SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023

OR

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

For the transition period from               to               

Commission file number 001-40747

authID Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1580 North Logan Street, Suite 660, Unit 51767,

Denver, CO 80203

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

516-274-8700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

1385 S. Colorado Blvd

Denver, CO 80222

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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 ☐ No

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

☒ Yes ☐ No

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

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

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

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This report includes forward-looking statements that relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “targets,” “likely,” “aim,” “will,” “would,” “could,” and similar expressions or phrases identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operation, business strategy and financial needs.

You should read thoroughly this report and the documents that we refer to herein with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and/or worse than what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements including those made in this report, in Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors also appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Some examples of risk factors which may affect our business are as follows:

Other sections of this report include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the Federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report, and you should not rely on these statements without also considering the risks and uncertainties associated with these statements and our business.

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

Unless specifically set forth to the contrary, when used in this report the terms “authID” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and similar terms refer to authID Inc., a Delaware corporation and its subsidiaries. The Company was formerly known as Ipsidy Inc.

On June 26, 2023 the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporations to effect a one-for-eight (1-for-8) reverse split which became effective on July 7, 2023 (See Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”).

The information which appears on our website www.authID.ai is not part of this report.

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited) 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

authID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

In the opinion of Management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) which we considered as necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The results of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future periods or the full year.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of authID Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries MultiPay S.A.S., ID Solutions, Inc., FIN Holdings Inc., Ipsidy Enterprises Limited and authID Gaming Inc. (collectively the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Going Concern

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2023, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $156.0$156.3 million. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023, the Company earned revenue from continuing operations of approximately $0.04 million and $0.07$0.12 million, used approximately $2.0$2.1 million and $4.2$6.2 million to fund its operations, and incurred a net loss of approximately $10.7$3.7 million and $15.9$16.2 million, respectively.

The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon financial support from the Company’s stockholders and noteholders, the ability of the Company to obtain additional debt or equity financing to continue operations, the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, successfully locating and negotiating with other business entities for potential acquisition, and acquiring new clients to generate revenues and cash flows.

During the quarternine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023, the Company has secured additional financing of approximately $6.4 million net, which provides funding for its current operations as it continues to invest in its product, people, and technology. Although there is no guarantee, the Company projects that the investments will lead to revenue expansion thereby reducing liquidity needs. However, in order to further implement its business plan and satisfy its working capital requirements, the Company will need to raise additional capital. There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to raise additional equity or debt financing at acceptable terms, if at all.

There is no assurance that the Company will ever be profitable. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. As there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to achieve positive cash flows (become cash flow positive) and raise sufficient capital to maintain operations, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Reclassification

Certain prior year expenses have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the previously reported loss from continuing operations and management does not believe that this reclassification is material to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. Specifically, we reclassified certain expenses from general and administrative expenses to research and development expenses.

Net Loss per Common Share

The Company computes net loss per share in accordance with FASB ASC 260, “Earnings per Share”. ASC 260 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the statement of operations. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period including stock options, using the treasury stock method, and convertible notes and stock warrants, using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options, warrants and conversion of convertible notes. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. The following potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023 and 2022 because their effect was antidilutive:

Revenue Recognition

Verified Software License – The Company recognizes revenue based on the identified performance obligations over the performance period for fixed consideration and / or variable fees generated that are earned on a usage fee based over time based on user monthly user or transaction volumes or on a monthly flat fee rate. We allocate the selling price in a contract which has multiple performance obligations based on the contract selling price that we believe represents a fair market price for the service rendered based on estimated standalone selling price.

The Company had contract liabilities of approximately $59,000$103,000 and $81,000 as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 respectively for certain revenue that will be earned in future periods. All deferred revenue contract liabilities as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023 willare expected to be earned over the next twelve months.

Remaining Performance Obligations

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2023, the Company’s Remaining Performance Obligation (RPO) was $1.87 million, of which $0.10 million is held as deferred revenue and December 31, 2022,$1.77 million is related to other non-cancelable contracted amounts. The Company expects approximately 34% of the RPO to be recognized as revenue in the twelve months ending September 30, 2024 based on contractual commitments and expected usage patterns. However, the amount and timing of revenue recognition are generally dependent upon customers’ future consumption, which is inherently variable at customers’ discretion. Furthermore, the Company diddoes not have anyhistorical information to estimate the recognition of revenue due to its current operations and has approximated such amount based on discussions with the contracted parties.

