SideChannel, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2020 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

or

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File No. 000-28745

Cipherloc Corporation

(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

6836 Bee Cave Road, Bldg. 1, S#279

Austin, TX 78734

(Address of principal executive offices)

(512) 649-7700

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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Yes [  ] No [ X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b–2 of the Exchange Act).

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

As of April 30, 2020, 40,792,510 shares of the issuer’s common stock were outstanding.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q FILING

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The accompanying interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Therefore, they do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Except as disclosed herein, there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the notes to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial position have been included, and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the year ending September 30, 2020 or any future period.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.

CIPHERLOC CORPORATION

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – THE COMPANY

Cipherloc Corporation (the “Company” or “Cipherloc”) was incorporated in Texas on June 22, 1953 as American Mortgage Company. Effective August 27, 2014, the Company changed its name to Cipherloc Corporation.

NOTE 2 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The accompanying interim unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

Operating results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September 30, 2020 or any future period. Notes to the unaudited interim financial statements that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2019 have been omitted; this report should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the footnotes thereto for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 included within the Company’s Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, cash includes cash on hand and cash in the bank. The Company maintains its cash in accounts held by a large, globally recognized bank, and the balance of such accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits, as guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC insures these deposits up to $250,000. At March 31, 2020, $3,181,121 of the Company’s cash balance was uninsured.

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. The weighted-average number of shares is calculated by taking the number of shares outstanding and weighting them by the amount of time that they were outstanding. Diluted net loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if stock options, warrants, and other commitments to issue common stock were exercised or equity awards vest, resulting in the issuance of common stock that could share in the earnings of the Company.

Diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share during periods where net losses are incurred because the inclusion of the potential common stock equivalents would be anti-dilutive as a result of the net loss. As of March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, the Company had 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding, which are convertible into 1,500,000 shares of common stock. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, 24,216,866 warrants and 1,000,000 as converted shares of convertible preferred stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, 25,015,866 warrants to purchase common stock and 1,500,000 as converted shares of convertible preferred stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

Research and Development and Software Development Costs

The Company expenses all research and development costs, including patent and software development costs. Our research and development costs incurred for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were $1,338,592 and $825,572, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” and a series of amendments which together we identify as “ASC Topic 606”. This new accounting standard, which we adopted on October 1, 2018 using the permitted modified retrospective method, outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenues arising from contracts with customers. The new standard supersedes most previous revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The effect of the adoption of ASC Topic 606 on retained earnings as of October 1, 2018 was not material. The differences between our reported operating results for the six months ended March 31, 2020, which reflect the application of the new standard on our contracts, and the results that would have been reported if the accounting was performed pursuant to the accounting standards previously in effect, also were not material.

Central to the new revenue recognition guidance is a five-step revenue recognition model that requires reporting entities to:

1.       Identify the contract,

2.       Identify the performance obligations of the contract,

3.       Determine the transaction price of the contract,

4.       Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and

5.       Recognize revenue.

The Company accounts for a promise to provide a customer with a right to access the Company’s intellectual property as a performance obligation satisfied over time because the customer will simultaneously receive and consume the benefit from the entity’s performance of providing access to its intellectual property as the performance occurs.

SoundFi – Software License Agreement

The Company entered into a one-year agreement renewable for up to 4 years for an annual $50,000 Shield license fee and $25,000 watermark base license fee with SoundFi LLC (“SoundFi”). Residual income to the Company is earned based on the number of audio files downloaded per year with residual earnings of $.012 per download exceeding 3,000,001 and scaling up to $.00075 per download exceeding 100,000,000. In February 2020, the company received $25,000 for the watermark base license fee. During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized $30,483 in licensing revenue. The Company has determined the best method for measuring licensing revenue to be the passage of time and more specifically on a monthly basis. The recognition of residual income occurs on an annual basis based on download volume provided by SoundFi. A download is defined as an audio file downloaded to a mobile device from the SoundFi servers.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issues Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) to amend the authoritative literature in the ASC. There have been several ASUs to date that amend the original text of the ASCs. Other than those discussed below, the Company believes those ASUs issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to the Company or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820) – Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, to modify the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The ASU removes certain disclosure requirements related to transfers between fair value hierarchy levels and valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. It modifies certain disclosure requirements for investments in entities that calculate net asset value. It adds certain disclosure requirements regarding gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements and unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted ASU 2018-13 on October 1, 2019and the adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s notes to the financial statements.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, to expand the scope of Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which currently only includes share-based payments to employees, to include share-based payments issued to nonemployees for goods or services. Thus, accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees will be substantially aligned. ASU 2018-07 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company adopted ASU 2018-07 on October 1, 2019 and the adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which aims to make leasing activities more transparent and comparable and requires substantially all leases be recognized by lessees on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset (ROU) and corresponding lease liability, including leases currently accounted for as operating leases. Leases of mineral reserves and related land leases have been exempted from the standard. We adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases, on October 1, 2019. We elected the “package of practical expedients” within the standard which permits us not to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We made an accounting policy election to not separate lease and non-lease components for all leases. The adoption of this standard resulted in the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of $0.2 million, which were not previously recorded on our balance sheet.

