) at an exercise price of $1.20 per share that were
previously issued to Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns
(collectively “Placement Agent”) pursuant to an
engagement agreement dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead
Offering Engagement Agreement”) which provides that the
Placement Agent shall receive that certain number of warrants to
purchase the common stock of the Company equal to the number of
warrants issued under the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note
Offering (the “Offering”). In the event of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions involving the
common stock, the number of common shares registered shall, unless
otherwise expressly provided, automatically be deemed to cover the
additional securities to be offered or issued pursuant to Rule 416
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”). In the event that the provisions of
the agreements require the registrant to issue more shares than are
being registered in this registration statement, for reasons other
than those stated in Rule 416 of the Securities Act, the registrant
will file a new registration statement to register those additional
shares.
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH
DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL
THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL
THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
THE
INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED.
THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL
THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT
PERMITTED.
Subject to completion, dated June 30, 2020
Know Labs, Inc.
500 Union Street, Suite 810
Seattle, WA 98101
206-903-1351
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
This prospectus covers the resale by the Selling Stockholders (the
“Selling Stockholders”):
(i) up to 5,639,750 shares of common stock underlying the principal,
and up to 451,160 shares
underlying the interest accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated
Convertible Notes (the “Notes”), which have a
conversion price that is the lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty
five percent (25%) discount to the price per share paid by
investors a future Qualified Financing (the
“Shares”)
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares (the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding investor's warrants
(the "Investor Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were
previously issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with
the Notes Offering that closed in a series of closings
between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
(iii)
615,675 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding placement agent
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share that were previously issued to
Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns (collectively
“Placement Agent”) pursuant to an engagement agreement
dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead Offering Engagement
Agreement”) which provides that the Placement Agent shall
receive that certain number of warrants to purchase the common
stock of the Company equal to the number of warrants issued under
the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note Offering (the
“Offering”).
The common stock covered by this prospectus may be offered for
resale from time to time by the Selling Stockholders identified in
this prospectus in accordance with the terms described in the
section entitled “Plan of Distribution.”
We are not selling any shares of our common stock in this offering
and, as a result, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of
the common stock covered by this prospectus. All of the net
proceeds from the sale of our common stock will go to the Selling
Stockholders. Upon exercise of the Investor Warrants and Placement
Agent Warrants, however, we will receive up to $1.20 per share. Any
proceeds received from the exercise of such warrants will be used
for general working capital and other corporate
purposes.
The Selling Stockholders may sell common stock from time to time at
prices established on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board ("OTCBB")
or as negotiated in private transactions, or as otherwise described
under the heading "Plan of Distribution." The common stock may be
sold directly or through agents or broker-dealers acting as agents
on behalf of the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders may
engage brokers, dealers or agents who may receive commissions or
discounts from the Selling Stockholders. We will pay all the
expenses incident to the registration of the shares; however, we
will not pay for sales commissions or other expenses applicable to
the sale of our common stock registered hereunder.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace, operated by OTC
Markets Group, under the symbol "KNWN". On June 23, 2020, the last
reported sale price for our common stock on the OTCQB Marketplace
was $1.75 per share.
On May
24, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) announced the effectiveness of a change in
the Company’s name from Visualant Incorporated to Know Labs,
Inc. and a change in our ticker symbol from VSUL to the new trading
symbol KNWN which became effective on the opening of trading as of
May 25, 2018. In addition, in connection with the name change and
symbol change, we were assigned the CUSIP number of
499238103.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE THE
SECTION ENTITLED "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 7 IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THESE RISK FACTORS, AS
WELL AS THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, BEFORE YOU
INVEST.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE
SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR
COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
No dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give
any information or make any representations in connection with this
offering other than those contained in this prospectus and, if
given or made, the information or representations must not be
relied upon as having been authorized by us. This prospectus does
not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy any security other than the securities offered by this
prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer
or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.
The date of this prospectus is June 30, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus
and any applicable prospectus supplement. We have not authorized
anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If
anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you
should not rely on it. The information contained in this prospectus
is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of
the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of securities
described in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to
sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy
these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this
prospectus or any prospectus supplement, as well as information we
have previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
is accurate as of the date on the front of those documents only.
Our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since those dates.
For
investors outside the United States: neither we nor the
underwriters have done anything that would permit this offering or
possession or distribution of this prospectus or any free writing
prospectus we may provide to you in connection with this offering
in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required,
other than in the United States. You are required to inform
yourselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to this
offering and the distribution of this prospectus and any such free
writing prospectus outside of the United States.
Unless
otherwise indicated, information contained in this prospectus
concerning our industry and the markets in which we operate,
including our general expectations and market position, market
opportunity and market share, is based on information from our own
management estimates and research, as well as from industry and
general publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by
third parties. Management estimates are derived from publicly
available information, our knowledge of our industry and
assumptions based on such information and knowledge, which we
believe to be reasonable. Our management estimates have not been
verified by any independent source, and we have not independently
verified any third-party information. In addition, assumptions and
estimates of our and our industry's future performance are
necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to
a variety of factors, including those described in "Risk Factors".
These and other factors could cause our future performance to
differ materially from our assumptions and estimates. See "Special
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements".
Our trademarks Chromia™ and
Bio-RFID™ are used
throughout this prospectus. This prospectus also includes
trademarks, trade names and service marks that are the property of
other organizations. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade
names referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® and
™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate,
in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under
applicable law, our rights or that the applicable owner will not
assert its rights, to these trademarks and trade
names.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this
prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information
you should consider before investing in our common stock. You
should read this entire prospectus carefully, especially the "Risk
Factors" section of this prospectus and our financial statements
and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus,
before making an investment decision. As used in this prospectus,
unless the context otherwise requires, references to "we," "us,"
"our," "our company," “Know Labs, Inc.” and "Know Labs"
refer to Know Labs, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries
TransTech Systems, Inc and RAAI
Lighting, Inc., unless the context otherwise
requires.
On May 24, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) announced the effectiveness of a change in
our name from Visualant Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and a
change in our ticker symbol from VSUL to the new trading symbol
KNWN which became effective on the opening of trading as of May 25,
2018. In addition, in connection with the name change and symbol
change, we were assigned the CUSIP number of
499238103.
BACKGROUND AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Know Labs, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Nevada in 1998. Since 2007, we have been focused primarily
on research and development of proprietary technologies which can
be used to authenticate and diagnose a
wide variety of organic and non-organic substances and
materials. Our Common Stock trades on the OTCQB Exchange
under the symbol “KNWN.”
BUSINESS
We are focused on the development, marketing and sales of
proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely identifying
or authenticating almost any substance or material using
electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the unique
“signature” of the substance or material. We call these
our “Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies.
Historically, the Company focused on the development of our
proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs
(light emitting diodes) the ChromaID technology maps the color of
substances, fluids and materials. With our proprietary processes we
can authenticate and identify based upon the color that is present.
The color is both visible to us as humans but also outside of the
humanly visible color spectrum in the near infra-red and near
ultra-violet and beyond. The Company’s ChromaID scanner sees
what we like to call “Nature’s Color
Fingerprint.” Everything in nature has a unique color
identifier and with ChromaID the Company can see, and identify, and
authenticate based upon the color that is present. The
Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of uniquely identifying
and authenticating almost any substance or liquid using light to
record, detect and identify its unique color signature. More
recently, the Company has focused upon extensions and new
inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our ChromaID
technology. The Company calls this new technology
“Bio-RFID.” The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID
technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into
the commercialization phase of our Company as we work to create
revenue generating products for the marketplace. Today, the sole
focus of the Company is on its Bio-RFID technology and its
commercialization.
On
April 30, 2020, we incorporated Particle, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“Particle”). We are the sole shareholder.
As a result, Particle is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company. Particle shall utilize our corporate offices and is
expected to focus on the development and commercialization of our
extensive intellectual property relating to electromagnetic energy
outside of the medical diagnostic arena, which remains the parent
company’s singular focus with its initial product, the
UBAND™ non-invasive continuous glucose monitor. On June 1, 2020, we approved and ratified entry
into an intercompany Patent License Agreement (the
“Agreement”) dated May 21, 2020 with Particle whereby
Particle shall receive an exclusive non-transferrable license to
use certain patents and trademarks of the Company, in exchange we
shall receive: (i) a one-time fee of $250,000 upon a successful
financing of Particle, and (ii) a quarterly royalty payment equal
to the greater of 5% of the Gross Sales, net of returns, from
Particle, Inc. or $5,000.
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In 2010, we acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to our
business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and
personnel identification and authentication. TransTech has
historically provided substantially all of the Company’s
revenues. The financial results from our TransTech subsidiary have
been diminishing as vendors of their products increasingly move to
the Internet and direct sales to their customers. While it has
provides our current revenues, it is not central to our current
focus as a Company. Moreover, we have written down any goodwill
associated with its historic acquisition and we shut down
TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
The Know Labs Technology
We have internally and under contract with third parties developed
proprietary platform technologies to uniquely identify or
authenticate almost any material and substance. Our technology
utilizes electromagnetic energy along the electromagnetic spectrum
to perform analytics which allow the user to identify and
authenticate substances and materials depending upon the
user’s unique application and field of use. The
Company’s proprietary platform technologies are called
Bio-RFID and ChromaID.
The Company’s latest technology platform is called Bio-RFID.
Working in our lab over the last two years, we have developed
extensions and new inventions derived in part from our ChromaID
technology which we refer to as Bio-RFID technology. We are rapidly
advancing the development of this technology. We have announced
over the past year that we have successfully been able to
non-invasively ascertain blood glucose levels in humans. We are
building the internal and external development team necessary to
commercialize this newly discovered technology as well as make
additional patent filings covering the intellectual property
created with these new inventions. The first applications of our
Bio-RFID technology will be in a product we call the UBAND™.
The first UBAND product will be marketed as a Continuous Glucose
Monitor. It is a wearable product which will be worn on the wrist
or ankle and communicate with a smart phone device via Bluetooth
connectivity. It will provide the user with real time information
on their blood glucose levels. This initial product will require US
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval prior to its
introduction to the market.
We have also announced the results of laboratory-based comparison
testing between our Bio-RFID technology and the leading continuous
glucose monitors from Abbott Labs (Freestyle Libre®) and
DexCom (G5®). These results provide evidence of a high degree
of correlation between our Bio-RFID based technology and the
current industry leaders and their continuous glucose monitors. Our
technology is fundamentally differentiated from these industry
leaders as our UBAND continuous glucose monitor is completely
non-invasive.
We expect to begin the process of obtaining US Food and Drug
Administration approval of our non-invasive continuous blood
glucose monitoring device during calendar year 2020. To guide us in
that undertaking we previously announced the hiring of a Chief
Medical Officer and formed a Medical and Regulatory Advisory Board
to guide us through the FDA process. We are unable, however, to
estimate the time necessary for such approval nor the likelihood of
success in that endeavor.
Our ChromaID patented technology utilizes light at the photon
(elementary particle of light) level through a series of emitters
and detectors to generate a unique signature or
“fingerprint” from a scan of almost any solid, liquid
or gaseous material. This signature of reflected or transmitted
light is digitized, creating a unique ChromaID signature. Each
ChromaID signature is comprised of from hundreds to thousands of
specific data points.
The ChromaID technology looks beyond visible light frequencies to
areas of near infra-red and ultraviolet light and beyond that are
outside the humanly visible light spectrum. The data obtained
allows us to create a very specific and unique ChromaID signature
of the substance for a myriad of authentication, verification and
identification applications.
Traditional light-based identification technology, called
spectrophotometry, has relied upon a complex system of prisms,
mirrors and visible light. Spectrophotometers typically have a
higher cost and utilize a form factor (shape and size) more suited
to a laboratory setting and require trained laboratory personnel to
interpret the information. The ChromaID technology uses lower cost
LEDs and photodiodes and specific electromagnetic frequencies
resulting in a more accurate, portable and easy-to-use solution for
a wide variety of applications. The ChromaID technology not only
has significant cost advantages as compared to spectrophotometry,
it is also completely flexible is size, shape and configuration.
The ChromaID scan head can range in size from endoscopic to a scale
that could be the size of a large ceiling-mounted florescent light
fixture.
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In normal operation, a ChromaID master or reference scan is
generated and stored in a database. We call this the ChromaID
Reference Data Library. The scan head can then scan similar
materials to identify, authenticate or diagnose them by comparing
the new ChromaID digital signature scan to that of the original or
reference ChromaID signature or scan result. Over time, we believe
the ChromaID Reference Libraries can become a significant asset of
the Company, providing valuable information in numerous fields of
use. The Reference Data Libraries for our newly developed Bio-RFID
will have a similar promise regarding their utility and
value.
Bio-RFID and ChromaID: Foundational Platform
Technologies
Our Bio-RFID and ChromaID technologies provide a platform upon
which a myriad of applications can be developed. As platform
technologies, they are analogous to a smartphone, upon which an
enormous number of previously unforeseen applications have been
developed. Bio-RFID and ChromaID technologies are
“enabling” technologies that bring the science of
electromagnetic energy to low-cost, real-world commercialization
opportunities across multiple industries. The technologies are
foundational and, as such, the basis upon which the Company
believes significant businesses can be built.
As with other foundational technologies, a single application may
reach across multiple industries. The Bio-RFID technology can
non-invasively identity the presence and quantity of glucose in the
human body. By extension, there may be other molecular structures
which this same technology can identity in the human body which,
over time, the Company will focus upon. They may include the
monitoring of drug usage or the presence of illicit drugs. They may
also involve identifying hormones and various markers of
disease.
Similarly, the ChromaID technology can, for example effectively
differentiate and identify different brands of clear vodkas that
appear identical to the human eye. By extension, this same
technology could identify pure water from water with contaminants
present. It could provide real time detection of liquid medicines
such as morphine that have been adulterated or compromised. It
could detect if jet fuel has water contamination present. It could
determine when it is time to change oil in a deep fat fryer. These
are but a few of the potential applications of the ChromaID
technology based upon extensions of its ability to identify
different liquids.
The cornerstone of a company with a foundational platform
technology is its intellectual property. We have pursued an active
intellectual property strategy and have been granted 14 patents. We
currently have a number of patents pending and continue, on a
regular basis the filing of new patents. We possess all right,
title and interest to the issued patents. Nine issued and pending
patents are licensed exclusively to us in perpetuity by our
strategic partner, Allied Inventors, a spin-off entity of
Intellectual Ventures, an intellectual property fund.
Our Patents and Intellectual Property
We believe that our 14 patents, patent applications, registered
trademarks, and our trade secrets, copyrights and other
intellectual property rights are important assets. Our issued
patents will expire at various times between 2027 and 2039. Pending
patents, if and when issued, may have expiration dates that extend
further in time. The duration of our trademark registrations varies
from country to country. However, trademarks are generally valid
and may be renewed indefinitely as long as they are in use and/or
their registrations are properly maintained.
The issued patents cover the fundamental aspects of the Know Labs
ChromaID technology and a number of unique applications. We have
filed patents on the fundamental aspects of our Bio-RFID technology
and growing number of unique applications. We will continue to
expand the Company’s patent portfolio.
Additionally, significant aspects of our technology are maintained
as trade secrets which may not be disclosed through the patent
filing process. We intend to be diligent in maintaining and
securing our trade secrets.
The patents that have been issued to Know Labs and their dates of
issuance are:
On August 9, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 7,996,173 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic
Energy,” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires August 24, 2029.
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On December 13, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 8,076,630 B2
entitled “System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using
Electromagnetic Energy” by the United States Office of
Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires November 7,
2028.
On December 20, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 8,081,304 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
July 28, 2030.
On October 9, 2012, we were issued US Patent No. 8,285,510 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic
Energy” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires July 31, 2027.
On February 5, 2013, we were issued US Patent No. 8,368,878 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United
States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires July
31, 2027.
On November 12, 2013, we were issued US Patent No. 8,583,394 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by
the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent
expires July 31, 2027.
On November 21, 2014, we were issued US Patent No. 8,888,207 B2
entitled “Systems, Methods, and Articles Related to
Machine-Readable Indicia and Symbols” by the United States
Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires February 7,
2033. This patent describes using ChromaID to see what we call
invisible bar codes and other identifiers.
On March 23, 2015, we were issued US Patent No. 8,988,666 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
July 31, 2027.
On May 26, 2015, we were issued US Patent No. 9,041,920 B2 entitled
“Device for Evaluation of Fluids using Electromagnetic
Energy” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires March 12, 2033. This patent
describes a ChromaID fluid sampling devices.
On April 19, 2016, we were issued US Patent No. 9,316,581 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Substances Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
March 12, 2033. This patent describes an enhancement to the
foundational ChromaID technology.
On April 18, 2017, we were issued US Patent No. 9,625,371 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Substances Using Electromagnetic Energy.” The
patent expires July 2027. This patent pertains to the use of
ChromaID technology for the identification and analysis of
biological tissue. It has many potential applications in medical,
industrial and consumer markets.
On May 30, 2017, we were issued US Patent No. 9,664.610 B2 entitled
“Systems for Fluid Analysis Using Electromagnetic Energy that
is reflected a Number of Times through a Fluid Contained within a
Reflective Chamber.” This patent expires approximately in
approximately March 2034. This patent pertains to a method for the
use of the Company’s technology analyzing
fluids.
On April 4, 2018, we were issued US Patent No. 9,869,636 B2,
entitled “Device for Evaluation of Fluids Using
Electromagnetic Energy.” The patent expires in approximately
April 2033. This patent pertains to the use of ChromaID technology
for evaluating and analyzing fluids such as those following through
an IV drip in a hospital or water, for example.
On February 4, 2020, we were issued US Patent No. 10,548,503 B2,
entitled “Health Related Diagnostics Employing Spectroscopy
in Radio/Microwave Frequency Band. The patent expires in
approximately May 2039. This patent pertains to the use of Bio-RFID
technology for medical diagnostics.
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We continue to pursue a patent strategy to expand our unique
intellectual property in the United States and other
countries.
Product Strategy
We are currently undertaking internal development work on potential
products for the consumer marketplace. We have announced the
development of our UBAND continuous glucose monitor and our desire
to obtain US Food and Drug Administration approval for the
marketing of this product to the diabetic and pre-diabetic
population. We have also announced the engagement of a
manufacturing partner we will work with to bring this product to
market. We will make further announcements regarding this product
as development, manufacturing and regulatory approval work
progresses.
Currently we are focusing our efforts on productizing our Bio-RFID
technology as we move it out of our research laboratory and into
the marketplace.
Research and Development
Our current research and development efforts are primarily focused
on improving our Bio-RFID technology, extending its capacity and
developing new and unique applications for this technology. As part
of this effort, we conduct on-going laboratory testing to ensure
that application methods are compatible with the end-user and
regulatory requirements, and that they can be implemented in a
cost-effective manner. We are also actively involved in identifying
new applications. Our current internal team along with outside
consultants have considerable experience working with the
application of our technologies and their application. We engage
third party experts as required to supplement our internal team. We
believe that continued development of new and enhanced technologies
is essential to our future success. We incurred expenses of
$938,303,$1,257,872 and $570,514 for the six months ended
March 31, 2020 and for the years ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, on development
activities.
Merger with RAAI Lighting, Inc.
On April 10, 2018, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with 500 Union Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, and RAAI Lighting, Inc., a
Delaware corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we have
acquired all the outstanding shares of RAAI’s capital stock
through a merger of Merger Sub with and into RAAI (the
“Merger”), with RAAI surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of RAAI common
stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Merger (1,000
shares) were cancelled and we issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock. As a result, we issued 2,000,000 shares of its common stock
to Phillip A. Bosua, formerly the sole stockholder of RAAI. The
consideration for the Merger was determined through arms-length
bargaining by the Company and RAAI. The Merger was structured to
qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. As a result of the Merger, the Company received certain
intellectual property, related to RAAI.
Merger with Know Labs, Inc.
On May 1, 2018, Know Labs, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated
on April 3, 2018, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and
into the Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
May 1, 2018. In connection with the merger, our Articles of
Incorporation were effectively amended to change our name to Know
Labs, Inc. by and through the filing of Articles of Merger. This
parent-subsidiary merger was approved by us, the parent, in
accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 92A.180.
Stockholder approval was not required. This amendment was filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on May 1,
2018.
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Corporate Name Change and Symbol Change
On May
24, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) announced the effectiveness of a change in
our name from Know Labs Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and a
change in our ticker symbol from VSUL to the new trading symbol
KNWN which became effective on the opening of trading as of May 25,
2018. In addition, in connection with the name change and symbol
change, we were assigned the CUSIP number of
499238103.
Properties and Operating Leases
We are obligated under various non-cancelable operating leases for
our various facilities and certain equipment.
Corporate Offices
On April 13, 2017, we leased our executive office located at 500
Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98101. We lease
943 square feet and the net monthly payment is $2,672. The monthly
payment increases approximately 3% each year and the lease expires
on May 31, 2022.
Lab Facilities and Executive Offices
On
February 1, 2019, we leased our lab facilities and executive
offices located at 915 E Pine Street, Suite 212, Seattle, WA 98122.
We lease 2,642 square feet and the net monthly payment is $8,256.
The monthly payment increases approximately 3% on July 1, 2019 and
annually thereafter. The lease expires on June 30, 2021 and can be
extended.
On June
26, 2020, we leased our temporary lab facilities located at 3131
Western Avenue, Suite A350, Seattle, WA 98121. We leased 5,707
square feet and the net monthly payment is $11,414. The lease
expires on June 30, 2021 and can be terminated with 30 days written
notice.
Employees
As of March 31, 2020, we had
six full-time employees, including one employee at TransTech. Our
senior management and five other personnel are located in our
Seattle, Washington offices. We also utilize consulting firms and
people to supplement our workforce.
Legal Proceedings
We may
from time to time become a party to various legal proceedings
arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are currently
not a party to any pending legal proceeding that is not ordinary
routine litigation incidental to our business.
Risks That We Face
Our
business is subject to a number of risks of which you should be
aware before making an investment decision. We are exposed to various risks related to our
business and financial position (specifically our need for
additional financing), this offering, our common stock and our
recent reverse stock split. These risks are discussed more
fully in the "Risk Factors" section of this prospectus beginning on
page 9.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on
October 8, 1998. Our executive offices are located at 500 Union
Street, Suite 810, Seattle, WA 98101. Our telephone number is (206)
903-1351 and our principal website address is located at
www.knowlabs.co. The information contained on, or that can
be accessed through, our website is not incorporated into and is
not a part of this prospectus. You should not rely on our website
or any such information in making your decision whether to purchase
our common stock.
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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
Securities
offered:
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9,526,085
shares of common stock, which
includes:
(i) up to 5,639,750 shares of
common stock underlying the principal, and up to 451,160
shares underlying the interest
accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (the
“Notes”), which have a conversion price that is the
lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty five percent (25%) discount
to the price per share paid by investors a future Qualified
Financing (the “Shares”)
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares
(the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of outstanding investor's warrants (the "Investor
Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were previously
issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with the Notes
Offering that closed in a series of closings between October
17, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
(iii)
615,675 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding placement agent
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share that were previously issued to
Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns (collectively
“Placement Agent”) pursuant to an engagement agreement
dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead Offering Engagement
Agreement”) which provides that the Placement Agent shall
receive that certain number of warrants to purchase the common
stock of the Company equal to the number of warrants issued under
the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note Offering (the
“Offering”).
Our
Common Stock is described in further detail in the section of the
prospectus titled “DESCRIPTION OF
SECURITIES”
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Common
stock outstanding before the offering (1):
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23,876,245
shares
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Common
stock to be outstanding after this offering (2):
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33,402,330
shares
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Use of
Proceeds:
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We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of
common stock by the Selling Stockholders. Upon exercise of the
Investor Warrants, however, we will receive up to $1.20 per share
or such lower price as may result from the anti-dilution protection
features of such warrants. Any proceeds received from the exercise
of such warrants will be used for general working capital and other
corporate purposes.
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Terms
of Warrants:
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The
Investor Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants entitles the holder
thereof to purchase one common share at an exercise price or $1.20
per full share, for a five year period after the date of issuance
(between October 2024-June 2025). The price per Warrant Share shall
be subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations, and
similar recapitalization events and anti-dilution protection
features.
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Risk
Factors:
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An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.
You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth under the
"Risk Factors" section hereunder and the other information
contained in this prospectus before making an investment decision
regarding our common stock. Our common stock should not be
purchased by investors who cannot afford the loss of their entire
investment.
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OTCQB
Symbol:
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Our
common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQB (the
“OTCQB”) under the symbol
“KNWN”.
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Reverse
Split:
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On June
17, 2015, we effected a 1-for-150 reverse stock split of our common
stock. All warrant, option, share and per share information in this
prospectus gives retroactive effect to the 1-for-150 split with all
numbers rounded up to the nearest whole share.
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(1)
The number of shares of our common
stock outstanding before this offering is based on 23,876,245
shares of our common
stock outstanding as of June 30, 2020, and excludes, as of
that date:
● 4,896,334 shares of our
common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock
options outstanding at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.166
per share;
● 14,659,764 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 5,639,750 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $5,639,750;
● 1,785,715 shares of Series C Preferred Stock
outstanding, which could potentially be converted into 5,000,000
shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $0.25,
subject to certain adjustments.
● 3,108,356 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the conversion of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $0.25, subject to certain
adjustments. These shares of common stock are being registered in
this offering; and
● 20,663,573 warrants to purchase
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.564 subject
to certain adjustments.
(2)
This
total includes the following:
(i) up to 5,639,750 shares of common stock underlying the principal,
and up to 451,160 shares
underlying the interest accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated
Convertible Notes (the “Notes”), which have a
conversion price that is the lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty
five percent (25%) discount to the price per share paid by
investors a future Qualified Financing (the
“Shares”)
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares (the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding investor's warrants
(the "Investor Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were
previously issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with
the Notes Offering that closed in a series of closings
between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
(iii)
615,675 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding placement agent
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share that were previously issued to
Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns (collectively
“Placement Agent”) pursuant to an engagement agreement
dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead Offering Engagement
Agreement”) which provides that the Placement Agent shall
receive that certain number of warrants to purchase the common
stock of the Company equal to the number of warrants issued under
the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note Offering (the
“Offering”).
SUMMARY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
The
following tables set forth a summary of our historical financial
data as of, and for the period ended on, the dates indicated. We
have derived the statements of operations data for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 and the years ended September 30, 2019 and
2018 from our audited financial statements included in this
prospectus. Historical results for any prior period are not
necessarily indicative of results to be expected in any future
period. You should read the following summary financial data
together with our financial statements and the related notes
appearing at the end of this prospectus and the
"Capitalization” and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of this
prospectus.
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Statements of Operations Data:
(in
thousands, except for share and per share data)
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Six Months
Ended,
March
31,
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Years Ended
September 30,
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS DATA:
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Net
revenue
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$122
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$1,805
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$4,303
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$4,874
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$6,024
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$6,291
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Cost of goods
sold
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70
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1,378
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3,482
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3,966
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5,036
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5,274
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Gross
profit
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52
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427
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821
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908
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988
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1,017
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Research and
development expenses
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938
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1,258
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570
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79
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326
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363
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General and
administrative expenses
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2,543
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4,182
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2,509
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3,088
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3,355
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2,984
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Impairment of
goodwill
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-
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-
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-
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984
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-
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-
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Operating
loss
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(3,429)
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(5,013)
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(2,258)
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(3,243)
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(2,693)
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(2,330)
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Other income
(expense)
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(2,917)
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(2,599)
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(1,000)
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(658)
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947
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(271)
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Net
loss
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(6,346)
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(7,612)
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(3,258)
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(3,901)
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(1,746)
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(2,601)
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Income taxes
current benefit
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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30
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Net
loss
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$(6,346)
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$(7,612)
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$(3,258)
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$(3,901)
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$(1,746)
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$(2,631)
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Net loss per
share
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$(0.33)
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$(0.42)
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$(0.38)
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$(1.01)
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$(1.22)
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$(2.33)
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Weighted average
number of shares
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19,412,240
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18,053,848
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8,630,891
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3,844,840
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1,428,763
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1,131,622
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Balance Sheet Data:
(in
thousands)
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As
of
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March
31,
2020
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BALANCE SHEET
DATA:
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(Unaudited)
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Total current
assets
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$777
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Total
assets
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1,228
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Total current
liabilities
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4,356
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Total
liabilities
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4,369
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Stockholders’
deficit
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(3,141)
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RISK FACTORS
There are certain inherent risks which will have an effect on the
Company’s development in the future and the most
significant risks and uncertainties known and identified by our
management are described below.
Risks
Related to Pandemics
The effects of the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic are not
immediately known, but may adversely affect our business, results
of operations, financial condition, liquidity, and cash
flow.
Presently,
the impact of COVID-19 has not shown any imminent adverse effects
on our business. This notwithstanding, it is still unknown and
difficult to predict what adverse effects, if any, COVID-19 can
have on our business, or against the various aspects of
same.
As of
the date of this Registration Statement, COVID-19 coronavirus has
been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, has been
declared a National Emergency by the United States Government and
has resulted in several states being designated disaster zones.
COVID-19 coronavirus caused significant volatility in global
markets. The spread of COVID-19 coronavirus has caused public
health officials to recommend precautions to mitigate the spread of
the virus, especially as to travel and congregating in large
numbers. In addition, certain states and municipalities have
enacted, and additional cities are considering, quarantining and
“shelter-in-place” regulations which severely limit the
ability of people to move and travel and require non-essential
businesses and organizations to close. While some states are
considering lifting their “shelter-in-place”
restrictions and travel bans, as they are removed there is no
certainty that an outbreak will not occur and additional
restrictions imposed again in response.
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It is
unclear how such restrictions, which will contribute to a general
slowdown in the global economy, will affect our business, results
of operations, financial condition and our future strategic
plans.
Recent
shelter-in-place and essential-only travel regulations could
negatively impact our customers. In addition, while our products
are manufactured in the United States, we still could experience
significant supply chain disruptions due to interruptions in
operations at any or all of our suppliers’ facilities or
downline suppliers. If we experience significant delays in
receiving our products we will experience delays in fulfilling
orders and ultimately receiving payment, which could result in loss
of sales and a loss of customers, and adversely impact our
financial condition and results of operations. The current status
of COVID-19 coronavirus closures and restrictions could also
negatively impact our ability to receive funding from our existing
capital sources as each business is and has been affected
uniquely.
In
addition, our headquarters are located in Seattle, Washington which
was subject of large COVID-19 outbreak. In response, Washington
State governor, Jay Inslee, mandated a stay at home order with
exceptions only for essential businesses which ended May 31, 2020.
Now, the state has implemented the Safe Start recovery program
whereby counties can apply to the Secretary of Health to phase in
reopening of certain businesses in the State. While these
restrictions are relatively recent, it is unclear at this time how
these restrictions will be amended as the pandemic evolves. We are
hopeful that COVID-19 closures will have only a limited effect on
our operations and revenues.
General securities
market uncertainties resulting from the COVID-19
pandemic.
Since
the outset of the pandemic the United States and worldwide national
securities markets have undergone unprecedented stress due to the
uncertainties of the pandemic and the resulting reactions and
outcomes of government, business and the general population. These
uncertainties have resulted in declines in all market sectors,
increases in volumes due to flight to safety and governmental
actions to support the markets. As a result, until the pandemic has
stabilized, the markets may not be available to the Company for
purposes of raising required capital. Should we not be able
to obtain financing when required, in the amounts necessary to
execute on our plans in full, or on terms which are economically
feasible we may be unable to sustain the necessary capital to
pursue our strategic plan and may have to reduce the planned future
growth and/or scope of our operations.
Risks Relating to the Company Generally
We need additional financing to support our technology development
and ongoing operations, pay our debts and maintain ownership of our
intellectual properties.
We are currently operating at a loss. We believe that our cash on
hand including the funds closed subsequent to March 31, 2020 will
be sufficient to fund our operations through early 2021.
We will need additional financing to
implement our business plan and to service our ongoing operations,
pay our current debts (described below) and maintain ownership of
our intellectual property. There can be no assurance that we will
be able to secure any needed funding, or that if such funding is
available, the terms or conditions would be acceptable to us. If we
are unable to obtain additional financing when it is needed, we
will need to restructure our operations and/or divest all or a
portion of our business. We are seeking
additional capital through a combination of private and public
equity offerings, debt financings and strategic collaborations.
Debt financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include
covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific
actions, such as incurring additional debt, and could increase our
expenses and require that our assets secure such debt. Equity
financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to our
then-existing stockholders and/or require such stockholders to
waive certain rights and preferences. If such financing is not
available on satisfactory terms, or is not available at all, we may
be required to delay, scale back, eliminate the development of
business opportunities and our operations and financial condition
may be materially adversely affected. There can be no assurance that we
will be able to sell that number of shares, if
any.
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We need to continue as a going concern if our business is to
succeed.
Because of our recurring losses and negative cash flows from
operations, the audit report of our independent registered public
accountants on our consolidated financial statements for the year
ended September 30, 2019 contains an explanatory paragraph stating
that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a
going concern. Factors identified in the report include our
historical net losses, negative working capital, and the need for
additional financing to implement our business plan and service our
debt repayments. If we are not able to attain profitability in the
near future our financial condition could deteriorate further,
which would have a material adverse impact on our business and
prospects and result in a significant or complete loss of your
investment. Further, we may be unable to pay our debt obligations
as they become due, which include obligations to secured
creditors. If we are unable to
continue as a going concern, we might have to liquidate our assets
and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or
dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected
in our financial statements. Additionally, we are
subject to customary operational covenants, including limitations
on our ability to incur liens or additional debt, pay dividends,
redeem stock, make specified investments and engage in merger,
consolidation or asset sale transactions, among other restrictions.
In addition, the inclusion of an explanatory paragraph regarding
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern
and our lack of cash resources may materially adversely affect our
share price and our ability to raise new capital or to enter into
critical contractual relations with third
parties.
As of March 31,
2020, we owe approximately $2,868,591
and if we do not satisfy these obligations, the lenders may have
the right to demand payment in full or exercise other
remedies.
Mr. Erickson, our current chairman, and/or entities with which he
is affiliated also have accrued compensation, travel and interest
of approximately $613,525 as of March 31, 2020.
We owe
$2,255,066 under various convertible promissory notes as of March
31, 2020 including $1,184,066 owed to entities controlled by our
chairman.
This
excludes $1,147,540 of Convertible Notes and interest from a
private placement to accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible
Notes and interested were automatically converted to Common Stock
at $1.00 per share on the one year anniversary starting on February
15, 2020.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, we issued 4,114,800
shares of common stock related to the automatic conversion
of Convertible Notes and interest from a private placement to
accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible Notes and interested
were automatically converted to Common Stock at $1.00 per share on
the one year anniversary starting on February 15,
2020.
We require additional financing, to service and/or repay these debt
obligations. If we raise additional capital through borrowing or
other debt financing, we may incur substantial interest expense. If
and when we raise more equity capital in the future, it will result
in substantial dilution to our current stockholders.
We have a history of operating losses and there can be no assurance
that we can achieve or maintain profitability.
We have experienced net losses since inception. As of March
31, 2020, we had an accumulated
deficit of $48,849,000 and net losses in the amount of $6,346,000,
$7,612,000 and $3,258,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2020 and the years ended September 30,
2019 and 2018, respectively. During the six months ended
March 31, 2020, the Company incurred non-cash expenses of
$4,510,000.
There can be no assurance that we will achieve or maintain
profitability. If we achieve
profitability in the future, we may not be able to sustain
profitability in subsequent periods. Failure to become and remain
profitable would impair our ability to sustain operations and
adversely affect the price of our common stock and our ability to
raise capital. Our operating expenses may increase as we spend
resources on growing our business, and if our revenue does not
correspondingly increase, our operating results and financial
condition will suffer. Our
ChromaID and Bio-RFID business has produced minimal revenues and
may not produce significant revenues in the near term, or at all,
which would harm our ability to continue our operations or obtain
additional financing and require us to reduce or discontinue our
operations. You must consider our business and prospects in light
of the risks and difficulties we will encounter as business with an
early-stage technology in a new and rapidly evolving industry. We
may not be able to successfully address these risks and
difficulties, which could significantly harm our business,
operating results and financial condition.
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If the company were to dissolve or wind-up operations, holders of
our common stock would not receive a liquidation
preference.
If we were to wind-up or dissolve our company and liquidate and
distribute our assets, our common stockholders would share in our
assets only after we satisfy any amounts we owe to our creditors
and preferred equity holders. If our liquidation or
dissolution were attributable to our inability to profitably
operate our business, then it is likely that we would have material
liabilities at the time of liquidation or
dissolution. Accordingly, it is very unlikely that
sufficient assets will remain available after the payment of our
creditors and preferred equity holders to enable common
stockholders to receive any liquidation distribution with respect
to any common stock.
We may not be able to generate sufficient revenue from the
commercialization of our ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology and
related products to achieve or sustain profitability.
We are in the early stages of commercializing our ChromaID and
Bio-RFID technology. Failure to develop and sell products
based upon our ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology, grant additional
licenses and obtain royalties or develop other revenue streams will
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations.
To date, we have generated minimal revenue from sales of our
ChromaID and Bio-RFID products. We believe that our
commercialization success is dependent upon our ability to
significantly increase the number of customers that are using our
products. In addition, demand for our products may not
materialize, or increase as quickly as planned, and we may
therefore be unable to increase our revenue levels as expected. We
are currently not profitable. Even if we succeed in introducing our technology
and related products to our target markets, we may not be able to
generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain
profitability.
We currently rely in part upon
external resources for engineering and product development
services. If we are unable to secure an engineering or product
development partner or establish satisfactory engineering and
product development capabilities, we may not be able to
successfully commercialize our ChromaID and Bio-RFID
technology.
Our
success depends upon our ability to develop products that are
accurate and provide solutions for our customers. Achieving the
desired results for our customers requires solving engineering
issues in concert with them. Any failure of our ChromaID and
Bio-RFID technology or related products to meet customer
expectations could result in customers choosing to retain their
existing methods or to adopt systems other than ours.
We have
not historically had sufficient internal resources which can work
on engineering and product development matters. We have used third
parties in the past and will continue to do so. These resources are
not always readily available and the absence of their availability
could inhibit our research and development efforts and our
responsiveness to our customers. Our inability to secure those
resources could impact our ability to provide engineering and
product development services and could have an impact on our
customers’ willingness to use our technology.
We are in the early stages of commercialization and our ChromaID
and Bio-RFID technology and related products may never achieve
significant commercial market acceptance.
Our success depends on our ability to develop and market products
that are recognized as accurate and cost-effective. Many of our
potential customers may be reluctant to use our new technology.
Market acceptance will depend on many factors, including our
ability to convince potential customers that our ChromaID and
Bio-RFID technology and related products are an attractive
alternative to existing light-based technologies. We will need to
demonstrate that our products provide accurate and cost-effective
alternatives to existing light-based authentication technologies.
Compared to most competing technologies, our technology is
relatively new, and most potential customers have limited knowledge
of, or experience with, our products. Prior to implementing our
technology and related products, some potential customers may be
required to devote significant time and effort to testing and
validating our products. In addition, during the implementation
phase, some customers may be required to devote significant time
and effort to training their personnel on appropriate practices to
ensure accurate results from our technology and products. Any
failure of our technology or related products to meet customer
expectations could result in customers choosing to retain their
existing testing methods or to adopt systems other than
ours.
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Many factors influence the perception of a system including its use
by leaders in the industry. If we are unable to induce industry
leaders in our target markets to implement and use our technology
and related products, acceptance and adoption of our products could
be slowed. In addition, if our products fail to gain significant
acceptance in the marketplace and we are unable to expand our
customer base, we may never generate sufficient revenue to achieve
or sustain profitability.
Our management has concluded that we have material weaknesses in
our internal controls over financial reporting and that our
disclosure controls and procedures are not effective.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of a company's annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis. During the audit of our
financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2019, our
management identified material weaknesses in our internal control
over financial reporting. If these weaknesses continue, investors
could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our
financial reports and other disclosures.
In addition, our management has concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were not effective due to the lack of an
audit committee “financial expert.” These material
weaknesses, if not remediated, create an increased risk of
misstatement of the Company’s financial results, which, if
material, may require future restatement thereof. A failure to
implement improved internal controls, or difficulties encountered
in their implementation or execution, could cause future delays in
our reporting obligations and could have a negative effect on us
and the trading price of our common
stock.
If components used in our finished products become unavailable, or
third-party manufacturers otherwise experience delays, we may incur
delays in shipment to our customers, which would damage our
business.
We depend on third-party manufacturers and suppliers for
substantially all of our components and products that are used in
our ChromaID and Bio-RFID products. We purchase these products and
components from third-party suppliers and we believe that
alternative sources of supply are readily available for most
products and components. However, consolidation could result in one
or more current suppliers being acquired by a competitor, rendering
us unable to continue purchasing necessary amounts of key
components at competitive prices. In addition, for certain of our
customized components, arrangements for additional or replacement
suppliers will take time and result in delays. We purchase products
and components pursuant to purchase orders placed from time to time
in the ordinary course of business. This means we are vulnerable to
unanticipated price increases and product shortages. Any
interruption or delay in the supply of components and products, or
our inability to obtain components and products from alternate
sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could harm our
business, financial condition and results of
operations.
While we believe alternative manufacturers for these products are
available, we have selected these particular manufacturers based on
their ability to consistently produce these products per our
specifications ensuring the best quality product at the most
cost-effective price. We depend on our third-party manufacturers to
satisfy performance and quality specifications and to dedicate
sufficient production capacity within scheduled delivery times.
Accordingly, the loss of all or one of these manufacturers or
delays in obtaining shipments could have a material adverse effect
on our operations until such time as an alternative manufacturer
could be found.
