CervoMed Inc. - Quarter Report: 2014 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2014

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 0000-24477

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

1800 Century Park East, 6^th Floor, Los Angeles California 90067

(Address of principal executive offices)

(310) 526-8700

(Registrant's telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock par value $0.001

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes  o No  x

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The number of shares of common stock outstanding at May 19, 2014 was 14,878,410 shares.

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

MARCH 31, 2014

INDEX

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED) 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

RESTORGENEX CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2013

1.     Business

RestorGenex is a specialty biopharmaceutical company initially focused on developing products for dermatology, ophthalmology and women’s health. On March 7, 2014, the Company effected a reverse stock split 1 to 100 with respect to its Common Stock and the Company changed its corporate name from Stratus Media Group, Inc. to RestorGenex Corporation (“Company”). All stock numbers herein are post reverse split.  

On March 14, 2008, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 20, 2007 between Feris International, Inc. (“Feris”) and Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc. (“PSEI”), Feris issued 495,000 shares of its common stock for all issued and outstanding shares of PSEI, resulting in PSEI becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Feris and the surviving entity for accounting purposes (“Reverse Merger”). In July 2008, Feris’ corporate name was changed to Stratus Media Group, Inc. (“Stratus” or “SMDI”). PSEI, a California corporation, was organized on November 23, 1998.

In June 2011, the Company acquired shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of ProElite, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“ProElite” or “PEI”), that organized and promoted mixed martial arts (“MMA”) matches. These holdings of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock provide the Company voting rights on an as-converted basis equivalent to a 95% ownership in ProElite. The Company suspended operations of ProElite effective June 30, 2013. Following the repositioning of the Company as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations of ProElite effective March 31, 2014.

Effective September 30, 2013, Stratus entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Canterbury Acquisition LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Hygeia Acquisition, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Canterbury Laboratories, LLC (“Canterbury”), Hygeia Therapeutics, Inc. (“Hygeia”) and Yael Schwartz, Ph.D., as Holder Representative, pursuant to which Stratus acquired all of the capital stock of Canterbury and Hygeia (the “Mergers”) with Canterbury and Hygeia becoming wholly-owned subsidiaries of Stratus. The consideration for the Mergers was the issuance by Stratus of an aggregate of 1,150,116 restricted shares of Stratus common stock issued to the stakeholders of Canterbury and Hygeia. Closing of the Mergers occurred on November 18, 2013. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, there were no revenues associated with Canterbury and Hygeia. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, expenses associated with Canterbury and Hygeia were approximately $185,000.

Canterbury and Hygeia (the “Canterbury Group”) are related companies engaged in the development of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals (cosmetic products with “drug-like” benefits) which, depending on the specific product involved, may treat acne, hirsutism (unwanted hair) and alopecia (thinning hair) and that may revitalize hormonally-aged skin and hair in women over the age of 45. The Canterbury Group has an exclusive license with Yale University to develop and market 23 synthetic estrogenic ingredients for the treatment of aging skin and four classes of anti-androgenic ingredients for hair loss, excess facial hair, seborrhea and acne. The license from Yale covers 24 patent-protected compounds under U.S. Patent 7,015,211 “Estradiol 15-α-Carboxylic Acid Esters as Locally Active Estrogens,” U.S. Patent 6,476,012 “Estradiol 16-alpha Carboxylic Acid Esters as Locally Active Estrogens” and U.S. Patent 8,552,061 “Locally active "soft" antiandrogens” (“Yale Patents”).

The acquisition of the Canterbury Group was a step in the implementation of the Company’s plan to reposition itself as a specialty biopharmaceutical company. The total consideration for the acquisition of the Canterbury Group was $12,421,249 based on the issuance of 1,150,116 shares of common stock at the market value of $10.80 as of the execution of the Merger Agreements on September 30, 2013. Based on the third-party valuation of the Yale Patents of $7,779,000, $4,642,249 of the purchase price was initially allocated to goodwill, which is not tax deductible. The value of the Yale Patents at the time of purchase was $132,571 as reflected on the books of Canterbury, giving rise to an adjustment of $7,646,429 to the Company for the $7,779,000 allocated to the Yale Patents at the time of acquisition less the $132,571 on the books of Canterbury. When tax effected at a combined U.S. Federal and California tax rate of 40%, the net result of this adjustment is a deferred tax liability of $3,000,576. Total goodwill of $7,642,825 as of December 31, 2013 consisted of the $4,642,249 initial allocation of the purchase price plus the deferred tax liability of $3,000,576. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, expenses for Canterbury and Hygeia of approximately $184,000 were included in the consolidated loss of $1,376,137. There were no revenues for Canterbury and Hygeia for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Hygeia, a Delaware Corporation based in Holden, Massachusetts, was incorporated in November 2005 and was formerly known as Orcas Therapeutics, Inc. Canterbury is a Delaware Limited Liability Company that was formed in October 2011 and began operations in February 22, 2012. Initially, Canterbury was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hygeia and shareholders of Hygeia owned 94% of Canterbury at the time of the Mergers

