KNOW LABS, INC. - Annual Report: 2019 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
☒ ANNUAL REPORT
UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019
☐ TRANSACTION REPORT
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For the transaction period from ________ to ________
Commission File
number 000-30262
KNOW LABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nevada
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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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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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As of March 31, 2019 (the last business day of our most recently
completed second fiscal quarter), based upon the last reported
trade on that date, the aggregate market value of the voting and
non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (for this purpose,
all outstanding and issued common stock minus stock held by the
officers, directors and known holders of 10% or more of the
Company’s common stock) was $17,688,914.
The number of shares of common stock, $.001 par value, issued and
outstanding as of December 27, 2019: 18,439,369
shares
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART 1
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ITEM 1.
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Description of Business
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ITEM 1A.
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Risk Factors
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ITEM 1B
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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ITEM 2.
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Properties
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ITEM 3.
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Legal Proceedings
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ITEM 4.
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Mine Safety Disclosures
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ITEM
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Other
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PART II
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ITEM 5.
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Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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ITEM 6.
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Selected Financial Data
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ITEM 7.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
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ITEM 7A.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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ITEM 8.
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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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ITEM 9.
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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ITEM 9A.
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Controls and Procedures
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ITEM 9B.
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Other Information
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PART III
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ITEM 10.
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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ITEM 11.
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Executive Compensation
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ITEM 12.
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
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ITEM 13.
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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ITEM 14.
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Principal Accounting Fees and Services
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PART IV
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ITEM 15.
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Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
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SIGNATURES
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PART I
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The following discussion, in addition to the other information
contained in this report, should be considered carefully in
evaluating us and our prospects. This report (including without
limitation the following factors that may affect operating results)
contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act")
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act") regarding us and our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks,"
"estimates" and similar expressions or variations of such words are
intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the
exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements in this
report. Additionally, statements concerning future matters such as
revenue projections, projected profitability, growth strategies,
development of new products, enhancements or technologies, possible
changes in legislation and other statements regarding matters that
are not historical are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements in this report reflect the good faith
judgment of our management and these statements are based on facts
and factors as we currently understand 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 in
“Risk Factors” and in "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," as well
as those discussed elsewhere in this report. Readers are urged not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which 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.
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF
BUSINESS
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.
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 continue to closely
monitor this subsidiary and expect it to wind down completely in
the near future.
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.
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.
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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 13 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 2034. 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.
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.
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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.
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
$1,257,872 and $570,514 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.
EMPLOYEES
As of September 30, 2019, we had eleven full-time employees,
including five personnel at TransTech. Our senior management and
four other personnel are located in our Seattle, Washington
offices. We also utilize consulting firms and people to supplement
our workforce.
THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK
Our common stock trades on the OTCQB Exchange under the symbol
“KNWN.” On May 1, 2018, we filed a corporate action
with FINRA to effectively change the Company’s OTC trading
symbol and change our name to “Know Labs, Inc.” Our
name change from Know Labs, Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and
symbol change from VSUL to KNWN was announced by FINRA declared
effective on the opening of trading as of May 25,
2018.
PRIMARY RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
We are exposed to various risks related to our need for additional
financing, the sale of significant numbers of our shares and a
volatile market price for our common stock. These risks and
uncertainties are discussed in more detail below in Part I, Item
1A.
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 its principal website address is located at
www.knowlabs.co. The information on our website is not incorporated
as a part of this Form 10-K.
WEBSITE ACCESS TO UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
REPORTS
We file annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC's Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. Please
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the
public reference room. The SEC maintains a website at
http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information
statements and other information concerning filers. We also
maintain a web site at http://www.knowlabs.co that provides
additional information about our Company and links to documents we
file with the SEC. The Company's charters for the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating Committee; and the
Code of Conduct & Ethics are also available on our website. The
information on our website is not part of this Form
10-K.
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 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 will be sufficient to fund our operations through June 30,
2020. 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 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 September 30, 2019, we owe approximately $2,713,565 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 $458,500 as of September 30, 2019.
We owe
$2,255,065 under various convertible promissory notes as of
September 30, 2019 including $1,184,066 owed to entities controlled
by our chairman.
This
excludes $4,242,490 of 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 that closed on May 28, 2019. The Convertible Notes
converts into common stock at the maturity date during early
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 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 years ended
September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Revenues of our wholly-owned subsidiary, TransTech, are
declining
We have
not been able to successfully address this revenue decline of this
subsidiary during the year ended September 30, 2019 which is
expected to result in the winding down of operations. The
loss of the TransTech subsidiary revenue will impact the
Company’s top line revenues and its operating results and may
result 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.
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There can be no assurance that:
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challenged;
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patents will be issued for any of our pending
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any claims allowed from existing or pending patents will have
sufficient scope or strength to protect us;
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our patents will be issued in the primary countries where our
products are sold in order to protect our rights
and potential commercial advantage;
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any of our products or technologies will not infringe on the
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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:
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inability to recruit and retain adequate numbers of effective sales
and marketing personnel;
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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
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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.
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.
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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.
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:
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from other companies for the purchase of available
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ability to value those candidates accurately and negotiate
favorable terms for those acquisitions;
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availability of funds to finance acquisitions and obtaining any
consents necessary under our credit facility;
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ability to establish new informational, operational and financial
systems to meet the needs of our business;
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ability to achieve anticipated synergies, including with respect to
complementary products or services; and
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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.
