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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered | Amount to be Registered(1)(2) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Security(3) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee | |||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | 6,175,000 | $0.58 | $3,581,500 | $361 | |||||
Title of each class of securities to be registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee | ||
| Units consisting of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share(2) | $ | 9,200,000 | $ | 1,194 |
| Common Stock included as part of the Units | — | — | ||
| Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock included as part of the Units(3) | — | — | ||
| Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants(4)(5) | $ | — | $ | |
| Representative’s Warrants(5) | — | — | ||
| Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Representative’s Warrants(6)(7) | $ | 704,000 | $ | 92 |
| Total | $ | 9,904,000 | $ | 1,286 |
| (1) | In the event of a |
| (2) | Includes |
| (3) | In accordance with Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act, because the shares of the Registrant’s common stock underlying the warrants and Representative’s warrants are registered hereby, no separate registration fee is required with respect to the warrants registered hereby. |
| (4) | There will be issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock |
| (5) | No additional registration fee is payable pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act. |
| (6) | Includes shares of common stock which may be issued upon |
| (7) | Estimated solely for |
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling security holdersWe may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and the Company is not soliciting an offer to buy thethese securities in any statejurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 10, 2019
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
$8,000,000 of Units
Each Unit Consisting of
One Share of Common Stock
One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock
This prospectus relatesis a firm commitment underwritten public offering of $8,000,000 of units (the “Units”) of VerifyMe, Inc., a Nevada corporation. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share ( % of the saleprice of each Unit sold in this offering). Each warrant offered hereby is immediately exercisable on the date of issuance and will expire on , 2024, the date that is five years from the date of issuance.
The Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or other disposition from time to time of 6,175,000issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of our common stock par value $0.001 per share, by certain of our security holders (the “selling security holders”). The shares offered for resale by this prospectus include the following:
Our common stock is presently traded on the over-the-counter market and quoted on the OTCBBOTCQB market under the symbol “VRME.” Our principal offices are located at 12 West 21st Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, andWe expect to apply to list our telephone number is 212-994-7002.
Certain of our directors or entities affiliated with such persons have not taken any actionindicated an interest in purchasing up to register or obtain permission foran aggregate of approximately $ of our Units (or Units based on the assumed public offering price of $ per Unit) in this offering oron the distribution ofsame terms as those offered to the public.
The share and per share information in this prospectus does not reflect a recommended reverse stock split of the outstanding common stock in any country other thana range of 1-for-25 to 1-for-120 to occur before the United States.
Investing in our common stock is highly speculative andsecurities involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described under the headingSee “Risk Factors” beginning on page 512 of this prospectus. You should carefully consider these risk factors, as well as the information contained in this prospectus, before making a decision to purchase our common stock.you invest.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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| Offering price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Underwriting discount and commissions(1) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Proceeds to us before offering expenses(2) | $ | $ | ||||||
| (1) | We have also agreed to issue warrants to purchase shares of our common stock to the Representative and to reimburse the underwriters for certain expenses and to issue to the representative of the underwriters warrants to purchase shares of common stock as additional compensation. See “Underwriting” for additional information regarding total underwriter compensation. |
| (2) | The amount of offering proceeds to us presented in this table does not give effect to any exercise of the: (i) over-allotment option (if any) we have granted to the underwriters as described below and (ii) warrants being issued in this offering. |
We have granted a 45-day option to the underwriters to purchase up to additional shares of common stock at a price of $ per share and/or additional warrants at a price of $ per warrant less, in each case, the underwriting discounts payable by us, in any combination solely to cover over-allotments, if any.
The underwriter expects to deliver the securities against payment to the investors in this offering on or about , 2019.
Sole Book-Running Manager
Maxim Group LLC
The date of this prospectus is , 2016.
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You should rely only on information set forth in greater detail elsewherecontained in this prospectus. It mayWe have not, contain all the information that may be important to you. Before making an investment decision, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5, the financial statements and the notesunderwriters have not, authorized anyone to the financial statements. All referencesprovide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this prospectus to “VerifyMe,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar references mean VerifyMe, Inc., unless we state otherwise orprospectus. Neither the context otherwise requires.
For investors outside the United States and Canada: Neither we nor any of the following risksunderwriters have taken any action that would permit this offering or uncertainties actually occurs, ourpossession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States and Canada. Persons outside the United States and Canada who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities covered hereby and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United States and Canada.
The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects would likely suffer, possibly materially. In addition,may have changed since those dates.
No person is authorized in connection with this prospectus to give any information or to make any representations about us, the trading price of our common stock could decline due tosecurities offered hereby or any of these risksmatter discussed in this prospectus, other than the information and representations contained in this prospectus. If any other information or uncertainties, and you may lose partrepresentation is given or all of your investment.
Neither we nor the underwriters have generated only losses, which are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans, objectives of management and expected market growth are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about:
| · | our ability to continue as a going concern and our history of losses; |
| · | our ability to obtain additional financing; |
| · | our use of the net proceeds from this offering; |
| · | our relatively new business model and lack of significant revenues; |
| · | our ability to prosecute, maintain or enforce our intellectual property rights; |
| · | disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights and claims of infringement; |
| · | the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues and capital requirements; |
| · | the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business and technology; |
| · | the successful development of our sales and marketing capabilities; |
| · | the potential markets for our products and our ability to serve those markets; |
| · | the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products and any future products; |
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| · | regulatory developments and our compliance with applicable laws; and |
| · | our liquidity. |
These statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail under the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by law, after the date of this prospectus, we are under no duty to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The forward-looking statements in this prospectus represent our views as of the date of this prospectus. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this prospectus.
Industry and Market Data
This prospectus contains estimates made, and other statistical data published, by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry. We obtained the industry and market data in this prospectus from our own research as well as from industry and general publications, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. This data involves a number of assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates of the future performance of the industries in which we operate that are inherently subject to a high degree of uncertainty and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. We caution you not to give undue weight to such projections, assumptions and estimates. While we believe that these publications, studies and surveys are reliable, we have not independently verified the data contained in them. In addition, while we believe that the results and estimates from our internal research are reliable, such results and estimates have not been verified by any independent source.
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This summary highlights certain information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all of the proceedsinformation you should consider before investing in our securities and it is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information included elsewhere in this prospectus. Before you make an investment decision, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the section of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and similar headings. You should also carefully read our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
Business Overview
VerifyMe, Inc. (“VerifyMe,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a developmental stage technology solutions provider specializing in brand protection functions such as counterfeit prevention, authentication, serialization, track and trace features for labels, packaging and products. Leveraging our covert luminescent pigment, RainbowSecure®, which we began commercializing in 2018, we also developed the patent pending VeriPAS™ software system in 2018 which covertly and overtly serializes products to track a product’s “life cycle” for brand owners. We believe VeriPAS™ is the only invisible covert serialization and authentication solution deployed through variable digital printing on HP Indigo printing systems with a smartphone tracking and authentication system. VeriPAS™ is capable of fluorescing, decoding, and verifying invisible RainbowSecure® codes in the field – designed to allow investigators to quickly and efficiently authenticate product throughout the distribution chain, including warehouses, ports of entry, retail locations, and product purchased over the Internet for inspection and investigative actions. This technology is coupled with a secure cloud based track and trace software engine which allows brands and investigators to see where products originate and where they are deployed with geo location mapping and intelligent programable alerts. Brand owners access the VeriPAS™ software over the internet. Brand owners can then set rules of engagement, establish marketing programs for customer engagement and control, and monitor and protect their products “life cycle.” We have not yet derived any revenue from our VeriPAS™ software system and have derived minimal revenue from the sale of anyour RainbowSecure® technology.
Our brand protection technologies involve the utilization of our common stock offeredinvisible and color changing inks, which are compatible with today’s printing presses. In 2017, we signed a five-year contract with the Indigo Division of HP Inc. (“HP Indigo”) to print this technology on packages and labels on their 6000 series digital presses. In 2019, we entered into a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in this prospectus that is issued upon conversion of our outstanding Series C Preferred Stock or a cashless exercise of outstanding warrants held by the selling security holders. We will not receive any of the proceeds from any sale of the shares of common stock by selling security holders. If the warrants that were issuedNorth America, to the selling security holdersco-develop inkjet inks to purchase an aggregate of 3,087,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share are exercised by payment of cash, we will receive proceeds of $1,235,000 from the selling security holders. In such event, we intend to use the cash proceeds receivedbe used for general corporate purposes, additions to working capitalinkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and capital expenditures.
We believe that our brand protection will play a role in the supply chain management process. Our invisible ink can be used as a unique identifier in a digital serialization application.
Serialization or unique identification helps brand owners identify who manufactured the product, which wholesaler has sold transferredthe product to retailers or otherwise disposedhospitals and other pertinent information concerning the product’s supply chain. The implementation of serialization and track and trace provides the ability to track and trace the lifecycle of products in the system end-to-end. Our invisible ink is applied during the printing process of product labels and packaging and can be used as a unique invisible serialization identifying number or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any timecode on labels and from time to time, the sharespackaging. The invisibleness of our common stock in transactions exempt fromink acts as an additional layer of security since the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) after the date on which they provided the information set forth in the table below.
A track and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. However, the Series C Preferred Stock and the warrants of the sellingtrace system improves security holders are subject to limitations upon conversion and exercise, respectively. With respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, the most significant of these limitations is that the selling security holder may not convert its Series C Preferred Stock if the conversion would cause such holder's beneficial ownership of our common stock to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The selling security holder is permitted to increase the 4.99% beneficial ownership limitation imposed upon its conversion of its Series C Preferred Stock up to a 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation upon notice to the Company, provided, that such increased beneficial ownership limitation shall not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. Further, with respect to the warrants, the most significant of these limitations is that the selling security holder may not exercise its warrants if the exercise would cause such holder's beneficial ownership of our common stock to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The selling security holder is permitted to increase the 4.99% beneficial ownership limitation imposed upon the exercise of its warrants up to a 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation upon notice to the Company, provided, that such increased beneficial ownership limitation shall not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. Therefore, although they are included in the table below, the number of shares of common stock for some listed persons may include shares that may not be purchased during a given 60-day period used for purposes of determining beneficial ownership.
| Name of Investor | Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares Prior to Offering (#)(1) | Number of Common Shares Underlying Series C Preferred Stock Being Registered (#)(2) | Number of Common Shares Underlying Warrants Being Registered(3) | Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares Post- Offering (#)(4) | Percent of Common Shares Beneficially Owned Post- Offering (%)(5) | |||||||||||||||
| Barry Honig | 875,000 | 437,500 | 437,500 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan S. Blickman | 21,648 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 1,648 | * | |||||||||||||||
| Laurence J. Blickman SEP IRA | 32,750 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 2,750 | * | |||||||||||||||
| Laurence J. Blickman Defined Benefit Plan | 105,589 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 5,589 | * | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 Blickman Family Trust | 101,218 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 1,218 | * | |||||||||||||||
| Sandor Capital Master Fund | 750,000 | 375,000 | 375,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Grander Holdings, Inc. 401k PSP | 875,000 | (6) | 312,500 | 312,500 | 0 | 0 | % | |||||||||||||
| Horberg Enterprises LP | 300,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 60,000 | * | |||||||||||||||
Melechdavid, Inc.(7) | 500,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Robert A. Naify Living Trust | 271,610 | 125,000 | 125,000 | 21,610 | * | |||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey K. Belk | 250,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
Intracoastal Capital, LLC(8) | 375,000 | 187,500 | 187,500 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
Moishe Hartstein(9) | 250,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Oban Investments, LLC | 125,000 | 62,500 | 62,500 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Brauser | 875,000 | (10) | 125,000 | 125,000 | 0 | 0 | % | |||||||||||||
| Stetson Capital Investments, Inc. | 125,000 | 62,500 | 62,500 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| FirstFire Global Opportunities Fund, LLC | 500,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Russell L. Barnes | 500,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Knowing the life cycle of |
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| · | Locating product or batches and precisely where they are distributed. |
| · | Enabling the option to recall a particular product or entire batches which are reported as having a product/batch failure or having not met standards. |
| · | Identifying if the product or drug is counterfeit, stolen, contaminated, etc. |
| · | Knowing about the multi-container packaging item level details. |
| · | Identifying same code scan clusters by GPS location to identify possible counterfeiting. |
Track and trace works in the following ways:
| · | Generate and print unique codes, serialization number or barcodes, on product labels and/or packaging during the printing process. |
| · | Codes are purchased and then a digital file is generated for a digital printing press or digital ink jet device to print the variable numbers or codes contained in |
| · | The unique codes are applied at the point of product fulfillment and scanned throughout the supply chain, including at the point of dispensing to |
| · | Capture unique serialization number and store in centralized database (distributed or non-distributed). |
| · | Update serialization data in electronic product code information services (“EPCIS”) centralized database. |
| · | Distributors, wholesalers, repackagers and retail stores have the ability to validate the visible serialization when they use a |
Each time a transaction for serialized drugs is carried out, the transaction drug history is updated in the e-pedigree system.
Our technologies include the following products:
RainbowSecure® technology was our first technology to be patented. It combines an invisible ink with a proprietary tuned laser to enable counterfeit products to be exposed. In 2017, we signed a five-year contract with HP Indigo to print this technology on packages and labels on their 6000 series digital presses. In December 2017, we signed a contract with Micro Focus International PLC (“Micro Focus”) to use RainbowSecure® in their Global Product Authentication, Track and Trace system (software). In May 2019, we entered into a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. The technology also features a unique double layer of security which remains entirely covert at all times and provides licensees with additional protection. RainbowSecure® is particularly well-suited to closed and controlled environments, such as casinos that want to verify transactions within a specific area, labels, packaging, textiles, plastics and metal products which need authentication. The specially formulated inks will enable these printing presses to print our RainbowSecure® invisible ink technology, which includes our variable VeriPAS™ serialization, track and trace technology. We have not yet derived any revenue from our VeriPAS™ software system and have derived minimal revenue from the sale of our RainbowSecure® technology.
VeriPASTMtechnology combines the covert identifier of RainbowSecure® with the Micro Focus Track and Trace software which provides brand owners geographical business intelligence on counterfeiting as well as the ability to authenticate labels, packaging and products. Based on our discussions with other serialization, track and trace software providers, we expect to add alternatives to clients beyond the Micro Focus Global Protected Authentication System (“GPAS”). This technology is currently being co-marketed with RainbowSecure® and our Smart Phone Authenticator™ product. Several clients are in the testing stage with this product. To date, we have not derived revenue from this technology.
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SecureLight® technology was developed as a result of our investment in new proprietary color changing inks that could penetrate broader markets. During the past decade, we have refined our technology and its applications, and now have what we believe to be the easiest, most cost effective and efficient authentication technology available in the world today. Our technology, known as SecureLight®, takes advantage of the new ubiquitous energy efficient fluorescent lighting to change the color of ink, resulting in hundreds of new applications ranging from credit cards to driver’s licenses, passports, stock certificates, clothing labels, currency, ID cards, and tax stamps. The technology can also be used to protect apparel, pharmaceuticals, and virtually any other physical product, such as fabrics, plastics, ceramics and metal. In 2018, we received notice that patents involving this technology were approved in various European nations. We are attempting to commercialize this product.