On March 3, 2014, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Paloma Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Paloma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Paloma”) and David Sherris, Ph.D., as founding stockholder and Holder Representative pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire all of the capital stock of Paloma with Paloma becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On March 28, 2014, the merger with Paloma was closed and the Company issued an aggregate of 2,500,000 common shares to all the holders of Paloma Common Stock and its derivative securities and assumed promissory notes of Paloma in the aggregate amount (principal and interest) of approximately $1,151,315 to be paid on the first anniversary of the closing of the Paloma merger. The 2,500,000 shares were valued at $2.50 per share, which was the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on March 3, 2014, resulting in $6,250,000 of stock consideration, for a total consideration of $7,401,315. Of this total consideration, 30%, or $2,220,395, was allocated to intangible assets based on management’s preliminary assessment. The excess of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired of $5,180,920 was initially allocated to goodwill. The Company is planning to have a third-party valuation of the intangible assets and when that valuation is completed the allocation to intangibles may change. These intangible assets had a value of $763,131 on Paloma’s books, resulting in an adjustment of $1,457,082. When tax effected at a combined U.S. Federal and California tax rate of 40%, the net result of this adjustment is a deferred tax liability of $582,833. Total goodwill of $5,763,753 as of March 31, 2014 consists of the $5,180,920 initial allocation of the purchase price, plus the deferred tax liability of $582,833. Since Paloma was acquired at the end of the quarter, there were no expenses for Paloma included in the consolidated loss. There were no revenues for Paloma for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Also on March 3, 2014, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with VasculoMedics Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, VasculoMedics, Inc. (“VasculoMedics”) and Dr. Sherris pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire all of the capital stock of VasculoMedics with VasculoMedics becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The VasculoMedics Merger was concurrently closed with and as a condition to the closing of the Paloma Merger on March 28, 2013, with the Company issuing an aggregate of 220,000 post-reverse stock split common shares to the VasculoMedics stockholders. These shares, valued at $2.50 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on March 3, 2014, results in $550,000 of consideration, all of which was allocated to goodwill. Since VasculoMedics was acquired at the end of the quarter, there were no expenses for VasculoMedics included in the consolidated loss. There were no revenues for VasculoMedics for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Mergers with Paloma and VasculoMedics were completed as part of the Company’s plan to reposition itself as a specialty biopharmaceutical company.

Both Paloma and VasculoMedics are Delaware corporations and based in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Paloma was founded in January 2005 and VasculoMedics was founded in November 2007. At the time of the Mergers, Dr. David Sherris, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of both companies, owned 56% of the outstanding stock of Paloma and 89% of the outstanding stock of VasculoMedics, with Paloma owning the other 11%. For accounting purposes Paloma and VasculoMedics are considered to be under common control.

Paloma has developed a non-steroidal, synthetic, small molecule drug library for dermatology (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, actinic keratosis, keloid and hypertrophic scarring, Dupuytren’s disease, bullous blistering diseases), ocular disease, cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, CNS (Huntington’s disease and infantile spasm, a form of childhood epilepsy), biodefense and anti-viral application. The lead product, P529, targets and inhibits the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signal transduction pathway, specifically as a first-in-class allosteric, dual TORC1/TORC2 dissociative inhibitor.

VasculoMedics was founded as a platform epigenetic company to develop orally available small molecular inhibitors of zinc finger transcription factors. Zinc finger transcription factors are a subset of transcription factors utilizing zinc at its core for activity. Transcription factors are proteins that bind to specific parts of DNA that control the transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA. RNA in turn directs the protein making machinery to manufacture one or more proteins controlled by the transcription factor. Hence, by inhibition of a transcription factor, one can specifically inhibit the synthesis of one or more proteins controlled by the particular transcription factor. Many diseases can be linked to the activation of particular proteins whose synthesis is controlled by transcription factors. Inhibition of such transcription factors could then be able to control disease pathology.

2.     Going Concern

The Company has suffered losses from operations and lacked liquidity to meet its then-current obligations at March 31, 2014. The Company had net losses of $1,380,175 and $2,601,155 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively and net losses for 2013 and 2012 of $2,635,975 and $7,366,061, respectively. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had negative working capital of $8,016,821 and an accumulated deficit of $62,464,074. The Company had a total of $717,002 of promissory notes that were in default as of March 31, 2014. The Company raised $400,000 and $200,000 from the issuance of promissory notes during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In 2013, the Company raised $700,000 through the issuance of two promissory notes and $427,501 through the sale of common stock.