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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 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
the Convertible Notes Payable
of $4,242,490
(4,242,490 common
shares at the current price of $1.00 per share) which closed May
28, 2019 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.
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:
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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;
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Issuance of convertible or equity securities and related warrants
for general or merger and acquisition purposes;
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for general or merger and acquisition purposes;
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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 September 30, 2019, four individuals in the aggregate,
assuming the exercise of all warrants to purchase common stock,
hold shares representing approximately 56% 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.
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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
September 30, 2019, we 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.
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.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
In 2018, we responded to an SEC comment related to a late Form 8-K
filing. The matter was previously reported in another SEC filing.
We have not received any other comments from the SEC on this late
Form 8-K filing.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
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.
Terminated Leases
On May 1, 2018, we leased its lab facilities and executive offices
located at 304 Alaskan Way South, Suite 102, Seattle, Washington,
USA, 98101. The Company leased 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. TransTech no longer has an office.
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ITEM 3. 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.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY
DISCLOSURES
This item is not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
This item is not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF
EQUITY SECURITIES
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 preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share.
Common Stock
We are
authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a
par value of $0.001. As of September 30, 2019, we 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 would adjust below $1.00 per share pursuant to the
documents governing such instruments) and are issuable upon
conversion of convertible debentures of $6,497,581. All of which
could potentially dilute future earnings per share.
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company is the transfer agent and
registrar for our Common Stock.
Preferred Stock
We are 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.
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, we 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% 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
We have
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, we 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, we 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.
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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%.
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, we 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.
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.
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.
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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 September 30, 2018 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.
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:
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permit
our Board of Directors to alter our bylaws without stockholder
approval;
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provide
that vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled by a
majority of directors in office, although less than a
quorum;
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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.
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.
Market Price of and Dividends on Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters
Our common stock trades on the OTCQB Exchange under the symbol
“KNWN.” On May 1, 2018, we filed a corporate action
with FINRA to effectively change the Company’s OTC trading
symbol and change our name to “Know Labs, Inc.” Our
name change from Know Labs, Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and
symbol change from VSUL to KNWN was announced by FINRA declared
effective on the opening of trading as of May 25,
2018.
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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
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High
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Low
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Year Ending September 30, 2020
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Through
December 24, 2019
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$1.76
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$0.92
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Year Ending September 30, 2019
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September
30, 2019
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$1.70
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$1.20
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June
30, 2019
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$2.00
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$1.26
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March
31, 2019
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$2.97
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$0.90
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December
31, 2018
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$4.44
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$0.85
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Year Ending September 30, 2018
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|
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September
30, 2018
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$5.71
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$0.62
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June
30, 2018
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$0.65
|
$0.24
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March
31, 2018
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$0.36
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$0.21
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December
31, 2017
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$0.44
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$0.20
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As of
December 24, 2019, the high and low sales price of our common stock
was $1.56 per share and $1.60 per share, respectively. As of
December 24, 2019, there were 18,439,369 shares of common stock
outstanding held by approximately 114 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.
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.
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.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we had the
following sales of unregistered sales of equity
securities:
We issued 41,007 shares of common stock and cancelled warrants to
purchase 8,993 shares of common stock at $0.25 per share or $10,252
to an investor related to the cashless exercise of
warrants.
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Equity Compensation Information
The following table provides information as of September 30, 2019
related to the equity compensation plan in effect at that
time.
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Plan
Category
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Number
of securities
to be
issued upon
exercise
of outstanding
options,
warrants and rights
|
Weighted-average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
|
Number
of securities
remaining
available
for
future issuance
under
equity compensation
plan
(excluding securities
reflected
in column (a))
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Equity
compensation plan
|
|
|
|
approved
by shareholders
|
78,333
|
$2.025
|
78,333
|
Equity
compensation plans
|
|
|
|
not
approved by shareholders
|
4,454,335
|
2.025
|
(4,532,668)
|
Total
|
4,532,668
|
$2.025
|
(4,454,335)
|
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),
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL
DATA
Summary Financial Information
In the following table, we provide you with our selected
consolidated historical financial and other data. We have prepared
the consolidated selected financial information using our
consolidated financial statements for the years ended September 30,
2019 and 2018. When you read this selected consolidated historical
financial and other data, it is important that you read along with
it the historical financial statements and related notes in our
consolidated financial statements included in this report, as well
as Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.
(dollars in thousands)
|
Years Ended
September 30,
|
||||
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
revenue
|
$1,805
|
$4,303
|
$4,874
|
$6,024
|
$6,291
|
Cost of goods
sold
|
1,378
|
3,482
|
3,966
|
5,036
|
5,274
|
Gross
profit
|
427
|
821
|
908
|
988
|
1,017
|
Research and
development expenses
|
1,258
|
570
|
79
|
326
|
363
|
General and
administrative expenses
|
4,182
|
2,509
|
3,088
|
3,355
|
2,984
|
Impairment of
goodwill
|
-
|
-
|
984
|
-
|
-
|
Operating
loss
|
(5,013)
|
(2,258)
|
(3,243)
|
(2,693)
|
(2,330)
|
Other income
(expense)
|
(2,599)
|
(1,000)
|
(658)
|
947
|
(271)
|
Net
loss
|
(7,612)
|
(3,258)
|
(3,901)
|
(1,746)
|
(2,601)
|
Income taxes
current benefit
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
Net
loss
|
$(7,612)
|
$(3,258)
|
$(3,901)
|
$(1,746)
|
$(2,631)
|
Net loss per
share
|
$(0.42)
|
$(0.38)
|
$(1.01)
|
$(1.22)
|
$(2.33)
|
Weighted average
number of shares
|
18,053,848
|
8,630,891
|
3,844,840
|
1,428,763
|
1,131,622
|
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our
financial condition and results of operations together with our
financial statements and related notes appearing at the end of this
prospectus. Some of the information contained in this discussion
and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this prospectus, including
information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business
and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. You should read the "Risk Factors"
section of this prospectus for a discussion of important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements
contained in the following discussion and analysis.
