Viewbix Inc. - Annual Report: 2018 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
Commission file number 0-15746
VIRTUAL CRYPTO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Delaware | 68-0080601 | |
(State of Incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
11 Ha’amal Street, Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel | 4809174 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (ZIP Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 400-7198
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of The Act: Common Stock, $0.0001
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in the definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]
On June 30, 2018, the aggregate market value of the 13,605,672 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $2,027,245 based on the closing price of $0.149 of the Registrant’s common stock on June 29, 2018, the last trading day in June 2018. On March 28, 2019, the Registrant had 110,749,643 shares of common stock outstanding.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer | [ ] | Accelerated filer | [ ] | Non-Accelerated filer | [ ] | Smaller reporting company | [X] |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [X]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Cautionary Statement regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Registrant has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Registrant that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Registrant’s other Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Overview and background
On January 17, 2018, Virtual Crypto Technologies, Inc., f/k/a Emerald Medical Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant” or “Company”) formed Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd as a new wholly-owned subsidiary under the laws of the State of Israel (“Virtual Crypto Israel”) and appointed Mr. Alon Dayan, who has served as the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer since June 30, 2018 and has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 14, 2018, as CEO of Virtual Crypto Israel. Virtual Crypto Israel was formed to develop and market software and hardware products facilitating, allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices (the “Products”).
On January 29, 2018, pursuant to resolution of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, the Registrant transferred the management shares of the Registrant’s former Israeli subsidiary, Emerald Medical Applications Ltd. (“Emerald IL”) to Attorney Eviatar Knoller, Esq., with offices in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, as trustee (the “Trustee”) for the purpose of enabling the Trustee to liquidate the management shares and/or the assets of Emerald IL to satisfy its debts.
The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on January 24, 2018, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), reporting that Virtual Crypto Israel had entered into a binding term sheet (the “Chiron Term Sheet”) with Chiron Refineries Ltd. (“Chiron”), a public company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: CHR). Pursuant to the Chiron Term Sheet: (i) Virtual Crypto Israel agreed to appoint a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiron, to be organized under the laws of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (the “Distributor”), as the exclusive distributor of Virtual Crypto Israel’s Products in Turkey, including the territory of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (collectively, the “Territory”); and (ii) the Distributor shall have the right to appoint sub-distributors within the Territory. The appointment of the Distributor was subject to the payment by the distributor to Virtual Crypto Israel of $250,000 as an appointment fee, of which $150,000 was to be deemed an advance payment by the distributor made on account of future purchases of the Company’s Products.
The Company further granted the Distributor an option, exercisable by the Distributor within 12 months from the date on which the ATM Product, including the related software and hardware, was fully tested and ready for installation and operation, to be appointed as an exclusive distributor of the Products for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If the option was exercised, the Distributor was required to pay Virtual Crypto Israel an appointment fee not more than $250,000. In November 2018, Chiron reported that it had encountered financial difficulties and as such the Company will no longer pursue the transactions contemplated by the Chiron Term Sheet.
To date, $100,000 was paid by the Distributor to Virtual Crypto Israel, which has been recognized as revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018.
The Registrant filed a Definitive Information Statement on February 12, 2018 to change its name from Emerald Medical Applications Corp. to Virtual Crypto Technologies, Inc. to reflect its new operations and business focus and, effective on March 7, 2018, FINRA approved the Registrant’s name change and its trading symbol was changed from MRLA to VRCP on the OTCQB.
The disclosure in this annual report relates to our business activities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Additional disclosure has been included in this annual report related to recent developments and subsequent events that occurred after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Reference is made to the disclosure in Note 10-Subsequent Events, to the Notes to Consolidated financial Statements.
During the period commencing January 16, 2018 through March 23, 2018, the Registrant raised $1.9 million in equity capital (the “Equity Raise”) through the offering of units (the “Unit Offering”) at a price of $0.07 per Unit, each Unit consisting of: (i) one (1) share of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”); (ii) one (1) common stock purchase warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share (the “Class F Warrants”); and (iii) one (1) common stock purchase warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.28 per Share (the “Class G Warrants”).The proceeds of the Equity Raise are being utilized by the Registrant to fund the operations of Virtual Crypto Israel including, but not limited to the costs associated with the development of the Products. Reference is made to the disclosure under Item 5. “Market For Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters And Issuer Purchase Of Equity” and under the subcaption “Sale of Unregistered Securities in 2018” with respect to the Equity Raise from the sale of units in 2018.
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The Unit Offering was made by the Registrant: (i) principally pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); and (ii) to a lesser extent pursuant to Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the Act; and (iii) and only to “accredited investors” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the Act. With respect to the Unit Offering made pursuant to Regulation S, the Units were offered in offshore transactions to persons who are not “U.S. Persons” as that term is defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S promulgated by the SEC under the Act.
Recent Developments
Share Exchange Agreement
The operations of Virtual Crypto Israel only generated revenues of $100,000 during the year end December 31, 2018 from one customer, Chiron, who has encountered financial difficulties. During 2018, we spent $790,413 in order to develop our systems in an industry that has experienced significant difficulties over the last 18 months. We believe that this has led to a decrease in the anticipated demand for Virtual Crypto Israel’s products and services. Therefore, on February 7, 2019, we filed a Form 8-K reporting that the Registrant entered into a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Algomizer Ltd., an Israeli Corporation (“Algomizer”), pursuant to which Algomizer will assign, transfer and deliver its 99.83% holdings in Viewbix Ltd., an Israeli corporation, to us in exchange for shares of restricted common stock of representing 65% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company on a fully diluted basis on the closing date, excluding certain warrants to purchase shares of common stock, which will expire in 2020 and with an exercise price representing a valuation equal to $30,000,000 (“Fully Diluted Share Capital”). In addition, upon the earlier of: (a) the launch of a live video product to an American consumer in the U.S by Viewbix Ltd., or (b) the launch of an interactive television product to an American consumer in the U.S., Viewbix Ltd., we will issue Algomizer additional shares of restricted common stock of the Company representing 5% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital.
Furthermore, on the closing date, we will issue Algomizer: (i) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $15,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing, which warrants will be exercisable for a period of ten years, and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $25,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing, which latter warrants will be exercisable for a period of ten years.
The closing of the Share Exchange Agreement is conditioned upon us filing an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to change the Company’s name to ViewBix Inc., effecting a reverse split of our shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:15, which we intend to effect whether or not the transactions under the Share Exchange Agreement will consummate, conversion of our outstanding convertible notes into shares of restricted common stock and Algomizer obtaining a tax pre-ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority relating to the Share Exchange Agreement.
ViewBix Ltd., through its ViewBix Studio, provides its clients with a video engagement platform designed to add enhanced branding and interactive elements – from call-to-action buttons to email captures – to digital videos. ViewBix Studio is simple, intuitive and requires no coding experience, thereby enabling clients to enhance videos and publish them across any platform, for any device in just minutes. Videos enhanced by Viewbix are compatible with existing ad serving, measurement and analytics platforms and easily work within existing agency or client processes for launching advertising campaigns. Beyond adding interactions to video, Viewbix uses second-by-second measurement of engagements to uncover contextual insights as to what, when and how users are engaging or responding to brand messaging.
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Reverse Stock Split
On February 26, 2019, stockholders holding a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock approved an amendment to our certificate of incorporation in order to affect a reverse stock split of the of our common stock on a 1-for-15 basis. We intend to effect such reverse stock split once all approvals for such actions are obtained.
Pursuant to the Reverse stock split, each fifteen (15) shares of our common stock will be automatically converted, without any further action by our stockholders, into one share of common stock. No fractional shares will be issued as the result of the reverse stock split. Instead, each stockholder will be entitled to receive one share of common stock in lieu of the fractional share that would have resulted from the reverse stock split.
The shares of our Common Stock are highly speculative in nature, involve a high degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose their entire amount invested in the Common Stock. Accordingly, prospective investors should carefully consider, along with other matters referred to herein, the following risk factors in evaluating our business before purchasing any shares of Common Stocks. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or operating results could be materially adversely affected. In such case, you may lose all or part of your investment. You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in this Prospectus before investing in our Common Stock. Prospective investors should also carefully consider the fact that several of the risk factors related to our former business are no longer applicable and that there are new risk factors applicable to our new business operations.
Risks Associated with Our Business
Our former DermaCompare operation never achieved market acceptance nor were any revenues ever generated. The failure of such acceptance caused us to cease our DermaCompare operation and divest our DermaCompare subsidiary in January 2018.
Our revenues were expected to come from the sale of the DermaCompare product. As a result, we continued to incur operating losses until our new management and Board of Directors determined to divest the DermaCompare subsidiary. We are now dependent upon our ability to successfully manufacture, via third-party agreements, to develop and market our planned Products implementing software and hardware facilitating, allowing and supporting the purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices (collectively, our “Products”)
We only commenced operations in March 2018, following the equity raise, in the business of developing and marketing software and hardware products facilitating, for the purpose of allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices and, as a result, have no history of operations in such business.
On January 17, 2018, we organized Virtual Crypto Israel as a new, wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary to develop and market software and hardware products facilitating, allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices (the “Products”). To date, these efforts have not produced any significant revenues from our new business activities and we have virtually no history of operations in developing and marketing the Products.
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Our historical financial information does not reflect our new business activities nor our recent agreement to distribute our Products.
As a result, our historic operations do not provide any basis for an evaluation of our business or our current business operations or focus. Our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of operations in new and developing fields such manufacturing and marketing Products for the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and mobile devices. We may expect to incur additional net losses over the next several years as we seek to develop our operations in the field of supporting the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies using our Products. The amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain. If we are unsuccessful at executing on our business plan, our business, prospects, and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
We have an evolving business model.
As blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies become more widely available and utilized in early 2018, we expected the services and products associated with them to evolve and, as a result, our Products would have to continue to evolve. Very recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a Report that promoters that use initial coin offerings or token sales to raise capital may be engaged in the offer and sale of securities in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). While we are not involved, nor will we engage in the business of initial coin offerings or token sales, any adverse impact on the cryptocurrency industry that may occur as a result of the recent SEC Report or other potential regulatory actions may adversely impact our ability to successfully market our Products. From time to time we may modify aspects of our business model rand our Products and there can be no assurance that these or any other modifications will be successful or will not result in harm to the business. We will continue, however, to try and develop Products with in anticipation of any positive change or improvement in the regulatory environments for blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies, of which there can be no assurance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we fully intend to maintain the existence and operations of Virtual Crypto Israel and at December 31, 2018, we had approximately $500,000 in cash available for our Virtual Crypto Israel operations
Our management team has limited experience in the field of manufacturing and marketing our new Products, which are still in development, to support the cryptocurrency market.
The Registrant’s management only determined in or about January 2018 to shift our primary corporate focus towards the manufacture and sale of software and hardware Products facilitating, allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices. Our management and that of Virtual Crypto Israel has relatively limited experience in supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology industry generally. While we intend to expand our management team and staff as market conditions justify with individuals with more experience in this industry and will closely scrutinize any individuals we engage, we cannot assure you that well-qualified individuals will be available to us or that our assessment of individuals we retain will prove to be correct, if and when we determine to engage new personnel, of which there can be no assurance. These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of being involved in a public company which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.
The further development and acceptance of cryptocurrency trading, of which there can be no assurance, represents a new and rapidly changing industry.
If an when the market conditions and regulatory environment for our Products improve, of which there can be no assurance, we will be dependent upon our ability to manufacture and market our Products in a timely manner if we hope to succeed in serving this new and developing industry. We will be subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. Further slowing or stopping of the development or acceptance of cryptocurrencies and our ability to manufacture Products in a timely manner and within the limits of our capital resources may adversely affect an investment in our common stock.
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The use of our Products to purchase and sell cryptocurrencies to, among other things, buy and sell goods and services and/or the acquisition of cryptocurrencies as an investment, is part of a new and evolving industry that has confronted certain adverse regulatory pressure, particularly from the SEC. There can be no assurance that our Products will be accepted by this new and likely demanding market that employs the use of a computer-generated mathematical and/or cryptographic protocol. The growth of this industry, in general, is subject to a high degree of uncertainty. The factors affecting the further development of this industry, include, but are not limited to:
● | continued worldwide growth in the adoption and use of cryptocurrencies and the acceptance of our Products; | |
● | changes in consumer demographics and public tastes and preferences that can limit demand for our Products, compounded by continuing regulatory uncertainty; | |
● | the maintenance and development of hardware and software for our Products; | |
● | the availability and popularity of other forms or methods of buying and selling cryptocurrencies; | |
● | general economic conditions and the regulatory environment relating to cryptocurrencies; and | |
● | negative consumer perception of cryptocurrencies specifically and cryptocurrencies generally. |
A decline in the popularity or acceptance of cryptocurrencies caused by regulatory uncertainty, among other reasons, would harm our ability to market our Products and, as a result, could adversely impact our ability to generate revenues and profits, if any.
Currently, there is relatively small use of cryptocurrencies in the retail and commercial marketplace in comparison to relatively large use by speculators; as a result, we expect that the market for our Products may develop slowly, if at all.
Cryptocurrencies have only recently become accepted as a means of payment for goods and services by certain major retail and commercial outlets and use of cryptocurrencies by consumers to pay such retail and commercial outlets remains limited. As a result, the demand for our Products may be expected to develop slowly, if at all. As a result, we reasonably anticipate that we will not generate positive cash flow from operations for the foreseeable and there can be no assurance that we will ever generate profits.
If we do not keep pace with technological changes, our Products, if and when developed, may not become competitive and/or our competitors may develop and market similar products that receive greater market acceptance.
The market for blockchain technology is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent product and service innovation and evolving industry standards. As a result, our Products must be able to keep pace with this rapidly developing and competitive marketplace and at the same time deal with continuing regulatory uncertainty. There can be no assurance that we will be able to manufacture our Products successfully or, if we can manufacture Products that achieve market acceptance, that we will be able to fulfill demand if such demand exceeds our production capabilities. In fact, there can be no assurance that demand for our Products will ever develop. We expect that we will be dependent on third party manufacturers for the foreseeable future but at present have no firm arrangements for the manufacture of our Products. If we are unable to provide enhancements and new features for our Products and any future product offerings that achieve market acceptance or that keep pace with these technological developments, our business could be adversely affected.