NOTE 4 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

The Company is currently not involved in any litigation that it believes could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

A disgruntled former consultant has brought an action in Texas state court against the Company and its former chief executive officer, alleging fraud and misrepresentation pertaining to stock and payments alleged to be owed to the consultant. The Company believes it has made all required payments and delivered the stock to the consultant. The consultant has also included a claim of partial ownership of certain of the Company’s patents, which management believes is without merit. The case is currently being defended by the Company and costs relating thereto have been submitted to the Company’s insurance carrier.

In August 2019, the Board of Directors formed a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”) to investigate certain activities of Michael De La Garza (“De La Garza”), our former chief executive officer. The Special Committee has retained legal counsel, and is authorized to retain forensic accountants, to assist the investigation.

In August 2019, the Company initiated litigation against De La Garza in the District Court of Travis Country, Texas (the “Court”) in order to stop him from misappropriating the company’s trade secrets, depleting its monies and other assets, damaging the value of the company in the marketplace, and holding himself out as the company’s CEO. On September 25, 2019, the Court entered a temporary injunction against De La Garza enjoining him from numerous acts including representing himself as the Company’s CEO and from interfering with the current CEO’s management of the company. This litigation is ongoing, and its resolution is unknown. The Special Committee is investigating certain activities of De La Garza, including the Ageos, LLC Operating Agreement, the QHCI/Noun note receivable, an advance/bonus, personal expenditures, and other items. All amounts expended have been expensed as of September 30, 2019. No amounts have been recorded in these financial statements as expected recoveries.

The Company has also sued De La Garza, among others, in federal court seeking to invalidate the unauthorized issuance of 6 million shares of preferred stock to him in 2015. Among other relief, this lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment invalidating the initial issuance of 3 million shares of Cipherloc Series A Preferred Stock to De La Garza. The combined 9 million preferred stock shares were converted to 13.5 million shares of common stock by De La Garza during 2018. The Company alleges that De La Garza failed to comply with both state law and its bylaws when he caused the Company to issue the Preferred Stock to himself as purported compensation. This lawsuit is ongoing, and its resolution is unknown.

Leases

In March 2019, the Company guaranteed a lease on behalf of Ageos, LLC in McLean, Virginia. The lease has a term of three years for 4,359 square feet of space in McClean, Virginia. The initial rent cost is $7,991 per month and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 4.0%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $267,389. The agreement with Ageos was terminated in August 2019 and the Company has made an unwritten offer to assume the lease. No amounts have been accrued for this commitment as of March 31, 2020.

In February 2019, the Company and the landlord for its leased office space in Buda, Texas entered into a new lease agreement, and the Company reduced its rented space from approximately 3,900 to 1,302 square feet. The new lease was effective February 1, 2019 and has a three-year term. The initial monthly rent is $2,566, and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 2.7%. The lease automatically renews for a three-year term, unless either party to the lease agreement notifies the other of the intent to terminate the lease in writing at least 180 days prior to the expiration of the current term. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $58,850.

In October 2018, the Company leased approximately 3,900 square feet of office space on North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. The lease for this facility began on October 4, 2018 and continues until October 31, 2021. Annual rent of $77,180 was prepaid for the first year from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019, and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 5.0%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $132,171.

In February 2020, the Company leased approximately 3,666 square feet of office space on 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia. The lease for this facility began on February 1, 2020 and continues until July 31, 2025. The base annual rent is $159,471, a $100,000 security deposit was paid, and abatement of monthly rent payments was provided until August 1, 2020, and the lease provides for annual rent increases of approximately 2.5%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $938,863.

As the result of restructuring actions intended to conserve cash during the COVID-19 crisis, the landlords of the North Scottsdale Road and the Wilson Boulevard spaces were notified that the Company no longer needed the spaces and is seeking a termination of the lease agreements.

Our significant accounting policies are detailed in Note 2 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019.  Changes to our accounting policies as a result of adopting ASU 2016-02 are discussed below.

The Company has three lease agreements for facilities. Some leases include options to extend for one or more years. These options are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on our Balance Sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with initial terms in excess of 12 months are recorded as operating or financing leases in our Balance Sheet.  

Lease assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use a secured incremental borrowing rates based on the information available at commencement date, including lease term, in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised.