We are focused on the development, marketing and sales of a
proprietary technology which is capable of uniquely identifying and
authenticating almost any substance using electromagnetic energy to
create, record and detect the unique digital
“signature” of the substance. We call our technology
“ChromaID™” and
“Bio-RFID™.”
Overview
Historically we have focused on the development of our proprietary
ChromaID™ technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs (light
emitting diodes) we map the color of substances, fluids and
materials and with our proprietary processes we can authenticate,
identify and diagnose 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. Our ChromaID scanner sees what we like to
call “Nature’s Color Fingerprint.” Everything in
nature has a unique color identifier and with ChromaID we can see
it, and identify, authenticate and diagnose based upon the color
that is present. Our ChromaID scanner is capable of uniquely
identifying and authenticating almost any substance or liquid using
light to create, record and detect its unique color signature. We
will continue to develop and enhance our ChromaID technology and
extend its capacity. More recently, we have focused upon extensions
and new inventions that are derived from and extend our ChromaID
technology which we call Bio-RFID. The rapid advances made with
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. We will
also, as time permits, pursue licensing opportunities with third
parties who have ready applications for our
technology.
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 and we are winding down it operations in a methodical
manner. 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 good will
associated with its historic acquisition and we continue to monitor
this subsidiary.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents certain consolidated statement of
operations information and presentation of that data as a
percentage of change from year-to-year.
(dollars in thousands)
|
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%
|
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YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER
30, 2018
Sales
Net 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.
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
$4,242,490 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Our contractual cash obligations as of September 30, 2019 are
summarized in the table below:
|
|
Less
Than
|
|
|
Greater
Than
|
Contractual Cash
Obligations (1)
|
Total
|
1
Year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
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 at a warehouse
location. We recorded 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.
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).
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Derivative financial instruments -We evaluate all of its
financial instruments to determine if such instruments are
derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded
derivatives. 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.
Accounts Receivable and Revenue – We recognize 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, we extend thirty day terms to some customers. Accounts
receivable are reviewed periodically for
collectability.
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.
Stock Based Compensation – We have share-based compensation plans
under which employees, consultants, suppliers and directors may be
granted restricted stock, as well as options to purchase shares of
our common stock at the fair market value at the time of grant.
Stock-based compensation cost is measured by us at the grant date,
based on the fair value of the award, over the requisite service
period using an estimated forfeiture rate. For options issued to
employees, we recognize stock compensation costs utilizing the fair
value methodology over the related period of
benefit. Grants of stock options and stock to
non-employees and other parties are accounted for in accordance
with the ASC 718.
Convertible Securities – Based upon ASC 815-15, we have
adopted a sequencing approach regarding the application of ASC
815-40 to convertible securities issued subsequent to September 30,
2015. We will evaluate our contracts based upon the earliest
issuance date.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES 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.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Reference is made to our consolidated financial statements
beginning on page F-1 of this report.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
Dismissal of SD Mayer and Associates, LLP
On
October 3, 2019, we dismissed SD Mayer and Associates, LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to
change accountants was approved by our Audit
Committee.
The SD
Mayer reports on our consolidated financial statements for the past
two fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer
of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles, except that the audit report
of SD Mayer on our financial statements for fiscal years 2017 and
2018 contained an explanatory paragraph which noted that there was
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern.
During
our fiscal years ended September 30, 2017 and 2018 and through
October 3, 2019, (i) there were no disagreements with SD Mayer on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which
disagreements, if not resolved to SD Mayer’s satisfaction,
would have caused SD Mayer to make reference to the subject matter
of such disagreements in its reports on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements for such years, and (ii) there
were no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K.
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Engagement of BPM LLP
On
October 3, 2019 we, upon the Audit Committee’s approval,
engaged the services of BPM LLP and as our new independent
registered public accounting firm to audit our consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 2019 and for the year then
ended. BPM will be performing reviews of the unaudited consolidated
quarterly financial statements to be included in our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q going forward.
During
each of our two most recent fiscal years and through the date of
this report, (a) we have not engaged BPM as either the principal
accountant to audit our financial statements, or as an independent
accountant to audit a significant subsidiary of the Company and on
whom the principal accountant is expected to express reliance in
its report; and (b) we or someone on its behalf did not consult
with BPM with respect to (i) either: the application of accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or
proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on
our financial statements, or (ii) any other matter that was either
the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event as set forth in
Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of our management, of the effectiveness of the design
and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. The term
“disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), means controls
and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports
it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the
Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure
controls and procedures also include, without limitation, controls
and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the
company's management, including its principal executive and
principal financial officers, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our principal
executive and principal financial officers concluded as of
September 30, 2019 that our
disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the
reasonable assurance level due to the material weaknesses in our
internal controls over financial reporting discussed immediately
below.
Identified Material Weakness
A
material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies,
that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material
misstatement of the financial statements will not be prevented or
detected.