It may be illegal now, or in the future, to acquire, own, hold, sell or use cryptocurrencies and, as a result, the potential use and demand for our Products could be materially adversely affected.
Although currently cryptocurrencies generally are not regulated or are lightly regulated in most countries, including the United States, one or more countries may take regulatory actions in the future that could severely restrict the right to acquire, own, hold, sell or use cryptocurrencies which would adversely impact demand for our Products and/or limit their acceptance by potential users, including locations where we expect to place our Products. Such restrictions may adversely affect the Company. Such circumstances would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern or to pursue this segment at all, which would have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects or operations of the Company and potentially the value of any cryptocurrencies the Company holds or expects to acquire for its own account and harm investors.
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We will be dependent upon our ability to continue to raise equity and/or debt financing at acceptable terms.
We believe that in order to continue as a going concern, including the costs of being a public company, we will need approximately $60,000 per year simply to cover the administrative, legal and accounting fees. We have funded these losses primarily through the sale of restricted shares of our Common Stock and the issuance of convertible notes, which have subsequently been converted into restricted shares of Common Stock.
We generated revenues of $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2018, all of which came from one customer with whom we are no longer doing business, and no revenues for the ended December 31, 2017.
Notwithstanding our capital raise from the sale of our equity securities primarily during the period from January 2018 through March 2018, following the formation of Virtual Crypto Israel, there can be no assurance that we will have adequate capital resources or be able to continue to raise equity and/or debt capital to fund planned operations or that any additional funds will be available to us when needed or at all, or, if available, will be available on favorable terms or in amounts required by us. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital resources to fund operations, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our plan of operations, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern.
Our new Products will be dependent upon software still in development; Software failures, breakdowns in the operations of our servers and communications systems or the failure to implement system enhancements could harm our business.
Our success depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our servers and communications system, all of which are still in early stages of development. A failure of our network or data gathering procedures could impede the processing of data, delivery of databases and services, client data and day-to-day management of our business and could result in the corruption or loss of data. While we plan that all of our operations will have disaster recovery plans in place, such plans, when in place, might not adequately protect us and any failure could irreparably damage any efforts for establishing a successful market presence. In addition, any failure by our computer environment to provide our required data communications capacity could result in interruptions in our service, which could be expected to prevent us from achieving any market acceptance for our new Products.
Additionally, significant delays in the planned delivery of system enhancements, improvements and inadequate performance of the systems once they are completed could damage our reputation and harm our business. Long-term disruptions in the infrastructure caused by events such as natural disasters, the outbreak of war, the escalation of hostilities and acts of terrorism, particularly involving cities in which we have offices, could adversely affect our businesses. Although, we plan to carry property and business interruption insurance for our business operations, our coverage might not be adequate to compensate us for all losses that may occur.
We face risks related to the storage of customers’ and their end users’ confidential and proprietary information.
Our Products are being designed to maintain the confidentiality and security of our customers’ and their end users’ confidential and proprietary data that are stored on our server systems, which may include sensitive personal data. However, any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access to these data could expose us to liability for the loss of such information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and other possible liabilities as well as negative publicity. Techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are difficult to recognize and react to. We may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative or reactionary measures.
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Compliance with changing regulations concerning corporate governance and public disclosure may result in additional expenses.
In recent years, there have been several changes in laws, rules, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and various other new regulations promulgated by the SEC and rules promulgated by the national securities exchanges.
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in July 2010, expands federal regulation of corporate governance matters and imposes requirements on publicly-held companies, including us, to, among other things, provide stockholders with a periodic advisory vote on executive compensation and also adds compensation committee reforms and enhanced pay-for-performance disclosures. While some provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act were effective upon enactment, others will be implemented upon the SEC’s adoption of related rules and regulations. The scope and timing of the adoption of such rules and regulations is uncertain and accordingly, the cost of compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act is also uncertain.
In addition, Sarbanes-Oxley specifically requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure of controls and procedures. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“Section 404”), and our independent registered public accounting firm is required to attest to our internal control over financial reporting.
Our testing, or the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm may reveal deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses. Our compliance with Section 404 will require that we incur substantial accounting expenses and expend significant management efforts. We currently have limited internal audit capabilities and will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. Moreover, if we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identifies deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline, and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
These and other new or changed laws, rules, regulations and standards are, or will be, subject to varying interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity. As a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. Our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards are likely to continue to result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. Further, compliance with new and existing laws, rules, regulations and standards may make it more difficult and expensive for us to maintain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. Members of our board of directors and our principal executive officer and principal financial officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified directors and executive officers, which could harm our business. We continually evaluate and monitor regulatory developments and cannot estimate the timing or magnitude of additional costs we may incur as a result.
We may need to increase the size of our organization and may experience difficulties in managing growth, if any.
At present, we are a small company. If and when the regulatory market permits and the market for blockchain and crypto-currencies stabilize, of which there can be no assurance, we expect to experience a period of expansion in infrastructure and overhead and anticipate that further expansion will be required to address potential growth and market opportunities. Future growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including the need to identify, recruit, maintain and integrate new managers. Our future financial performance and its ability to compete effectively will depend, in part, on its ability to manage any future growth effectively.
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The loss of key personnel could adversely affect our business. We may not be able to hire and retain qualified personnel to support our growth.
The Company’s success depends to a significant extent upon the efforts of its CEO, and other key senior employees and other key personnel. The loss of the services of such personnel could adversely affect our business and our ability to implement our growth plan. We cannot assure you that the services of the members of our management team will continue to be available to us, or that we will be able to find a suitable replacement for any of them. We do not have key man insurance on any members of our management team. If any member of our management team were to die and we are unable to replace either or both of them for a prolonged period of time, we may be unable to carry out our long-term business plan and our future prospect for growth, and our business, may be harmed.
Our success is dependent upon our ability to attract, train, manage and retain sales, marketing and other qualified personnel. There is substantial competition for qualified personnel, and an inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel may impact our ability to implement our strategy to grow our business.
If we are unable to adopt, implement and maintain equity compensation arrangements that provide sufficient incentives, we may be unable to hire and retain employees and attract qualified candidates in the future. If we are unable to hire and retain employees, including qualified technical personnel, and attract additional qualified candidates, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We may not be able to successfully expand our business through acquisitions.
We review corporate and product line acquisition candidates as a part of our growth strategy. If we decided to undertake an acquisition, we may not be able to successfully integrate it in order to realize the full benefit of such acquisition. Factors which may affect our ability to grow successfully through acquisitions include:
● | inability to identify suitable targets given the relatively narrow scope of our business; | |
● | inability to obtain acquisition or additional working capital financing due to our financial condition; | |
● | difficulties and expenses in connection with integrating the acquired companies and achieving the expected benefits; | |
● | diversion of management’s attention from current operations; | |
● | the possibility that we may be adversely affected by risk factors facing the acquired companies; | |
● | acquisitions could be dilutive to earnings, or in the event of acquisitions made through the issuance of our common shares to the shareholders of the acquired company, dilutive to our existing shareholders; | |
● | potential losses resulting from undiscovered liabilities of acquired companies not covered by the indemnification we may obtain from the seller; and | |
● | loss of key employees of the acquired companies. |
We may be unable to integrate ViewBix Ltd.’s business and technology successfully or achieve the expected benefits of such acquisition.
As part of our business strategy, on February 7, 2019, we entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Algomizer Ltd., an Israeli corporation, pursuant to which Algomizer will assign, transfer and deliver its 99.83% holdings in Viewbix Ltd., an Israeli corporation, to us in exchange for shares of restricted common stock as further detailed in “Item 1. Description of Business” above. The Share Exchange Agreement is subject to certain closing conditions including us filing an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to change the Company’s name to ViewBix Inc., effecting a reverse split of our shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:15, conversion of our outstanding convertible notes into shares of restricted common stock and Algomizer obtaining a tax pre-ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority relating to the Share Exchange Agreement. If these conditions are not satisfied or waived, the acquisition will not be consummated. There can be no assurance that we will complete the acquisition on the time frame that we anticipate or under the terms set forth in the Share Exchange Agreement, or at all. Failure to complete the acquisition of ViewBix Ltd. or any delays in completing the acquisition could have an adverse impact on our future business and operations. In addition, we will have incurred significant acquisition-related expenses without realizing the expected benefits.
In addition, even if the acquisition of ViewBix Ltd. under the Share Exchange Agreement is consummated, we may encounter difficulties integrating the business, technology, products, personnel or operations of ViewBix Ltd., particularly if the key personnel of ViewBix Ltd. choose not to work for us or we have difficulty retaining the customers or partners of ViewBix Ltd. due to changes in management or otherwise. Moreover, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of ViewBix Ltd. may not be realized or we may be exposed to unknown liabilities.
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Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Shares issuable upon the conversion of warrants may substantially increase the number of Shares available for sale in the public market and depress the price of our stock.
As of December 31, 2018, we had outstanding: (i) Class F Warrants exercisable to purchase 27,697,855 Shares, at an exercise price of $0.28 per Share.; (ii) Class G Warrants exercisable to purchase 27,697,855 Shares, at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share; (iii) Class H Warrants exercisable to purchase 1,321,429 Shares, at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share; and (iv) Class I Warrants exercisable to purchase 571,429 Shares, at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share .
In addition, upon the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement, of which there can be no assurance, we will issue to Algomizer: (i) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $15,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing, which warrants will be exercisable for a period of ten years, and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $25,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing, which latter warrants will be exercisable for a period of ten years.
To the extent any of these Warrants are exercised and any additional warrants are granted and subsequently exercised, there will be further dilution to stockholders. Until the warrants expire, these warrant holders will have an opportunity to profit from any increase in the market price of our Shares without assuming the risks of ownership. Holders of options and warrants may exercise these securities at a time when we could obtain additional capital on terms more favorable.
The exercise price of the warrants will dilute the voting interest of the owners of presently outstanding shares by adding a substantial number of additional Shares of our Common Stock. We have reserved Shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of the warrants and may increase the Shares reserved for these purposes in the future.
The Shares of our Common Stock which are issuable upon the exercise of any outstanding warrants may be sold in the public market pursuant to Rule 144, if applicable. The sale of our common stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the warrants and options described above, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
We are subject to compliance with securities law, which exposes us to potential liabilities, including potential rescission rights.
We have offered and sold restricted shares of Common Stock and other restricted securities to investors pursuant to certain exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), as well as those of various state securities laws, including the exemptions provided under Regulation S and Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the Act. The basis for relying on such exemptions is factual; that is, the applicability of such exemptions depends upon our conduct and that of those persons contacting prospective investors and making the offering. We have not received a legal opinion to the effect that any of our prior offerings were exempt from registration under any federal or state law. Instead, we have relied upon the operative facts as the basis for such exemptions, including information provided by investors themselves.
If any prior offering did not qualify for such exemption, an investor would have the right to rescind its purchase of the securities if it so desired. It is possible that if an investor should seek rescission, such investor would succeed. A similar situation prevails under state law in those states where the securities may be offered without registration in reliance on the partial preemption from the registration or qualification provisions of such state statutes. If investors were successful in seeking rescission, we would face severe financial demands that could adversely affect our business and operations. Additionally, if we did not in fact qualify for the exemptions upon which it has relied, we may become subject to significant fines and penalties imposed by the SEC and state securities agencies.
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The availability of a large number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock may, upon their issuance, lead to dilution of existing stockholders.
We are authorized to issue 490,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which, as of March 28, 2019, 110,749,643 shares of Common Stock were outstanding. Additional shares may be issued by our board of directors without further stockholder approval. The issuance of large numbers of shares, possibly at below market prices, is likely to result in substantial dilution to the interests of other stockholders. In addition, issuances of large numbers of shares may adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock. Reference is made to the disclosure under Item 1 “Description of Business” and under the subcaption “Recent Development” with respect to the issuance of shares: (i) on the conversion of convertible notes; (ii) representing 65% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company on a fully diluted basis on the closing date of the Share Exchange Agreement; and (iii) of up to 5,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, as well as the issuance of Class T cashless warrants to purchase up to 3,000,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, exercisable within 36 months at an exercise price of $0.01 per restricted shares, as compensation for services rendered by directors, employees and consultants. Such restricted shares and warrants shall be allocated among the relevant existing personnel at the discretion of the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer. As of the date of this Form 10-K, no restricted shares nor Class T warrants were issued by the Company.
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share of which none were issued and outstanding as of the date of this registration statement. The board of directors is authorized to provide for the issuance of these unissued shares of preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares and to determine the rights, preferences and privileges thereof. Accordingly, the board of directors may issue preferred stock which may convert into large numbers of shares of Common Stock and consequently lead to further dilution of other shareholders.
We have never paid cash dividends and do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common shares. We currently plan to retain any earnings to finance the growth of our business rather than to pay cash dividends. Payments of any cash dividends in the future will depend on our financial condition, results of operations and capital requirements, as well as other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.
Our Common Stock is subject to the “Penny Stock” rules of the SEC and the trading market in our stock is limited, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require:
● | That a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks; and | |
● | The broker or dealer receives from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased. |
In order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
● | Obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person; and | |
● | Make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks. |
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The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Commission relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:
● | Sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination; and | |
● | That the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction. |
Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our Common Stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock.
Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may limit a shareholder’s ability to buy and sell our Common Stock.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our Common Stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Our stock is thinly traded, sale of your holding may take a considerable amount of time.
The shares of our Common Stock are thinly-traded on the OTCQB Market, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our Common Stock at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our Common Stock will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained. Due to these conditions, we can give you no assurance that you will be able to sell your shares at or near bid prices or at all if you need money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market.
From time to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their shares of Common Stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to amended Rule 144, non-affiliate stockholders may sell freely after six months, subject only to the current public information requirement. Affiliates may sell after six months, subject to the Rule 144 volume, manner of sale (for equity securities), current public information and notice requirements. Any substantial sales of our Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144 may have a material adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock. Reference is made to the disclosure under the Risk Factor “The availability of a large number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock may, upon their issuance, lead to dilution of existing stockholders” above.
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If we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, the price of our Common Stock may be adversely affected.
Our internal control over financial reporting may have weaknesses and conditions that could require correction or remediation, the disclosure of which may have an adverse impact on the price of our Common Stock. We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely affect our public disclosures regarding our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal controls over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting or disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our Common Stock.
We are required to comply with certain provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and if we fail to comply in a timely manner, our business could be harmed and our stock price could decline.
Rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require an annual assessment of internal controls over financial reporting, and for certain issuers an attestation of this assessment by the issuer’s independent registered public accounting firm. The standards that must be met for management to assess the internal controls over financial reporting as effective are evolving and complex, and require significant documentation, testing, and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards.
We expect to incur expenses and to devote resources to Section 404 compliance on an ongoing basis. It is difficult for us to predict how long it will take or costly it will be to complete the assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for each year and to remediate any deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. As a result, we may not be able to complete the assessment and remediation process on a timely basis. In addition, although attestation requirements by our independent registered public accounting firm are not presently applicable to us, we could become subject to these requirements in the future and we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any resulting changes to internal controls over financial reporting. In the event that our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer determine that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective as defined under Section 404, we cannot predict how the market prices of our shares will be affected; however, we believe that there is a risk that investor confidence and share value may be negatively affected.
Our share price could be volatile, and our trading volume may fluctuate substantially.
The price of our common shares has been and may in the future continue to be extremely volatile, with the sale price fluctuating from a low of $0.1 to a high of $2.24 since 2012. Many factors could have a significant impact on the future price of our common shares, including:
● | our inability to raise additional capital to fund our operations; | |
● | our failure to successfully implement our business objectives and strategic growth plans; | |
● | compliance with ongoing regulatory requirements; | |
● | market acceptance of our product; | |
● | changes in government regulations; | |
● | general economic conditions and other external factors; and | |
● | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results; and the degree of trading liquidity in our common shares. |
Our annual and quarterly results may fluctuate, which may cause substantial fluctuations in our common stock price.
Our annual and quarterly operating results may in the future fluctuate significantly depending on factors including the timing of purchase orders, new product releases by us and other companies, gain or loss of significant customers, price discounting of our product, the timing of expenditures, product delivery requirements and economic conditions. Revenues related to our product are required to be recognized upon satisfaction of all applicable revenue recognition criteria. The recognition of revenues from our product is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the terms of any license agreement and the timing of implementation of our products by our customers.
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Any unfavorable change in these or other factors could have a material adverse effect on our operating results for a particular quarter or year, which may cause downward pressure on our common stock price. We expect quarterly and annual fluctuations to continue for the foreseeable future.
Delaware law contains provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company, prevent attempts to replace or remove current management and reduce the market price of our stock.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition involving us that our stockholders may consider favorable. For example, our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue up to ten million shares of “blank check” preferred stock. As a result, without further stockholder approval, the board of directors has the authority to attach special rights, including voting and dividend rights, to this preferred stock. With these rights, preferred stockholders could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us.
We are also subject to the anti-takeover provisions of the DGCL. Under these provisions, if anyone becomes an “interested stockholder,” we may not enter into a “business combination” with that person for three years without special approval, which could discourage a third party from making a takeover offer and could delay or prevent a change in control of us. An “interested stockholder” is, generally, a stockholder who owns 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or an affiliate of ours who has owned 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock during the past three years, subject to certain exceptions as described in the DGCL.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
After the year-ended December 31, 2018: (i) the Registrant’s subsidiary, Virtual Crypto IL, leased offices facilities from an unaffiliated third-party at 10 Ha’amal Street, Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel 4809234 consisting of approximately 50 square feet of office space, for $800 per month. The Registrant believes that its present facilities are sufficient for the foreseeable future.
In April 2017, a lawsuit was filed with the Tel Aviv court by Mr. Wayn claiming certain damages to the total amount of $100,000, under the assertion of wrongful dismissal by the Registrant and Emerald IL. The Registrant believes these claims to be unsubstantiated and wholly without merit and intends to defend itself against these claims. The Company believes that he will not be successful in his claim. Nevertheless, the outcome of the proceeding will not materially affect the Registrant.
In December 2017, a liquidation request was filed with the Tel Aviv District Court by a group of former employees of Emerald IL, under the assertion of delay of pay and insolvency. On December 20, 2017, at a hearing before the court, it was ordered that the Emerald IL shall settle its pension debts to the former employees under applicable Israeli law within 21 days and settle its other debts to them in 60 days, the failure of which would result in a winding-up order (the equivalent of a liquidation) could be given. Based on the collaboration of Emerald IL and its former employees and the fact that the Company was in negotiation with third-parties for the infusion of equity capital and has started negotiating the sale of certain assets, the Company’s legal advisors believe that the liquidation claim will be dismissed by the court. The amounts being claimed by the former employees was less than $96,000 and are included in current liabilities at December 31, 2018.
On January 29, 2018, the “Registrant”) transferred the ordinary shares of the Registrant’s former Israeli subsidiary, Emerald IL to Attorney Eviatar Knoller, Esq., with offices at 20 Lincoln, Tel Aviv-Jaffa 6713412, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The purpose of the transfer of the management shares to the Trustee, pursuant to resolution of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, was to enable the Trustee to liquidate the management shares and/or the assets of Emerald IL to satisfy its debts and satisfy its financial obligations to former employees. As a result, the former employees of Emerald IL commenced an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in Israel to liquidate Emerald IL and use any assets to satisfy the debts owed to the former employees.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
None.
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON STOCK, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASE OF EQUITY
Market Information
Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQB market under the symbol VCRP. For the periods indicated, the following table sets forth the high and low bid prices per share of common stock. The below prices represent inter-dealer quotations without retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
Fiscal 2018 | Fiscal 2017 | Fiscal 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | |||||||||||||||||||
First Quarter ended March 31 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.51 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 1.75 | $ | 0.55 | ||||||||||||
Second Quarter ended June 30 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.77 | $ | 0.55 | ||||||||||||
Third Quarter ended September 30 | $ | 0.2 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.74 | $ | 0.30 | ||||||||||||
Fourth Quarter ended December 31 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.16 |
Holders of Common Stock
Our transfer agent is Transfer Online, 512 SE Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97214-3444, Phone: (503) 227-2950.
Dividends
Holders of common stock are entitled to dividends if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefore. We have never declared cash dividends on our common stock and our Board of Directors does not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future as it intends to retain future earnings to finance the growth of our businesses.
Rule 144 Shares
As of the date of this Registration Statement, we do not have any significant number of shares of our Common Stock that are currently available for sale to the public in accordance with the volume and trading limitations of Rule 144.
Outstanding Warrants
As described in Note 3. Convertible Nots, the Company’s 6,334,626 Class A Warrants and 5,400,478 Class B Warrants were cancelled during the first quarter of 2018, in connection with the change in terms of the convertible notes.
As described above in this Note 4. Stockholders’ Equity, the Company issued 27,697,855 Class F and 27,697,855, Class G Warrants in connection with the $0.07 Unit Offering.
On January 26, 2018, the Company signed a two-year consulting agreement with Maz Partners, pursuant to which it will to provide investment and corporate finance advice to the Company in consideration for 200,000 Class H Warrants. Each Class H Warrant is exercisable through to January 2020 to purchase one (1) Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share. The fair value of these Class H Warrants at the issuance date was $39,845 and was charged to General and administration expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit.
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The following table summarizes information of outstanding warrants as of December 31, 2018:
Warrants | Warrant Term | Exercise Price | Exercisable | |||||||||||
Investors – Class F Warrants | 27,697,855 | January 2019 -April 2019 | $ | 0.14 | 27,697,855 | |||||||||
Investors – Class G Warrants | 27,697,855 | January 2019 -April 2019 | $ | 0.28 | 27,697,855 | |||||||||
Investors - Class H Warrants | 1,321,429 | January 2019 -March 2020 | $ | 0.14 | 1,321,429 | |||||||||
Investors - Class I Warrants | 571,429 | January 2020 | $ | 0.14 | 571,429 |
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table summarizes information of outstanding options as of December 31, 2018:
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 | ||||||||||
Plan Category | ||||||||||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders 2014 Equity Incentive Plan | 5,076,483 | $ | 0.2 | - |
Sale of Unregistered Securities
During the last three years, the Registrant issued the following restricted shares which were not registered under the Act
Sale of Unregistered Securities in 2016:
Name of Issuee | Date of Issuance | Number of Shares | Consideration | Bases for Issuance | ||||||||||
Yair Fudim | 02/18/2016 | 482,000 | Valued at $0.9995 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Estery Giloz Ran | 02/18/2016 | 482,000 | Valued at $0.9995 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Baruch Kfir | 02/18/2016 | 231,000 | Valued at $0.9995 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Legend Securities Inc | 03/17/2016 | 50,000 | Valued at $0.65per share | Services | ||||||||||
JFS Investments PR LLC | 01/26/2016 | 125,000 | Valued at $1.75 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Garden state securities Inc | 05/04/2016 | 150,000 | Valued at $0.70 per share | Services | ||||||||||
JFS Investments PR LLC | 05/10/2016 | 41,667 | Valued at $0.71 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Kodiak Capital Group LLC | 05/18/2016 | 150,000 | Valued at $0.68 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Alpha Capital Anstalt | 06/26/2016 | 125,000 | Valued at $0.70 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Legend Securities Inc | 06/28/2016 | 50,000 | Valued at $0.70 per share | Services | ||||||||||
JFS Investments PR LLC | 06/30/2016 | 333,333 | Valued at $0.68 per share | Services | ||||||||||
VAR Growth Corporation | 07/01/2016 | 300,000 | Valued at $0.71 per share | Services | ||||||||||
David Treves | 07/27/2016 | 6,767 | Valued at $0.53 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Firstfire Global Opportunities Fund LLC | 08/04/2016 | 31,250 | Valued at $0.49 per share | Services | ||||||||||
Guy Shalom | 10/11/2016 | 119,000 | $0.40 per share | Investment | ||||||||||
Total Shares Issued | 2,677,017 |
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During 2016, the Registrant issued Class A Warrants and Class B Unit Warrants to the following entities for bona fide services to the Registrant. The issuances of these Warrants were in consideration for convertible note payable and was made without registration under the Act in reliance upon the exemptions provided in Section 4(2) of the Act and Reg S.
Name of Subscriber | Bases for Issuance | Date of Issuance | Price Per Unit | Class A Warrant Issued | Class B Warrant Issued | |||||||||||||
Ilan Malca | Subscription Agreement | 05/24/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 100,000 | - | ||||||||||||
Alpha Capital Anstalt | Subscription Agreement | 05/30/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Maz Partners LP | Subscription Agreement | 03/31/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 200,000 | - | ||||||||||||
Chi Squared Capital Inc | Subscription Agreement | 05/30/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||||
Firstfire Global Opportunities Fund LLC | Subscription Agreement | 07/07/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||||||||||||
Guy Shalom | Investment Agreement | 10/11/2016 | $ | 0.40 | 119,000 | - | ||||||||||||
Total Warrants Issued | 1,769,000 | 1,350,000 |
Sale of Unregistered Securities in 2017:
On February 24, 2017, Publicis Groupe 90 (“Publicis 90”) invested 500,000 Euros or approximately U$526,000 and the Registrant accepted a Reg S Subscription Agreement from Publicis 90 in consideration for the issuance to Publicis 90 of 1,315,563 restricted shares of the Registrant’s common stock at a subscription price of $0.40 per share. The issuance was made in reliance upon the exemptions provided in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and Regulation S promulgated by the SEC under the Act.
On April 25, 2017, a holder of a convertible note in the principal amount of $100,000 converted $10,400 into 74,572, shares based on an adjusted conversion price of $0.14. The conversion price was adjusted on March 22, 2017 pursuant to the provisions of the 2016 Secured Convertible Note Agreement.
On June 12, 2017, certain warrant holders holding 1,100,000 Class A Warrants and 1,100,000 Class B Warrants, elected to exercise certain warrants on a cashless basis. In accordance with the 2016 Secured Convertible Note Agreement the Class A warrants and Class B warrants were increased to 5,665,626 each, based on an adjusted share price of $0.14 per share and 3,451,490 Class B Warrants were converted to 1,096,395 shares at $0.14 per share. The exercise price and number of shares issued were adjusted on March 22, 2017.
On June 12, 2017, the Company completed the issuance of 125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Alpha Anstalt Capital (“Alpha”) pursuant to the Company’s agreement with Alpha in the prior year.
In July and August 2017, the Company issued 571,429 units to two accredited investors for $0.14 per unit in total amount of $80,000. Each unit consist (i) 571,429 restricted shares at a price of $0.14 per share, (ii) 571,429 warrants exercisable for a one-year period in exercise price of $0.14, and (iii) 571,429 warrants exercisable for a two-year. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had not issued the shares to the accredited investors.
Sale of Unregistered Securities in 2018:
During the first quarter of 2018, the Company received the aggregate amount of $1,940,950 from certain “accredited investors” in consideration for the issuance of 27,697,855 of the Company’s units at an offering price of $0.07 per Unit, defined as the “$0.07 Unit Offering” discussed above, each consisting of: (i) one Share; (ii) one Class F Warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share; and (iii) one Class G Warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.28 per Share. The offer and sale of these Units, without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), was made in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Regulation S and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
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On February 8, 2018, in connection with the August 2017 Unit Offering discussed above, the Company issued 571,429 units of the Company’s securities to two accredited investors for consideration of $80,000 which was received in August 2017. Each Unit in the August 2017 Unit financing consisted of: (i) one Share; (ii) one Class H Warrant exercisable for twelve months to purchase one additional Share at a price of $0.14 per Share; and (iii) one Class I Warrant exercisable for twenty-four months to purchase one additional Share at a price of $0.14 per Share.
On March 12, 2018, the Company issued a total of 3,629,999 restricted Shares to certain consultants in consideration for services rendered during the first quarter of 2018, which Shares were valued at $892,300, based on the closing share price on the day prior to the date of issuance. The above-mentioned amount was recorded as a charge to the Company’s Statement of Comprehensive Loss, with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid in Capital in the Company’s Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity.
On March 20, 2018, the Company issued a total of 62,500 restricted Shares pursuant to the exercise of a stock option at an exercise price of $0.01 per Share, which option was granted in connection of certain services rendered in October 2016.
On March 9, 2018, the Company signed a consulting agreement with Ayin, Nun, Chaf, Yeuzt Ltd, pursuant to which it will to provide professional legal advice to the Company in consideration for 550,000 Class H Warrants. Each Class H Warrant is exercisable through to March 2020 to purchase one (1) Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share.
On April 20, 2018, the Company issued a total of 700,000 restricted Shares to certain consultants in connection with services rendered during the second quarter of 2018, which Shares were valued at $112,000, based on the closing share price on the day prior to the date of issuance. The above-mentioned amount was recorded as a charge to the Company’s Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid in Capital in the Company’s Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit.