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Revenues of our wholly-owned subsidiary, TransTech, have
declined
We have
not been able to successfully address this revenue decline of this
subsidiary during the six months ended March 31, 2020, which was
closed by June 30, 2020. The loss of the TransTech subsidiary
revenue will impact our top line revenues and its operating results
resulted in expenses associated with the winding down.
We are dependent on key personnel.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the continued
contributions of key management and other personnel, some of whom
could be difficult to replace, including Ronald P. Erickson, our
Chairman and Phil Bosua, our Chief Executive Officer. We maintain
key person life insurance on our Chief Executive Officer, Phil
Bosua. Our success will depend on the performance of our officers,
our ability to retain and motivate our officers, our ability to
integrate new officers into our operations, and the ability of all
personnel to work together effectively as a team. Our
failure to retain and recruit officers and other key personnel
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. Our success also
depends on our continued ability to identify, attract, hire, train,
retain and motivate highly skilled technical, managerial,
manufacturing, administrative and sales and marketing personnel.
Competition for these individuals is intense, and we may not be
able to successfully recruit, assimilate or retain sufficiently
qualified personnel. In particular, we may encounter difficulties
in recruiting and retaining a sufficient number of qualified
technical personnel, which could harm our ability to develop new
products and adversely impact our relationships with existing and
future customers. The inability to attract and retain necessary
technical, managerial, manufacturing, administrative and sales and
marketing personnel could harm our ability to obtain new customers
and develop new products and could adversely affect our business
and operating results.
We have limited insurance which may not cover claims by third
parties against us or our officers and directors.
We have limited directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance and commercial liability insurance policies. Claims by
third parties against us may exceed policy amounts and we may not
have amounts to cover these claims. Any significant claims would
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
and results of operations. In addition, our limited
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance may affect
our ability to attract and retain directors and
officers.
Our inability to effectively protect our intellectual property
would adversely affect our ability to compete effectively, our
revenue, our financial condition and our results of
operations.
We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, and trade secret
laws, confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements to
protect our intellectual property rights. Obtaining and
maintaining a strong patent position is important to our business.
Patent law relating to the scope of claims in the technology fields
in which we operate is complex and uncertain, so we cannot be
assured that we will be able to obtain or maintain patent rights,
or that the patent rights we may obtain will be valuable, provide
an effective barrier to competitors or otherwise provide
competitive advantages. Others have filed, and in the future are
likely to file, patent applications that are similar or identical
to ours or those of our licensors. To determine the priority of
inventions or demonstrate that we did not derive our invention from
another, we may have to participate in interference or derivation
proceedings in the USPTO or in court that could result in
substantial costs in legal fees and could substantially affect the
scope of our patent protection. We cannot be assured our patent
applications will prevail over those filed by others. Also, our
intellectual property rights may be subject to other challenges by
third parties. Patents we obtain could be challenged in litigation
or in administrative proceedings such as ex parte reexam, inter parties review,
or post grant review in the United States or opposition proceedings
in Europe or other jurisdictions.
There can be no assurance that:
●
any
of our existing patents will continue to be held valid, if
challenged;
●
patents
will be issued for any of our pending applications;
●
any
claims allowed from existing or pending patents will have
sufficient scope or strength to protect us;
●
our patents will be issued in the primary
countries where our products are sold in order to protect our
rights and potential commercial
advantage; or
●
any
of our products or technologies will not infringe on the patents of
other companies.
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If we are enjoined from selling our products, or if we are required
to develop new technologies or pay significant monetary damages or
are required to make substantial royalty payments, our business and
results of operations would be harmed.
Obtaining and maintaining a patent portfolio entails significant
expense and resources. Part of the expense includes periodic
maintenance fees, renewal fees, annuity fees, various other
governmental fees on patents and/or applications due in several
stages over the lifetime of patents and/or applications, as well as
the cost associated with complying with numerous procedural
provisions during the patent application process. We may or may not
choose to pursue or maintain protection for particular inventions.
In addition, there are situations in which failure to make certain
payments or noncompliance with certain requirements in the patent
process can result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent
application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights
in the relevant jurisdiction. If we choose to forgo patent
protection or allow a patent application or patent to lapse
purposefully or inadvertently, our competitive position could
suffer.
Legal actions to enforce our patent rights can be expensive and may
involve the diversion of significant management time. In addition,
these legal actions could be unsuccessful and could also result in
the invalidation of our patents or a finding that they are
unenforceable. We may or may not choose to pursue litigation or
interferences against those that have infringed on our patents, or
used them without authorization, due to the associated expense and
time commitment of monitoring these activities. If we fail to
protect or to enforce our intellectual property rights
successfully, our competitive position could suffer, which could
have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and
business.
Claims by others that our products infringe their patents or other
intellectual property rights could prevent us from manufacturing
and selling some of our products or require us to pay royalties or
incur substantial costs from litigation or development of
non-infringing technology.
In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the
United States involving patents and other intellectual property
rights. We may receive notices that claim we have infringed upon
the intellectual property of others. Even if these claims are not
valid, they could subject us to significant costs. Any such claims,
with or without merit, could be time-consuming to defend, result in
costly litigation, divert our attention and resources, cause
product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or
licensing agreements. Such royalty or licensing agreements, if
required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all.
We have engaged in litigation and litigation may be necessary in
the future to enforce our intellectual property rights or to
determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of
others. Litigation may also be necessary to defend against claims
of infringement or invalidity by others. A successful claim of
intellectual property infringement against us and our failure or
inability to license the infringed technology or develop or license
technology with comparable functionality could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating
results.
If we are unable to secure a sales and marketing partner or
establish satisfactory sales and marketing capabilities at Know
Labs we may not be able to successfully commercialize our
technology.
If we are not successful entering into appropriate collaboration
arrangements or recruiting sales and marketing personnel or in
building a sales and marketing infrastructure, we will have
difficulty successfully commercializing our technology, which would
adversely affect our business, operating results and financial
condition.
We may not be able to enter into collaboration agreements on terms
acceptable to us or at all. In addition, even if we enter into such
relationships, we may have limited or no control over the sales,
marketing and distribution activities of these third parties. Our
future revenues may depend heavily on the success of the efforts of
these third parties. If we elect to establish a sales and marketing
infrastructure we may not realize a positive return on this
investment. In addition, we must compete with established and
well-funded pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to recruit,
hire, train and retain sales and marketing personnel. Factors that
may inhibit our efforts to commercialize technology without
strategic partners or licensees include:
●
our inability to
recruit and retain adequate numbers of effective sales and
marketing personnel;
●
the lack of
complementary products to be offered by sales personnel, which may
put us at a competitive disadvantage relative to companies with
more extensive product lines; and
●
unforeseen costs
and expenses associated with creating an independent sales and
marketing organization.
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Government regulatory approval may be necessary before some of our
products can be sold and there is no assurance such approval will
be granted.
Our
technology may have a number of potential applications in fields of
use which will require prior governmental regulatory approval
before the technology can be introduced to the marketplace. For
example, we are exploring the use of our technology for certain
medical diagnostic applications, with an initial focus on the
continuous monitoring of blood glucose.
There
is no assurance that we will be successful in developing continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) medical applications for our
technology.
If we
were to be successful in developing continuous glucose monitoring
medical applications of our technology, prior approval by the FDA
and other governmental regulatory bodies will be required before
the technology could be introduced into the
marketplace.
There
is no assurance that such regulatory approval would be obtained for
a continuous glucose monitoring medical diagnostic or other
applications requiring such approval.
The FDA
can refuse to grant, delay, and limit or deny approval of an
application for approval of our UBAND CGM for many
reasons.
We may
not obtain the necessary regulatory approvals or clearances to
market these continuous glucose monitoring systems in the United
States or outside of the United States.
Any
delay in, or failure to receive or maintain, approval or clearance
for our products could prevent us from generating revenue from
these products or achieving profitability.
Cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents could result in the
compromise of confidential data or critical data systems and give
rise to potential harm to customers, remediation and other
expenses, expose us to liability under HIPAA, consumer protection
laws, or other common law theories, subject us to litigation and
federal and state governmental inquiries, damage our reputation,
and otherwise be disruptive to our business and
operations.
Cyber
incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional
events. We collect and store on our networks sensitive information,
including intellectual property, proprietary business information
and personally identifiable information of our customers. The
secure maintenance of this information and technology is critical
to our business operations. We have implemented multiple layers of
security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of this data and the systems and devices that store
and transmit such data. We utilize current security technologies,
and our defenses are monitored and routinely tested internally and
by external parties. Despite these efforts, threats from malicious
persons and groups, new vulnerabilities and advanced new attacks
against information systems create risk of cybersecurity incidents.
These incidents can include, but are not limited to, gaining
unauthorized access to digital systems for purposes of
misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data,
or causing operational disruption. Because the techniques used to
obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage
systems change frequently and may not immediately produce signs of
intrusion, we may be unable to anticipate these incidents or
techniques, timely discover them, or implement adequate
preventative measures.
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These
threats can come from a variety of sources, ranging in
sophistication from an individual hacker to malfeasance by
employees, consultants or other service providers to
state-sponsored attacks. Cyber threats may be generic, or they may
be custom-crafted against our information systems. Over the past
several years, cyber-attacks have become more prevalent and much
harder to detect and defend against. Our network and storage
applications may be vulnerable to cyber-attack, malicious
intrusion, malfeasance, loss of data privacy or other significant
disruption and may be subject to unauthorized access by hackers,
employees, consultants or other service providers. In addition,
hardware, software or applications we develop or procure from third
parties may contain defects in design or manufacture or other
problems that could unexpectedly compromise information security.
Unauthorized parties may also attempt to gain access to our systems
or facilities through fraud, trickery or other forms of deceiving
our employees, contractors and temporary staff.
There
can be no assurance that we will not be subject to cybersecurity
incidents that bypass our security measures, impact the integrity,
availability or privacy of personal health information or other
data subject to privacy laws or disrupt our information systems,
devices or business, including our ability to deliver services to
our customers. As a result, cybersecurity, physical security and
the continued development and enhancement of our controls,
processes and practices designed to protect our enterprise,
information systems and data from attack, damage or unauthorized
access remain a priority for us. As cyber threats continue to
evolve, we may be required to expend significant additional
resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures
or to investigate and remediate any cybersecurity
vulnerabilities.
We may engage in
acquisitions, mergers, strategic alliances, joint ventures and
divestures that could result in final results that are different
than expected.
In the normal course of business, we engage in discussions relating
to possible acquisitions, equity investments, mergers, strategic
alliances, joint ventures and divestitures. Such transactions are
accompanied by a number of risks, including the use of significant
amounts of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity
securities, incurrence of
debt on potentially unfavorable terms as well as impairment
expenses related to goodwill and amortization expenses related to
other intangible assets, the possibility that we may pay too much
cash or issue too many of our shares as the purchase price for an
acquisition relative to the economic benefits that we ultimately
derive from such acquisition, and various potential difficulties
involved in integrating acquired businesses into our
operations.
From time to time, we have also engaged in discussions with
candidates regarding the potential acquisitions of our product
lines, technologies and businesses. If a divestiture such as this
does occur, we cannot be certain that our business, operating
results and financial condition will not be materially and
adversely affected. A successful divestiture depends on various
factors, including our ability to effectively transfer liabilities,
contracts, facilities and employees to any purchaser; identify and
separate the intellectual property to be divested from the
intellectual property that we wish to retain; reduce fixed costs
previously associated with the divested assets or business; and
collect the proceeds from any divestitures.
If we do not realize the expected benefits of any acquisition or
divestiture transaction, our financial position, results of
operations, cash flows and stock price could be negatively
impacted.
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We have made strategic acquisitions in the past and may do so in
the future, and if the acquired companies do not perform as
expected, this could adversely affect our operating results,
financial condition and existing business.
We may continue to expand our business through strategic
acquisitions. The success of any acquisition will depend on, among
other things:
●
the availability of
suitable candidates;
●
higher than
anticipated acquisition costs and expenses;
●
competition from
other companies for the purchase of available
candidates;
●
our ability to
value those candidates accurately and negotiate favorable terms for
those acquisitions;
●
the availability of
funds to finance acquisitions and obtaining any consents necessary
under our credit facility;
●
the ability to
establish new informational, operational and financial systems to
meet the needs of our business;
●
the ability to
achieve anticipated synergies, including with respect to
complementary products or services; and
●
the availability of
management resources to oversee the integration and operation of
the acquired businesses.
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We may not be successful in effectively integrating acquired
businesses and completing acquisitions in the future. We also may
incur substantial expenses and devote significant management time
and resources in seeking to complete acquisitions. Acquired
businesses may fail to meet our performance expectations. If we do
not achieve the anticipated benefits of an acquisition as rapidly
as expected, or at all, investors or analysts may not perceive the
same benefits of the acquisition as we do. If these risks
materialize, our stock price could be materially adversely
affected.
We are subject to corporate governance and internal control
requirements, and our costs related to compliance with, or our
failure to comply with existing and future requirements could
adversely affect our business.
We must comply with corporate governance requirements under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as well as additional
rules and regulations currently in place and that may be
subsequently adopted by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board. These laws, rules, and regulations continue to
evolve and may become increasingly stringent in the future. The
financial cost of compliance with these laws, rules, and
regulations is expected to remain substantial.
Our management has concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective due to the lack of an audit committee
“financial expert.” We expect to appoint an additional
independent director to serve as Audit Committee Chairman. This
director will be an “audit committee financial expert”
as defined by the SEC. However, we cannot assure you that we will
be able to fully comply with these laws, rules, and regulations
that address corporate governance, internal control reporting, and
similar matters in the future. Failure to comply with these laws,
rules and regulations could materially adversely affect our
reputation, financial condition, and the value of our
securities.
The exercise prices of certain warrants, convertible notes payable
and the Series C and D Preferred Shares may require further
adjustment.
In the
future, if we sell our common stock at a price below $0.25 per
share, the exercise price of 8,108,356
outstanding shares of Series C and D Preferred Stock that adjust
below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments. In addition, the conversion price of a Convertible
Note Payable as of March 31, 2020 of $3,402,606 (9,020,264 common
shares at the current price of $0.25 per share and 1,147,540 shares
at $1.00 per share) and the exercise price of additional
outstanding warrants to purchase 12,838,286 shares of common stock
would adjust below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents
governing such instruments. Warrants totaling 2,755,717 would
adjust below $1.20 per share pursuant to the documents governing
such instruments.
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Risks Relating to Our Stock
The price of our
common stock is volatile, which may cause investment losses for our
stockholders.
The market price of our common stock has been and is likely in the
future to be volatile. Our common stock price may fluctuate in
response to factors such as:
●
Announcements by us regarding liquidity,
significant acquisitions, equity investments and
divestitures, strategic
relationships, addition or loss of significant customers and
contracts, capital expenditure commitments and litigation;
●
Issuance
of convertible or equity securities and related warrants for
general or merger and acquisition purposes;
●
Issuance or repayment of debt, accounts payable or
convertible debt for general or merger and acquisition
purposes;
●
Sale
of a significant number of shares of our common stock by
stockholders;
●
General
market and economic conditions;
●
Quarterly
variations in our operating results;
●
Investor
and public relation activities;
●
Announcements
of technological innovations;
●
New
product introductions by us or our competitors;
●
Competitive
activities;
●
Low liquidity;
and
●
Additions
or departures of key personnel.
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These broad market and industry factors may have a material adverse
effect on the market price of our common stock, regardless of our
actual operating performance. These factors could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
Transfers of our securities may be restricted by virtue of state
securities “blue sky” laws, which prohibit trading
absent compliance with individual state laws. These restrictions
may make it difficult or impossible to sell shares in those
states.
Transfers of our common stock may be restricted under the
securities or securities regulations laws promulgated by various
states and foreign jurisdictions, commonly referred to as
“blue sky” laws. Absent compliance with such individual
state laws, our common stock may not be traded in such
jurisdictions. Because the securities held by many of our
stockholders have not been registered for resale under the blue sky
laws of any state, the holders of such shares and persons who
desire to purchase them should be aware that there may be
significant state blue sky law restrictions upon the ability of
investors to sell the securities and of purchasers to purchase the
securities. These restrictions may prohibit the secondary trading
of our common stock. Investors should consider the secondary market
for our securities to be a limited one.
Four individual
investors could have significant influence over matters submitted
to stockholders for approval.
As of March 31, 2020, four
individuals in the aggregate, assuming the exercise of all warrants
to purchase common stock, hold shares representing approximately
55.9% of our common stock on a fully-converted basis and could be
considered a control group for purposes of SEC rules. However, the
agreement with one of these individuals limits his ownership to
4.99% individually. Beneficial ownership includes shares over which
an individual or entity has investment or voting power and includes
shares that could be issued upon the exercise of options and
warrants within 60 days after the date of determination. If these
persons were to choose to act together, they would be able to
significantly influence all matters submitted to our stockholders
for approval, as well as our officers, directors, management and
affairs. For example, these persons, if they choose to act
together, could significantly influence the election of directors
and approval of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of our assets. This concentration of voting power
could delay or prevent an acquisition of us on terms that other
stockholders may desire.
The sale of a significant number of our shares of common stock
could depress the price of our common stock.
Sales or issuances of a large number of shares of common stock in
the public market or the perception that sales may occur could
cause the market price of our common stock to decline. As of
March 31, 2020, we had 23,324,128 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding, held by 135 stockholders of record. The number of
stockholders, including beneficial owners holding shares through
nominee names, is approximately 2,300. Each share of common stock
entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to the
stockholders for a vote, and no cumulative voting for directors is
permitted. Stockholders do not have any preemptive
rights to acquire additional securities issued by us. As
of March 31, 2020, there were options outstanding for the purchase
of 4,891,334 common shares (including unearned stock option grants
totaling 2,680,000 shares), warrants for the purchase of 17,755,448
common shares, and 8,108,356 shares of our common stock
issuable upon the conversion of Series C and Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock. In addition, we have 10,167,804 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606. All of which could potentially dilute future
earnings per share.
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Significant shares of common stock are held by our principal
stockholders, other company insiders and other large stockholders.
As “affiliates” of Know Labs, as defined under
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, our principal stockholders, other of our insiders and
other large stockholders may only sell their shares of common stock
in the public market pursuant to an effective registration
statement or in compliance with Rule 144.
These options, warrants, convertible notes payable and convertible
preferred stock could result in further dilution to common
stockholders and may affect the market price of the common
stock.
Future issuance of additional shares of
common stock and/or preferred stock could dilute existing
stockholders. We have and may
issue preferred stock that could have rights that are preferential
to the rights of common stock that could discourage potentially
beneficial transactions to our common
stockholders.
Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, we currently have
authorized 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares
of preferred stock. To the extent that common shares are available
for issuance, subject to compliance with applicable stock exchange
listing rules, our board of directors has the ability to issue
additional shares of common stock in the future for such
consideration as the board of directors may consider sufficient.
The issuance of any additional securities could, among other
things, result in substantial dilution of the percentage ownership
of our stockholders at the time of issuance, result in substantial
dilution of our earnings per share and adversely affect the
prevailing market price for our common stock.
An issuance of additional shares of preferred stock could result in
a class of outstanding securities that would have preferences with
respect to voting rights and dividends and in liquidation over our
common stock and could, upon conversion or otherwise, have all of
the rights of our common stock. Our Board of
Directors’ authority to issue preferred stock could
discourage potential takeover attempts or could delay or prevent a
change in control through merger, tender offer, proxy contest or
otherwise by making these attempts more difficult or costly to
achieve. The issuance of preferred stock could impair
the voting, dividend and liquidation rights of common stockholders
without their approval.
Future capital raises may dilute our existing stockholders’
ownership and/or have other adverse effects on our
operations.
If we
raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our existing
stockholders’ percentage ownership will be reduced and these
stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may also issue
equity securities that provide for rights, preferences and
privileges senior to those of our common stock. If we raise
additional funds by issuing debt securities, these debt securities
would have rights senior to those of our common stock and the terms
of the debt securities issued could impose significant restrictions
on our operations, including liens on our assets. If we raise
additional funds through collaborations and licensing arrangements,
we may be required to relinquish some rights to our technologies or
candidate products, or to grant licenses on terms that are not
favorable to us.
We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock
in the foreseeable future.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock.
We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any,
to finance the growth and development of our business, and we do
not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in
the foreseeable future. In addition, the terms of any future debt
agreements may preclude us from paying dividends. As a result,
capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be your sole
source of gain for the foreseeable future.
Anti-takeover provisions may limit the ability of another party to
acquire our company, which could cause our stock price to
decline.
Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, our bylaws and Nevada
law contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a
third party from acquiring our company, even if doing so may be
beneficial to our stockholders. In addition, these provisions could
limit the price investors would be willing to pay in the future for
shares of our common stock.
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Our articles of incorporation allow for our board to create new
series of preferred stock without further approval by our
stockholders, which could adversely affect the rights of the
holders of our common stock.
Our Board of Directors has the authority to fix and determine the
relative rights and preferences of preferred stock. Our Board of
Directors also has the authority to issue preferred stock without
further stockholder approval. As a result, our Board of Directors
could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred stock that
would grant to holders the preferred right to our assets upon
liquidation, the right to receive dividend payments before
dividends are distributed to the holders of common stock and the
right to the redemption of the shares, together with a premium,
prior to the redemption of our common stock. In addition, our Board
of Directors could authorize the issuance of a series of preferred
stock that has greater voting power than our common stock or that
is convertible into our common stock, which could decrease the
relative voting power of our common stock or result in dilution to
our existing stockholders.
We or our manufacturers may be unable to obtain or maintain
international regulatory clearances or approvals for our current or
future products, or our distributors may be unable to obtain
necessary qualifications, which could harm our
business.
Sales of the Know Labs UBAND internationally are subject to foreign
regulatory requirements that vary widely from country to country.
In addition, the FDA regulates exports of medical devices from the
U.S. Complying with international regulatory requirements can be an
expensive and time-consuming process, and marketing approval or
clearance is not certain. The time required to obtain clearances or
approvals, if required by other countries, may be longer than that
required for FDA clearance or approvals, and requirements for such
clearances or approvals may significantly differ from FDA
requirements. We may rely on third-party distributors to obtain
regulatory clearances and approvals required in other countries,
and these distributors may be unable to obtain or maintain such
clearances or approvals. Our distributors may also incur
significant costs in attempting to obtain and in maintaining
foreign regulatory approvals or clearances, which could increase
the difficulty of attracting and retaining qualified distributors.
If our distributors experience delays in receiving necessary
qualifications, clearances or approvals to market our products
outside the U.S., or if they fail to receive those qualifications,
clearances or approvals, we may be unable to market our products or
enhancements in international markets effectively, or at
all.
Foreign governmental authorities that regulate the manufacture and
sale of medical devices have become increasingly stringent and, to
the extent we market and sell our products outside of the U.S., we
may be subject to rigorous international regulation in the future.
In these circumstances, we would be required to rely on our foreign
independent distributors to comply with the varying regulations,
and any failures on their part could result in restrictions on the
sale of our product in foreign countries.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
prospectus includes statements that are, or may be deemed,
"forward-looking statements." In some cases, these forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates",
"anticipates", "expects", "plans", "intends", "may", "could",
"might", "will", "should", "approximately" or, in each case, their
negative or other variations thereon or comparable terminology,
although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.
They appear in a number of places throughout this prospectus and
include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs, projections,
outlook, analyses or current expectations concerning, among other
things, our ongoing and planned exploration activities, our results
of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth
and strategies, the length of time that we will be able to continue
to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditures, our
expected financing needs and sources of financing, the industry in
which we operate and the trends that may affect the industry or
us.
By
their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties because they relate to events, competitive dynamics,
and technologies which are capable of
uniquely authenticating or diagnosing market developments
and depend on the economic circumstances that may or may not occur
in the future or may occur on longer or shorter timelines than
anticipated. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis
for each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus, we
caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and that our actual results of operations,
financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the
industry in which we operate may differ materially from the
forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. In
addition, even if our results of operations, financial condition
and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we
operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements
contained in this prospectus, they may not be predictive of results
or developments in future periods.
Any
forward-looking statements that we make in this prospectus speak
only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no
obligation to update such statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this prospectus.
You
should also read carefully the factors described in the "Risk
Factors" section of this prospectus to better understand the risks
and uncertainties inherent in our business and underlying any
forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot
assure you that the forward-looking statements in this prospectus
will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking
statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material.
In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking
statements, you should not regard these statements as a
representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will
achieve our objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at
all. We disclaim any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future
events or for any other reason.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We are not selling any shares of our common stock in this offering
and, as a result, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of
the common stock covered by this prospectus. All of the net
proceeds from the sale of our common stock will go to the Selling
Stockholders. Upon exercise of the Private Placement and Placement
Agent Warrants, however, we will receive up to $1.20 per share or
such lower price as may result from the anti-dilution protection
features of such warrants The Warrants may expire without having
been exercised. Even if some or all of these Warrants are
exercised, we cannot predict when they will be exercised and when
we would receive the proceeds. Any proceeds received from the
exercise of such warrants will be used for general working capital
and other corporate purposes. See “Selling Security
Holders” and “Plan of Distribution.”
With the exception of any brokerage fees and commissions which are
the respective obligations of the Selling Stockholders, we are
responsible for the fees, costs and expenses of this Registration
Statement, which includes our legal and accounting fees, printing
costs, and filing and other miscellaneous fees and
expenses.
PRICE RANGE OF OUR COMMON
STOCK
Our
common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol
"KNWN". The following table sets forth the range of the high and
low sale prices of the common stock for the periods indicated. The
quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup,
markdown or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.
Consequently, the information provided below may not be indicative
of our common stock price under different conditions.
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Trades
in our common stock may be subject to Rule 15g-9 of the Exchange
Act, which imposes requirements on broker/dealers who sell
securities subject to the rule to persons other than established
customers and accredited investors. For transactions covered by the
rule, broker/dealers must make a special suitability determination
for purchasers of the securities and receive the purchaser’s
written agreement to the transaction before the sale.
Period Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
Year Ending September 30, 2020
|
|
|
Through
June 28, 2020
|
$2.65
|
$0.81
|
March
31, 2020
|
$2.90
|
$0.90
|
December
31, 2019
|
$1.95
|
$0.92
|
|
|
|
Year Ending September 30, 2019
|
|
|
September
30, 2019
|
$1.70
|
$1.20
|
June
30, 2019
|
$2.00
|
$1.26
|
March
31, 2019
|
$2.97
|
$0.90
|
December
31, 2018
|
$4.44
|
$0.85
|
|
|
|
Year Ending September 30, 2018
|
|
|
September
30, 2018
|
$5.71
|
$0.62
|
June
30, 2018
|
$0.65
|
$0.24
|
March
31, 2018
|
$0.36
|
$0.21
|
December
31, 2017
|
$0.44
|
$0.20
|
|
|
|
Year Ending September 30, 2017
|
|
|
September
30, 2017
|
$0.25
|
$0.11
|
June
30, 2017
|
$0.70
|
$0.23
|
March
31, 2017
|
$0.99
|
$0.54
|
December
31, 2016
|
$1.44
|
$0.66
|
|
|
|
As of
June 23, 2020, the high and low sales price of our common stock was
$1.49 per share and $1.89 per share, respectively. As of June 29,
2020, there were 23,876,245
shares of common stock outstanding held by approximately 126
stockholders of record. This number does not include approximately
2,300 beneficial owners whose shares are held in the names of
various security brokers, dealers and registered clearing
agencies.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We have
never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and
intend, for the foreseeable future, to retain any future earnings
to finance the growth and development of our business. Our future
dividend policy will be determined by our Board of Directors on the
basis of various factors, including our results of operations,
financial condition, capital requirements and investment
opportunities.
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CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and
capitalization as of March 31, 2020 and on a pro forma basis to
give effect to this offering.
In
thousands, except for share and per share data
|
March
31,
2020
|
|
|
Actual
|
Pro Forma
(1)
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$777
|
$9,381
|
|
|
|
Convertible notes
payable
|
2,739
|
7,220
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIT
|
|
|
Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock
|
2
|
2
|
Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock
|
1
|
1
|
Common
stock
|
23
|
33
|
Additional paid in
capital
|
45,582
|
49,695
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(48,749)
|
(48,749)
|
Total
stockholders' (deficit) equity
|
(3,141)
|
982
|
Total
capitalization
|
$(402)
|
$8,202
|
(1) Pro
Forma balances include the issuance of the following:
(i) up to 5,639,750 shares of
common stock underlying the principal, and up to 451,160
shares underlying the interest
accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (the
“Notes”), which have a conversion price that is the
lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty five percent (25%) discount
to the price per share paid by investors a future Qualified
Financing (the “Shares”) with cash and convertible
notes payable reduced by $715,000 for such notes issued prior to
March 31, 2020 and reduced by placement fees of 9% on the
convertible notes proceeds.
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares
(the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of outstanding investor's warrants (the "Investor
Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were previously
issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with the Notes
Offering that closed in a series of closings between October
17, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
(iii)
615,675 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding placement agent
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share that were previously issued to
Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns (collectively
“Placement Agent”) pursuant to an engagement agreement
dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead Offering Engagement
Agreement”) which provides that the Placement Agent shall
receive that certain number of warrants to purchase the common
stock of the Company equal to the number of warrants issued under
the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note Offering (the
“Offering”).
You
should read this table together with the sections entitled "Summary
Financial Data" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our financial
statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this
prospectus.
The
number of shares of our common stock outstanding before this
offering is based on 23,324,128 shares of our common stock
outstanding as of March 31, 2020, and excludes, as of that
date:
●
4,891,334 shares
of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock
options outstanding at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.165
per share (including unearned stock option grants totaling
2,680,000);
●
10,167,804 common
shares (9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per
share and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606;
●
8,108,356 shares of
our common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series C and D
Convertible Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $0.25, subject
to certain adjustments, and
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●
17,755,448 warrants
to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.460 subject to certain adjustments.
The pro
forma information discussed above is to illustrate only and will
change based on the actual public offering price, number of shares
and other terms of this offering determined in
pricing.
DILUTION
If you invest in our common stock in this offering, your ownership
interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the
difference between the public offering price per share of our
common stock and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value
per share of our common stock immediately after this
offering.
Our historical net tangible book value deficit of $3,141,220 is the
amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities as
of March 31, 2020. Net historical tangible book value deficit per
share of ($0.135) is our historical net tangible book value deficit
divided by 23,324,128 shares of common stock outstanding as March
31, 2020.
Pro forma as adjusted net book value is our pro forma net tangible
book value, after giving effect to the sale of shares of our common
stock by the Selling Stockholders in this offering at a public
offering price of $1.75. Our pro forma as adjusted net book value
as of March 31, 2020, after giving effect to this offering would
have been approximately $982,000, or $0.030per share. This amount
represents an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net
tangible book value of $0.165 per share to our existing
stockholders, and an immediate dilution of $1.72 per share to new
investors participating in this offering. Dilution per share to new
investors is determined by subtracting pro forma as adjusted net
tangible book value per share after this offering from the public
offering price per share paid by new investors.
The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share
basis:
Assumed
public offering price per share
|
|
$1.750
|
Pro
forma net tangible book value per share as of March 31,
2020
|
$(0.135)
|
|
Increase
in net tangible book value per share attributable to this
offering
|
$0.165
|
|
Pro
forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this
offering
|
|
$0.030
|
Amount
of dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors
in this offering
|
|
$1.720
|
The number of shares of our common stock outstanding before
this offering is based on 23,324,128 shares of our common stock
outstanding as of March 31, 2020, and excludes, as of that
date:
●
4,891,334 shares
of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock
options outstanding at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.165
per share (including unearned stock option grants totaling
2,680,000);
●
10,167,804 common
shares (9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per
share and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606;
●
8,108,356 shares of
our common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series C and D
Convertible Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $0.25, subject
to certain adjustments, and
●
17,755,448 warrants
to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.460 subject to certain adjustments.
We may
choose to raise additional capital through the sale of equity or
convertible debt securities due to market conditions or strategic
considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our
current or future operating plans. To the extent that any of these
options or warrants are exercised, new options are issued under our
equity incentive plans or we issue additional shares of common
stock or other equity securities in the future, there may be
further dilution to new investors participating in this
offering.
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SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS
This prospectus covers the resale by our Selling Stockholders
of 9,526,085 shares of common
stock, including:
(i) up to 5,639,750 shares of
common stock underlying the principal, and up to 451,160
shares underlying the interest
accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Notes (the
“Notes”), which have a conversion price that is the
lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty five percent (25%) discount
to the price per share paid by investors a future Qualified
Financing (the “Shares”)
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares
(the "Investor Warrant Shares") of common stock issuable upon the
exercise of outstanding investor's warrants (the "Investor
Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20 that were previously
issued to the Selling Shareholders in connection with the Notes
Offering that closed in a series of closings between October
17, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
(iii)
615,675 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding placement agent
warrants (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share that were previously issued to
Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns (collectively
“Placement Agent”) pursuant to an engagement agreement
dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead Offering Engagement
Agreement”) which provides that the Placement Agent shall
receive that certain number of warrants to purchase the common
stock of the Company equal to the number of warrants issued under
the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note Offering (the
“Offering”).
We are registering these securities in order to permit the Selling
Stockholders to dispose of its shares of common stock from time to
time. The Selling Stockholders may decide to sell all, some, or
none of the securities listed below. See the section
entitled “Plan of Distribution.” We cannot
provide an estimate of the number of our securities that the
Selling Stockholders will hold in the future. For purposes of this
table, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the
rules of the SEC and includes voting power and investment power
with respect to such securities.
The Selling Stockholders has had no material relationship with us
or our affiliates during the last three years. Information regarding prior securities
transactions between the issuer (or any of its predecessors) and
the Selling Shareholders, any affiliates of the Selling
Shareholders, or any person with whom any Selling Shareholder has a
contractual relationship regarding the transaction (or any
predecessors of those persons) is set forth below the Selling
Stockholders table. To our
knowledge, none of the Selling Stockholders are a registered
broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer, with the
exception of the Placement Agent, Boustead Securities, LLC and
their assigns. All
securities offered by an affiliate of a broker-dealer were
purchased by the seller in the ordinary course of business, and, at
the time of the purchase of the securities to be resold, the seller
had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with
any person to distribute the securities.
The table below lists the Selling Stockholders and other
information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of
common stock by the Selling Stockholders. Column B lists the number
of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Selling
Stockholders prior to this offering. Column C lists the shares of
common stock covered by this prospectus that may be disposed of by
the Selling Stockholders. Column D lists the warrant shares covered
by this prospectus that may be disposed of by the Selling
Stockholders. Column E lists the number of Placement Agent Warrants
that will be beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholders
assuming all of the shares covered by this prospectus are sold.
Column F lists the number of shares of common stock that will be
beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholders assuming all of the
shares covered by this prospectus are sold. Column G lists the
percentage of shares of common stock that will be beneficially
owned by the Selling Stockholders assuming all of the shares
covered by this prospectus are sold. Beneficial
ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act.
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Name of Selling Shareholder (A)
|
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Prior to
this
Offering (B)
|
Securities
Being
Offered
(C)
|
Warrant
Being
Offered
(C)
|
Placement
Agent
Warrants
(D)
|
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
After
Offering
(E)
|
% Beneficial
Ownership
After Offering (F)
|
Debt Offering
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JLA
Realty Associates
|
-
|
300,000
|
150,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
David
W Zenk
|
39,500
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Robert
J Lamoreaux
|
39,500
|
75,000
|
37,500
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Charles
Mickelson
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Terry
F and Sandra L Walker
|
39,500
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Elliott
A Green
|
-
|
35,000
|
17,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Christopher
and Jennifer Lisek
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Millennium
Trust Company, LLC Custodian FBO Jaesun Park, Roth IRA
XXXX52994
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Ronald
Anderson Family Revocable Trust
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
The
Eastridge Revocable Trust of 2004 (Amended & Restated
03/29/2014)
|
-
|
30,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Anshuman
Chandra
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
C
Richard Childress
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Vulcan
Management LLC
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Zlatica
Vincini
|
-
|
130,000
|
65,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Matthew
John Fitzgerald
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Ritesh
Ramesh Sanghavi
|
79,000
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Kenneth
Followwill
|
39,500
|
12,500
|
6,250
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Todd
Baszucki
|
-
|
1,000,000
|
500,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Robert
Dean Mounts, Jr.
|
-
|
40,000
|
20,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Dewitt
Cuyler Morris Trust
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Thomas
E and Joanne J Deschaine
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Richard
L Gerstein
|
-
|
30,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
George
H Freisem
|
-
|
12,500
|
6,250
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Chris
Meehan
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Terrence
Brennan
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Timothy
K Graber
|
-
|
12,500
|
6,250
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Norman
G Glassman
|
79,000
|
60,000
|
30,000
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Charles
S Lucero
|
-
|
300,000
|
150,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Mark
Swaim
|
158,000
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
158,000
|
*
|
Boustead
and Company Limited
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Les
D Walter Living Trust
|
-
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Caserock
Investments LLC
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Christopher
Philip Gartner
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Millennium
Trust Company, LLC Custodian FBO Thomas Hughes IRA
XXXX24332
|
-
|
12,000
|
6,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Douglas
G Pedrick
|
-
|
30,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Jerry
Yang
|
79,000
|
150,000
|
75,000
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Jim
T Watson
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
John
Dodero
|
-
|
20,000
|
10,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Dean
Delis
|
158,000
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
158,000
|
*
|
Srikanth
Tummala
|
39,500
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Christopher
Schlarb
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Thomas
Byron
|
-
|
75,000
|
37,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Azet
Holdings LLC
|
-
|
150,000
|
75,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Frederick
C Meltzer
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Howard
Spiegel
|
-
|
10,000
|
5,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Christopher
J Amery
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Brinson
Lingenfelter and Taylor Burnham
|
-
|
10,000
|
5,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Marion
B Hoffman
|
-
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Blake
Bendett
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Scott
Weber
|
-
|
20,000
|
10,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Anthony
Brubaker
|
-
|
45,000
|
22,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Pensco
Trust Company, Custodian FBO Brian G Swift Roth IRA
|
79,000
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Howard
Miller
|
118,500
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
118,500
|
*
|
Karl
L Matthies Trust
|
474,000
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
474,000
|
2.0%
|
KH
Krueger
|
79,000
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Eight
Family Trust Walter Bilofsky, TTEE u/t/a dtd 11/8/99
|
39,500
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
39,500
|
*
|
Joseph
W & Patricia G Abrams Family Trust dtd 3/15/1995
|
79,000
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
79,000
|
*
|
Rogers
Family Trust UTD 01/21/81
|
-
|
625,000
|
312,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Roy
& Ruth Rogers Unitrust UTD 09/28/89
|
-
|
75,000
|
37,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Potter
Family Trust
|
474,000
|
125,000
|
62,500
|
-
|
474,000
|
2.0%
|
Rakesh
and Jeanette Kansal
|
-
|
30,000
|
15,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Jon
D and Linda W Gruber Trust
|
1,106,000
|
300,000
|
150,000
|
-
|
1,106,000
|
4.6%
|
Gruber
Family Foundation
|
-
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Jonathan
Wyatt Gruber
|
-
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Lindsay
Gruber Dunham
|
-
|
100,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Ricard R.
Tartre
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Ken. G.
Mansour
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Gary
Ulrich
|
-
|
25,000
|
12,500
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Zlatica
Vincini
|
-
|
50,000
|
25,000
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Boustead
Securities LLC
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
232,809
|
-
|
*
|
Garden
State Securities Inc
|
24,750
|
-
|
-
|
5,400
|
24,750
|
*
|
Ernest
Pellegrino
|
37,125
|
-
|
-
|
10,800
|
37,125
|
*
|
Terry
Brodt
|
37,125
|
-
|
-
|
10,800
|
37,125
|
*
|
Peter
Conley
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
324,580
|
-
|
*
|
Brian
Swift
|
71,610
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
71,610
|
*
|
Michael
Jacks
|
11,550
|
-
|
-
|
4,050
|
11,550
|
*
|
Brinson
Lingenfelter
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
27,236
|
-
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Private Placement
|
3,381,660
|
5,639,500
|
2,819,750
|
615,675
|
3,381,660
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
-
|
451,160
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
*
|
Grand
Total
|
3,381,660
|
6,090,660
|
2,819,750
|
615,675
|
3,381,660
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
being registered
|
|
|
8,910,410
|
615,675
|
9,526,085
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Less than 1% ownership.
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The price of the Company’s common stock on the date the
Selling Shareholders acquires securities by
which they can acquire the offered common stock was set at
approximately $1.00 per share which was the closing price of the
Company’s common stock as of January 31, 2019 (the date the
offering was originally commenced). The average closing stock price
between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020 was approximately
$1.605.
With
the exception of the $411,950 fee paid to Boustead Securities and
their affiliates or assign, no cash fee was paid to the Selling
Shareholders owning the 8% convertible notes, warrants and related
securities.
The 8%
notes and warrants will be adjusted proportionately in the event of
dividends, splits, or other reclassifications. With respect to the
conversion and exercise price adjustments for events requiring
adjustments,
DESCRIPTION OF 8% UNSUBORDINATED NOTE
OFFERING AND WARRANTS
Between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020, the Company closed additional rounds of the
private placement for gross proceeds of $5,639,750 in exchange for
issuing Subordinated Convertible Notes and 2,819,750 Warrants in a
private placement to accredited investors, pursuant to a series of
substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common
Stock Warrants, and related documents. The Convertible Notes
will be automatically converted to Common Stock at $1.00 per share
on the one year anniversary starting on October 17,
2020.
The
Convertible Notes had an original principal amount of $5,639,750 and bear annual interest of 8%.
Both the principal amount and the interest are payable on a
payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
“Common Stock”).
Both the principal amount of and the interest are payable on a
payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of the Company.
They are due and payable in common stock on the earlier of (a)
mandatory and automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into a
financing that yields gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 or (b)
on the one-year anniversary of the Convertible Notes. Investors
will be required to convert their Convertible Notes into Common
Stock in any $10,000,000 financing at a conversion price per share
equal to the lower of (i) $1.00 per share or (ii) a 25% discount to
the price per share paid by investors in the $10,000,000 Financing.