Management
identified the following material weakness during its assessment of
internal controls over financial reporting:
Personnel: We do not employ a full time Chief Financial
Officer. Our Chairman serves as interim Chief Financial Officer. We
utilize a consultant to assist with our financial reporting. During
2020, we expect to strengthen the finance staff and improve
internal controls over documentation.
Audit Committee: While we have
an audit committee, we lack a financial expert. During 2020, the
Board expects to appoint an additional independent Director to
serve as Audit Committee Chairman who is an “audit
committee financial expert” as defined by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and as adopted under the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(b) Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Our internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, our CEO and CFO,
or persons performing similar functions, and effected by our board
of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (GAAP). Our internal control
over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
disposition of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and
that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only
in accordance with authorization of management and directors of the
Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements.
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Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting as of September 30,
2019. In making this assessment, management used the
criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated
Framework. Based on
its evaluation, management has concluded that the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of
September 30, 2019.
Pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 308(b), this Annual Report on Form
10-K does not include an attestation report of our company’s
registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate. A control system, no matter how well designed and
operated can provide only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance
that the control system’s objectives will be
met. The design of a control system must reflect the
fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of
controls must be considered relative to their cost.
c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
During
the three months ended September 30,
2019, there were no changes in our internal controls over
financial reporting during this fiscal quarter that materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to have a materially affect, on
our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
There were no disclosures of any information required to be filed
on Form 8-K during the three months ended September 30, 2019 that
were not filed.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The
following table sets forth certain information about our current
directors and executive officers:
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Name
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Age
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Director/
Executive Officer
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Directors-
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Ronald
P. Erickson
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76
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Chairman
and Interim Chief Financial Officer (1)
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Phillip
A. Bosua
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46
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Jon
Pepper
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68
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Director
(2)
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Ichiro
Takesako
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60
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Director
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William
A. Owens
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79
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Director
(3)
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(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:
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appointed as General Manager of Sales and Marketing Department of
Micro Technology Division
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April 2009:
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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.
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July 2010:
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appointed as Executive Director of SPP Process Technology Systems,
100% owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products then,
stationed in Newport, Wales
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August 2011:
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appointed as General Manager, Corporate Strategic Planning
Group
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January 2013:
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appointed as Chief Executive Officer of M2M Technologies, Inc., a
company invested by Sumitomo Precision products
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April 2013:
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appointed as General Manager of Business Development Department, in
parallel of CEO of M2M Technologies, Inc.
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April 2014:
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relieved from General Manager of Business Development Department
and is responsible for M2M Technologies Inc. as its
CEO
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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.
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.
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Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among our directors and executive
officers.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of our directors or executive officers has, during the past
ten years:
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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);
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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:
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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;
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Engaging in any type of business practice; or
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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;
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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;
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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
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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.
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Board Committees
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.
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Nominations
and
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Audit
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Compensation
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Corporate
Governance
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Jon
Pepper (Chairman)
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William
A. Owens (Chairman)
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Ron
Erickson (Chairman)
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William
A. Owens
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Jon
Pepper
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Phillip
A. Bosua
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Ichiro
Takesako
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Ichiro
Takesako
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William
A. Owens
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Jon
Pepper
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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
No member of the Compensation Committee during the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2019 served as an officer, former officer, or
employee of the Company or participated in a related party
transaction that would be required to be disclosed in this
prospectus. Further, during this period, no executive officer of
the Company served as:
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a member of the Compensation Committee or equivalent of any other
entity, one of whose executive officers served as one of our
directors or was an immediate family member of a director, or
served on our Compensation Committee; or
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a director of any other entity, one of whose executive officers or
their immediate family member served on our Compensation
Committee.
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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.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Overview of Compensation Program
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material
elements of compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to each of
our executive officers named in the Compensation Table on page
36 under “Remuneration of Executive Officers” (the
“Named Executive Officers”) who served during the year
ended September 30, 2019. This compensation discussion primarily
focuses on the information contained in the following tables and
related footnotes and narrative for the last completed fiscal year.
We also describe compensation actions taken after the last
completed fiscal year to the extent that it enhances the
understanding of our executive compensation disclosure. The
principles and guidelines discussed herein would also apply to any
additional executive officers that the Company may hire in the
future.
The Compensation Committee of the Board has responsibility for
overseeing, reviewing and approving executive compensation and
benefit programs in accordance with the Compensation
Committee’s charter. The members of the Compensation
Committee are William A. Owens, Jon Pepper and Ichiro
Takesako.
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
The major compensation objectives for the Company’s executive
officers are as follows:
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to attract and retain highly qualified individuals capable of
making significant contributions to our long-term
success;
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to motivate and reward named executive officers whose knowledge,
skills, and performance are critical to our success;
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to closely align the interests of our named executive officers and
other key employees with those of its shareholders;
and
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to utilize incentive based compensation to reinforce performance
objectives and reward superior performance.
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Role of Chief Executive Officer in Compensation
Decisions
The Board approves all compensation for the chief executive
officer. The Compensation Committee makes recommendations on the
compensation for the chief executive officer and approves all
compensation decisions, including equity awards, for our executive
officers. Our chief executive officer makes recommendations
regarding the base salary and non-equity compensation of other
executive officers that are approved by the Compensation Committee
in its discretion.
Setting Executive Compensation
The Compensation Committee believes that compensation for the
Company’s executive officers must be managed to what we can
afford and in a way that allows for us to meet our goals for
overall performance. 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.