SecureLight+®technology combines the covert characteristics of RainbowSecure® and the overt characteristics of SecureLight®. This provides a solution which can be authenticated in two different ways - by proprietary tuned laser devices, and also by anyone with fluorescent lighting, including end consumers. In 2018, we received notice that patents involving this technology were approved in various European nations. SecureLight+® has been successfully deployed in one country’s drivers’ licenses and another country’s voter registration card program. We have begun to commercialize this product.
Smart Phone Authenticator™ technology is a piece of hardware with a built in lighting system and software that scans invisible RainbowSecure® codes. Product investigators attach their smart phone to this device which then reveals the hidden RainbowSecure® images on the smart phone screen which are then sent to the VeriPASTM software in the cloud for authentication and data submission. These devices have been commercialized and are being leased to customers. Leases are typically one year in length.
VerifyMe Beeper technology is an authentication tool which we are marketing to customers in conjunction with our RainbowSecure® ink pigment. Authentication is provided in the form of an LED indicator, a camera device which reveals the hidden serialization numbers and codes on a viewing screen and an audible beeping device when placed on a label, product or package containing the RainbowSecure® technology. The hand held beeping device is tuned to authenticate the unique frequency of our RainbowSecure® invisible ink and will broadcast a beeping sound to confirm the authenticity when placed on products, labels and packaging containing our RainbowSecure® ink technology. The VerifyMe Beeper is designed for use by customers who desire instant authentication on items, such as event tickets at an entry gate. Our customized beeper will only positively identify a product bearing our unique anti-counterfeit solution. This technology is being commercialized and leased to customers.
Our digital technologies involve the utilization of multiple authentication mechanisms, some of which we own and some of which we license. These mechanisms include biometric factors, knowledge factors, possession factors and location factors. Biometric factors include facial recognition with liveness detection, finger print and voice recognition. Knowledge factors include a personal gesture swipe and a safe and panic color choice. Possession factors include devices that the user has in their possession such as a smartphone, smart watch, and other wearable computing devices. The location factors geo-locate the user during a secure login. We surround these authentication mechanisms with proprietary systems that improve the usability and the security of the solutions. Our solutions allow the assessment and quantification of risk using a sophisticated heuristic scoring mechanism. We have specialized systems that perform ‘liveness’ detection to insure the subject of authentication is in fact a live human being. We also have systems that introduce learning capabilities into our solutions to improve the ease of use and flexibility. We are continuing to develop and market this technology but it has not yet been commercialized.
Recent Developments
Effective as of May 30, 2019, we entered into a contract with a Forbes Top 50 Private Company that sells nutrition, personal care, beauty and home care products around the globe. The brand owner prints its own packaging and labels using HP Indigo printing presses. They lease our equipment and software including VeriPAS™ technology products in conjunction with HP Indigo printing presses, our strategic partner.
On May 28, 2019, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, we began a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. The specially formulated inks will enable these printing presses to print our RainbowSecure® invisible ink technology, which includes our variable VeriPAS™ serialization, track and trace technology.
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On May 3, 2019, we entered into a one year leasing contract with Identity Management Systems Co., Ltd., for the purchaserlease of securities, fromone of our new smartphone readers which includes the purchaser)VeriPAS™ technology. This lease is expected to allow us to introduce and sell our products and services to the markets in amountsEast Asia.
On April 24, 2019, we entered into a license agreement with Niagara Label Co. Inc. (“Niagara”), a western New York label manufacturer with 33 years’ experience. The license allows Niagara to offer our brand protection technology solutions to brand owners throughout the United States through the leasing of our smart phone authentication devices. These authentication devices read the invisible RainbowSecure® codes into the cloud and are recorded in our serialization, track and trace software platform, VeriPAS™.
On April 11, 2019, we entered into a one year reseller agreement with Arca Etichette (“Arca”), a leading label and packaging company based in Milan, Italy. Pursuant to the agreement, we offer our brand protection technology solutions to brand owners throughout Europe through the leasing of our patented smart phone authentication devices which read the invisible codes into the cloud and are recorded in the Company’s VeriPAS™ platform. Our devices are expected to be negotiated, but, except as set forthleased to brand owners by Arca in a supplement to this prospectus,exchange for recurring revenue.
Intellectual Property
Our current patent and trademark portfolios consist of 10 granted US patents and one granted European patent validated in four countries, four pending US and foreign patent applications, four registered US trademarks, one registered EU foreign registration, and eight pending US and foreign trademark applications.
In addition, six patent applications were abandoned. We plan on considering the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.
Our registered patents expire between the selling security holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short salesyears of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling security holders may also sell securities short2019 and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling security holders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
Listing on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling security holder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCBBOTCQB Market. In connection with this offering, we intend to apply to list our common stock and warrants offered in the offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “VRME” and “VRMEW”, respectively. If our listing application is approved, we expect to list our common stock and the warrants offered in the offering on Nasdaq upon consummation of the offering, at which point our common stock will cease to be traded on the OTCQB Market. No assurance can be given that our listing application will be approved. This offering will occur only if Nasdaq approves the listing of our common stock and warrants. Nasdaq listing requirements include, among other things, a stock price threshold. As a result, prior to effectiveness, we will need to take the necessary steps to meet Nasdaq listing requirements, including but not limited to a reverse split of our outstanding common stock. If Nasdaq does not approve the listing of our common stock, we will not proceed with this offering. There can be no assurance that our common stock will be listed on the Nasdaq.
Reverse Stock Split
On October 8, 2019, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) recommended that our stockholders, at the meeting of stockholders anticipated to be held on November 19, 2019, approve a reverse stock split of the common stock within the range of 1-for-25 to 1-for-120 of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock and authorize the Board, in its discretion, to determine the final ratio, effective date, and date of filing of the certificate of amendment to our articles of incorporation, as amended, in connection with the reverse stock split. The reverse stock split will not impact the number of authorized shares of common stock which will remain at 675,000,000 shares. Our Board has received the irrevocable proxy (the “Irrevocable Proxy”) of our former director, Laurence J. Blickman, that provides our Board, through December 4, 2019, with the right to vote Mr. Blickman’s shares on the reverse stock split proposal. See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management — Irrevocable Proxy.” All option, share and per share information in this prospectus does not give effect to the proposed reverse stock split.
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Bridge Financing
On September 19, 2019, we completed the closing of $600,000 of secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”) for gross proceeds of $540,000 after original issue discounts. Effective as of September 18, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), we entered into two substantially identical securities purchase agreements (the “Securities Purchase Agreements”) with two institutional investors (the “Purchasers”), which provided for the issuance of up to an aggregate of $1.2 million in principal amount of Debentures (the “Bridge Financing”) of which the first tranche of $600,000 have been issued. The Securities Purchase Agreements provided for the issuance of the Debentures due one year from the dates of issuance in two $600,000 tranches: the first tranche as described above, and the second tranche, at the discretion of the Purchasers and us, to occur any time after November 17, 2019. If, at any time after November 17, 2019, the Purchasers elect not to consummate the closing of the second tranche, then we may raise up to $600,000 from additional investors (including our affiliates) who will have a security interest on apari passu basis with the Purchasers in the first tranche, so long as such investors agree not to convert the securities received until the Purchasers in the first tranche have completely converted the Debentures or been fully repaid. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Bridge Financing” for the definition of Purchaser’s Securities and other information regarding the Bridge Financing.
Principal Risks
We are subject to various risks discussed in detail under “Risk Factors,” which include risks related to the following:
| · | our ability to continue as a going concern; |
| · | our history of losses and our ability to raise capital; |
| · | our ownership structure; |
| · | our ability to compete; |
| · | the ability of our products and services to function as expected; |
| · | the ability of our products to gain market acceptance; |
| · | our ability to retain key management personnel; |
| · | our lack of business development resources; |
| · | our ability to hire and retain an experienced sales team; |
| · | our ability to manage growth effectively; |
| · | the fact that a small number of customers account for our revenue; |
| · | the success of our partners who integrate our solutions into their product offerings; |
| · | our reliance on one printing press that has limited market share; |
| · | our ability to commercialize our products; |
| · | our ability to successfully protect our intellectual property rights, and claims of infringement by others; |
| · | our compliance with data privacy requirements; |
| · | our dependence on third-party vendors for key services; |
| · | our ability to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls; |
| · | the dilution of our shares as a result of the issuance of additional shares in connection with financing arrangements; |
| · | the volatility of our stock price; |
| · | the limited trading volume and price fluctuations of our stock; |
| · | our ability to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval and other anti-takeover provisions; |
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| · | the immediate and substantial dilution of the net tangible book value of our common stock; |
| · | the speculative nature of warrants; |
| · | our ability to meet the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market; |
| · | the trading liquidity of our common stock and warrants; and |
| · | we intend to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock prior to this offering; however, the reverse stock split may not increase our stock price sufficiently and we may not be able to list our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market in which case this offering may not be completed. |
Corporate Information
We were incorporated in Nevada on November 10, 1999 under the name LaserLock Technologies, Inc. We changed our name to VerifyMe, Inc., effective July 23, 2015. Our principal offices are located at 75 South Clinton Avenue, Suite 510, Rochester, New York 14604 and our telephone number is (585) 736-9400. Our website address is www.verifyme.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information included on or linked from our website and you should not consider it to be part of this prospectus.
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Summary of the Offering
| Issuer: | VerifyMe, Inc. | ||
| Securities offered by us: | $8,000,000 of Units, each Unit consisting of one share of our common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of our common stock. Each warrant will have an exercise price of $ per share ( % of the public offering price of the common stock), is exercisable immediately and will expire five (5) years from the date of issuance. The Units will not be certificated or issued in stand-alone form. The shares of our common stock and the warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable upon issuance and will be issued separately in this Offering. | ||
Number of shares of common stock offered by us: | shares | ||
| Number of warrants offered by us: | warrants to purchase shares of common stock | ||
| Public offering price: | $ per Unit. | ||
Shares of common stock outstanding prior to the | 110,115,860 shares. | ||
| Shares of common stock outstanding after the offering(1): | shares (assuming none of the warrants issued in this offering are exercised). | ||
| Over-allotment option: | We have granted a 45-day option to the underwriters to purchase up to additional shares of common stock at a price of $ per share and/or additional warrants at a price of $ per warrant less, in each case, the underwriting discounts payable by us, in any combination solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If the underwriters exercise the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us will be and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be $ . | ||
| Use of proceeds: | We estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $7,196,000 from our sale of Units in this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to provide funding for the following purposes: sales force expansion, marketing and business development; repayment of outstanding Debentures issued in the Bridge Financing; potential acquisitions; research and development; and working capital purposes. See “Use of Proceeds.” | ||
| Description of the warrants: | The exercise price of the warrants is $ per share, based on the public offering price of $ per Unit. Each warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock, subject to adjustment in the event of stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications, reorganizations or similar events affecting our common stock as described herein. A holder may not exercise any portion of a warrant to the extent that the holder, together with its affiliates and any other person or entity acting as a group, would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants, except that upon notice from the holder to us, the holder may waive such limitation up to a percentage, not in excess of 9.99%. Each warrant will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire on , 2024 (five years after the initial issuance date). The terms of the warrants will be governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of the effective date of this offering, between us and West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc., as the warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). This prospectus also relates to the offering of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. For more information regarding the warrants, you should carefully read the section titled “Description of the Securities we are Offering—Warrants” in this prospectus. |
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| Representative’s Warrants: | The registration statement of which this prospectus is a part also registers for sale warrants (the “Representative’s Warrants”) to purchase shares of our common stock to Maxim Group LLC (the “Representative”), as the representative of the several underwriters, as a portion of the underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters in connection with this offering. The Representative’s Warrants will be exercisable for a four and one-half year period commencing 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part at an exercise price of $ (110% of the public offering price of the Units). Please see “Underwriting — Representative’s Warrants” for a description of these warrants. | ||
| Potential sales to insiders: | It is possible that one or more of our directors or their affiliates or related parties could purchase common stock and warrants in this offering; however, these person or entities may determine not to purchase any shares or warrants in this offering, or the underwriters may elect not to sell any common stock or warrants in this offering to such persons or entities. The underwriter will receive a 5% underwriting discount and commissions on any shares and warrants purchased by these parties (and an 8% underwriting discount and commissions on any securities sold to all other parties). | ||
| Trading symbol: | Our common stock is presently quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “VRME.” We intend to apply to have our common stock and the warrants offered in the offering listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “VRME” and “VRMEW”, respectively. | ||
| Reverse stock split: | On October 8, 2019, our Board recommended that our stockholders, at the meeting of stockholders anticipated to be held on November 19, 2019, approve a reverse stock split of the common stock within the range of 1-for-25 to 1-for-120 of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock and authorize the Board, in its discretion, to determine the final ratio. Upon approval of the stockholders, we intend to effectuate the reverse split of our common stock in a ratio to be determined by the Board prior to consummation of this offering. All option, share and per share information in this prospectus does not give effect to the proposed reverse stock split. |
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| Risk factors: | Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk and purchasers of our securities may lose their entire investment. See “Risk Factors” and the other information included and incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a discussion of risk factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our securities. | ||
| Lock-up Agreements: | We and our directors, officers and certain principal shareholders have agreed with the underwriters not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus. See “Underwriting” section on page 75. |
| (1) | Unless we indicate otherwise, the number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering is based on 110,115,860 shares of common stock outstanding on September 30, 2019, does not give effect to the potential reverse stock split, and excludes the following: |
| · | 21,962,608 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.32 per share; |
| · | 20,113,529 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $0.14 per share; |
| · | 16,562,500 shares of our common stock that are reserved for equity awards that may be granted under our existing equity incentive plans; |
| · | 7,222,222 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock; and |
| · | 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Debentures in the principal amount of $600,000 issued in the Bridge Financing, assuming an exercise price of $0.15 per share. |
Except as otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes:
| · | that the public offering price of our Units is $ per Unit (the assumed public offering price is $ per share of common stock and $0.01 per accompanying warrant); |
| · | no exercise of the outstanding warrants described above; |
| · | no exercise of the warrants included in the Units; |
| · | no exercise of the Representative’s Warrants; and |
| · | no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares and/or warrants from us in this offering. |
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Any investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below and all information contained in this prospectus, before you decide whether to purchase our securities. If any of the following risks or uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects would likely suffer, possibly materially. In addition, the trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks or uncertainties, and you may lose part or all of your investment.