If the Convertible Notes have not been paid or converted prior to
the Maturity Date, the outstanding principal amount of the
Convertible Notes will be automatically converted into shares of
Common Stock at the lesser of (a) $1.00 per share or (b) any
adjusted price resulting from the application of a “most
favored nations” provision, which requires the issuance of
additional shares of Common Stock to investors if the Company
issues certain securities at less than the then-current conversion
price.
The Warrants were granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for
each full share of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes
are convertible). The Warrants have a five-year term and an
exercise price equal to $1.20 or 120% of the per share conversion
price of the Qualified Financing or other mandatory
conversion.
The Convertible Notes are convertible into an aggregate 5,639,750
shares of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the
Warrants are initially exercisable for 2,819,750 shares of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also
subject to certain adjustments.
In connection with the private placement, the Placement Agent for
the Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of
$411,750 and warrants to purchase 615,675 shares of the
Company’s common stock, all based on 8% of gross proceeds to
the Company.
As part of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a
Registration Rights Agreement, which grants the investors
“demand” and “piggyback” registration
rights to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of the Convertible Notes and the exercise of the
Warrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission for resale or
other disposition. In addition, the Convertible Notes are
subordinated to certain senior debt of the Company pursuant to a
Subordination Agreement executed by the investors.
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The Convertible Notes and Warrants were issued in transactions that
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable exemptions from
registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of
SEC Regulation D under the Act.
Boustead Securities, LLC a FINRA member, acted as our exclusive
placement agent. They have received an 8% cash fee and 8% in
warrants which are exercisable for 5 years at an exercise price of
$1.20. The Placement Agent Warrants have a cashless exercise
feature.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering under this prospectus (i) up to 5,639,750 shares
of common stock underlying the principal, and up to 451,160 shares
underlying the interest accrued, of registrants 8% Unsubordinated
Convertible Notes (the “Notes”), which have a
conversion price that is the lesser of $1.00 per share or a twenty
five percent (25%) discount to the price per share paid by
investors a future Qualified Financing (the “Shares”);
(ii) up to 2,819,750 shares (the "Investor Warrant Shares") of
common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding investor's
warrants (the "Investor Warrants") at an exercise price of $1.20
that were previously issued to the Selling Shareholders in
connection with the Notes Offering that closed in a series of
closings between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020; and
(iii) 615,675 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise
of outstanding placement agent warrants (the “Placement Agent
Warrants”) at an exercise price of $1.20 per share that were
previously issued to Boustead Securities, LLC and its assigns
(collectively “Placement Agent”) pursuant to an
engagement agreement dated November 6, 2018 (the “Boustead
Offering Engagement Agreement”) which provides that the
Placement Agent shall receive that certain number of warrants to
purchase the common stock of the Company equal to the number of
warrants issued under the 8% Unsubordinated Convertible Note
Offering (the “Offering”). We are required under the terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreement between the Company and the investors to
register the common stock issuable upon conversion of the 8%
Unsubordinated Convertible Notes, Investor Warrants and
Placement Agent Warrants.
We are not selling any shares of our common stock in this offering
and, as a result, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of
the common stock covered by this prospectus. All of the net
proceeds from the sale of our common stock will go to the Selling
Stockholders. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale
of shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholders. Upon
exercise of the Investor Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants,
however, we will receive up to $1.20 per share, or such lower price
as may result from the anti-dilution protection features of such
warrants. Any proceeds received from the exercise of such warrants
will be used for general working capital and other corporate
purposes.
The Selling Stockholders may decide not to sell any of its shares
of common stock or may sell all or a portion of its shares of
common stock. The Selling Stockholders will act
independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing,
manner and size of any sale of shares, and may sell the shares
directly or through one or more broker-dealers or
agents. To the extent that the Selling Stockholders
employs broker-dealers or other agents in connection with the sale
of its stock, the Selling Stockholders will pay any commissions,
discounts or other amounts due to such broker-dealers or
agents. To our knowledge, the Selling Stockholders has
not entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with
any particular broker-dealer or market maker with respect to the
sale or distribution of the shares of common stock offered
hereby.
The Selling Stockholders, which as used herein includes its donees,
pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling
shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock
received after the date of this prospectus from a Selling
Stockholders as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other
transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any or all of its shares of common stock or interests in
shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading
facility on which the shares are traded, or in private
transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices,
at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related
to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the
time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following
methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:
31
-
ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
-
block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as
principal to facilitate the transaction;
-
purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for
its account;
-
an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the
applicable exchange;
-
privately
negotiated transactions;
-
short
sales effected after the date the Registration Statement of which
this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the
SEC;
-
through
the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions,
whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
-
broker-dealers
may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number
of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
-
a
combination of any such methods of sale; and
-
any
other method permitted by applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a
security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock
owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured
obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the
shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus,
or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or
other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list
of Selling Stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other
successors in interest as Selling Stockholders under this
prospectus. The Selling Stockholders also may transfer
the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case
the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be
the Selling Stockholders for purposes of this
prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests
therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging
transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions,
which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the
course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling
Stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and
deliver these securities to close out its short positions, or loan
or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell
these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also
enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or
other financial institutions or the creation of one or more
derivative securities which require the delivery to such
broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by
this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial
institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus as supplemented
or amended to reflect such transaction.
The aggregate proceeds to the Selling Stockholders from the sale of
the common stock will be the purchase price of the common stock
less discounts or commissions, if any. The Selling
Stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with its
agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any
proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through
agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from
these stock sales by the Selling
Stockholders.
The Selling Stockholders also may resell all or a portion of its
shares of common stock in open market transactions in reliance upon
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that it meets
the criteria and conform to the requirements of that
rule.
To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold,
the names of the Selling Stockholders(s), the respective purchase
prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer
or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with
respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying
prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement that includes this
prospectus.
32
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if
applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions
only through registered or licensed brokers or
dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock
may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale
or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is
available and is complied with.
We have advised the Selling Stockholders that the anti-manipulation
rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of
shares in the market and to the activities of the Selling
Stockholders and its affiliates. In addition, to the
extent applicable we will make copies of this prospectus as it may
be supplemented or amended from time to time available to the
Selling Stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The Selling
Stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in
transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain
liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities
Act.
We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and
state securities laws, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, prospectus supplement, or any
information incorporated by reference
therein, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that we will not
be liable for any liabilities finally adjudicated to be caused
solely by a false statement of material fact contained within
written information provided by such the Selling Stockholders
expressly for the purpose of including it in this Registration
Statement or the prospectus that is part of this Registration
Statement.
We also have agreed with the Selling Stockholders to keep the
Registration Statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part
effective until the earlier of (1) the date on which all of the
shares covered by this prospectus have been sold, or (2) the date
on which all of the shares may be sold without restriction pursuant
to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-looking statements in this report reflect the good-faith
judgment of our management and the statements are based on facts
and factors as we currently know them. Forward-looking statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and
outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes
include, but are not limited to, those discussed below as well as
those discussed elsewhere in this report (including in Part II,
Item 1A (Risk Factors)). Readers are urged not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements because they speak
only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to
revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect
any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this
report.
BACKGROUND AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Know Labs, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Nevada in 1998. Since 2007, we have been focused primarily
on research and development of proprietary technologies which can
be used to authenticate and diagnose a
wide variety of organic and non-organic substances and
materials. Our Common Stock trades on the OTCQB Exchange
under the symbol “KNWN.”
BUSINESS
We are focused on the development, marketing and sales of
proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely identifying
or authenticating almost any substance or material using
electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the unique
“signature” of the substance or material. We call these
our “Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies.
33
Historically, the Company focused on the development of our
proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs
(light emitting diodes) the ChromaID technology maps the color of
substances, fluids and materials. With our proprietary processes we
can authenticate and identify based upon the color that is present.
The color is both visible to us as humans but also outside of the
humanly visible color spectrum in the near infra-red and near
ultra-violet and beyond. The Company’s ChromaID scanner sees
what we like to call “Nature’s Color
Fingerprint.” Everything in nature has a unique color
identifier and with ChromaID the Company can see, and identify, and
authenticate based upon the color that is present. The
Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of uniquely identifying
and authenticating almost any substance or liquid using light to
record, detect and identify its unique color signature. More
recently, the Company has focused upon extensions and new
inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our ChromaID
technology. The Company calls this new technology
“Bio-RFID.” The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID
technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into
the commercialization phase of our Company as we work to create
revenue generating products for the marketplace. Today, the sole
focus of the Company is on its Bio-RFID technology and its
commercialization.
On
April 30, 2020, we incorporated Particle, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“Particle”). We are the sole shareholder.
As a result, Particle is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company. Particle shall utilize our corporate offices and is
expected focus on the development and commercialization of our
extensive intellectual property relating to electromagnetic energy
outside of the medical diagnostic arena, which remains the parent
company’s singular focus with its initial product, the
UBAND™ non-invasive continuous glucose monitor. On June 1, 2020, we approved and ratified entry
into an intercompany Patent License Agreement (the
“Agreement”) dated May 21, 2020 with Particle whereby
Particle shall receive an exclusive non-transferrable license to
use certain patents and trademarks of the Company, in exchange we
shall receive: (i) a one-time fee of $250,000 upon a successful
financing of Particle, and (ii) a quarterly royalty payment equal
to the greater of 5% of the Gross Sales, net of returns, from
Particle, Inc. or $5,000.
In 2010, we acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to our
business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and
personnel identification and authentication. TransTech has
historically provided substantially all of the Company’s
revenues. The financial results from our TransTech subsidiary have
been diminishing as vendors of their products increasingly move to
the Internet and direct sales to their customers. While it does
provide our current revenues, it is not central to our current
focus as a Company. Moreover, we have written down any goodwill
associated with its historic acquisition. We expect to shut
down TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
For
further information See Section titled
“Business.”
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
In 2010, we acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to our
business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and
personnel identification and authentication. TransTech has
historically provided substantially all of the Company’s
revenues. The financial results from our TransTech subsidiary have
been diminishing as vendors of their products increasingly move to
the Internet and direct sales to their customers. While it has
provides our current revenues, it is not central to our current
focus as a Company. Moreover, we have written down any goodwill
associated with its historic acquisition and we shut down
TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
The following table presents certain consolidated statement of
operations information and presentation of that data as a
percentage of change from period-to-period.
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(dollars in thousands)
|
Six Months Ended
March 31,
|
|||
|
2020
|
2019
|
$
Variance
|
%
Variance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$122
|
$1,196
|
$(1,074)
|
-89.8%
|
Cost of
sales
|
70
|
927
|
(857)
|
92.4%
|
Gross
profit
|
52
|
269
|
(217)
|
-80.7%
|
Research and
development expenses
|
938
|
391
|
547
|
-139.9%
|
Selling, general
and administrative expenses
|
2,543
|
1,693
|
850
|
-50.2%
|
Operating
loss
|
(3,429)
|
(1,815)
|
(1,614)
|
-109.4%
|
Other (expense)
income:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(2,981)
|
(409)
|
(2,572)
|
-628.9%
|
Other income
(expense)
|
64
|
13
|
51
|
392.3%
|
Total other income
(expense)
|
(2,917)
|
(396)
|
(2,521)
|
-636.6%
|
(Loss) before
income taxes
|
(6,346)
|
(2,211)
|
(4,135)
|
-187.0%
|
Income taxes -
current (benefit)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.0%
|
Net
(loss)
|
$(6,346)
|
$(2,211)
|
$(4,135)
|
-187.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020
COMPARED TO THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED MARCH 31, 2019
Sales
Revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2020 decreased $1,074,000 to $122,000 as compared to
$1,196,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2019. The decrease was due to lower
sales by TransTech as we wind down TransTech. We expect to
shut down TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
Cost of Sales
Cost of sales for the six months ended March 31, 2020
decreased $857,000 to $70,000 as
compared to $927,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2019. The decrease was due to lower
sales by TransTech as we wind down TransTech. We expect to
shut down TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
Gross profit was $52,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2020 as compared to $269,000 for the
six months ended March 31, 2019. Gross profit was 20.2% for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 as
compared to 23.4% for the six months ended March 31,
2019. We have focused TransTech on
maximizing profits at the current sales level.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses for the six months ended
March 31, 2020 increased $547,000 to
$938,000 as compared to $391,000 for the six months ended
March 31, 2019. The increase was due
to the hiring of additional personnel, the use of consultant
and expenditures related to the
development of our Bio-RFID™ technology, including
obtaining FDA approval.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 increased
$850,000 to $2,543,000 as compared to $1,693,000 for the six months
ended March 31, 2019.
The increase primarily was due to (i) increased professional fees
of $116,000; (ii) increased stock based compensation of $949,000;
(iii) increased insurance of $23,000; (iv) increased payroll of
$17,000; (v) increased other expenses of $20,000; offset by (iv)
decreased TransTech expenses of $258,000 (primarily salaries and
rent). As part of the selling, general and administrative expenses
for the six months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded $83,000 of investor relation
expenses and business development expenses.
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Other (Expense), Net
Other expense, net for the six months ended March 31, 2020
was $2,917,000 as compared to other
expense, net of $396,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2019. The other expense for the six
months ended March 31, 2020 included (i) interest expense of $2,981,000;
offset by (ii) other income of $64,000.
The other expense, net for the six months ended March 31, 2019
included (i) interest expense of $409,000; offset by (ii) other
income of $13,000.
Net Loss
Net loss for the six months ended March 31, 2020
was $6,346,000 as compared to
$2,211,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2019. The net loss for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 included non-cash items of non-cash expenses of $4,510,000.
The non-cash items include (i) depreciation and amortization of
$121,000; (ii) issuance of capital stock for services and expenses
of $1,026,000; (iii) stock based compensation of $566,000; (iv)
amortization of debt discount as interest expense of $2,792,000;
and (v) other of $5,000. TransTech’s net income from operations was
$68,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2020.
The net loss for the six months ended March 31, 2019,
included non-cash expenses of
$1,146,000. The non-cash items included (i) depreciation and
amortization of $133,000; (ii) stock based compensation of
$293,000; (iii) issuance of capital stock for services and expenses
of $349,000; (iv) amortization of debt discount as interest expense
of $362,000; and (v) other of $9,000. TransTech’s net loss
from operations was $36,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2019.
We expect losses to continue as we commercialize our
ChromaID™ and Bio-RFID™ technology.
Year Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to Year Ended September 30,
2018
|
Years Ended
September 30,
|
|||
|
2019
|
2018
|
$
Variance
|
%
Variance
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$1,805
|
$4,303
|
$(2,498)
|
-58.1%
|
Cost of
sales
|
1,378
|
3,482
|
(2,104)
|
60.4%
|
Gross
profit
|
427
|
821
|
(394)
|
-48.0%
|
Research and
development expenses
|
1,258
|
570
|
688
|
-120.7%
|
Selling, general
and administrative expenses
|
4,182
|
2,509
|
1,673
|
-66.7%
|
Operating
loss
|
(5,013)
|
(2,258)
|
(2,755)
|
-122.0%
|
Other (expense)
income:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(2,945)
|
(1,195)
|
(1,750)
|
-146.4%
|
Other
income
|
(10)
|
25
|
(35)
|
140.0%
|
Gain on debt
settlements
|
356
|
170
|
186
|
109.4%
|
Total other income
(expense), net
|
(2,599)
|
(1,000)
|
(1,599)
|
-159.9%
|
Loss before income
taxes
|
(7,612)
|
(3,258)
|
(4,354)
|
-133.6%
|
Income taxes -
current (benefit)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.0%
|
Net
loss
|
$(7,612)
|
$(3,258)
|
$(4,354)
|
-133.6%
|
Sales
Revenue for the year ended September 30, 2019 decreased $2,498,000
to $1,805,000 as compared to $4,303,000 for the year ended
September 30, 2018. The decrease was due to lower sales by
TransTech. We have focused TransTech on maximizing sales at the
lower sales level. We are seeing customers purchase similar
products directly from other sources and we have not been investing
in this business.
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Cost of Sales
Cost of sales for the year ended September 30, 2019 decreased
$2,104,000 to $1,378,000 as compared to $3,482,000 for the year
ended September 30, 2018. The decrease was due to lower sales by
TransTech. We have focused TransTech on maximizing profits at the
lower sales level.
Gross profit was $427,000 for the year ended September 30, 2019 as
compared to $821,000 for the year ended September 30, 2018. Gross
profit was 23.6% for the year ended September 30, 2019 as compared
to 19.1% for the year ended September 30, 2018. We have focused
TransTech on maximizing profits at the current sales
level.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses for the year ended September 30,
2019 increased $688,000 to $1,258,000 as compared to $570,000 for
the year ended September 30, 2018. The increase was due to
the hiring of additional personnel, the use of consultant and
expenditures related to the
development of our Bio-RFID™ technology,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended
September 30, 2019 increased $1,673,000 to $4,182,000 as compared
to $2,509,000 for the year ended September 30,
2018.
The increase primarily was due to (i) increased depreciation and
amortization expense of $127,000; (ii) increased stock based
compensation of $969,000; (iii) increased rent of $70,000; (iv)
increased travel of $99,000; (v) increased legal of $48,000; and
(vii) increased other expenses of $121,000. As part of the selling,
general and administrative expenses for the year ended September
30, 2019, we recorded $120,000 of investor relation expenses and
business development expenses.
Other (Expense)
Other expense for the year ended September 30, 2019 was $2,599,000
as compared to other expense of $1,000,000 for the year months
ended September 30, 2018. The other expense for the year ended
September 30, 2019 included (i) interest expense of $2,945,000;
(ii) other income of $10,000; and offset by (iii) gain on debt
settlements of $356,000. The interest expense related to
convertible notes payable and the amortization of the beneficial
conversion feature. During the year ended September 30,
2019, we closed a private placement and received gross proceeds of
$4,242,515 in exchange for issuing Subordinated Convertible Notes
and Warrants in a private placement to 54 accredited investors,
pursuant to a series of substantially identical Securities Purchase
Agreements, Common Stock Warrants, and related documents.
The gain on debt settlements related
to the settlement of old accounts payable.
The other expense for the year ended September 30, 2018 included
(i) interest expense of $1,195,000; offset by (ii) other income of
$25,000 and (iii) gain on debt settlements of $170,000. The
interest expense related a senior convertible exchangeable
debenture issued on December 12, 2017 and February 28, 2018 in
conjunction with a Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 14,
2017. The gain on debt settlements and forgiveness of accounts
payable.
Net Loss
Net loss for the year ended September 30, 2019 was $7,612,000 as
compared to $3,258,000 for the year ended September 30, 2018. The
net loss for the year ended September 30, 2019 included
non-cash items of (i) depreciation and
amortization of $259,000; (ii) stock based compensation of
$1,260,000; (iii) issuance of capital stock for services and
expenses of $349,000; (iv) amortization of debt discount of
$2,771,000; and (v) other of $34,000; and (vi) offset by
non-cash gain on accounts payable of $356,000. TransTech’s net loss from operations was
$78,000 for the year ended September 30, 2019 as compared to a net
income from operations of $49,000 for the year ended September 30,
2018.
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The net loss for the year ended September 30, 2018, included
non-cash expenses of $1,935,000. The
non-cash items include (i) depreciation and amortization of
$133,000; (ii) issuance of capital stock for services and expenses
of $440,000; (iii) stock based compensation of $291,000; (iv)
conversion of interest and amortization of debt discount of
$539,000; (v) conversion of accrued liabilities of $492,000; (vi)
issuance of common stock for conversion of liabilities of $200,000;
and (vii) other of $10,000; (viii) offset by non-cash gain on
accounts payable of $170,000. TransTech’s net income from
operations was $49,000 for the year ended September 30, 2018 as
compared to a net loss from operations of ($256,000) for the year
ended September 30, 2017.
We expect losses to continue as we commercialize our
ChromaID™ and Bio-RFID™ technology.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its
current and future operations, satisfy its obligations, and
otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. Significant factors in the
management of liquidity are funds generated by operations, levels
of accounts receivable and accounts payable and capital
expenditures.
Liquidity as of March 31, 2020
We had cash of approximately $777,000 and a net working capital
deficit of approximately $722,000 (net of convertible notes payable
and right of use asset and liabilities) as of March 31,
2020. We have experienced
net losses since inception and we expect losses to continue as we
commercialize our ChromaID™ technology. As of March
31, 2020, we had an accumulated
deficit of $48,749,000 and net losses in the amount of $6,346,000,
$7,612,000 and $3,258,000 for the six months ended March 31,
2020 and the year ended September 30,
2019 and 2018, respectively. We believe that our
cash on hand including funding closed since March 31, 2020 will be
sufficient to fund our operations through early 2021. During the
six months ended March 31, 2020 the Company raised $715,000 gross
proceeds through an initial debt offering. During the six
months ended March 31, 2020, the Company incurred non-cash expenses
of $4,510,000.
During
April 1 through June 2020, we closed additional rounds of a debt
offering and received gross proceeds of $4,924,500 in exchange for
issuing Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants in a private
placement to accredited investors, pursuant to a series of
substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common
Stock Warrants, and related documents. The Convertible Notes are
initially convertible into 4,924,500 shares of Common Stock,
subject to certain adjustments, and the Warrants are initially
exercisable for 2,462,250 shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject to certain
adjustments. In connection with the debt offering, the placement
agent for the Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash
fee of approximately 8% of gross proceeds and warrants to purchase
590,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
The
opinion of our independent registered public accounting firm on our
audited financial statements as of and for the year ended September
30, 2019 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability
to continue as a going concern is dependent upon raising capital
from financing transactions.
We need additional financing to implement our business plan and to
service our ongoing operations and pay our current debts. There can
be no assurance that we will be able to secure any needed funding,
or that if such funding is available, the terms or conditions would
be acceptable to us. If we are unable to obtain additional
financing when it is needed, we will need to restructure our
operations, and divest all or a portion of our business.
We may seek
additional capital through a combination of private and public
equity offerings, debt financings and strategic collaborations.
Debt financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include
covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific
actions, such as incurring additional debt, and could increase our
expenses and require that our assets secure such debt. Equity
financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to our
then-existing stockholders and/or require such stockholders to
waive certain rights and preferences. If such financing is not
available on satisfactory terms, or is not available at all, we may
be required to delay, scale back, or eliminate the development of
business opportunities and our operations and financial condition
may be materially adversely affected.
We have financed our corporate operations and our technology
development through the issuance of convertible debentures, the
issuance of preferred stock, the sale of common stock and the
exercise of warrants.
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The proceeds of warrants which are not expected to be cashless
could generate potential proceeds of up to $6,045,000.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 was
$1,688,000. This amount was primarily related to (i) a net loss of
$6,346,000; offset by (ii) working capital changes of $148,000; and
(iii) non-cash expenses of
$4,510,000. The non-cash items include (iv) depreciation and
amortization of $121,000; (v) issuance of capital stock for
services and expenses of $1,026,000; (vi) stock based compensation
of $566,000; (vi) amortization of debt discount as interest expense
of $2,792,000; and (vii) other of $5,000.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $28,000 and $75,000. This amount was primarily
related to the investment in equipment for research and
development.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $592,000 and $3,810,000. These amounts was
primarily related to issuance of convertible notes payable of
$715,000 offset by payments of issuance costs from notes payable of
$123,000.
Our contractual cash obligations as of March 31, 2020
are summarized in the table
below:
Contractual Cash
Obligations (1)
|
Total
|
Less Than 1
Year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
Greater Than 5
Years
|
Operating
leases
|
$209,957
|
$133,996
|
$75,961
|
$-
|
$-
|
Convertible notes
payable
|
3,402,606
|
3,402,606
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
$3,612,563
|
$3,536,602
|
$75,961
|
$-
|
$-
|
(1)
Convertible notes
payable includes $1,147,540 that converts into common stock at the
maturity date during 2020 and $2,255,066 under various convertible
promissory notes as of March 31, 2020 including $1,184,066 owed to
entities controlled by our chairman. We expect to incur capital
expenditures related to the development of the “Bio-RFID™” and
“ChromaID™” technologies. None of the
expenditures are contractual obligations as of March 31,
2020.
Liquidity as of September 30, 2019
We had cash of approximately $1,901,000 and net working capital of
approximately $241,000 (net of convertible notes payable and notes
payable) as of September 30, 2019. We have experienced
net losses since inception and we expect losses to continue as we
commercialize our ChromaID™ technology. As of September 30,
2019, we had an accumulated deficit of $42,404,000 and net losses
in the amount of $7,612,000 and $3,258,000 for the year ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. We believe that our
cash on hand will be sufficient to fund our operations through June
30, 2020.
During
the year ended September 30, 2019, we closed a private placement
and received gross proceeds of $4,242,490 in exchange for issuing
Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants in a private placement
to 54 accredited investors, pursuant to a series of substantially
identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common Stock Warrants,
and related documents.
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The
Convertible Notes have a principal amount of $4,242,490 and bear
annual interest of 8%. Both the principal amount of and the
interest are payable on a payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common
Stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”). They are due
and payable (in Common Stock) on the earlier of (a) mandatory and
automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into a financing that
yields gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (a “Qualified
Financing”) or (b) on the one-year anniversary of the
Convertible Notes (the “Maturity Date”). Investors will
be required to convert their Convertible Notes into Common Stock in
any Qualified Financing at a conversion price per share equal to
the lower of (i) $1.00 per share or (ii) a 25% discount to the
price per share paid by investors in the Qualified Financing. If
the Convertible Notes have not been paid or converted prior to the
Maturity Date, the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible
Notes will be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock
at the lesser of (a) $1.00 per share or (b) any adjusted price
resulting from the application of a “most favored
nations” provision, which requires the issuance of additional
shares of Common Stock to investors if we issue certain securities
at less than the then-current conversion price. The note principal,
interest and an additional 10% are payable in cash upon a change in
control as defined.
The
opinion of our independent registered public accounting firm on our
audited financial statements as of and for the year ended September
30, 2019 contains an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability
to continue as a going concern is dependent upon raising capital
from financing transactions.
We need additional financing to implement our business plan and to
service our ongoing operations and pay our current debts. There can
be no assurance that we will be able to secure any needed funding,
or that if such funding is available, the terms or conditions would
be acceptable to us. If we are unable to obtain additional
financing when it is needed, we will need to restructure our
operations, and divest all or a portion of our business.
We may seek
additional capital through a combination of private and public
equity offerings, debt financings and strategic collaborations.
Debt financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include
covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific
actions, such as incurring additional debt, and could increase our
expenses and require that our assets secure such debt. Equity
financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to our
then-existing stockholders and/or require such stockholders to
waive certain rights and preferences. If such financing is not
available on satisfactory terms, or is not available at all, we may
be required to delay, scale back, or eliminate the development of
business opportunities and our operations and financial condition
may be materially adversely affected.
We have financed our corporate operations and our technology
development through the issuance of convertible debentures, the
issuance of preferred stock, the sale of common stock and the
exercise of warrants.
We expect exercises of warrants. There were vested warrants of
17,677,091 as of September 30, 2019 with an aggregate intrinsic
value of $18,052,811.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended September
30, 2019 was $3,104,000. This amount was primarily related to (i) a
net loss of $7,612,000; offset by (ii) working capital changes of
$189,000; and (iii) non-cash expenses of $4,319,000. The non-cash
items include (iv) depreciation and amortization of $259,000; (v)
stock based compensation of $1,260,000; (vi) issuance of capital
stock for services and expenses of $349,000; (vii) amortization of
debt discount of $2,771,000; and (viii) other of $34,000; and (ix)
offset by non-cash gain on accounts payable of
$356,000.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended September
30, 2019 was $80,000. This amount was primarily related to the
investment in equipment for research and development.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended
September 30, 2019 was $4,150,000. This amount was primarily
related to issuance of convertible notes payable of $4,242,000 as
discussed above, offset by repayments of line of credit of
$92,000.
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Our contractual cash obligations as of September 30, 2019 are
summarized in the table below:
Contractual Cash
Obligations (1)
|
Total
|
Less Than 1
Year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
Greater Than 5
Years
|
Operating
leases
|
$270,008
|
$133,996
|
$136,012
|
$-
|
$-
|
Convertible notes
payable
|
6,497,581
|
6,497,581
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Capital
expenditures
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
$6,767,589
|
$6,631,577
|
$136,012
|
$-
|
$-
|
(1)
Convertible notes
payable includes $4,242,490 that converts into common stock at the
maturity date during early 2020. We expect to incur capital
expenditures related to the development of the “Bio-RFID™” and
“ChromaID™” technologies. None of the
expenditures are contractual obligations as of September 30,
2019.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do
not have any off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term is
defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that are reasonably likely
to have a current or future material effect on our financial
condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures or capital resources.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The application of GAAP involves the exercise of varying degrees of
judgment. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and
judgments based on historical experience and various other factors
that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different
assumptions or conditions. We believe that of our significant
accounting policies (see summary of significant accounting policies
more fully described in Note 2 to the financial statements set
forth in this report), the following policies involve a higher
degree of judgment and/or complexity:
Inventories – Inventories
consist primarily of printers and consumable supplies, including
ribbons and cards, badge accessories, capture devices, and access
control components held for resale and are stated at the lower of
cost or market on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”)
method. Inventories are considered available for resale
when drop shipped and invoiced directly to a customer from a
vendor, or when physically received by TransTech. The
Company records a provision for excess and obsolete inventory
whenever an impairment has been identified. There is a $0 and
$28,000 reserve for impaired inventory as of March 31, 2020
and September 30, 2019.
Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments
– ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures,
defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for
an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the
principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants on the
measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair
value hierarchy, which requires classification based on observable
and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The
fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on
market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own
assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy
consists of three levels:
Level 1
– Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities;
Level 2
– Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly
or indirectly observable; and.
Level 3 -
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and
significant to the fair value measurement.
The
recorded value of other financial assets and liabilities, which
consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts
receivable, other current assets, and accounts payable and accrued
expenses approximate the fair value of the respective assets and
liabilities as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 are based
upon the short-term nature of the assets and
liabilities.
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The
Company has a money market account which is considered a level 1
asset. The balance as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 was
$651,722 and $1,901,278, respectively.
Derivative Financial Instruments –Pursuant to ASC 815
“Derivatives and Hedging”, the Company evaluates all of
its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are
derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded
derivatives. The Company then determines if embedded derivative
must bifurcated and separately accounted for. For derivative
financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the
derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and
is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair
value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. For
stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses a
Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to value the derivative
instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The
classification of derivative instruments, including whether such
instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is
evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative
instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as
current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement
of the derivative instrument could be required within twelve months
of the balance sheet date.
The
Company determined that none of the conversion features within its
currently outstanding convertible notes payable must be bifurcated
and thus there was no derivative liability as of March 31, 2020 and
September 30,
2019.
Accounts Receivable and Revenue – The Company
recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers, which requires the application of the
five-step-principles-based-accounting-model for revenue
recognition. These steps include (1) a legally enforceable
contract, written or unwritten is identified; (2) performance
obligations in the contracts are identified; (3) the transaction
price reflecting variable consideration, if any, is identified; (4)
the transaction price is allocated to the performance obligations;
and (5) revenue is recognized when the control of goods is
transferred to the customer at a particular time or over time. For
TransTech, the Company extends thirty day terms to some customers.
Accounts receivable are reviewed periodically for
collectability.
TransTech Systems Inc. sells products directly to customers. Our
products are typically sold pursuant to purchase orders placed by
our customers, and our terms and conditions of sale do not require
customer acceptance. We account for a contract with a customer when
there is a legally enforceable contract, which could be the
customer’s purchase order, the rights of the parties are
identified, the contract has commercial terms, and collectability
of the contract consideration is probable. The majority of our
contracts have a single performance obligation to transfer products
and are short term in nature, usually less than one year. Our
revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in the
contract with each customer in exchange for transferring products
that is generally based upon a negotiated, formula, list or fixed
price. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is
transferred to our customer, which is either upon shipment from our
dock, receipt at the customer’s dock, or removal from
consignment inventory at the customer’s location, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
receive in exchange for those goods.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - We maintain an allowance
for uncollectible accounts receivable. It is our practice to
regularly review and revise, when deemed necessary, our estimates
of uncollectible accounts receivable, which are based primarily on
actual historical return rates. We record estimated uncollectible
accounts receivable as selling, general and administrative expense.
As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, there was a reserve
for sales returns of $0 and $40,000, respectively, which is minimal
based upon our historical experience.
Stock Based Compensation - The
Company has share-based compensation plans under which employees,
consultants, suppliers and directors may be granted restricted
stock, as well as options and warrants to purchase shares of
Company common stock at the fair market value at the time of grant.
Stock-based compensation cost to employees is measured by the
Company at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award,
over the requisite service period under ASC 718. For options issued
to employees, the Company recognizes stock compensation costs
utilizing the fair value methodology over the related period of
benefit.
Convertible Securities – Based upon ASC 815-15, we have
adopted a sequencing approach regarding the application of ASC
815-40 to convertible securities. We will evaluate our contracts
based upon the earliest issuance date. In the event partial
reclassification of contracts subject to ASC 815-40-25 is
necessary, due to our inability to demonstrate we have sufficient
shares authorized and unissued, shares will be allocated on the
basis of issuance date, with the earliest issuance date receiving
first allocation of shares. If a reclassification of an instrument
were required, it would result in the instrument issued latest
being reclassified first.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market
Risk
We have
no investments in any market risk sensitive instruments either held
for trading purposes or entered into for other than trading
purposes.
BUSINESS
We are focused on the development, marketing and sales of
proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely identifying
or authenticating almost any substance or material using
electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the unique
“signature” of the substance or material. We call these
our “Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies.
Historically, the Company focused on the development of our
proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs
(light emitting diodes) the ChromaID technology maps the color of
substances, fluids and materials. With our proprietary processes we
can authenticate and identify based upon the color that is present.
The color is both visible to us as humans but also outside of the
humanly visible color spectrum in the near infra-red and near
ultra-violet and beyond. The Company’s ChromaID scanner sees
what we like to call “Nature’s Color
Fingerprint.” Everything in nature has a unique color
identifier and with ChromaID the Company can see, and identify, and
authenticate based upon the color that is present. The
Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of uniquely identifying
and authenticating almost any substance or liquid using light to
record, detect and identify its unique color signature. More
recently, the Company has focused upon extensions and new
inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our ChromaID
technology. The Company calls this new technology
“Bio-RFID.” The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID
technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into
the commercialization phase of our Company as we work to create
revenue generating products for the marketplace. Today, the sole
focus of the Company is on its Bio-RFID technology and its
commercialization.
On
April 30, 2020, we incorporated Particle, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“Particle”). We are the sole shareholder.
As a result, Particle is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company. Particle shall utilize our corporate offices and is
expected focus on the development and commercialization of our
extensive intellectual property relating to electromagnetic energy
outside of the medical diagnostic arena, which remains the parent
company’s singular focus with its initial product, the
UBAND™ non-invasive continuous glucose monitor. On June 1, 2020, we approved and ratified entry
into an intercompany Patent License Agreement (the
“Agreement”) dated May 21, 2020 with Particle whereby
Particle shall receive an exclusive non-transferrable license to
use certain patents and trademarks of the Company, in exchange we
shall receive: (i) a one-time fee of $250,000 upon a successful
financing of Particle, and (ii) a quarterly royalty payment equal
to the greater of 5% of the Gross Sales, net of returns, from
Particle, Inc. or $5,000.
In 2010, we acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to our
business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and
personnel identification and authentication. TransTech has
historically provided substantially all of the Company’s
revenues. The financial results from our TransTech subsidiary have
been diminishing as vendors of their products increasingly move to
the Internet and direct sales to their customers. While it does
provide our current revenues, it is not central to our current
focus as a Company. Moreover, we have written down any goodwill
associated with its historic acquisition. We expect to shut
down TransTech completely by June 30, 2020.
The Know Labs Technology
We have internally and under contract with third parties developed
proprietary platform technologies to uniquely identify or
authenticate almost any material and substance. Our technology
utilizes electromagnetic energy along the electromagnetic spectrum
to perform analytics which allow the user to identify and
authenticate substances and materials depending upon the
user’s unique application and field of use. The
Company’s proprietary platform technologies are called
Bio-RFID and ChromaID.
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The Company’s latest technology platform is called Bio-RFID.
Working in our lab over the last two years, we have developed
extensions and new inventions derived in part from our ChromaID
technology which we refer to as Bio-RFID technology. We are rapidly
advancing the development of this technology. We have announced
over the past year that we have successfully been able to
non-invasively ascertain blood glucose levels in humans. We are
building the internal and external development team necessary to
commercialize this newly discovered technology as well as make
additional patent filings covering the intellectual property
created with these new inventions. The first applications of our
Bio-RFID technology will be in a product we call the UBAND™.
The first UBAND product will be marketed as a Continuous Glucose
Monitor. It is a wearable product which will be worn on the wrist
or ankle and communicate with a smart phone device via Bluetooth
connectivity. It will provide the user with real time information
on their blood glucose levels. This initial product will require US
Food and Drug Administration approval prior to its introduction to
the market.
We have also announced the results of laboratory-based comparison
testing between our Bio-RFID technology and the leading continuous
glucose monitors from Abbott Labs (Freestyle Libre®) and
DexCom (G5®). These results provide evidence of a high degree
of correlation between our Bio-RFID based technology and the
current industry leaders and their continuous glucose monitors. Our
technology is fundamentally differentiated from these industry
leaders as our UBAND continuous glucose monitor is completely
non-invasive.
We expect to begin the process of obtaining US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approval of our non-invasive continuous blood
glucose monitoring device during calendar year 2020. To guide us in
that undertaking we previously announced the hiring of a Chief
Medical Officer and formed a Medical and Regulatory Advisory Board
to guide us through the FDA process. We are unable, however, to
estimate the time necessary for such approval nor the likelihood of
success in that endeavor.
Our ChromaID patented technology utilizes light at the photon
(elementary particle of light) level through a series of emitters
and detectors to generate a unique signature or
“fingerprint” from a scan of almost any solid, liquid
or gaseous material. This signature of reflected or transmitted
light is digitized, creating a unique ChromaID signature. Each
ChromaID signature is comprised of from hundreds to thousands of
specific data points.
The ChromaID technology looks beyond visible light frequencies to
areas of near infra-red and ultraviolet light and beyond that are
outside the humanly visible light spectrum. The data obtained
allows us to create a very specific and unique ChromaID signature
of the substance for a myriad of authentication, verification and
identification applications.
Traditional light-based identification technology, called
spectrophotometry, has relied upon a complex system of prisms,
mirrors and visible light. Spectrophotometers typically have a
higher cost and utilize a form factor (shape and size) more suited
to a laboratory setting and require trained laboratory personnel to
interpret the information. The ChromaID technology uses lower cost
LEDs and photodiodes and specific electromagnetic frequencies
resulting in a more accurate, portable and easy-to-use solution for
a wide variety of applications. The ChromaID technology not only
has significant cost advantages as compared to spectrophotometry,
it is also completely flexible is size, shape and configuration.
The ChromaID scan head can range in size from endoscopic to a scale
that could be the size of a large ceiling-mounted florescent light
fixture.
In normal operation, a ChromaID master or reference scan is
generated and stored in a database. We call this the ChromaID
Reference Data Library. The scan head can then scan similar
materials to identify, authenticate or diagnose them by comparing
the new ChromaID digital signature scan to that of the original or
reference ChromaID signature or scan result. Over time, we believe
the ChromaID Reference Libraries can become a significant asset of
the Company, providing valuable information in numerous fields of
use. The Reference Data Libraries for our newly developed Bio-RFID
will have a similar promise regarding their utility and
value.
Bio-RFID and ChromaID: Foundational Platform
Technologies
Our Bio-RFID and ChromaID technologies provide a platform upon
which a myriad of applications can be developed. As platform
technologies, they are analogous to a smartphone, upon which an
enormous number of previously unforeseen applications have been
developed. Bio-RFID and ChromaID technologies are
“enabling” technologies that bring the science of
electromagnetic energy to low-cost, real-world commercialization
opportunities across multiple industries. The technologies are
foundational and, as such, the basis upon which the Company
believes significant businesses can be built.
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As with other foundational technologies, a single application may
reach across multiple industries. The Bio-RFID technology can
non-invasively identity the presence and quantity of glucose in the
human body. By extension, there may be other molecular structures
which this same technology can identity in the human body which,
over time, the Company will focus upon. They may include the
monitoring of drug usage or the presence of illicit drugs. They may
also involve identifying hormones and various markers of
disease.
Similarly, the ChromaID technology can, for example effectively
differentiate and identify different brands of clear vodkas that
appear identical to the human eye. By extension, this same
technology could identify pure water from water with contaminants
present. It could provide real time detection of liquid medicines
such as morphine that have been adulterated or compromised. It
could detect if jet fuel has water contamination present. It could
determine when it is time to change oil in a deep fat fryer. These
are but a few of the potential applications of the ChromaID
technology based upon extensions of its ability to identify
different liquids.
The cornerstone of a company with a foundational platform
technology is its intellectual property. We have pursued an active
intellectual property strategy and have been granted 13 patents. We
currently have a number of patents pending and continue, on a
regular basis the filing of new patents. We possess all right,
title and interest to the issued patents. Nine issued and pending
patents are licensed exclusively to us in perpetuity by our
strategic partner, Allied Inventors, a spin-off entity of
Intellectual Ventures, an intellectual property fund.
Our Patents and Intellectual Property
We believe that our 14 patents, patent applications, registered
trademarks, and our trade secrets, copyrights and other
intellectual property rights are important assets. Our issued
patents will expire at various times between 2027 and 2039. Pending
patents, if and when issued, may have expiration dates that extend
further in time. The duration of our trademark registrations varies
from country to country. However, trademarks are generally valid
and may be renewed indefinitely as long as they are in use and/or
their registrations are properly maintained.