During the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company issued a total of 54,621,800 Shares in connection with the conversion of convertible note in amount of $546,218.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
None.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND PLAN OF OPERATION
Overview
The following plan of operation provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read along with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. This section includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by words like believe, expect, estimate, anticipate, intend, project and similar expressions, or words which refer to future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our predictions.
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Plan of Operations
On January 23, 2018, the Registrant, through its newly organized, wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd. (the “Subsidiary” or “Virtual Crypto Israel”), entered into a binding term sheet (the “Term Sheet”) with Chiron Refineries Ltd. (“Chiron”), a public company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: CHR). Pursuant to the Term Sheet, the Registrant’s Subsidiary agreed to: (i) appoint a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiron, under incorporation under the laws of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, as the exclusive distributor (the “Distributor”) of our Subsidiary’s products (as defined below) in the territory of the Republic of Turkey, including the territory of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (the “Territory”); and (ii) the Distributor shall have the right to appoint sub-distributors within the Territory.
Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd. was formed on January 17, 2018, to develop and market software and hardware products facilitating, allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, PCs and/or mobile devices (the “Products”).
On January 29, 2018, Virtual Crypto Technologies, Inc., f/k/a Emerald Medical Applications Corp. (the “Registrant”) transferred the management shares of the Registrant’s former Israeli subsidiary, Emerald Medical Applications Ltd. (“Emerald IL”) owned by the Registrant to Attorney Eviatar Knoller, Esq., with offices at 20 Lincoln, Tel Aviv-Jaffa 6713412, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The purpose of the transfer of the management shares to the Trustee, pursuant to resolution of the Registrant’s Board of Directors dated January 29, 2018, was to enable the Trustee to liquidate the management shares and/or the assets of Emerald IL to satisfy its debts.
The operations of its former subsidiary never generated any revenues and was unable to raise capital to fund its ongoing operations and satisfy its financial obligations to former employees. As a result, the former employees of Emerald IL commenced an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in Israel to liquidate Emerald IL and use any assets to satisfy the debts owed to the former employees. Effective March 8, 2018, Emerald IL ceased to be a wholly-owned subsidiary and a part of the Registrant.
On January 17, 2018, the Registrant formed Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd as a new wholly-owned subsidiary under the laws of the State of Israel (“Virtual Crypto Israel”).
Our Business Operations during 2018
We were a digital health startup company engaged in the development, sale and service of imaging solutions utilizing our proprietary DermaCompare software that we developed for use in derma imaging and analytics (our “DermaCompare” or “Product”). We believed that the DermaCompare software represents an advancement in skin cancer screening that should enable physicians to more readily identify and monitor changes in their patients’ skin characteristics. As discussed above, we determined in January 2018 to terminate the business of our DermaCompare subsidiary, Emerald IL, and transferred the assets of that subsidiary to the Trustee for liquidation.
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Results of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2017
We generated revenues of $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2018, all of which were generated from our Chiron term sheet agreement. We are no longer pursuing our business relationship with Chiron or its subsidiary. We generated no revenues for the ended December 31, 2017 during which fiscal year we were still trying to commercially exploit our DermaCompare technology, to no avail. We had operating expenses related to research and development and general and administrative expenses
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred $25,006,486 in net loss due to $790,413 in research and development expenses and $1,773,839 in general and administrative expenses, $22,542,234 in financing expenses.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we incurred $1,573,906 in net loss due to $557,300 in general and administrative expenses and $307,516 in financing expenses and $709,090 Loss from discontinued operations available to shareholders of the company.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On December 31, 2018, we have had current assets of $558,677 consisting of $499,919 in cash and other receivables of $41,516 and marketable securities of $17,242. We had $975,153 in current liabilities consisting of $13,115 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, $7,064 employee payable, and short-term portion of convertible notes of $485,449 and liabilities held of sale in respect of our discontinued operations of $469,525.
On December 31, 2017, we have had current assets of $15,181 consisting of $2,959 in cash and other receivables of $12,222. We had fixed assets, net of $14,290. We had $1,011,941 in current liabilities consisting of $445,653 in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, $82,331 in accounts payable to related party, $98,476 employee payable, and short-term portion of convertible notes of $385,481.
We had negative working capital of $416,476 and $996,760 as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company is assessing a number of options to increase its working capital to better sustain its operations. During the first quarter of 2018 we raised $1.9 million through the issuances of convertible loans and addition equity financings. Our total liabilities as of December 31, 2018 were $975,153 compared to $1,618,106 at December 31, 2017.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had negative cash flow from operations of $1,544,054 which was mainly the result of a net loss of $25,006,486, depreciation expense of $14,290, increase in provision for settlements of convertible loan of $21,472,897, $1,150,675 worth of shares and warrants issued for services, $1,040,838 amortization of debt discount, $50,000 decreased of deferred revenues, and loss from marketable securities of $32,758, offset by decrease in working capital of $199,026.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we had negative cash flow from operations of $630,015 which was mainly the result of a net loss of $1,573,906, $2,866 increase in other receivables, $40,339 increase in amounts due from related party and offset by, $189,461 increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $350,208 interest and amortization of discount on convertible debt.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had no cash flow effect from investing activities.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we had negative investing activities resulted from decrease in restricted cash $11,866.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had positive cash flow from financing activities of $2,041,014, which was the result of proceeds of $1,940,951 received from sale of common stock and related warrants (net of issuance expenses), $100,000 received from the issuance of short-term convertible notes, and $63 from the exercise of options. Based on the receipt of these funds, we believe we have adequate capital to operate pursuant to our business plan through December 2019.
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During the year ended December 31, 2017, we had positive cash flow from financing activities of $606,342 which was the result of proceeds of $526,342 received from sale of common stock and related warrants (net of issuance expenses), and $80,000 from the Receipt on account of stock. Based on the receipt of these funds, we believe we have adequate capital to operate pursuant to our business plan through December 2019
Availability of Additional Capital
Our potential financing transactions may include the issuance of equity and/or debt securities including convertible debt, obtaining credit facilities, or other financing mechanisms. In the event that we seek to raise funds through additional private placements of equity or convertible debt, the trading price of our common stock could be adversely affected. Further, any adverse conditions in the financial markets could make it more difficult to obtain future financing through the issuance of equity or debt securities when and if needed. Even if we are able to raise a sufficient amount of funds that may be required, it is possible that we could incur unexpected costs and expenses or experience unexpected cash requirements that would force us to seek additional and/or alternative financing. Further, if we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. If additional financing is not available or is not available on acceptable terms, we may have to curtail our plan of operations.
The Company has only limited capital. Additional financing is necessary for the Company to continue as a going concern. Our independent auditors have issued an unqualified audit opinion for the year ended December 31, 2018 with an explanatory paragraph on going concern.
In view of these matters, realization of a major portion of the assets in the accompanying balance sheet is dependent upon continued operations of the Company. Management believes that actions presently being taken to obtain additional equity financing will provide the opportunity to continue as a going concern.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1934.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, we did not have any contractual obligations.
Critical Accounting Policies
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discuss our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events, and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material. As applicable to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to (i) the going concern assumptions, (iv) measurement of Convertible Note.
Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report. Our management believes that, as for the financial statements for the periods included in this report, the going concern assessment is a critical accounting policy. However, due to the early stage of operations of the Company, there are no other accounting policies that are considered to be critical accounting policies by management.
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Going Concern Uncertainty
The development and commercialization of our product will require substantial expenditures. We have not yet generated any material revenues and have incurred substantial accumulated deficit and negative operating cash flows. We currently have no sources of recurring revenue and are therefore dependent upon external sources for financing our operations. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in obtaining the necessary financing to continue our operations. As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
1. | Accounting Standard Update 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” |
Commencing January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standard Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). | |
ASU 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive model to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. ASU 2014-09 also requires entities to disclose sufficient information, both quantitative and qualitative, to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. | |
An entity should apply the amendments in ASU 2014-09 using one of the following two methods: 1. Retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented with a possibility to elect certain practical expedients, or, 2. Retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of initial application. If an entity elects the latter transition method, it also should provide certain additional disclosures. | |
During 2016, the FASB issued several Accounting Standard Updates (“ASUs”) that focus on certain implementation issues of the new revenue recognition guidance including Narrow-Scope Improvements, Practical Expedients and technical corrections. | |
In accordance with an amendment to ASU 2014-09, introduced by Accounting Standard 2015-14, “Revenue from contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date”, for a public entity, the amendments in ASU 2014-09 became effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period (the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the Company). | |
The adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. |
2. | Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share” |
In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): (Part I) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features, (Part II) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception (“ASU 2017-11”). | |
Among others, Part I of ASU 2017-11 simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features, which is a provision in an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) that provides a downward adjustment of the current exercise price based on the price of future equity offerings. Current accounting guidance creates cost and complexity for organizations that issue financial instruments with down round features by requiring, on an ongoing basis, fair value measurement of the entire instrument or conversion option. |
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ASU 2017-11 require companies to disregard the down round feature when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to its own stock, for purposes of determining liability or equity classification. Companies that provide earnings per share (EPS) data will adjust their basic EPS calculation for the effect of the feature when triggered (i.e., when the exercise price of the related equity-linked financial instrument is adjusted downward because of the down round feature) and will also recognize the effect of the trigger within equity. | |
ASU 2017-11 also addresses navigational concerns within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification related to an indefinite deferral available to private companies. | |
The provisions of the new ASU related to down rounds are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018 (fiscal 2019 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted for all entities. | |
The adoption of ASU 2017-11 did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements |
3. | Accounting Standard Update 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting |
In June 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (ASU 2018-07). ASU 2018-07 aligns the measurement and classification guidance for share-based payments to nonemployees with the guidance for share-based payments to employees, with certain exceptions. | |
Consistent with the accounting requirement for employee share-based payment awards, nonemployee share-based payment awards within the scope of Topic 718 will be measured at grant-date fair value of the equity instruments that an entity is obligated to issue when the goods has been delivered or the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will be measured at the grant date. | |
With respect to awards with performance conditions, ASU 2018-07 concludes that, consistent with the accounting for employee share-based payment awards, an entity will consider the probability of satisfying performance conditions when nonemployee share-based payment awards contain such conditions. | |
ASU 2018-07 also requires that the classification of equity classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will continue to be subject to the requirements of Topic 718 unless the award was modified after the goods has been delivered, the service has been rendered, any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied, and the nonemployee is no longer providing goods or services. This eliminates the requirement to reassess classification of such awards upon vesting. | |
In addition, ASU 2018-07 includes certain Non-public Entity-Specific Amendments. | |
ASU 2018-07 is effective for Public entities in annual periods beginning after 15 December 2018, and interim periods within those years (first quarter of 2019 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted, including in an interim period, but not before an entity adopts the new revenue guidance (which was adopted by the Company in its interim financial statements for 2018). | |
An entity should only remeasure liability-classified awards that have not been settled by the date of adoption and equity-classified awards for which a measurement date has not been established through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Upon transition, the entity is required to measure these nonemployee awards at fair value as of the adoption date. | |
The Company is evaluating the impact of ASU 2018-07 on its financial statements. |
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4. | In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 (Topic 842) “Leases”. Topic 842 supersedes the lease requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 840, “Leases”. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for most leases and provide enhanced disclosures. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. In July 2018, the FASB issued amendments in ASU 2018-11, which provide a transition election to not restate comparative periods for the effects of applying the new standard. This transition election permits entities to change the date of initial application to the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented, or retrospectively at the beginning of the period of adoption through a cumulative-effect adjustment. |
The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its financial statements and related disclosures. | |
5. | Commencing January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): |
“Restricted Cash” (ASU 2016-18), which requires companies to include amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. | |
This guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. |
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not required for smaller reporting companies.
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ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF
Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp.) and its subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018 and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the year in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the year in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2017, before the effects of the retrospective adjustments for the discontinued operations discussed in Note 1C to the financial statements, were audited by other auditors whose report, dated April 17, 2018, expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements with an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We also have audited the retrospective adjustments to the 2017 consolidated financial statements for the operations discontinued in 2018, as discussed in Note 1C to the financial statements. In our opinion, such retrospective adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2017 consolidated financial statements of the Company other than with respect to the retrospective adjustments, and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2017 consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’ has not yet generated material revenues from its operations to fund its activities and is therefore dependent upon external sources for financing its operations. As of December 31, 2018, the Company has incurred accumulated deficit of $41,626,905, stockholder’s deficit of $416,476 and negative operating cash flows. These factor among others, as discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of' these uncertainties.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Halperin Ilanit.
Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
Tel Aviv, Israel
March 28, 2019
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF
Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp.)
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited, before the effects of the retrospective adjustments for the discontinued operations discussed in Note 1C to the consolidated financial statements, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp.) and its subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, shareholders’ deficit and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”) (the 2017 financial statements before the effects of the retrospective adjustments discussed in Note 1C to the financial statements are not presented herein). In our opinion, the 2017 financial statements before the effects of the retrospective adjustments for the discontinued operations discussed in Note 1C to the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the retrospective adjustments for the discontinued operations discussed in Note 1C to the consolidated financial statements, and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such retrospective adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. Those retrospective adjustments were audited by other auditors.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s lack of revenues and substantial operating losses raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of' these uncertainties.
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.
Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co.
Certified Public Accountants
Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Tel Aviv, Israel
April 17, 2018
We began serving as the Company’s auditor in 2016. In 2018, we became the predecessor auditor.