Deferred Contract Costs – We defer the portion of sales commission that is considered a cost of obtaining a new contract with a customer and amortize these deferred costs over the period of benefit. We expense the remaining sales commissions as incurred. The following table summarizes deferred contract costscost activity for fees payable.the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

Legacy Authentication Services – The Company historically has sold certain legacy software licenses to customers and revenue is recognized when delivery occurs, and all other revenue recognition criteria have been met. During both quarters ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company provided annual software maintenance support services relating to previously licensed software on a stand-ready basis. These fees were billed in advance and recognized ratably over the requisite service period as revenue.

Revenue Accounting Pronouncement – In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic),” which replaces the current incurred loss impairment methodology for most financial assets with the current expected credit lost, or CECL, methodology. The series of new guidance amends the impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses rather than incurred losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. The Company adopted the new standard effective January 1, 2023, which did not have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2 – OTHER CURRENT ASSETS AND OTHER ASSETS

Other current assets consisted of the following at JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022:

Other assets consisted of the following at JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022:

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (OTHER THAN GOODWILL)

The Company’s intangible assets primarily consist of acquired and developed software that is being amortized over their estimated useful lives as indicated below. The following is a summary of activity related to intangible assets for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited):

The following is a summary of intangible assets as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited):

Amortization expense totaled approximately $152,000$212,450 and $428,000$642,000 for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

Future expected amortization of intangible assets is as follows:

There is no impairment indicator identified for impairment of the Company’s intangible assets and goodwill as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023.

NOTE 4 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022:

On February 14, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved to implement a revised budget for 2023 in order to reduce expenses and cash requirements and as part of such revised budget decided to re-balance staffing levels to better align with the evolving needs of the Company (the “Labor Reduction Plan”). Under the Labor Reduction Plan, 12 employees and 6 contractors have left the Company. The Company has also given termination notice to certain vendors and contractors that provide services to the Company. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023, the Company incurred approximately $0.8 million of severance expenses, of which $0.4 million was paid and $0.1 million was included in the Accounts payable and accrued expenses and the remaining $0.3 million was accrued for in Other liabilities as a long term liability on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023.

NOTE 5 – WORKING CAPITAL FACILTIY

On March 21, 2022, the Company entered into a Credit Facility Agreement (the “Original Facility Agreement”) with Stephen J. Garchik (“Garchik”), who is a shareholder of the Company, pursuant to which Garchik agreed to provide to the Company a $10.0 million unsecured standby line of credit facility that could be drawn down in several tranches, subject to certain conditions described in the Original Facility Agreement. Pursuant to the Original Facility Agreement, the Company paid Garchik a Facility Commitment Fee of 12,500 shares of our common stock upon the effective date of the Original Facility Agreement.

On March 8, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (“A&R Facility Agreement”) with Garchik, pursuant to which the Company and Garchik amended and restated the Original Facility Agreement in its entirety, to replace the credit facility contemplated by the Original Facility Agreement with (i) an initial credit facility to the Company in an amount of $900,000 and (ii) the parties to use their reasonable best efforts after the Initial Funding to negotiate the terms of a subsequent credit facility in the aggregate amount of $2,700,000 (the “Subsequent Funding”).

On March 9, 2023, pursuant to the A&R Facility Agreement, the Company entered into a promissory note (the “Initial Promissory Note”) in favor of Garchik, pursuant to which Garchik loaned the amount of $900,000 (the “Principal Amount”) to the Company. In connection with the Company and Garchik entering into the Initial Promissory Note, each of the principal United States based subsidiaries of the Company agreed to, for the benefit and security of Garchik, guarantee the payment and performance all of the Company’s obligations under the Initial Promissory Note and the Guaranty. The Company and Garchik also entered into the Release Agreement, pursuant to which the Company and Garchik mutually agreed to release any and all rights to make a claim against the other and any existing claims against the other arising out of or relating to the Original Facility Agreement.

The Company wrote-off approximately $410,000 of the issuance costs related to the Original Credit Facility and capitalized $426,000 issuance costs related to the A&R Facility Agreement as of March 31, 2023.