Risks Relating to our Business
Our ability to continue as a going concern is in doubt absent obtaining adequate new debt or equity financing and achieving sufficient sales levels.We anticipate that we will continue to lose money for the foreseeable future. Our continued existence is dependent upon generating sufficient working capital and obtaining adequate new debt or equity financing. Because of our continuing losses, we may have to continue to reduce our expenditures, without improvements in our cash flow from operations or new financing. Working capital limitations continue to impinge on our day-to-day operations thus contributing to continued operating losses. If we are unable to achieve or sustain profitability or to secure additional financing on acceptable terms, we may not be able to meet our obligations as they come due, raising substantial doubts as to our ability to continue as a going concern. Any such inability to continue as a going concern may result in our stockholders losing their entire investment. There is no guarantee that we will become profitable or secure additional financing on acceptable terms.
Our auditor has indicated in its report that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and if we are unable to generate significant revenue or secure financing, we may be required to cease or curtail our operations.The report of our independent auditors dated April 1, 2019 on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes an explanatory paragraph indicating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements contemplate that we will continue as a going concern and do not contain any adjustments that might result if we were unable to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to raise additional capital and implement our business plan. The going concern paragraph in the independent auditor’s report emphasizes the uncertainty related to our business as well as the level of risk associated with an investment in our securities.
We are a developmental stage company with a history of losses and we may never achieve or maintain profitability. As a developmental stage enterprise, we do not currently have revenues to generate cash flows to cover operating expenses. Since our inception, we have incurred operating losses in each year due to costs incurred in connection with research and development activities and general and administrative expenses associated with our operations. We incurred a net loss of $1,178,962 and $2,932,462 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively. We expect to continue to incur substantial expenditures to develop and market our services and could continue to incur losses and negative operating cash flow. We may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown factors that may adversely affect our business. Our ability to generate profits will depend, in part, on our expenses and our ability to generate revenue. If we fail to generate revenue and eventually become and remain profitable, or if we are unable to fund our continuing losses, our shareholders could lose all or part of their investments.
Our name and brand could be confused with brands that have similar names, and as a result, our brand value may be adversely affected by any confusion or negative publicity related to others that use a name similar to VerifyMe in their brand names. We have trademarked the VerifyMeTM brand in the United States and have pending applications with respect to our brand internationally. However, our name and brand could be confused with brands that have similar names, including but not limited to Verified.Me, a service offered to Canadians by SecureKey Technologies Inc. We have a pending application for the VerifyMe name in Canada but can make no assurances regarding its approval. Further, we have registered certain trademarks and service marks in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. We are aware of names and marks similar to our service marks being used from time to time by other persons. Although we oppose any such infringement, further or unknown unauthorized uses or other misappropriation of our trademarks or service marks may diminish the value of our brands and adversely affect our business.
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We may be unable to meet our obligations pursuant to the Debentures and any default by us may adversely affect our financial condition and our ability to remain in business. The Debentures are senior secured obligations of ours secured by all of our assets. The first tranche of the Debentures will mature on September 18, 2020. Any principal or interest that is due under each of the Debentures, which is not paid by the respective maturity date, will bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum until it is satisfied in full. In the event of a default, the Purchaser can pursue certain actions that increase the principal amount outstanding under the applicable Debenture and accelerate the amounts outstanding. The exercise by the Purchasers of remedies provided under the Debentures in the event of a default may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations, including the possibility we may cease to conduct operations.
Conversion of our Debentures into our common stock will result in dilution to our stockholders. The Debentures are convertible into shares of our common stock at a 30% discount to the price per share offered investors in this offering. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Bridge Financing.” Assuming the Purchasers convert the Debentures at the discounted price, the result would be immediate dilution to our stockholders.
Our competitors in the anti-counterfeiting industry have much greater financial resources than we do and more functional technology offerings than we currently have. Therefore, we may not be able to successfully compete with them.The market for protection from counterfeiting, diversion, theft and forgery is a mature industry dominated by a number of large, well-established companies. To compete effectively, we will need to expend significant resources in technology and marketing. Each of our competitors has substantially greater financial, human and other resources than we do and may develop superior technology or more cost-effective alternatives to our products and services. We may not have sufficient resources to develop and market our services effectively, if at all, and our primary digital technology is not currently fully functional. If we cannot bring this product to functionality or continue to develop competitive, cost-effective products and services, we may not be able to compete effectively, which will harm our operating results.
If our technologies do not work as anticipated once we achieve meaningful sales, we will not be successful.We believe that we have world class technologies and major businesses have tested our ink technology in trials. However, while we believe our ink business is just on the verge of market acceptance, without material sales and feedback from customers, we will not be successful. Further, we made a significant investment in our new authenticators. If customers do not find them useful or decline to lease them, our business may suffer. We can provide no assurances that the market will accept our products or that we will achieve any meaningful sales.
If our technology cannot be used successfully to prevent counterfeiting, we may not be able to generate material revenue.Our market is characterized by new and evolving technologies. Counterfeiting is constantly evolving in order to create items which appear to be legitimate and evade regulations which would seize counterfeit items and penalize counterfeiters. In order to stay competitive, our technologies will need to be sufficiently complex so that they cannot be reproduced or copied by counterfeiters. If we are unable to develop and integrate effective anti-counterfeiting technologies to address the increasingly sophisticated technological needs of our customers in a timely and cost-effective manner, we may not be successful in preventing counterfeiting and we may not be able to generate material revenue.
If the market does not accept or embrace our technologies or product offering, our business may fail. Our technologies and the products we are offering have not been tested in the market on a large-scale basis. As a result, we can only speculate as to the market acceptance of these products and services. No assurance can be given that the market will accept our technologies, products and services, or any of them. If the public fails to accept our technologies, products and services to a satisfactory degree, our business may fail.
Our technologies may not be successfully commercialized and generate revenues. Our eventual success and generation of positive cash flow will be dependent upon the extent of commercialization of products using our technology. Commercialization of new technology products often has a very long lead time. If we do not successfully commercialize our technologies, our business may not succeed. Additionally, even if we are able to commercialize our technologies or any products or services related to our technologies, it is not certain that they will result in profitability.
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Our reliance on HP Indigo to qualify additional HP Indigo digital printing presses impacts our ability to sell our products and generate revenue. In 2017, we signed a five-year contract with HP Indigo to print our RainbowSecure® technology on packages and labels on their 6000 series digital presses. HP Indigo’s pace to qualify more HP Indigo digital printing presses that include our technology hinders our ability to sell our products. We believe that without further qualified HP Indigo presses, our ability to sell to a large part of the label and packaging print manufacturing market is impeded and as a result our business and revenues are adversely affected.
If we are unable to successfully develop and market an ink jet solution to address a large segment of the label and print manufacturing market used by major brands, our revenues and business will be negatively affected. We believe it is important to our business to successfully develop and market an ink jet solution to address the large segment of the label and print manufacturing market which is used by most major brands. In 2019, we entered into a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. There can be no assurances that we will successfully develop and market this technology. Without the successful development of the ink jet head utilizing our technology, we will be unable to provide our technology to most of the addressable market impacting our business, revenues and financial condition.
Our success depends on the efforts, abilities and continued service of Patrick White, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and if we are unable to continue to retain the services of Mr. White, we may not be able to continue our operations.Our success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of Patrick White, our President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective August 15, 2019, Mr. White’s employment agreement with us automatically renewed for one year. Loss of the services of Mr. White and any negative market or industry perception arising from such loss could significantly harm our business, future prospects and the price of our common stock.
Because we are relying on our small management team, we lack business development resources which may hurt our ability to increase revenue.We have a small management team that is focused on sales. In addition, our Chairman, who is not involved in sales, handles operational matters, legal compliance, board relationships and shareholder relations. Because we have only a few people dedicated to business development, we lack the resources to grow beyond certain levels. We cannot assure you that we will generate cash flow from operations or from a financings which will enable us to grow our revenues.
If we are unable to hire an experienced sales team, or our partners are not successful, we may not be able to generate material revenue. Presently our personnel consists of five employees. We have several outside partners and a licensed global label manufacturer who are working on sales of our products. Our agreement with a global label manufacturer (the “GLM”) allows the GLM to market our technologies to current and new clients. Our strategic partner agreements are individualized. We have a cross selling agreement that provides that the partner is able to sell and mark-up our technologies and we can sell and mark-up the strategic partner’s products. Another strategic partner is selling our products globally as well as providing marketing support, warehousing, shipping services, help desk services and billing for a fixed percentage of our sales. Our potential customers are large companies which do not impulsively enter into large contracts. Accordingly, we may be required to hire sales persons. If the efforts of our management team, the GLM, strategic partners, and any sales persons we hire are unsuccessful, we may be unable to generate material revenue and those outside sales channels may end their relationship with us thus ending their sales and services.
Severe price competition from similar ink technologies may hinder our ability to sell. Currently an ultra violet ink is being sold and supported by Hewlett-Packard for their line of digital presses known as Indigo. This ink has been in the security ink industry for many years and is therefore a wide-spread uncontrolled security product that sells for an extremely low cost. The same ultra violet ink has some similar properties as our RainbowSecure® ink technology but the cost is so low it is being selected by some clients based on price which limits our ability to sell RainbowSecure®. Ultra violet ink is also available in many forms and locations, including Amazon.com. This wide-spread availability also limits our ability to market and sell RainbowSecure®.
If we cannot manage our growth effectively, we may not become profitable.Businesses which grow rapidly often have difficulty managing their growth. If we continue to grow as rapidly as we anticipate, we will need to expand our management by recruiting and employing experienced executives and key employees capable of providing the necessary support. We cannot assure you that our management will be able to manage our growth effectively or successfully. Our failure to meet these challenges could cause us to lose money, and your investment could be lost.
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Because a small number of customers account for all of our revenue, the loss of any of these customers would have a material adverse impact on our operating results and cash flows.We derive our revenue from a limited number of customers. Our revenue in each of the first six months of 2019 and the full year 2018 was nominal. Certain of our agreements with customers have short terms or can be terminated on short notice. Any termination of a business relationship with, or a significant sustained reduction in business received from, one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and cash flows.
Our future growth will depend upon the success of our strategic partners who integrate our solutions into their product offerings.We rely on strategic partnerships with larger companies which integrate our technologies into their product offerings. This distribution strategy leaves us largely dependent upon the success of our partners. If any of our strategic partners who include our technology in their products cease to do so, or we fail to obtain other partners who will incorporate, embed, integrate or bundle our technology, or these partners are unsuccessful in their efforts, expanding deployment of our technology our business and future growth would be materially and adversely affected.
If we fail to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, or if the costs involved in protecting and defending these rights are prohibitively high, our business and operating results may suffer.Our patent rights, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, domain names and other product rights are critical to our success. We strive to protect our intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights, as well as contractual restrictions. We may enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and confidentiality agreements with parties with whom we conduct business to limit access to, and disclosure and use of, our proprietary information. However, these contractual arrangements and the other steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent the misappropriation of our proprietary information or deter independent development of similar technologies by others.
As management deems appropriate, we will pursue the registration of our domain names, trademarks, and service marks in the U.S. and in certain locations outside the U.S. We will seek to protect our trademarks, patents and domain names in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and time-consuming and may not be successful or which we may not pursue in every location. We may, over time, increase our investment in protecting our innovations through increased patent filings that are expensive and time-consuming and may not result in issued patents that can be effectively enforced.
If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired. As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”). We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting, and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems, and resources.
SOX requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, we have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, significant resources, including accounting-related costs and significant management oversight.
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Our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2018 as the result of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Other weaknesses in our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting may be identified in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting also could adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC. We have not yet been able to remediate the material weakness related to our internal control over financial reporting.
Additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting may be identified in the future. Any failure to maintain existing or implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in additional material weaknesses, cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements. If we are unable to effectively remediate material weaknesses in a timely manner, investors could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on our stock price.
We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could have a material adverse effect on our business. We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations, agreements with third parties and make sales in jurisdictions which may experience corruption. These activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of the employees, consultants or agents of our company, because these parties are not always subject to our control. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. Also, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors of our company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
Cybersecurity incidents could adversely affect our business by causing a disruption to our operations, a compromise or corruption of our confidential information and/or damage to our business relationships, all of which could negatively impact our business, results of operations or financial condition. We rely on information technology networks and systems, including the internet, to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes and activities. Additionally, we collect and store certain data, including proprietary business information, and may have access to confidential or personal information in certain of our businesses that is subject to privacy and security laws and regulations. These technology networks and systems may be susceptible to damage, disruptions or shutdowns due to failures during the process of upgrading or replacing software, databases or components; power outages; telecommunications or system failures; terrorist attacks; natural disasters; employee error or malfeasance; server or cloud provider breaches; and computer viruses or cyberattacks. Cybersecurity threats and incidents can range from uncoordinated individual attempts to gain unauthorized access to information technology networks and systems to more sophisticated and targeted measures, known as advanced persistent threats, directed at us, our products, customers and/or our third-party service providers. Despite the implementation of cybersecurity measures, our information technology systems may still be vulnerable to cybersecurity threats and other electronic security breaches. It is possible for such vulnerabilities to remain undetected for an extended period, up to and including several years. In addition, it is possible a security breach could result in theft of trade secrets or other intellectual property or disclosure of confidential customer, supplier or employee information. Should we be unable to prevent security breaches or other damage to our information technology systems, disruptions could have an adverse effect on our operations, as well as expose us to litigation, liability or penalties under privacy laws, increased cybersecurity protection costs, reputational damage and product failure.
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If we are required to sue third parties who we allege are violating our intellectual property rights, or if we are sued for violating a third party’s patents or other intellectual property rights, we may incur substantial expenses, and we could incur substantial damages, including amounts we cannot afford to pay.Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights claimed by others. Patent and intellectual property litigation is extremely expensive and beyond our ability to pay. While third parties do, under certain circumstances, finance litigation for companies that file suit, we cannot assure you that we could find a third party to finance any claim we choose to pursue. Moreover, third parties do not finance companies that are sued. Any litigation of this nature, regardless of outcome or merit, could result in substantial costs, adverse publicity or diversion of management and technical resources, any of which could adversely affect our business and operating results. If we fail to maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, our business and operating results may be harmed.
From time-to-time, we may face allegations that we have infringed the trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights of third parties, including from our competitors and inactive entities. Patent and other intellectual property litigation may be protracted and expensive, and the results are difficult to predict. As the result of any court judgment or settlement, we may be obligated to cancel the launch of a new feature or product, stop offering certain features or products, pay royalties or significant settlement costs, purchase licenses or modify our products and features while we develop substitutes.
Evolving regulations concerning data privacy may result in increased regulation and different industry standards, which could prevent us from providing our current products to our users, or require us to modify our products, thereby harming our business.The regulatory framework for privacy issues worldwide is currently in flux and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Practices regarding the collection, use, storage, transmission and security of personal information by companies operating over the Internet and mobile platforms have recently come under increased public scrutiny, and civil claims alleging liability for the breach of data privacy have been asserted against companies. The U.S. government, including the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce, has announced that it is reviewing the need for greater regulation for the collection of information concerning consumer behavior on the Internet, including regulation aimed at restricting certain targeted advertising practices. In addition, the European Union recently made sweeping reforms to its existing data protection legal framework, which resulted in a greater compliance burden for many companies with users who are European citizens. Various government and consumer agencies have also called for new regulation and changes in industry practices. In addition, our business could be adversely affected if laws or regulations are adopted, interpreted, or implemented in a manner that is inconsistent with our current business practices and that require changes to these practices, the design of our website, products, features or our privacy policy. Such changes may require us to modify our products and features, possibly in a material manner, and may limit our ability to develop new products and features that make use of the data that our users voluntarily share with us. We are, and will continue to be, dependent on certain third party vendors for the supply of raw materials and key services, and any disruptions in the supply of these materials or services could adversely affect our results of operations.