On April 29, 2014 and May 6, 2014, the Company sold a total of 6,194,625 shares of common stock at $4.00 per share and warrants to purchase 2,477,851 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.80, for total proceeds of $24,778,500 and net proceeds of $21,528,150 after payment of fees, expenses and certain accounts payable (for additional details please see Footnote 20 “Subsequent Events”). However, given the Company’s plans to grow its existing businesses and potentially pursue acquisitions, this funding may not be sufficient and the Company may need to raise additional capital in the future to fully implement its business plan.

The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might result if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.

3.     Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The balance sheet at March 31, 2014 consolidates the accounts of ProElite, Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics and the balance sheet at December 31, 2013 consolidates the accounts of ProElite, Canterbury, and Hygeia. The income statements and statements of cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2014 consolidate the accounts of Canterbury, Hygeia, along with results of Paloma and VasculoMedics from the date of acquisition, and includes ProElite as discontinued operations. The income statements and statements of cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2013 includes ProElite as discontinued operations. All significant intercompany balances were eliminated in consolidation.

Basic and Diluted Earnings/(Loss) Per Share (“EPS”)

Basic EPS is computed by dividing the income/(loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed similar to basic income/(loss) per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if all the potential common shares, warrants and stock options had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. Diluted EPS is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares were converted into common stock. Dilution is computed by applying the if-converted method for the outstanding convertible preferred shares. Under the if-converted method, convertible outstanding instruments are assumed to be converted into common stock at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later).

For purposes of calculating EPS, the number of common shares on March 31, 2013 did not include 315,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion by the holders of Series E Preferred. These conversion shares were not included in the EPS calculation because they were antidilutive given the losses by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2013. During 2013 the Series E Preferred were extinguished and the basic and fully-diluted shares are the same from that point forward and the number of shares used for basic and fully-diluted EPS calculations are the same for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Discontinued Operations

The Company suspended operations of ProElite effective June 30, 2013. Following the repositioning of the Company as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations of ProElite effective March 31, 2014.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Although these estimates are based on our knowledge of current events and actions we may undertake in the future, actual results may differ from such estimates and assumptions.

Derivative Liabilities

On May 24, 2011, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with eight investors (collectively, the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company sold 8,700 shares of a new series of convertible preferred stock designated as Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (“Original Series E”) for $8,700,000. In October 2012, the Company sold 1,000 shares of Series E for $1,000,000 (“New Series E”). The Original Series E and New Series E together are referred to herein as “Series E”.

Subsequent to the issuance of this Series E, the Company determined that the warrants for these financings included certain embedded derivative features as set forth in ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging,” (“ASC 815”) and that this conversion feature of the Series E was not an embedded derivative because this feature was clearly and closely related to the host (Series E) as defined in ASC 815. These derivative liabilities were initially recorded at their estimated fair value on the date of issuance and were subsequently adjusted each quarter to reflect the estimated fair value at the end of each period, with any decrease or increase in the estimated fair value of the derivative liability for each period being recorded as other income or expense. Since the value of the embedded derivative feature for the related warrants was higher than the value of both Series E transactions, there was no beneficial conversion feature recorded for either transaction, and the excess of the value of the embedded derivative feature over the value of the transaction was recorded in each period on the Statement of Operations as a separate line item.

Allowance for Uncollectible Receivables

Accounts receivable are recorded at their face amount, less an allowance for doubtful accounts. We review the status of our uncollected receivables on a regular basis. In determining the need for an allowance for uncollectible receivables, we consider our customers financial stability, past payment history and other factors that bear on the ultimate collection of such amounts.

Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments include cash and equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The carrying amounts of financial instruments approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. We record depreciation using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Intangible assets as of March 31, 2014 consisted of goodwill and intangible assets arising from the acquisitions of Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics. Goodwill as of December 31, 2013 arose from goodwill for the acquisitions of Canterbury and Hygeia. Goodwill is the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net amounts assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We apply ASC Topic 350 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which requires allocating goodwill to each reporting unit and testing for impairment using a two-step approach.

The Company reviewed the value of intangible assets and related goodwill as part of its annual reporting process, which occurs in February or March of each year. In between valuations, the Company conducted additional tests to determine if circumstances warranted additional testing for impairment.

To review the value of intangible assets and related goodwill as of December 31, 2013, the Company followed ASC Topic 350 “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other” and first examined the facts and circumstances for each event or business to determine if it was more likely than not that an impairment had occurred. If this examination suggested it was more likely that impairment had occurred, the Company then compared discounted cash flow forecasts related to the asset with the stated value of the asset on the balance sheet. The objective was to determine the value of each asset to an industry participant who is a willing buyer not under compulsion to buy and the Company is a willing seller not under compulsion to sell. Revenue from goodwill and intangible assets were forecasted based on the assumption they are standalone entities. These forecasts were discounted at a range of discount rates determined by taking the risk-free interest rate at the time of valuation, plus premiums for equity risk to small companies in general, for factors specific to the Company and the business.