At inception, the Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. Some of the Company’s lease arrangements contain lease components (e.g. minimum rent payments) and non-lease components (e.g. maintenance, labor charges, etc.). The Company generally accounts for each component separately based on the estimated standalone price of each component. For certain leases the Company accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component.

The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Operating Leases

Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU lease assets, and operating lease liabilities and operating long-term lease liabilities on the Balance Sheets. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease expense is recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Lease expense is included in general and administrative expense in the statements of operations and is reported net of lease income. Lease income is not material to the results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Company announced a corporate restructuring on March 31, 2020 which will result in the abandonment of certain office spaces. The Company has recorded an impairment charge of approximately $447,025 which is the estimate of the future payments less projected sublease income from the abandoned office space.

Cash Flows

An initial right-of-use asset of $233,751 was recognized as a non-cash asset addition with the adoption of the new lease accounting standard. Cash paid for amounts included in the present value of operating lease liabilities was $28,534 during second quarter 2020 and is included in operating cash flows. In February 2020, the Company’s new lease in Arlington, Virginia added approximately $734,000 in new lease obligations.

The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for all of our operating lease were as follows as of March 31, 2020:

Significant Judgements

Significant judgements include the discount rates applied, the expected lease terms, and lease renewal options. There are three leases with a renewal option. Using the practical expedient, the Company utilized existing lease classifications as of September 30, 2019. As a result, the lease renewal options were not changed on implementation.

Future annual minimum lease obligations at March 31, 2020 are as follows:

Rent expense totaled $63,353 and $97,685 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively

NOTE 5 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company is authorized to issue 681,000,000 common shares and 10,000,000 preferred shares at a par value of $0.01 per share.

Common Stock

Management determines the fair value of stock issuances using the closing stock price on the grant date.

During the six months ended March 31, 2020, the Company came to a settlement with First Fire and purchased back 149,557 shares and recorded such shares as Treasury Stock.

Preferred Stock

Each outstanding share of preferred stock is convertible into the Company’s common stock at a rate of one preferred share to 1.5 common shares. Each share of preferred stock has 1.5 votes on all matters presented to be voted by the holders of common stock. The holders of preferred stock can only convert the shares upon approval of the Company’s board of directors. If declared by the board of directors, holders of preferred stock are entitled to receive dividends prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend on the common stock of the Company. In the event of liquidation or dissolution of the Company, holders of preferred stock shall be paid out of the assets of the Company prior and in preference to any payment or distribution to holders of common stock of the Company.

NOTE 6- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

There were no related party transactions.

NOTE 7- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Many countries around the world, after year-end, including the United States, were impacted by the coronavirus (the “virus” or “COVID-19”) outbreak. While the virus is continuing to evolve, its implications could involve interruptions to production and supply chains, unavailability of personnel, and reductions in sales, earnings, or productivity. In addition, the Company may be impacted by the broader effects of COVID-19 due to the negative impact the virus has had on the global economy and major financial markets. At this time, management is not aware of any material risk to the Company’s financial statements and cannot quantify the extent the virus may have on the Company’s financial information

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) is making available low-interest rate loans to qualified small businesses, including under its Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). On April 6, 2020, to supplement its cash balance, the Company submitted their application for a loan (“SBA loan”) in the amount of $365,430. On April 12, 2020, Company’s SBA loan application was approved, and the Company received loan proceeds on April 22, 2020. The SBA loan has an interest rate of 1% and matures in April 12, 2022.

Section 1106 of the CARES Act provides for forgiveness of up to the full principal amount of qualifying loans guaranteed under the PPP. The PPP and loan forgiveness are intended to provide economic relief to small businesses, such as the Company, that are adversely impacted under the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration issued by President Trump on March 13, 2020.

On April 21, 2020, the Company received FIPS 140-2 Certification for Mobile Platforms (i.e., Android and iOS). The FIPS 140-2 Certification number is 3645.

On Monday, May 11, 2020, in support of the Company’s plan to conserve cash in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors passed a resolution to defer Director compensation for the calendar quarters ending September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

In this Quarterly Report, “Cipherloc,” “Company,” “our company,” “us,” and “our” refer to Cipherloc Corporation, unless the context requires otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statements

The following information contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that estimate the happening of future events and are not based on historical fact. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “predict,” “probable,” “possible,” “should,” “continue,” or similar terms, variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. The forward-looking statements specified in the following information have been compiled by our management on the basis of assumptions made by management and considered by management to be reasonable. Our future operating results, however, are impossible to predict and no representation, guaranty, or warranty is to be inferred from those forward-looking statements.