Because we are, and will continue to be, dependent on certain third-party vendors for key services, we are vulnerable to disruptions in the supply of these services which are beyond our control, and which could harm our operations.We are relying upon our business partners to assist us including the GLM, S-One and Micro Focus. These partners are larger companies and may not necessarily have the same goals as employees although they have key relationships, management, and staff support and greater financial resources than we do. We currently depend on a single vendor of pigment for the inks we sell, and we may continue to be dependent on a small number of third party suppliers in the future including services relating to our electronic technology. We cannot be certain that any of these providers will be willing or able to meet our evolving needs. Additionally, they could end our relationship in accordance with applicable contractual arrangements, some of which can be terminated on short notice. If our partners, vendors, or service providers fail to meet their obligations, provide poor, inaccurate or untimely service, or we are unable to make alternative arraignments for the supply of these services, we may fail, in turn, to provide our services or to meet our obligations to our users and our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially and adversely affected.
Risks Relating to our Common Stock
Upon conversion of our outstanding warrants and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock we will be obligated to issue a substantial number of additional shares of common stock which will dilute our present shareholders.We are obligated to issue additional shares of our common stock in connection with our outstanding warrants and shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Currently there are warrants and shares of Series B Convertible Stock outstanding, convertible into 21,962,608 and 7,222,222 shares of common stock, respectively. The exercise, conversion or exchange of warrants or convertible securities, including for other securities, will cause us to issue additional shares of our common stock and will dilute the percentage ownership of our shareholders. In addition, we have in the past, and may in the future, exchange outstanding securities for other securities on terms that are dilutive to the securities held by other shareholders not participating in such exchange.
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Due to factors beyond our control, our stock price may be volatile.Any of the following factors could affect the market price of our common stock:
| · | The loss of one or more members of our management team; |
| · | Our failure to generate material revenues; |
| · | Regulatory changes including new laws and rules which adversely affect companies in our line of business; |
| · | Our public disclosure of the terms of any financing which we consummate in the future; |
| · | Our failure to become profitable; |
| · | Our failure to raise working capital; |
| · | Any acquisitions we may consummate; |
| · | Announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts, new services, acquisitions, commercial relationships, joint ventures or capital commitments; |
| · | Cancellation of key contracts; |
| · | A proxy contest a former director may launch; |
| · | Our failure to meet financial forecasts we publicly disclose; |
| · | The sale of large numbers of shares of common stock by former directors and their associates; |
| · | Short selling activities; or |
| · | Changes in market valuations of similar companies. |
In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted. A securities class action suit against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s time and attention, which would otherwise be used to benefit our business.
Our common stock may be affected by limited trading volume and price fluctuations, which could adversely impact the value of our common stock.Until recently, there has been limited trading in our common stock and there can be no assurance that an active trading market in our common stock will either develop or be maintained. Our common stock has experienced, and is likely to experience in the future, significant price and volume fluctuations, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in our financial results and changes in the overall economy or the condition of the financial markets could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. These fluctuations may also cause short sellers to periodically enter the market in the belief that we will have poor results in the future. We cannot predict the actions of market participants and, therefore, can offer no assurances that the market for our common stock will be stable or appreciate over time.
Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline.If our shareholders sell substantial amounts of our outstanding common stock, preferred stock, convertible notes issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or other convertible securities, it could create a circumstance commonly referred to as an “overhang” and in anticipation of which the market price of our common stock could fall. We have one large stockholder and former board member who has expressed an interest in selling his common stock, which may cause an overhang on our stock. The existence of an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate. The shares of our restricted common stock will be freely tradable upon the earlier of: (i) effectiveness of any registration statement covering such shares and (ii) the date on which such shares may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 (or other applicable exemption) under the Securities Act. If our existing stockholders seek to sell a substantial number of shares of our common stock, such selling efforts may cause significant declines in the market price of our common stock.
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Because we may issue preferred stock without the approval of our shareholders and have other anti-takeover defenses, it may be more difficult for a third party to acquire us and could depress our stock price.In general, our Board may issue, without a vote of our shareholders, one or more additional series of preferred stock that have more than one vote per share, although the Company’s ability to designate and issue preferred stock is currently restricted by covenants under our agreements with prior investors. Without these restrictions, our Board could issue preferred stock to investors who support us and our management and give effective control of our business to our management. Additionally, issuance of preferred stock could block an acquisition resulting in both a drop in our stock price and a decline in interest of our common stock. This could make it more difficult for shareholders to sell their common stock. This could also cause the market price of our common stock shares to drop significantly, even if our business is performing well.
We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock so any returns will be limited to the value of our shares. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to the increase, if any, of our share price.
Risks Relating to this Offering and our Reverse Stock-Split
Investors in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net tangible book value. The public offering price will be substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $ per share, based on the assumed public offering price of $ per share. Investors in this offering will pay a price per share that substantially exceeds the book value of our assets after subtracting our liabilities. See “Dilution” for a more complete description of how the value of your investment will be diluted upon the completion of this offering.
Participation in this offering by certain of our directors and their affiliates would reduce the available public float for our shares. It is possible that one or more of our directors or their affiliates or related parties could purchase common stock and warrants in this offering at the public offering price and on the same terms as the other purchasers in this offering. However, these persons or entities may determine not to purchase any shares or warrants in this offering, or the underwriter may elect not to sell any shares or warrants in this offering to such persons or entities. Any purchases by our directors or their affiliates or related parties would reduce the available public float for our shares because such shareholders would be restricted from selling the common stock and warrants by a lock-up agreement they have entered into with our underwriters and by restrictions under applicable securities laws. As a result, any purchase of common stock and warrants by such shareholders in this offering may reduce the liquidity of our common stock relative to what it would have been had these common stock and warrants been purchased by investors that were not affiliated with us.
Our management will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering and may not use the proceeds effectively. Our management will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to provide funding for the following purposes: sales force expansion, marketing and business development; repayment of outstanding Debentures issued in the Bridge Financing; research and development; potential acquisitions; and working capital purposes. Our management will have considerable discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. The net proceeds may be used for corporate purposes that do not improve our operating results or enhance the value of our securities.
Our expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our current intentions based upon our present plans and business condition. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering. The amounts and timing of our actual use of the net proceeds will vary depending on numerous factors, including amount of cash used in our operations, which can be highly uncertain, subject to substantial risks and can often change. Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on our judgment regarding the application of the net proceeds of this offering.
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The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities. These investments may not yield a favorable return to our stockholders. If we do not invest or apply the net proceeds from this offering in ways that enhance stockholder value, we may fail to achieve expected financial results, which could cause our stock price to decline.
Warrants are speculative in nature. The warrants offered in this offering do not confer any rights of common stock ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares of our common stock at a fixed price for a limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the warrants may exercise their right to acquire the common stock and pay an exercise price of per share ( %]) of the public offering price of our common stock in this offering), prior to five years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised warrants will expire and have no further value. In addition, there is no established trading market for the warrants and we do not expect a market to develop.
Holders of the warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until they acquire our common stock. Until holders of the warrants acquire shares of our common stock upon exercise of the warrants, the holders will have no rights with respect to shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. Upon exercise of the warrants, the holder will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common stockholder as to the security exercised only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise.
There is no established market for the warrants to purchase shares of our common stock being offered in this offering. There is no established trading market for the warrants and we do not expect a market to develop. Although we have applied to list the warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market there can be no assurance that there will be an active trading market for the warrants. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the warrants will be limited.
Provisions of the warrants offered by this prospectus could discourage an acquisition of us by a third party. In addition to the discussion of the provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, our amended and restated by-laws, certain provisions of the warrants offered by this prospectus could make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire us. The warrants prohibit us from engaging in certain transactions constituting “fundamental transactions” unless, among other things, the surviving entity assumes our obligations under the warrants. These and other provisions of the warrants offered by this prospectus could prevent or deter a third party from acquiring us even where the acquisition could be beneficial to you.
If our planned reverse stock split does not result in a proportionate increase in the price of our common stock, we may not be able to list our common stock and the warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We expect that the reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock will increase the market price of our common stock so that we will be able to meet the minimum bid price requirement of the listing rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market. However, the effect of a reverse stock split upon the market price of our common stock cannot be predicted with certainty, and the results of reverse stock splits by companies in similar circumstances have been varied. It is possible that the market price of our common stock following the reverse stock split will not increase sufficiently for us to be in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. If we are unable meet the minimum bid price requirement, we may be unable to list our shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, in which case this offering will not be completed.
Even if the reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock, we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to comply with the minimum bid price requirement of the Nasdaq Capital Market. Even if the reverse stock split achieves the requisite increase in the market price of our common stock to be in compliance with the minimum bid price of the Nasdaq Capital Market, there can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock following the reverse stock split will remain at the level required for continuing compliance with that requirement. It is not uncommon for the market price of a company’s common stock to decline in the period following a reverse stock split. If the market price of our common stock declines following the effectuation of the reverse stock split, the percentage decline may be greater than would occur in the absence of a reverse stock split. In any event, other factors unrelated to the number of shares of our common stock outstanding, such as negative financial or operational results, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and jeopardize our ability to meet or maintain the Nasdaq Capital Market’s minimum bid price requirement.
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Even if the reverse stock split increases the market price of our common stock, our stock price could fall and we could be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq Capital Market requires that the trading price of its listed stocks remain above one dollar in order for the stock to remain listed. If a listed stock trades below one dollar for more than 30 consecutive trading days, then it is subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In addition, to maintain a listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, and certain corporate governance requirements. If we are unable to satisfy these requirements or standards, we could be subject to delisting. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and would impair your ability to sell or purchase our common stock when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, we would expect to take actions to restore our compliance with the listing requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would allow our common stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common stock from dropping below the minimum bid price requirement, or prevent future non-compliance with the listing requirements.
If at any time in the future our shares of common stock are not listed for trading by Nasdaq and we trade again on an over-the-counter market, such as the OTCQB, trading in our securities will be subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules and, if we are not listing for trading by NASDAQ, it is anticipated that trading in our securities will continue to be subject to the penny stock rules for the foreseeable future. The SEC has adopted regulations that generally define a penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. These rules require that any broker-dealer who recommends our securities to persons other than prior customers and accredited investors must, prior to the sale, make a special written suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to execute the transaction. Unless an exception is available, the regulations require the delivery, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with trading in the penny stock market. In addition, broker-dealers must disclose commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities they offer. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by these requirements may discourage broker-dealers from recommending transactions in our securities, which could severely limit the liquidity of our securities and consequently adversely affect the market price for our securities.
The reverse stock split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our common stock. The liquidity of the shares of our common stock may be affected adversely by the reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding following the reverse stock split, especially if the market price of our common stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split. In addition, the reverse stock split may increase the number of shareholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our common stock, creating the potential for such shareholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty effecting such sales.
Following the reverse stock split, the resulting market price of our common stock may not attract new investors, including institutional investors, and may not satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. Consequently, the trading liquidity of our common stock may not improve. Although we believe that a higher market price of our common stock may help generate greater or broader investor interest, there can be no assurance that the reverse stock split will result in a share price that will attract new investors, including institutional investors. In addition, there can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock will satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. As a result, the trading liquidity of our common stock may not necessarily improve.
Even if we meet the initial listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, there can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital Market. Our failure to meet the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market could result in a de-listing of our common stock. Even if we meet the initial listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, we cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with the other standards that we are required to meet in order to maintain a listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If after listing we fail to satisfy the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, such as the corporate governance requirements or the minimum stockholder's equity requirement, the Nasdaq Capital Market may take steps to de-list our common stock. Such a de-listing would likely have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and would impair our shareholders' ability to sell or purchase our common stock when they wish to do so. In the event of a de-listing, we would take actions to restore our compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market's listing requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any action taken by us would result in our common stock becoming listed again, or that any such action would stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock.
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There is no assurance that once listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market we will not continue to experience volatility in our share price. The OTCQB Venture Market, where our common stock is currently quoted, is an inter-dealer, over-the-counter market that provides significantly less liquidity than the Nasdaq Capital Market. Our stock is thinly traded due to the limited number of shares available for trading on the OTCQB Venture Market thus causing large swings in price. As such, investors and potential investors may find it difficult to obtain accurate stock price quotations, and holders of our common stock may be unable to resell their securities at or near their original offering price or at any price. Our public offering price per unit may vary from the market price of our common stock after the offering. If an active market for our stock develops and continues, our stock price may nevertheless be volatile. If our stock experiences volatility, investors may not be able to sell their common stock at or above the public offering price per unit. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that such sales might occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock and our stock price may decline substantially in a short period of time. As a result, our shareholders could suffer losses or be unable to liquidate their holdings. No assurance can be given that the price of our common stock will become less volatile when listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Market prices for our common stock will be influenced by a number of factors, including:
| · | the issuance of new equity securities pursuant to a future offering, |
| · | including issuances of preferred stock; |
| · | the introduction of new products or services by us or our competitors; |
| · | the acquisition of new direct selling businesses; |
| · | changes in interest rates; |
| · | significant dilution caused by the anti-dilutive clauses in our financial agreements; |
| · | competitive developments, including announcements by competitors of new products or services or significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments; |
| · | variations in quarterly operating results; |
| · | change in financial estimates by securities analysts; |
| · | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; |
| · | the depth and liquidity of the market for our shares of common stock; |
| · | sales of large blocks of our common stock, including sales by our major stockholder, any executive officers or directors appointed in the future, or by other significant shareholders; |
| · | investor perceptions of our company and the direct selling segment generally; and |
| · | general economic and other national and international conditions. |
Market price fluctuations may negatively affect the ability of investors to sell our shares at consistent prices.
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We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $7,196,000 after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately $8,300,000. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, and any proceeds from the exercise of warrants, for the following purposes:
| Proceeds: | ||||
| Gross Proceeds | $ | 8,000,000 | ||
| Fees and Expenses | (804,000 | ) | ||
| Net Proceeds | $ | 7,196,000 | ||
| Uses: | ||||
| Research and Development | $ | 1,800,000 | ||
| Sales Force Expansion, Marketing, Business Development and Potential Acquisitions | 2,700,000 | |||
| Repayment of outstanding Debentures issued in the Bridge Financing(1) | 660,000 | |||
| Working Capital | 2,036,000 | |||
| Total Uses | $ | 7,196,000 | ||
(1) We will be required to repay amounts outstanding under the Debentures issued in the Bridge Financing, including any applicable redemption premium, if the Purchasers do not elect to convert the Debentures within three days of consummation of this offering into common stock at a 30% discount to the price offered investors in this offering,. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Bridge Financing.”