On May 25, 2023, the Company and Garchik agreed to cancel the Initial Promissory Note, terminate the A&R Facility Agreement and Guaranty and satisfy and offset the outstanding balance of the Initial Promissory Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest in the aggregate amount of $929,250 against the purchase price of certain shares of common stock of the Company. See Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”. All remaining unamortized debt issuance costs of approximately $381,000 related to the Initial Promissory Note and the A&R Facility Agreement were recorded as a loss on debt extinguishment for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023.

NOTE 6 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

On March 21, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with certain accredited investors, including certain directors of the Company or their affiliates (the “Note Investors”), and, pursuant to the SPA, sold to the Note Investors Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) with an aggregate initial principal amount of approximately $9.2 million and a conversion price of $29.60. The Convertible Notes were sold with an aggregate cash origination fee of approximately $200,000, and we issued a total of approximately 3,563 shares of our common stock to the Note Investors as an additional origination fee. The Convertible Notes accrue interest at the rate of 9.75% per annum, which is payable in cash or, for some or all of the first five interest payments, in shares of our common stock at the Company’s option, on the last day of each calendar quarter before the maturity date and on the maturity date. The maturity date of the Convertible Notes is March 31, 2025.

During the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 20232022, a holder of a Convertible Note converted the full principal amount of $50,000 and accrued interest of $406 into 1,706 shares of our common stock.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company issued 35,365 and 14,6129,335 shares of common stock for approximately $136,000 and $251,000$223,000 of interest, respectively.interest.

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company issued 103,533 and 14,61223,947 shares of common stock for approximately $358,000 and $251,000$474,000 of interest expense, respectively. The number of shares issued to each Note Investor was based on the VWAP of the common stock as of the relevant interest payment date, as defined in the Convertible Notes.

In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Notes, the Company issued 17,836 common stock warrants to a broker and its representatives with an estimated grant date fair value of approximately $449,000 which was recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the Convertible Notes.

On May 23, 2023, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with certain holders (“Holders”) of the Convertible Notes of the Company, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue 2,346,105 shares of common stock to the Holders in exchange for approximately $8.9 million (or approximately $7.9 million, net of debt issuance costs and discount) of the principal amount of Holders’ Convertible Notes at a price of $3.78 per share (or $4.12 if the Holder is a director, officer or insider of the Company). On June 7, 2023, the Company entered into a further Securities Purchase Agreement and Exchange Agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue 2,242 Exchange Shares in exchange for $13,000 of the principal amount of the Holder’s Convertible Note at a price of $5.80 per share. The Company also recognized an expense on conversion of convertible notes of approximately $7.5 million, representing the market value of the additional shares issued by the Company in exchange for the Convertible Notes, above the number of shares that the Holders would have received upon conversion at the original conversion price under the Convertible Notes.

On May 23, 2023, the Company solicited the consent of the Convertible Notes Holders to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and a related event of default in the Convertible Notes. The Company received consent from Holders representing over the necessary 66.67% of the outstanding principal amount under the Convertible Notes.

See Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”.

The following is a summary of the convertible notesConvertible Notes payable outstanding as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023 (unaudited):

Future maturities of convertible notesConvertible Notes payable as of JuneSeptember 30, 2023:

NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Convertible Notes Payable

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, two Directors, an affiliate of one of such Directors and one Executive Officer invested in $1.2 million of the Convertible Notes issued. In connection with the payment of interest on the Convertible Notes, 1,350 shares were issued to two Directors and an affiliate of one of the Directors. The Executive Officer resigned in June 2022 and the two directors resigned in March 2023.

One Convertible Note holder, Mr. Ken Jisser, joined our Board of Directors on March 9, 2023. Mr. Jisser is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Pipeline Group, Inc. (“TPG”), a technology-enabled services company that assists the Company with pipeline generation. On June 6, 2023, the Company entered into a services agreement with TPG. The agreement provides that TPG assist in providing outsourced sales including business development resources for outbound calling, provide support for automated dialing technology, classify customer data and other sales related services. In consideration of the services, the Company will pay TPG $47,000 per month during a one-year term.