The issued patents cover the fundamental aspects of the Know Labs
ChromaID technology and a number of unique applications. We have
filed patents on the fundamental aspects of our Bio-RFID technology
and growing number of unique applications. We will continue to
expand the Company’s patent portfolio.
Additionally, significant aspects of our technology are maintained
as trade secrets which may not be disclosed through the patent
filing process. We intend to be diligent in maintaining and
securing our trade secrets.
The patents that have been issued to Know Labs and their dates of
issuance are:
On August 9, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 7,996,173 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic
Energy,” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires August 24, 2029.
On December 13, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 8,076,630 B2
entitled “System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using
Electromagnetic Energy” by the United States Office of
Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires November 7,
2028.
On December 20, 2011, we were issued US Patent No. 8,081,304 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
July 28, 2030.
On October 9, 2012, we were issued US Patent No. 8,285,510 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic
Energy” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires July 31, 2027.
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On February 5, 2013, we were issued US Patent No. 8,368,878 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United
States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires July
31, 2027.
On November 12, 2013, we were issued US Patent No. 8,583,394 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate
Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by
the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent
expires July 31, 2027.
On November 21, 2014, we were issued US Patent No. 8,888,207 B2
entitled “Systems, Methods, and Articles Related to
Machine-Readable Indicia and Symbols” by the United States
Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires February 7,
2033. This patent describes using ChromaID to see what we call
invisible bar codes and other identifiers.
On March 23, 2015, we were issued US Patent No. 8,988,666 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
July 31, 2027.
On May 26, 2015, we were issued US Patent No. 9,041,920 B2 entitled
“Device for Evaluation of Fluids using Electromagnetic
Energy” by the United States Office of Patents and
Trademarks. The patent expires March 12, 2033. This patent
describes a ChromaID fluid sampling devices.
On April 19, 2016, we were issued US Patent No. 9,316,581 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Substances Using Electromagnetic Energy” by the
United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires
March 12, 2033. This patent describes an enhancement to the
foundational ChromaID technology.
On April 18, 2017, we were issued US Patent No. 9,625,371 B2
entitled “Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate
Evaluation of Substances Using Electromagnetic Energy.” The
patent expires July 2027. This patent pertains to the use of
ChromaID technology for the identification and analysis of
biological tissue. It has many potential applications in medical,
industrial and consumer markets.
On May 30, 2017, we were issued US Patent No. 9,664.610 B2 entitled
“Systems for Fluid Analysis Using Electromagnetic Energy that
is reflected a Number of Times through a Fluid Contained within a
Reflective Chamber.” This patent expires approximately in
approximately March 2034. This patent pertains to a method for the
use of the Company’s technology analyzing
fluids.
On April 4, 2018, we were issued US Patent No. 9,869,636 B2,
entitled “Device for Evaluation of Fluids Using
Electromagnetic Energy.” The patent expires in approximately
April 2033. This patent pertains to the use of ChromaID technology
for evaluating and analyzing fluids such as those following through
an IV drip in a hospital or water, for example.
On February 4, 2020, we were issued US Patent No. 10,548,503 B2,
entitled “Health Related Diagnostics Employing Spectroscopy
in Radio/Microwave Frequency Band. The patent expires in
approximately May 2039. This patent pertains to the use of Bio-RFID
technology for medical diagnostics.
We continue to pursue a patent strategy to expand our unique
intellectual property in the United States and other
countries.
Product Strategy
We are currently undertaking internal development work on potential
products for the consumer marketplace. We have announced the
development of our UBAND continuous glucose monitor and our desire
to obtain US Food and Drug Administration approval for the
marketing of this product to the diabetic and pre-diabetic
population. We have also announced the engagement of a
manufacturing partner we will work with to bring this product to
market. We will make further announcements regarding this product
as development, manufacturing and regulatory approval work
progresses.
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Currently we are focusing our efforts on productizing our Bio-RFID
technology as we move it out of our research laboratory and into
the marketplace.
Research and Development
Our current research and development efforts are primarily focused
on improving our Bio-RFID technology, extending its capacity and
developing new and unique applications for this technology. As part
of this effort, we conduct on-going laboratory testing to ensure
that application methods are compatible with the end-user and
regulatory requirements, and that they can be implemented in a
cost-effective manner. We are also actively involved in identifying
new applications. Our current internal team along with outside
consultants have considerable experience working with the
application of our technologies and their application. We engage
third party experts as required to supplement our internal team. We
believe that continued development of new and enhanced technologies
is essential to our future success. We incurred expenses of
$938,303, $1,257,872 and $570,514 for the six months ended
March 31, 2020 and for the years ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, on development
activities.
Merger with RAAI Lighting, Inc.
On April 10, 2018, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with 500 Union Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, and RAAI Lighting, Inc., a
Delaware corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we have
acquired all the outstanding shares of RAAI’s capital stock
through a merger of Merger Sub with and into RAAI (the
“Merger”), with RAAI surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of RAAI common
stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Merger (1,000
shares) were cancelled and we issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock. As a result, we issued 2,000,000 shares of its common stock
to Phillip A. Bosua, formerly the sole stockholder of RAAI. The
consideration for the Merger was determined through arms-length
bargaining by the Company and RAAI. The Merger was structured to
qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. As a result of the Merger, the Company received certain
intellectual property, related to RAAI.
Merger with Know Labs, Inc.
On May 1, 2018, Know Labs, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated
on April 3, 2018, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and
into the Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
May 1, 2018. In connection with the merger, our Articles of
Incorporation were effectively amended to change our name to Know
Labs, Inc. by and through the filing of Articles of Merger. This
parent-subsidiary merger was approved by us, the parent, in
accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 92A.180.
Stockholder approval was not required. This amendment was filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on May 1,
2018.
Corporate Name Change and Symbol Change
On May
24, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(“FINRA”) announced the effectiveness of a change in
our name from Know Labs Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and a
change in our ticker symbol from VSUL to the new trading symbol
KNWN which became effective on the opening of trading as of May 25,
2018. In addition, in connection with the name change and symbol
change, we were assigned the CUSIP number of
499238103.
Employees
As of March 31, 2020, we had
six full-time employees, including one employee at TransTech. Our
senior management and five other personnel are located in our
Seattle, Washington offices. We also utilize consulting firms and
people to supplement our workforce.
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MANAGEMENT
Identification of Directors and Executive Officers
The
following table sets forth certain information about our current
directors and executive officers:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Director/
Executive Officer
|
Directors-
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald
P. Erickson
|
|
76
|
|
Chairman
and Interim Chief Financial Officer (1)
|
Phillip
A. Bosua
|
|
46
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
|
Jon
Pepper
|
|
69
|
|
Director
(2)
|
Ichiro
Takesako
|
|
61
|
|
Director
|
William
A. Owens
|
|
80
|
|
Director
(3)
|
(1)
Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee.
(2)
Chairman of the Audit Committee.
(3)
Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
All
directors hold office until their successors are duly appointed or
until their earlier resignation or removal.
Background and Business Experience
Ronald P. Erickson has been a
director and officer of Know Labs since April 2003. He was
appointed as our CEO and President in November 2009 and as Chairman
of the Board in February 2015. Previously, Mr. Erickson was our
President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2003 through
August 2004 and was Chairman of the Board from August 2004 until
May 2011. Mr. Erickson stepped down as Chief Executive Officer
on April 10, 2018.
A senior executive with more than 30 years of experience in the
high technology, telecommunications, micro-computer, and digital
media industries, Mr. Erickson was the founder of Know Labs. He is
formerly Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Frog Media, a mobile
media and entertainment company; Chairman and CEO of eCharge
Corporation, an Internet-based transaction procession
company, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of GlobalTel
Resources, a provider of telecommunications services; Chairman,
Interim President and CEO of Egghead Software, Inc. a software
reseller where he was an original investor; Chairman and CEO of
NBI, Inc.; and Co-founder of MicroRim, Inc. the database software
developer. Earlier, Mr. Erickson practiced law in Seattle and
worked in public policy in Washington, DC and New York, NY.
Additionally, Mr. Erickson has been an angel investor and board
member of a number of public and private technology
companies. In addition to his business activities, Mr.
Erickson is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Central Washington
University where he received his BA degree. He also holds a MA from
the University of Wyoming and a JD from the University of
California, Davis. He is licensed to practice law in the State of
Washington.
Mr. Erickson is our founder and was appointed as a director because
of his extensive experience in developing technology
companies.
Phillip A. Bosua was appointed a director and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company on April 10, 2018. Previously, Mr.
Bosua served as our Chief Product Officer since August 2017 and we
entered into a Consulting Agreement on July 7, 2017. From September
2012 to February 2015, he was the founder and Chief Executive
Officer of LIFX Inc. (where he developed and marketed an innovative
“smart” light bulb) and from August 2015 until February
2016 was Vice President Consumer Products at Soraa (which markets
specialty LED light bulbs). From February 2016 to July 2017, Mr.
Bosua was the founder and CEO of RAAI, Inc. (where he continued the
development of his smart lighting technology). From May 2008
to February 2013 he was the Founder and CEO of LimeMouse Apps, a
leading developer of applications for the Apple App
Store.
Mr. Bosua was appointed as a director because of his extensive
experience in developing technology companies.
Ichiro Takesako has served as a
director since December 28, 2012. Mr. Takesako has held executive
positions with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd or Sumitomo
since 1983. Mr. Takesako graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo,
Japan where he majored in Social Science and graduated with a
Degree of Bachelor of Social Science.
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In the past few years, Mr. Takesako has held the following
executive position in Sumitomo and its affiliates:
June 2008:
|
appointed as General Manager of Sales and Marketing Department of
Micro Technology Division
|
April 2009:
|
appointed as General Manager of Overseas Business Department of
Micro Technology Division, in charge of M&A activity of
certain business segment and assets of Aviza Technology,
Inc.
|
July 2010:
|
appointed as Executive Director of SPP Process Technology Systems,
100% owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products then,
stationed in Newport, Wales
|
August 2011:
|
appointed as General Manager, Corporate Strategic Planning
Group
|
January 2013:
|
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of M2M Technologies, Inc., a
company invested by Sumitomo Precision products
|
April 2013:
|
appointed as General Manager of Business Development Department, in
parallel of CEO of M2M Technologies, Inc.
|
April 2014:
|
relieved from General Manager of Business Development Department
and is responsible for M2M Technologies Inc. as its
CEO
|
Mr. Takesako was appointed as a Director based on his previous
position with Sumitomo and Sumitomo's previous significant
partnership with the Company.
Jon Pepper has served as an
independent director since April 2006. Mr. Pepper founded Pepcom in
1980, a company that become the industry leader at producing
press-only technology showcase events around the country and
internationally. He sold his stake in the corporation and retired
as a partner at the end of 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Pepper started
the DigitalFocus newsletter, a ground-breaking newsletter on
digital imaging that was distributed to leading influencers
worldwide. Mr. Pepper has been closely involved with the high
technology revolution since the beginning of the personal computer
era. He was formerly a well-regarded journalist and columnist; his
work on technology subjects appeared in The New York
Times, Fortune, PC Magazine, Men's
Journal, Working
Woman, PC Week, Popular Science
and many other well-known
publications. Pepper was educated at Union College in Schenectady,
New York and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He
continues to be active in non-profit work and boards, and last year
founded Mulberry Tree Films, a non-profit that supports independent
high-quality documentary films.
Mr. Pepper was appointed as a director because of his marketing
skills with technology companies.
William A. Owens has served as an independent director since
May 24, 2018. Mr. Owens is currently the co-founder and executive
chairman of Red Bison Advisory Group, a company which identifies
opportunities with proven enterprises in China, the Middle East,
and the United States and creates dynamic partnerships focusing on
natural resources (oil, gas and fertilizer plants), real estate,
and information and communication technology. Most recently, he was
the chairman of the board of CenturyLink Telecom, the third largest
telecommunications company in the United States and was on the
advisory board of SAP USA. Mr. Owens serves on the board of
directors at Wipro Technologies and is a director of the following
private companies: Humm Kombucha, a beverage company and Versium.
Mr. Owens is on the advisory board of the following private
companies: Healthmine, Platform Science, Sarcos, Sierra Nevada
Corporation, and Vodi. Mr. Owens is on the board of trustees at
EastWest Institute, Seattle University, and an advisor to the
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment (CFFRA) Association which aims to
establish a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. He is
also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
From
2007 to 2015, Mr. Owens was the Chairman and Senior Partner of AEA
Investors Asia, a private equity firm located in Hong Kong, and
Vice Chairman of the NYSE for Asia. Mr. Owens also served as the
Chairman of Eastern Airlines. He has served on over 20 public
boards including Daimler, British American Tobacco, Telstra, Nortel
Networks, and Polycom. Mr. Owens was the CEO/Chairman of Teledesic
LLC, a Bill Gates/Craig McCaw company bringing worldwide broadband
through an extensive satellite network and prior, was the
President, COO/Vice Chairman of Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC). Mr. Owens has also served on the boards of the
non-for-profit organizations; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Brookings Institution,
and RAND Corporation.
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Mr.
Owens is a four-star US Navy veteran. He was Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second-ranking United States military
officer with responsibility for reorganizing and restructuring the
armed forces in the post- Cold War era. He is widely recognized for
bringing commercial high-grade technology into the Department of
Defense for military applications
Mr.
Owens is a 1962 honor graduate of the United States Naval Academy
with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in politics, philosophy and economics from
Oxford University, and a master’s degree in management from
George Washington University.
Mr.
Owen was appointed as a director because of his business skills
with technology companies.
Board of Directors Composition
The Board has three standing committees to facilitate and assist
the Board in the execution of its responsibilities. The committees
are currently the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee, and the Compensation Committee. The
Committees were formed in July 2010. The Audit and Compensation
Committees are comprised solely of non-employee, independent
directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has
two management directors, Ronald P. Erickson as Chairman and
Phillip A. Bosua as a member. Charters for each committee are
available on our website at www.knowlabs.co. The discussion below
describes current membership for each of the standing Board
committees.
Audit
|
|
Compensation
|
|
Nominations and Corporate Governance
|
Jon
Pepper (Chairman)
|
|
William
A. Owens (Chairman)
|
|
Ron
Erickson (Chairman)
|
William
A. Owens
|
|
Jon
Pepper
|
|
Phillip
A. Bosua
|
Ichiro
Takesako
|
|
Ichiro
Takesako
|
|
William
A. Owens
|
|
|
|
|
Jon
Pepper
|
There
are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive
officers.
Communication with our Board of Directors
Our
stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with our
Board of Directors by sending written communication in an envelope
addressed to "Board of Directors" in care of the Secretary, 500
Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, Washington 98101.
Director Independence
The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Pepper, Mr.
Takesako and William A. Owens are each an independent director. For purposes of making
that determination, the Board used NASDAQ’s Listing Rules
even though the Company is not currently listed on
NASDAQ.
Code of Ethics
We have
adopted conduct and ethics standards titled the code of ethics,
which is available at www.knowlabs.co. These standards were adopted
by our Board of Directors to promote transparency and integrity.
The standards apply to our Board of Directors, executives and
employees. Waivers of the requirements of our code of ethics or
associated polices with respect to members of our Board of
Directors or executive officers are subject to approval of the full
board.
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Audit Committee
Our
Board of Directors established an audit committee in July
2010. Our audit committee
provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities
to our stockholders relating to: (1) maintaining the integrity
of our financial reports, including our compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements, (2) the independent auditor's
qualifications and independence, (3) the performance of our
internal audit function in cooperation with the independent
auditors, and (4) the preparation of the report required by
the rules of the SEC to be included in our annual proxy statement.
Our audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment,
compensation and oversight of the independent auditors (including
the resolution of any disagreements between management and the
independent auditors regarding financial reporting), approving in
advance all auditing services, and approving in advance all
non-audit services provided by the independent auditors. The
independent auditors report directly to the committee. In addition,
our audit committee is to review our annual and quarterly financial
reports in conjunction with the independent auditors and financial
management.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for the audit
committee, a copy of which is available on our website at
www.knowlabs.co.
Compensation Committee
Our
Board of Directors established a compensation committee in July
2010. Our compensation committee is responsible for:
(1) reviewing and approving goals and objectives underlying
the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, evaluating the
CEO's performance in accordance with those goals and objectives,
and determining and approving the CEO's compensation;
(2) recommending to the board the compensation of executive
officers other than the CEO, subject to board approval;
(3) administering any incentive compensation and equity-based
plans, subject to board approval; (4) preparing the
compensation report required by the rules and regulations of the
SEC for inclusion in our annual proxy statement; and
(5) periodically reviewing the results of our executive
compensation and perquisite programs and making recommendations to
the board with respect to annual compensation (salaries, fees and
equity) for our executive officers and non-employee
directors.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for the
compensation committee, a copy of which is available on our website
at www.knowlabs.co.
Nominations and Governance Committee
Our
Board of Directors established the nominations and governance
committee in July 2010 for the purpose of: (1) assisting the
board in identifying individuals qualified to become board members
and recommending to the board the nominees for election as
directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders;
(2) assist the board in determining the size and composition
of the board committees; (3) develop and recommend to the
board the corporate governance principles applicable to us; and
(4) serve in an advisory capacity to the board and the
Chairman of the Board on matters of organization, management
succession planning, major changes in our organizational and the
conduct of board activities.
Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for the
nominations and governance committee, a copy of which is available
on our website at www.knowlabs.co.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of our directors or executive officers has, during the past
ten years:
●
Had
any petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any state
insolvency law filed by or against, or had a receiver, fiscal
agent, or similar officer appointed by a court for the business or
property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a
general partner at or within two years before the time of such
filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was
an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such
filing;
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●
Been
convicted in a criminal proceeding or a named subject of a pending
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offenses);
●
Been
the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently
reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent
jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or
otherwise limiting, the following activities:
Acting
as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity
trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage
transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the
foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or
dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or
employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan
association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any
conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
Engaging
in any type of business practice; or
Engaging
in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any
security or commodity or in connection with any violation of
federal or state securities laws or federal commodities
laws;
●
Been
the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently
reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any federal or state authority
barring, suspending, or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days
the right of such person to engage in any activity described in (i)
above, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such
activity;
●
Been
found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by
the SEC to have violated any federal or state securities law, where
the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC has not
been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated; or
●
Been
found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any
federal commodities law, where the judgment in such civil action or
finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been
subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders are required
under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Copies of these
reports must also be furnished to us.
Based solely on a review of copies of reports furnished to us, as
of September 30, 2019 our executive officers, directors and 10%
holders complied with all filing requirements except as
follows:
Jon
Pepper filed a Form 4 on November 12, 2018 that was required to be
filed on November 2, 2018.
Ichiro
Takesako filed a Form 4 on November 12, 2018 that was required to
be filed on November 2, 2018.
Jon
Pepper filed a Form 4 on September 25, 2019 that was required to be
filed on September 19, 2019.
Ichiro
Takesako filed a Form 4 on September 25, 2019 that was required to
be filed on September 19, 2019.
EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
The following table provides information concerning remuneration of
the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and
another named executive officer for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018:
Summary Compensation Table
The following table provides information concerning remuneration of
the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and
another named executive officer for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018:
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Name
|
Principal
Position
|
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
(3)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
Salary-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(1)
|
Chairman of the
Board and Interim Chief Financial Officer
|
9/30/2019
|
$188,750
|
$-
|
$102,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$290,750
|
|
|
9/30/2018
|
$180,000
|
$-
|
$21,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$201,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Phillip A. Bosua
(2)
|
Chief Executive
Officer
|
9/30/2019
|
$233,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$233,750
|
|
|
9/30/2018
|
$106,095
|
$-
|
$177,000
|
$1,280,000
|
$167,500
|
$1,730,595
|
(1) During the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the
Compensation Committee and the Board compensated Ronald P.
Erickson, its Chairman of the Board and Interim Financial Officer,
with an annual salary of $180,000. On March 5, 2019, the
annual compensation was increased to $195,000. The 100,000 of restricted common stock issued on
January 16, 2018 to Mr. Erickson were valued at the grant date
market value of $0.21 per share. The 100,000 shares of
restricted common stock issued on January 2, 2019 to Mr. Erickson
were valued at the grant date market value of $1.02 per share. The
stock grant was authorized at $0.17 per share.
(2) On April 10, 2018, we appointed Mr. Bosua as our Chief
Executive Officer. During the period April 10, 2018 to September
30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was compensated at a monthly salary of $18,750.
We entered into a Consulting Agreement with Mr. Bosua’s
company, Blaze Clinical on July 7, 2017. We paid $167,500 during
the period October 1, 2017- April 9, 2018. We paid $17,500 during
the period July 7, 2017 to September 30, 2017. The 50,000 of
restricted common stock was issued on February 7, 2018 to Mr. Bosua
at the grant date market value of $0.24 per share. The
500,000 of restricted common stock was issued on June 25, 2018 to
Mr. Bosua at the grant date market value of $0.33 per
share. The 50,000 of restricted common stock was issued on
July 14, 2017 to Mr. Bosua at the grant date market value of $0.17
per share. On July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock
option grant for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock that was
awarded at $1.28 per share.
(3) These amounts reflect the grant date market value as required
by Regulation S-K Item 402(n)(2), computed in accordance with FASB
ASC Topic 718.
Grants of Stock Based Awards in Fiscal Year Then Ended September
30, 2019
The Compensation Committee approved the following performance-based
incentive compensation to the Named Executive Officers during the
year ended September 30, 2019.
|
|
Estimated Future
Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
|
Estimated Future
Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards
|
All Other Stock
Awards; Number of Shares of Stock or
|
All Other Option
Awards; Number of Securities Underlying
|
Exercise or Base
Price of Option
|
Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock and
|
||||
|
Grant
|
Threshold
|
Target
|
Maximum
|
Threshold
|
Target
|
Maximum
|
Units
|
Options
|
Awards
|
Option
|
Name
|
Date
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
($/Sh)
(2)
|
Awards
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(1)
|
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
-
|
$1.020
|
$102,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phillip A.
Bosua
|
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
$-
|
$-
|
(1)
The 100,000
shares of restricted common stock issued on January 2, 2019 to Mr.
Erickson were valued at the grant date market value of $1.02 per
share. The stock grant was authorized at $0.17 per share. The
estimated future payment include 100,000 shares to be issued on
January 1, 2020 were valued at the grant date market value of $0.17
per share when authorized by the Board.
(2)
These
amounts reflect the grant date market value as required by
Regulation S-K Item 402(n)(2), computed in accordance with FASB ASC
Topic 718.
Outstanding Equity Awards as of Fiscal Year Then Ended September
30, 2019
Our Named Executive Officers have the following outstanding equity
awards as of September 30, 2019.
|
Option
Awards
|
|||
Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexerciseable
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
(2)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald P.
Erickson
|
-
|
-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phillip A. Bosua
(1)
|
312,500
|
687,500
|
$1.28
|
7/23/2023
|
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(1)
On
July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock option grant for
1,000,000 shares of our common stock that was awarded at $1.28 per
share. The stock option grant vests quarterly over four
years.
(2)
These
amounts reflect the grant date market value as required by
Regulation S-K Item 402(n)(2), computed in accordance with FASB ASC
Topic 718.
On
October 31, 2018, the Board awarded Phillip A. Bosua a stock option
grant to acquire 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
which vests upon approval of the Company’s blood glucose
measurement technology by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The grants had an exercise price of $3.03 per share and expire on
October 31, 2023. On October 31, 2018, the Board awarded Ronald P
Erickson a stock option grant to acquire 1,000,000 shares of the
Company’s common which vests upon the Company’s
successful listing of its Common Stock on NASDAQ or the New York
Stock Exchange (including the NYSE American Market). The grant had
an exercise price of $3.03 per share and expires on October 31,
2023. These performance stock option grants have not been earned as
of September 30, 2019.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
Our Named Executive Officers did not have any option exercises
during the year ended September 30, 2019.
Pension Benefits
We do not provide any pension benefits.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
We do not have a nonqualified deferral program.
Employment Agreements
We have an employment agreement with Ronald P. Erickson and Phillip
A. Bosua.
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in
Control
We have the following potential payments upon termination or change
in control with Ronald P. Erickson:
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Executive
Payments
Upon
Separation
|
For
Cause
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Early
or
Normal
Retirement
on
9/30/2019
|
Not For
Good
Cause
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Change
in
Control
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Disability
or
Death
on
9/30/2019
|
Compensation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Base salary
(1)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$195,000
|
$195,000
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Performance-based
incentive compensation (2)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$17,000
|
$17,000
|
$-
|
Stock
options
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefits and
Perquisites:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health and welfare
benefits (3)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$36,000
|
$36,000
|
$-
|
Accrued vacation
pay
|
$-
|
$-
|
$51,000
|
$51,000
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$-
|
$-
|
$299,000
|
$299,000
|
$-
|
(1)
Reflects a salary
for twelve months.
(2)
Reflects
the vesting of estimated future payments includes 100,000 shares to
be issued on January 1, 2019 and 2020 valued at $0.17 per
share.
(3)
Reflects
the cost of medical benefits for eighteen months.
We have the following potential payments upon termination or change
in control with Phillip A. Bosua:
Executive
Payments
Upon
Separation
|
For
Cause
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Early
or
Normal
Retirement
on
9/30/2019
|
Not For
Good
Cause
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Change
in
Control
Termination
on
9/30/2019
|
Disability
or
Death
on
9/30/2019
|
Compensation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Base salary
(1)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$240,000
|
$240,000
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Performance-based
incentive compensation (2)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
Stock
options
|
$-
|
$-
|
$440,000
|
$440,000
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefits and
Perquisites:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health and welfare
benefits (3)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$21,600
|
$21,600
|
$-
|
Accrued vacation
pay
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$-
|
$-
|
$701,600
|
$701,600
|
$-
|
(1)
Reflects a salary
for one year.
(2)
Reflects
the vesting of 1,000,000 shares to be issued upon a change in
control valued at $0.64 per share.
(3)
Reflects
the cost of medical benefits for eighteen months.
We do
not have any potential payments upon
termination or change in control with our other Named Executive
Officers.
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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
We primarily use stock options grants to incentive compensation to
attract and retain qualified candidates to serve on the Board. This
compensation reflected the financial condition of the Company. In
setting director compensation, we consider the significant amount
of time that Directors expend in fulfilling their duties to the
Company as well as the skill-level required by our members of the
Board. During the year ended September 30, 2019, Ronald P. Erickson
and Phillip A. Bosua did not receive any compensation for his
service as a director. The compensation disclosed in the
Summary Compensation Table on page 52 represents the total
compensation for Mr. Erickson and Mr. Bosua.
Compensation Paid to Board Members
Our independent non-employee directors are not compensated in
cash. The only compensation generally has been in the
form of stock awards. There is no formal stock compensation plan
for independent non-employee directors. Our non-employee directors
received the following compensation during the year ended September
30, 2019.
Name
|
Stock
Awards
|
Option
Awards
(3)
|
Other
Compensation
|
Total
|
Jon Pepper
(1)
|
$-
|
$137,346
|
$-
|
$137,346
|
Ichiro Takesako
(2)
|
-
|
137,346
|
-
|
137,346
|
William A.
Owens
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$-
|
$274,692
|
$-
|
$274,692
|
(1) The stock option grant for 50,000 shares of common stock was
issued on October 31, 2018 to Mr. Pepper and was valued at the
black scholes value of $2.747 per share. The stock
option grant was voluntarily cancelled by Mr. Pepper on September
17, 2019.
(2) The stock option grant for 50,000 shares of common stock was
issued on October 31, 2018 to Mr. Takesako and was valued at the
black scholes value of $2.747 per share. The stock option
grant was voluntarily cancelled by Mr. Takesako on September 17,
2019.
(3) These amounts reflect the grant date market value as
required by Regulation S-K Item 402(n)(2), computed in accordance
with FASB ASC Topic 718.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Since
October 1, 2017, we have engaged in the following reportable
transactions with our directors, executive officers, holders of
more than 5% of our voting securities and affiliates, or
immediately family members of our directors, executive officers and
holders of more than 5% of our voting securities.
Policies and Procedures for Related Person
Transactions
We have
operated under a Code of Conduct and Ethics since December 28,
2012. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics requires all employees,
officers and directors, without exception, to avoid the engagement
in activities or relationships that conflict, or would be perceived
to conflict, with our interests.
Prior
to the adoption of our related person transaction policy, there was
a legitimate business reason for all the related person
transactions described above and we believe that, where applicable,
the terms of the transactions are no less favorable to us than
could be obtained from an unrelated person.
Our
Audit Committee reviews all relationships and transactions in which
we and our directors and executive officers or their immediate
family members are participants to determine whether such persons
have a direct or indirect material interest.
As
required under SEC rules, transactions that are determined to be
directly or indirectly material to us or a related person are
disclosed.
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Transactions with Clayton Struve
Convertible Promissory Notes with Clayton A. Struve
The Company owes Clayton A. Struve $1,071,000 under convertible
promissory or OID notes. The Company recorded accrued interest of
$67,801 and $62,171 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. On
May 8, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 2 to the convertible
promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to September 30,
2019. On November 26, 2019, the Company signed Amendments to the
convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
March 31, 2020. Mr. Struve also invested $1,000,000 in the May 2019
Debt Offering. On May 11, 2020, the Company signed Amendments to
the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
September 30, 2020.
Series C and D Preferred Stock and Warrants
On
August 5, 2016, the Company closed a Series C Preferred Stock and
Warrant Purchase Agreement with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor for the purchase of $1,250,000 of preferred stock with a
conversion price of $0.70 per share. The preferred stock has a
yield of 8% and an ownership blocker of 4.99%. In addition, Mr.
Struve received a five-year warrant to acquire 1,785,714 shares of
common stock at $0.70 per share. On
August 14, 2017, the price of the Series C Stock were adjusted to $0.25 per
share pursuant to the documents
governing such instruments. On March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 there are 1,785,715 Series
C Preferred shares outstanding.
As of March 31, 2020, and
September 30, 2019, the Company has 1,106,014 of Series D
Preferred Stock outstanding with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor. On August 14, 2017,
the price of the Series D Stock
were adjusted to $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
The
Series D Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock
at a price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of
Series D Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by
the conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted
events, and has the right to vote the number of shares of common
stock the Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion,
subject to a 4.99% blocker. The
Preferred Series D has an annual yield of 8% The Series D
Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at a
price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of Series D
Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by the
conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted events,
and has the right to vote the number of shares of common stock the
Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion, subject
to a 4.99% blocker. The Preferred
Series D has an annual yield of 8% if and when dividends are
declared.
Debt Offering
Mr.
Struve invested $1,000,000 in the Debt Offering which closed in May
2019.
Related Party Transactions with Ronald P. Erickson
On January 16, 2018, Mr. Erickson was issued 100,000 of restricted
common stock at the grant date market value of $0.21 per
share. On January 2, 2019, Mr. Erickson was issued
100,000 shares of restricted common stock at the grant date market
value of $1.02 per share.
On
January 25, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to two demand
promissory notes, totaling $600,000 with Mr. Erickson, our former
Chief Executive Officer and current chairman of the board and/or
entities in which Mr. Erickson has a beneficial interest. The
amendments extend the due date from December 31, 2017 to September
30, 2018 and continue to provide for interest of 3% per annum and a
third lien on company assets if not repaid by September 30, 2018 or
converted into convertible debentures or equity on terms acceptable
to the Holder. On March 16, 2018, the demand promissory notes and
accrued interest were converted into convertible notes
payable.
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On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at $110,545. Because
the note is immediately convertible, the warrants and beneficial
conversion were expensed as interest. The Company recorded accrued
interest of $73,964 as of September 30, 2019. On May 8,
2019, the Company signed Amendment 1 to the convertible redeemable
promissory notes, extending the due dates to September 30, 2019 and
increasing the interest rate to 6%. On November 26, 2019, the
Company signed Amendment 2 to the convertible promissory or OID
notes, extending the due dates to March 31, 2020. On May 11, 2020,
the Company signed Amendment 3 to the convertible promissory or OID
notes, extending the due dates to September 30, 2020.
On July 9, 2018, the Company repaid a $199,935 Business Loan
Agreement with Umpqua Bank from funds previously provided by
an entity affiliated with Ronald P. Erickson, our Chairman of the
Board. The Company paid $27,041 and issued 800,000 shares of common stock in exchange
for the conversion of this debt. Mr. Erickson is an accredited
investor. These shares were issued in transactions that were not
registered under the Act in reliance upon applicable exemptions
from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506
of SEC Regulation D under the Act.
On October 4, 2019, Ronald P. Erickson voluntarily cancellated a
stock option grant for 1,000,000 shares with an exercise price of
$3.03 per share. The grant was related to performance and was not
vested.
On June 1, 2020, Mr. Erickson received a salary of $10,000 per
month for work on Particle, Inc.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted a stock option grant to
Ronald P. Erickson for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of
$1.10 per share. The performance grant expires November 4, 2024 and
vests upon uplisting to the NASDAQ or NYSE exchanges.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 100,000 shares of restricted
common stock to Ronald P. Erickson. The shares were issued in
accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at
$1.90 per share, the market price of the Company’s common
stock, or $190,000.
Mr. Erickson and/or entities with which he is affiliated also have
accrued compensation, travel and interest of approximately $613,525
and $487,932 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
respectively.
On May
21, 2020, Ronald P. Erickson was granted 1,500,000 shares under the
2020 Particle, Inc., Stock Option Plan, 33% of which vested upon
issuance, the balance of which vests upon certain benchmarks
associated with Particle. The exercise price is $0.10 per share the
option must be exercised within two years of vesting.
Related Party Transaction with Phillip A. Bosua
On
February 7, 2018, the Company issued 50,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of a consulting agreement
dated July 6, 2017. The fair value of the shares issued was
$12,000.
On
April 10, 2018, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of the Merger Agreement
with RAAI common stock. The fair value of the shares issued was
$520,000.
On June
25, 2018, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Phillip
A. Bosua under the terms of an Employment agreement dated April 10,
2018. The fair value of the shares issued was
$165,000.
On June
25, 2018, we closed a debt conversion
with an entity controlled by Phillip A. Bosua and issued 255,000
shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion of $63,750 in
preexisting debt owed by the Company to this
entity.
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On July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock option grant for
1,000,000 shares of our common stock that was awarded at $1.28 per
share and was valued at the black scholes value of $0.96 per
share.
On October 4, 2019, Philip A. Bosua voluntarily cancellated a stock
option grant for 1,000,000 shares with an exercise price of $3.03
per share. The grants was related to performance and was not
vested.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted a stock option grant to
Philip A. Bosua for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of
$1.10 per share. The performance grant expires November 4, 2024 and
vests upon FDA approval of the UBAND blood glucose
monitor.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 150,000 shares of restricted
common stock to Phillip A. Bosua. The shares were issued in accordance with the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $1.90 per share, the
market price of the Company’s common stock, or
$285,000.
On May
21, 2020, Philip A. Bosua was granted 1,500,000 shares under the
2020 Particle, Inc., Stock Option Plan, 33% of which vested upon
issuance, the balance of which vests upon certain benchmarks
associated with Particle. The exercise price is $0.10 per share the
option must be exercised within two years of vesting.
On June 1, 2020, Mr. Bosua received a salary of $10,000 per month
for work on Particle, Inc.
Stock Issuances and Cancellations to Named Executive Officers and
Directors
During January to May 2018, the Company issued 275,000 shares of
restricted common stock to one Named Executive Officer and two
directors for services during 2018. The shares were issued in
accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at
$0.246 per share, the market price of our common
stock.
During the year ended September 30, 2019, two directors voluntarily
forfeited stock option grants for 100,000 shares of common stock at
$3.03 per share.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted stock option grants to two
directors totaling 105,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.10
per share. The stock option grants expire in five years. The stock
option grants vested immediately.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 120,000 shares of restricted
common stock to three directors. The shares were issued in accordance with the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $1.90 per share, the
market price of the Company’s common stock, or
$228,000.
Indemnification
Our
articles of incorporation provide that we will indemnify our
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada
law. In addition, we have an Indemnification Agreements with the
current Board of Directors.
Policies and Procedures for Related Person
Transactions
We have
operated under a Code of Conduct and Ethics since December 28,
2012. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics requires all employees,
officers and directors, without exception, to avoid the engagement
in activities or relationships that conflict, or would be perceived
to conflict, with our interests.
Prior
to the adoption of our related person transaction policy, there was
a legitimate business reason for all the related person
transactions described above and we believe that, where applicable,
the terms of the transactions are no less favorable to us than
could be obtained from an unrelated person.
Our
Audit Committee reviews all relationships and transactions in which
we and our directors and executive officers or their immediate
family members are participants to determine whether such persons
have a direct or indirect material interest.
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As
required under SEC rules, transactions that are determined to be
directly or indirectly material to us or a related person are
disclosed.
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
ownership of our common stock as of June 30, 2020
by:
●
each
director and nominee for director;
●
each
person known by us to own beneficially 5% or more of our common
stock;
●
each executive officer named in the summary
compensation table elsewhere in this report; and
●
all
of our current directors and executive officers as a
group.
The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are
reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the
determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the
rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial
owner” of a security if that person has or shares voting
power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the
voting of such security, or has or shares “investment
power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct
the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a
beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has the
right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under these
rules more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the
same securities and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner
of securities as to which such person has no economic
interest.
Unless otherwise indicated below, each beneficial owner named in
the table has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to
all shares beneficially owned, subject to community property laws
where applicable. The address for each person shown in the table is
c/o Know Labs, Inc. 500 Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle
Washington, unless otherwise indicated.
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Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
|
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Directors and
Officers-
|
|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(1)
|
8,089,015
|
26.5%
|
Phillip A. Bosua
(2)
|
3,505,000
|
14.5%
|
Jon Pepper
(3)
|
278,000
|
1.2%
|
Ichiro Takesako
(4)
|
190,000
|
*
|
William A. Owens
(5)
|
690,000
|
2.9%
|
Total Directors and
Officers (5 in total)
|
12,752,015
|
53.4%
|
* Less than 1%.
(1) Reflects 1,458,085 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Ronald P. Erickson or entities controlled by
Mr. Erickson and warrants to purchase 1,894,666 shares of our
common stock that are exercisable within 60 days, and also includes
4,736,264 shares of our common stock related to convertible debt
that are exercisable within 60 days.
(2) Reflects 3,005,000 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Phillip A. Bosua and vested stock option
grants to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock that are
exercisable within 60 days.
(3) Reflects 278,000 shares of shares of common stock beneficially
owned by Jon Pepper.
(4) Reflects 190,000 shares of shares of common stock beneficially
owned Ichiro Takesako.
(5) Reflects 490,000 shares of shares of common stock beneficially
owned by William A. Owens and warrants to purchase 200,000 shares
of our common stock that are exercisable within 60
days.
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Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
|
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Greater Than 5%
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clayton A. Struve
(1)
|
21,558,075
|
49.5%
|
|
Blocker at
4.99%
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(2)
|
8,089,015
|
26.5%
|
|
|
|
Phillip
A. Bosua (3)
|
3,505,000
|
14.5%
|
|
|
|
Dale Broadrick
(4)
|
2,226,036
|
8.9%
|
|
|
|
(1) Reflects 800,000 shares
beneficially owned by Clayton A. Struve. This total also includes
7,285,719 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock,
8,108,356 shares related to the conversion of preferred stock into
our common stock and 5,284,000 shares related to the conversion of
debt into our common stock. The 6,785,719 of warrants and all of
the preferred stock and convertible debt are currently priced at $0.25 per share, subject
to adjustment. Warrants of 500,000 shares related to the offering
are currently priced at $1.20 per share, subject to
adjustment. Mr. Struve is subject to a 4.99% blocker.
The address of Mr. Struve is
175 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 440, Chicago, IL 60604.
(2) Reflects 1,458,085 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Ronald P. Erickson or entities controlled by
Mr. Erickson and warrants to purchase 1,894,666 shares of our
common stock that are exercisable within 60 days, and also includes
4,736,264 shares of our common stock related to convertible debt
that are exercisable within 60 days. The address of Mr. Erickson is
500 Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, WA 98101.
(3) Reflects 3,005,000 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Phillip A. Bosua and vested stock option
grants to purchase 437,500 shares of our common stock that are
exercisable within 60 days. The address of Mr. Bosua is 500 Union
Street, Suite 810, Seattle, WA 98101.
(4) Reflects the shares beneficially owned by Dale
Broadrick. This total includes 1,113,018 shares and a total of
1,113,018 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock that are
exercisable within 60 days. The address of Dale Broadrick is 3003
Brick Church Pike, Nashville, Tennessee.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL
STOCK
General
The
following description of our capital stock and provisions of our
articles of incorporation and bylaws are summaries and are
qualified by reference to our articles of incorporation, as amended
and restated, and our bylaws, as amended and restated. We have
filed copies of these documents with the SEC as exhibits to our
Registration Statement, of which this prospectus forms a
part.
Authorized Capital Stock
We have
authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares of voting preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per share.
As of
June 30, 2020, the Company had 23,876,245 shares of common stock issued
and outstanding, held by 126 stockholders of record. The number of
stockholders, including beneficial owners holding shares through
nominee names, is approximately 2,300. Each share of common stock
entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to the
stockholders for a vote, and no cumulative voting for directors is
permitted. Stockholders do not have any preemptive
rights to acquire additional securities issued by the
Company. As of March 31, 2020, there were options
outstanding for the purchase of 4,891,334 common shares (including
unearned stock option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares), warrants
for the purchase of 17,755,448 common shares, and
8,108,356 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable
upon the conversion of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock. In addition, the Company has 10,167,804 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606. All of which could potentially dilute future
earnings per share.