Since April 10, 2018, the Compensation Committee and the Board
compensated its Chief Executive Officer with an annual salary of
$225,000. On March 5, 2019, the annual compensation was
increased to $240,000.
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This compensation reflected the financial condition of the Company.
Other Named Executive Officers were paid by us during 2019 and
2018. The Compensation Committee does not use a peer group of
publicly-traded and privately-held companies in structuring the
compensation packages.
Executive Compensation Components for the Year Ended September 30,
2019
The Compensation Committee did not use a formula for allocating
compensation among the elements of total compensation during the
year that ended on September 30, 2019. The Compensation Committee
believes that in order to attract and retain highly effective
people it must maintain a flexible compensation structure. For the
year that ended on September 30, 2019, the principal components of
compensation for named executive officers were base
salary.
Base Salary
Base salary is intended to ensure that our employees are fairly and
equitably compensated. Generally, base salary is used to
appropriately recognize and reward the experience and skills that
employees bring to the Company and provides motivation for career
development and enhancement. Base salary ensures that all employees
continue to receive a basic level of compensation that reflects any
acquired skills which are competently demonstrated and are
consistently used at work.
Base salaries for the Company’s named executive officers are
initially established based on their prior experience, the scope of
their responsibilities and the applicable competitive market
compensation paid by other companies for similar positions. Mr.
Erickson and Mr. Wilson were compensated as described above based
on the financial condition of the Company.
Performance-Based Incentive Compensation
The Compensation Committee believes incentive compensation
reinforces performance objectives, rewards superior performance and
is consistent with the enhancement of stockholder value. All of the
Company’s Named Executive Officers are eligible to receive
performance-based incentive compensation. The Compensation
Committee did not recommend or approve payment of any
performance-based incentive compensation to the Named Executive
Officers during the year ended September 30, 2019 based on our
financial condition.
Ownership Guidelines
The Compensation Committee does not require our executive officers
to hold a minimum number of our shares. However, to directly align
the interests of executive officers with the interests of the
stockholders, the Compensation Committee encourages each executive
officer to maintain an ownership interest in the
Company.
Stock Option Program
Stock options are an integral part of our executive compensation
program. They are intended to encourage ownership and retention of
the Company’s common stock by named executive officers and
employees, as well as non-employee members of the Board. Through
stock options, the objective of aligning employees’ long-term
interest with those of stockholders may be met by providing
employees with the opportunity to build a meaningful stake in the
Company.
The Stock Option Program assists us by:
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enhancing the link between the creation of stockholder value and
long-term executive incentive compensation;
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providing an opportunity for increased equity ownership by
executive officers; and
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maintaining competitive levels of total compensation.
Stock option award levels are determined by the Compensation
Committee and vary among participants’ positions within the
Company. Newly hired executive officers or promoted executive
officers are generally awarded stock options, at the discretion of
the Compensation Committee, at the next regularly scheduled
Compensation Committee meeting on or following their hire or
promotion date. In addition, such executives are eligible to
receive additional stock options on a discretionary basis after
performance criteria are achieved.
Options are awarded at the closing price of our common stock on the
date of the grant or last trading day prior to the date of the
grant. The Compensation Committee’s policy is not to grant
options with an exercise price that is less than the closing price
of our common stock on the grant date.
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Generally, the majority of the options granted by the Compensation
Committee vest quarterly over two to three years or annually over
five years of the 5-10-year option term. Vesting and exercise
rights cease upon termination of employment and/or service, except
in the case of death (subject to a one year limitation), disability
or retirement. Stock options vest immediately upon termination of
employment without cause or an involuntary termination following a
change of control. Prior to the exercise of an option, the holder
has no rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares subject
to such option, including voting rights and the right to receive
dividends or dividend equivalents.
The Named Executive Officers received stock grants and option
awards during the year ended September 30, 2019.
Retirement and Other Benefits
We have no other retirement, savings, long-term stock award or
other type of plans for the Named Executive Officers.
Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits
During the year ended September 30, 2019, we provided the Named
Executive Officers with medical insurance. No other personal
benefits were provided to these individuals. The committee expects
to review the levels of perquisites and other personal benefits
provided to Named Executive Officers annually.
Employment Agreement with Phillip A. Bosua, Chief Executive
Officer
On April 10, 2018, we 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 our 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, we 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 was 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.
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, we 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.
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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.
Tax and Accounting Implications
Deductibility of Executive Compensation
Subject to certain exceptions, Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") generally denies a
deduction to any publicly held corporation for compensation paid to
its chief executive officer and its three other highest paid
executive officers (other than the principal financial officer) to
the extent that any such individual's compensation exceeds $1
million. “Performance-based compensation” (as defined
for purposes of Section 162(m)) is not taken into account for
purposes of calculating the $1 million compensation limit, provided
certain disclosure, shareholder approval and other requirements are
met. We periodically review the potential consequences of Section
162(m) and may structure the performance-based portion of our
executive compensation to comply with certain exceptions to Section
162(m). However, we may authorize compensation payments that do not
comply with the exceptions to Section 162(m) when we believe that
such payments are appropriate and in the best interests of the
stockholders, after taking into consideration changing business
conditions or the officer's performance.
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
Accounting for stock-based payments including its Stock Option
Program is done in accordance with the requirements of ASC 718,
“Compensation-Stock Compensation.”