On May 23, 2023, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement, Mr. Ken Jisser converted $100,000 of convertible notesConvertible Notes payable and accrued interest of $1,463 into 24,628 shares of common stock.

On May 23, 2023, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement, Mr. Stephen J. Garchik, who is a shareholder of the Company, converted $1,000,000 of convertible notesConvertible Notes payable and $14,625 of accrued interest into 264,831 and 3,874 shares of common stock, respectively. As a result of such exchange, the issuance of shares in satisfaction of the Credit Facility referred to below and the purchase of additional shares of common stock in May 2023, (See Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”), Mr. Garchik is now a holder of more than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

See Note 6 “Convertible Notes Payable” and Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”.

Issuance of Common Stock

One Director and two Executive Officers invested $0.2 million in the common stock offering in the six months ended June 30, 2022. The Director and Officers resigned during the March 2023.

On May 23, 2023, Messrs. Rhoniel Daguro, CEO, Ken Jisser, Michael Thompson, members of the Company’s Board of Directors and Joseph Trelin, the Chairman of the Board, each purchased 12,500 shares of Company’s common stock at a price of $50,000.

Credit Facility

On March 21, 2022 the Company entered into the Original Facility Agreement with Mr. Stephen Garchik, an accredited investor, Mr. Stephen Garchik, who is both a current shareholder of the Company and a Note Investor, pursuant to which the accredited investorMr. Garchik agreed to provide a $10.0 million unsecured standby line of credit facility that will rank behind the Convertible Notes and may be drawn down in several tranches, subject to certain conditions described in the Original Facility Agreement. Pursuant to the Original Facility Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Garchik the Facility Commitment Fee of 12,500 shares of our common stock upon the effective date of the Original Facility Agreement. Upon request by Mr. Garchik and until the full amount due under the Original Agreement is repaid in full, the Company agreed to provide for the nomination of one designee specified in writing by Garchik for appointment to our board directors and for subsequent election to our board of directors and to recommend such nominee for election to our board of directors. On April 18, 2022, Joseph Trelin, as Garchik’s designee under the Original Facility Agreement, was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. By virtue of such right of nomination Mr. Garchik considered himself a “director by deputization”.

As described in Note 5 “Working Capital Facility”, the Original Facility Agreement was amended and restated effective March 6,8, 2023 pursuant to which amendment the amount of the facility was reduced to $3.6 million, an initial advance of $900,000 was made and subsequent advances under the A&R Facility Agreement are subject to various conditions including the granting of a security interest over substantially all the Company’s assets. Under the A&R Facility Agreement Garchik had a one-time right for the nomination of four designees specified in writing by Garchik for appointment to our board of directors. On March 9, 2023 Rhoniel Daguro, Ken Jisser, Michael Thompson and Thomas Szoke as Garchik’s designees under the A&R Facility Agreement, were appointed as members of the Board of Directors of the Company.

On May 25, 2023, the Company and Mr. Garchik agreed to cancel the Initial Promissory Note, terminated the A&R Facility Agreement and Guaranty and satisfied and offset the outstanding balance of the Note in the principal amount of $900,000 and $29,250 accrued and unpaid interest with the purchase price of 245,634 and 7,983 shares of common stock, respectively. See Note 5 “Working Capital Facility” and Note 8 “Shareholders’ Equity”.

Executive Officers’ Agreements

Effective March 23, 2023, Mr. Thomas Thimot resigned as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

On March 23, 2023, the Company and Rhoniel A. Daguro, a director of the Company, entered an Offer Letter pursuant to which Mr. Daguro agreed to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company in consideration of an initial annual salary of $400,000. Mr. Daguro will be eligible for an annual target bonus of up to $375,000 based on performance milestones. For the period ending March 31, 2024, a bonus amount of $75,000 shall be payable upon the Company achieving increments of $1,000,000 in total contract value of all customer agreements less claw backs (“Bookings”) up to an aggregate of $5,000,000 in Bookings. For subsequent years, Mr. Daguro and the Compensation Committee of the Board will mutually agree as to the performance targets to be achieved, to earn the annual bonus. On April 10, 2023, the Company provided Mr. Daguro with an initial grant of options to purchase 306,875 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $3.176 per share for a period of ten years vesting subject to achievement of performance and service conditions. On June 28, 2023, the Company made an additional grant of options to Mr. Daguro to acquire 183,125 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $5.48 for a period of ten years vesting subject to achievement of performance and service conditions.