As of March 31, 2014, Company management determined that the fair value of its businesses for accounting purposes was equal to its market capitalization of approximately $34,900,000, which was 147% of the $23,688,138 total for goodwill and intangible assets on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2014. Based on this determination, Company management concluded that no impairment had occurred as of March 31, 2014 on a Company-wide basis. However, it is possible that impairment may have occurred on a reporting-unit basis and the Company intends to test impairment on a reporting-unit basis beginning with the three months ending June 30, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, Company management determined that the fair value of its businesses for accounting purposes was equal to its market capitalization of approximately $19,600,000, which was 128% of the $15,334,507 goodwill and intangible assets on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2013. Based on this determination, Company management concluded that no impairment had occurred as of December 31, 2013.  

Income Taxes

The Company utilizes ASC Topic 740 “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year-end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The provision for income taxes represents the tax payable for the period and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.

As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards as follows:

The net operating loss carryforwards for 2014 and 2013 begin expiring in 2022 and 2021, respectively. From December 31, 2012 to March 31, 2014, the outstanding shares of common stock increased from 890,837 to 5,813,785. This increase in the number of shares outstanding constitutes a change of ownership, under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state provisions, and is likely to significantly limit the ability of the Company to utilize these net operating loss carryforwards to offset future income. Accordingly, the company recorded a 100% valuation allowance of the deferred tax assets at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Stock-Based Compensation

We follow ASC Topic 718 “Share Based Payment,” using the modified prospective transition method. New awards and awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after January 1, 2006 trigger compensation expense based on the fair value of the stock option as determined by the Black-Scholes option pricing model. We amortize stock-based compensation for such awards on a straight-line method over the related service period of the awards taking into account the effects of the employees’ expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior. We account for equity instruments issued to non-employees in accordance with ASC Topic 718 and EITF Issue No. 96-18. The fair value of each option granted is estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

Advertising

We expense the cost of advertising as incurred. Such amounts have not historically been significant.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts were reclassified to conform to the manner of presentation in the current period. These reclassifications had no effect on the net loss or the shareholder’s deficit.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The FASB has issued ASU No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), “Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date.” ASU 2013-04 provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this ASU is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in US GAAP. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 213-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): “Presentation of Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, A Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (A Consensus the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)”. ASU 2013-11 provides guidance on financial statement presentation of unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The FASB’s objective in issuing this ASU is to eliminate diversity in practice resulting from a lack of guidance on this topic in current U.S. GAAP. This ASU applies to all entities with unrecognized tax benefits that also have tax loss or tax credit carryforwards in the same tax jurisdiction as of the reporting date. This amendment is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013 and interim periods within those years. Adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.

4.     Litigation

In January 2013, the Company signed a term sheet with an outside financial firm (“Financial Firm”) to have that firm acquire certain portions of the Company’s liabilities to creditors, employees and former employees (“Creditors”). The Financial Firm entered into agreements in July 2013 with such Creditors to acquire $1,865,386 in liabilities (“Liability Settlement”) of the Company and filed a complaint on July 29, 2013 with the Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida seeking a judgment against the Company for the Liability Settlement. A court order based on this complaint was issued on October 7, 2013. Based on conditions agreed to in the Term Sheet, the Company will settle that judgment by issuing common stock to the Financial Firm. Under an exemption from registration in the SEC regulations, common stock issued pursuant to this court order is tradable without restrictions. This common stock will be issued in tranches such that the Financial Firm will not own more than 9.99% of outstanding shares at any time and will be priced at 80% of average closing bids during such period of time in which the dollar trading volume of the stock is three times the Liability Settlement (“Settlement Period”). The Financial Firm will sell the shares to generate proceeds to pay the Creditors.

Until the Financial Firm repays all the creditors, the Company will have a liability on its balance sheet for the value of amount still owed by the Financial Firm to the creditors plus 20% to recognize the discount stock owed to the Financial Firm. The selling activities of the Financial Firm could put downward pressure on the stock price. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had a liability of $1,581,641 on its balance sheet, which would have required the issuance of 263,607 shares to satisfy this liability given the $6.00 price for the Company’s common stock on that date, or 4.5% of the 5,813,785 shares outstanding at that time. An initial tranche of 200,000 shares was issued to the Financial Firm in November 2013 and a subsequent tranche of 150,000 shares was issued in February 2014.

In July 2013, the Company received notice that a complaint for property damage had been filed by the Truck Insurance Exchange against the Company for $393,592 related to water damage incurred by a printing company on the ground floor of the Company’s former office space in Los Angeles. This damage is alleged to have occurred in connection with a water leak in the Company’s former office in February 2013. The Company has filed an answer to this complaint that includes, but not be limited to, the defense of culpability of the building’s management in this leak. The Company has a dispute with its insurance carrier at that time regarding coverage for this incident and the Company intends to pursue this dispute to ensure that it had proper insurance coverage at that time. The Company has accrued $393,592 for this matter.