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Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2018 | December
31, 2017 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 499,919 | $ | 2,959 | ||||
Marketable securities | 17,242 | - | ||||||
Other current assets | 41,516 | 12,222 | ||||||
Total current assets | 558,677 | 15,181 | ||||||
Restricted cash | - | 59 | ||||||
Property and Equipment, net | - | 14,290 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 558,677 | $ | 29,530 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 13,115 | $ | 123,719 | ||||
Accounts payable - related party | - | - | ||||||
Employee payable | 7,064 | - | ||||||
Short term portion of convertible notes (Note 3) | 485,449 | 352,447 | ||||||
Liabilities held for sale (Note 1C) | 469,525 | 535,775 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 975,153 | 1,011,941 | ||||||
Convertible notes (Note 3) | - | 606,165 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 975,153 | 1,618,106 | ||||||
Stockholders’ deficit (Note 4) | ||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none and 529 issued at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. | - | (* | ) | |||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 490,000,000 shares authorized; 110,748,391 and 22,543,008 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. | 11,075 | 2,255 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | (19,337 | ) | (19,337 | ) | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 41,218,691 | 14,968,925 | ||||||
Receipt on account of shares | - | 80,000 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (41,626,905 | ) | (16,620,419 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ deficit | (416,476 | ) | (1,588,576 | ) | ||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | 558,677 | $ | 29,530 |
(*) less than $1
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
Year ended | Year ended | |||||||
December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Revenues (Note 1D) | $ | 100,000 | $ | - | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||||
Research and development | (790,413 | ) | - | |||||
General and administrative (Note 6) | (1,773,839 | ) | (557,300 | ) | ||||
Total operating expenses | (2,564,252 | ) | (557,300 | ) | ||||
Operation Loss | (2,464,252 | ) | (557,300 | ) | ||||
Finance expense: | ||||||||
Finance expense, net (Note 7) | (22,542,234 | ) | (307,516 | ) | ||||
Net loss from continuing operations available to shareholders of the company | $ | (25,006,486 | ) | $ | (864,816 | ) | ||
Net loss from discontinued operations available to shareholders of the company) Note 1C) | - | (709,090 | ) | |||||
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to shareholders of the company | $ | (25,006,486 | ) | $ | (1,573,906 | ) | ||
Net loss attributable to shareholders of preferred stock | - | 39,491 | ||||||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (25,006,486 | ) | $ | (1,534,415 | ) | ||
Basic and diluted net loss per share | ||||||||
From continuing operations | (0.41 | ) | (0.04 | ) | ||||
From discontinued operations | - | (0.03 | ) | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 61,165,674 | 21,780,899 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit
Common | Preferred | Additional Paid-in | Receipt
on Account of | Other Comprehensive | Accumulated | Total stockholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Stock | Amount | Capital | Shares | Income | Deficit | deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of January 1, 2017 | 19,931,478 | $ | 1,994 | - | $ | - | $ | 13,826,957 | $ | - | $ | (19,337 | ) | $ | (15,046,513 | ) | $ | (1,236,899 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for cash | 1,315,563 | 132 | - | - | 526,081 | - | - | - | 526,213 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cashless exercise of Warrants | 1,096,395 | 110 | - | - | (110 | ) | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Convertible Note to shares | 74,572 | 7 | - | - | 10,393 | - | - | - | 10,400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Ordinary Shares | 125,000 | 12 | - | - | (12 | ) | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Preferred Stock | 529 | (* | ) | 529,000 | - | - | - | 529,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receipt on Account of Shares | - | - | - | 80,000 | - | - | 80,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share based compensation | - | - | - | - | 76,616 | - | - | - | 76,616 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (1,573,906 | ) | (1,573,906 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2017 | 22,543,008 | $ | 2,255 | 529 | $ | - | $ | 14,968,925 | $ | 80,000 | $ | (19,337 | ) | $ | (16,620,419 | ) | $ | (1,588,576 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Common stock and warrants issued for cash | 27,697,855 | 2,770 | - | - | 1,938,180 | - | - | - | 1,940,950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for services | 4,329,999 | 433 | 1,003,866 | 1,004,299 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants issued for services | - | - | - | - | 146,376 | - | - | - | 146,376 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options | 62,500 | 6 | - | - | 57 | - | - | - | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of new convertible note with a beneficial conversion feature | - | - | - | - | 100,000 | - | - | - | 100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in the terms of Convertible Note | - | - | - | - | 22,581,508 | - | - | - | 22,581,508 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partial conversion of convertible note to shares | 55,543,600 | 5,554 | - | - | 549,836 | - | - | - | 555,390 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cancellation of Preferred Shares | - | - | (529 | ) | - | (150,000 | ) | - | - | - | (150,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Shares in respect of proceeds received during 2017 | 571,429 | 57 | - | - | 79,943 | (80,000 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss for the year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (25,006,486 | ) | (25,006,486 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2018 | 110,748,391 | $ | 11,075 | - | $ | - | $ | 41,218,691 | $ | - | $ | (19,337 | ) | $ | (41,626,905 | ) | $ | (416,476 | ) |
(*) less than $1
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended | Year ended | |||||||
December 31, 2018 | December
31, 2017 | |||||||
Operating Activities: | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (25,006,486 | ) | $ | (1,573,906 | ) | ||
Depreciation | 14,290 | 17,513 | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount | 1,040,838 | 350,208 | ||||||
Loss from marketable securities | 32,758 | |||||||
Shares and Warrants issued for services | 1,150,675 | |||||||
Share based compensation | 76,616 | |||||||
Finance loss arising from change in terms of convertible notes | 21,472,897 | - | ||||||
Change in derivative liability | - | (336,272 | ) | |||||
settlement with debt and warrant holders | - | 659,960 | ||||||
Non cash finance, general and administrative expenses arising from | ||||||||
Decrease in liabilities held for sale | (66,250 | ) | - | |||||
Decrease in deferred revenues | (50,000 | ) | - | |||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (103,051 | ) | 189,461 | |||||
Decrease in amounts due from related party | - | (40,339 | ) | |||||
Decrease in accrued interest | - | 35,078 | ||||||
Increase in other receivables | (29,724 | ) | (2,866 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,544,053 | ) | (630,015 | ) | ||||
Investing Activities: | ||||||||
Decrease in restricted cash | - | 11,866 | ||||||
Net cash provided by investing activities | - | 11,866 | ||||||
Financing Activities: | ||||||||
Issuance of common stock (net of issuance expenses) | 1,940,950 | 526,342 | ||||||
Issuance of short-term convertible notes | 100,000 | - | ||||||
Receipt on account of stock | 80,000 | |||||||
Exercise of options | 63 | |||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 2,041,013 | 606,342 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash | 496,960 | (2,527 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period | 2,959 | 4,486 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period | $ | 499,919 | $ | 1,959 | ||||
Non-cash transactions: | ||||||||
Deferred revenues against Marketable securities | $ | 50,000 | ) | $ | - | |||
Common stock issued in respect of proceeds received during 2017 | $ | 80,000 | $ | - | ||||
pursuant to convertible note | $ | 555,390 | $ | - | ||||
Issuance of Preference Shares in connection with settlement with debt and warrant holders | $ | - | $ | 529,000 | ||||
Settlement agreement with debt and warrant holders accounted for as extinguishment and re issuance of debt: | ||||||||
Extinguishment of convertible note | - | 659,960 | ||||||
Re issuance of convertible note | - | 470,200 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc (Formerly Emerald Medical Applications Corp)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. General
A. | Virtual Crypto Technologies, Inc., f/k/a Emerald Medical Applications Corp. (the “Company(, was incorporated in the State of Ohio in 1989 under a predecessor name, Zaxis International, Inc. (“Zaxis”). On August 25, 1995, Zaxis merged with a subsidiary of The InFerGene Company, a Delaware corporation, which entity changed its name to Zaxis International, Inc. and the Company was reincorporated in Delaware under the name of Zaxis International, Inc. On December 30, 2014, Zaxis entered into an agreement with Emerald Medical Applications Ltd., a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (“Emerald Israel”). |
On March 16, 2015, Zaxis and Emerald Israel executed the Share Exchange Agreement, which closed on July 14, 2015 (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) and Emerald Israel became the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Emerald Israel was engaged in the business of developing Emerald Israel’s DermaCompare technology and the development, sale and service of imaging solutions utilizing its DermaCompare software for use in derma imaging and analytics for the detection of skin cancer.
During the fourth quarter of 2015, in connection with the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company changed its name to Emerald Medical Applications Corp.
B. | On January 4, 2018, the Company and Emerald Israel entered into an agreement with Alpha Capital Ansalt and Chi Squared Inc. (collectively, the “Preferred Shareholders”), pursuant to which the Preferred Shareholders agreed to cancel their shares of Series A Preferred Convertible Stock in return for the receipt of up to $250,000 of proceeds from the liquidation of Emerald Israel, to the extent that such liquidation yields net positive proceeds (“Excess Net Assets”). |
Management’s best estimate of the potential value of the Excess Net Assets at the date of the cancellation of the shares of Series A Preferred Convertible Stock was $150,000 and therefore, the Company recorded a charge to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit with a corresponding credit to liabilities. Management’s best estimate of the potential value of the Excess Net Assets as of December 31, 2018, was nil. Accordingly, the Company recorded a finance income of $150,000 in its Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss a result of the reversal of the relating liability.
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As such, as of December 31, 2018, there were no shares of Series A Preferred Convertible Stock outstanding.
C. | On January 29, 2018, the Company ceased the DermaCompare operations of Emerald Israel and on May 2, 2018, the District Court of Lod, Israel issued a winding-up order for Emerald Israel and nominated an Israeli advocate (attorney) as a special executor for Emerald Israel. Following the cessation of the DermaCompare operations, the Company classified to discontinued operations its 2017 results of operation and balances relating to the DermaCompare operation. |
Liabilities held for sale:
December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 287,070 | 321,934 | ||||||
Accounts payable - related party | 76,004 | 82,331 | ||||||
Employee payable | 75,955 | 98,476 | ||||||
Short term portion of convertible notes | 30,496 | 33,034 | ||||||
Total | 469,525 | 535,775 |
D. | On January 17, 2018, the Company formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary in Israel, Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd. (the “New Subsidiary” or “Virtual Crypto Israel”), to develop and market software and hardware products facilitating, allowing and supporting purchase and/or sale of cryptocurrencies through ATMs, tablets, personal computers and/or mobile devices. |
On January 24, 2018, Virtual Crypto Israel had entered into a binding term sheet (the “Chiron Term Sheet”) with Chiron Refineries Ltd. (“Chiron”), a public company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: CHR). Pursuant to the Chiron Term Sheet: (i) Virtual Crypto Israel agreed to appoint a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiron, to be organized under the laws of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (the “Distributor”), as the exclusive distributor of Virtual Crypto Israel’s Products in Turkey, including the territory of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (collectively, the “Territory”); and (ii) the Distributor shall have the right to appoint sub-distributors within the Territory. The appointment of the Distributor was subject to the payment by the distributor to Virtual Crypto Israel of $250,000 as an appointment fee, of which $150,000 was to be deemed an advance payment by the distributor made on account of future purchases of the Company’s Products.
Virtual Crypto Israel further granted the Distributor an option, exercisable by the Distributor within 12 months from the date on which the ATM Product, including the related software and hardware, was fully tested and ready for installation and operation, to be appointed as an exclusive distributor of the Products for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If the option was exercised, the Distributor was required to pay Virtual Crypto Israel an appointment fee not more than $250,000. In November 2018, Chiron reported that it had encountered financial difficulties and as such the Company will no longer pursue the transactions contemplated by the Chiron Term Sheet.
To date, $100,000 was paid by the Distributor to Virtual Crypto Israel, which has been recognized as revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018.
E. | Going Concern: |
The Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operating activities in relation to its operations, since inception. While the Company raised approximately $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 to fund the operations of its New Subsidiary, the Company will require additional capital resources in order to support the commercialization of the New Subsidiary’s technology and operations and maintain its research and development activities related to the New Subsidiary’s technology. The Company is addressing its liquidity needs by seeking additional funding from public and/or private sources. There are no assurances, however, that the Company will be able to obtain an adequate level of financial resources that are required for the Company’s short and long-term requirements, or at all these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP).
Use of estimates in the preparation of consolidated financial statements
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discuss our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). In connection with the preparation of our financial statements, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events, and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time our consolidated financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material. As applicable to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to (i) the going concern assumptions, (ii) measurement of Convertible Note.
Functional currency
The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiary is the US dollar, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates. In accordance with ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters” (ASC 830), balances denominated in or linked to foreign currency are stated on the basis of the exchange rates prevailing at the applicable balance sheet date. For foreign currency transactions included in the statement of operations, the exchange rates applicable on the relevant transaction dates are used. Gains or losses arising from changes in the exchange rates used in the translation of such transactions are carried as financing income or expenses.
Principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Group considers all short-term investments, which are highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase, to be cash equivalents.
Marketable Securities
The Company accounts for investments in marketable securities in accordance with ASC Topic 320-10, “Investments - Debt and Equity Securities” (“ASC Topic 320-10”). Management determines the appropriate classification of its investments in marketable securities at the time of purchase and reassesses such determination at each balance sheet date. The investments in marketable securities covered by ASC Topic 320-10 that were held by the Company during the reported periods were designated by management as trading securities. Trading securities are stated at market value. The changes in market value are charged to financing income or expenses. Trading losses for the years 2018 and 2017 amounted to approximately $ 40,160 and nil respectively.
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Property and equipment
1. Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. When an asset is retired or otherwise disposed of, the related carrying value and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the net difference less any amount realized from disposition is reflected in the statements of operations.
2. Rates of depreciation:
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Computers | 33 | |||
Furniture and office equipment | 7-15 |
Impairment of long-lived assets
The Group’s long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment in accordance with ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value. To date the Group did not incur any material impairment losses.
Accounting For Obligations And Instruments Potentially To Be Settled In The Company’s Own Stock:
We account for obligations and instruments potentially to be settled in the Company’s stock in accordance with FASB ASC 815, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments. This guidance addresses the initial balance sheet classification and measurement of contracts that are indexed to, and potentially settled in, the Company’s own stock.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
FASB ASC 825, “Financial Instruments,” requires entities to disclose the fair value of financial instruments, both assets and liabilities recognized and not recognized on the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. FASB ASC 825 defines fair value of a financial instrument as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the carrying value of certain financial instruments (cash and cash equivalents, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses and employee payable.) approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of the instruments or interest rates, which are comparable with current rates.
The Company measures its derivative warrant liabilities at fair value at each period. The Company adopted the FASB standard related to fair value measurement at inception. The standard defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure of fair value measurements. The standard applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and, accordingly, does not require any new fair value measurements. The standard clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
As a basis for considering such assumptions, the standard established a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows.
Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2. Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
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Accounting For Convertible Debt Instruments
We account for convertible debt instruments, which do not meet the definition of a derivative financial instrument per FASB ASC 815, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments, in accordance with FASB ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options. This guidance addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. Discount on the debt component resulting from allocation of proceeds to the equity component is amortized in the profit and loss statement as finance expense.