The employment of Mr. Daguro is at will and may be terminated at any time, with or without formal cause. The Company also entered an Executive Retention Agreement with Mr. Daguro, pursuant to which the Company agreed to provide specified severance and bonus amounts and to accelerate the vesting on his equity awards upon termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, as each term is defined in the agreement. In the event of a termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, Mr. Daguro is entitled to receive an amount equal to 100% of his base salary, the actual bonus earned but unpaid for the previous year and any bonus that was earned but unpaid prior to the termination date. Further, upon termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, the Company will reimburse Mr. Daguro for the cost of continuation of health coverage for Mr. Daguro and his eligible dependents pursuant to COBRA until the earlier of 12 months following the termination date, the date Mr. Daguro and his dependents are eligible for health coverage from a new employer or the date Mr. Daguro and his eligible dependents are no longer eligible for COBRA.

Effective June 17, 2022 Stuart Stoller resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. In connection with his retirement, the Board of Directors approved the vesting of approximately 15,278 stock options which were unvested as of June 17, 2022. Additionally, the Board of Directors approved a consulting arrangement for Mr. Stoller to provide transitional services.

On April 25, 2022, Hang Pham and the Company entered an Offer Letter pursuant to which Ms. Pham agreed to serve as Chief Financial Officer with a planned employment date commencing June 20, 2022. Ms. Pham receives an annual salary of $275,000. The Company agreed to provide a bonus of 40% of the base salary based on achievement of performance milestones, calculated and payable in accordance with the corporate milestones approved by the Board for the year 2022. For subsequent fiscal years the bonus shall be subject to performance targets to be mutually agreed with the Compensation Committee of the Board. In addition, Ms. Pham received a signing bonus in the amount of $25,000, which is fully refundable to the Company if Ms. Pham leaves her employment voluntarily or is terminated for cause prior to the first anniversary of the commencement of employment. Upon commencing employment, Ms. Pham was granted an option to acquire 43,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $19.28 with an exercise period of ten years subject to certain performance and market vesting requirements. On May 11, 2023, the Company entered a Retention Agreement with Ms. Pham, pursuant to which the Company agreed to provide specified retention bonus amounts subject to certain performance conditions in the aggregate amount of up to $240,625 and to accelerate the vesting on her equity awards upon termination. This Agreement replaces the previous Executive Retention Agreement dated April 25, 2022, which was terminated and a release granted in relation thereto. Ms. Pham resigned as Chief Financial Officer effective August 15, 2023.

On April 12, 2023, the Company entered an Offer Letter with Thomas R. Szoke, a director of the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Szoke agreed to serve as Chief Technology Officer in consideration of an initial annual salary of $250,000. Mr. Szoke received an initial signing bonus of $20,833 and will be eligible for an annual target bonus of up to $200,000 based on performance milestones. For the period ending March 31, 2024, a bonus amount of $40,000 shall be payable upon our company achieving increments of $1,000,000 in total contract value of all customer agreements less claw backs (“Bookings”) up to an aggregate of $5,000,000 in Bookings. For subsequent years, Mr. Szoke and the Compensation Committee of the Board will mutually agree as to the performance targets to be achieved, to earn the annual bonus. The vesting criteria of Mr. Szoke’s Stock Options to acquire 12,500 shares of common stock previously granted to Mr. Szoke on March 14, 2023 (the “Original Grant”) were amended pursuant to an Amended and Restated Stock Non-Statutory Option Agreement providing for vesting subject to achievement of performance and service conditions. All other terms of the Original Grant were not changed. On June 28, 2023, the Company made an additional grant of options to Mr. Szoke to acquire 50,000 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $5.48 per share for a period of ten years vesting subject to achievement of performance and service conditions.