5.     Prepaid Expenses

In July 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with Maxim Group LLC to provide general financial advisory and investment banking services to the Company for three years on a non-exclusive basis. Under this agreement, Maxim received common stock equal to 4.99% of the outstanding common stock of the Company as of that date, or 210,250 shares of common stock. These shares were valued at $15.00, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the agreement, for a total expense of $3,153,750. This expense is being recognized ratably over the life of the three-year term of the agreement at $262,813 per quarter. As of March 31, 2014, $2,442,449 remained in prepaid expenses.

6.     Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment were as follows:

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, depreciation expense was $4,511 and $8,687, respectively.   

7.     Goodwill

Goodwill was $13,962,880 at March 31, 2014 and $7,642,825 at December 31, 2013, with the increase arising from the acquisition of Paloma and VasculoMedics in the three months ended March 31, 2014. In accordance with ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other,” the Company’s goodwill is considered to have indefinite lives and was therefore not amortized, but rather is subject to annual impairment tests.

As of March 31, 2014, Company management determined that the fair value of its businesses for accounting purposes was equal to its market capitalization of approximately $34,900,000, which was 147% of the $23,688,138 total for goodwill and intangible assets on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2014. Based on this determination, Company management concluded that no impairment had occurred as of March 31, 2014 on a Company-wide basis. However, it is possible that impairment may have occurred on a reporting-unit basis and the Company intends to test impairment on a reporting-unit basis beginning with the three months ending June 30, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, Company management determined that the fair value of its businesses for accounting purposes was equal to its market capitalization of approximately $19,600,000, which was 128% of the $15,334,507 goodwill and intangible assets on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2013. Based on this determination, Company management concluded that no impairment had occurred as of December 31, 2013.  

8.     Deferred Salary

From February 2013 through March 31, 2014, the Company had not been able to pay employees on a regular basis, resulting in unpaid salaries of $838,476 as of March 31, 2014 and $571,328 as of December 31, 2013, net of advances.

9.    Other Accrued Expenses and Liabilities

Other accrued expenses and liabilities consisted of the following:

10.     Payable to Officer

In connection with the 2010 employment agreement for the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, the Company owes this officer $156,358 for unpaid amounts consisting of consulting fees prior to employment, expenses, salary increases and signing bonus.

11.     Notes Payable

Notes payable were as follows:

Interest expense on these notes was $58,294 and $22,971 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

12.     Obligation to issue stock for transfer of liabilities

In January 2013, the Company signed a term sheet (“Term Sheet”) with the Financial Firm to have that firm acquire certain portions of the Company’s liabilities to creditors, employees and former employees (“Creditors”). The Financial Firm entered into agreements in July 2013 with such Creditors to acquire $1,865,386 in liabilities of the Company and filed a complaint on July 29, 2013 with the Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida seeking a judgment against the Company for the Liability Settlement. A court order based on this complaint was issued on October 7, 2013, resulting in the transfer of these $1,865,386 million of liabilities to the Financial Firm (see Footnote 4 for additional information).

As of March 31, 2014, the Company had a liability of $1,581,641 on its balance sheet, which would have required the issuance of 263,607 shares to satisfy this liability given the $6.00 price for the Company’s common stock on that date, or 4.5% of the 5,813,785 shares outstanding at that time. An initial tranche of 200,000 shares was issued to the Financial Firm in November 2013 and a subsequent tranche of 150,000 shares was issued in February 2014.

13.      Derivative Liabilities

On May 24, 2011, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with eight investors (collectively, the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company sold 8,700 shares of a new series of convertible preferred stock designated as Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (“Original Series E”), the terms of which are set forth in the Certificate of Designations of Series E Preferred Stock (the “Certificate”), for $1,000 per share, or $8,700,000. In October 2012, the Company sold 1,000 shares of Series E for $1,000,000 (“New Series E”). The Original Series E and New Series E together are referred to herein as “Series E”.

These Series E contained “full ratchet-down” liquidity protection that provided that if the Company issues securities for less than the existing conversion price for the Series E Preferred Stock or the strike price of the Series E warrants, then the conversion price for Series E Preferred Stock will be lowered to that lower price. Also, the strike price for Series E warrants were decreased to that lower price and the number of Series E warrants will be increased such that the product of the original strike price times the original quantity equaled the lower strike price times the higher quantity.

Subsequent to the issuance of this Series E, the Company determined that the warrants for these financings included certain embedded derivative features as set forth in ASC Topic 815 and that this conversion feature of the Series E was not an embedded derivative because this feature was clearly and closely related to the host (Series E) as defined in ASC 815. These derivative liabilities were initially recorded at their estimated fair value on the date of issuance and were subsequently adjusted each quarter to reflect the estimated fair value at the end of each period, with any decrease or increase in the estimated fair value of the derivative liability for each period being recorded as other income or expense. Since the value of the embedded derivative feature for the related warrants was higher than the value of both Series E transactions, there was no beneficial conversion feature recorded for either transaction, and the excess of the value of the embedded derivative feature over the value of the transaction was recorded in each period on the Statement of Operations as a separate line item.