Allocation of proceeds into equity and debt components of convertible notes issued together with other detachable financial instruments is performed, in relation to the proceeds allocated to the convertible notes, based on the relative fair value of such convertible notes and the other detachable financial instruments issued.
Share-based compensation
The Company applies ASC 718-10, “Share-Based Payment,” which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expenses for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors (including employee stock options under the Company’s stock plans) based on estimated fair values.
ASC 718-10 requires companies to estimate the fair value of equity-based payment awards on the date of grant. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s statement of operations.
The Company recognizes compensation expenses for the value of non-employee awards based on the straight-line method over the requisite service period of each award, net of estimated forfeitures.
The Company estimates the fair value of stock options granted as equity awards using a Black-Scholes options pricing model. The option-pricing model requires a number of assumptions, of which the most significant are share price, expected volatility and the expected option term (the time from the grant date until the options are exercised or expire). Expected volatility is estimated based on volatility of similar companies in the technology sector. The Company has historically not paid dividends and has no foreseeable plans to issue dividends. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield from governmental zero-coupon bonds with an equivalent term. The expected option term is calculated for options granted to employees and directors using the “simplified” method. Grants to non-employees are based on the contractual term. Changes in the determination of each of the inputs can affect the fair value of the options granted and the results of operations of the Company.
Earnings per Common Share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss, as adjusted to include the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Common shares and preferred shares contingently issuable for little or no cash are included in basic net loss per share on an as issued basis.
Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss, as adjusted to include preferred shares dividend participation rights of preferred shares outstanding during the year as well as of preferred shares that would have been outstanding if all potentially dilutive preferred shares had been issued, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year, plus the number of common shares that would have been outstanding if all potentially dilutive common shares had been issued, using the treasury stock method, in accordance with ASC 260-10 “Earnings per Share”.
All outstanding stock options and warrants have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, since all such securities have an anti-dilutive effect.
Revenue recognition
The Company follows paragraph 605-10-S99 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for revenue recognition. The Company will recognize revenue when it is realized or realizable and earned. The Company considers revenue realized or realizable and earned when all the following criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) the product has been shipped or the services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.
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Research and development expenses, net:
Research and development expenses are charged to the statement of operations as incurred.
Income Taxes:
We have adopted FASB ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. Pursuant to ASC 740, we are required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. The potential benefits of net operating losses have not been recognized in these consolidated financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years.
We must make certain estimates and judgments in determining income tax expense for consolidated financial statements purposes. These estimates and judgments occur in the calculation of certain tax assets and liabilities, which arise from differences in the timing of recognition of revenue and expense for tax and consolidated financial statements purposes.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between financial reporting and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using the tax rates and laws in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. ASC 740 provides for the recognition of deferred tax assets if realization of such assets is more likely than not to occur. Realization of our net deferred tax assets is dependent upon our generating sufficient taxable income in future years in appropriate tax jurisdictions to realize benefit from the reversal of temporary differences and from net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards. We have determined it more likely than not that these timing differences will not materialize and have provided a valuation allowance against substantially all of our net deferred tax asset. Management will continue to evaluate the realizability of the deferred tax asset and its related valuation allowance. If our assessment of the deferred tax assets or the corresponding valuation allowance were to change, we would record the related adjustment to income during the period in which we make the determination. Our tax rate may also vary based on our results and the mix of income or loss in domestic and foreign tax jurisdictions in which we operate.
In addition, the calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations. We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues in the U.S. and other tax jurisdictions based on our estimate of whether, and to the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we will reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We will record an additional charge in our provision for taxes in the period in which we determine that the recorded tax liability is less than we expect the ultimate assessment to be.
ASC 740 which requires recognition of estimated income taxes payable or refundable on income tax returns for the current year and for the estimated future tax effect attributable to temporary differences and carry-forwards. Measurement of deferred income tax is based on enacted tax laws including tax rates, with the measurement of deferred income tax assets being reduced by available tax benefits not expected to be realized.
Uncertain Tax Positions:
When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. In accordance with the guidance of FASB ASC 740-10, Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions, the benefit of a tax position is recognized in the consolidated financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above should be reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination.
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Contingencies
The Group records accruals for loss contingencies arising from claims, litigation and other sources when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. These accruals are adjusted periodically as assessments change or additional information becomes available. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
1. | Accounting Standard Update 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” |
Commencing January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standard Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). | |
ASU 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive model to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. ASU 2014-09 also requires entities to disclose sufficient information, both quantitative and qualitative, to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. | |
An entity should apply the amendments in ASU 2014-09 using one of the following two methods:
1. Retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented with a possibility to elect certain practical expedients, or,
2. Retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of initial application. If an entity elects the latter transition method, it also should provide certain additional disclosures. | |
During 2016, the FASB issued several Accounting Standard Updates (“ASUs”) that focus on certain implementation issues of the new revenue recognition guidance including Narrow-Scope Improvements, Practical Expedients and technical corrections. | |
In accordance with an amendment to ASU 2014-09, introduced by Accounting Standard 2015-14, “Revenue from contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date”, for a public entity, the amendments in ASU 2014-09 became effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period (the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the Company). | |
The adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. |
2. | Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share” |
In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): (Part I) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features, (Part II) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception (“ASU 2017-11”). | |
Among others, Part I of ASU 2017-11 simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features, which is a provision in an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) that provides a downward adjustment of the current exercise price based on the price of future equity offerings. Current accounting guidance creates cost and complexity for organizations that issue financial instruments with down round features by requiring, on an ongoing basis, fair value measurement of the entire instrument or conversion option. |
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ASU 2017-11 require companies to disregard the down round feature when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to its own stock, for purposes of determining liability or equity classification. Companies that provide earnings per share (EPS) data will adjust their basic EPS calculation for the effect of the feature when triggered (i.e., when the exercise price of the related equity-linked financial instrument is adjusted downward because of the down round feature) and will also recognize the effect of the trigger within equity. | |
ASU 2017-11 also addresses navigational concerns within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification related to an indefinite deferral available to private companies. | |
The provisions of the new ASU related to down rounds are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018 (fiscal 2019 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted for all entities. | |
The adoption of ASU 2017-11 did not have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements |
3. | Accounting Standard Update 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting |
In June 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (ASU 2018-07). ASU 2018-07 aligns the measurement and classification guidance for share-based payments to nonemployees with the guidance for share-based payments to employees, with certain exceptions. | |
Consistent with the accounting requirement for employee share-based payment awards, nonemployee share-based payment awards within the scope of Topic 718 will be measured at grant-date fair value of the equity instruments that an entity is obligated to issue when the goods has been delivered or the service has been rendered and any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied. Equity-classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will be measured at the grant date. | |
With respect to awards with performance conditions, ASU 2018-07 concludes that, consistent with the accounting for employee share-based payment awards, an entity will consider the probability of satisfying performance conditions when nonemployee share-based payment awards contain such conditions. | |
ASU 2018-07 also requires that the classification of equity classified nonemployee share-based payment awards will continue to be subject to the requirements of Topic 718 unless the award was modified after the goods has been delivered, the service has been rendered, any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments have been satisfied, and the nonemployee is no longer providing goods or services. This eliminates the requirement to reassess classification of such awards upon vesting. | |
In addition, ASU 2018-07 includes certain Non-public Entity-Specific Amendments. | |
ASU 2018-07 is effective for Public entities in annual periods beginning after 15 December 2018, and interim periods within those years (first quarter of 2019 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted, including in an interim period, but not before an entity adopts the new revenue guidance (which was adopted by the Company in its interim financial statements for 2018). | |
An entity should only remeasure liability-classified awards that have not been settled by the date of adoption and equity-classified awards for which a measurement date has not been established through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Upon transition, the entity is required to measure these nonemployee awards at fair value as of the adoption date. | |
The Company is evaluating the impact of ASU 2018-07 on its financial statements. |
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4. | In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 (Topic 842) “Leases”. Topic 842 supersedes the lease requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 840, “Leases”. Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for most leases and provide enhanced disclosures. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. In July 2018, the FASB issued amendments in ASU 2018-11, which provide a transition election to not restate comparative periods for the effects of applying the new standard. This transition election permits entities to change the date of initial application to the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented, or retrospectively at the beginning of the period of adoption through a cumulative-effect adjustment. |
The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its financial statements and related disclosures. | |
5. | Commencing January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230):
“Restricted Cash” (ASU 2016-18), which requires companies to include amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. |
This guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. |
Note 3 - Convertible Notes
A. | On August 7, 2017, the Company entered into the settlement agreement with Alpha and Chi Squared Capital Inc. as a result of the fact that Alpha and Chi Squared had taken the position that certain defaults may have occurred as a result of actions and/or inactions by the Company with respect to the Company’s obligations under convertible notes (the “Notes”) issued during 2016, which the Company did not deem to be defaults (the “Settlement Agreement”). |
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Notes, which had originally provided for a maturity date of June 19, 2017 and were in the original principal amounts of $400,000 and $40,000, respectively, were extended until June 19, 2019, in consideration for which the Company agreed to an increase in the principal amounts to $551,600 and $55,160, respectively, both of which retain the adjusted conversion price of $0.14, calculated in accordance with the terms of the original Notes. Such conversion price is subject adjustments in the event of future financing at a price of less than $0.14 per share. As a further part of the settlement, the Company agreed to issue Alpha and Chi Squared a total of 528.82 newly authorized shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock having a stated value and liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, and are convertible into a total of 3,778,647 shares based upon a conversion price of $0.14 per share, subject to adjustment in the event of a future financing such that the amount of ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will represent the value of $1,000, per 1 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, based on a conversion price which is identical to the ordinary share price at which securities are offered in such future financing. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends on the same basis as Ordinary Shares and shall have no voting rights. | |
As part of the Settlement Agreement, the Company extended the Alpha Chi Option to July 15, 2018. | |
The settlement was accounted for as extinguishment of the pre-settlement notes and re issuance of the Notes and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. As a result of the Settlement Agreement, the Company recorded a charge to general and administrative expenses in the Statement of Operation Losses of $440,684 representing the penalties and liquidation damages portion of the above-mentioned provision, and $219,276 was charged to finance expenses in the Statement of Operating Losses. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were recorded in shareholders’ equity at their fair value at the effective date of the settlement. As the Company concluded the conversion feature embedded in the amended notes is not a beneficial conversion feature pursuant to the provisions of ASC 470-20 (“Debt with Conversion and Other Options”), the post amendment carrying amount of the convertible notes, which was based on the fair value of the convertible notes at the effective date of the settlement, was recorded in liabilities in its entirely. |
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The Company accounts for options to purchase convertible notes and warrants (refer to the Alpha Chi Option above) as derivative liabilities that are measured at their far value at each period end, in accordance with ASC 815 (“Derivatives and Hedging”). | |
The Company uses directly observable inputs as well as significant unobservable inputs in the valuation of these derivative liabilities. The inputs used in the valuation are risk free interest rate, expected volatility, expect option term, expected dividend yield and Company specific discount rate. | |
On January 24, 2018, Alpha Anstalt Capital (“Alpha”), Chi Squared Capital (“Chi”), Firstfire Global Opportunities Fund LTC, Goldmed Ltd, IlanMalca and Maz Partners, former holders of the Company’s convertible notes, sold their convertible notes previously issued by the Company in the aggregate amount of $958,611 (the “January 2018 Convertible Notes”) to certain new third-party accredited investors (the “New Investors”) and, in connection therewith, the Company and the New Investors agreed to: (i) amend the conversion price of the January 2018 Convertible Notes from $0.014 to $0.01; (ii) cancel the Class A warrants and Class B warrants issued together with the January 2018 Convertible Notes (see Note 4 Stockholders’ Equity for accounting treatment of the cancelled warrants); (iii) amend the interest rate from 8% to 1% per annum under the January 2018 Convertible Notes; (iv) extend the repayment/maturity date on the January 2018 Convertible Notes to January 23, 2019 (see Subsequent Events Note 10 ); and (iv) cancel the options granted to Alpha and Chi in July 2016 (the “Alpha-Chi Options”). | |
The change in terms of the January 2018 Convertible Notes, including the cancellation of the above-referenced warrants, was accounted for as an extinguishment of the convertible notes and the issuance of new convertible notes. The Company recorded a finance expense in the amount of $21,622,897 in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss and an increase to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit of $22.6 million as a result of the transaction. | |
The Company further concluded that the post-amended January 2018 Convertible Notes contain a -beneficial conversion feature equal to the par value of the January 2018 Convertible Notes ($958,611) and accordingly, recorded a discount on the January 2018 Convertible Notes, to be amortized to finance expense in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss over the term of the January 2018 Convertible Notes. | |
On January 24, 2018, $73,000 of the January 2018 Convertible Notes was converted, at the adjusted conversion price of $0.01 per share, into 7,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and on March 19, 2018, a further $9,218 of the January 2018 Convertible Notes were converted, at the adjusted conversion price of $0.01 per share, into 921,800 shares of the Company’s common stock and on December 9, 2018, $465,172 of the January 2018 Convertible Notes was converted, at the adjusted conversion price of $0.01 per share, into 465,172,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. |
December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Principle | $ | 958,611 | $ | 890,766 | ||||
Conversion of convertible notes to shares | (547,390 | ) | - | |||||
Accrued interest | - | 67,846 | ||||||
Discount | (13,938 | ) | - | |||||
Total | 397,283 | 958,612 |
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B. | In January 2018, the Company received from certain third-party accredited investors $100,000 in consideration for the issuance of convertible promissory notes (the “$100,000 Convertible Notes”) as follows: (i) interest at the rate of 1% per annum; (ii) a conversion price of $0.01 per share of common stock; and (iii) repayable through to January 15, 2019, without penalty. The beneficial conversion feature was valued at $100,000, which resulted in a $100,000 discount recorded as a reduction of debt and an increase to additional paid in capital in the Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit. The discount is amortized to finance expenses in the consolidated statements of Comprehensive Loss over the term of the $100,000 Convertible Notes. |
On January 23, 2018, $3,000 of the $100,000 Convertible Notes was converted at $0.01 per share into 300,000 shares, based upon the $100,000 Notes conversion price of $0.01 per share of common stock and On December 14 2018, $5,004 of the $100,000 Convertible Notes was converted, at the conversion price of $0.01 per share, into 504,600 shares of the Company’s common stock. |
December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Principle | $ | 100,000 | $ | - | ||||
Conversion of convertible notes to shares | (8,004 | ) | - | |||||
Discount | (3,830 | ) | - | |||||
Total | 88,166 | - |
Note 4 - Stockholders’ Equity.