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Compensation Committee, composed entirely of independent
directors in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations,
sets and administers policies that govern the Company's executive
compensation programs, and incentive and stock programs. The
Compensation Committee of the Company has reviewed and discussed
the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of
Regulation S-K with management and, based on such review and
discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board
that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this
Proxy Statement.
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
William A. Owens, Chairman
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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
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All
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|
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|
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Stock
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Option
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
Salary
|
Bonus
|
Awards
|
Awards
|
Compensation
|
Total
|
Name
|
Principal
Position
|
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
(3)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
Salary-
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Ronald P. Erickson
(1)
|
Chairman of the Board and Interim
Chief Financial Officer
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9/30/19
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$ 188,750
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$ -
|
$ 102,000
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
$ 290,750
|
|
|
9/30/18
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$ 180,000
|
$ -
|
$ 21,000
|
$ -
|
$ -
|
$ 201,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phillip A. Bosua
(2)
|
Chief Executive
Officer
|
9/30/19
|
$ 233,750
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$ -
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$ -
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$ -
|
$ -
|
$ 233,750
|
|
|
9/30/18
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$ 106,095
|
$ -
|
$ 177,000
|
$
1,280,000
|
$ 167,500
|
$
1,730,595
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(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.
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(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.
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Estimated
Future Payouts Under
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Estimated
Future Payouts Under
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All Other
Stock
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All Other Option
Awards
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Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
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Equity Incentive
Plan
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Awards;
Number
of
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Number of
Securities
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Exercise
or
|
Grant
Date
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Awards
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Awards
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Shares
of
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Underlying
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Base Price
of
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Fair Value
of
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Grant
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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Stock or
Units
|
Options
|
Option
Awards
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Stock and
Option
|
Name
|
|
Date
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($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
|
(#)
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($/Sh)
(2)
|
Awards
|
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|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(1)
|
|
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$-
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$-
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$-
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100,000
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100,000
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100,000
|
100,000
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-
|
$1.020
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$102,000
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Phillip A.
Bosua
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$-
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$-
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$-
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-
|
-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
$-
|
$-
|
(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 $0.17 per share when authorized by the
Board..
(2) These amounts reflect the grant date market value as required
by Regulation S-K Item 402(n)(2), computed in accordance with FASB
ASC Topic 718.
Outstanding Equity Awards as of Fiscal Year Then Ended September
30, 2019
Our Named Executive Officers have the following outstanding equity
awards as of September 30, 2019.
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Option
Awards
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Name
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexerciseable
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
(2)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
|
|
|
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Ronald P.
Erickson
|
-
|
-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Phillip A. Bosua
(1)
|
312,500
|
687,500
|
$1.28
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7/23/23
|
(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.
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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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Early
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Not For
Good
|
Change
in
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|
Executive
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For
Cause
|
or
Normal
|
Cause
|
Control
|
Disability
|
Payments
Upon
|
Termination
|
Retirement
|
Termination
|
Termination
|
or
Death
|
Separation
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
Compensation:
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|
|
|
|
|
Base salary
(1)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$195,000
|
$195,000
|
$-
|
Performance-based
incentive
|
|
|
|
|
|
compensation
(2)
|
$-
|
$-
|
$17,000
|
$17,000
|
$-
|
Stock
options
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefits and
Perquisites:
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|
|
|
|
|
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:
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Early
|
Not For
Good
|
Change
in
|
|
Executive
|
For
Cause
|
or
Normal
|
Cause
|
Control
|
Disability
|
Payments
Upon
|
Termination
|
Retirement
|
Termination
|
Termination
|
or
Death
|
Separation
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
on
9/30/2019
|
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 36 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.
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Stock
|
Option
|
Other
|
|
Name
|
Awards
|
Awards
(3)
|
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.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
ownership of our common stock as of September 30, 2019
by:
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●
|
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)
|
7,989,015
|
32.0%
|
Phillip A. Bosua
(2)
|
3,167,500
|
17.0%
|
Jon Pepper
(3)
|
238,000
|
1.3%
|
Ichiro Takesako
(4)
|
150,000
|
*
|
William A. Owens
(5)
|
650,000
|
3.5%
|
Total Directors and
Officers (5 in total)
|
12,194,515
|
66.4%
|
* Less than 1%.
(1) Reflects 1,358,085 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 2,855,000 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Phillip A. Bosua and vested stock option
grants to purchase 312,500 shares of our common stock that are
exercisable within 60 days.
(3) Reflects 238,000 shares of shares of common stock beneficially
owned by Jon Pepper.
(4) Reflects 150,000 shares of shares of common stock beneficially
owned Ichiro Takesako.
(5) Reflects 450,000 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.
|
Shares
Beneficially Owned
|
|
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Greater Than 5%
Ownership
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clayton A. Struve
(1)
|
21,478,075
|
55.0%
|
|
Blocker at
4.99%
|
|
|
|
|
Ronald P. Erickson
(2)
|
7,989,015
|
32.0%
|
|
|
|
Phillip
A. Bosua (3)
|
3,167,500
|
17.0%
|
|
|
|
Dale Broadrick
(4)
|
2,226,036
|
11.4%
|
(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. The
address of Mr. Struve is 175 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 440,
Chicago, IL 60604.