Our Business

Cipherloc is a data security solutions company. We are developing an innovative, polymorphic encryption technology designed to enable a significant additional layer of protection to existing solutions. The Company has five international patents and four US patents. We expect to be the industry’s first “Polymorphic Cipher Engine,” called Cipherloc^®. We expect to offer the first secure commercially viable advanced “Polymorphic Key Progression Algorithmic Cipher Engine” (“PKPA”) that can be used in any commercial data security industry and/or in sensitive applications.

Results of Operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

Revenue increased to $11,733 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with 2019. Revenue increased to $30,483 for the six months ended March 31,2020 compared with 2019.

General and administrative expenses were $1,976,044 and $505,807 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increases in general and administrative expenses primarily resulted from an increase in legal expense of $650,000 as a result of pending litigation, an increase in impairment loss on the ROU assets of $447,025 an increase in headcount related expenses of $230,000 and an increase in board and professional fees of $64,000 an increase in rent expense of $50,000 and various other expenses of $29,000.

General and administrative expenses were $3,280,824 and $1,038,781 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses were primarily due to the increase in legal expenses of $1,120,000, an increase in impairment loss on the ROU assets of $447,025, an increase in headcount related expenses of $427,000, an increase in board and professional fees of $174,000, and an increase in various other expenses of $74,000.

Selling and marketing expenses decrease to $331,359 from $434,800, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease is a result of lower consultant frees of $297,000 offset by an increase in headcount related expenses of $161,000.

Selling and marketing expenses decreased to $587,403 from $648,775 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Sales and marketing expenses decreased due to lower consultant fees of $314,000 offset by an increase in headcount related costs of $219,000.

Research and developments costs were $772,577 and $479,677 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. The increase is in consultant fees of $367,000 offset by a decrease in headcount related costs of $74,000. Research and development costs were $1,338,592 and $825,572 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Research and development expenses increased for the six-month period ended March 31, 2020 primarily as a result of higher consultant costs of $570,000 offset by a decrease in headcount related expense of $57,000.

Interest income, net, decreased to $0.00 from $3,328 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had an accumulated deficit at March 31, 2020 of $66,632,869. We expect to decrease expenses but will still generate continued operating losses until we generate revenues sufficient to meet our obligations. At March 31, 2020, the Company had cash of $3,469,849. The Company submitted their application for a loan (“SBA loan”) in the amount of $365,430 and the Company received loan proceeds on April 22, 2020. We believe the restructuring announced on March 31, 2020 will conserve cash sufficient to fund future operations for at least the next 12 months. The restructuring included a reduction in headcount to focus on the engineering and development roles needed to guide our technology through the current phase of critical testing in order to be market ready for customer and partners who can do business with Cipherloc. In doing so, we will reduce our operating costs while advancing the critical steps needed to make our technologies available to the market.

Cash Flow

The following table summarizes, for the periods indicated, selected items in our statements of cash flow:

Operating Activities

Cash used in operating activities was $4,190,651 and $2,487,682 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The change in cash used in operating activities was primarily due to increases in net loss because of increases in operating expenses described above. The net loss increase was partially offset by positive changes in accounts payable and prepaid expenses.

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities was $28,972 and $438,059 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The change in investing activities is related to the funding of the note receivable amounting to $401,000 in the prior period.

Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities was $150,000 and $40,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in cash used by financing activities was due to the legal settlement with First Fire and the purchase of Treasury Stock for $150,000. Last year, a single investor was refunded $40,000 which had been refunded as an oversubscription, and for which shares were not issued.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements, including arrangements that would affect the liquidity, capital resources, market risk support, and credit risk support or other benefits.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

Based on an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) required by paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15, as of March 31, 2020, our Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. We are committed to the remediation of the material weaknesses described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as the continued improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. We are in the process of taking steps to remediate the identified material weaknesses and continue to evaluate our internal controls over financial reporting, including utilizing the services of external consultants for non-routine and\or technical accounting issues as they arise. As we continue our evaluation and improve our internal control over financial reporting, management may identify and take additional measures to address control deficiencies. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in remediating the material weaknesses in a timely manner.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As required by Rule 13a-15(d) of the Exchange Act, our management, including our principal executive officer and our chief financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See “Litigation” in Note 4 – Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to the Financial Statements in Part I, Item I of this document.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

A pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19, may materially and adversely affect our business and operations.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since spread to multiple countries, including the United States and several European countries. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the United States and global economies and may affect our operations and those of third parties on which we rely. While the potential economic impact brought by, and the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult to assess or predict, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global financial markets may reduce our ability to access capital, which could negatively impact our short-term and long-term liquidity. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. We do not yet know the full extent of potential delays or impacts on our business, financing or the global economy as a whole. However, these effects could have a material impact on our liquidity, capital resources, operations and business and those of the third parties on which we rely.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINING SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

There is no information with respect to which information is not otherwise called for by this form.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.