A. | Shares of common stock confer upon their holders the right to receive notice to participate and vote in general meetings of shareholders of the Company, the right to receive dividends, if declared, and the right to receive a distribution of any surplus of assets upon liquidation of the Company. |
B. | Preferred shares confer upon their holders the right to receive dividends when paid to holders of common stock of the Company on an as-converted basis, and the right to receive a distribution of any surplus of assets upon liquidation of the Company before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any common stock. |
C. | Issuances of Common Stock and Warrants during 2018 and 2017 |
1. | On February 24, 2017, Publicis Groupe 90 (“Publicis 90”) invested 500,000 Euros or approximately U$526,000 and the Registrant accepted a Reg S Subscription Agreement from Publicis 90 in consideration for the issuance to Publicis 90 of 1,315,563 restricted shares of the Registrant’s common stock at a subscription price of $0.40 per share. The issuance was made in reliance upon the exemptions provided in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and Regulation S promulgated by the SEC under the Act. |
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2. | On April 25, 2017, a holder of a convertible note in the principal amount of $100,000 issued in July 2016, converted $10,400 into 74,572, shares based on an adjusted conversion price of $0.14. The conversion price was adjusted on March 22, 2017 pursuant to the provisions of the 2016 Secured Convertible Note Agreement. |
3. | On June 12, 2017, certain warrant holders holding 1,100,000 Class A Warrants and 1,100,000 Class B Warrants, elected to exercise certain warrants on a cashless basis. In accordance with the 2016 Secured Convertible Note Agreement the Class A warrants and Class B warrants were increased to 5,665,626 each, based on an adjusted share price of $0.14 per share and 3,451,490 Class B Warrants were converted to 1,096,395 shares at $0.14 per share. The exercise price and number of shares issued were adjusted on March 22, 2017. |
4. | On June 12, 2017, the Company completed the issuance of 125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Alpha pursuant to the Company’s agreement with Alpha in the prior year. |
5. | In July and August 2017, the Company received $80,000 in respect of 571,429 units to two accredited investors for $0.14 per unit. Each unit consist (i) 571,429 shares at a price of $0.14 per share, (ii) 571,429 Class H warrants exercisable for a one-year period in exercise price of $0.14, and (iii) 571,429 Class I warrants exercisable for a two-year period. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had not issued the shares or the warrants to the accredited investors as such, the proceeds were recorded as Receipts on Account of shares in the Company’s shareholders equity statement. |
On February 8, 2018, the Company issued 571,429 units to two accredited investors in consideration for subscription proceeds of $80,000 which proceeds were received in August 2017. | |
6. | Between January 2018 and April 2018, the Company received the aggregate amount of $1,940,950 in subscription proceeds from certain “accredited investors” in consideration for the issuance of 27,697,855 units (the “Units”) at an offering price of $0.07 per Unit (the “$0.07 Unit Offering”), each consisting of: (i) one (1) share of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”); (ii) one (1) common stock purchase warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share (the “Class F Warrants”); and (iii) one (1) common stock purchase warrant exercisable for a period of twelve months to purchase one additional Share at an exercise price of $0.28 per Share (the “Class G Warrants”). |
7. | On January 26, 2018, the Company signed a two-year consulting agreement with Maz Partners, pursuant to which it will to provide investment and corporate finance advice to the Company in consideration for 200,000 Class H Warrants. Each Class H Warrant is exercisable through to January 2020 to purchase one (1) Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share. The fair value of these Class H Warrants at the issuance date was $39,845 and was charged to General and administration expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit. The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions: share price - $0.24; exercise price - $0.14; expected life - 24 months; annualized volatility - 170.7%; dividend yield - 0%; risk free rate – 0.7%, were charged to General and administration expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit. |
8. | On March 9, 2018, the Company signed a consulting agreement with Ayin, Nun, Chaf, Yeuzt Ltd, pursuant to which it will to provide professional legal advice to the Company in consideration for 550,000 Class H Warrants. Each Class H Warrant is exercisable through to March 2020 to purchase one (1) Share at an exercise price of $0.14 per Share. The fair value of these Class H Warrants at the issuance date was $134,566. The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted average assumptions: share price - $0.26; exercise price - $0.14; expected life - 24 months; annualized volatility - 244.8%; dividend yield - 0%; risk free rate – 2.4%. $106,531 were charged to General and administration expenses in the Statement of Comprehensive Loss with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid-in Capital in the Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit. |
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9. | On March 12, 2018, the Company issued a total of 3,629,999 restricted Shares to certain consultants, who were accredited investors, in connection with services rendered during the first quarter of 2018, which Shares were valued at $892,300, based on the closing Share price on the day prior to the issuance date. The above-mentioned amount was recorded as a charge to the Company’s Statement of Comprehensive Loss, with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid in Capital in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit. |
10. | On March 20, 2018, the Company issued a total of 62,500 restricted Shares in consideration for the exercise of a stock option at an exercise price of $0.01 per Share, which options were granted in connection with services rendered in October 2016. The Company recorded the proceeds on the exercise of the stock option in Additional Paid-in Capital in its Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit. |
11. | On April 20, 2018, the Company issued a total of 700,000 restricted Shares to certain consultants, who were accredited investors, in connection with services rendered during the second quarter of 2018, which Shares were valued at $112,000, based on the closing share price on the day prior to each of the issuances. The above-mentioned amount was recorded as a charge to the Company’s Statement of Comprehensive Loss, with a corresponding credit to Additional Paid in Capital in the Company’s Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity. |
12. | As described in Note 3 above, the Company issued a total of 55,543,600 Shares in connection with the conversion of convertible note in amount of $555,390. |
13. | The following table summarizes information of outstanding warrants issued to investors and consultants in exchange for their services as of December 31, 2018 and 2017: |
December 31, 2018
Warrants | Warrant Term | Exercise Price | Exercisable | |||||||||||
Investors – Class F Warrants | 27,697,855 | January 2019 -April 2019 | $ | 0.14 | 27,697,855 | |||||||||
Investors – Class G Warrants | 27,697,855 | January 2019 -April 2019 | $ | 0.28 | 27,697,855 | |||||||||
Investors - Class H Warrants | 1,321,429 | January 2019 -March 2020 | $ | 0.14 | 1,321,429 | |||||||||
Investors - Class I Warrants | 571,429 | January 2020 | $ | 0.14 | 571,429 |
December 31, 2017
Warrants | Warrant Term | Exercise Price | Exercisable | ||||||||||||
Investors - Class A Warrants | 6,334,626 | 1 year | $ | 0.14-0.80 | 6,334,626 | ||||||||||
Investors - Class B Warrants | 5,400,478 | 5 years | $ | 0.14 | 5,400,478 | ||||||||||
Alimi Ahmed - Class E Warrants (1) | 900,000 | (1) | $ | 0.0001 | 900,000 |
D. | Recent Option Grants |
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding awards for stock options under its 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). | |
The Plan, which was approved by the Board of Directors on December 1, 2017 and provides for the grant of up to 2 million shares to eligible participants bearing such terms and conditions, including but not limited to vesting provisions, exercise price(s) and other terms as the Board of Directors may reasonably determine from time to time, expires on November 30, 2023. Options granted under the Plan may be exercised on a cash or cashless basis, and the number of shares eligible for grant under the Plan may be increased, and the option exercise price(s) and vesting terms may the adjusted by, the Board of Directors, subject to provisions of the Plan and applicable laws and rules. Any options under the Plans that are canceled or forfeited before expiration become available for future grants. The Board of Directors of the Company administers the Company’s stock incentive compensation and equity-based plans. |
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A summary of the Company’s activity related to options to employees, executives, directors and consultants and related information is as follows: |
For the year ended December 31, 2018 | For the year ended December 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount of options | Weighted average exercise price | Aggregate intrinsic value | Amount of options | Weighted average exercise price | Aggregate intrinsic value | |||||||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding at beginning of year | 62,500 | 0.01 | 4,193,397 | 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Granted | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exercised | (62,500 | ) | 0.01 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Cancelled | - | - | - | (4,130,397 | ) | (0.11 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Outstanding at the end of period | - | - | - | 62,500 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||||||||
Vested and expected-to-vest at end of period | - | - | - | 62,500 | 0.01 | - |
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the fair market value of the Company’s common shares on December 31, 2017 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money stock options on those dates) that would have been received by the stock option holders had all stock option holders exercised their stock options on those dates.
The stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2017, have been separated into exercise prices, as follows:
Exercise price | Stock options outstanding as of December 31, | Weighted average remaining contractual life – years as of December 31, | Stock options exercisable as of December 31, | |||||||||||
2017 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
0.01 | 62,500 | 8.25 | 62,500 | |||||||||||
0.01 | 62,500 | 8.25 | 62,500 |
Compensation expense recorded by the Company in respect of its stock-based employee compensation awards in accordance with ASC 718-10 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was nil and $76,616, respectively and are included in General and Administrative expenses in the Statements of Operations
Note 5 - Commitments and Contingencies
A. | The Company received grants to fund research and development projects from the State of Israel according to guidelines and procedures of the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to the agreement, the Company is obligated to pay royalties on the sale of products developed with the participation of the Chief Scientist. The royalty rate is 3.5% of sales and the total royalties will not exceed the amount of the grants received. As of December 31, 2018, total grants received amounted approximately $222 thousands. |
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The obligation to pay royalties is contingent upon the successful outcome of the Company’s research and development projects and the attainment of sales. The Company has no obligation to pay royalties, if sales are not generated, and if the research and development project fails. | |
B. | In April 2017, a lawsuit was filed with the Tel Aviv court by Emerald’s former CEO and founder, claiming certain damages to the total amount of $100,000, under the assertion of wrongful dismissal by the Company. The Company believes these claims to be unsubstantiated and wholly without merit and intends to defend itself against these claims. The Company believes that there is a less than 50% chance of his claim being successful. Accordingly, no provision was recorded in regards to this claim. |
C. | In December 2017, a liquidation request was filed with the Tel Aviv court by a group of former Company’s employees under the assertion of delay of pay and insolvency. On December 20, 2017, a hearing discussion took place according to which the court decision that the Company shall settle its pension debts to the former employees within 21 days and settle its severance debts to them in 60 days, otherwise a winding-up order could be given. The amounts being claimed by the former employees are less than $96,000 and are included in current liabilities. |
D. | On January 29, 2018, the Company transferred the ordinary shares of its former Israeli subsidiary, Emerald Israel, to Attorney Eviatar Knoller, Esq., with offices at 20 Lincoln, Tel Aviv-Jaffa 6713412, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The purpose of the transfer of the management shares to the Trustee, pursuant to resolution of the Registrant’s Board of Directors, was to enable the Trustee to liquidate the management shares and/or the assets of Emerald Israel to satisfy its debts and satisfy its financial obligations to former employees. As a result, the former employees of Emerald Israel commenced an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in Israel to liquidate Emerald Israel and use any assets to satisfy the debts owed to the former employees. |
E. | On April 24, 2018, Emerald Israel reported to the District Court regarding the failure in contracting a buyer for its DermaCompare technology at fair market price and therefore that Emerald Israel was no longer opposed to the requested Liquidation Warrant. On May 1, 2018, the Official Receiver submitted its response to the District Court, stating that according to such announcement of Emerald Israel, it did not oppose the requested Liquidation Warrant either. Based on both the Company’s and the Official Receiver’s position, on May 2, 2018, the District Court issued a Winding-up Order and temporarily nominated Adv. Hanit Nov (attorney) as a Special Executor to Emerald Israel, who is still in the process of winding up Emerald Israel in terms of the court order. |
Note 6 - General and administrative expenses.
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
2018 | 2017 | |||||||
Professional fees | 559,880 | 480,684 | ||||||
Common stock and warrants issued for services | 1,150,675 | 76,616 | ||||||
Other | 63,284 | - | ||||||
1,773,839 | 557,300 |
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Note 7 - FINANCING EXPENSES, NET
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
2018 | 2017 | |||||||
Finance loss arising from change in terms of convertible notes (Note 3) | 21,622,897 | - | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount | 1,040,838 | |||||||
Losses from marketable securities | 32,758 | - | ||||||
Cancellation of Preferred Shares | (150,000 | ) | ||||||
Other | (4,259 | ) | 307,516 | |||||
22,542,234 | 307,516 |
Note 8 - Income Taxes.
The Company is subject to income taxes under the Israeli and U.S. tax laws:
Corporate tax rates
The Company is subject to Israeli corporate, 24% in 2017 and 23% from 2018. The maximum statutory federal tax rate in the US in 2017 and 2018 is 35%. The Company is not subject to current federal taxes, as it has incurred losses in 2017 and 2018.
As of December 31, 2018, the Company generated net operating losses in Israel of approximately $960,000, which may be carried forward and offset against taxable income in the future for an indefinite period.
As of December 31, 2018, the Company generated net operating losses for tax in the U.S. of approximately $300,000. Net operating losses in the United States are available through 2035. Utilization of U.S. net operating losses may be subject to substantial annual limitation due to the “change in ownership” provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses before utilization.
The Company is still in its development stage and has not yet generated revenues, therefore, it is more likely than not that sufficient taxable income will not be available for the tax losses to be utilized in the future. Therefore, a valuation allowance was recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets to its recoverable amounts.
As
of December 31, 2018 | As
of December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Net loss carry-forward | $ | 19,604,852 | $ | 18,344,852 | ||||
Total deferred tax assets | 44,185,284 | 3,916,297 | ||||||
Valuation allowance | (4,185,284 | ) | (3,916,297 | ) | ||||
Net deferred tax assets | $ | - | $ | - |
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law in the United States. The Tax Act, among other provisions, introduces changes in the U.S corporate tax rate, business related deductions and credits, and has international tax consequences for companies that operate globally. Most of the changes introduced in the Tax Act are effective beginning on January 1, 2018. As a result of the tax act the maximum statutory federal tax rate was reduced to 21% starting on January 1, 2018. The other effects of the Tax Act provisions are still being identified and evaluated by the Company.
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Note 9 - Related Party Transactions.
Other than transactions and balances related to cash and share based compensation to officers and directors and other than the issues of convertible debt and warrants to Alpha (see note 3), and payments in respect of consulting fees to certain shareholders with beneficial holdings of greater that 5% of $148,910 and $ nill during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company did not have any transactions and balances with related parties and executive officers during the years ended December 2018 and 2017.