(2) Reflects 1,358,085 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 2,855,000 shares of shares of common stock
beneficially owned by Phillip A. Bosua and vested stock option
grants to purchase 312,500 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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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Related Party Transactions
Related party transactions for the year ended September 30, 2019
and 2018 are detailed below and in the Footnotes to this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Review and Approval of Related Person Transactions
We have operated under a Code of Conduct for many years. Our Code
of Conduct 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 the
Company’s interests or adversely affect its reputation. It is
understood, however, that certain relationships or transactions may
arise that would be deemed acceptable and appropriate upon full
disclosure of the transaction, following review and approval to
ensure there is a legitimate business reason for the transaction
and that the terms of the transaction are no less favorable to the
Company than could be obtained from an unrelated
person.
The Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving all
transactions with related persons. The Company has not adopted a
written policy for reviewing related person transactions. The
Company reviews all relationships and transactions in which the
Company 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 the Company or a related person are
disclosed.
Director Independence
The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Pepper, Mr.
Takesako and Mr. 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.
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.
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.
Transactions with Clayton Struve
We have
the following transactions with Clayton Struve:
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Convertible Promissory Note dated September 30, 2016
On September 30, 2016, we entered into a $210,000 Convertible
Promissory Note with Clayton A. Struve, an accredited investor of
the Company, to fund short-term working capital. The Convertible
Promissory Note accrued interest at a rate of 10% per annum and was
due on March 30, 2017. The Note holder can convert the Note into
common stock at $0.70 per share. This note was extended in the
Securities Purchase Agreement, General Security Agreement and
Subordination Agreement dated August 14, 2017 with a maturity date
of August 13, 2018. Also, the conversion price of the Debenture was
adjusted to $0.25 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The
balance was increased $75,000 during the year ended September 30,
2018. On November 16, 2018, we signed Amendment 1 to Senior
Secured Convertible Redeemable Notes dated September 30, 2016
extending the due dates of the Note to February 27, 2019. On
September 24, 2018, Mr. Struve converted $200,000 of the Note into
800,000 shares of our common stock.
Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2017
On August 14, 2017, we issued a senior convertible exchangeable
debenture with a principal amount of $360,000 and a common stock
purchase warrant to purchase 1,440,000 shares of common stock in a
private placement to Clayton Struve for gross proceeds of $300,000
pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2017.
The debenture accrues interest at 20% per annum and matures August
13, 2018.
On the same date, we entered into a General Security Agreement with
the Mr. Struve, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to grant a
security interest to the investor in substantially all of our
assets, effective upon the filing of a UCC-3 termination statement
to terminate the security interest held by Capital Source Business
Finance Group in the assets of the Company. In addition, an entity
affiliated with Ronald P. Erickson, out then Chief Executive
Officer, entered into a Subordination Agreement with the investor
pursuant to which all debt owed by us to such entity is
subordinated to amounts owed by us to Mr. Struve under the
Debenture (including amounts that become owing under any Debentures
issued to the investor in the future).
The initial conversion price of the Debenture is $0.25 per share,
subject to certain adjustments. The initial exercise price of the
Warrant is $0.25 per share, also subject to certain
adjustments.
As part of the Purchase Agreement, we granted the investor
“piggyback” registration rights to register the shares
of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Debenture and
the exercise of the Warrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for resale or other disposition.
The Debenture and the Warrant were issued in a transaction that was
not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended in
reliance upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section
4(a)(2) of the Act and Rule 506 of SEC Regulation D under the Act.
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Mr. Struve may purchase
up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 principal amount of Debentures
(before a 20% original issue discount) (and Warrants to purchase up
to an aggregate of 250,000 shares of common stock). These
securities are being offered on a “best efforts” basis
by the placement agent.
On December 12, 2017, we closed an additional $250,000 and issued a
senior convertible exchangeable debenture with a principal amount
of $300,000 and a common stock purchase warrant to purchase
1,200,000 shares of common stock in a private placement dated
December 12, 2017 with Mr. Struve pursuant to a Securities Purchase
Agreement dated August 14, 2017.
On March 2, 2018, we received gross proceeds of $280,000 in
exchange for issuing a senior convertible redeemable debenture with
a principal amount of $336,000 and a warrant to purchase 1,344,000
shares of common stock in a private placement dated February 28,
2018 with Mr. Struve pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement
dated August 14, 2017.
On
November 16, 2018, we signed Amendment 1 to Senior Secured
Convertible Redeemable Notes dated August 14, 2017 and December 12,
2017, extending the due dates of the Notes to February 27, 2019.
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.
Series C and D Preferred Stock and Warrants
See
page 40 for a description of Series C and D Preferred Stock and
Warrants with Mr. Struve.
Debt Offering
Mr.
Struve invested $1,000,000 in the debt offering that closed in May
2019.
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Related Party Transactions with Ronald P. Erickson
On January 16, 2018, Mr. Erickson was issued 100,000 of restricted
common stock on to 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.
On
January 25, 2018, we 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, we 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, we 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 $458,500
as of September 30, 2019.
Related Party Transaction with Phillip A. Bosua
On
February 7, 2018, we 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, 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 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.
Stock Issuances to Named Executive Officers and
Directors
During January to May 2018, we 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 at
$3.03 per share.
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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy
The Audit Committee has established a pre-approval policy and
procedures for audit, audit-related and tax services that can be
performed by the independent auditors without specific
authorization from the Audit Committee subject to certain
restrictions. The policy sets out the specific services
pre-approved by the Audit Committee and the applicable limitations,
while ensuring the independence of the independent auditors to
audit the Company's financial statements is not impaired. The
pre-approval policy does not include a delegation to management of
the Audit Committee’s responsibilities under the Exchange
Act. During the year ended September 30, 2019, the Audit Committee
pre-approved all audit and permissible non-audit services provided
by our independent auditors.