The actual allocation of proceeds realized from this offering will depend upon our operating revenues and cash position and our working capital requirements and may change.
Therefore, as of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering. Accordingly, we will have discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on our judgment regarding the application of the proceeds of this offering.
Pending our use of the net proceeds from this offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation investments, including short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments and U.S. government securities. We anticipate that the proceeds from this offering will enable us to become cash flow from operations positive.
A $0.50 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of $ per unit would increase (decrease) the expected net proceeds of the offering to us by approximately $ million, assuming that the number of shares of common stock sold by us remains the same. We may also increase or decrease the number of units we are offering. An increase (decrease) of 500,000 in the number of units sold in this offering would increase (decrease) the expected net proceeds of the offering to us by approximately $ million, assuming that the assumed combined public offering price per unit remains the same.
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The following table sets forth our capitalization as of June 30, 2019:
| · | on an actual basis; |
| · | on a pro forma basis to reflect the $540,000 of net cash proceeds received in the Bridge Financing and the issuance of the Debentures (assuming repayment of 110% of the sum of the principal amount outstanding under the Debentures); |
| · | on a pro forma as-adjusted basis to reflect the adjustments reflected above, the repayment of the Debentures, and the issuance and sale by us of Units in this offering at the assumed public offering price of $ per Unit, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and the receipt by us of the proceeds of such sale. |
You should consider this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds” above as well as our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
| As of June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Unaudited, Actual | Unaudited, Pro Forma |
Unaudited, Pro Forma As Adjusted(1) | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 585,193 | $ | 1,125,193 | ||||||||
| Debentures | -- | 600 000 | ||||||||||
| Stockholders’ Equity: | ||||||||||||
| Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 85 shares authorized; 0.85 shares issued and outstanding | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 675,000,000 authorized; 109,672,373 issued and 109,321,833 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2019, and pro forma, as adjusted | 109,322 | 109,322 | ||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 61,186,990 | 61,186,990 | ||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (60,442,512 | ) | (60,442,512 | ) | ||||||||
| Treasury stock as cost (350,540 shares at June 30, 2019) | (113,389 | ) | (113,389 | ) | ||||||||
| Total Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 740,411 | $ | 740,411 | ||||||||
(1) The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
Each $0.50 increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of $ per unit would increase (decrease) cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, total liabilities, additional paid-in capital and total stockholders’ (deficit) equity by $ , assuming that the number of units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 500,000 units offered by us would increase (decrease) each of cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, additional paid-in capital and total stockholders’ (deficit) equity by
$ , assuming the assumed public offering price of $ per unit remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions.
The above discussion and table are based on 109,321,833 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2019, and does not give effect to the potential reverse stock split or include, as of that date:
| · | 22,126,088 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $0.32 per share as of June 30, 2019; |
| · | 19,613,529 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of $0.14 per share; |
| · | 17,062,500 shares of our common stock that are reserved for equity awards that may be granted under our existing equity incentive plans; and |
| · | 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Debentures in the principal amount of $600,000 issued in the Bridge Financing, assuming an exercise price of $0.15 per share. |
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DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE
The offering price of the Units has been negotiated between the Underwriter and us considering our historical performance and capital structure, prevailing market conditions, and overall assessment of our business. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTCQB under the ticker symbol “VRME”.“VRME.” On April 11, 2016,October 9, 2019, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $0.58$0.11 per share. All prices have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-85 reverse stock split that was effected on July 23, 2015, but do not account for any fractional shares.
| Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2016 | High | Low |
| Quarter ended March 31, 2016 | $2.50 | $0.35 |
| Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2015 | High | Low |
| Quarter ended March 31, 2015 | $3.74 | $0.85 |
| Quarter ended June 30, 2015 | $8.08 | $0.54 |
| Quarter ending September 30, 2015 | $6.20 | $2.10 |
| Quarter ending December 31, 2015 | $1.95 | $0.85 |
| Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014 | High | Low |
| Quarter ended March 31, 2014 | $8.50 | $4.25 |
| Quarter ended June 30, 2014 | $8.50 | $3.40 |
| Quarter ended September 30, 2014 | $10.20 | $3.40 |
| Quarter ended December 31, 2014 | $4.25 | $0.85 |
We have never paid or declared any cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon a number of factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, future prospects, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board of directors deems relevant.
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If you invest in our units in this offering, your interest will be diluted to the extent of Contents
Our net tangible book value is the amount of our total tangible assets less our total liabilities. Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2019 was $ , or $ per share of common stock. Pro forma net tangible book value gives effect to receipt of $540,000 net cash proceeds from the Bridge Financing and the issuance of the Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $600,000. Our pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2019, giving effect to the Bridge Financing would have been approximately $ , or $ per share of our as adjusted outstanding common stock.
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value is our pro forma net tangible book value, the repayment of Debentures plus the effect of the sale of units in this offering at the assumed public offering price of $ per unit and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by us. Our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2019 would have been approximately $ , or $ per share. This amount represents an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of approximately $ per share to our existing stockholders, and an immediate dilution of $ per share to new investors participating in this offering. Dilution per share to new investors is determined by subtracting pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering from the public offering price per share paid by new investors.
The following table sets forth our selected financial data forillustrates this per share dilution:
| Assumed public offering price per share (attributing no value to the warrants) | $ | |||
| Net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2019 | $ | |||
Increase in as adjusted net tangible book value per share attributable to the Bridge Financing | $ | |||
| Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2019 | $ | |||
Increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering | $ | |||
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering | $ | |||
Dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share to new investors | $ |
Each $0.50 increase (decrease) in the periods andassumed public offering price of $ per unit would increase (decrease) the pro forma as of the dates indicated. You should read the following selected financial data in conjunction with our audited and unaudited financial statementsadjusted net tangible book value per share by $ , and the related notes thereto included elsewheredilution per share to new investors in this offering by $ , assuming the number of units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Each increase of 500,000 in the number of units sold in this offering would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value by approximately $ and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of this prospectus.
The information above assumes that the Representative does not necessarily indicativeexercise its over-allotment option. If the Representative exercises its over-allotment option in full, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value will increase to $ per share, representing an immediate increase to existing stockholders of the results that may be expected in the future$ per share and interim results are not necessarily indicativean immediate dilution of results$ per share to be expected for any other period or the full year.
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 64 | $ | 4 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 562 | $ | 337 | ||||
| Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 5,261 | $ | 653 | ||||
| Deferred revenue | 17 | -- | ||||||
| Warrant liability | 6,371 | 1,802 | ||||||
| Notes payable | 927 | 50 | ||||||
| Common and preferred stock | 637 | 6 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 25,047 | 39,779 | ||||||
| Treasury stock | (113 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||
| Deferred compensation | -- | 1,842 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (37,696 | ) | (39,998 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | (12,126 | ) | (2,168 | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | 562 | $ | 337 | ||||
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| December 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | |||||||
| TOTAL NET REVENUE | $ | 124,598 | $ | 217,268 | ||||
| COST OF SALES | 113,024 | 65,723 | ||||||
| GROSS PROFIT | 11,574 | 151,545 | ||||||
| OPERATING EXPENSES | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 811,916 | 449,483 | ||||||
| Legal and accounting | 344,903 | 458,801 | ||||||
| Payroll expenses | 1,611,376 | 1,875,488 | ||||||
| Research and development | 10,590,271 | 2,412,833 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 218,443 | 197,430 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 13,576,909 | 5,394,035 | ||||||
| LOSS BEFORE OTHER INCOME | (13,565,335 | ) | (5,242,490 | ) | ||||
| OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE) | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (199,364 | ) | (61,438 | ) | ||||
| Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt | (82,000 | ) | 332,523 | |||||
| Change in fair value of warrants | 5,128,204 | 2,669,520 | ||||||
| Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability | 800,000 | - | ||||||
| 5,646,840 | 2,940,605 | |||||||
| NET LOSS | $ | (7,918,495 | ) | $ | (2,301,885 | ) | ||
| LOSS PER SHARE | ||||||||
| BASIC | $ | (2.22 | ) | $ | (0.47 | ) | ||
| DILUTED | $ | (2.22 | ) | $ | (0.47 | ) | ||
The foregoing discussion and analysistable do not take into account further dilution to new investors that could occur upon the exercise of our financial condition and results of operations together with “Selected Financial Data” and our financial statements andoutstanding warrants having a per share exercise or conversion price less than the related notes appearing elsewhereper share offering price to the public in this prospectus. In additionoffering.
We may choose to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statementsraise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus.
The above discussion and table are based on 109,321,833 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2019, and does not give effect to the purchasers warrants to purchase in the aggregate 3,087,500potential reverse stock split or include, as of that date:
· 22,126,088 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at ana weighted average exercise price of $0.40$0.32 per share. Each share as of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into one share of common stock, subject to adjustment.
· 19,613,529 shares of our common stock and shares of our newly-created Series B Preferred Stock; the conversion of warrants previously issued concurrently with the promissory notes for shares of our common stock; and the conversionissuable upon exercise of outstanding royalty payments owed by us into shares of newly-created Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, we received cash investments from multiple investors in exchange for the issuance of shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and shares of our common stock.
· 17,062,500 shares of our common stock and preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to July 23, 2015, were automatically exchangedthat are reserved for one post-split share ofequity awards that may be granted under our capital stock with any fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split being rounded up to the nearest whole share. The total number of authorized shares of our capital stock remains unchanged at its current total of 750,000,000, with 675,000,000 designated as common stockexisting equity incentive plans; and 75,000,000 designated as preferred stock.
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Overview
We are a developmental stage technology solutions provider specializing in brand protection functions such as counterfeit prevention, authentication, serialization, track and we may need to raise additional funds in the future. We intend to raise such financing through private placements and/or the sale of debttrace features for labels, packaging and equity securities, of which there is no assurance.products. The issuance of additional equity would result in dilution to our existing shareholders. If we are unable to obtain additional funds when they are needed or if such funds cannot be obtained on terms favorable to us, we may be unable to execute upon our business plan or pay our costs and expensesCompany was formed as they are incurred, which could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We believe the context of both digital and physical transactions. Our productsbrand protection technologies we own, once fully developed, can be used to manage and issue secure credentials, including national identification documents, passports, driver licenses and access control credentials, as well as comprehensive authentication security software to secure physical and logical access to facilities, computer networks, internet sites and mobile applications.
Our physicalbrand protection technologies involve the utilization of invisible and/or color changing/shifting pigment,changing inks, which when incorporated into inks, dyes & resins are compatible and printed with today’s digital and standard printing machines and other manufacturing technologies. Expressed aspresses. The inks they may be used with certain printing systems such as digital, offset, flexographic, silkscreen, gravure, inkjet and digital.toner based laser printers. The inks can be printed in both a static image and variable image utilizing digital printing presses and third party digital inkjet systems which are attached to traditional printing presses. Our invisible ink can be a fixed image, variable image or a serialized code, bar code or QR code. We have developed a product which attaches to a smart-phone that reads our invisible ink codes into sophisticated cloud based track and trace software. We also have a product that informs users that our invisible ink is present for authentication. Based upon our experience, we believe that the ink technologies canmay be incorporated into most existing manufacturing processes.
2018 was a year of continued product development and early stage revenue generation. Prior to such time, we were primarily engaged in the research and development of our technologies. In order to penetrate the security printing market, we modernized our invisible ink technology, called RainbowSecure®. We created the ability to utilize RainbowSecure® as an invisible code that contained data that could be read into sophisticated software that resides in the cloud. To accomplish this task, we created a device that attaches to a smart phone, our Smart Phone Authenticator™. After several prototypes, this device was successfully tested in 2018 and is now being manufactured. The first units have been leased to one customer in Taiwan and one customer in the United States and are ready for leasing to brand owners, inspectors and print service providers around the world.
In conjunction with the new smart phone reading device, we finalized our VeriPASTM software which is based in the cloud and gives brand owners the ability to monitor, control and protect their products life cycle. This software resides in the cloud and brand owners access it over the internet. The software generates serialization codes which the brand owner purchases from us. These codes are then printed on labels and packaging in both visible codes for consumers to engage and invisible codes known as RainbowSecure® which trained brand inspectors review with our reading device.
We signed three contracts with print service providers in 2018. In February 2018, we entered into a reseller agreement with the GLM. This particular label printer began printing our technology in July 2018 and has major brand owners as clients which can utilize our technologies to protect their product labels and packaging from counterfeiting and product diversion. This label printer owns and operates printers and manufacturing equipment which can implement our technology. This reseller also has manufacturing facilities around the globe.
In 2018, we entered into two other reseller agreements with print service providers (“PSP”). One of these PSPs is testing for a global consumer products company.
Additionally, in March 2018, we entered into a strategic partnership with S-One Labels and Packaging LLC, a division of S-One LP (“S-One”). S-One provides companies with product and sales channels, technical and marketing support, digital development support, and distribution channels through the other companies which have partnered with S-One. S-One has agreed to provide us with global sales, distribution, and promotion support for our products and will employ a representative that will be solely dedicated to promoting our products. Under the terms of our agreement with S-One, S-One will act as a sales and marketing contractor for our printed products and services on a global basis and will assist us in fulfilling our obligations under our signed current and future reseller agreements with global and domestic print providers and brand owners.
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We believe revenue will continue to grow in 2019 due to the development and leasing of our new smart phone reading devices, the addition of our new VP of Business Development who was hired in late 2018, the completed training of our marketing and sales partner, S-One, and the installation of our products into the HP Experience Centers located in Tel Aviv, Israel, Singapore, Barcelona, Spain and Alpharetta, Georgia, where customers can perform tests and get hands on experience with our technologies.
Recent Developments
Effective as of May 30, 2019, we entered into a leasing agreement and purchase agreement with a Forbes Top 50 Private Company that sells nutrition, personal care, beauty and home care products around the globe. This is our first direct contract with a brand owner who prints its own packaging and labels using HP Indigo printing presses. They lease our equipment and software including VeriPAS™ technology products in conjunction with HP Indigo printing presses, our strategic partner. This one year leasing agreement can be terminated by either party upon 90 days’ prior notice.
On May 28, 2019, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, we began a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. The specially formulated inks will enable these printing presses to print our RainbowSecure® invisible ink technology, which includes our variable VeriPAS™ serialization, track and trace technology. Pursuant to the memorandum of understanding, either party may termination the strategic partnership at any time after September 1, 2019.
On May 3, 2019, we entered into a one year leasing contract with Identity Management Systems Co., Ltd., for the lease of one of our new smartphone readers which includes the VeriPAS™ technology. This lease is expected to allow us to introduce and sell our products and services to the East Asia markets. The contract can be terminated by either party with 90 days’ prior notice.