Capital Stock Issued and Outstanding
The
number of shares of our common stock outstanding before this
offering is based on 23,876,245 shares of our common stock
outstanding as of June 30, 2020, and excludes, as of that
date:
● 4,896,334 shares of our
common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock
options outstanding at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.166
per share;
● 14,659,764 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 5,639,750 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $5,639,750;
● 1,785,715 shares of Series C Preferred Stock
outstanding, which could potentially be converted into 5,000,000
shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $0.25,
subject to certain adjustments.
● 3,108,356 shares of our common
stock issuable upon the conversion of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $0.25, subject to certain
adjustments. These shares of common stock are being registered in
this offering; and
● 20,663,573 warrants to purchase
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.564 subject
to certain adjustments.
Voting Common Stock
The
Company authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share.
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Holders
of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on
all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and do not have
cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. An election
of directors by our stockholders shall be determined by a plurality
of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote on the
election. On all other matters, the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the stock present in person or represented by
proxy and entitled to vote is required for approval, unless
otherwise provided in our articles of incorporation, bylaws or
applicable law. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive
proportionately any dividends as may be declared by our Board of
Directors, subject to any preferential dividend rights of
outstanding preferred stock.
In the
event of our liquidation or dissolution, the holders of common
stock are entitled to receive proportionately all assets available
for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all debts and
other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any
outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no
preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The
rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are
subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the
holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may
designate and issue in the future.
Voting Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock with a par value of $0.001.
Series C and D Preferred Stock and Warrants
On
August 5, 2016, the Company closed a Series C Preferred Stock and
Warrant Purchase Agreement with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor for the purchase of $1,250,000 of preferred stock with a
conversion price of $0.70 per share. The preferred stock has a
yield of 8% and an ownership blocker of 4.99%. In addition, Mr.
Struve received a five-year warrant to acquire 1,785,714 shares of
common stock at $0.70 per share. On
August 14, 2017, the price of the Series C Stock were adjusted to $0.25 per
share pursuant to the documents
governing such instruments. On June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 there are 1,785,715 Series
C Preferred shares outstanding.
As of June 30, 2020, and
September 30, 2019, the Company has 1,106,014 of Series D
Preferred Stock outstanding with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor. On August 14, 2017,
the price of the Series D Stock
were adjusted to $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
The
Series D Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock
at a price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of
Series D Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by
the conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted
events, and has the right to vote the number of shares of common
stock the Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion,
subject to a 4.99% blocker. The
Preferred Series D has an annual yield of 8% The Series D
Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at a
price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of Series D
Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by the
conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted events,
and has the right to vote the number of shares of common stock the
Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion, subject
to a 4.99% blocker. The Preferred
Series D has an annual yield of 8% if and when dividends are
declared.
Series F Preferred Stock
On August 1, 2018, the Company filed with the State of Nevada a
Certificate of Designation establishing the Designations,
Preferences, Limitations and Relative Rights of Series F Preferred
Stock. The Designation authorized 500 shares of Series F Preferred
Stock. The Series F Preferred Stock shall only be issued to the
current Board of Directors on the date of the Designation’s
filing and is not convertible into common stock. As set forth in
the Designation, the Series F Preferred Stock has no rights to
dividends or liquidation preference and carries rights to vote
100,000 shares of common stock per share of Series F upon a Trigger
Event, as defined in the Designation. A Trigger Event includes
certain unsolicited bids, tender offers, proxy contests, and
significant share purchases, all as described in the Designation.
Unless and until a Trigger Event, the Series F shall have no right
to vote. The Series F Preferred Stock shall remain issued and
outstanding until the date which is 731 days after the issuance of
Series F Preferred Stock (“Explosion Date”), unless a
Trigger Event occurs, in which case the Explosion Date shall be
extended by 183 days. As of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
there are no Series F shares outstanding.
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Securities Subject to Price Adjustments
As of
June 30, 2020, if the Company sells its common stock at a price
below $0.25 per share, the exercise price of 8,108,356 outstanding shares of Series C and D
Preferred Stock that adjust below $0.25 per share pursuant to the
documents governing such instruments. In addition, the conversion
price of a Convertible Note Payable of $5,639,500 (9,020,264 common
shares at the current price of $0.25 per share and 5,639,500 shares
at $1.00 per share) and the exercise price of additional
outstanding warrants to purchase 12,738,286 shares of common stock
would adjust below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents
governing such instruments. Warrants totaling 5,763,842 would
adjust below $1.20 per share pursuant to the documents governing
such instruments.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES BEING
REGISTERED
This prospectus covers the resale by the Selling Stockholders named
herein of up to 9,696,085 shares of our common stock. The common stock
covered by this prospectus will be offered for resale from time to
time by the Selling Stockholders identified in this prospectus in
accordance with the terms described in the section entitled
“Plan of Distribution.” We will not receive any of the
proceeds from the resale of the common stock by the Selling
Stockholders.
Common Stock
The
material terms and provisions of our common stock and each other
class of our securities which qualifies or limits our common stock
are described under the caption “Description of Capital
Stock” in this prospectus.
Options to Purchase Common Stock
Stock Incentive Plan
On
March 21, 2013, an amendment to the Stock Option Plan was approved
by the stockholders of the Company, increasing the number of shares
reserved for issuance under the Plan to 93,333 shares. On April 10, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 93,333 to 1,200,000. On August 7, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 to common shares. On January
23, 2019, the Board approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock
Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock
reserved under the Incentive Plan from 2,200,000 to 2,500,000 to
common shares. On May 22, 2019, the Compensation Committee
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 to common shares. There were
options outstanding for the purchase of 4,891,334 common shares
(including unearned stock option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares
related to performance targets).
There are currently 4,891,334 (including unearned stock
option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares related to performance
targets) options to purchase common
stock at an average exercise price of $1.165 per share outstanding
as of March 31, 2020 under the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The Company recorded $565,726 and
$263,145 of compensation expense, net of related tax effects,
relative to stock options for the six months ended March 31,
2020 and 2019 and in accordance with
ASC 718. As of March 31, 2020,
there is approximately $614,953, net of forfeitures, of total
unrecognized costs related to employee granted stock options that
are not vested. These costs are expected to be recognized over a
period of approximately 4.19 years.
On May
21, 2020, Particle, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary adopted its
2020 Stock Option Plan pursuant to which Particle has reserved up
to 8,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company that may be
purchased through the exercise of options under the plan at $0.10
per share. The options are subject to a vesting schedule which
commences six months after issuance and all options must be
exercised within two years of vesting. As of June 30, 2020, there
are 6,900,000 options outstanding. Phillip A. Bosua and
Ronald P. Erickson each have been granted 1,500,000 shares each,
33% of which vested upon issuance, the balance of which vests upon
certain benchmarks associated with Particle.
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Dividend Policy
We have
not previously declared or paid any cash dividends on our common
stock and do not anticipate or contemplate paying dividends on our
common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to use
all of our available funds to finance the growth and development of
our business. We can give no assurances that we will ever have
excess funds available to pay dividends. In addition, our articles
of incorporation restrict our ability to pay any dividends on our
common stock without the approval of 66% of our then outstanding
Series A Preferred Stock.
Anti-Takeover Provisions
Nevada Revised Statutes
Acquisition of Controlling Interest
Statutes. Nevada's "acquisition of
controlling interest" statutes contain provisions governing the
acquisition of a controlling interest in certain Nevada
corporations. These "control share" laws provide generally that any
person who acquires a "controlling interest" in certain Nevada
corporations may be denied certain voting rights, unless a majority
of the disinterested stockholders of the corporation elects to
restore such voting rights. These statutes provide that a person
acquires a "controlling interest" whenever a person acquires shares
of a subject corporation that, but for the application of these
provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, would enable that person
to exercise (1) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third,
(2) one-third or more, but less than a majority or (3) a
majority or more, of all of the voting power of the corporation in
the election of directors. Once an acquirer crosses one of these
thresholds, shares which it acquired in the transaction taking it
over the threshold and within the 90 days immediately
preceding the date when the acquiring person acquired or offered to
acquire a controlling interest become "control shares" to which the
voting restrictions described above apply. Our articles of
incorporation and bylaws currently contain no provisions relating
to these statutes, and unless our articles of incorporation or
bylaws in effect on the tenth day after the acquisition of a
controlling interest were to provide otherwise, these laws would
apply to us if we were to (i) have 200 or more stockholders of
record (at least 100 of which have addresses in the State of Nevada
appearing on our stock ledger) and (ii) do business in the
State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation. As
of December 31, 2019, we have less than 200 record stockholders. If
these laws were to apply to us, they might discourage companies or
persons interested in acquiring a significant interest in or
control of the company, regardless of whether such acquisition may
be in the interest of our stockholders.
Combinations with Interested Stockholders
Statutes. Nevada's "combinations with
interested stockholders" statutes prohibit certain business
"combinations" between certain Nevada corporations and any person
deemed to be an "interested stockholder" for two years after the
such person first becomes an "interested stockholder" unless
(i) the corporation's board of directors approves the
combination (or the transaction by which such person becomes an
"interested stockholder") in advance, or (ii) the combination
is approved by the board of directors and sixty percent of the
corporation's voting power not beneficially owned by the interested
stockholder, its affiliates and associates. Furthermore, in the
absence of prior approval certain restrictions may apply even after
such two-year period. For purposes of these statutes, an
"interested stockholder" is any person who is (x) the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of
the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the
corporation, or (y) an affiliate or associate of the
corporation and at any time within the two previous years was the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of
the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the corporation.
The definition of the term "combination" is sufficiently broad to
cover most significant transactions between the corporation and an
"interested stockholder". Subject to certain timing requirements
set forth in the statutes, a ++corporation may elect not to be
governed by these statutes. We have not included any such provision
in our articles of incorporation.
The
effect of these statutes may be to potentially discourage parties
interested in taking control of us from doing so if it cannot
obtain the approval of our Board of Directors.
65
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Provisions
Our
articles of incorporation, as amended and restated, and our bylaws,
as amended and restated, contain provisions that could have the
effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or tender
offers or delaying or preventing a change in control, including
changes a stockholder might consider favorable. In particular, our
articles of incorporation and bylaws, among other
things:
● permit our Board of Directors to
alter our bylaws without stockholder approval;
● provide that vacancies on our
Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of directors in
office, although less than a quorum;
● authorize the issuance of
preferred stock, which can be created and issued by our Board of
Directors without prior stockholder approval, with rights senior to
our common stock, which may render more difficult or discourage an
attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer,
proxy contest or otherwise; and
● establish advance notice
procedures with respect to stockholder proposals relating to the
nomination of candidates for election as directors and other
business to be brought before stockholder meetings, which notice
must contain information specified in our bylaws.
In
addition, our articles of incorporation restrict our ability to
take certain actions without the approval of at least 66% of the
Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. These actions include,
among other things;
● authorizing, creating,
designating, establishing or issuing an increased number of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock or any other class or series of capital
stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred
Stock;
● adopting a plan for the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up the affairs of our company
or any recapitalization plan (whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise);
● amending, altering or repealing,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, our articles of
incorporation or bylaws in a manner that would adversely affect any
right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A
Preferred Stock; and
● declaring or paying any dividend
(with certain exceptions) or directly or indirectly purchase,
redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of our capital
stock, stock options or convertible securities (with certain
exceptions).
Such
provisions may have the effect of discouraging a third-party from
acquiring us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our
stockholders. These provisions are intended to enhance the
likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our
Board of Directors and in the policies formulated by them, and to
discourage some types of transactions that may involve an actual or
threatened change in control of our company. These provisions are
designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition
proposal and to discourage some tactics that may be used in proxy
fights. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our
potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly
or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our company
outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because,
among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in
an improvement of their terms.
However,
these provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from
making tender offers for our shares that could result from actual
or rumored takeover attempts. These provisions also may have the
effect of preventing changes in our management.
Transfer Agent
Our transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and their
telephone number is (800) 937-5449.
66
Offer Restrictions Outside the United States
Other
than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the
underwriters that would permit a public offering of the securities
offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for
that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus
may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this
prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in
connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be
distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable
rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose
possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves
about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and
the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy
any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in
which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.
Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement,
Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation, Lake Forest,
California, will provide opinions regarding the validity of the
shares of our Common Stock. Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law
Corporation may also provide opinions regarding certain other
matters.
EXPERTS
SD Mayer and Associates, LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, audited our financial statements at September 30,
2018, and for the year ended September 30, 2018, as set forth in
their report which includes an explanatory paragraph relating to
our ability to continue as a going concern, included elsewhere in
this prospectus. We have included our financial statements in this
prospectus and elsewhere in this Registration Statement in reliance
on SD Mayer and Associates,
LLP’s report, given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
BPM LLP, independent registered public accounting firm,
audited our financial statements as of September 30, 2019, and for
the year then ended as set forth in their report which includes an
explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a
going concern, included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have
included our September 30, 2019 financial statements in this
prospectus and elsewhere in this Registration Statement in reliance
on BPM LLP’s report,
given the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
Except
as noted below, no expert or counsel named in this prospectus
as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or
having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being
registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the
registration or offering of the shares and warrants and its
underlying securities was employed on a contingency basis, or had,
or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial
interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant or any of its
parents or subsidiaries. Nor was any such person connected with the
registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries as a promoter,
managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director,
officer, or employee.
67
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION
We have
filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under
the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the shares of common
stock we are offering to sell. This prospectus, which constitutes
part of the Registration Statement, does not include all of the
information contained in the Registration Statement and the
exhibits, schedules and amendments to the Registration Statement.
For further information with respect to us and our common stock, we
refer you to the Registration Statement and to the exhibits and
schedules to the Registration Statement. Statements contained in
this prospectus about the contents of any contract, agreement or
other document are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance,
we refer you to the copy of the contract, agreement or other
document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Each of
these statements is qualified in all respects by this
reference.
You may
read and copy the Registration Statement of which this prospectus
is a part at the SEC's public reference room, which is located at
100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. You
can request copies of the Registration Statement by writing to the
Securities and Exchange Commission and paying a fee for the copying
cost. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information
about the operation of the SEC's public reference room. In
addition, the SEC maintains a website, which is located at
www.sec.gov,
that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the
SEC. You may access the Registration Statement of which this
prospectus is a part at the SEC's website.
We are
subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and are required to file reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. All documents filed
with the SEC are available for inspection and copying at the public
reference room and website of the SEC referred to above. We
maintain a website at www.knowlabs.co. You may access our reports,
proxy statements and other information free of charge at this
website as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is
electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The
information on such website is not incorporated by reference and is
not a part of this prospectus.
68
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of Know Labs, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Know Labs,
Inc. (the Company) as of September 30, 2019, and the consolidated
related statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and
cash flows for the year ended September 30, 2019 and the related
notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In
our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company as of
September 30, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for the year ended September 30, 2019, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
Basis for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a
public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required
to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with
the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to
perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of
internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose
of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of
material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those
risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
Going Concern Uncertainty
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company has sustained a net loss from operations
and has an accumulated deficit since inception. These factors
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in this
regard are also described in Note 2. The consolidated financial
statements do not include any adjustments that might result from
the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ BPM
LLP
BPM LLP
We served as the Company’s auditor since October
2019
Walnut Creek, California
December 27, 2019
F-1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Know Labs, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Know Labs, Inc. as of September 30, 2018, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit,
and cash flows for the year ended September 30, 2018 and the
related notes (collectively referred to as the ‘financial
statements’). In our opinion, the financial statements
referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of Know Labs, Inc. at September 30,
2018, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the year in the period ended September 30, 2018,
in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are a
public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and required to be
independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error
or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the
risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to
those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
Going Concern Uncertainty
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company has sustained a net loss from operations
and has an accumulated deficit since inception. These factors
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in this
regard are also described in Note 2.
The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
/s/ SD
Mayer & Associates, LLP
SD Mayer & Associates, LLP
We served as the Company’s auditor from 2016 to October
2019
Seattle, Washington
December 21, 2018
F-2
KNOW LABS, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
September
30,
2019
|
September
30,
2018
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$1,900,836
|
$934,407
|
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance of $40,000 and $60,000,
respectively
|
63,049
|
320,538
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
6,435
|
20,140
|
Inventories,
net
|
7,103
|
203,582
|
Total current
assets
|
1,977,423
|
1,478,667
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT, NET
|
130,472
|
169,333
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
Intangible
assets
|
274,446
|
447,778
|
Other
assets
|
13,766
|
7,170
|
Operating lease
right of use asset
|
243,526
|
-
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$2,639,633
|
$2,102,948
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
Accounts payable -
trade
|
$810,943
|
$1,512,617
|
Accounts payable -
related parties
|
7,048
|
12,019
|
Accrued
expenses
|
460,055
|
72,140
|
Accrued expenses -
related parties
|
458,500
|
657,551
|
Deferred
revenue
|
-
|
55,959
|
Convertible notes
payable
|
3,954,241
|
2,255,066
|
Notes
payable
|
-
|
145,186
|
Current portion of
operating lease right of use liability
|
124,523
|
-
|
Total current
liabilities
|
5,815,310
|
4,710,538
|
|
|
|
NON-CURRENT PORTION
OF OPERATING LEASE RIGHT OF USE LIABILITY
|
121,613
|
-
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS AND
CONTINGENCIES (Note 15)
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIT
|
|
|
Preferred stock -
$0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued
and
|
|
|
outstanding at
9/30/2019 and 9/30/2018, respectively
|
-
|
-
|
Series A
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 23,334 shares
authorized, 0 shares and
|
|
|
20,000 shares
issued and outstanding at 9/30/2019 and 9/30/2018,
respectively
|
-
|
11
|
Series C
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 1,785,715 shares
authorized,
|
|
|
1,785,715 shares
issued and outstanding at 9/30/2019 and 9/30/2018,
respectively
|
1,790
|
1,790
|
Series D
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 1,016,014 shares
authorized,
|
|
|
1,016,004 shares
issued and outstanding at 9/30/2019 and 9/30/2018,
respectively
|
1,015
|
1,015
|
Common stock -
$0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 18,366,178 and
17,531,502 shares
|
|
|
issued and
outstanding at 9/30/2019 and 9/30/2018, respectively
|
18,366
|
17,532
|
Additional paid in
capital
|
39,085,179
|
32,163,386
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(42,403,640)
|
(34,791,324)
|
Total stockholders'
deficit
|
(3,297,290)
|
(2,607,590)
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
|
$2,639,633
|
$2,102,948
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-3
KNOW LABS, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
Years
Ended,
|
|
|
September
30,
2019
|
September
30,
2018
|
|
|
|
REVENUE
|
$1,804,960
|
$4,303,296
|
COST OF
SALES
|
1,378,413
|
3,481,673
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
426,547
|
821,623
|
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
|
1,257,872
|
570,514
|
SELLING, GENERAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
|
4,181,687
|
2,508,846
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(5,013,012)
|
(2,257,737)
|
|
|
|
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE):
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(2,945,312)
|
(1,195,329)
|
Other
income
|
(9,561)
|
25,160
|
Gain on debt
settlements
|
355,569
|
170,309
|
Total other income
(expense), net
|
(2,599,304)
|
(999,860)
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE INCOME
TAXES
|
(7,612,316)
|
(3,257,597)
|
|
|
|
Income taxes -
current provision
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
$(7,612,316)
|
$(3,257,597)
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted
loss per share
|
$(0.42)
|
$(0.38)
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares of common stock outstanding- basic and diluted
|
18,053,848
|
8,630,891
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-4
KNOW LABS, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS'
(DEFICIT)
|
|
|
Series
B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A
Convertible
|
Redeemable
Convertible
|
Series C
Convertible
|
Series D
Convertible
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
Total
|
||||
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Paid
in
|
Accumulated
|
Stockholders'
|
|||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Deficit
|
(Deficit)
|
Balance as of September 30,
2017
|
23,334
|
$23
|
-
|
$-
|
1,785,715
|
$1,790
|
1,016,004
|
$1,015
|
4,655,486
|
$4,655
|
$27,565,453
|
$(31,533,727)
|
$(3,960,791)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
50,899
|
-
|
50,899
|
Issuance of common stock for
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,279,676
|
1,280
|
439,039
|
-
|
440,319
|
Issuance of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
817,802
|
-
|
817,802
|
Issuance of common stock for
conversion of liabilities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,435,000
|
2,435
|
709,515
|
-
|
711,950
|
Issuance of common stock for
cash
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7,000,000
|
7,000
|
1,743,000
|
-
|
1,750,000
|
Stock based compensation-
warrants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
239,680
|
-
|
239,680
|
Issuance of common stock for
technology
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,000,000
|
2,000
|
518,000
|
-
|
520,000
|
Issuance of common stock for warrant
exercise
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
158,026
|
158
|
79,989
|
-
|
80,147
|
Conversion of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
(3,334)
|
(12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,334
|
3
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,257,597)
|
(3,257,597)
|
Balance as of September 30,
2018
|
20,000
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
1,785,715
|
1,790
|
1,016,004
|
1,015
|
17,531,522
|
17,531
|
32,163,386
|
(34,791,324)
|
(2,607,591)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,141,674
|
-
|
1,141,674
|
Issuance of common stock for
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
245,000
|
245
|
348,655
|
-
|
348,900
|
Conversion of Series A Preferred
Stock
|
(20,000)
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
80,000
|
80
|
(69)
|
-
|
-
|
Beneficial conversion feature (Note
10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,857,960
|
-
|
2,857,960
|
Issuance of warrants to debt holders
(Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,384,530
|
|
1,384,530
|
Issuance of warrants for services
related to debt offering (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,072,095
|
|
1,072,095
|
Stock based compensation- warrant
issuances
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
117,458
|
-
|
117,458
|
Issuance of common stock for warrant
exercise
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
509,656
|
510
|
(510)
|
-
|
(0)
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,612,316)
|
(7,612,316)
|
Balance as of September 30,
2019
|
-
|
$-
|
-
|
$-
|
1,785,715
|
$1,790
|
1,016,004
|
$1,015
|
$18,366,178
|
$18,366
|
$39,085,179
|
$(42,403,640)
|
$(3,297,290)
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-5
KNOW LABS, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
Years
Ended,
|
|
|
September
30,
2019
|
September
30,
2018
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Net loss
|
$(7,612,316)
|
$(3,257,597)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash (used in)
|
|
|
operating
activities
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
259,347
|
132,615
|
Issuance of capital stock for
services and expenses
|
348,900
|
440,319
|
Stock based compensation-
warrants
|
117,458
|
239,680
|
Conversion of
interest
|
-
|
64,233
|
Stock based compensation- stock
option grants
|
1,141,674
|
50,899
|
Amortization of debt
discount
|
2,771,270
|
475,174
|
Conversion of accrued liabilities-
related parties to notes payable
|
-
|
491,802
|
Provision on loss on accounts
receivable
|
-
|
10,747
|
Issuance of common stock for
conversion of liabilities
|
-
|
199,935
|
Non cash gain on debt
settlements
|
(355,000)
|
(170,309)
|
Loss on sale of property and
equipment
|
32,777
|
-
|
Right of use,
net
|
2,610
|
-
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
257,489
|
362,035
|
Prepaid expenses
|
13,705
|
7,547
|
Inventory
|
196,479
|
22,327
|
Other assets
|
(6,596)
|
(2,100)
|
Accounts payable - trade and accrued
expenses
|
(215,873)
|
(176,495)
|
Deferred revenue
|
(55,959)
|
(7,943)
|
NET CASH (USED IN) OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
|
(3,104,035)
|
(1,117,131)
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Investment in research and
development equipment
|
(79,932)
|
(97,251)
|
NET CASH (USED IN) BY INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
|
(79,932)
|
(97,251)
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Repayments on line of
credit
|
(92,094)
|
(220,539)
|
Proceeds from convertible notes
payable
|
4,242,490
|
636,000
|
Proceeds from issuance of common/
preferred stock, net of costs
|
-
|
1,750,000
|
Issuance of common stock for warrant
exercise
|
-
|
80,147
|
Repayment of note
payable
|
-
|
(200,000)
|
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
|
4,150,396
|
2,045,608
|
|
|
|
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
|
966,429
|
831,226
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning
of period
|
934,407
|
103,181
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of
period
|
$1,900,836
|
$934,407
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash
flow information:
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
$22,521
|
$64,228
|
Taxes paid
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
Non-cash investing and financing
activities:
|
|
|
Beneficial conversion
feature
|
$2,857,960
|
$348,096
|
Related party accounts
converted to notes
|
$-
|
$1,184,066
|
Issuance of stock for
acquisition of technology
|
$-
|
$520,000
|
Penalty on notes
payable
|
$-
|
$75,000
|
Issuance of warrants to debt
holders
|
$1,384,530
|
$-
|
Issuance of warrants for services
related to debt offering
|
$1,072,095
|
$-
|
Cashless warant
exercise
|
$127,414
|
$-
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-6
KNOW LABS, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
ORGANIZATION
Know Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under
the laws of the State of Nevada in 1998. The Company has
authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share.
The Company is focused on the development, marketing and sales of
proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely identifying
or authenticating almost any substance or material using
electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the unique
“signature” of the substance or material. We call these
our “Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies.
Historically, the Company focused on the development of our
proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs
(light emitting diodes) the ChromaID technology maps the color of
substances, fluids and materials. With the Company’s
proprietary processes, the Company can authenticate and identify
based upon the color that is present. The color is both visible to
us as humans but also outside of the humanly visible color spectrum
in the near infra-red and near ultra-violet and beyond. The
Company’s ChromaID scanner sees what we like to call
“Nature’s Color Fingerprint.” Everything in
nature has a unique color identifier and with ChromaID the Company
can see, and identify, and authenticate based upon the color that
is present. The Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of
uniquely identifying and authenticating almost any substance or
liquid using light to record, detect and identify its unique color
signature. More recently, the Company has focused upon extensions
and new inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our
ChromaID technology. The Company calls this new technology
“Bio-RFID.” The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID
technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into
the commercialization phase of our Company as the Company works to
create revenue generating products for the marketplace. Today, the
sole focus of the Company is on its Bio-RFID technology and its
commercialization.
In
2010, the Company acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to
the Company’s business. TransTech is a distributor of
products for employee and personnel identification and
authentication. TransTech has historically provided substantially
all of the Company’s revenues. The financial results from our
TransTech subsidiary have been diminishing as vendors of their
products increasingly move to the Internet and direct sales to
their customers. While it does provide our current revenues, it is
not central to the Company’s current focus. Moreover, the
Company has written down any goodwill associated with its historic
acquisition. The Company continues to closely monitor this
subsidiary and expect it to wind down completely in the near
future. that as a result of this wind down, the Company has been
negotiating payables with vendors and has settled the liabilities
for amounts lower than the face value and recorded the settlements
as non cash gain on debt settlement of $355,000.
The Company is in the process of commercializing its Bio-RFID
technology. The Company plans its first commercial applications to
be a wearable non-invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor. This product
will require approval from the United States Food and Drug
Administration prior to introduction to the market. In addition, it
has a technology license agreement with Allied Inventors,
formerly Xinova and Invention
Development Management Company, a subsidiary of Intellectual
Ventures.
The Company believes that its commercialization success is
dependent upon its ability to significantly increase the number of
customers that are purchasing and using its products. To date the
Company has generated minimal revenue from sales of products
derived from its ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology. The Company is
currently not profitable. Even if the Company succeeds in
introducing its technology and related products to its target
markets, the Company may not be able to generate sufficient revenue
to achieve or sustain profitability. Regulatory requirements may
also inhibit the speed with which the Company’s products can
enter the marketplace.
ChromaID was invented by scientists under contract with the
Company. Bio-RFID was invented by individuals working for the
Company. The Company actively pursues a robust intellectual
property strategy and has been granted thirteen patents. The
Company also has several patents pending. The Company possesses all
right, title and interest to the issued patents. Nine additional
issued and pending patents are licensed exclusively to the Company
in perpetuity by the Company’s strategic partner, Allied
Inventors.
2.
GOING CONCERN
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The
Company incurred net losses of $7,612,316 and $3,257,597 for the
years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Net cash
used in operating activities was $3,104,035 and $1,117,131 for the
years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
F-7
The
Company anticipates that it will record losses from operations for
the foreseeable future. As of September 30, 2019, the
Company’s accumulated deficit was $42,403,640. The
Company has limited capital resources, and operations to date have
been funded with the proceeds from private equity and debt
financings and loans from Ronald P. Erickson, the Company’s
Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Financial Officer, or
entities with which he is affiliated. These conditions raise
substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The audit report prepared by the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm relating to our consolidated
financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2019 includes
an explanatory paragraph expressing the substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern.
The
Company believes that its cash on hand will be sufficient to fund
our operations until June 30, 2020. The Company needs additional financing to
implement our business plan and to service our ongoing operations
and pay our current debts. There can be no assurance that we will
be able to secure any needed funding, or that if such funding is
available, the terms or conditions would be acceptable to us. If we
are unable to obtain additional financing when it is needed, we
will need to restructure our operations, and divest all or a
portion of our business. We may seek additional
capital through a combination of private and public equity
offerings, debt financings and strategic collaborations. Debt
financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include
covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific
actions, such as incurring additional debt, and could increase our
expenses and require that our assets secure such debt. Equity
financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to the
Company’s then-existing stockholders and/or require such
stockholders to waive certain rights and preferences. If such
financing is not available on satisfactory terms, or is not
available at all, the Company may be required to delay, scale back,
eliminate the development of business opportunities or file for
bankruptcy and our operations and financial condition may be
materially adversely affected.
3.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS
Basis of Presentation – The accompanying unaudited
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated. The preparation of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”).
Principles of Consolidation – The consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and
majority-owned subsidiaries, TransTech Systems, Inc and RAAI
Lighting, Inc. Inter-Company items and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company classifies highly liquid
temporary investments with an original maturity of three months or
less when purchased as cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash
balances at various financial institutions. Balances at US banks
are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to
$250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such
accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant risk for
cash on deposit. At September 30, 2019, the Company had
uninsured deposits in the amount of $1,650,836.
Accounts Receivable and Revenue – The Company
recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers, which requires the application of the
five-step-principles-based-accounting-model for revenue
recognition. These steps include (1) a legally enforceable
contract, written or unwritten is identified; (2) performance
obligations in the contracts are identified; (3) the transaction
price reflecting variable consideration, if any, is identified; (4)
the transaction price is allocated to the performance obligations;
and (5) revenue is recognized when the control of goods is
transferred to the customer at a particular time or over time. For
TransTech, the Company extends thirty day terms to some customers.
Accounts receivable are reviewed periodically for
collectability.
TransTech Systems Inc. sells products directly to customers. Our
products are typically sold pursuant to purchase orders placed by
our customers, and our terms and conditions of sale do not require
customer acceptance. We account for a contract with a customer when
there is a legally enforceable contract, which could be the
customer’s purchase order, the rights of the parties are
identified, the contract has commercial terms, and collectability
of the contract consideration is probable. The majority of our
contracts have a single performance obligation to transfer products
and are short term in nature, usually less than one year. Our
revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in the
contract with each customer in exchange for transferring products
that is generally based upon a negotiated, formula, list or fixed
price. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is
transferred to our customer, which is either upon shipment from our
dock, receipt at the customer’s dock, or removal from
consignment inventory at the customer’s location, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
receive in exchange for those goods.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - We maintain an allowance
for uncollectible accounts receivable. It is our practice to
regularly review and revise, when deemed necessary, our estimates
of uncollectible accounts receivable, which are based primarily on
actual historical return rates. We record estimated uncollectible
accounts receivable as selling, general and administrative expense.
As of September 30, 2019 and 2018, there was a reserve for sales
returns of $40,000 and $60,000, respectively, which is minimal
based upon our historical experience.
F-8
Inventories – Inventories
consist primarily of printers and consumable supplies, including
ribbons and cards, badge accessories, capture devices, and access
control components held for resale and are stated at the lower of
cost or market on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”)
method. Inventories are considered available for resale
when drop shipped and invoiced directly to a customer from a
vendor, or when physically received by TransTech. The
Company records a provision for excess and obsolete inventory
whenever an impairment has been identified. There is a $28,000 and
$35,000 reserve for impaired inventory as of September 30, 2019 and
2018, respectively.
Equipment – Equipment
consists of machinery, leasehold improvements, furniture and
fixtures and software, which are stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed by the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives or lease
period of the relevant asset, generally 2-10 years, except for
leasehold improvements which are depreciated over 5
years.
Long-Lived Assets – The
Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment annually or
when changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable. Long-lived assets under certain
circumstances are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair
value. Assets to be disposed of and assets not expected to provide
any future service potential to the Company are recorded at the
lower of carrying amount or fair value (less the projected cost
associated with selling the asset). To the extent carrying values
exceed fair values, an impairment loss is recognized in operating
results.
Intangible Assets – Intangible assets are capitalized
and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful
life, if the life is determinable. If the life is not determinable,
amortization is not recorded. We regularly perform reviews to
determine if facts and circumstances exist which indicate that the
useful lives of our intangible assets are shorter than originally
estimated or the carrying amount of these assets may not be
recoverable. When an indication exists that the carrying amount of
intangible assets may not be recoverable, we assess the
recoverability of our assets by comparing the projected
undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or
group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective
carrying amounts. Such impairment test is based on the lowest level
for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the
cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. Impairment,
if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the
estimated fair value of those assets.
Research, Development and Engineering Expenses –
Research, development and engineering expenses consist of the cost
of employees, consultants and contractors who design, engineer and
develop new products and processes as well as materials, supplies
and facilities used in producing prototypes.
The Company’s current research and development efforts are
primarily focused on improving our Bio-RFID technology, extending
its capacity and developing new and unique applications for this
technology. As part of this effort, the Company conducts on-going
laboratory testing to ensure that application methods are
compatible with the end-user and regulatory requirements, and that
they can be implemented in a cost-effective manner. The Company
also is actively involved in identifying new applications. The
Company’s current internal team along with outside
consultants has considerable experience working with the
application of the Company’s technologies and their
applications. The Company engages third party experts as required
to supplement our internal team. The Company believes that
continued development of new and enhanced technologies is essential
to our future success. We incurred expenses of $1,257,872 and
$570,514 for the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018,
respectively, on development activities.
Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments
– ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures,
defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for
an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the
principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants on the
measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair
value hierarchy, which requires classification based on observable
and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The
fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on
market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own
assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy
consists of three levels:
Level 1
– Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities;
Level 2
– Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly
or indirectly observable; and.
Level 3
- Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and
significant to the fair value measurement.
The
recorded value of other financial assets and liabilities, which
consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts
receivable, other current assets, and accounts payable and accrued
expenses approximate the fair value of the respective assets and
liabilities as of September 30, 2019 and 2018 are based upon the
short-term nature of the assets and liabilities.
The
Company has a money market account which is considered a level 1
asset. The balance as of September 30, 2019 was
$1,901,278.
F-9
Derivative Financial Instruments –Pursuant to ASC 815
“Derivatives and Hedging”, the Company evaluates all of
its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are
derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded
derivatives. The Company then determines if embedded derivative
must bifurcated and separately accounted for. For derivative
financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the
derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and
is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair
value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. For
stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses a
Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to value the derivative
instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The
classification of derivative instruments, including whether such
instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is
evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative
instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as
current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement
of the derivative instrument could be required within twelve months
of the balance sheet date.
The
Company determined that none of the conversion features within its
currently outstanding convertible notes payable must be bifurcated
and thus there was no derivative liability as of September 30, 2019 and 2018.
Stock Based Compensation - The
Company has share-based compensation plans under which employees,
consultants, suppliers and directors may be granted restricted
stock, as well as options and warrants to purchase shares of
Company common stock at the fair market value at the time of grant.
Stock-based compensation cost to employees is measured by the
Company at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award,
over the requisite service period under ASC 718. For options issued
to employees, the Company recognizes stock compensation costs
utilizing the fair value methodology over the related period of
benefit.
Convertible Securities – Based upon ASC 815-15, we have
adopted a sequencing approach regarding the application of ASC
815-40 to convertible securities. We will evaluate our contracts
based upon the earliest issuance date. In the event partial
reclassification of contracts subject to ASC 815-40-25 is
necessary, due to our inability to demonstrate we have sufficient
shares authorized and unissued, shares will be allocated on the
basis of issuance date, with the earliest issuance date receiving
first allocation of shares. If a reclassification of an instrument
were required, it would result in the instrument issued latest
being reclassified first.
Net Loss per Share –
Under the provisions of ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share,”
basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss
available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of
shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented.
Diluted net loss per share reflects the potential dilution that
could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock
were exercised or converted into common stock. As of
September 30, 2019, there were options outstanding for the purchase
of 4,532,668 common shares (including unearned stock option grants
totaling 2,410,000 and excluding certain stock option grants for a
cancelled kickstarter program), warrants for the purchase of
17,747,090 common shares, and 8,108,356 shares of the
Company’s common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series
C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, the
Company currently has 13,262,779 common shares (9,020,264 common
shares at the current price of $0.25 per share and 4,242,490 common
shares at the current price of $1.00 per share) and are issuable
upon conversion of convertible debentures of $6,497,581. All of
these securities could potentially dilute future earnings per
share.
As of September 30, 2018, there were options outstanding for the
purchase of 2,182,668 common shares, warrants for the purchase of
15,473,398 common shares, 4,914,071 shares of the Company’s
common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series A, Series C and
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, we have an
unknown number of shares (9,020,264 common shares at the current
price of $0.25 per share) are issuable upon conversion of
convertible debentures of $2,255,066. None of these securities were
included in net loss per share.
Dividend Policy – The
Company has never paid any cash dividends and intends, for the
foreseeable future, to retain any future earnings for the
development of our business. Our future dividend policy will be
determined by the board of directors on the basis of various
factors, including our results of operations, financial condition,
capital requirements and investment
opportunities.
Use of Estimates – The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On
October 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (“ASC 606”), and its related
amendments, using the modified retrospective method applied to
those contracts which were not completed as of October 1, 2018. The
adoption of ASC 606, using the modified retrospective approach, had
no significant impact to our accumulated deficit as of October 1,
2018 and no significant impact to the total net cash from or used
in operating, investing, or financing activities within the
consolidated statements of cash flows.
F-10
In June
2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee
Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2018-07”) which
aligns the accounting treatment of stock awards granted to
nonemployee consultants to those granted to employees. The Company
adopted the amendment as of October 1, 2018. The adoption of ASU
2018-07 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements. All share-based compensation for
employees and non-employees will be accounted under ASC
718.
In
February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)
(“ASU 2016-02”), which will replace the existing
guidance in ASC 840, “Leases.” The FASB has also issued
amendments to ASU 2016-02, including ASU No. 2018-11, Leases (Topic
842): Targeted Improvements (ASU 2018-11), which the Company
collectively refers to as the new leasing standard. . The
Company’s outstanding leases primarily relate to its two
facility leases Seattle, Washington. In conjunction with these
leases, the Company adopted this new retrospectively on July 1,
2019 and recognized a lease liability and related right-of-use
asset on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The
retrospect adjustment did not require any adjustment to previously
reported equity.
In June
2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial
Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU
2016-13”), which introduces a new methodology for accounting
for credit losses on financial instruments, including
available-for-sale debt securities. The guidance establishes a new
“expected loss model” that requires entities to
estimate current expected credit losses on financial instruments by
using all practical and relevant information. Any expected credit
losses are to be reflected as allowances rather than reductions in
the amortized cost of available-for sale debt securities. This
standard is effective for the Company in the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 2020. The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13 as of October
1, 2018. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have an impact on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Other
accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB
or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption
until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on
the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon
adoption.
4. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable were $63,049 and $320,538, net of allowance, as
of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company has a
total allowance for bad debt in the amount of $40,000 and $60,000
as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The
decrease is due to the winddown of TransTech.
5. INVENTORIES
Inventories were $7,103 and $203,582 as of September 30, 2019 and
2018, respectively. Inventories consist primarily of printers and
consumable supplies, including ribbons and cards, badge
accessories, capture devices, and access control components held
for resale. There was a $28,000 and $35,000 reserve for impaired
inventory as of September 30, 2019 and 2018,
respectively.
6. FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation, was $130,472 and
$169,333 as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Accumulated depreciation was $379,259 and $532,966 as of September
30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Total depreciation expense was
$86,016 and $60,393 for the years ended September 30, 2019 and
2018, respectively. All equipment is used for selling, general and
administrative purposes and accordingly all depreciation is
classified in selling, general and administrative
expenses.
Property and equipment as of September 30, 2019 and 2018 was
comprised of the following:
|
Estimated
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|
Useful Lives
|
2019
|
2018
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
2-10
years
|
$412,238
|
$332,306
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
2-3
years
|
3,612
|
276,112
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
2-3
years
|
58,051
|
58,051
|
Software
and websites
|
3-
7 years
|
35,830
|
35,830
|
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
|
(379,259)
|
(532,966)
|
|
$130,472
|
$169,333
|
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7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets as of September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018
consisted of the following:
|
Estimated
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
|
Useful Lives
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
Technology
|
3
years
|
$520,000
|
$520,000
|
Less:
accumulated amortization
|
|
(245,554)
|
(72,222)
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
$274,446
|
$447,778
|
Total amortization expense was $173,331 and $72,222 for the years
ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Merger with RAAI Lighting, Inc.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger with 500 Union Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and RAAI Lighting, Inc., a
Delaware corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company
acquired all the outstanding shares of RAAI’s capital stock
through a merger of Merger Sub with and into RAAI (the
“Merger”), with RAAI surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of RAAI common
stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Merger (1,000
shares) was cancelled and the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock. As a result, the Company issued
2,000,000 shares of its common stock to Phillip A. Bosua, formerly
the sole stockholder of RAAI. The consideration for the Merger was
determined through arms-length bargaining by the Company and RAAI.
The Merger was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result of the Merger,
the Company received certain intellectual property, related to
RAAI.
RAAI had no outstanding indebtedness or assets at the closing of
the Merger. The 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock issued for RAAI’s shares were recorded at the fair
value at the date of the merger at $520,000 and the value assigned
to the technology acquired with RAAI.