Service Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
The Audit Committee engaged BPM LLP to perform an annual audit of
the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2019. BPM did not perform any services prior to
September 30, 2019. Previously the Audit Committee engaged SD Mayer
and Associates, LLP to perform an annual audit of the
Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 2019. The following is the breakdown of aggregate
fees paid to SD Mayer and Associates, LLP for the last two fiscal
years. The audit fees listed below are those billed in the
respective fiscal year but generally relate to the prior fiscal
year:
|
Year
Ended
|
Year
Ended
|
|
September
30,
2019
|
September
30,
2018
|
Audit
fees
|
$53,620
|
$42,000
|
Audit related
fees
|
26,000
|
24,500
|
Tax
fees
|
7,500
|
3,289
|
All other
fees
|
7,800
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
$94,920
|
$69,789
|
-
“Audit Fees” are fees paid for professional services
for the audit of our financial statements.
-
“Audit-Related fees” are fees paid for professional
services not included in the first two categories, specifically,
SAS 100 reviews, SEC filings and consents, and accounting
consultations on matters addressed during the audit or interim
reviews, and review work related to quarterly filings.
-
“Tax Fees” are fees primarily for tax compliance in
connection with filing US income tax returns.
-
“All other fees” for 2019 and related to the reviews of
Registration Statements on Form S-1.
SECTION16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
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.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The company’s financial statements, as indicated by the Index
to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth below, begin on page
F-1 of this Form 10-K. Financial statement schedules have been
omitted because they are not applicable or the required information
is included in the financial statements or notes
thereto.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Title of Document
|
|
Page
|
Report
of BPM LLP
|
|
F-1
|
|
|
|
Report of SD Mayer and Associates, LLP.
|
|
F-2
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and
2018
|
|
F-3
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September
30, 2019 and 2018
|
|
F-4
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' (Deficit) for
the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018
|
|
F-5
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September
30, 2019 and 2018
|
|
F-6
|
|
|
|
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
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F-7
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(b)
|
Exhibits
|
The
exhibits required to be filed herewith by Item 601 of
Regulation S-K, as described in the following index of exhibits,
are attached hereto unless otherwise indicated as being
incorporated by reference, as follows:
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 8-K, filed August 17, 2012)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Articles
of Merger (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 3, 2018)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
2011
Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed
January 11, 2013)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Form of
Amended and Restated Registration Rights 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)
|
46
Form of
Series F Warrant to Purchase Common Stock 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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
General
Security Agreement 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
August 18, 2017)
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated December 12, 2017 issued by Visualant,
Incorporated to accredited investor. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 22,
2017)
|
|
|
|
Schedule
A to Subordination Agreement dated December 12, 2017 by and between
an entity affiliated with Ronald P. Erickson and accredited
investor. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed December 22, 2017)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated February 28, 2018 issued by Visualant,
Incorporated to accredited investor. (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 7,
2018)
|
|
|
|
Consulting
and Services Agreement dated July 6, 2017 amongst Visualant,
Incorporated, Blaze, Inc. and Phillip A. Bosua (incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on December 29,
2017)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note 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)
|
|
|
|
Convertible
Redeemable Promissory Note for Accounts Payable 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)
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated January 31, 2018 by and between
Visualant, Incorporated and Ronald P. Erickson (incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
March 21, 2018)
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated January 31, 2018 by and between
Visualant, Incorporated and J3E2A2ZLP (incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 21,
2018)
|
|
|
|
47
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Form
of subscription agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 29,
2018)
|
|
|
|
Form
of common stock purchase warrant (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 29,
2018)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
Sixth
Modification of Loan and Security Agreement effective December 12,
2018 by and between TransTech Systems, Inc. and Capital Source
Business Finance Group (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed December 20,
2018)
|
|
|
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
|
|
|
|
Form
of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
|
|
|
|
Form
of Subordinated Convertible Note (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
|
|
|
|
Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
|
|
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|
Form
of Subordination Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6,
2019)
|
|
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Form
of Registration Rights 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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
The
Offering Engagement Agreement between Company and Boustead
Securities, LLC dated November 6, 2018 (filed
previously)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
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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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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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant. Filed herewith.
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|
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14. Filed
herewith.
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Certification
of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14. Filed
herewith.
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CEO
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Filed herewith.
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CFO
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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
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101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject
to liability under these sections.
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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.
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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
|
11.79-1.90
|
60,000
|
4.56
|
1.85
|
12,083
|
1.84
|
3.03-4.2
|
2,080,000
|
4.08
|
3.08
|
20,000
|
4.20
|
13.5-15.00
|
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.
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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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Know Labs, Inc. (the "Registrant")
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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KNOW LABS, INC.
(Registrant)
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Date: December 27, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Phillip A
Bosua
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Phillip A. Bosua
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Chief Executive Officer, and Director
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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Date: December 27, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Ronald
P. Erickson
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Ronald P. Erickson
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Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
/s/ Phillip A. Bosua
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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December 27, 2019
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Phillip A. Bosu
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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
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Ronald P. Erickson
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Officer and Director
(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)
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December 27, 2019
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/s/ Jon Pepper
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Director
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December 27, 2019
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Jon Pepper
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/s/ Ichiro Takesako
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Director
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December 27, 2019
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Ichiro Takesako
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/s/ William A. Owens
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Director
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December 27, 2019
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William A. Owens
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