The fair value of these derivative liabilities was calculated using the Black Scholes pricing model that was based on the closing price of the common stock, the strike price of the underlying instrument, the risk-free interest rate for the applicable remaining life of the underlying instrument (i.e., the U.S. treasury rate for that period) and the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. These fair value results were extremely sensitive to all these input variables, particularly the closing price of the company’s common stock and the volatility of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, the fair value of these derivative liabilities were subject to significant changes.  During 2013, the Series E and related warrants were converted into common stock and extinguished and the company recorded a gain of $8,980,077 on the decrease in fair value for the derivative security and recorded a gain of $1,635,967 on extinguishment of the derivative liability.

The following assumptions were used to calculate the Black Scholes values of this derivative liability as of the measurement dates of March 31, 2013. The fair value of the underlying common stock was based on the sale of 139,166 shares of common stock at $3.00 by the Company during 2013.

14.     Shareholders’ Equity

Common Stock

The number of shares of common stock has increased from 890,837 shares as of December 31, 2012 to 8,683,785 shares as of March 31, 2014:

Stock Options

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company issued five-year options to purchase a total of 116,627 to five members of the Company’s Board of Directors at a strike price of $3.00, which was the closing market price on the date of the grants. These options vested 25% at time of grant with the remainder vesting ratably over three years. On March 5, 2014, the Company issued five-year options to its Chief Executive Officer to purchase 500,000 shares at a strike price of $2.50, which was the closing market price on the date of the grant. This option vests ratably over three years. These options were valued using the Black Scholes model and resulted in a total expense of $1,468,100, of which $128,000 was recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and the remaining $1,340,100 will be recognized ratably over the coming three years. The assumptions used to value the options granted during the first three months of 2014 was:

The following table sets forth the activity of our stock options to purchase common stock:

Warrants

During 2013 the Board approved warrants to three financial advisors to purchase 173,917 shares of common stock at $3.00. These warrants have a five-year life and vested immediately, resulting in Black Scholes warrant expense of $462,618. The Black Scholes expense for these March 27, 2013 warrants was calculated using the following assumptions. The fair value of the underlying common stock was based on the sale of 139,167 shares of common stock at $3.00 by the Company during the three months ended June 30, 2013.

In May 2013 Series E warrants, along with related warrants with similar terms, were exchanged for 1,023,264 shares of common stock and these warrants were extinguished, thereby removing the “overhang” created by the full-ratchet provisions of these warrants that would have increased the number of warrants outstanding and reduced the strike price of these warrants to the price of any subsequent financing done at a lower price. This exchange of common stock for the Series E warrants resulted in a fair value charge of $3,069,792 in 2013. These 1,023,264 shares of common stock were valued at $3.00 per share, which was the price at which the Company sold 139,167 shares during 2013, resulting in the fair value charge for $3,069,792.

A summary of the warrants:

15.     Commitments and Contingencies

Office Space Rental

On May 1, 2009, the Company entered into a lease for 1,800 square feet of office space in Santa Barbara, California for use as our executive offices. This lease was amended on July 21, 2009 and expired on December 31, 2013. This property was vacated in August 2012 and the Company has recorded a liability of $139,000 to cover unpaid rent and the present value of rents due for the remainder of the lease. During 2013, a settlement amount of $110,700 was negotiated with the lease holder and transferred to a third party, resulting in a reduction of the accrued liability of $139,150.

On August 1, 2011, the Company entered into a lease for 7,000 square feet of office space in Los Angeles, California. The lease continues through November 30, 2014. Initially, the lease had a fixed monthly rent of $19,326 and was subject to annual increases of 3%. The Company was not required to pay a fixed monthly rent for months two through five. Prior to this, the Company was leasing the same office space on a month-to-month basis. This property was vacated in April 2012 and the Company recorded a liability of $892,000 to cover unpaid rent and the present value of rents due for the remainder of the lease term. As of April 2013, this space was released, but the terms and conditions of the new lease are unknown, so the Company did not adjust the accrued liability.

On November 1, 2011, the Company entered into a lease for 3,000 square feet of office space in Santa Barbara, California for use by our operating units. This lease expires on October 31, 2014 with two additional three-year renewal terms available. The initial rent plus common area charges were $7,157 per month. This property was vacated in June 2012 and the Company recorded a liability of $229,000 to cover unpaid rent and the present value of rents due for the remainder of the lease term. As of June 2013, this space was released, but the terms and conditions of the new lease are unknown, so the Company did not adjust the accrued liability.

From May 2012 to May 2013, the Company was in a month-to-month lease for office space in Los Angeles, California. Rent for this facility was $2,300 per month. Given reductions in staff, the Company has been operating with a “virtual office.” The Company believes this virtual office structure was adequate for our past needs but given the Company’s growth plans it is anticipated that laboratory and office space will be needed in the future. The Company believes that suitable space will be available as needed.