The fair value of the intellectual property associated with the
assets acquired was $520,000 estimated by using a discounted cash
flow approach based on future economic benefits. In summary, the
estimate was based on a projected income approach and related
discounted cash flows over five years, with applicable risk factors
assigned to assumptions in the forecasted results.
Merger with Know Labs, Inc.
On May 1, 2018, Know Labs, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated
on April 3, 2018, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and
into the Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
May 1, 2018. In connection with the merger, our Articles of
Incorporation were effectively amended to change our name to Know
Labs, Inc. by and through the filing of Articles of Merger. This
parent-subsidiary merger was approved by us, the parent, in
accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 92A.180.
Stockholder approval was not required. This amendment was filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on May 1,
2018.
8. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Accounts payable were $810,943 and $1,512,617 as of September
30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Such liabilities consisted of
amounts due to vendors for inventory purchases and technology
development, external audit, legal and other expenses incurred by
the Company.
9. LEASES
The
Company has entered into operating leases for office and
development facilities. These leases have terms which range from
two to three years, and do not include options to renew. These
operating leases are listed as separate line items on the Company's
September 30, 2019 Consolidated Balance Sheet, and represent the
Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease
term. The Company’s obligation to make lease payments are
also listed as separate line items on the Company's September 30,
2019 Consolidated Balance Sheet. Based on the present value of the
lease payments for the remaining lease term of the Company's
existing leases, the Company recognized right-of-use assets and
lease liabilities for operating leases of approximately $250,000 on
October 1, 2018. Operating lease right-of-use assets and
liabilities commencing after October 1, 2018 are recognized at
commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over
the lease term. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the
Company had one lease expire and recognized the rent payments as an
expense in the current period. As of September 30, 2019, total
right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities for remaining
long term lease was approximately $246,000. In the year ended
September 30, 2019, the Company recognized approximately $133,996
in total lease costs for the lease.
F-12
Because
the rate implicit in each lease is not readily determinable, the
Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to determine the
present value of the lease payments.
Information
related to the Company's operating right-of-use assets and related
lease liabilities as of and for the year ended September 30, 2019
were as follows:
Cash paid for ROU
operating lease liability
$135,828
Weighted-average
remaining lease term 2-3 years
Weighted-average
discount rate 7 %
The
minimum future lease payments as of September 30, 2019 are as
follows:
Year
|
$
|
2019
|
$-
|
2020
|
133,996
|
2021
|
111,492
|
2022
|
24,520
|
2023
|
-
|
|
270,008
|
Imputer
interest
|
(23,872)
|
Total lease
liability
|
$246,136
|
10. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
Convertible notes payable as of September 30, 2019 and September
30, 2018 consisted of the following:
Convertible Promissory Notes with Clayton A. Struve
As of September 30, 2019, the Company owes Clayton A. Struve
$1,071,000 under convertible promissory or OID notes. The Company
recorded accrued interest of $62,171 as of September 30,
2019. On May 8, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 2 to the
convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
September 30, 2019. On November 26, 2019, the Company signed
Amendments to the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending
the due dates to March 31, 2020. Mr. Struve also invested
$1,000,000 in the May 2019 debt offering described
below.
Convertible Redeemable Promissory Notes with Ronald P. Erickson and
J3E2A2Z
On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at $110,545. Because
the note is immediately convertible, the warrants and beneficial
conversion were expensed as interest. The Company recorded accrued interest of $73,964
as of September 30, 2019. On May 8, 2019, the Company signed
Amendment 1 to the convertible redeemable promissory notes,
extending the due dates to September 30, 2019 and increasing the
interest rate to 6%. On November 26, 2019, the Company signed
Amendment 2 to the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending
the due dates to March 31, 2020.
Debt Offering
On May
28, 2019, the Company closed additional rounds of a debt offering
and received gross proceeds of $4,242,490 in exchange for issuing
Subordinated Convertible Notes (the “Convertible
Notes”) and Warrants (the “Warrants”) in a
private placement to 54 accredited investors, pursuant to a series
of substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common
Stock Warrants, and related documents.
F-13
The
Convertible Notes have a principal amount of $4,242,490 and bear
annual interest of 8%. Both the principal amount and the interest
are payable on a payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of
the Company (the “Common Stock”). They are due and
payable (in Common Stock) on the earlier of (a) mandatory and
automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into a financing that
yields gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 (a “Qualified
Financing”) or (b) on the one-year anniversary of the
Convertible Notes (the “Maturity Date”). Investors will
be required to convert their Convertible Notes into Common Stock in
any Qualified Financing at a conversion price per share equal to
the lower of (i) $1.00 per share or (ii) a 25% discount to the
price per share paid by investors in the Qualified Financing. If
the Convertible Notes have not been paid or converted prior to the
Maturity Date, the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible
Notes will be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock
at the lesser of (a) $1.00 per share or (b) any adjusted price
resulting from the application of a “most favored
nations” provision, which requires the issuance of additional
shares of Common Stock to investors if the Company issues certain
securities at less than the then-current conversion
price.
The
Warrants were granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for each
full share of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes are
convertible). The Warrants have a five-year term and an exercise
price equal to 120% of the per share conversion price of the
Qualified Financing or other mandatory conversion.
The
Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 4,242,490 shares
of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the Warrants
are initially exercisable for 2,121,258 shares of Common Stock at
an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject
to certain adjustments.
In
connection with the debt offering, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of $361,401
and warrants to purchase 542,102 shares of the Company’s
common stock, all based on 8-10% of gross proceeds to the Company.
The placement agent has also received a $25,000 advisory fee. The
warrants issued for these services had a fair value of $1,072,095
at the date of issuance. The fair value of the warrants was
recorded as debt discount (with an offset to APIC) and will be
amortized over the one-year term of the Convertible Notes. The
$361,401 cash fee was recorded as issuance costs and will be
amortized over the one-year term of the related Convertible
Notes.
As part
of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement, which grants the investors “demand”
and “piggyback” registration rights to register the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the
Convertible Notes and the exercise of the Warrants with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for resale or other disposition.
In addition, the Convertible Notes are subordinated to certain
senior debt of the Company pursuant to a Subordination Agreement
executed by the investors.
The
Convertible Notes and Warrants were issued in transactions that
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable exemptions from
registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of
SEC Regulation D under the Act.
In
accordance to ASC 470-20-30, Debt with Conversion and Other
Options, the guidance therein applies to both convertible debt and
other similar instruments, including convertible preferred shares.
The guidance states that “the allocation of proceeds shall be
based on the relative fair values of the two instruments at time of
issuance. When warrants are issued in conjunction with a debt
instrument as consideration in purchase transactions, the amounts
attributable to each class of instrument issued shall be determined
separately, based on values at the time of issuance. The debt
discount or premium shall be determined by comparing the value
attributed to the debt instrument with the face amount
thereof.
In
conjunction with the issuance of Convertible Notes and the
Warrants, the Company recorded a debt discount of $2,857,960
associated with a beneficial conversion feature on the debt, which
is being accreted using the effective interest method over the
one-year term of the Convertible Notes. Intrinsic value of the
beneficial conversion feature was calculated at the commitment date
as the difference between the conversion price and the fair value
of the common stock into which the security is convertible,
multiplied by the number of shares into which the security is
convertible. In accordance to ASC 470-20-30, if the intrinsic value
of the beneficial conversion feature is greater than the proceeds
allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount
assigned to the beneficial conversion feature shall be limited to
the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument.
During the year ended September 30, 2019, amortization of
$1,584,293 of the beneficial conversion feature was recognized as
interest expense in the consolidated statements of
operations.
The
Warrants were indexed to our own stock and no down round provision
was identified. The Warrants were not subject to ASC 718.
Therefore, the Company concluded that based upon the conversion
features, the Warrants should not be accounted for as derivative
liabilities. The fair value of the Warrants was $1,384,530 and was
recorded as Debt Discount (with an offset to APIC) on the date of
issuance and amortized over the one-year term of the notes. During
the year ended September 30, 2019, amortization of the warrants was
$767,801 and is presented as interest expense in the consolidated
statements of operations.
F-14
The
Convertible Notes as of September 30, 2019 and 2018 are summarized
below:
|
September
30,
2019
|
September
30,
2018
|
Convertible
Redeemable Note – Clayton A. Struve
|
$1,071,000
|
$1,071,000
|
Convertible
Redeemable Note – J3E2A2Z LP
|
1,184,066
|
1,184,066
|
2019 Convertible
Notes
|
4,242,490
|
-
|
|
6,497,556
|
2,255,066
|
|
|
|
less debt discount
– beneficial conversion feature
|
(1,273,667)
|
-
|
less debt discount
– warrants
|
(616,729)
|
-
|
less debt discount
– warrants issued for services related to debt
offering
|
(652,919)
|
-
|
|
$3,954,241
|
$2,255,066
|
11.
NOTES PAYABLE, CAPITALIZED LEASES AND LONG-TERM DEBT
Notes payable, capitalized leases and long-term debt as of
September 30, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the
following:
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
|
|
Capital Source
Business Finance Group
|
$-
|
$145,186
|
Total
debt
|
-
|
145,186
|
Less current
portion of long term debt
|
-
|
(145,186)
|
Long term
debt
|
$-
|
$-
|
Capital Source Business Finance Group
On
March 12, 2019, Capital Source cancelled the Loan and Security
Agreement and Capital Source Credit Facility with TransTech.
TransTech repaid the remaining $15,165 due on the Secured Credit
Facility. On March 27, 2019, the Company received notice that the
UCC Financing Statement filed by Capital Source to secure a parent
Company guarantee was terminated and cancelled by the State of
Nevada.
12. EQUITY
Authorized Capital Stock
The
Company authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share.
The
Company has authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common
stock with a par value of $0.001. As of September 30, 2019, the
Company had 18,366,178 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding, held by 116 stockholders of record. The number of
stockholders, including beneficial owners holding shares through
nominee names, is approximately 2,300. Each share of common stock
entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to the
stockholders for a vote, and no cumulative voting for directors is
permitted. Stockholders do not have any preemptive
rights to acquire additional securities issued by us. As
of September 30, 2019, there were options outstanding for the
purchase of 4,532,668 common shares (including unearned stock
option grants totaling 2,410,000 and excluding certain stock option
grants for a cancelled kickstarter program), warrants for the
purchase of 17,747,090 common shares, and 8,108,356 shares of
the Company’s common stock issuable upon the conversion of
Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, the
Company currently has 13,262,779 common shares (9,020,264 common
shares at the current price of $0.25 per share and 4,242,490 common
shares at the current price of $1.00 per share) and are issuable
upon conversion of convertible debentures of $6,497,581. All of
which could potentially dilute future earnings per
share.
Voting Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock with a par value of $0.001.
Series A Preferred Stock
There are 23,334 shares Series A Preferred shares authorized.
Series A Preferred is entitled to the number of votes equal to the
number of whole shares of common stock into which the shares of
Series A Preferred held by such holder are then convertible as of
the applicable record date. The Series A Preferred may not be
redeemed without the consent of the holder.
F-15
On
September 23, 2018, a holder of Series A Preferred Stock converted
3,334 shares into 3,334 shares of common stock.
On January 29, 2019, a holder of Series A Preferred Stock converted
20,000 shares into 80,000 shares of common stock. There are no
Series A Preferred Stock outstanding as of January 29,
2019.
Series C Preferred Stock and Warrants
On August 11, 2016, the Company filed a Certificate of
Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock. On August 14, 2017, the price of the
Series C Preferred Stock were
adjusted to $0.25 per share pursuant
to the documents governing such instruments. The Certificate
designated 1,785,715 shares as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
at a par value of $.001 per share that is currently convertible
into common stock at $0.25 per share, with certain adjustments as
set forth in the Certificate. The Series C Preferred stock has a
yield of 8% if and when dividends are declared and an ownership
blocker of 4.99%.
As of September 30, 2019, the Company has 1,785,715 shares
of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding, which could
potentially be converted into 5,000,000 shares of common
stock. In addition, a corresponding number of
five-year warrants to acquire 1,785,715 shares of common stock at
$0.25 per share were issued in conjunction with the Series C
Preferred Shares and remain outstanding.
Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants
The
Company authorized the designation of 1,016,014 shares as Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred”).
On August 14, 2017, the price
of the Series D Preferred Stock
was adjusted to $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments. On May 8, 2017, the Company applied with the
State of Nevada for approval of the Certificate of Designations,
Preferences, and Rights of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.
On July 17, 2018, the Company filed
with the State of Nevada a second Amended and Restated Certificate
of Designation of Preferences, Powers, and Rights of the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock to decrease the number of authorized
Series D Shares from 3,906,250
to 1,016,014.
The
Series D Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock
at a price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of
Series D Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by
the conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted
events, and has the right to vote the number of shares of common
stock the Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion,
subject to a 4.99% blocker. The
Preferred Series D has an annual yield of 8% The Series D
Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at a
price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of Series D
Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by the
conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted events,
and has the right to vote the number of shares of common stock the
Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion, subject
to a 4.99% blocker. The Preferred
Series D has an annual yield of 8% if and when dividends are
declared.
In conjunction with Series D Preferred Stock we authorized Series F
Common Stock Warrants, which are exercisable for a term of five
years at strike price of $0.25. The underlying common stock upon
the conversion of the Series D Preferred and Series F Common Stock
Warrants issued were required to be included in a registration
statement as filed by the Company.
As of
September 30, 2019, the Company has 1,016,004 shares of Series D
Preferred Stock outstanding, which could be potentially be
converted into 3,108,356 shares of common stock shares if the
underlying conversion price remains $0.25, and there are 3,984,000
Series F warrant shares.
Series F Preferred Stock
On August 1, 2018, the Company filed with the State of Nevada a
Certificate of Designation establishing the Designations,
Preferences, Limitations and Relative Rights of Series F Preferred
Stock (the “Designation”). The Designation authorized
500 shares of Series F Preferred Stock. The Series F Preferred
Stock shall only be issued to the current Board of Directors on the
date of the Designation’s filing and is not convertible into
common stock. As set forth in the Designation, the Series F
Preferred Stock has no rights to dividends or liquidation
preference and carries rights to vote 100,000 shares of common
stock per share of Series F upon a Trigger Event, as defined in the
Designation. A Trigger Event includes certain unsolicited bids,
tender offers, proxy contests, and significant share purchases, all
as described in the Designation. Unless and until a Trigger Event,
the Series F shall have no right to vote. The Series F Preferred
Stock shall remain issued and outstanding until the date which is
731 days after the issuance of Series F Preferred Stock
(“Explosion Date”), unless a Trigger Event occurs, in
which case the Explosion Date shall be extended by 183
days.
F-16
Securities Subject to Price Adjustments
In the
future, if we sell our common stock at a price below $0.25 per
share, the exercise price of 1,785,715
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, 1,016,004
outstanding shares Series D Preferred Stock that adjust below $0.25
per share pursuant to the documents governing such instruments. In
addition, the conversion price of a Convertible Note Payable of
$2,255,066 (9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25
per share) and the exercise price of additional outstanding
warrants to purchase 12,838,286 shares of common stock would adjust
below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
The conversion price of
Convertible Note
Payable of $4,242,490
(4,242,490 common
shares at the current price of $1.00 per share) would adjust below
$1.00 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments. Warrants totaling 2,663,359 would adjust below $1.20
per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
Common Stock
All of the offerings and sales described below were deemed to be
exempt under Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act. No advertising or general solicitation was employed
in offering the securities, the offerings and sales were made to a
limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors
and transfer was restricted by the company in accordance with the
requirements of Regulation D and the Securities Act. Unless
Registered on Form S-1, all issuances to accredited and
non-accredited investors were structured to comply with the
requirements of the safe harbor afforded by Rule 506 of Regulation
D, including limiting the number of non-accredited investors to no
more than 35 investors who have sufficient knowledge and experience
in financial and business matters to make them capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in our
securities.
The following equity issuances occurred during the year ended
September 30, 2019:
During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued
509,656 shares of common stock at $0.25 per share to consultants
and investors related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued
145,000 shares of common stock for services provided by two
consultants. The common stock was valued at the daily trading price
of totaling $246,900 or $1.703 per share.
On January 2, 2019, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common
stock for services provided to Ronald P. Erickson. The shares were
valued at $102,000 or $1.02 per share.
On
January 29, 2019, a holder of Series A Preferred Stock converted
20,000 shares into 80,000 shares of common stock.
The following equity issuances occurred during the year ended
September 30, 2018:
The Company issued 779,676 shares of common stock to Named
Executive Officers, directors, employees and consultants and for
services during the year ended September 30, 2018. The Company
expensed $273,068.
On
April 10, 2018, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of the Merger Agreement
with RAAI common stock. The shares were valued at the fair market
value of $520,000 or $0.26 per share.
On June 25, 2018, the Company closed a private placement and
received gross proceeds of $1,750,000 ($1,710,000 as of June 30,
2018) in exchange for issuing 7,000,000 (6,840,000 as of June 30,
2018) shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 3,500,000
(3,420,000 as of June 30, 2018) shares of common stock in a private
placement to accredited investors pursuant to a series of
substantially identical subscription agreements. The initial
exercise price of the warrants described above is $0.25 per share,
subject to certain adjustments, and they expired five years after
their issuance. The shares and the warrants described above were
issued in transactions that were not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) in
reliance upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section
4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the
Act. On June 25, 2018,
the Company issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Phillip A.
Bosua under the terms of an Employment agreement dated April 10,
2018. The shares were valued at the fair market value of $165,000
or $0.33 per share.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company closed debt
conversions and issued 1,600,000 shares of common stock in exchange
for the conversion of $464,000, 230,000 shares in exchange for
$48,300 in legal services and 605,000 shares in for $199.935 in
preexisting debt owed by the Company to certain service providers,
all of whom are accredited investors. These shares were issued in
transactions that were not registered under the Act in reliance
upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section 4(a)(2)
of the Act and/or Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the
Act.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued
158,000 shares of our common stock related to warrant exercises
that were valued at $80,128.
F-17
On September 23, 2018, the Company issued 3,334 shares of our
common stock related to the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock
for $834.
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
The following warrants were issued during the year ended September
30, 2019:
The Company cancelled warrants to purchase 70,011 shares of common
stock at $3.08 per share to consultants and investors related to
the cashless exercise of warrants or expiration of
warrants.
The Company issued warrants to purchase 70,000 shares of common
stock at $1.61 to $2.72 per share to three consultants. The
warrants were valued at $30,325 or $1.989 per share. The warrants
expire during the first quarter of 2024.
The Company increased warrants by 120,000 shares at $0.25 per
shares related to the June 28, 2019 exercise of warrants by
a holder of Series A Preferred Stock.
Private Placement Warrants
The
Warrants issued for the private placements discussed above were
granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for each full share of
Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes are convertible). The
Warrants have a five-year term and an exercise price equal to 120%
of the per share conversion price of the Qualified Financing or
other mandatory conversion.
Warrants
are initially exercisable for 2,121,258 shares of Common Stock at
an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject
to certain adjustments.
In
connection with the private placement, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received warrants to purchase
542,102 shares of the Company’s common stock, all based on
8-10% of gross proceeds to the Company.
The
Warrants were indexed to our own stock and no down round provision
was identified. The Warrants were not subject to ASC 718.
Therefore, the Company concluded that based upon the conversion
features, the Warrants should not be accounted for as derivative
liabilities. The fair value of the Warrants was recorded as Debt
Discount (with an offset to APIC) on the date of issuance and
amortized over the one-year term of the Convertible Notes. See Note
10 for more information on allocation and fair value of
Warrants.
The following warrants were issued during the year ended September
30, 2018:
On December 15, 2017, the Company received $250,000 and issued a
senior convertible exchangeable debenture with a principal amount
of $300,000 and a five year common stock purchase warrant to
purchase 1,200,000 shares of common stock in a private placement
dated December 12, 2017 to an accredited investor pursuant to a
Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2017. The initial
exercise price of the warrants described above is $0.25 per share,
also subject to certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at
$123,600 and the beneficial conversion feature was valued at
$93,174.
On March 2, 2018, the Company received gross proceeds of $280,000
in exchange for issuing a senior convertible redeemable debenture
with a principal amount of $336,000 and a five year warrant to
purchase 1,344,000 shares of common stock in a private placement
dated February 28, 2018 to an accredited investor pursuant to a
Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2017. The initial
exercise price of the warrants described above is $0.25 per share,
also subject to certain adjustments. The warrants had an estimated
fair value of $348,096 and the beneficial conversion feature on the
debenture was valued at $252,932.
The
Company entered into a Note and Account Payable Conversion
Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently owing under
the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible Redeemable
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and (b) all
$519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into a
Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants had an estimated value of
$60,820.
In
addition, effective as of January 31, 2018, Mr. Erickson was issued
a warrant to purchase up to 855,000 shares of common stock of the
Company for a period of five years. The initial exercise price of the warrants
described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to certain
adjustments. The warrants had an estimated value of
$49,726.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, The Company issued
placement agent warrants related to the issuance of senior
convertible redeemable debentures and Series D Preferred Stock to
purchase up to 538,400 shares of common stock for a period
of five years. The initial exercise
price of the warrants described above is $0.25 per share, also
subject to certain adjustments. The estimated fair value was
$134,600.
F-18
On June 25, 2018, the Company closed a private placement and
received gross proceeds of $1,750,000 ($1,710,000 as of June 30,
2018) in exchange for issuing 7,000,000 (6,840,000 as of June 30,
2018) shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 3,500,000
(3,420,000 as of June 30, 2018) shares of common stock in a private
placement to accredited investors pursuant to a series of
substantially identical subscription agreements. The initial
exercise price of the warrants described above is $0.25 per share,
subject to certain adjustments, and they expired five years after
their issuance. The shares and the warrants described above were
issued in transactions that were not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) in
reliance upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section
4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the
Act.
The Company issued warrants to purchase 1,229,000 shares of common
stock to Named Executive Officers, directors, employees and
consultants and for services during the year ended September 30,
2018. The Company expensed $121,710.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued
158,000 shares of our common stock related to warrant exercises
that were valued at $80,128.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, warrants for the purchase
of 544,998 shares of common stock valued at $136,250
expired.
The
conversion price of the Series A, C and D Shares and related
warrants is currently $0.250 per share, subject to certain
adjustments.
A summary of the warrants issued as of September 30, 2019 were as
follows:
|
September 30,
2019
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Outstanding
at beginning of period
|
15,473,398
|
$0.326
|
Issued
|
2,853,359
|
1.179
|
Exercised
|
(509,656)
|
(0.250)
|
Forfeited
|
-
|
-
|
Expired
|
(70,011)
|
(3.083)
|
Outstanding
at end of period
|
17,747,090
|
$0.455
|
Exerciseable
at end of period
|
17,747,090
|
|
A summary of the status of the warrants outstanding as of September
30, 2019 is presented below:
|
September 30, 2019
|
|||
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|
Weighted
|
|
Average
|
Average
|
|
Average
|
Number of
|
Remaining
|
Exercise
|
Shares
|
Exercise
|
Warrants
|
Life ( In Years)
|
Price
|
Exerciseable
|
Price
|
13,417,286
|
3.02
|
$0.250
|
13,417,286
|
$0.250
|
714,286
|
-
|
0.700
|
714,286
|
0.700
|
882,159
|
2.12
|
1.000
|
882,159
|
1.000
|
2,713,359
|
4.45
|
1.20-1.50
|
2,713,359
|
1.20-1.50
|
20,000
|
4.42
|
2.34-4.08
|
20,000
|
2.34-4.08
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,747,090
|
3.44
|
$0.455
|
17,747,090
|
$0.455
|
F-19
The significant weighted average assumptions relating to the
valuation of the Company’s warrants for the year ended
September 30, 2019 were as follows:
Dividend yield
|
0%
|
Expected life
|
5 years
|
Expected volatility
|
180%-182%
|
Risk free interest rate
|
2.06%-2.52%
|
At September 30, 2019, vested warrants totaling 17,677,091 shares
had an aggregate intrinsic value of $18,052,811.
13. STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
On
March 21, 2013, an amendment to the Stock Option Plan was approved
by the stockholders of the Company, increasing the number of shares
reserved for issuance under the Plan to 93,333 shares. On April 10, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 93,333 to 1,200,000. On August 7, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 to common shares. On January
23, 2019, the Board approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock
Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock
reserved under the Incentive Plan from 2,200,000 to 2,500,000 to
common shares. On May 22, 2019, the Compensation Committee
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 to common
shares.
Determining Fair Value under ASC 718
The Company records compensation expense associated with stock
options and other equity-based compensation using the
Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation model for estimating fair
value of stock options granted under our plan. The Company
amortizes the fair value of stock options on a ratable basis over
the requisite service periods, which are generally the vesting
periods. The expected life of awards granted represents the period
of time that they are expected to be outstanding. The
Company estimates the volatility of our common stock based on the
historical volatility of its own common stock over the most recent
period corresponding with the estimated expected life of the award.
The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black
Scholes-Merton option valuation model on the implied yield
currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an
equivalent remaining term equal to the expected life of the award.
The Company has not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and
does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. Consequently, the Company uses an expected dividend yield
of zero in the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation model and
adjusts share-based compensation for changes to the estimate of
expected equity award forfeitures based on actual forfeiture
experience. The effect of adjusting the forfeiture rate is
recognized in the period the forfeiture estimate is
changed.
Stock Option Activity
The Company had the following stock option transactions during the
year ended September 30, 2019:
On
October 31, 2018, the Board awarded stock option grants to two
directors to acquire 50,000 shares each of the Company’s
common stock. The grants had an exercise price of $3.03 per share
and expire on October 31, 2023. The grants vested
immediately.
On
October 31, 2018, the Board awarded Phillip A. Bosua a stock option
grant to acquire 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
which vests upon approval of the Company’s blood glucose
measurement technology by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The grants had an exercise price of $3.03 per share and expire on
October 31, 2023.
On
October 31, 2018, the Board awarded Ronald P Erickson a stock
option grant to acquire 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s
common which vests upon the Company’s successful listing of
its Common Stock on NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange
(including the NYSE American Market). The grant had an exercise
price of $3.03 per share and expires on October 31,
2023.
On
March 26, 2019, the Board awarded two employees stock option grants
totaling 260,000 shares of the Company’s common which vests
upon approval of the Company’s blood glucose measurement
technology by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The grant had
an exercise price of $1.50 per share and expires on March 26,
2024.
During
April 2019, the Board awarded stock option grants to two employees
and a consultant to acquire 185,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock. The grants had an exercise price from $1.39 per share
to $1.90 per share and expire during April 2024. Grants totaling
10,000 common shares vested immediately and grants totaling 50,000
vest quarterly over three years. Grants totaling 125,000 common
shares vest quarterly over four years, with no vesting during the
first six months.
F-20
On
April 15, 2019, the Board awarded an employee was granted a stock
option grant to acquire 50,000 shares of the Company’s common
which vests upon approval of the Company’s blood glucose
measurement technology by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The grants had an exercise price of $1.50 per share and expire on
April 15, 2024.
During
July and August of 2019, the Board awarded stock option grants to
four consultants to acquire 275,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock. The grants have an exercise price from $1.34 per
share to $1.40 per share and expire during July and August 2024.
Grants totaling 10,000 common shares vested immediately and grants
totaling 50,000 vest quarterly over three years. Grants totaling
15,000 common shares vest monthly over six months. A grant of
100,000 shares of common stock vests quarterly over four years,
with no vesting during the first six months. A grants for 100,000
shares of common stock vests quarterly over four years, with no
vesting during the first six months. A grant for 100,000 shares of
common stock vests upon upon approval of the Company’s blood
glucose measurement technology by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
During
the year ended September 30, 2019, the Board four employees a stock
option grants to acquire 125,000 shares of the Company’s
Common stock for each $1,000,000 raised by the Company in revenue
generated in a planned Kickstarter campaign at a price range for
$1.50 to $3.03 per share. During the year ended September 30, 2019,
the Company recently decided that it would not undertake a
Kickstarter campaign. Options are expected to be cancelled or have
alternative Company milestones.
During the year ended September 2019, stock option grants for
520,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price ranging from
$3.03 to $4.20 per share were forfeited.
The Company had the following stock option transactions during the
year ended September 30, 2018:
A former employee forfeited stock option grants for 10,668 shares
of common stock at $14.719 per share.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, four employee and two
consultants were granted options to purchase 1,180,000 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $2.024 per share. The
stock option grants vest quarterly over four years (none during the
first six months) and are exercisable for 5 years. The stock option
grants were valued at an average of $2.38 per share.
On July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock option grant for
1,000,000 shares of common stock that was awarded at $1.28 per
share and was valued at the black scholes value of $1.22 per
share. The stock option grant vests quarterly
over four years and is exercisable for 5 years.
There are currently 4,532,668 options to purchase common stock at
an average exercise price of $2.025 per share outstanding as of
September 30, 2019 under the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The Company
recorded $1,141,674 and $50,899 of compensation expense, net of
related tax effects, relative to stock options for the year ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018 and in accordance with ASC 718. Net
loss per share (basic and diluted) associated with this expense was
approximately ($0.060) and ($0.010) per share, respectively. As of
September 30, 2019, there is approximately $631,026, net of
forfeitures, of total unrecognized costs related to employee
granted stock options that are not vested. These costs are expected
to be recognized over a period of approximately 3.70
years. Stock option grants totaling 2,410,000 shares of common
stock are performance stock option grants and are not vested until
the performance is achieved.
Stock option activity for the years ended September 30, 2019 and
2018 was as follows:
|
Weighted
Average
|
||
|
Options
|
Exercise
Price
|
$
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2017
|
15,404
|
$14.68
|
$226,059
|
Granted
|
2,180,000
|
1.683
|
3,668,500
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeitures
|
(12,736)
|
14.764
|
(188,040)
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2018
|
2,182,668
|
1.698
|
3,706,519
|
Granted
|
2,870,000
|
2.615
|
7,504,850
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeitures
|
(520,000)
|
(3.906)
|
(2,031,000)
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2019
|
4,532,668
|
$2.025
|
$9,180,369
|
F-21
The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2019:
|
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
Average
|
|
Average
|
Range of
|
Number
|
Remaining Life
|
Exercise Price
|
Number
|
Exercise Price
|
Exercise Prices
|
Outstanding
|
In Years
|
Outstanding
|
Exerciseable
|
Exerciseable
|
$0.250
|
530,000
|
0.50
|
$0.250
|
165,625
|
$0.25
|
1.28-1.50
|
1,860,000
|
3.83
|
1.35
|
360,000
|
1.28
|
|
60,000
|
4.56
|
1.85
|
12,083
|
1.84
|
|
2,080,000
|
4.08
|
3.08
|
20,000
|
4.20
|
|
2,668
|
0.50
|
14.25
|
1,334
|
13.50
|
|
4,532,668
|
3.70
|
$2.025
|
559,042
|
$1.122
|
There were stock option grants of 1,980,000 shares as of September
30, 2019 with an aggregate intrinsic value of
$826,720.
14. OTHER SIGNIFICANT
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
Related Party Transactions with Ronald P. Erickson
See Notes 10, 13 and 15 for related party transactions with Ronald
P. Erickson.
On January 16, 2018, Mr. Erickson was issued 100,000 of restricted
common stock at the grant date market value of $0.21 per
share. On January 2, 2019, Mr. Erickson was issued
100,000 shares of restricted common stock at the grant date market
value of $1.02 per share.
On
January 25, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to two demand
promissory notes, totaling $600,000 with Mr. Erickson, our former
Chief Executive Officer and current chairman of the board and/or
entities in which Mr. Erickson has a beneficial interest. The
amendments extend the due date from December 31, 2017 to September
30, 2018 and continue to provide for interest of 3% per annum and a
third lien on company assets if not repaid by September 30, 2018 or
converted into convertible debentures or equity on terms acceptable
to the Holder. On March 16, 2018, the demand promissory notes and
accrued interest were converted into convertible notes
payable.
On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at $110,545. Because
the note is immediately convertible, the warrants and beneficial
conversion were expensed as interest. The Company recorded accrued
interest of $73,964 as of September 30, 2019. On May 8,
2019, the Company signed Amendment 1 to the convertible redeemable
promissory notes, extending the due dates to September 30, 2019 and
increasing the interest rate to 6%. On November 26, 2019, the
Company signed Amendment 2 to the convertible promissory or OID
notes, extending the due dates to March 31, 2020.
On July 9, 2018, the Company repaid a $199,935 Business Loan
Agreement with Umpqua Bank from funds previously provided by
an entity affiliated with Ronald P. Erickson, our Chairman of the
Board. The Company paid $27,041 and issued 800,000 shares of common stock in exchange
for the conversion of this debt. Mr. Erickson is an accredited
investor. These shares were issued in transactions that were not
registered under the Act in reliance upon applicable exemptions
from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506
of SEC Regulation D under the Act.
Mr. Erickson and/or entities with which he is affiliated also have
accrued compensation, travel and interest of approximately $657,551
as of September 30, 2018.
Mr. Erickson and/or entities with which he is affiliated also have
accrued compensation, travel and interest of approximately $487,932
as of September 30, 2019.
F-22
Related Party Transaction with Phillip A. Bosua
On
February 7, 2018, the Company issued 50,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of a consulting agreement
dated July 6, 2017. The fair value of the shares issued was
$12,000.
On
April 10, 2018, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of the Merger Agreement
with RAAI common stock. The fair value of the shares issued was
$520,000.
On June
25, 2018, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Phillip
A. Bosua under the terms of an Employment agreement dated April 10,
2018. The fair value of the shares issued was
$165,000.
On June
25, 2018, we closed a debt conversion
with an entity controlled by Phillip A. Bosua and issued 255,000
shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion of $63,750 in
preexisting debt owed by the Company to this
entity.
On July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock option grant for
1,000,000 shares of our common stock that was awarded at $1.28 per
share and was valued at the black scholes value of $0.96 per
share.
Stock Issuances to Named Executive Officers and
Directors
During January to May 2018, the Company issued 275,000 shares of
restricted common stock to one Named Executive Officer and two
directors for services during 2018. The shares were issued in
accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at
$0.246 per share, the market price of our common
stock.
Stock Option Grant Cancellations
During the year ended September 30, 2019, two directors voluntarily
forfeited stock option grants for 100,000 shares of common stock
with an exercise price of $3.03 per share.
15. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Legal Proceedings
The
Company may from time to time become a party to various legal
proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. The
Company is currently not a party to any pending legal proceeding
that is not ordinary routine litigation incidental to our
business.
Employment Agreement with Phillip A. Bosua, Chief Executive
Officer
On April 10, 2018, the Company appointed Mr. Bosua as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, replacing Ronald P. Erickson, who
remains Chairman of the Company. Mr. Erickson has been a director
and officer of Know Labs since April 2003. He was appointed as our
CEO and President in November 2009 and as Chairman of the Board in
February 2015. Previously, Mr. Erickson was our President and Chief
Executive Officer from September 2003 through August 2003 and was
Chairman of the Board from August 2004 until May 2011.
Phillip A. Bosua was appointed the Company’s CEO on April 10,
2018. Previously, Mr. Bosua served as the Company’s Chief
Product Officer since August 2017. The Company entered into a
Consulting Agreement with Mr. Bosua’s company, Blaze Clinical
on July 7, 2017. From September 2012 to February 2015, Mr. Bosua
was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LIFX Inc. (where he
developed and marketed an innovative “smart” light
bulb) and from August 2015 until February 2016 was Vice President
Consumer Products at Soraa (which markets specialty LED light
bulbs). From February 2016 to July 2017, Mr. Bosua was the founder
and CEO of RAAI, Inc. (where he continued the development of his
smart lighting technology). From May 2008 to February 2013 he was
the Founder and CEO of LimeMouse Apps, a leading developer of
applications for the Apple App Store.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement
with Mr. Bosua reflecting his appointment as Chief Executive
Officer. The Employment Agreement is for an initial term of 12
months (subject to earlier termination) and will be automatically
extended for additional 12-month terms unless either party notifies
the other party of its intention to terminate the Employment
Agreement with at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of
the Initial Term or renewal term.. Mr.
Bosua will be paid a base salary of $225,000 per year, received
500,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.33 per share and may be
entitled to bonuses and equity awards at the discretion of the
Board or a committee of the Board. The Employment Agreement
provides for severance pay equal to 12 months of base salary if Mr.
Bosua is terminated without “cause” or voluntarily
terminates his employment for “good reason.” On
March 5, 2019, Mr. Bosua’s annual compensation was increased
to $240,000.
F-23
Employment Agreement with Ronald P. Erickson, Chairman of the Board
and Interim Chief Financial Officer
On
August 4, 2017, the Board of Directors approved an Employment
Agreement with Ronald P. Erickson pursuant to which we engaged Mr.
Erickson as our Chief Executive Officer through September 30, 2018.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered
into an Amended Employment Agreement for Ronald P. Erickson which
amends the Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2017. The Agreement
expires March 21, 2019. automatically be extended for
additional one (1) year periods unless either Party delivers
written notice of such Party’s intention to terminate this
Agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the Initial
Term or renewal term.
Mr.
Erickson’s annual compensation was $180,000. Mr. Erickson is
also entitled to receive an annual bonus and equity awards
compensation as approved by the Board. The bonus should be paid no
later than 30 days following earning of the bonus. On March 5,
2019, Mr. Erickson’s annual compensation was increased to
$195,000.
Mr.
Erickson will be entitled to participate in all group employment
benefits that are offered by us to our senior executives and
management employees from time to time, subject to the terms and
conditions of such benefit plans, including any eligibility
requirements.
If the Company terminates Mr. Erickson’s employment at any
time prior to the expiration of the Term without Cause, as defined
in the Employment Agreement, or if Mr. Erickson terminates his
employment at any time for “Good Reason” or due to a
“Disability”, Mr. Erickson will be entitled to receive
(i) his Base Salary amount for one year; and (ii) medical benefits
for eighteen months.
Properties and Operating Leases
The Company is obligated under the following leases for its various
facilities.
Corporate Offices
On April 13, 2017, the Company leased its executive office located
at 500 Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98101.
The Company leases 943 square feet and the net monthly payment is
$2,672. The monthly payment increases approximately 3% each year
and the lease expires on May 31, 2022.
Lab Facilities and Executive Offices
On
February 1, 2019, the Company leased its lab facilities and
executive offices located at 915 E Pine Street, Suite 212, Seattle,
WA 98122. The Company leases 2,642 square feet and the net monthly
payment is $8,256. The monthly payment increases approximately 3%
on July 1, 2019 and annually thereafter. The lease expires on June
30, 2021 and can be extended.
Terminated Leases
On May 1, 2018, the Company leased its lab facilities and executive
offices located at 304 Alaskan Way South, Suite 102, Seattle,
Washington, USA, 98101. The Company leases 2,800 square feet and
the net monthly payment is $4,000. The lease expired on April 30,
2019.
TransTech was located at 12142 NE Sky Lane, Suite 130, Aurora, OR
97002. TransTech terminated this lease effective May 31,
2019.
16. INCOME TAXES
The
Company has incurred losses since inception, which have generated
net operating loss carryforwards. The net operating loss
carryforwards arise from United States
sources.
Pretax
losses arising from United States operations were approximately
$2,834,000 for the year ended September 30, 2019.
Pretax
losses arising from United States operations were approximately
$1,609,000 for the year ended September 30, 2018.
The
Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
$32,083,000, which expire in 2022-2037. Because it is not more
likely than not that sufficient tax earnings will be generated to
utilize the net operating loss carryforwards, a corresponding
valuation allowance of approximately $6,930,000 was established as
of September 30, 2019. Additionally, under the Tax Reform Act of
1986, the amounts of, and benefits from, net operating losses may
be limited in certain circumstances, including a change in
control.
F-24
Section 382
of the Internal Revenue Code generally imposes an annual limitation
on the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that may be used
to offset taxable income when a corporation has undergone
significant changes in its stock ownership. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to utilize any net
operating loss carryforwards in the future. The Company is subject
to possible tax examination for the years 2012 through
2019.
For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company’s
effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate
principally due to net operating losses, interest expense and
warrants issued for services.
U.S. Tax Reform
On
December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax
legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the
Tax Reform Act). The Tax Reform Act significantly revises the
future ongoing federal income tax by, among other things, lowering
U.S. corporate income tax rates effective January 1, 2018. The
Company has calculated a blended U.S. federal income tax rate of
approximately 21% for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 and
21.0% for subsequent fiscal years. Remeasurement of the
Company’s deferred tax balance under the Tax Reform Act
resulted in a non-cash tax benefit reduction of approximately $2.3
million for the year ended September 30, 2018.
The
changes included in the Tax Reform Act are broad and complex. The
final transition impacts of the Tax Reform Act may differ from the
above estimate due to, among other things, changes in
interpretations of the Tax Reform Act, any legislative action to
address questions that arise because of the Tax Reform Act and any
changes in accounting standards for income taxes or related
interpretations in response to the Tax Reform Act.
The principal components of the Company’s deferred tax assets
at September 30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
|
2019
|
2018
|
U.S. operations
loss carry forward at statutory rate of 21%
|
$6,737,300
|
$6,142,138
|
Deferred tax assets
related to timing differences-accruals
|
192,897
|
-
|
Total
|
6,930,197
|
6,142,138
|
Less Valuation
Allowance
|
(6,930,197)
|
(6,142,138)
|
Net Deferred Tax
Assets
|
-
|
-
|
Change in Valuation
allowance
|
$(788,059)
|
$(337,853)
|
A reconciliation of the United States Federal Statutory rate to the
Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended September
30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
Federal Statutory
Rate
|
-21.0%
|
-21.0%
|
Increase in Income
Taxes Resulting from:
|
|
|
Change
in Valuation allowance
|
21.0%
|
21.0%
|
Effective Tax
Rate
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
17. SEGMENT REPORTING
The
management of the Company considers the business to have two
operating segments (i) the development of the Bio-RFID™” and
“ChromaID™” technologies.and (ii)
TransTech, a distributor of products
for employee and personnel identification and authentication.