On April 24, 2019, we entered into a license agreement with Niagara, a western New York label manufacturer with 33 years’ experience. The license allows Niagara to offer our brand protection technology solutions to brand owners throughout the United States through the leasing of our smart phone authentication devices. These authentication devices read the invisible RainbowSecure® codes into the cloud and are recorded in our serialization, track and trace software platform, VeriPAS™. This license has a one year term that automatically renews for successive one year terms unless 90 days’ prior notice of non-renewal is given by either party. The agreement can also be terminated by either party with 90 days’ prior notice.
On April 11, 2019, we entered into a one year reseller agreement with Arca, a leading label and packaging company based in Milan, Italy. Pursuant to the agreement, we offer our brand protection technology solutions to brand owners throughout Europe through the leasing of our patented smart phone authentication devices which read the invisible codes into the cloud and are recorded in the Company’s VeriPAS™ platform. Our devices are expected to be leased to brand owners by Arca in exchange for recurring revenue. The agreement can be terminated by either party with 90 days’ prior notice.
Brand Protection Printing Technology
In September 2017, we announced a five-year contract with HP Indigo, a leader in manufacturing digital printing presses. These presses print both static and variable high-quality images such as personalized labels and packaging for major brand owners. Our technology was tested and approved by HP Indigo for use on the HP Indigo 6000 series press models. It is currently being qualified for the larger HP Indigo 30,000 series.
This press is mainly used to print labels and packaging for major world-wide brand owners. HP Indigo and VerifyMe incorporate VerifyMe's pigment products with HP Indigo's ElectroInk to be used for packaging, label authentication, anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and covert item level serialization for supply chain and distribution security.
This solution is marketed as RainbowSecure® powered by HP Indigo and sold globally by us to HP Indigo customers. The solution includes a HP Indigo security ElectroInk as well as our readers and authentication tools that can be used in conjunction with the security ElectroInk. Both companies provide support to HP Indigo customers that use the RainbowSecure® solution on HP Indigo's digital printing presses.
The HP Security ElectroInk containing RainbowSecure® is in an ink canister that is mounted into the digital Indigo printing press along with the other traditional ink stations. Since the HP Indigo is a digital press, the RainbowSecure® technology prints covert serialization numbers, codes or images either fixed or variable mainly on labels and packaging which are revealed when using our hand-held authentication devices.
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As an add-on track and trace feature of our RainbowSecure® covert imaging, we have contracted with Micro Focus International PLC, a global software developer to utilize their visible QR code system, GPAS, which is printed on labels and packaging along with our covert RainbowSecure® to store our hidden covert serial number in the cloud for product diversion investigators to authenticate with a proprietary app on a mobile device. The Micro Focus GPAS allows customers to use their smartphone to scan a product’s QR code or send the code via a text message. Immediate results help verify whether the product is real or counterfeit. This helps save customers from potential physical harm and businesses from facing lawsuits, loss of revenue and brand erosion. In addition to the anti-counterfeiting image, the Micro Focus Track and Trace software has a “big data” gathering system with real-time analytics which geographically locate and identify counterfeiting activity by using an easily configured rules engine. Our covert or invisible RainbowSecure® system works as an extra layer of protection for the GPAS system. When a professional product investigator scans the Micro Focus visible QR code with a special app on a smart phone it brings him or her to our secure cloud application to see what the hidden serialization number printed by the HP Indigo is for that particular label or package. The product investigator then uses the RainbowSecure® reading device to compare the hidden serialization number against the cloud number to prove authenticity.
Under the contract with Micro Focus, VerifyMe has a re-seller agreement where we sell the combined Micro Focus GPAS system with our RainbowSecure® identifier under our own trademarked name, VeriPASTM.
Under the terms of our agreement with GLM, GLM will be able to create and print labeling containing the RainbowSecure® ink technology.
HP has their own QR code track and trace system called, “HP Link Technology.” HP Link competes with the Micro Focus GPAS system. We are in continuing discussions to build a similar covert serialization number layer utilized in the Micro Focus GPAS system into HP Indigo’s Link system. Additional software development efforts will be required and we expect to continue the integration discussion with HP Link.
We also have a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. The specially formulated inks will enable these printing presses to print our RainbowSecure® invisible ink technology, which includes our variable VeriPAS™ serialization, track and trace technology.
In addition, effective as of May 30, 2019, we entered into a contract with a Forbes Top 50 Private Company that sells nutrition, personal care, beauty and home care products around the globe. The brand owner prints its own packaging and labels using HP Indigo printing presses. They lease our equipment and software including VeriPAS™ technology products in conjunction with HP Indigo printing presses, our strategic partner. This one year leasing agreement can be terminated by either party upon 90 days’ prior notice.
We believe that the brand protection security technologies we own, once fully developed and coupled with our contract with HP Indigo, can be used to enable brand owners to securely prevent counterfeiting, prevent product diversion and authenticate labels, packaging and products and alleviate the brand owner’s liability from counterfeit products which physically harm consumers. Our covert technologies give the brand owner the ability to control, monitor and protect their products life cycle. Also, our technologies allow the brand owner to prove whether the product causing an issue is authentic or made by a counterfeiter. Our goal is to generate revenue through licenses and royalties of our technology and through direct sales of our technology.
In addition to packaging and labels, our brand protection security printing technologies can be applied to authenticate important credentials such as driver’s licenses, plastics, metal, apparel, birth certificates, immigration documents, gaming, apparel, currency, event and transportation tickets, passports, computer software, and credit cards.
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Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies and Products
Recent developments in copying and printing technologies have made it easier to counterfeit a wide variety of documents and products. Currency,We have organized the current state of counterfeiting into two types. The first type is what we call “Traditional Counterfeiting” that includes mainly paper type documents and instruments such as bank checks, birth certificates, credentials, identification documents, stock certificates, currency, lottery tickets, credit cards, driver’s licenses, event and transportation tickets, casino slot tickets,coupons, and travelers’ checkschecks. Most of the Traditional Counterfeiting targets are all susceptiblemainly paper type instruments which can be traditionally copied, scanned, color copied, hand drawn, etc., by both professionals and consumers alike. The other type of counterfeiting we call “Modern Counterfeiting.” Although Traditional Counterfeiting targets are extremely important and cause mainly financial harm, “Modern Counterfeiting” targets on the other hand are much more sophisticated. Organized crime, consumers, small and large businesses, and even governments partake in Modern Counterfeiting. Modern Counterfeiting consists of the actual counterfeiting of major brand owner’s products such as expensive luxury items like jewelry, purses, military items (sabotage), drug manufacturing, consumables like tobacco, alcohol, golf clubs and even food and beverages. Not only is the packaging and labeling counterfeited, the actual products are counterfeited. There are even reports of whole companies being counterfeited.
Not only are consumers at risk, brand owners are also at risk. Normally brand owners are financially impacted when someone is selling or diverting their products. The financial impact seems to counterfeiting.be the lesser of the risk factors. We believe the additional, more impactful risk, facing brand owners and drug manufacturers is the liability issue. A brand owner may be called to a court room to prove that a product is authentic or counterfeit to avoid major liability exposure in the form of judgements and fines, as well as the extremely severe negative marketing exposure for such issues.
Brand owners do not want their products published under the name of a product that injured or harmed a consumer. Our covert RainbowSecure® technology can be utilized by brand owners to authenticate products, labels and packaging in those circumstances. We believe that losses and liability from such counterfeiting have increasedis increasing substantially with improvements in counterfeiting technology. Counterfeiting has long caused losses to manufacturers of brand name products, and we believe that these losses have increasedtechnology as well as the counterfeitingproliferation of labelinghighly skilled and packaging has become easier.
We believe that our physical and material goodsbrand protection security anti-counterfeit technologies may be useful to businesses desiring to authenticate a wide variety of materials and products. The best solution for brand owners and manufacturers is to layer as many technologies as they can to protect their products. Our technologies include (1)(i) a covert technology utilizing invisible ink taggant that can be revealed by use of a special calibrated laser lightslight for authentication purposes, (ii) an ink technology, which allows invisible codes to be printed, and authentication devices, (2) an overt(iii) a color shiftingchanging technology that changes color under differentis activated by certain types of readily available lighting. These two differentlights. All of those technologies cannot be copied or scanned by the counterfeiter. We believe the useful life of our technologies on a label or package is at least 20 years. Our technologies can be combinedprinted on labels and packaging and can also be applied to metals, plastics and textiles. Other possible variations of our laser-based technology involve multiple color responses from a common laser, visible marks of one color that turn another color with a second laser, or visible and invisible marks that turn into one solution and customized for individual customers & products.a multicolored image. These technologies provide users with the ability to authenticate products and detect counterfeit items not bearing these features.documents. Applications include the authentication of documents having intrinsic value, such as currency, checks, travelers’ checks, gift certificates and event tickets, and the authentication of product labeling and packaging. When applied to product labeling and packaging, alsoour technologies can be used to detect counterfeit products with labels and/or in packaging that do not contain the authenticating marks invisibly printed on the packaging or labels of legitimate products, as well as to combat product diversion (i.e., the sale of legitimate products through unauthorized distribution channels or in unauthorized markets). We believe that our technologies also could be used in a manner that permits manufacturers and distributors to track the movement or pinpoint geographically where counterfeiting of products is occurring. We can track and trace from production to ultimate consumption when coupled with our VeriPAS™proprietary software.
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Brand Protection and Material Goods Anti-Counterfeit Industry — Overview
We believe one of the most important new areas of expansionfor our technology is in the area of authentication, which is the act of confirming that objects such as currency, passports, casino chips, credit cards, stock certificates, pharmaceuticals, stamps, identification cards, lottery tickets, and so forth, are real and not forgeries. With the advent of the digital age,new technologies, including the color copier and other newprinting technologies and templates available onand the web, thieves and forgersavailability of the Internet, counterfeiters have been ablehad access to technologies which make near identical copiesit easier to produce counterfeit items. Counterfeiters are often located in foreign nations where counterfeiting is subject to little or no viable threat of almost any printed item, which has resulted in major financial losses to business and, importantly, has compromised security at critical installations. One particular problem is many of those engaging in such activities are overseas and far from the reach of U.S. law enforcement.
While some currency and credit cards have introduced holograms, seals, and embedded strips in order to add a level of protection, most such methodologies are expensive and, in some cases involve a time-consuming in the production process. In other instances, such as when printing packagingcigarette tax stamps or hundreds of millions of pieces used in high volume consumer goods industries,a popular restaurant chain’s contest game pieces, the authentication process must be extremely inexpensive and easy to use or it will not be rejected. Volumescost effective. Currently many national currencies lack a sufficient layer of protection to deter counterfeiting and can easily be counterfeited.
Two Major Trends
We believe major shifts are occurring in these industrieshow counterfeit products enter the hands of consumers. Many consumers are purchasing counterfeit products online. In addition, biometric technology is becoming increasingly popular which can reach billions of unitstie individuals to their documents and transactions. We have multi-factor technology using biometrics in our digital verification technology. Our entry into the incremental costs for security features to authenticate genuine product have to be in the pennies or fraction of a cent. Our solutions meet all of these requirements.
Counterfeiting is a global problem, and it is a problem that appears to be increasing. In March 2015, the International Chamber of Commerce’s (“ICC”) Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (“BASCAP”) issued a report on the “Roles and Responsibilities of Intermediaries: Fighting counterfeiting and piracy in the supply chain” that estimates the globalcontinuously evolving economic and social impacts of counterfeiting and piracy at $1.7 trillion annually.
The Size of the Market Opportunity
Based on technology, the label and packaging market, including the anticounterfeit packaging industry, has been segmented as follows:
| · | Coding & printing technology (Track and Trace) |
| · | Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) |
| · | Hologram |
| · | Security labels |
| · | Packaging design |
| · | Others (digital mass sterilization, digital mass encryption, and surveillance technologies) |
The anti-counterfeiting industry is segmented into four general categories: (i) Optical technologies - use of light, i.e. holograms; (ii) Electronic - magnetic strips and smart cards; (iii) Biotechnologies - uses characteristics of biological proteins such as antibodies, enzymes and DNA; and (iv) Chemical technologies - includes photochromic (or light-reactive) and thermochromic (or heat-reactive) inks.
We operate in the chemical technologies and security ink sectors of the industry. Products in this industry change color when exposed to either heat or light and revert to their original color when exposed again. Generally, the effect is reversible as often as required. Inks have also been developed that are invisible to the human eye, but which can be read by bar-code scanners. These have been used in the fragrance and pharmaceutical industries to authenticate products. Other reactive inks change color when brought into contact with specific substances, such as ink from a felt-tipped pen.
We operate in the coding and printing technology, security labels segments in the anti-counterfeit packaging industry.
Recent developments in printing technologies have made it easier to counterfeit a wide variety of documents. Lottery tickets, gift certificates, event and transportation tickets and travelers’ checks are all susceptible to counterfeiting, and we believe that losses from such counterfeiting have increased substantially due to improvements in technology. Counterfeiting has long caused losses to manufacturers of brand name products, and we believe that these losses have increased as the counterfeiting of labeling and packaging has become easier.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has concludedin its published study in 2019, estimated that global trade related counterfeiting accounts for 3.3% of world trade or approximately $509 billion. They also conclude that millions of consumers are risking their lives by using unsafe and ineffective counterfeit products unknowingly.
Printing and Secure Documents
Counterfeiting in packaging has greatly intensified in recent years, causing concerns for consumers and financial concern for businesses worldwide. As a result, the global anti-counterfeit packaging market is estimated to reach approximately $128.6 billion by the year 2019, according to Markets and Markets. Billions of dollars per year are at stake for companies as they seek ways to ensure that the products sold with their logos and brandingbrands are authorized and authentic. The proliferation of counterfeiting requires brand owners and their converter/printer partners to work together to create a multi-layered protection plan so that their packaging and labels protect their brands and deter those trying to profit at their (and their reputation’s) expense.
Counterfeiters have become so good at their unlawful activity that spotting the difference between legitimate and counterfeit products can be daunting. Counterfeiters have many ways to subvert legitimate brands. These may include taking an out-of-date product and selling it in packaging and labels that have been forged; sometimes, the packaging, labels and product itself are all counterfeited. Counterfeiters might also use legitimate packaging coupled with fake products. We believe our pigment security systems are a cost-effective solution for printer and packagers and are easily integrated into their existing manufacturing process.
The Opportunity
As counterfeiting continues to increase and losses to manufacturers and others continue to escalate, we believe that those entities will seek better technologies to minimize their exposure. These technologies, however, must also be cost-effective, easy to integrate, and highly resistant to counterfeiting themselves.