Contractual Obligations

Set forth below is information concerning our known contractual obligations as of March 31, 2014 that are fixed and determinable by year starting with the year ending December 31, 2014.

Employment Agreements

Effective June 28, 2012, Jerold Rubinstein was elected by the Board as Chairman of the Board, CEO and a director of the Company’s subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of ProElite also elected him as Chairman of the Board and CEO of ProElite. Under the terms of an employment agreement dated June 28, 2012, Mr. Rubinstein was to receive an annual salary of $250,000 per year. Mr. Rubinstein continues to serve on the Board and receive $50,000 annually for such services, along with $100,000 annually as Chairman of the Board. This executive was granted options to purchase 230,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $35.00 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the day of option grant. These options vest monthly over a 12-month period. In March 2013, Mr. Rubinstein received an option grant to purchase 250,000 shares at $3.00 with a five-year life that vested in full in the three months ended June 30, 2013. Mr. Rubinstein’s contract expired on June 28, 2013 and he resigned as CEO on March 5, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, Mr. Rubinstein was owed unpaid salary of $39,883 and unpaid board fees of $214,458.

On August 8, 2011, the Company entered into any employment contract with Timothy Boris as the Company’s General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Affairs at an annual salary of $180,000. In December 2011 he received options to purchase 3,000 shares of common stock at $54.00 that had 1,000 shares vested upon grant, 1,000 shares vested at the end of year one and 1,000 shares vest at the end of year two. This contract expired on August 8, 2012 and was renewed under the same terms until August 8, 2013. In August 2012 Mr. Boris received options to purchase 3,000 shares of common stock at $38.00 that had 1,000 shares vest upon grant, 1,000 shares vest at the end of year one and 1,000 shares vest at the end of year two. Both of these option grants have a five-year life. In March 2013, Mr. Boris received an option grant to purchase 60,000 shares at $3.00 with a five-year life that vested in full in the three months ended June 30, 2013. Mr. Boris’s contract expired on August 8, 2013 and he is currently working without a contract. As of March 31, 2014, Mr. Boris was owed unpaid salary of $90,000.

On November 1, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with John Moynahan, who provided accounting and financial services to the Company as a consultant pursuant to a consulting agreement dated November 14, 2007. Under the agreement, Mr. Moynahan was to receive an annual salary of $220,000 for the first year of the contract, subject to an annual increase of the Consumer Price Index plus 2%, and will be eligible for a $50,000 bonus in the first year of this contract. Under this agreement, Mr. Moynahan received a grant of 3,000 shares and a five-year stock option grant to purchase 15,600 shares of common stock at $200.00 per share, with 10,400 shares that vested upon the signing of the agreement and 5,200 shares that vested on September 1, 2011. The strike price on these options was adjusted to $54.00 in December 2011 by the Board. After a review of this contract during 2012, the Company determined that the non-salary amounts due to Mr. Moynahan were $156,358 as of December 31, 2012.  Mr. Moynahan’s contract expired on August 1, 2012 and he is currently working without a contract. As of March 31, 2014, Mr. Moynahan was owed the $156,358 under his employment contract and $110,000 in unpaid salary, not including any other claims that Mr. Moynahan may have under his employment contract or otherwise.

Effective as of November 18, 2013, the Company entered into employment agreements with Yael Schwartz and Craig Abolin as follows:

Under the Employment Agreement with Dr. Schwartz, she is to be employed for an initial period of three years. During the initial year of her employment term, she is to receive a base salary of $330,000. Thereafter, her base salary will be subject to mutually agreed upon increases. The Company’s Board of Directors or Compensation Committee may grant Dr. Schwartz bonuses in its sole discretion. Dr. Schwartz is also eligible for grants of awards under the Company’s Incentive Compensation Plan. As of March 31, 2014, Dr. Schwartz was owed $80,849 in unpaid salary.

Under the Employment Agreement with Dr. Abolin, he is to be employed for an initial period of three years. During the initial year, he is to receive a base salary of $241,000. Thereafter his base salary will be subject to mutually agreed upon increases. The Company’s Board or Compensation Committee may grant Dr. Abolin bonuses in its sole discretion. Dr. Abolin is also eligible for grants of awards under the Company’s Incentive Compensation Plan. As of March 31, 2014, Dr. Abolin was owed $58,257 in unpaid salary.

On March 5, 2014, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Stephen M. Simes (the “Simes Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Simes was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Simes Employment Agreement is for an initial term of three years, subject to extension as provided therein. Mr. Simes is to receive a base salary at an annual rate of $425,000 with at least annual review and base salary increases as approved by the Board of Director or its Compensation Committee. He will have the opportunity to earn a bonus with respect to each year during his employment based upon achievement of performance objectives set by the Board or the Compensation Committee after consultation with Mr. Simes with a target bonus opportunity of 60% of base salary for each year. He also has received an initial grant of options to purchase 500,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.50 which will vest quarterly over the initial three-year term of his employment. As of March 31, 2014, Mr. Simes was owed $31,057 in unpaid salary.