Note 10. Subsequent Events.
On January 1, 2019, the January 2018 Convertible Notes were extended through to January 31, 2020 and the $100,000 Convertible Notes were extended through to January 14, 2020.
On February 7, 2019, Virtual Crypto Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered a share exchange agreement (the “Agreement”) with Algomizer Ltd., an Israeli Corporation (“Algomizer”), pursuant to which Algomizer will assign, transfer and deliver its 99.83% holdings in Viewbix Ltd., an Israeli Corporation, to the Company in exchange for shares of restricted common stock of the Company representing 65% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company on a fully diluted basis on the closing date, excluding VCT warrants to purchase shares of common stock, which will expire in 2020 and with an exercise price representing a valuation for VCT equal to $30,000,000 (“Fully Diluted Share Capital”). In addition, upon the earlier of: (a) the launch of a live video product to an American consumer in the U.S by Viewbix Ltd., or (b) the launch of an interactive television product to an American consumer in the U.S Viewbix Ltd., the Company will issue Algomizer additional shares of restricted common stock of the Company representing 5% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital.
Furthermore, on the closing date, the Company will issue Algomizer: (i) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock of the Company with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $15,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing for a period of ten years, and (ii) warrants to purchase shares of restricted common stock of the Company with an exercise price representing a valuation for the Company of $25,000,000 on Fully Diluted Share Capital basis, which will represent 10% of the Fully Diluted Share Capital immediately following the closing for a period of ten years.
The closing of the Agreement is condition upon the Company filing an amendment to its certificate of incorporation to change the Company’s name to ViewBix Inc., effecting a reverse split of the Company’s shares of common stock at a ratio of 15:1, conversion of the Company’s outstanding debentures into restricted common stock and obtaining a tax pre-ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority relating to the Agreement to be obtained by Algomizer. In addition, the closing is subject to and conditioned upon the approval of the shareholders of the Company.
On February 26, 2019, the Majority Consenting Stockholders approved the Stockholder Consent, approving the Reverse Stock Split Certificate of Amendment in order to affect a reverse stock split of the Corporation’s Common Stock on a 1-for-15 basis. The Company will effect such reverse stock split once all approvals for such actions are obtained.
Pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split, each fifteen (15) shares of Common Stock will be automatically converted, without any further action by the stockholders, into one share of Common Stock. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as the result of the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, each Stockholder will be entitled to receive one share of Common Stock in lieu of the fractional share that would have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, at December 31, 2018, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
As required by the SEC rules and regulations, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
(1) | pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company; | |
(2) | provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and | |
(3) | provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our consolidated financial statements. 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 or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2018. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2018.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting or in other factors identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
None.
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Our directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his respective successors will have been elected and will have qualified. The following table sets forth the name, age and position held with respect to our present executive officers and directors:
Name | Age | Title | ||
Alon Dayan | 42 | CEO and Director | ||
Eyal Ben-Ami | 42 | Director | ||
Gadi Levin | 46 | CFO |
Alon Dayan, age 42, Director: On March 14, 2018, the Registrant appointed Mr. Alon Dayan as a member of the Registrant’s Board of Directors. On January 24, 2018, Mr. Dayan was appointed as CEO of the Registrant’s wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd. with responsibilities for the development, production, manufacture and sale of the Subsidiary’s planned ATM for the purchase and sale of crypto currencies. Mr. Dayan’s background includes business and technical experience and success in new technologies.
From July 2014 to the present, Mr. Dayan has served as the CEO and founder of L1 Systems Ltd (www.L1-systems.com), an Israeli based company engaged in the business of providing the public and private sectors with advanced security solutions including: (i) development, production and sale of a new technology for secured wide band cellular communication; (ii) telecommunications and cyber large-scale system integration; (iii) identifying potential business partners and system integration companies for companies in Israel, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Spain. Since July 2013, Mr. Dayan has served as CEO and was the founder of Polaris Star (www.polaris-sys.com), an Israeli-based company which is engaged in providing advanced cyber security telecommunication for utilities world-wide, including the United States, Israel, India, Japan, Singapore, Italy, Mexico and Brazil.
From 2006 to July 2013, Mr. Dayan served as Regional Director-Sales and Business Development, for Elbit Systems Ltd (NASDAQ: ESLT), an Israeli-based company and a leading manufacturer of electronic defense materials with approximately 5,000 employees.
In 2003, Mr. Dayan received his B.Tech. degree in electronic engineering from Ariel University Israel, which is part of Bar-Ilan University.
Eyal Ben-Ami, age 42, Director. On January 19, 2018, the Registrant’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Eyal Ben-Ami as a member of the Board. From 2008 to the present, Mr. Ben-Ami has served as the Director of Employee Benefits at the IDB Bank of Israel, founded in 1935 and one of Israel’s three largest banks. IDB Bank has more than 260 branches, a staff of approximately 5,700, assets of approximately US$50 billion and international operations with branches in Israel and the United States. From 1993 through 2007, Mr. Ben-Ami was a professional soccer player and a member of Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC, a professional Israeli soccer team, and a member of Israel’s National Soccer Team.
Mr. Gadi Levin, age 45, Chief Financial Officer. On April 18, 2017, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Levin to serve a CFO of the Registrant. Mr. Levin has over 15 years of experience working with public US, Canadian and multi-jurisdictional public companies. Mr. Levin currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Briacell Therapeutics Corp (OTCQB: BCTXF, TSX-V: BRIA.V). Previously, Mr. Levin served as Chief Financial Officer of DarioHeath Corp (NASDAQ: DRIO), a mHealth company operating in the field diabetes management. Mr. Levin also served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for two Israeli investment firms specializing in private equity, hedge funds and real estate. Mr. Levin began his CPA career at the accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, where he worked for nine years, specializing in U.S. listed companies involved in IPO’s working with US GAAP and IFRS. Mr. Levin has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of the Cape Town, South Africa, and a post graduate diploma in Accounting from the University of South Africa. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in South Africa and has an MBA from Bar Ilan University in Israel.
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We do not compensate our directors. We do not have any standing committees at this time.
Our director, officers or affiliates have not, within the past five years, filed any bankruptcy petition, been convicted in or been the subject of any pending criminal proceedings, or is any such person the subject or any order, judgment or decree involving the violation of any state or federal securities laws.
Section 16(a) Compliance. Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 requires that directors and executive officers, and persons who own beneficially more than ten percent (10%) of the Registrant’s Common Stock, to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of all filed reports are required to be furnished to the Registrant pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on the reports received by the Registrant and on written representations from reporting persons, the Registrant believes that all of the officers, directors, and owners of more than ten percent of the outstanding shares of our common stock complied with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act for the year ended December 31, 2008, except as follows: our CEO, CFO and directors have conducted late filings of their respective Forms 3.
NASDAQ Rule 4200. The NASDAQ Rule 4200, which sets forth several tests to determine whether a director of a listed company is independent. Rule 4200 provides that a director would not be considered independent if the director or an immediate family member accepted any compensation from the listed company in excess of $120,000 during any period of 12 consecutive months within the three years preceding the determination of independence (excluding compensation for board or board committee service, compensation paid to an immediate family member as a non-executive employee, benefits paid under a tax-qualified retirement plan and non-discretionary compensation).
Director Independence. In determining whether or not our directors are considered independent, the Company used the definition of independence as defined in NASDAQ Rule 4200. We therefore believe that only Eyal Ben-Ami and Alon Dayan are deemed to be independent directors.
Directors’ Term of Office. Our directors are elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors will have been elected and will have qualified.
Audit Committee and Financial Expert, Compensation Committee, Nominations Committee. We do not have any of the above mentioned standing committees because our corporate financial affairs and corporate governance are simple in nature at this stage of development and each financial transaction is approved by our sole officer or director.
Potential Conflicts of Interest. Since we do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent Directors, the functions that would have been performed by such committees are performed by our Board of Directors. Thus, there is a potential conflict of interest in that our Directors have the authority to determine issues concerning management compensation, in essence their own, and audit issues that may affect management decisions. We are not aware of any other conflicts of interest with any of our Executives or Directors.
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight. The Board assesses on an ongoing basis the risks faced by the Company. These risks include financial, technological, competitive, and operational risks. In addition, since the Company does not have an Audit Committee, the Board is also responsible for the assessment and oversight of the Company’s financial risk exposures.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings. We are not aware of any material legal proceedings that have occurred within the past ten years concerning any Director or control person which involved a criminal conviction, a pending criminal proceeding, a pending or concluded administrative or civil proceeding limiting one’s participation in the securities or banking industries, or a finding of securities or commodities law violations.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Any compensation received by our officers, directors, and management personnel will be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors. Our officers, directors, and management personnel will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred on our behalf.
For the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we did not pay any compensation to our executive officers, nor did any other person receive a total annual salary and bonus exceeding $100,000.
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New Service Agreements
The Registrant entered into separate service agreements with Gadi Levin, CFO and Eyal Ben-Ami, a Director, respectively. The Registrant’s service agreements provide as follows: (i) the agreement with Gadi Levin for serving as CFO of the Registrant and its new Israeli subsidiary provides for monthly cash compensation of $7,500, reduced to $3,750 from October 1, 2018; and (ii) the agreement with Eyal Ben-Ami for serving as a Director provides for the payment of monthly cash compensation of $1,250, payable quarterly on the first day of each fiscal quarter.
Director’s Compensation
Other than with respect to the service agreement with Mr. Ben-Ami, a director referenced above, our directors are not entitled to receive compensation for service rendered to us or for meeting(s) attended except for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. There is no formal or informal arrangements or agreements to compensate employee directors for service provided as a director; however, compensation for new non-employee directors is determined on an ad hoc basis by the existing members of the board of directors at the time a director is elected.
Compensation Policies and Practices as They Relate to the Company’s Risk Management
We believe that our compensation policies and practices for all employees, including executive officers, do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us.
Employment Contracts
We do not have any formal employment agreement with any of our officers. Any future compensation will be determined by the Board of Directors, and, as appropriate, an employment agreement will be executed. We do not currently have plans to pay any compensation until such time as the Company maintains a positive cash flow.
Outstanding Equity Awards
There were no equity awards outstanding as of the end the year ended December 31, 2018.
Option Grants
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Board of Directors did not authorize the issuance of stock options to executive officers and directors to purchase shares of common stock.
Aggregated Option Exercises and Fiscal Year-End Option Value
There were no stock options exercised during the year ending December 31, 2018 by our executive officers.
Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) Awards
There were no awards made to a named executive officer in the last completed fiscal year under any LTIP.
Indebtedness of Management
No officer, director or security holder known to us to own of record or beneficially more than 5% of our Common Stock or any member of the immediate family or sharing the household (other than a tenant or employee) of any of the foregoing persons is indebted to us in the years 2018 and 2017.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table depicts the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 28, 2019. The information provides the ownership information for: each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock; each of our directors; each of our executive officers; and our executive officers and directors as a group.
Name of Beneficial Owner | Common
Stock Beneficially Owned (1) | Percentage of Common Stock Owned (1) | ||||||
Gadi Levin, CFO | - | 0.00 | % | |||||
Moshav Azriel 108 | ||||||||
Lev Hasharon, Israel | ||||||||
Eyal Ben-Ami, Director | - | 0.00 | % | |||||
22 Ma’agal Shalom Street | ||||||||
Rishon Lezion, Israel | ||||||||
Alon Dayan, Director | - | 0.00 | % | |||||
Shir Hashirim 39 | ||||||||
Elakana, Israel |
Kfir
Silberman, Individually and as 20 Raoul Wallenberg St., Tel Aviv 6971916, Israel |
9,680,991 | 8.74 | % | |||||
Lavi
Karasny , Individually and as 10 Pa’amoni Street Tel Aviv 6291806, Israel |
9,353,064 | 8.45 | % | |||||
Amir
Uziel, Individually and as 5 Shira Street Rishon Lezion 7580237, Israel |
9,100,000 | 8.22 | % | |||||
Nir
Reinhold , Individually and as Israel 8380000 |
10,300,000 | 9.3 | % | |||||
Itschak
Shrem, Individually and as 13 Hatikva Street Ramat Hasharon 472169, Israel |
9,153,064 | 8.27 | % |
(1) Applicable percentage ownership is based on 110,749,643 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 28, 2019. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of common stock that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 28, 2019 are deemed to be beneficially owned by the person holding such securities for the purpose of computing the percentage of ownership of such person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE
Certain Related Party Transactions
Indebtedness of Management
During the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we paid $148,910 and $ nil, respectively, in respect of consulting fees, to certain shareholders who beneficially own more than 5% of our Common Stock.
No officer, director or security holder known to us to own of record or beneficially more than 5% of our Common Stock or any member of the immediate family or sharing the household (other than a tenant or employee) of any of the foregoing persons is indebted to us in the years 2018 and 2017.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Independent Public Accountants
The Registrant’s Board of Directors has appointed Halperin Ilanit as independent public accountant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018.
Principal Accounting Fees
The following table presents the fees for professional audit services rendered by Halperin. Ilanit for the audit of the Registrant’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. for the audit of the Registrant’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. Fees billed for other services rendered by Halperin Ilanit and Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. during those periods.
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Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
Audit fees (1) | $ | 14,500 | $ | 43,000 | ||||
Audit-related fees (2) | — | — | ||||||
Tax fees (3) | — | — | ||||||
All other fees | — | — |
(1) | At 2018 Audit fees consist of audit and review services and at 2017 the Audit fees consist of audit and review services and the consents and review of documents filed with the SEC. |
(2) | Audit-related fees consist of assistance and discussion concerning financial accounting and reporting standards and other accounting issues. |
(3) | Tax fees consist of preparation of federal and state tax returns, review of quarterly estimated tax payments, and consultation concerning tax compliance issues. |
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND CONSOLIDARED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report on Form 10-K or incorporated by reference herein. Any document incorporated by reference is identified by a parenthetical reference to the SEC filing that included such document.
* Filed herewith
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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.
VIRTUAL CRYPTO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: | /s/ Alon Dayan | |
Alon Dayan, Chief Executive Officer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Date: March 29, 2019 | ||
By: | /s/ Gadi Levin | |
Gadi Levin, Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
Date: March 29, 2019 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ Alon Dayan | |
Alon Dayan, Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: March 29, 2019 |
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