TransTech has historically provided substantially all of the
Company’s revenues. The financial results from our TransTech
subsidiary have been diminishing as vendors of their products
increasingly move to the Internet and direct sales to their
customers. While it does provide our current revenues, it is not
central to our current focus as a Company. Moreover, we have
written down any goodwill associated with its historic acquisition.
We continue to closely monitor this subsidiary and expect it to
wind down completely in the near future.
F-25
During
the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company began to report both
entities as segments. The reporting for the year ended September
30, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
Net
|
Segment
|
Segment
|
Revenue
|
Margin
|
Loss
|
Assets
|
Year
Ended September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(7,534,739)
|
$2,882,194
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
1,804,960
|
426,547
|
(77,577)
|
57,439
|
Total
segments
|
$1,804,960
|
$426,547
|
$(7,612,316)
|
$2,939,633
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended September 30, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(3,294,707)
|
$1,311,134
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
4,303,296
|
821,623
|
37,110
|
791,814
|
Total
segments
|
$4,303,296
|
$821,623
|
$(3,257,597)
|
$2,102,948
|
18.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events, for the purpose of
adjustment or disclosure, up through the date the financial
statements were issued. Subsequent to September 30, 2019, there
were the following material transactions that require
disclosure:
Convertible Promissory Notes with Clayton A. Struve
As of September 30, 2019, the Company owes Clayton A. Struve
$1,071,000 under convertible promissory or OID notes. On
November 26, 2019, the Company signed Amendments to the convertible
promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to March 31,
2020.
Convertible Redeemable Promissory Notes with Ronald P. Erickson and
J3E2A2Z
On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833. On November 26, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 2 to
the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
March 31, 2020.
Convertible Notes Dated October 17, 2019
On
October 17, 2019, the Company closed funding on Convertible Notes
totaling principal amount of $385,000 which bear annual interest of
8%. Both the principal amount of and the interest are payable on a
payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
“Common Stock”). They are due and payable (in Common
Stock) on the earlier of (a) mandatory and automatic conversion of
the Convertible Notes into a financing that yields gross proceeds
of at least $10,000,000 (a “Qualified Financing”) or
(b) on the one-year anniversary of the Convertible Notes (the
“Maturity Date”). Investors will be required to convert
their Convertible Notes into Common Stock in any Qualified
Financing at a conversion price per share equal to the lower of (i)
$1.00 per share or (ii) a 25% discount to the price per share paid
by investors in the Qualified Financing. If the Convertible Notes
have not been paid or converted prior to the Maturity Date, the
outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes will be
automatically converted into shares of Common Stock at the lesser
of (a) $1.00 per share or (b) any adjusted price resulting from the
application of a “most favored nations” provision,
which requires the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock to
investors if we issue certain securities at less than the
then-current conversion price.
The
Warrants were granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for each
full share of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes are
convertible). The Warrants have a five-year term and an exercise
price equal to 120% of the per share conversion price of the
Qualified Financing or other mandatory conversion.
The
Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 385,000 shares of
Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the Warrants are
initially exercisable for 192,500 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject to
certain adjustments.
F-26
In
connection with the private placement, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of $36,800
and warrants to purchase 55,200 shares of our common stock, all
based on 8-10% of gross proceeds to the Company.
As part
of the Purchase Agreement, we entered into a Registration Rights
Agreement, which grants the investors “demand” and
“piggyback” registration rights to register the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible
Notes and the exercise of the Warrants with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for resale or other disposition. In addition,
the Convertible Notes are subordinated to certain senior debt of
the Company pursuant to a Subordination Agreement executed by the
investors.
The
Convertible Notes and Warrants were issued in transactions that
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable exemptions from
registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of
SEC Regulation D under the Act.
Stock Option Exercise and Cancellation
On
November 9, 2019, a former employee exercised stock option grants
on a cashless basis. The former employee received 73,191 shares of
common stock for vested stock option grants totaling 93,750 shares.
The stock option grant had an exercise price of $0.25 per share.
The former employee forfeited stock
option grants 206,250 at an exercise price of $0.25 per share and
150,000 at an exercise price of $1.28 per
share.
Stock Option Cancellations
On October 4, 2019, Ronald P. Erickson and Philip A. Bosua, named
executive officers, each voluntarily cancellated stock option
grants totaling for 1,000,000 shares with an exercise price of
$3.03 per share. The grants were related to performance and were
not vested.
On October 4, 2019, an employee voluntarily cancellated a stock
option grant totaling 80,000 shares with an exercise price of $4.20
per share.
Stock Option Issuances
On December 19, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the following
stock option grants:
Stock option grants to two directors, 2 employees and two
consultants totaling 315,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.12
per share. The stock option grants expire in five years. The stock
option grants have various vesting terms and expire during the
fourth quarter of 2024.
Stock option grant to Philip A. Bosua, a named executive officer,
for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.10 per share. The
performance grant expires November 4, 2019 and vests upon FDA
approval of the UBAND blood glucose monitor.
Stock option grant to Ronald P. Erickson, a named executive
officer, for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.10 per
share. The performance grant expires November 4, 2019 and vests
upon uplisting to NASDAQ or NYSE exchanges.
F-27
KNOW LABS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
March
31,
2020
|
September
30,
2019
|
ASSETS
|
|
(Audited)
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$776,752
|
$1,900,836
|
Accounts
receivable, net of allowance of $0 and $40,000,
respectively
|
-
|
63,049
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
-
|
6,435
|
Inventories,
net
|
-
|
7,103
|
Total current
assets
|
776,752
|
1,977,423
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT, NET
|
119,774
|
130,472
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
Intangible
assets
|
187,780
|
274,446
|
Other
assets
|
13,766
|
13,766
|
Operating lease
right of use asset
|
130,100
|
243,526
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$1,228,172
|
$2,639,633
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
Accounts payable -
trade
|
$693,598
|
$810,943
|
Accounts payable -
related parties
|
8,439
|
7,048
|
Accrued
expenses
|
118,633
|
460,055
|
Accrued expenses -
related parties
|
677,918
|
458,500
|
Convertible notes
payable
|
2,739,330
|
3,954,241
|
Current portion of
operating lease right of use liability
|
118,568
|
124,523
|
Total current
liabilities
|
4,356,486
|
5,815,310
|
|
|
|
NON-CURRENT PORTION
OF OPERATING LEASE RIGHT OF USE LIABILITY
|
12,906
|
121,613
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS AND
CONTINGENCIES (Note 14)
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIT
|
|
|
Preferred stock -
$0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued
and
|
|
|
outstanding at
3/31/2020 and 9/30/2019 respectively
|
-
|
-
|
Series A
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 23,334 shares
authorized, 0 shares
|
|
|
issued and
outstanding at 3/31/2020 and 9/30/2019, respectively
|
-
|
-
|
Series C
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 1,785,715 shares
authorized,
|
|
|
1,785,715 shares
issued and outstanding at 3/31/2020 and 9/30/2019,
respectively
|
1,790
|
1,790
|
Series D
Convertible Preferred stock - $0.001 par value, 1,016,014 shares
authorized,
|
|
|
1,016,004 shares
issued and outstanding at 3/31/2020 and 9/30/2019,
respectively
|
1,015
|
1,015
|
Common stock -
$0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 23,324,128 and
18,366,178
|
|
|
shares issued and
outstanding at 3/31/2020 and 9/30/2019, respectively
|
23,324
|
18,366
|
Additional paid in
capital
|
45,581,817
|
39,085,179
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(48,749,166)
|
(42,403,640)
|
Total stockholders'
deficit
|
(3,141,220)
|
(3,297,290)
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
|
$1,228,172
|
$2,639,633
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-28
KNOW LABS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
Three Months
Ended,
|
Six
Months Ended,
|
||
|
March 31,
2020
|
March 31,
2019
|
March 31,
2020
|
March 31,
2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUE
|
$4,546
|
$593,712
|
$121,939
|
$1,195,921
|
COST OF
SALES
|
3,791
|
454,839
|
69,726
|
927,125
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
755
|
138,873
|
52,213
|
268,796
|
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
|
447,165
|
184,024
|
938,303
|
391,014
|
SELLING, GENERAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
|
1,622,941
|
1,003,504
|
2,543,492
|
1,692,950
|
OPERATING
LOSS
|
(2,069,351)
|
(1,048,655)
|
(3,429,582)
|
(1,815,168)
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE):
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(1,301,674)
|
(400,201)
|
(2,981,164)
|
(409,327)
|
Other
income
|
40,512
|
6,618
|
65,220
|
13,054
|
Total other
(expense), net
|
(1,261,162)
|
(393,583)
|
(2,915,944)
|
(396,273)
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE INCOME
TAXES
|
(3,330,513)
|
(1,442,238)
|
(6,345,526)
|
(2,211,441)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes -
current provision
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
LOSS
|
$(3,330,513)
|
$(1,442,238)
|
$(6,345,526)
|
$(2,211,441)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted
loss per share
|
$(0.16)
|
$(0.08)
|
$(0.33)
|
$(0.12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares of common stock outstanding- basic and diluted
|
20,424,329
|
18,094,492
|
19,412,240
|
17,829,909
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-29
KNOW LABS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
|
Series A
Convertible
|
Series C
Convertible
|
Series D
Convertible
|
|
Additional
|
|
Total
|
||||
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Paid
in
|
Accumulated
|
Stockholders'
|
||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Deficit
|
Balance as of October 1,
2018
|
20,000
|
$11
|
1,785,715
|
$1,790
|
1,016,004
|
$1,015
|
17,531,522
|
$17,531
|
$32,163,386
|
$(34,791,324)
|
$(2,607,591)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
171,499
|
-
|
171,499
|
Conversion of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
279,929
|
280
|
(280)
|
-
|
-
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(769,203)
|
(769,203)
|
Balance as of December 31,
2018
|
20,000
|
11
|
1,785,715
|
1,790
|
1,016,004
|
1,015
|
17,811,451
|
17,811
|
32,334,605
|
(35,560,527)
|
(3,205,295)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
91,648
|
-
|
91,648
|
Issuance of common stock for
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
245,000
|
245
|
348,655
|
-
|
348,900
|
Conversion of Series A Preferred
Stock
|
(20,000)
|
(11)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
80,000
|
80
|
(69)
|
-
|
-
|
Beneficial conversion feature (Note
10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,570,049
|
-
|
1,570,049
|
Issuance of warrants to debt
holders (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,244,263
|
-
|
1,244,263
|
Issuance of warrants for services
related to debt offering (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
988,876
|
-
|
988,876
|
Stock based compensation-
warrants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30,325
|
-
|
30,325
|
Issuance of common stock for
warrant exercise
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
56,518
|
56
|
(56)
|
-
|
-
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,442,238)
|
(1,442,238)
|
Balance as of March 31,
2019
|
-
|
-
|
1,785,715
|
1,790
|
1,016,004
|
# 1,015
|
18,192,969
|
18,192
|
36,608,296
|
(37,002,765)
|
(373,472)
|
Balance as of October 1,
2019
|
-
|
-
|
1,785,715
|
1,790
|
1,016,004
|
1,015
|
18,366,178
|
18,366
|
39,085,179
|
(42,403,640)
|
(3,297,290)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
399,897
|
-
|
399,897
|
Stock option
exercise
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
73,191
|
73
|
(73)
|
-
|
-
|
Beneficial conversion feature (Note
10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
330,082
|
-
|
330,082
|
Issuance of warrants to debt
holders (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
168,270
|
-
|
168,270
|
Issuance of warrants for services
related to debt offering (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
160,427
|
-
|
160,427
|
Issuance of common stock for
exercise of warrants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
28,688
|
29
|
(29)
|
-
|
-
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,015,013)
|
(3,015,013)
|
Balance as of December 31,
2019
|
-
|
-
|
1,785,715
|
1,790
|
1,016,004
|
1,015
|
18,468,057
|
18,468
|
40,143,753
|
(45,418,653)
|
(5,253,627)
|
Stock compensation expense -
employee options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
165,829
|
-
|
165,829
|
Conversion of debt offering and
accrued interest (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4,114,800
|
4,115
|
4,110,685
|
-
|
4,114,800
|
Beneficial conversion feature (Note
10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
105,535
|
-
|
105,535
|
Issuance of warrants to debt
holders (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
21,214
|
-
|
21,214
|
Issuance of warrants for services
related to debt offering (Note 10)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9,542
|
-
|
9,542
|
Issuance of common stock for
services
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
540,000
|
540
|
1,025,460
|
-
|
1,026,000
|
Issuance of common stock for
exercise of warrants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
201,271
|
201
|
(201)
|
-
|
0
|
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,330,513)
|
(3,330,513)
|
Balance as of March 31,
2020
|
-
|
$-
|
1,785,715
|
$1,790
|
1,016,004
|
$1,015
|
$23,324,128
|
$23,324
|
$45,581,817
|
$(48,749,166)
|
$(3,141,220)
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-30
KNOW LABS, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
Six
Months Ended,
|
|
|
March 31,
2020
|
March 31,
2019
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
$(6,345,526)
|
$(2,211,441)
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) operating
activities
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
120,745
|
133,019
|
Issuance of capital
stock for services and expenses
|
1,026,000
|
348,900
|
Stock based
compensation- warrants
|
-
|
30,325
|
Stock based
compensation- stock option grants
|
565,726
|
263,147
|
Amortization of
debt discount
|
2,792,398
|
361,534
|
Provision on loss
on accounts receivable
|
2,439
|
8,728
|
Right of use,
net
|
(1,236)
|
-
|
Loss on sale of
assets
|
4,358
|
-
|
Changes in
operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
60,610
|
118,438
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
6,435
|
7,296
|
Inventory
|
7,103
|
102,593
|
Other
assets
|
-
|
(8,697)
|
Accounts payable -
trade and accrued expenses
|
72,618
|
(245,393)
|
Deferred
revenue
|
-
|
(55,959)
|
NET CASH
(USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
(1,688,330)
|
(1,147,510)
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Investment in
research and development equipment
|
(27,739)
|
(74,556)
|
NET CASH (USED IN)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
(27,739)
|
(74,556)
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
Repayments on line
of credit
|
-
|
(92,094)
|
Proceeds from
convertible notes payable
|
715,000
|
3,809,976
|
Payments for
issuance costs from notes payable
|
(123,015)
|
(368,322)
|
NET CASH PROVIDED
BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
591,985
|
3,349,560
|
|
|
|
NET (DECREASE)
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(1,124,084)
|
2,127,494
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
1,900,836
|
934,407
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$776,752
|
$3,061,901
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
$-
|
$7,750
|
Taxes
paid
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
Non-cash investing
and financing activities:
|
|
|
Beneficial
conversion feature
|
$435,617
|
$1,570,049
|
Issuance of
warrants to debt holders
|
$189,484
|
$1,244,263
|
Issuance of
warrants for services related to debt offering
|
$169,969
|
$988,876
|
Cashless warant
exercise (fair value)
|
$57,490
|
$84,107
|
Cashless stock
options exercise (fair value)
|
$18,298
|
$-
|
Conversion of debt
offering
|
$3,800,424
|
$-
|
Conversion of
accrued interest
|
$314,376
|
$-
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
financial statements.
F-31
KNOW LABS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements
have been prepared by Know Labs, Inc, formerly Visualant,
Incorporated (“the Company”, “us,”
“we,” or “our”) in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for
interim financial reporting and rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or
omitted. In the opinion of our management, all adjustments,
consisting of only normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair
presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and
cash flows for the fiscal periods presented have been
included.
These
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited
financial statements and related notes included in our Annual
Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) on December 27, 2019. The results of operations
for the six months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily
indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year, or for
any other fiscal period.
1.
ORGANIZATION
Know Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under
the laws of the State of Nevada in 1998. The Company has
authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share.
The Company is focused on the development, marketing and sales of
proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely identifying
or authenticating almost any substance or material using
electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the unique
“signature” of the substance or material. We call these
our “Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies.
Historically, the Company focused on the development of our
proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs
(light emitting diodes) the ChromaID technology maps the color of
substances, fluids and materials. With the Company’s
proprietary processes, the Company can authenticate and identify
based upon the color that is present. The color is both visible to
us as humans but also outside of the humanly visible color spectrum
in the near infra-red and near ultra-violet and beyond. The
Company’s ChromaID scanner sees what we like to call
“Nature’s Color Fingerprint.” Everything in
nature has a unique color identifier and with ChromaID the Company
can see, and identify, and authenticate based upon the color that
is present. The Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of
uniquely identifying and authenticating almost any substance or
liquid using light to record, detect and identify its unique color
signature. More recently, the Company has focused upon extensions
and new inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our
ChromaID technology. The Company calls this new technology
“Bio-RFID.” The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID
technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into
the commercialization phase of our Company as the Company works to
create revenue generating products for the marketplace. Today, the
sole focus of the Company is on its Bio-RFID technology and its
commercialization.
In
2010, the Company acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to
the Company’s business. TransTech is a distributor of
products for employee and personnel identification and
authentication. TransTech has historically provided substantially
all of the Company’s revenues. The financial results from our
TransTech subsidiary have been diminishing as vendors of their
products increasingly move to the Internet and direct sales to
their customers. While it does provide the Company’s current
revenues, it is not central to the Company’s current focus.
Moreover, the Company has written down any goodwill associated with
this acquisition. The Company expects to shut down TransTech
completely by June 30, 2020.
The Company is in the process of commercializing its Bio-RFID
technology. The Company plans its first commercial applications to
be a wearable non-invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor. This product
will require approval from the United States Food and Drug
Administration prior to introduction to the market. In addition, it
has a technology license agreement with Allied Inventors,
formerly Xinova and Invention
Development Management Company, a subsidiary of Intellectual
Ventures.
The Company believes that its commercialization success is
dependent upon its ability to significantly increase the number of
customers that are purchasing and using its products. To date the
Company has generated minimal revenue from sales of products
derived from its ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology. The Company is
currently not profitable. Even if the Company succeeds in
introducing its technology and related products to its target
markets, the Company may not be able to generate sufficient revenue
to achieve or sustain profitability. Regulatory requirements may
also inhibit the speed with which the Company’s products can
enter the marketplace.
ChromaID was invented by scientists under contract with the
Company. Bio-RFID was invented by individuals working for the
Company. The Company actively pursues a robust intellectual
property strategy and has been granted fourteen patents. The
Company also has several patents pending. The Company possesses all
right, title and interest to the issued patents. Nine additional
issued and pending patents are licensed exclusively to the Company
in perpetuity by the Company’s strategic partner, Allied
Inventors.
F-32
2.
GOING CONCERN
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The
Company incurred net losses $6,345,526, $7,612,316 and $3,257,597
for the six months ended
March 31, 2020 and the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018,
respectively. Net cash used in operating activities was $1,668,330,
$3,104,035 and $1,117,131 for the six months ended March 31, 2020
and the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company
incurred non-cash expenses of $4,510,430 and
$1,145,653.
The
Company anticipates that it will record losses from operations for
the foreseeable future. As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s
accumulated deficit was $48,749,166 The Company has
limited capital resources, and operations to date have been funded
with the proceeds from private equity and debt financings and loans
from Ronald P. Erickson, the Company’s Chairman of the Board
and Interim Chief Financial Officer, or entities with which he is
affiliated. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern. The audit report prepared
by the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm relating to our consolidated financial statements for the year
ended September 30, 2019 includes an explanatory paragraph
expressing the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern.
The
Company believes that its cash on hand and received since March 31,
2020 will be sufficient to fund our operations until early 2021.
The Company needs additional financing
to implement our business plan and to service our ongoing
operations and pay our current debts. There can be no assurance
that we will be able to secure any needed funding, or that if such
funding is available, the terms or conditions would be acceptable
to us. If we are unable to obtain additional financing when it is
needed, we will need to restructure our operations, and divest all
or a portion of our business. We may seek additional
capital through a combination of private and public equity
offerings, debt financings and strategic collaborations. Debt
financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include
covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific
actions, such as incurring additional debt, and could increase our
expenses and require that our assets secure such debt. Equity
financing, if obtained, could result in dilution to the
Company’s then-existing stockholders and/or require such
stockholders to waive certain rights and preferences. If such
financing is not available on satisfactory terms, or is not
available at all, the Company may be required to delay, scale back,
eliminate the development of business opportunities and our
operations and financial condition may be materially adversely
affected.
3.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING
STANDARDS
Basis of Presentation – The accompanying unaudited
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated. The preparation of these unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”).
Principles of Consolidation – The consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned and
majority-owned subsidiaries, TransTech Systems, Inc and RAAI
Lighting, Inc. Inter-Company items and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company classifies highly liquid
temporary investments with an original maturity of three months or
less when purchased as cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash
balances at various financial institutions. Balances at US banks
are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to
$250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such
accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant risk for
cash on deposit. At March 31, 2020, the Company had uninsured deposits in the amount
of $526,752.
Accounts Receivable and Revenue – The Company
recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers, which requires the application of the
five-step-principles-based-accounting-model for revenue
recognition. These steps include (1) a legally enforceable
contract, written or unwritten is identified; (2) performance
obligations in the contracts are identified; (3) the transaction
price reflecting variable consideration, if any, is identified; (4)
the transaction price is allocated to the performance obligations;
and (5) revenue is recognized when the control of goods is
transferred to the customer at a particular time or over time. For
TransTech, the Company extends thirty day terms to some customers.
Accounts receivable are reviewed periodically for
collectability.
TransTech Systems Inc. sells products directly to customers. Our
products are typically sold pursuant to purchase orders placed by
our customers, and our terms and conditions of sale do not require
customer acceptance. We account for a contract with a customer when
there is a legally enforceable contract, which could be the
customer’s purchase order, the rights of the parties are
identified, the contract has commercial terms, and collectability
of the contract consideration is probable. The majority of our
contracts have a single performance obligation to transfer products
and are short term in nature, usually less than one year. Our
revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in the
contract with each customer in exchange for transferring products
that is generally based upon a negotiated, formula, list or fixed
price. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is
transferred to our customer, which is either upon shipment from our
dock, receipt at the customer’s dock, or removal from
consignment inventory at the customer’s location, in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to
receive in exchange for those goods.
F-33
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - We maintain an allowance
for uncollectible accounts receivable. It is our practice to
regularly review and revise, when deemed necessary, our estimates
of uncollectible accounts receivable, which are based primarily on
actual historical return rates. We record estimated uncollectible
accounts receivable as selling, general and administrative expense.
As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, there was a reserve
for sales returns of $0 and $40,000, respectively, which is minimal
based upon our historical experience.
Inventories – Inventories
consist primarily of printers and consumable supplies, including
ribbons and cards, badge accessories, capture devices, and access
control components held for resale and are stated at the lower of
cost or market on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”)
method. Inventories are considered available for resale
when drop shipped and invoiced directly to a customer from a
vendor, or when physically received by TransTech. The
Company records a provision for excess and obsolete inventory
whenever an impairment has been identified. There is a $0 and
$28,000 reserve for impaired inventory as of March 31, 2020
and September 30, 2019.
Equipment – Equipment
consists of machinery, leasehold improvements, furniture and
fixtures and software, which are stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed by the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives or lease
period of the relevant asset, generally 2-10 years, except for
leasehold improvements which are depreciated over 5
years.
Long-Lived Assets – The
Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment annually or
when changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable. Long-lived assets under certain
circumstances are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair
value. Assets to be disposed of and assets not expected to provide
any future service potential to the Company are recorded at the
lower of carrying amount or fair value (less the projected cost
associated with selling the asset). To the extent carrying values
exceed fair values, an impairment loss is recognized in operating
results.
Intangible Assets – Intangible assets are capitalized
and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful
life, if the life is determinable. If the life is not determinable,
amortization is not recorded. We regularly perform reviews to
determine if facts and circumstances exist which indicate that the
useful lives of our intangible assets are shorter than originally
estimated or the carrying amount of these assets may not be
recoverable. When an indication exists that the carrying amount of
intangible assets may not be recoverable, we assess the
recoverability of our assets by comparing the projected
undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or
group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective
carrying amounts. Such impairment test is based on the lowest level
for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the
cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. Impairment,
if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the
estimated fair value of those assets.
Research and Development Expenses – Research and
development expenses consist of the cost of employees, consultants
and contractors who design, engineer and develop new products and
processes as well as materials, supplies and facilities used in
producing prototypes.
The Company’s current research and development efforts are
primarily focused on improving our Bio-RFID technology, extending
its capacity and developing new and unique applications for this
technology. As part of this effort, the Company conducts on-going
laboratory testing to ensure that application methods are
compatible with the end-user and regulatory requirements, and that
they can be implemented in a cost-effective manner. The Company
also is actively involved in identifying new applications. The
Company’s current internal team along with outside
consultants has considerable experience working with the
application of the Company’s technologies and their
applications. The Company engages third party experts as required
to supplement our internal team. The Company believes that
continued development of new and enhanced technologies is essential
to our future success. We incurred expenses of $938,303, $1,257,872
and $570,514 for the six months ended March 31, 2020
and the years ended September 30, 2019
and 2018, respectively, on development
activities.
Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments
– ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures,
defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for
an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the
principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in
an orderly transaction between market participants on the
measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair
value hierarchy, which requires classification based on observable
and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The
fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on
market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own
assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy
consists of three levels:
Level 1
– Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities;
|
Level 2
– Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly
or indirectly observable; and.
Level 3
–
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and
significant to the fair value measurement.
|
The
recorded value of other financial assets and liabilities, which
consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts
receivable, other current assets, and accounts payable and accrued
expenses approximate the fair value of the respective assets and
liabilities as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 are based
upon the short-term nature of the assets and
liabilities.
The
Company has a money market account which is considered a level 1
asset. The balance as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 was
$651,722 and $1,901,278, respectively.
F-34
Derivative Financial Instruments –Pursuant to ASC 815
“Derivatives and Hedging”, the Company evaluates all of
its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are
derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded
derivatives. The Company then determines if embedded derivative
must bifurcated and separately accounted for. For derivative
financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the
derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and
is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair
value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. For
stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses a
Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to value the derivative
instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The
classification of derivative instruments, including whether such
instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is
evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative
instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as
current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement
of the derivative instrument could be required within twelve months
of the balance sheet date.
The
Company determined that none of the conversion features within its
currently outstanding convertible notes payable must be bifurcated
and thus there was no derivative liability as of March 31, 2020 and
September 30,
2019.
Stock Based Compensation - The
Company has share-based compensation plans under which employees,
consultants, suppliers and directors may be granted restricted
stock, as well as options and warrants to purchase shares of
Company common stock at the fair market value at the time of grant.
Stock-based compensation cost to employees is measured by the
Company at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award,
over the requisite service period under ASC 718. For options issued
to employees, the Company recognizes stock compensation costs
utilizing the fair value methodology over the related period of
benefit.
Convertible Securities – Based upon ASC 815-15, we have
adopted a sequencing approach regarding the application of ASC
815-40 to convertible securities. We will evaluate our contracts
based upon the earliest issuance date. In the event partial
reclassification of contracts subject to ASC 815-40-25 is
necessary, due to our inability to demonstrate we have sufficient
shares authorized and unissued, shares will be allocated on the
basis of issuance date, with the earliest issuance date receiving
first allocation of shares. If a reclassification of an instrument
were required, it would result in the instrument issued latest
being reclassified first.
Net Loss per Share –
Under the provisions of ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share,”
basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss
available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of
shares of common stock outstanding for the periods presented.
Diluted net loss per share reflects the potential dilution that
could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock
were exercised or converted into common stock. As of March
31, 2020, there were options outstanding for the purchase of
4,891,334 common shares (including unearned stock option grants
totaling 2,680,000 shares related to performance targets), warrants
for the purchase of 17,755,448 common shares, and
8,108,356 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable
upon the conversion of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock. In addition, the Company currently had 10,167,804 common
shares (9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per
share and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606. All of which could potentially dilute future
earnings per share.
As of March 31, 2019, there were options outstanding for the
purchase of 2,282,668 common shares, warrants for the purchase of
17,572,583 common shares, and 4,894,071 shares of the
Company’s common stock issuable upon the conversion of Series
A, Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. In
addition, the Company currently has 12,829,329 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 3,808,975 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $6,060,041. All of which could
potentially dilute future earnings per share.
Dividend Policy – The
Company has never paid any cash dividends and intends, for the
foreseeable future, to retain any future earnings for the
development of our business. Our future dividend policy will be
determined by the board of directors on the basis of various
factors, including our results of operations, financial condition,
capital requirements and investment
opportunities.
Use of Estimates – The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Based
on the Company’s review of accounting standard updates issued
since the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K, there have been no other
newly issued or newly applicable accounting pronouncements that
have had, or are expected to have, a significant impact on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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4. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE/CUSTOMER
CONCENTRATION
Accounts receivable were $0 and $63,049, net of allowance, as
of March 31, 2020 and September
30, 2019, respectively. The Company has a total allowance for bad
debt in the amount of $0 and $40,000 as of March 31, 2020 and
September 30, 2019, respectively. The decrease in
accounts receivable related to the winddown of
TransTech.
5. INVENTORIES
Inventories were $0 and $7,103 as of March 31, 2020
and September 30, 2019, respectively.
Inventories consisted primarily of printers and consumable
supplies, including ribbons and cards, badge accessories, capture
devices, and access control components held for resale. There was a
$0 and $28,000 reserve for impaired inventory as of March
31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. The decrease in
inventory related to the winddown of TransTech.
6. FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation, was $119,774 and
$130,472 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. Accumulated
depreciation was $221,490 and $379,259 as of March 31, 2020
and September 30, 2019, respectively.
Total depreciation expense was $34,079 and $18,491 for the six
months ended March 31, 2020 and
2019, respectively. All equipment is used for selling, general and
administrative purposes and accordingly all depreciation is
classified in selling, general and administrative
expenses.
Property and equipment as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 was comprised of the
following:
|
Estimated
|
March 31,
|
September 30,
|
|
Useful Lives
|
2020
|
2019
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
2-10
years
|
$310,797
|
$412,238
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
2-3
years
|
3,612
|
3,612
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
2-3
years
|
26,855
|
58,051
|
Software
and websites
|
3-
7 years
|
-
|
35,830
|
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
|
(221,490)
|
(379,259)
|
|
$119,774
|
$130,472
|
The
Company retired assets at TransTech with a net book value of $4,358
as of March 31, 2020.
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7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 consisted of the
following:
|
Estimated
|
March 31,
|
September 30,
|
|
Useful Lives
|
2020
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
Technology
|
3
years
|
$520,000
|
$520,000
|
Less:
accumulated amortization
|
|
(332,220)
|
(245,554)
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
$187,780
|
$274,446
|
Total amortization expense was $86,666 for the six months
ended March 31, 2020 and 2019,
respectively.
Merger with RAAI Lighting, Inc.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger with 500 Union Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and RAAI Lighting, Inc., a
Delaware corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company
acquired all the outstanding shares of RAAI’s capital stock
through a merger of Merger Sub with and into RAAI (the
“Merger”), with RAAI surviving the Merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of RAAI common
stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Merger (1,000
shares) was cancelled and the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock. As a result, the Company issued
2,000,000 shares of its common stock to Phillip A. Bosua, formerly
the sole stockholder of RAAI. The consideration for the Merger was
determined through arms-length bargaining by the Company and RAAI.
The Merger was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result of the Merger,
the Company received certain intellectual property, related to
RAAI.
RAAI had no outstanding indebtedness or assets at the closing of
the Merger. The 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock issued for RAAI’s shares were recorded at the fair
value at the date of the merger at $520,000 and the value assigned
to the technology acquired with RAAI.
The fair value of the intellectual property associated with the
assets acquired was $520,000 estimated by using a discounted cash
flow approach based on future economic benefits. In summary, the
estimate was based on a projected income approach and related
discounted cash flows over five years, with applicable risk factors
assigned to assumptions in the forecasted results.
Merger with Know Labs, Inc.
On May 1, 2018, Know Labs, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated
on April 3, 2018, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and
into the Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
May 1, 2018. In connection with the merger, our Articles of
Incorporation were effectively amended to change our name to Know
Labs, Inc. by and through the filing of Articles of Merger. This
parent-subsidiary merger was approved by us, the parent, in
accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 92A.180.
Stockholder approval was not required. This amendment was filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on May 1,
2018.
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8. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Accounts payable were $693,598 (including $308,641 related to
TransTech) and $810,943 as of March 31, 2020
and September 30, 2019, respectively.
Such liabilities consisted of amounts due to vendors for inventory
purchases and technology development, external audit, legal and
other expenses incurred by the Company. The Company expects to
settle the TransTech accounts payable during 2020. The
Company expects to shut down TransTech completely by June 30,
2020.
9. LEASES
The
Company has entered into operating leases for office and
development facilities. These leases have terms which range from
two to three years and include options to renew. These operating
leases are listed as separate line items on the Company's March 31,
2020 and September 30, 2019 Consolidated Balance Sheets and
represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for
the lease term. The Company’s obligation to make lease
payments are also listed as separate line items on the Company's
March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Based on the present value of the lease payments for the remaining
lease term of the Company's existing leases, the Company recognized
right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for operating leases of
approximately $250,000 on October 1, 2018. Operating lease
right-of-use assets and liabilities commencing after October 1,
2018 are recognized at commencement date based on the present value
of lease payments over the lease term. During the six months ended
March 31, 2020 and the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company
had one lease expire and recognized the rent payments as an expense
in the current period. As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
total right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities for
remaining long term lease was approximately $130,000 and $246,000,
respectively. In the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the
Company recognized approximately $67,914 and $100,482, respectively
in total lease costs for the leases.
Because
the rate implicit in each lease is not readily determinable, the
Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to determine the
present value of the lease payments.
Information
related to the Company's operating right-of-use assets and related
lease liabilities as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2020
was as follows:
Cash paid for ROU
operating lease liability $66,998
Weighted-average
remaining lease term 2 years
Weighted-average
discount rate 10%
The
minimum future lease payments as of March 31, 2020 are as
follows:
Year
|
$
|
2021
|
$133,996
|
2022
|
12,086
|
2023
|
0
|
2024
|
-
|
|
146,082
|
Imputed
interest
|
(14,608)
|
Total lease
liability
|
$131,474
|
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10. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
Convertible notes payable as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 consisted of the
following:
Convertible Promissory Notes with Clayton A. Struve
The Company owes Clayton A. Struve $1,071,000 under convertible
promissory or OID notes. The Company recorded accrued interest of
$67,801 and $62,171 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. On
May 8, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 2 to the convertible
promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to September 30,
2019. On November 26, 2019, the Company signed Amendments to the
convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
March 31, 2020. Mr. Struve also invested $1,000,000 in the May 2019
Debt Offering. On May 11, 2020, the Company signed Amendments to
the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
September 30, 2020.
Convertible Redeemable Promissory Notes with Ronald P. Erickson and
J3E2A2Z
On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at $110,545. Because
the note is immediately convertible, the warrants and beneficial
conversion were expensed as interest. The Company recorded accrued interest of $109,583
and $73,964 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
respectively. On May 8, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 1
to the convertible redeemable promissory notes, extending the due
dates to September 30, 2019 and increasing the interest rate to 6%.
On November 26, 2019, the Company signed Amendment 2 to the
convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
March 31, 2020. On May 11, 2020, the Company signed Amendment 3 to
the convertible promissory or OID notes, extending the due dates to
September 30, 2020.
Debt Offering which Closed May 28, 2019
On May
28, 2019, the Company closed additional rounds of a debt offering
and received gross proceeds of $4,242,515 in exchange for issuing
Subordinated Convertible Notes (the “Convertible
Notes”) and Warrants (the “Warrants”) in a
private placement to 54 accredited investors, pursuant to a series
of substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common
Stock Warrants, and related documents. The Convertible Notes will
be automatically converted to Common Stock at $1.00 per share on
the one year anniversary starting on February 15,
2020.
The
Convertible Notes had an original principal amount of $4,242,515
and bear annual interest of 8%. Both the principal amount and the
interest are payable on a payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common
Stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”).
The
Warrants were granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for each
full share of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes are
convertible). The Warrants have a five-year term and an exercise
price equal to 120% of the per share conversion price of the
Qualified Financing or other mandatory conversion.
The
Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 4,242,515 shares
of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the Warrants
are initially exercisable for 2,121,258 shares of Common Stock at
an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject
to certain adjustments.
In
connection with the debt offering, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of $361,401
and warrants to purchase 542,102 shares of the Company’s
common stock, all based on 8-10% of gross proceeds to the Company.
The placement agent has also received a $25,000 advisory fee. The
warrants issued for these services had a fair value of $1,072,095
at the date of issuance. The fair value of the warrants was
recorded as debt discount (with an offset to APIC) and will be
amortized over the one-year term of the Convertible Notes. The
$361,401 cash fee was recorded as issuance costs and will be
amortized over the one-year term of the related Convertible
Notes.
As part
of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement, which grants the investors “demand”
and “piggyback” registration rights to register the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the
Convertible Notes and the exercise of the Warrants with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for resale or other disposition.
In addition, the Convertible Notes are subordinated to certain
senior debt of the Company pursuant to a Subordination Agreement
executed by the investors.
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The
Convertible Notes and Warrants were issued in transactions that
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable exemptions from
registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of
SEC Regulation D under the Act.
In
accordance to ASC 470-20-30, Debt with Conversion and Other
Options, the guidance therein applies to both convertible debt and
other similar instruments, including convertible preferred shares.
The guidance states that “the allocation of proceeds shall be
based on the relative fair values of the two instruments at time of
issuance. When warrants are issued in conjunction with a debt
instrument as consideration in purchase transactions, the amounts
attributable to each class of instrument issued shall be determined
separately, based on values at the time of issuance. The debt
discount or premium shall be determined by comparing the value
attributed to the debt instrument with the face amount
thereof.
In
conjunction with the issuance of Convertible Notes and the
Warrants, the Company recorded a debt discount of $2,857,960
associated with a beneficial conversion feature on the debt, which
is being accreted using the effective interest method over the
one-year term of the Convertible Notes. Intrinsic value of the
beneficial conversion feature was calculated at the commitment date
as the difference between the conversion price and the fair value
of the common stock into which the security is convertible,
multiplied by the number of shares into which the security is
convertible. In accordance to ASC 470-20-30, if the intrinsic value
of the beneficial conversion feature is greater than the proceeds
allocated to the convertible instrument, the amount of the discount
assigned to the beneficial conversion feature shall be limited to
the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible
instrument.
The
Warrants were indexed to our own stock and no down round provision
was identified. The Warrants were not subject to ASC 718.
Therefore, the Company concluded that based upon the conversion
features, the Warrants should not be accounted for as derivative
liabilities. The fair value of the Warrants was $1,384,530 and was
recorded as Debt Discount (with an offset to APIC) on the date of
issuance and amortized over the one-year term of the
notes.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued
4,114,800 shares of common stock related to the automatic
conversion of Convertible Notes and interest from a private
placement to accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible Notes
and interested were automatically converted to Common Stock at
$1.00 per share on the one year anniversary starting on February
15, 2020.
Debt Offering during the Six Months Ended March 31,
2020
During
the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company closed additional
rounds of a debt offering and received gross proceeds of $715,000
in exchange for issuing Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants
in a private placement to accredited investors, pursuant to a
series of substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements,
Common Stock Warrants, and related documents.
The
Convertible Notes are initially convertible into 715,000 shares of
Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the Warrants are
initially exercisable for 357,500 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject to
certain adjustments.
The
fair value of the Warrants issued to debt holders was $230,955 on
the date of issuance and will be amortized over the one-year term
of the Convertible Notes.
In
connection with the debt offering, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of $123,015
and warrants to purchase 94,800 shares of the Company’s
common stock, all based on 8% of gross proceeds to the Company. The
warrants issued for these services had a fair value of $118,956 at
the date of issuance. The fair value of the warrants was recorded
as debt discount (with an offset to APIC) and will be amortized
over the one-year term of the Convertible Notes. The $123,015 cash
fee was recorded as issuance costs and will be amortized over the
one-year term of the related Convertible Notes.
The
Company recorded a debt discount of $105,535 associated with a
beneficial conversion feature on the debt, which is being accreted
using the effective interest method over the one-year term of the
Convertible Notes.
During
the six months ended March 31, 2020, amortization related to the
2019 and 2020 debt offerings of $2,792,398 of the beneficial
conversion feature, warrants issued to debt holders and placement
agent was recognized as interest expense in the consolidated
statements of operations.
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Convertible
notes payable as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 are
summarized below:
|
March 31,
2020
|
September 30,
2019
|
Convertible
note- Clayton A. Struve
|
$1,071,000
|
$1,071,000
|
Convertible
note- Ronald P. Ericksin
|
1,184,066
|
1,184,066
|
2019
Debt offering
|
4,242,490
|
4,242,515
|
2020
Debt offering
|
715,000
|
-
|
less
conversions
|
(3,809,975)
|
-
|
less
debt discount - beneficial conversion feature
|
(316,894)
|
(1,273,692)
|
less
debt discount - warrants
|
(169,635)
|
(616,719)
|
less
debt discount - warrants issued for services related to debt
offering
|
(176,722)
|
(652,919)
|
|
$2,739,330
|
$3,954,251
|
11. EQUITY
Authorized Capital Stock
The
Company authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which
100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001
per share.
As of
March 31, 2020, the Company had 23,324,128 shares of common stock
issued and outstanding, held by 135 stockholders of record. The
number of stockholders, including beneficial owners holding shares
through nominee names, is approximately 2,300. Each share of common
stock entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to
the stockholders for a vote, and no cumulative voting for directors
is permitted. Stockholders do not have any preemptive
rights to acquire additional securities issued by the
Company. As of March 31, 2020, there were options
outstanding for the purchase of 4,891,334 common shares (including
unearned stock option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares), warrants
for the purchase of 17,755,448 common shares, and
8,108,356 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable
upon the conversion of Series C and Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock. In addition, the Company has 10,167,804 common shares
(9,020,264 common shares at the current price of $0.25 per share
and 1,147,540 common shares at the current price of $1.00 per
share) and are issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures
of $3,402,606. All of which could potentially dilute future
earnings per share.
