Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Going Concern

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Going Concern
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Going Concern

Note 2 – Going Concern

 

To date, the Company has generated minimal revenues, experienced negative operating cash flows and has incurred substantial operating losses from its activities. The Company expects operating costs will increase significantly as it incurs costs associated with commercialization activities related to the Pure-Vu System. Management expects the Company to continue to fund its operations primarily through utilization of its current financial resources, future product sales, and through the issuance of debt or equity. Since March 2020, we have been evaluating the actual and potential business impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the impact of the pandemic continues to evolve, the financial markets have experienced periods of volatility that may adversely impact the Company's ability to enter into, modify, and negotiate favorable terms and conditions relative to equity and debt financing initiatives. The uncertain financial markets, potential disruptions in supply chains, mobility restraints, and changing priorities could also affect the Company's ability to enter into key agreements. The outbreak and government measures taken in response to the pandemic have also had a significant impact, both direct and indirect, on businesses and commerce in general, as worker shortages have occurred; supply chains have been disrupted; facilities and production have been suspended; and demand for certain goods and services, such as certain medical services and supplies, have spiked, while demand for other goods and services have fallen. While not all of these have impacted the Company directly, the future progression of the outbreak and its effects on the Company's business and operations remain uncertain. The Company and its third-party contract manufacturers, contract research organizations, and clinical sites may also face disruptions in procuring items that are essential to the Company's research and development activities, including, for example, medical and laboratory supplies, in each case, that are sourced from abroad or for which there are shortages because of ongoing efforts to address the outbreak. These disruptions have negatively impacted the Company's sales, its results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity in 2020.

 

In December 2019, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement as amended from time to time (the "Loan Agreement"), for $8.0 million with Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank" or "SVB"). Under the terms of the Loan Agreement the Company must maintain unrestricted cash in accounts held at SVB of at least $10.0 million (the "Liquidity Covenant"). The Company will need to raise additional capital or generate substantial revenue in order to ensure compliance with the Liquidity Covenant to support its development and commercialization efforts. If adequate funds are not available to the Company on a timely basis, or at all, the Company may breach the Liquidity Covenant, in which case, the Company would be required to immediately pledge to the bank and thereafter maintain in a separate account, unrestricted and unencumbered cash in an amount equal to the amount then outstanding under the Loan Agreement.

 

On September 1, 2020 the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") under which the Company sold and issued to an institutional investor (the "Holder"), in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 3,200,000 shares of the Company's common stock par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,533,625 shares of Common Stock (the "Pre-Funded Warrants"). The offering price was $1.145 for each share of Common Stock and $1.144 for each Pre-Funded Warrant. The Pre-Funded Warrants were immediately exercisable at a price of $0.001 per share of Common Stock. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, in a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed to issue to the Holder warrants to purchase up to 8,733,625 shares of Common Stock (the "Private Placement Warrants"). These warrants were immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $1.30 per share and expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance. In connection with the closing of the offering, the Company received gross proceeds of $10.0 million before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses of $0.8 million, from the issuance of the Common Stock, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants.

 

On January 27, 2021, the Company entered into a Warrant Exercise Agreement (the "Exercise Agreement") with the Holder, at which time 8,000,000 of the Private Placement Warrants remained outstanding, due to the prior exercise of 733,625 of the Private Placement Warrants on January 22, 2021. Pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, in order to induce the Holder to exercise all of its remaining outstanding 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants for cash, the Company agreed to issue to the Holder, new warrants (the "New Warrants") to purchase 0.75 shares of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock issued upon such exercise of the remaining 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, or an aggregate of 6,000,000 New Warrants. The terms of the New Warrants are substantially similar to those of the Private Placement Warrants, except that the New Warrants will have an exercise price of $2.12, will be immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of the Exercise Agreement. In addition, the Holder paid a cash payment of $0.10 for each New Warrant issued to the Holder, for an aggregate of $600,000 to the Company. The Company received aggregate gross proceeds before expenses of approximately $11.0 million from the exercise of all of the remaining 8,000,000 outstanding Private Placement Warrants held by the Holder and the payment of the purchase price for the New Warrants.

 

Management's plan, inclusive of its cost reduction plan (the "2020 Plan") in 2020 (see note 13), includes revenue generation through the sale of products and raising funds from outside investors. However, there is no assurance that such sale of products will occur or that outside funding will be available to the Company, will be obtained on favorable terms or will provide the Company with sufficient capital to meet its objectives.

 

Such conditions, as well as the terms of its Liquidity Covenant and the uncertainty of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, raise substantial doubts about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of assets, carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that may be required should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.