The employment of Mr. Szoke is at will and may be terminated at any time, with or without formal cause. The Company also entered an Executive Retention Agreement with Mr. Szoke, pursuant to which the Company agreed to provide specified severance and bonus amounts and to accelerate the vesting on his equity awards upon termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, as each term is defined in the agreement. In the event of a termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, Mr. Szoke is entitled to receive an amount equal to 100% of his base salary, the actual bonus earned but unpaid for the previous year and any bonus that was earned but unpaid prior to the termination date. Further, upon termination upon a change of control or an involuntary termination, the Company will reimburse Mr. Szoke for the cost of continuation of health coverage for Mr. Szoke and his eligible dependents pursuant to COBRA until the earlier of 12 months following the termination date, the date Mr. Szoke and his dependents are eligible for health coverage from a new employer or the date Mr. Szoke and his eligible dependents are no longer eligible for COBRA.

On July 31, 2023, the Company and Edward Sellitto entered an Offer Letter pursuant to which Mr. Sellitto agreed to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company commencing August 15, 2023 in consideration of an annual salary of $250,000. Mr. Sellitto will be eligible for an annual target bonus of up to 60% of base salary based on achievement of performance milestones, as Mr. Sellitto and the Compensation Committee of the Board, will mutually agree for each year. The bonus shall be pro-rated for the year 2023. At the outset of employment, Mr. Sellitto was provided with a grant of options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock vesting subject to achievement of performance and service conditions at an exercise price of $8.87, with an exercise period of 10 years. The employment of Mr. Sellitto will be at will and may be terminated at any time, with or without formal cause.

Board of Directors

Messrs. Thomas Thimot, Phillip L. Kumnick, Philip R. Broenniman, Michael A. Gorriz and Ms. Neepa Patel tendered their resignations from the Board of Directors of the Company on March 9, 2023. The Board of Directors appointed Joseph Trelin to the Company’s Compensation and Audit Committees. On March 9, 2023, the Board of Directors appointed Rhon Daguro, Ken Jisser, Michael Thompson and Thomas Szoke as additional directors of the Company and reduced the size of the Board of Directors from 8 directors to 7 directors. The Company granted Messrs. Jisser, Thompson and Szoke 12,500 options each at the exercise price of $2.64 per share.

On March 16, 2023, the Company appointed Joseph Trelin as the Chairman of the Board, Michael Koehneman as Chairman of the Governance Committee and appointed Michael Thompson to the Company’s Compensation and Governance Committees.

On June 28, 2023, the Company granted 15,625 options each at the exercise price of $5.48 per share to Messrs. Joseph Trelin, Michael Koehneman and Ms. Jacqueline White and 3,125 options each at the exercise price of $5.48 to Messrs. Jisser and Thompson, in accordance with the Company’s compensation policy for non-employee directors. Each such option vests over a period of twelve months.

Services Agreements

Mr. Ken Jisser joined our Board of Directors on March 9, 2023. Mr. Jisser is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Pipeline Group, Inc. (“TPG”), a technology-enabled services company that assists the Company with pipeline generation. On June 6, 2023, the Company entered into a services agreement with TPG. The agreement provides that TPG assist in providing outsourced sales including business development resources for outbound calling, provide support for automated dialing technology, classify customer data and other sales related services. In consideration of the services, the Company will pay TPG $47,000 per month during a one-year term. On October 25, 2023 the Agreement was amended to provide for additional services and for the Company to pay TPG $70,000 per month during the remainder of the term.

NOTE 8 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On June 26, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a one-for-eight (1-for-8) reverse split (the “Reverse Split”) of the shares of the Company’s common stock. The Reverse Split became effective on July 7, 2023 (see Note 11 “Subsequent Event”). As a result of the Reverse Split, every eight shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock automatically converted into one share of common stock, without any change in the par value per share, and began trading on a post-split basis under the Company’s existing trading symbol, “AUID”, when the market opened on July 10, 2023. The Reverse Split affected all holders of common stock uniformly and did not affect any common stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in the Company, except for de minimis changes as a result of the elimination of fractional shares. A total of 62,816,330 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Split, and 7,874,962 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding immediately after the Reverse Split. No fractional shares will be outstanding following the Reverse Split. Any holder who would have received a fractional share of common stock received an additional fraction of a share of common stock to round up their holding to the next whole share. In addition, effective as of the Reverse Split, proportionate adjustments were made to all then-outstanding options and warrants with respect to the number of shares of common stock subject to such options or warrants and the exercise prices thereof, as well as to the conversion price under the remaining Convertible Notes. The impact of this change in capital structure has been retroactively applied to all periods presented herein.