Voting Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of
preferred stock with a par value of $0.001.
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Series C and D Preferred Stock and Warrants
On
August 5, 2016, the Company closed a Series C Preferred Stock and
Warrant Purchase Agreement with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor for the purchase of $1,250,000 of preferred stock with a
conversion price of $0.70 per share. The preferred stock has a
yield of 8% and an ownership blocker of 4.99%. In addition, Mr.
Struve received a five-year warrant to acquire 1,785,714 shares of
common stock at $0.70 per share. On
August 14, 2017, the price of the Series C Stock were adjusted to $0.25 per
share pursuant to the documents
governing such instruments. On March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 there are 1,785,715 Series
C Preferred shares outstanding.
As of March 31, 2020, and
September 30, 2019, the Company has 1,106,014 of Series D
Preferred Stock outstanding with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited
investor. On August 14, 2017,
the price of the Series D Stock
were adjusted to $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
The
Series D Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock
at a price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of
Series D Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by
the conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted
events, and has the right to vote the number of shares of common
stock the Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion,
subject to a 4.99% blocker. The
Preferred Series D has an annual yield of 8% The Series D
Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at a
price of $0.25 per share or by multiplying the number of Series D
Preferred Stock shares by the stated value and dividing by the
conversion price then in effect, subject to certain diluted events,
and has the right to vote the number of shares of common stock the
Series D Preferred Stock would be issuable on conversion, subject
to a 4.99% blocker. The Preferred
Series D has an annual yield of 8% if and when dividends are
declared.
Series F Preferred Stock
On August 1, 2018, the Company filed with the State of Nevada a
Certificate of Designation establishing the Designations,
Preferences, Limitations and Relative Rights of Series F Preferred
Stock. The Designation authorized 500 shares of Series F Preferred
Stock. The Series F Preferred Stock shall only be issued to the
current Board of Directors on the date of the Designation’s
filing and is not convertible into common stock. As set forth in
the Designation, the Series F Preferred Stock has no rights to
dividends or liquidation preference and carries rights to vote
100,000 shares of common stock per share of Series F upon a Trigger
Event, as defined in the Designation. A Trigger Event includes
certain unsolicited bids, tender offers, proxy contests, and
significant share purchases, all as described in the Designation.
Unless and until a Trigger Event, the Series F shall have no right
to vote. The Series F Preferred Stock shall remain issued and
outstanding until the date which is 731 days after the issuance of
Series F Preferred Stock (“Explosion Date”), unless a
Trigger Event occurs, in which case the Explosion Date shall be
extended by 183 days. As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
there are no Series F shares outstanding.
Securities Subject to Price Adjustments
In the
future, if the Company sells its common stock at a price below
$0.25 per share, the exercise price of
8,108,356 outstanding shares of Series C and D Preferred Stock that
adjust below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing
such instruments. In addition, the conversion price of a
Convertible Note Payable of $3,402,606 (9,020,264 common shares at
the current price of $0.25 per share and 1,147,540 shares at $1.00
per share) and the exercise price of additional outstanding
warrants to purchase 12,838,286 shares of common stock would adjust
below $0.25 per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments. Warrants totaling 2,755,717 would adjust below $1.20
per share pursuant to the documents governing such
instruments.
Common Stock
All of the offerings and sales described below were deemed to be
exempt under Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act. No advertising or general solicitation was employed
in offering the securities, the offerings and sales were made to a
limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors
and transfer was restricted by the company in accordance with the
requirements of Regulation D and the Securities Act. All issuances
to accredited and non-accredited investors were structured to
comply with the requirements of the safe harbor afforded by Rule
506 of Regulation D, including limiting the number of
non-accredited investors to no more than 35 investors who have
sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters to make them capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
an investment in our securities.
The following equity issuances occurred during the six months
ended March 31, 2020:
On
November 9, 2019, a former employee exercised stock option grants
on a cashless basis. The former employee received 73,191 shares of
common stock for vested stock option grants. The stock option grant
had an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The former employee forfeited stock option grants
226,809 at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, 150,000 at an
exercise price of $1.28 per share and,130,000 at an exercise price
of $1.50 per share.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 540,000 shares of restricted
common stock to two Named Executive Officer, three directors and
one consultant for services. The shares were issued in accordance
with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $1.90 per
share, the market price of our common stock, or
$1,026,000.
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During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued
4,114,800 shares of common stock related to the automatic
conversion of Convertible Notes and interest from a private
placement to accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible Notes
and interested were automatically converted to Common Stock at
$1.00 per share on the one year anniversary starting on February
15, 2020.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued
229,529 shares of common stock at $0.979 per share to five
investors related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
The following warrant transactions occurred during the six months
ended March 31, 2020:
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued
229,529 shares of common stock at $0.979 per share and cancelled
warrants to purchase 213,893 shares of common stock at $1.065 per
share to five investors related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
Debt Offering Warrants
The
Warrants issued for the 2019 and 2020 Debt Offering were granted on
a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for each full share of Common Stock
into which the Convertible Notes are convertible). The Warrants
have a five-year term and an exercise price equal to 120% of the
per share conversion price of the Qualified Financing or other
mandatory conversion.
Warrants
issued in connection with 2020 debt offering are initially
exercisable for 357,500 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price
of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also subject to certain
adjustments.
In
connection with the 2020 debt offering, the placement agent for the
Convertible Notes and the Warrants received warrants to 94,800
shares of the Company’s common stock, all based on 8% of
gross proceeds to the Company.
A
summary of the warrants outstanding as of March 31,
2020 were as
follows:
|
March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Outstanding
at beginning of period
|
17,747,090
|
$0.455
|
Issued
|
452,300
|
1.200
|
Exercised
|
(229,959)
|
(0.979)
|
Forfeited
|
(213,983)
|
(1.065)
|
Expired
|
-
|
-
|
Outstanding
at end of period
|
17,755,448
|
$0.460
|
Exerciseable
at end of period
|
17,755,448
|
|
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The following table summarizes information about warrants
outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2020:
|
March 31, 2020
|
|||
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|
Weighted
|
|
Average
|
Average
|
|
Average
|
Number of
|
Remaining
|
Exercise
|
Shares
|
Exercise
|
Warrants
|
Life ( In Years)
|
Price
|
Exerciseable
|
Price
|
13,333,286
|
2.53
|
$0.250
|
13,333,286
|
$0.250
|
714,286
|
1.33
|
0.700
|
714,286
|
0.700
|
882,158
|
1.62
|
1.000
|
882,158
|
1.000
|
2,805,718
|
4.04
|
1.20-1.50
|
2,805,718
|
1.20-1.50
|
20,000
|
3.87
|
2.34-4.08
|
20,000
|
2.34-4.08
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,755,448
|
3.00
|
$0.460
|
17,755,448
|
$0.460
|
The
significant weighted average assumptions relating to the valuation
of the Company’s warrants for the six months ended
March 31, 2020 were as
follows:
Assumptions
|
|
Dividend
yield
|
0%
|
Expected
life
|
5
years
|
Expected
volatility
|
176%-177%
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
1.51%-1.71%
|
There were vested and in the money warrants of 14,047,572 as
of March 31, 2020 with an
aggregate intrinsic value of $8,809,493.
12.
STOCK OPTIONS
On
March 21, 2013, an amendment to the Stock Option Plan was approved
by the stockholders of the Company, increasing the number of shares
reserved for issuance under the Plan to 93,333 shares. On April 10, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 93,333 to 1,200,000. On August 7, 2018, the Board
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 1,200,000 to 2,000,000 to common shares. On January
23, 2019, the Board approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock
Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock
reserved under the Incentive Plan from 2,200,000 to 2,500,000 to
common shares. On May 22, 2019, the Compensation Committee
approved an amendment to its 2011 Stock Incentive Plan increasing
the number of shares of common stock reserved under the Incentive
Plan from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 to common shares. There were
options outstanding for the purchase of 4,891,334 common shares
(including unearned stock option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares
related to performance targets).
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Determining Fair Value under ASC 718
The Company records compensation expense associated with stock
options and other equity-based compensation using the
Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation model for estimating fair
value of stock options granted under our plan. The Company
amortizes the fair value of stock options on a ratable basis over
the requisite service periods, which are generally the vesting
periods. The expected life of awards granted represents the period
of time that they are expected to be outstanding. The
Company estimates the volatility of our common stock based on the
historical volatility of its own common stock over the most recent
period corresponding with the estimated expected life of the award.
The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black
Scholes-Merton option valuation model on the implied yield
currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an
equivalent remaining term equal to the expected life of the award.
The Company has not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and
does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future. Consequently, the Company uses an expected dividend yield
of zero in the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation model and
adjusts share-based compensation for changes to the estimate of
expected equity award forfeitures based on actual forfeiture
experience. The effect of adjusting the forfeiture rate is
recognized in the period the forfeiture estimate is
changed.
Stock Option Activity
The Company had the following stock option transactions during the
six months ended March 31, 2020:
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company granted
stock option grants to executives, directors and consultants for
3,020,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.125 per share. The
grants expire in five years and generally vest quarterly over four
years. Stock option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares of common
stock are performance stock option grants and are not vested until
the performance is achieved.
During the six months ended March 31, 2020, two executives and
three employees voluntarily cancelled stock option grants for
2,588,143 shares with an exercise price of $2.65 per
share.
On
November 9, 2019, a former employee exercised stock option grants
on a cashless basis. The former employee received 73,191 shares of
common stock for vested stock option grants totaling 93,750 shares.
The stock option grant had an exercise price of $0.25 per share.
The former employee forfeited stock
option grants 226,809 at an exercise price of $0.25 per share,
150,000 at an exercise price of $1.28 per share and 130,000 at an
exercise price of $1.50 per share.
There are currently 4,891,334 (including unearned stock
option grants totaling 2,680,000 shares related to performance
targets) options to purchase common
stock at an average exercise price of $1.165 per share outstanding
as of March 31, 2020 under the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan. The Company recorded $565,726 and
$263,145 of compensation expense, net of related tax effects,
relative to stock options for the six months ended March 31,
2020 and 2019 and in accordance with
ASC 718. As of March 31, 2020,
there is approximately $614,953, net of forfeitures, of total
unrecognized costs related to employee granted stock options that
are not vested. These costs are expected to be recognized over a
period of approximately 4.19 years.
F-45
Stock option activity for the six months ended March 31,
2020 and the years ended September 30,
2019 and 2018 was as follows:
|
Options
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
$
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2017
|
15,404
|
$14.68
|
$226,059
|
Granted
|
2,180,000
|
1.683
|
3,668,500
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeitures
|
(12,736)
|
14.764
|
(188,040)
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2018
|
2,182,668
|
1.698
|
3,706,519
|
Granted
|
2,870,000
|
2.615
|
7,504,850
|
Exercised
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeitures
|
(520,000)
|
(3.906)
|
(2,031,000)
|
Outstanding as of
September 30, 2019
|
4,532,668
|
2.025
|
9,180,369
|
Granted
|
3,020,000
|
1.125
|
3,397,600
|
Exercised
|
(73,191)
|
(0.250)
|
(18,298)
|
Forfeitures
|
(2,588,143)
|
(2.650)
|
(6,859,712)
|
Outstanding as of
March 31, 2020
|
4,891,334
|
$1.165
|
$5,699,959
|
The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2020:
|
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
Average
|
|
Average
|
Range of
|
Number
|
Remaining Life
|
Exercise Price
|
Number
|
Exercise Price
|
Exercise Prices
|
Outstanding
|
In Years
|
Outstanding
|
Exerciseable
|
Exerciseable
|
$0.25
|
230,000
|
3.21
|
$0.250
|
100,625
|
$0.250
|
1.10-1.25
|
2,940,000
|
4.60
|
1.37
|
233,854
|
1.096
|
1.28-1.50
|
1,610,000
|
4.60
|
1.31
|
498,438
|
1.296
|
1.79-2.25
|
110,000
|
4.39
|
1.01
|
40,000
|
1.153
|
13.50-15.00
|
1,334
|
0.19
|
13.50
|
1,334
|
13.500
|
|
4,891,334
|
4.19
|
$1.165
|
874,251
|
$1.212
|
There were in the money stock option grants of 230,000 shares as of
March 31, 2020 with an aggregate intrinsic value of
$149,500.
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13.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
Related Party Transactions with Ronald P. Erickson
On January 16, 2018, Mr. Erickson was issued 100,000 of restricted
common stock at the grant date market value of $0.21 per
share. On January 2, 2019, Mr. Erickson was issued
100,000 shares of restricted common stock at the grant date market
value of $1.02 per share.
On
January 25, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to two demand
promissory notes, totaling $600,000 with Mr. Erickson, our former
Chief Executive Officer and current chairman of the board and/or
entities in which Mr. Erickson has a beneficial interest. The
amendments extend the due date from December 31, 2017 to September
30, 2018 and continue to provide for interest of 3% per annum and a
third lien on company assets if not repaid by September 30, 2018 or
converted into convertible debentures or equity on terms acceptable
to the Holder. On March 16, 2018, the demand promissory notes and
accrued interest were converted into convertible notes
payable.
On
March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a Note and Account Payable
Conversion Agreement pursuant to which (a) all $664,233 currently
owing under the J3E2A2Z Notes was converted to a Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of $664,233, and
(b) all $519,833 of the J3E2A2Z Account Payable was converted into
a Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note in the principal amount of
$519,833 together with a warrant to purchase up to 1,039,666 shares
of common stock of the Company for a period of five years.
The initial exercise price of the
warrants described above is $0.50 per share, also subject to
certain adjustments. The warrants were valued at $110,545. Because
the note is immediately convertible, the warrants and beneficial
conversion were expensed as interest. The Company recorded accrued
interest of $73,964 as of September 30, 2019. On May 8,
2019, the Company signed Amendment 1 to the convertible redeemable
promissory notes, extending the due dates to September 30, 2019 and
increasing the interest rate to 6%. On November 26, 2019, the
Company signed Amendment 2 to the convertible promissory or OID
notes, extending the due dates to March 31, 2020. On May 11, 2020,
the Company signed Amendment 3 to the convertible promissory or OID
notes, extending the due dates to September 30, 2020.
On July 9, 2018, the Company repaid a $199,935 Business Loan
Agreement with Umpqua Bank from funds previously provided by
an entity affiliated with Ronald P. Erickson, our Chairman of the
Board. The Company paid $27,041 and issued 800,000 shares of common stock in exchange
for the conversion of this debt. Mr. Erickson is an accredited
investor. These shares were issued in transactions that were not
registered under the Act in reliance upon applicable exemptions
from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506
of SEC Regulation D under the Act.
On October 4, 2019, Ronald P. Erickson voluntarily cancellated a
stock option grant for 1,000,000 shares with an exercise price of
$3.03 per share. The grant was related to performance and was not
vested.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted a stock option grant to
Ronald P. Erickson for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of
$1.10 per share. The performance grant expires November 4, 2024 and
vests upon uplisting to the NASDAQ or NYSE exchanges.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 100,000 shares of restricted
common stock to Ronald P. Erickson. The shares were issued in
accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at
$1.90 per share, the market price of the Company’s common
stock, or $190,000.
Mr. Erickson and/or entities with which he is affiliated also have
accrued compensation, travel and interest of approximately $613,525
and $487,932 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019,
respectively.
Related Party Transaction with Phillip A. Bosua
On
February 7, 2018, the Company issued 50,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of a consulting agreement
dated July 6, 2017. The fair value of the shares issued was
$12,000.
On
April 10, 2018, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock to Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of the Merger Agreement
with RAAI common stock. The fair value of the shares issued was
$520,000.
On June
25, 2018, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Phillip
A. Bosua under the terms of an Employment agreement dated April 10,
2018. The fair value of the shares issued was
$165,000.
On June
25, 2018, we closed a debt conversion
with an entity controlled by Phillip A. Bosua and issued 255,000
shares of common stock in exchange for the conversion of $63,750 in
preexisting debt owed by the Company to this
entity.
On July 30, 2018, Mr. Bosua was awarded a stock option grant for
1,000,000 shares of our common stock that was awarded at $1.28 per
share and was valued at the black scholes value of $0.96 per
share.
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On October 4, 2019, Philip A. Bosua voluntarily cancellated a stock
option grant for 1,000,000 shares with an exercise price of $3.03
per share. The grants was related to performance and was not
vested.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted a stock option grant to
Philip A. Bosua for 1,200,000 shares with an exercise price of
$1.10 per share. The performance grant expires November 4, 2024 and
vests upon FDA approval of the UBAND blood glucose
monitor.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 150,000 shares of restricted
common stock to Phillip A. Bosua. The shares were issued in accordance with the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $1.90 per share, the
market price of the Company’s common stock, or
$285,000.
Other Stock Option Grants and Cancellations
During January to May 2018, the Company issued 275,000 shares of
restricted common stock to one Named Executive Officer and two
directors for services during 2018. The shares were issued in
accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at
$0.246 per share, the market price of our common
stock.
On September 17, 2019, two directors voluntarily forfeited stock
option grants for 100,000 shares of common stock with an exercise
price of $3.03 per share.
On November 4, 2019, the Company granted stock option grants to two
directors totaling 105,000 shares with an exercise price of $1.10
per share. The stock option grants expire in five years. The stock
option grants vested immediately.
On January 1, 2020, the Company issued 120,000 shares of restricted
common stock to three directors. The shares were issued in accordance with the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $1.90 per share, the
market price of the Company’s common stock, or
$228,000.
14.
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Legal Proceedings
The
Company may from time to time become a party to various legal
proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. The
Company is currently not a party to any pending legal proceeding
that is not ordinary routine litigation incidental to our
business.
Employment Agreement with Phillip A. Bosua, Chief Executive
Officer
On April 10, 2018, the Company appointed Mr. Bosua as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. Previously, Mr. Bosua served as
the Company’s Chief Product Officer since August 2017. The
Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Mr. Bosua’s
company, Blaze Clinical on July 7, 2017. From September 2012 to
February 2015, Mr. Bosua was the founder and Chief Executive
Officer of LIFX Inc. (where he developed and marketed an innovative
“smart” light bulb) and from August 2015 until February
2016 was Vice President Consumer Products at Soraa (which markets
specialty LED light bulbs). From February 2016 to July 2017, Mr.
Bosua was the founder and CEO of RAAI, Inc. (where he continued the
development of his smart lighting technology). From May 2008 to
February 2013 he was the Founder and CEO of LimeMouse Apps, a
leading developer of applications for the Apple App
Store.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement
with Mr. Bosua reflecting his appointment as Chief Executive
Officer. The Employment Agreement is for an initial term of 12
months (subject to earlier termination) and will be automatically
extended for additional 12-month terms unless either party notifies
the other party of its intention to terminate the Employment
Agreement with at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of
the Initial Term or renewal term. Mr.
Bosua will be paid a base salary of $225,000 per year, received
500,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.33 per share and may be
entitled to bonuses and equity awards at the discretion of the
Board or a committee of the Board. The Employment Agreement
provides for severance pay equal to 12 months of base salary if Mr.
Bosua is terminated without “cause” or voluntarily
terminates his employment for “good reason.” On
March 5, 2019, Mr. Bosua’s annual compensation was increased
to $240,000.
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Employment Agreement with Ronald P. Erickson, Chairman of the Board
and Interim Chief Financial Officer
On
August 4, 2017, the Board of Directors approved an Employment
Agreement with Ronald P. Erickson pursuant to which we engaged Mr.
Erickson as our Chief Executive Officer through September 30, 2018.
On April 10, 2018, the Company entered
into an Amended Employment Agreement for Ronald P. Erickson which
amends the Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2017. The Agreement
expires March 21, 2019. automatically be extended for
additional one (1) year periods unless either Party delivers
written notice of such Party’s intention to terminate this
Agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the Initial
Term or renewal term.
Mr.
Erickson’s annual compensation was $180,000. Mr. Erickson is
also entitled to receive an annual bonus and equity awards
compensation as approved by the Board. The bonus should be paid no
later than 30 days following earning of the bonus. On March 5,
2019, Mr. Erickson’s annual compensation was increased to
$195,000.
Mr.
Erickson will be entitled to participate in all group employment
benefits that are offered by us to our senior executives and
management employees from time to time, subject to the terms and
conditions of such benefit plans, including any eligibility
requirements.
If the Company terminates Mr. Erickson’s employment at any
time prior to the expiration of the Term without Cause, as defined
in the Employment Agreement, or if Mr. Erickson terminates his
employment at any time for “Good Reason” or due to a
“Disability”, Mr. Erickson will be entitled to receive
(i) his Base Salary amount for one year; and (ii) medical benefits
for eighteen months.
Properties and Operating Leases
The Company is obligated under the following leases for its various
facilities.
Corporate Offices
On April 13, 2017, the Company leased its executive office located
at 500 Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98101.
The Company leases 943 square feet and the net monthly payment is
$2,672. The monthly payment increases approximately 3% each year
and the lease expires on May 31, 2022.
Lab Facilities and Executive Offices
On
February 1, 2019, the Company leased its lab facilities and
executive offices located at 915 E Pine Street, Suite 212, Seattle,
WA 98122. The Company leases 2,642 square feet and the net monthly
payment is $8,256. The monthly payment increases approximately 3%
on July 1, 2019 and annually thereafter. The lease expires on June
30, 2021 and can be extended.
15. SEGMENT REPORTING
The
management of the Company considers the business to have two
operating segments (i) the development of the Bio-RFID™” and
“ChromaID™” technologies and (ii)
TransTech, a distributor of products
for employee and personnel identification and authentication.
TransTech has historically provided substantially all of the
Company’s revenues. The financial results from our TransTech
subsidiary have been diminishing as vendors of their products
increasingly move to the Internet and direct sales to their
customers. While it does provide our current revenues, it is not
central to our current focus as a Company. Moreover, we have
written down any goodwill associated with its historic acquisition.
We continue to closely monitor this subsidiary and expect it to
wind down completely in the near future.
F-49
The
reporting for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and
2019 was as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
Net
|
Segment
|
Segment
|
Revenue
|
Margin
|
Profit (Loss)
|
Assets
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(3,346)
|
$1,224
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
5
|
1
|
15
|
4
|
Total
segments
|
$5
|
$1
|
$(3,331)
|
$1,228
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(1,434)
|
$3,565
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
594
|
139
|
(8)
|
379
|
Total
segments
|
$594
|
$139
|
$(1,442)
|
$3,944
|
|
|
|
Segment
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
Net
|
Segment
|
Segment
|
Revenue
|
Margin
|
Profit (Loss)
|
Assets
|
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(6,418)
|
$1,224
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
122
|
52
|
72
|
4
|
Total
segments
|
$122
|
$52
|
$(6,346)
|
$1,228
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
Development
of the Bio-RFID™” and “ChromaID™”
technologies
|
$-
|
$-
|
$(2,171)
|
$3,565
|
TransTech
distribution business
|
1,196
|
269
|
(40)
|
379
|
Total
segments
|
$1,196
|
$269
|
$(2,211)
|
$3,944
|
During
the six months ended March 31, 2020, the segment development of
Bio-RFID™” and
“ChromaID™” incurred non-cash expenses of
$4,510,430.
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16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events, for the purpose of
adjustment or disclosure, up through the date the financial
statements were issued. Subsequent to March 31,
2020, there were the following
material transactions that require disclosure:
The
Company closed additional rounds of a debt offering and received
gross proceeds of $1,979,500 in exchange for issuing Subordinated
Convertible Notes and Warrants in a private placement to accredited
investors, pursuant to a series of substantially identical
Securities Purchase Agreements, Common Stock Warrants, and related
documents. The Convertible Notes are initially convertible into
1,979,500 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments,
and the Warrants are initially exercisable for 989,750 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common
Stock, also subject to certain adjustments. In connection with the
debt offering, the placement agent for the Convertible Notes and
the Warrants received a cash fee of $158,360 and warrants to
purchase 237,540 shares of the Company’s common stock, all
based on 8% of gross proceeds to the Company.
The Company issued 305,117 shares of common stock related to
the automatic conversion of Convertible Notes and interest from a
private placement to accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible
Notes and interested were automatically converted to Common Stock
at $1.00 per share on the one year anniversary starting on February
15, 2020.
On April 29, 2020, the Company increased the salary of Ronald P.
Erickson and Phillip A. Bosua by $20,000 per year.
On April 30, 2020, the Company received $226,170 under the
Paycheck Protection Program of the U.S. Small Business
Administration’s 7(a) Loan Program pursuant to the
Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES
Act), Pub. Law 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (2020).
On
April 30, 2020, the Company approved and ratified the incorporation
of Particle, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Particle”).
The Company is the sole shareholder as of the date of
incorporation. As a result, Particle is a direct, wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company. Particle shall utilize the same
corporate offices as the Company and shall focus on the development
and commercialization of the Company’s extensive intellectual
property relating to electromagnetic energy outside of the medical
diagnostic arena which remains the parent company’s singular
focus with its initial product, the UBAND™ non-invasive
continuous glucose monitor.
On May
11, 2020, the Company signed Amendment 3 to the convertible
promissory or OID notes with Ronald P. Erickson and J3E2A2Z,
extending the due dates to September 30, 2020.
On May
11, 2020, the Company signed Amendments to the convertible
promissory or OID notes with Clayton A. Struve, extending the due
dates to September 30, 2020.
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PROSPECTUS
KNOW LABS, INC.
500 Union Street, Suite 810
Seattle, WA 98101
5,639,750 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the
Principal of the Notes;
451,160 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of Interest
on the Notes;
2,819,750 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Investor
Warrants;
615,675 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Placement
Agent Warrants;
DEALER PROSPECTUS DELIVERY OBLIGATION
Until _______________, 2020, all dealers that effect transactions
in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering,
may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the
dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as
underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or
subscriptions.
____________________, 2020
PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
The expenses payable by us in connection with the issuance and
distribution of the securities being registered other than
underwriting discounts and commissions, if any are set forth below.
Each item listed is estimated as follows:
Securities
and Exchange Commission registration fee
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$2,008
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Accountant's
fees and expenses
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10,000
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Legal
fees and expenses
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15,000
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Blue
Sky fees and expenses
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5,000
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Transfer
agent's fees and expenses
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1,000
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Miscellaneous
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4,992
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Total
expenses
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$38,000
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ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS.
Nevada
Revised Statutes, or NRS, Sections 78.7502 and 78.751 provide
us with the power to indemnify any of our directors and officers.
The director or officer must have conducted himself/herself in good
faith and reasonably believe that his/her conduct was in, or not
opposed to, our best interests. In a criminal action, the director,
officer, employee or agent must not have had reasonable cause to
believe his/her conduct was unlawful.
Under
NRS Section 78.751, advances for expenses may be made by
agreement if the director or officer affirms in writing that he/she
believes he/she has met the standards and will personally repay the
expenses if it is determined such officer or director did not meet
the standards.
Our
articles of incorporation include an indemnification provision
under which we have the power to indemnify our directors, officers,
employees and other agents of the company to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
We have a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
policy in place pursuant to which its directors and officers are
insured against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The
underwriting agreement we will enter into in connection with the
offering of common stock and warrants being registered hereby
provides that the underwriters will indemnify, under certain
conditions, our directors and officers (as well as certain other
persons) against certain liabilities arising in connection with
such offering.
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED
SECURITIES.
In the three years preceding the filing of this Registration
Statement, we have issued the following securities that were not
registered under the Securities Act.
All of the offerings and sales described below were deemed to be
exempt under Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act. No advertising or general solicitation was employed
in offering the securities, the offerings and sales were made to a
limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors
and transfer was restricted by the company in accordance with the
requirements of Regulation D and the Securities Act. All issuances
to accredited and non-accredited investors were structured to
comply with the requirements of the safe harbor afforded by Rule
506 of Regulation D, including limiting the number of
non-accredited investors to no more than 35 investors who have
sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters to make them capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
an investment in our securities. We have not employed any
underwriters in connection with any of the below transactions, and
the individuals and entities to whom we issued securities are not
affiliated with us. Except as noted below, none of the holders of
the securities have any contractual rights to have such securities
registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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Year Ended September 30, 2017
On October 21, 2015, we entered into a Public Relations Agreement
with Financial Genetics LLC for public relation
services. On October 18, 2016, we entered into an Amendment to
Public Relations Agreement with Financial Genetics LLC. Under the
Agreements, Financial Genetics was issued 359,386 shares of our
common stock during the year ended September 30, 2017. We expensed
$271,309 during the year ended September 30, 2017.
On October 6, 2016, we entered into a Services Agreement with
Redwood Investment Group LLC for financial services. Under the
Agreement, Redwood was issued 200,000 shares of our common stock.
We expensed $140,000 during the year ended September 30,
2017.
We entered into Convertible Promissory Notes totaling $710,000 with
accredited investors during September 2015 to February 2016 to fund
short-term working capital. The Notes accrued interest at a rate of
8% per annum and became due September 2016 to February 2017 and
were convertible into common stock as part of our next financing.
On November 30, 2016, we converted $695,000 of the /Convertible
Promissory Notes and interest of $54,078 into 936,348 shares of
comment stock. We also issued warrants to purchase 936,348 shares
of our common stock. The five-year warrants are exercisable at
$1.00 per share, subject to adjustment.
On December 22, 2016, a supplier converted accounts payable
totaling $6,880 into 8,600 shares of common stock.
On the year ended September 30, 2017, we issued 795,000 shares of
restricted common stock to two Named Executive Officers employees,
two directors and six employees and consultants and for services
during 2015-2017. The shares were issued in accordance with the
2011 Stock Incentive Plan and were valued at $0.17 per share, the
market price of our common stock. We expensed $135,150 during the
year ended September 30, 2017.
Year Ended September 30, 2018
We issued 779,676 shares of common stock to Names Executive
Officers, directors, employees and consultants and for services
during the year ended September 30, 2018. We expensed
$273,068.
On
April 10, 2018, we issued 2,000,000 shares of our common stock to
Phillip A. Bosua under the terms of the Merger Agreement with RAAI
common stock. The shares were valued at the fair market value of
$520,000 or $0.26 per share.
8% Note Offering and Warrants for Fiscal Year 2019
On June 25, 2018, we closed a private placement and received gross
proceeds of $1,750,000 ($1,710,000 as of June 30, 2018) in exchange
for issuing 7,000,000 (6,840,000 as of June 30, 2018) shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase 3,500,000 (3,420,000 as of
June 30, 2018) shares of common stock in a private placement to
accredited investors pursuant to a series of substantially
identical subscription agreements. The initial exercise price of
the warrants described above is $0.25 per share, subject to certain
adjustments, and they expired five years after their issuance. The
shares and the warrants described above were issued in transactions
that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable
exemptions from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act
and/or Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the Act.
On June
25, 2018, we issued 500,000 shares of our common stock to Phillip
A. Bosua under the terms of an Employment agreement dated April 10,
2018. The shares were valued at the fair market value of $165,000
or $0.33 per share.
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We closed debt conversions and issued 1,600,000 shares of common
stock in exchange for the conversion of $464,000, 230,000 shares in
exchange for $48,300 in legal services and 605,000 shares in for
$199.935 in preexisting debt owed by the Company to certain service
providers, all of whom are accredited investors. These shares were
issued in transactions that were not registered under the Act in
reliance upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section
4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the
Act.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, we issued 158,000 shares
of our common stock related to warrant exercises that were valued
at $80,128.
On September 23, 2018, we issued 3,334 shares of our common stock
related to the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock for
$834.
Year Ended September 30, 2019
The following equity issuances occurred during the year ended
September 30, 2019:
During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued
509,656 shares of common stock at $0.25 per share to consultants
and investors related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued
145,000 shares of common stock for services provided by two
consultants. The common stock was valued at the daily trading price
of totaling $246,900 or $1.703 per share.
On January 2, 2019, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common
stock for services provided to Ronald P. Erickson. The shares were
valued at $102,000 or $1.02 per share.
On
January 29, 2019, a holder of Series A Preferred Stock converted
20,000 shares into 80,000 shares of common stock.
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2020
8% Note Offering and Warrants for Fiscal Year 2020
Between October 17, 2019 and June 24, 2020, the Company closed additional rounds of the
private placement for gross proceeds of $5,639,750 in exchange for
issuing Subordinated Convertible Notes and 2,819,750 Warrants in a
private placement to accredited investors, pursuant to a series of
substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements, Common
Stock Warrants, and related documents. The Convertible Notes
will be automatically converted to Common Stock at $1.00 per share
on the one year anniversary starting on October 17,
2020.
The
Convertible Notes had an original principal amount of $5,639,750 and bear annual interest of 8%.
Both the principal amount and the interest are payable on a
payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
“Common Stock”).
Both the principal amount of and the interest are payable on a
payment-in-kind basis in shares of Common Stock of the Company.
They are due and payable in common stock on the earlier of (a)
mandatory and automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes into a
financing that yields gross proceeds of at least $10,000,000 or (b)
on the one-year anniversary of the Convertible Notes. Investors
will be required to convert their Convertible Notes into Common
Stock in any $10,000,000 financing at a conversion price per share
equal to the lower of (i) $1.00 per share or (ii) a 25% discount to
the price per share paid by investors in the $10,000,000 Financing.
If the Convertible Notes have not been paid or converted prior to
the Maturity Date, the outstanding principal amount of the
Convertible Notes will be automatically converted into shares of
Common Stock at the lesser of (a) $1.00 per share or (b) any
adjusted price resulting from the application of a “most
favored nations” provision, which requires the issuance of
additional shares of Common Stock to investors if the Company
issues certain securities at less than the then-current conversion
price.
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The Warrants were granted on a 1:0.5 basis (one-half Warrant for
each full share of Common Stock into which the Convertible Notes
are convertible). The Warrants have a five-year term and an
exercise price equal to $1.20 or 120% of the per share conversion
price of the Qualified Financing or other mandatory
conversion.
The Convertible Notes are convertible into an aggregate 5,639,750
shares of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments, and the
Warrants are initially exercisable for 2,819,750 shares of Common
Stock at an exercise price of $1.20 per share of Common Stock, also
subject to certain adjustments.
In connection with the private placement, the Placement Agent for
the Convertible Notes and the Warrants received a cash fee of
$411,750 and warrants to purchase 615,675 shares of the
Company’s common stock, all based on 8% of gross proceeds to
the Company.
As part of the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a
Registration Rights Agreement, which grants the investors
“demand” and “piggyback” registration
rights to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion of the Convertible Notes and the exercise of the
Warrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission for resale or
other disposition. In addition, the Convertible Notes are
subordinated to certain senior debt of the Company pursuant to a
Subordination Agreement executed by the investors.
The Convertible Notes and Warrants were issued in transactions that
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”) in reliance upon applicable exemptions from
registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of
SEC Regulation D under the Act.
Boustead Securities, LLC a FINRA member, acted as our exclusive
placement agent. They have received an 8% cash fee and 8% in
warrants which are exercisable for 5 years at an exercise price of
$1.20. The Placement Agent Warrants have a cashless exercise
feature.
On
November 9, 2019, a former employee exercised stock option grants
on a cashless basis. The former employee received 73,191 shares of
common stock.
During the nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company issued
550,000 shares of restricted common stock to two Named Executive
Officer, three directors and two consultants for services. The
shares were issued in accordance with the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
and were valued at $1.90 per share, the market price of our common
stock, or $1,045,000.
During the nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company issued
8,229,600 shares of common stock related to the automatic
conversion of Convertible Notes and interest from a private
placement to accredited investors in 2019. The Convertible Notes
and interested were automatically converted to Common Stock at
$1.00 per share on the one year anniversary starting on February
15, 2020.
During the nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company issued
304,959 shares of common stock at $0.877 per share to seven
investors related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SCHEDULES.
The
exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
Index attached hereto and incorporated by reference
herein.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the
effective registration statement;
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(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(4) That, for the
purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a
primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii) Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by
the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
(5)
For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as
part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall
be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time
it was declared effective.
(6)
For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Seattle, State of Washington, on June 30, 2020.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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KNOW LABS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Ronald P. Erickson
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Ronald P. Erickson
Chairman of the Board
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By:
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/s/ Ronald P. Erickson
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Interim Chief Financial Officer
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SIGNATURES
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Phillip A. Bosua
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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June 30, 2020
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Phillip A. Bosua
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Ronald P. Erickson
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Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Financial
Officer
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June 30, 2020
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Ronald
P. Erickson
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(Principal Financial/ Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Jon Pepper
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Director
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June 30, 2020
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Jon Pepper
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/s/ Ichiro Takesako
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Director
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June 30, 2020
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Ichiro Takesako
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/s/ William A. Owens
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Director
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June 30, 2020
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William A. Owens
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Restatement of the
Articles of Incorporation dated September 13, 2013 (incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A2,
filed September 17, 2013)
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Amended and
Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Form 8-K, filed August 17, 2012)
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Certificate of
Amendment to the Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation dated
June 11, 2015 (incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 17, 2015)
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Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 11, 2016)
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Form of Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock 2016 (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed September
1, 2016)
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Certificate of
Correction and Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights
of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
to the Company’s Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed
January 9, 2017)
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Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 10,
2017)
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Amended and
Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 5,
2017)
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Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19,
2018)
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Articles of Merger
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed May 3, 2018)
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Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 20,
2018)
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Certificate of
Designation of Series F Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 3,
2018)
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2011 Stock
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed January 11,
2013)
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Opinion of Horwitz
+ Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation (filed
herewith)
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Form of Preferred
Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement by and between Visualant,
Incorporated and Clayton A. Struve (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 5,
2017)
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Securities Purchase
Agreement dated August 14, 2017 by and between Visualant,
Incorporated and accredited investor (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 18,
2017)
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Senior Secured
Convertible Redeemable Debenture dated December 12, 2017 by and
between Visualant, Incorporated and accredited investor.
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed December 22, 2017)
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Senior Secured
Convertible Redeemable Debenture dated February 28, 2018 by and
between Visualant, Incorporated and accredited investor.
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed March 7, 2018)
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Note and Account
Payable Conversion Agreement dated January 31, 2018 by and between
Visualant, Incorporated and J3E2A2Z LP (incorporated by reference
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 21,
2018)
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Employment
Agreement dated April 10, 2018 by and between Visualant,
Incorporated and Phillip A. Bosua. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 21,
2018)
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Amended Employment
Agreement dated April 10, 2018 by and between Visualant,
Incorporated and Ronald P. Erickson. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed December 21,
2018)
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Agreement and Plan
of Merger, dated as of April 10, 2018, by and among Visualant,
Incorporated,
500 Union Corporation, and RAAI Lighting, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed
December 21, 2018)
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Certificate of
Merger, dated as of April 10, 2018, by 500 Union Corporation
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed April 17, 2018)
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Amendment 1 dated
November 16, 2018 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note
dated September 30, 2016 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton
A. Struve (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed November 16, 2018)
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Amendment 1 dated
November 16, 2018 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note
dated August 14, 2017 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton A.
Struve (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed November 16, 2018)
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Amendment 1 dated
November 16, 2018 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note
dated December 12, 2017 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton
A. Struve (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed November 16, 2018)
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Form of Securities
Purchase Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
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Form of
Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
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Amendment 2 dated
April 30, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note dated
September 30, 2016 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton A.
Struve. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 2 dated
April 30, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note dated
August 14, 2017 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton A.
Struve. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 2 dated
April 30, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note dated
December 12, 2017 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton A.
Struve. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 1 dated
April 30, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible Redeemable Note dated
February 28, 2018 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and Clayton A.
Struve. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 1 dated
April 30, 2019 to Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note dated
January 31, 2018 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and J3E2A2Z LP.
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 1 dated
April 30, 2019 to Convertible Redeemable Promissory Note dated
January 31, 2018 by and between Know Labs, Inc. and J3E2A2Z LP.
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed May 22, 2019)
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Amendment 2 dated November 26, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated September 30, 2016 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 16,
2019)
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Amendment 2 dated November 26, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated August 14, 2017 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 16,
2019)
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Amendment 2 dated November 26, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated December 12, 2017 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 16,
2019)
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Amendment 1 dated November 26, 2019 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated February 28, 2018 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 16,
2019)
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Amendment 3 dated May 12, 2020 to Convertible Redeemable Promissory
Note dated January 31, 2018 by and between Know Labs, Inc.
and J3E2A2Z LP. (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 13,
2020)
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Amendment 3 dated May 12, 2020 to Convertible Redeemable Promissory
Note dated January 31, 2018 by and between Know Labs, Inc.
and J3E2A2Z LP. (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 13,
2020)
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Amendment 3 dated May 11, 2020 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated August 14, 2017 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 15,
2020)
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Amendment 3 dated May 11, 2020 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated December 12, 2017 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 15,
2020)
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Amendment 2 dated May 11, 2020 to Senior Secured Convertible
Redeemable Note dated February 28, 2018 by and between Know Labs,
Inc. and Clayton A. Struve. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 15,
2020)
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Code of Ethics
dated November 2018 (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 27,
2018)
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Letter dated October 4, 2019 from SD Mayer and
Associates, LLP. (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed October 8,
2019)
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II-9
Subsidiaries of the
Registrant. (filed herewith)
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Consent of SD Mayer
& Associates, LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm (filed herewith)
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Consent of BPM LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm (filed
herewith)
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Consent of Horwitz
+ Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation (included in Exhibit
5.1) (filed herewith)
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Audit Committee
Charter dated November 2018 (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 27,
2018)
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Compensation
Committee Charter dated November 2018 (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 27,
2018)
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Nominations and
Corporate Governance Committee Charter dated November 2018
(incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed November 27, 2018)
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101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
*Filed
Herewith. Pursuant to Regulation S-T, this interactive data file is
deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus
for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of
1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to
liability under these sections.
II-10