Our Solutions
In the areas of authentication and serialization of physical goods, we offer clients the following products as anti-counterfeit systems:
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| · | VerifyMe Beeper |
RainbowSecure®technology was our first technology to be patented. It combines an invisible ink with a proprietary tuned laser to enable counterfeit products to be exposed. It has been widely acceptedIn 2017, we signed a five-year contract with HP Indigo to print this technology on packages and labels on their 6000 series digital Presses. In December 2017, we signed a contract with Micro Focus to use RainbowSecure® in the gaming industry, where the technology has been used by casinos to protect their chips, dice,Global Product Authentication, Track and playing cards from fraud.Trace system (software). The technology also features a unique double layer of security which remains entirely covert at all times and provides licensees with additional protection. RainbowSecure™RainbowSecure® is particularly well-suited to closed and controlled environments, such as casinos that want to verify transactions within a specific area, as well as labels, packaging, textiles, plastics and metal products which need authentication. In May 2019, we entered into a strategic partnership with INX International Ink Company, the third largest producer of inks in North America, to co-develop inkjet inks to be used for inkjet printing in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging printing presses. The specially formulated inks will enable these printing presses to print our RainbowSecure® invisible ink technology, which includes our variable VeriPAS™ serialization, track and trace technology. We have not yet derived any revenue from our VeriPAS™ software system and have derived minimal revenue from the sale of our RainbowSecure® technology.
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VeriPAS™ technology combines the covert identifier of RainbowSecure® with the Micro Focus Track and Trace software which provides brand owners geographical business intelligence on counterfeiting as well as the ability to authenticate labels, packaging and products. We are not interested in outside public verification by consumers. Thespeaking with other serialization, track and trace software providers and expects to add alternatives to clients beyond the Micro Focus GPAS system. This technology is also appropriate for anti-counterfeit protection of tagscurrently being co-marketed with RainbowSecure® and labelsour Smart Phone Authenticator™ product. Several clients are in the apparel industry, where it can be applied to a variety of different materials in the form of dyes.
SecureLight® technology was developed as a result of our investment in new proprietary color changing inks that could penetrate broader markets and result in far greater revenues.markets. During the past nine years,decade, we have refined our technologiestechnology and theirits applications, and now have what we believe to be the easiest, most cost effective and efficient authentication technologiestechnology available in the world today. Our technology, known as SecureLight™SecureLight®, takes advantage of the new ubiquitous energy efficient fluorescent lighting to change the color of ink, resulting in hundreds of new applications ranging from credit cards to driver’s licenses, passports, stock certificates, clothing labels, currency, ID cards, and tax stamps. The technologiestechnology can also be used to protect apparel, pharmaceuticals, and virtually any other physical product, such as fabrics, plastics, ceramics and metal. In 2018, we received notice that patents involving this technology were approved in various European nations. We are attempting to commercialize this product.
SecureLight+® technology combines the covert characteristics of RainbowSecureRainbowSecure® and the overt characteristics of SecureLight.SecureLight®. This provides a solution which can be authenticated in two different ways - by proprietary tuned laser devices, and also by anyone with fluorescent lighting, including end consumers.
Smart Phone Authenticator™ technology is a piece of hardware with a built in lighting system and software that scans invisible RainbowSecure® codes. Product investigators attach their smart phone to this device which then reveals the hidden RainbowSecure® images on the smart phone screen which are then sent to the VeriPASTM software in the cloud for authentication and data submission. These devices have been developedcommercialized and are being leased to customers. Leases are typically one year in length.
VerifyMe Beeper technology is an authentication tool which we sellare marketing to customers in conjunction with pigments and are tuned to authenticate the unique frequency of each batch. This allows for customers to instantly authenticate items with a customized beeper which will only positively identify a product bearing their unique anti-counterfeiting solution. This authenticationour RainbowSecure® ink pigment. Authentication is provided in the form of an LED indicator, a camera device which reveals the hidden serialization numbers and codes on a viewing screen and an audible ‘beep’.
Identification Cards and Secure Documents
Governments are increasingly vulnerable to counterfeiting, terrorism and other security threats at least in part because currencies, identity and security cards and other official documents can be counterfeited with relative ease. Governments must also enforce the various anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy regimes of their respective jurisdictions which becomes increasingly difficult with the continued expansion of global trade. Our overt and covert ink pigment platform can provide secure, forensic, and cost-effective anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy and identification solutions to local, state, and federal governments as well as the defense contractors and the other companies that do business with them. Our pigment solution can be used for many types of identification and official documents, such as:
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| · | Passports; |
| · | Permanent resident, or “green” cards and visas; |
| · | Drivers’ Licenses; |
| · | Social Security cards; |
| · | Military identification cards; |
| · | National transportation cards; |
| · | Security cards for access to sensitive physical locations; and |
| · | other important identity cards, official documents and security-related cards. |
In connection with the development of our Smart Phone Authenticator™, we are currently seeking to expand our business in this market but have not yet generated sales in this area.
Pharmaceuticals
The pharmaceutical industry faces major problems relative to counterfeit, diluted, or falsely labeled drugs that make their way through healthcare systems worldwide, posing a health threat to patients and a financial threat to producers and distributors. We receivedbelieve counterfeit prescription pharmaceuticals are a U.S. patentgrowing trend, widely recognized as a public health risk and a serious concern to public health officials, private companies, and consumers. Counterfeiting can apply to both branded and generic products and counterfeit pharmaceuticals may include products with the correct ingredients but fake packaging, with the wrong ingredients, without active ingredients or with insufficient active ingredients.
Based on this threat, many countries have started to address vulnerabilities in the supply chain by enacting legislation which, among other things, requires the implementation of a comprehensive system designed to combat counterfeit, diluted or falsely labelled pharmaceuticals. These systems are often referred to as serialization, or in the United States as e-Pedigree (electronic pedigree).
e-Pedigree and the Federal Drug Administration (“FDA”) mandated serialization requirements were implemented in November 2018 and are now required in all aspects of the pharmaceutical supply chain, from the manufacturer to the packager, wholesaler, distributor and final dispensing entity. The e-Pedigree provides an “audit trail,” or documented evidence, to help identify and catch counterfeiting and diversion. Serialization requires manufacturers, or third-party packagers in some virtual supply chains, to establish and apply to the smallest saleable unit package or immediate container a “unique identification number.” Our unique pigments embedded in the ink of a unique serialized barcode can provide a layered security foundation for a customer solution in this market.
The FDA implemented Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act, entitled the “Drug Supply Chain Security Act.” This regulation requires drug manufactures to add product identifiers to certain prescription drug packages beginning in November 2018. We expect all pharmaceutical companies will eventually comply with the legislation at some point in the future. Our RainbowSecure® technology as well as our VeriPAS™ track and trace system can address the need for product identifiers. We plan on selling directly to detectthe pharmaceutical industry and authenticatetheir printers. We also expect to engage third party marketing and sales companies to present our solutions to the drug and pharmaceutical industry.
We have entered into a strategic partnership to assist us with marketing our products to the pharmaceutical industry.
Consumer Products
Counterfeit items are a significant and growing problem with all kinds of consumer-packaged goods, especially in the luxury retail and apparel industries. Our unique ink pigments can be incorporated in dyes and used by manufacturers in these industries to combat counterfeiting and piracy of actual physical goods. Our pigments expressed as inks can also be used on packaging, as well as to track products that have been lost in transit, whether misplaced or stolen. We currently have a contract to assist with securing certain cosmetic products.
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Food and Beverage
Counterfeit food threats are becoming more common as supply chains become more global and as imaging and manufacturing technology become more accessible. There have been numerous reports of counterfeit foods, including long-grain rice labelled and sold as basmati rice, Spanish olive oil bottled and sold as Italian olive oil, and mixtures of industrial solvents and alcohol sold as vodka. Although many of these stories have emerged from the U.K. and Europe, the fake-food problem is also relevant in the United States.
We believe the fake-food problem is often due to product laundering, dilution and intentionally false labeling. We believe our pigments using a smartphone.and authentication tools can help in the battle against counterfeit foods and beverages. We are currently marketing our products in the process of developing this application and expect to have it in production this year. This will provide a very simple and inexpensive way for brand owners, supply chain/distribution chain and consumers to verify the authenticity of products, packaging and any material goods.
Our Raw Material Suppliers
Our security pigments are manufactured from naturally occurring inorganic rare earth materials. The manufacturing process includes both chemical and mechanical elements. In many cases, we produce pigments that are unique to a particular customer or product line. This uniqueness can be achieved through a variety of techniques, including custom formulation or combination of our proprietary pigments and/or incorporation of other specialized taggents.
There are many manufacturers of these types of specialized pigments and we intend to maintain multiple simultaneous relationships to ensure ample sources of supply.
Distribution
We provide pigment mixing instructions for the specific uses of each client based on their existing equipment and processes. We maintain policies and procedures to monitor, track and log access to and disposition of all pigment. Our customers are also required to agree to and implement these policies and procedures.
Digital Authentication Technologies and Products
We believe accurate identification of human beings in electronic transactions, also known as Digital Identity Management, will continue to be a large and rapidly growing market. As more electronic transactions incorporateIn today’s world the exchange of value and money, theneed for verification of the unique identity of human beings participating in those transactions becomeshas become more important. In general, every electronic transaction has a least two actors – a subject and a relying party. The relying party has a business need to eliminate or reduce risk associated with the identification of the subject.
Electronic financial theft and electronic theft of private information often make headlines almost every day -according to a 2015 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, in 2014, $16 billion was stolen from 12.7 million U.S. consumers. Theheadlines. We believe the majority of this harm can be traced to weak authentication systems, such as Username/Password,username/password, yet these weak systems continue to be used in most of the world’s transactional systems.
Historically, stronger authentication solutions, such as biometric, two-factor and multi-factor solutions have been difficult to use and expensive to deploy and operate. The extraordinary proliferation of smart phones and tablets provide an infrastructure for disruptive solutions that leverage the mobile nature of these devices and the multi-sensor computing capabilities.
VerifyMe Authenticator – our ability to support any authentication mechanism and our patented risk scoring engine insult the enterprise from these risks and insure that whatever technologies become entrenched they will be able to use them and delight their customers.
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We are now enhancing this product and getting it ready for deployment into the financial services industry. We cannot assure you we will generate any revenues from these efforts.
Digital Authentication Technology
We believe that the digital technologies we own will enable businesses and consumers to reconstruct their overall approaches to security—from identity and authentication to the management of legacy passwords and PINs. We empower our customers to take advantage of the full capabilities of smart mobile devices and provide solutions that are both simple to use and deliver the highest level of security. These solutions can be applied to corporate networks, financial services, e-gov services, digital wallets, mobile payments, entertainment, subscription services, and social media.
The challenges associated with digital access control and identity theft are problems that are highly relevant in the world today. Consumers, citizens, employees, governments and employers demand comprehensive solutions that are timely, reliable but not intrusive. The current widespread use of passwords and personal identification numbers, or PINs for authentication has proven to be unsecure and inadequate. Individuals increasingly expect anywhere-anytime experiences—whether they are making purchases, crossing borders, accessing services or logging into online accounts or corporate resources. They expect those experiences to ensure the protection of their privacy and to provide uncompromising confidentiality.
Verification is the front door of all access and transactions. The most fundamental action is to identify “who the person is and how you identify yourself.” We believe our VerifyMe digital authentication is the building block that answers that question. Our verification technology ensures that users are who they say they are. Our technology becomes their virtual credentials which are protected from fraud and theft. There are hundreds of millions of identities stolen annually. It is absolutely crucial to know which users have the right to access particular information or transactions, and whether or not unauthorized users have been prevented from accessing those same critically important items.
In today’s world we have global workforces, customers, systems and data. Unfortunately, we have the same global sophisticated cybercrime. Therefore, vetting users and access also means asking important questions about authentication, such as which authentication method is most appropriate given a resource, channel or specific risk factor.
We believe that our digital verification technology meets user expectations for ease of use, privacy and overall experiences especially in financial and healthcare enterprises. For connected organizations, the authentication process is like the front door. To users, it’s important not only to smoothly reach the systems or data they need, but to know that their own account access and data is secured. Authentication is crucial, but it needs to be frictionless to avoid frustrating users whether they are customers, partners, or employees.
Passwords are no longer enough. It has been proven time and time again that even strong credentials can be stolen, cracked or coaxed from end users. Given today’s threat landscape, good security requires strong authentication practices, one of which is multi-factor authentication (“MFA”). Our MFA system requires no passwords at all.
By using multiple independent factors VerifyMe’s verification system significantly increases the effort that cybercriminals must exert to break in and access the protected transaction or data. Also attempts that fail for lack of additional factors raises immediate red flags to end users and their financial or data system administrators.
Additionally, our MFA does not use tokens or complicated, tiered passwords. Passwords are replaced by our MFA technology. Passwords are lost, stolen, forgotten, constantly changed, etc. Our MFA removes the need for passwords. The person’s biometrics combined with other non-password factors become their password.
Our digital technologies involve the utilization of multiple authentication mechanisms, some of which we own. These mechanisms include biometric factors, knowledge factors, possession factors and location factors. Biometric factors include facial recognition with liveness detection, finger print and voice recognition. Knowledge factors include a personal gesture swipe and a safe and panic color choice. Possession factor includes devices that the user has in their possession such as a smartphone, smart watch, and other wearable computing devices. The location factor geo-locates the user during a secure login. We surround these authentication mechanisms with proprietary systems that improve the usability and the security of the solutions. Our solutions allow the assessment and quantification of risk using a sophisticated patented heuristic scoring mechanism. We have specialized systems that perform ‘liveness’ detection to insure the subject of authentication is in fact a live human being. We have software systems that introduce learning capabilities into our solutions to improve the ease of use and flexibility.
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We believe that by using a host of factors, our proprietary scoring system gives a 99% assurance that the person behind the transaction is the person they say they are.
The digital technologies we own will enable businesses and consumers to reconstruct their overall approaches to security—from identity and authentication to the management of legacy passwords and PINs. We empower our customers to take advantage of the full capabilities of smart mobile devices and provide solutions that are both simple to use and deliver the highest level of security.
Our digital multi-factor verification software solutions can be applied to:
| · | Cryptocurrencies |
| · | Blockchain Authentication |
| · | Corporate Networks |
| · | Digital Drop Box Access |
| · | Physical Access |
| · | Banking |
| · | Financial Transaction Services |
| · | Medical Insurance |
| · | Gaming |
| · | Retail |
| · | Digital Wallets |
| · | Legal |
| · | Government (e-gov services) |
| · | Military |
| · | Pharmaceutical |
| · | Immigration |
| · | Entertainment |
| · | Social Media |
| · | Mobile Payments |
| · | Purchaser Authentication |
| · | Notary Authentication |
| · | Electronic Forms |
| · | Voting Systems |
| · | Subscription services |
| · | Employee Time Systems |
Digital Authentication Industry Background
The growth in internet banking and internet commerce and the increasing use and reliance upon proprietary or confidential information that is remotely accessible by many users by businesses, government and educational institutions, has made information security a paramount concern. We believe that enterprises are seeking solutions that will continue to allow them to expand access to data and financial assets while maintaining network security.
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A vendor in the user authentication market delivers on-premises software/hardware or a cloud-based service that makes real-time authentication decisions for users who utilize an arbitrary endpoint device (that is, not just Windows PCs or Macs) to access one or more applications, systems or services in a variety of use cases. Where appropriate to the authentication methods supported, a vendor in this market also delivers client-side software or hardware that end users utilize to make those real-time authentication decisions.