 In connection with the closing of the mergers with Paloma and VasculoMedics, the Company entered into an employment agreement on March 31, 2014 with David Sherris, Ph.D. pursuant to which Dr. Sherris was appointed Chief Scientific Officer of the Company and President of the Company’s Paloma/VasculoMedics divisions. Under the agreement, he is to be employed for an initial period of three years. During the term he is to receive an annual base salary of $345,000 and is eligible for a bonus of up to 50% of his base salary upon meeting certain milestones established by the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee upon consultation with Dr. Sherris. Dr. Sherris is also eligible for grants under the Company’s Incentive Compensation Plan. 

16.     Segment Information

In 2013, ProElite was considered to be an operating segment pursuant to ASC Topic 280 “Segment Reporting” since each was budgeted separately and tracked separately to provide the chief operating decision maker information to assess and manage ProElite, Stratus White and Hygeia/Canterbury. The Company suspended operations of ProElite effective June 30, 2013. Following the repositioning of the Company as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations of ProElite effective March 31, 2014. The following segment information is presented to provide a comparison for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

A summary of results by segments is as follows:

17.     Discontinued Operations

The Company suspended operations of ProElite effective June 30, 2013. Following the repositioning of the Company as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to discontinue operations of ProElite effective March 31, 2014. The assets and liabilities of ProElite are consolidated into the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and are as follows:

The income statement details for ProElite that are summarized in the discontinued operations line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations are as follows:

The Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 do not consolidate the results for ProElite but present them on a net basis in a discontinued operations line. The income statement details for ProElite that are summarized in the discontinued operations line in the statement of cash flows are as follows:

18.     Pro Forma Financials for Acquisition of Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics

The Company acquired Canterbury and Hygeia on November 18, 2013 and 1,150,115 shares were issued to the stakeholders of Canterbury and Hygeia. On March 28, 2014, the Company acquired Paloma and issued an aggregate of 2,500,000 common shares to the holders of Paloma Common Stock and its derivative securities and assumed promissory notes of Paloma in the aggregate amount (principal and interest) currently of approximately $1,130,500 to be paid on the first anniversary of the closing of the Paloma merger. The VasculoMedics Merger also closed on March 28, 2014, with the Company issuing an aggregate of 220,000 common shares to the VasculoMedics stakeholders. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 consolidated the accounts of Canterbury and Hygeia and the balance sheet as of March 31, 2014 consolidated the accounts of Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics. The income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2014 consolidated the accounts of Canterbury and Hygeia, along with the accounts of Paloma and VasculoMedics for activity between March 28, 2014 and March 31, 2014. The income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2013 did not include Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma or VasculoMedics

The following pro forma financial information has been prepared as if the mergers with Paloma and VasculoMedics had occurred on January 1, 2014. The information in these pro forma financials for Paloma and VasculoMedics has been derived from the unaudited financial statements for Paloma and VasculoMedics for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The information in these pro forma financials for RestorGenics has been derived from the unaudited financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

RestorGenex Corporation, Canterbury and Hygeia

Pro Forma Statements of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

The following pro forma financial information has been prepared as if the mergers with Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics had occurred on January 1, 2014. The information in these pro forma financials for Paloma and VasculoMedics has been derived from the unaudited financial statements for Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The information in these pro forma financials for RestorGenex has been derived from the unaudited financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

RestorGenex Corporation, Canterbury, Hygeia, Paloma and VasculoMedics

Pro Forma Statements of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

19.     Subsequent Events

Completed Financings with Net Proceeds of $21,528,150

On April 29, 2014, the Company closed the initial round of a private placement in the aggregate sum of $11,106,000 of a private placement resulting in $9,222,900 of net proceeds after payment of fees, expenses and certain accounts payable. On May 6, 2014, the Company closed the second round of this private placement in the aggregate sum of $13,672,500 and $12,305,250 of net proceeds after payment of fees and certain accounts payable. However, given the Company’s plans to grow its existing businesses and potentially pursue acquisitions, this funding may not be sufficient and the Company may need to raise additional capital in the future to fully implement its business plan. The following is a summary of these two rounds of financing:

The purchasers of Common Stock received warrants to purchase three shares of Common Stock for every ten shares of Common Stock such Investors purchased in the Private Placement at a strike price of $4.80. The purchase price of each share of Common Stock was $4.00, which was minimum price under the terms of the Private Placement and approximated the volume weighted average market price for ten days prior to the close.

The following pro forma financial information has been prepared as if the above financings had occurred on March 31, 2014. The information in these pro forma financials for RestorGenex has been derived from the unaudited balance sheets as of March 31, 2014 and the information presented above on the financings.

RestorGenex Corporation

Pro Forma Balance Sheets

March 31, 2014