The market is mature, with several vendors offering products that have been continuously offered during the past three decades (although ownership has changed over that time). However, new methods and vendors continue to emerge, with the most rapid growth occurring within the past decade in response to the changing market needs for different trade-offs among trust, user experience (“UX”) and total cost of ownership (“TCO”).ownership. The greater adoption of user authentication over a wider variety of use cases, the impact of mobile, cloud and big data analytics, and the emergence of innovative methods continue to be disruptive.
While over 100 authentication vendors currently operate in the market, the vast majority deliver two-factor authentication solutions. Even the few vendors that market biometric solutions simply combine them with a password for two-factor security.
Internet and Enterprise Security.
With the advent of personal computers and distributed information systems in the form of wide area networks, intranets, local area networks and the Internet, as well as other direct electronic links, many organizations have implemented applications to enable their workforce and third parties, including vendors, suppliers and customers, to access and exchange data and perform electronic transactions. As a result of the increased number of users having direct and remote access to such enterprise applications, data and financial assets have become increasingly vulnerable to unauthorized access and misuse.Individual User Security.
In addition to the need for enterprise-wide security, the proliferation of personal computers, personal digital assistants and mobile telephones in both the home and office settings, combined with widespread access to the Internet, have created significant opportunities for electronic commerce by individual users such as electronic bill payment, home banking and home shopping.The continued reliance by most enterprises on passwords and PINs has resulted in daily identity theft and data breaches, with massive attacks being announced almost every week. The companies that have been attacked and compromised private data include top brands in finance, retail, entertainment, technology and governments.
Strong Authentication Market
A strong authentication market has emerged, initially led by two-factor authentication solutions. Two-factor authentication solutions combine a password with a second factor, which typically involves proving possession of some object which may includethrough a one-time password token that generates rotating secret codes, a telephone call via a callback or a SMS message, or an email address via emailing a secret code.
Password Manager/Digital Wallet Market
Until companies figure out a better way to protect their data in the cloud, we believe that the best solution is to enforce higher security with password managers. Password managers provide tools to encrypt text files that can store passwords that are not Web based, such as Windows and Outlook passwords, Lotus Notes passwords, administration passwords including local and domain accounts, BIOS passwords, encrypted hard drive passwords, cell phone and voicemail passwords and iPad and iPhone passwords. Password managers promise greater security while improving the user experience.
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The best password managers sync to the cloud across all dominant platforms and require multi-factor authentication. There are currently no password managers that utilize more than two-factor authentication and none that incorporate additional biometric mechanisms.
The Opportunity
As identity theft and data breaches continue to increase and losses to service providers and individuals continue to escalate, we seebelieve both enterprises and consumers seekingwill seek better solutions to protect their interests. These solutions must be cost effective, easy to integrate, and simple to use.
Any transaction or action which requires authentication of an individual is a potential opportunity for a strong multi-factor solution such as VerifyMe Authenticator. ThisWe believe this is a very large market opportunity, within which we are focused on fourfive specific segments:
| · | Subscription services market, where revenue is commonly lost due to multiple individuals sharing user credentials to access information and services; |
| · | Online gaming market, where financial transactions are performed and |
| · | Financial services market, where there is a large financial risk to identity theft and |
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| · | Social Media Market to identify people versus robots or imposters |
Our Solution
VerifyMe Authenticator delivers an electronic authentication solution for identifying individual human beings. When a subject attempts to access an internet resource and asserts an identity, VerifyMe Authenticator attempts to authenticate the asserted identity insuring that it corresponds to the unique human being that originally registered.identity. It does this utilizing multiple strong authentication mechanisms, involving at least three independent factors. VerifyMe Authenticator can deliver identity assurance consistent with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Level 4 authentication requirements as specified in Special Publication 800-63-1.
VerifyMe Authenticator is based around mobile apps that incorporate a password manager and single sign on (“SSO”) capability. In addition to facilitating strong authentication during the logon process to the enterprise resource or service, VerifyMe Authenticator also lets the user conveniently integrate and protect all of their legacy username and passwords.
Fast and Easy to Use
VerifyMe Authenticator replaces passwords and PINs with a quick, intuitive and user-friendly interface. Our customers are able tocan authenticate end users in multiple ways (multi-factor) in the same timeframe as a conventional password login. The Serviceservice is platform agnostic (available for IOS, Android, Mac and PC), and scalable for use withon wearable personal devices.
Support for Any Authentication Method
VerifyMe Authenticator has the ability to authenticate individuals using facial recognition, fingerprint, voice scanning, retina scanning, swipe pattern recognition, secret color, location detection and other mechanisms.approved IP detection. We believe that Authenticator can provide the highest levels of confidence, security and account protection to a businesses’ customers, all within seconds. VerifyMe Authenticator is not limited to specific authentication factors. Our platform can support any available authentication mechanism, including those that require policy-driven mechanisms. We are continuing to add new authentication mechanisms, including mechanisms suitable for wearable devices and new forms of biometrics.
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Multi-Factor Confidence Scores
Depending on the desired level of confidence, different online and mobile application accounts can require varying quality scores. As the desired level of security increases, so does the required quality score to complete a sign-in transaction. As the quality score increases, additional authentication factors are added to the sign-in process.
Secure Platform, Easy to Integrate
VerifyMe Authenticator can be delivered either as a managed service from our secure cloud or as licensed software which can be operated on-premise with existing infrastructure. VerifyMe Authenticator also features the following benefits:
| · | Available to be white-labeled and integrated into existing digital platforms; |
| · | Non-Stop, audited, monitored, private cloud service; |
| · | Three independent, fault tolerant, redundant data |
| · | Global load balancing and traffic management; |
| · | High level commercial API’s can be integrated in hours; and |
| · | Complete audit information, including fresh biometrics. |
The three factors VerifyMe Authenticator utilize include, but are not limited to, the following:
Factor 1
– Something you have – a possession device – typically this is a registered mobile device, which we can authenticate either via SMS or email round robin protocol.
Factor 2
– Something you know – a knowledge factor – we currently utilize a color gesture swipe. This requires the subject to confirm their secret color and appropriately connect dots on a matrix consistent with their registered gesture pattern.
Factor 3
– Something you are – we utilize facial recognition to authenticate images captured in real-time using the registered
Our platform can be distinguished from competitors in that it is not limited to any of the above authentication mechanisms; VerifyMe Authenticator currently supports many more authentication mechanisms and we intend to continue expanding this list. For example, our platform is not limited to facial recognition as a biometric mechanism. It currently supports voice, fingerprint and other mechanisms.
In addition, VerifyMe Authenticator includes a risk-scoring engine that is able to enforce complex, customer specific authentication policies and shield them from the underlying complexity of evaluating multiple, independent authentication mechanisms. This risk engine allows us to constantly add new authentication mechanisms as they emerge. We see the emerging market of wearable devices as providing new authentication mechanisms that will be very simple and reliable for the end-user. Because our risk engine insulates the enterprise from the complexity of having to interface with all these different platforms, they are available to benefit from and insure their customers can utilize these devices to their full potential.
VerifyMe Authenticator is platform agnostic (available for IOS, Android, Mac, Linux and Windows) and scalable for use on wearable personal devices. The digital platform is an enterprise solution, which combines multiple independent authentication factors and can also determine geo-location utilizing a number of mechanisms including GPS, cell tower triangulation and IP/WIFI address. Because the service utilizes biometrics and liveness detection, it eliminates the possibility that users might share their authentication credentials, or that user accounts can be accessed by other individuals. The combination of biometrics and geo-location provides extremely strong transactional evidence, making it nearly impossible for an end-user to refute having been part of a transaction.
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The VerifyMe Smart Phone Authenticator™ technology is being commercialized and leased to customers. We spent approximately $24,000 on hosting of our MFA software and $0.3 million on software and hardware development. We had no sales in 2018 in relation to our MFA technologies due to further refinement to address new smart phone capabilities. Our MFA can now work of both Apple IOS and Android phone systems. In 2018, we developed applications (“APPs”) which are used in conjunction with the MFA technology. These APPS are now fully functional except we expect to enhance and upgrade the visual appearance and functionality of the APP to enhance a customer’s experience.
VerifyMe Authenticator Marketing and Sales
We are seeking business partners with revenue and proven business models. To date we have had no sales however, in 2019, we are investing in sales channels and pursuing opportunities.
Our Technology
Intellectual property is important to our business. The current patent and trademark portfolios consist of 10 granted US patents and one granted European patent validated in four countries, four pending US and foreign patent applications, four registered US trademarks, one registered EU foreign registration, and eight pending US and foreign trademark applications.
In addition, six patent applications were abandoned. We plan on considering the filing for reinstatement on some of the abandoned patent applications.
Our registered patents expire between the years of 2019 and 2033.
We have attempted to achieve sufficient flexibility in our products and technologies so as to provide cost-effective solutions to a wide variety of counterfeiting problems. We intend to generate revenues primarily by selling pigment to manufacturers who incorporate our technologies into their manufacturing processes and their products as well as through licensing fees where we are providing unique or custom solutions.
While some of our granted patents are commercially ready, we believe that others may have commercial application in the future but will require additional capital and/or a strategic partner in order to reach the potential markets. All of our patents are related to the inventions described above. Our registered patents begin to expire between the years of 2019 and 2031.
It is cost prohibitive to register patents in every country. We continue to develop new anti-counterfeiting technologies and towe apply for patent protection for these technologies wherever possible.in countries with the most market potential and strong patent enforcement tools. When a new product or process is developed, we may seek to preserve the economic benefit of the product or process by applying for a patent in each jurisdiction in which the product or process is likely to be exploited.
The issuance of a patent is considered prima facie evidence of validity. The granting of a patent does not prevent a third party from seeking a judicial determination that the patent is invalid. Such challenges to the validity of a patent are not uncommon and are occasionallycan be successful. There can be no assurance that a challenge will not be filed to one or more of our patents, if granted, and that if filed, such a challenge will not be successful.
We have trademarked the VerifyMeTM brand in the United States and have pending applications with respect to our brand internationally. However, our name and brand could be confused with brands that have similar names, including but not limited to Verified.Me, a service offered to Canadians by SecureKey Technologies Inc. We have a pending application for the VerifyMe name in Canada but can make no assurances regarding its approval. We are aware of names and marks similar to our service marks being used from time to time by other persons that could result in confusion and may diminish the value of our brands and adversely affect our business.
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The following tables provide information with respect to our current patent and trademark portfolio:
Patents:
| Jurisdiction | Patent No. | Issue Date | Title | Expiration Date |
| US | 6,483,576 | 11/19/2002 | Counterfeit detection system | 12/10/2019 |
| US | 6,861,012 | 03/01/2005 | Latent inkjet formulation and method | 03/10/2021 |
| US | 6,672,718 | 01/06/2004 | Aqueous latent image printing method and aqueous latent image printing ink for use therewith | 07/23/2022 |
| US | 7,939,239 | 05/10/2011 | Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands | 03/03/2028 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | 8,551,683 | 10/08/2013 | Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands | 11/02/2024 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | 9,250,660 | 02/02/2016 | "Home" button with integrated user biometric sensing and verification system for mobile device | 11/14/2032 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | 8,841,063 | 09/23/2014 | Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands | 5/20/2024 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| Europe | EP1756649 | 11/28/2018 | Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands | 2/11/2025 (subject to payment of all annuity fees in each of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy) |
| US | 9,485,236 | 11/01/2016 | System and method for verified social network profile | 11/14/2032 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | 9,183,688 | 11/10/2015 | Characteristic Verification System | 02/19/2033 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | 9,159,016 | 10/13/2015 | System and method for providing tangible medium with electromagnetic security marker | 03/14/2033 (subject to payment of all maintenance fees) |
| US | US20190138868A1 | Published 05/09/2019 | Dual code authentication process | Pending application |
| PCT | WO2019/094274 | Published 05/16/2019 | Dual code authentication process | Pending application |
| US | -- | -- | Device and method for authentication | Pending application |
| PCT | -- | -- | Device and method for authentication | Pending application |
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Trademarks:
| Jurisdiction | Trademark No. | Issue Date | Title | Expiration Date/Status |
| US | 4,302,455 | 03/12/2013 | VERIFYME | Registered; Renewal due 03/12/2023 |
| Australia | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Canada | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Colombia | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Europe | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Japan | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Mexico | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| Singapore | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| South Korea | -- | -- | VERIFYME | Pending application |
| US | 5,725,795 | 04/16/2019 | SECURELIGHT | Registered; Section 8 Affidavit due 04/16/2024 to 04/16/2025 |
| US | 5,725,794 | 04/16/2019 | RAINBOWSECURE | Registered; Section 8 Affidavit due 04/16/2024 to 04/16/2025 |
| US | 5,725,796 | 04/16/2019 | SECURELIGHT+ | Registered; Section 8 Affidavit due 04/16/2024 to 04/16/2025 |
| US | -- | -- | VERIPAS | Pending application |
Research and Development
We have been involved in research and development since our inception and intend to continue our research and development activities, funds permitting. Until January 1, 2013, our research and development focused on pigment technologies. Since January 1, 2013, we have allocated research and development efforts between digital and physicalpigment technologies. We hope to expand our technology into new areas of implementation and to develop unique customer applications. We spent approximately $2.4$6,251 and $28,429 in the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $0.2 million and $10.6$0.1 million on research and development during the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014, respectively.
Our Revenue Model
To date, we have not generated significantmaterial revenue. We believe that creatingour recent contract with HP Indigo will create demand for our productsRainbowSecure® and servicesVeriPASTM products. Working with HP Indigo and S-One, we are creating co-marketing programs to effectively reach all 6000 series HP Indigo owners. We also will require a marketing program that effectively reaches potential customers. In developingreach out to brand owners and make them aware of our most recent marketing approach, we have attempted to achieve sufficient flexibility in our products and technologies so as tobrand protection security solutions which can provide cost-effective solutions to a wide variety of counterfeiting problems.brand owners counterfeit prevention protection. We intend to generate revenues primarily by collecting license fees based on usage fees generated from HP Indigo 6000 series users as well as non-digital press technology usage. Our revenue is derived utilizing a royalty rate based on the volume of a particular label or package printed with our RainbowSecure® technology (e.g. a royalty on each impression). We believe we will also have revenue that will be generated with the leasing of authentication devices to manufacturers who incorporate our technologies into their manufacturing processes and user authentication protocols, as well as through the sale of pigments to be incorporated withinin inks and dyes and the sale of authentication tools.
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Our VeriPASTM technology product is an identifier, track and trace system which generates revenue from a contracted usage fee per impression rate based on the number of Contents
Our VerifyMe Digital Authentication technology is a software system. The revenue to be generated from this product will be in the form of a contracted per transaction fee and or a monthly service fee.
Sales and Marketing Strategy:
Brand Protection Security Technology Marketing Strategy
We plan on marketing directly with HP Indigo 6000 series owners, as well as the label and packaging printing industry, including both traditional and digital printers and users to address their clients’ needs for our covert serialization. Those printers will market and resell our technologies to both current and future brand owner clients.
In addition to the printing industry we will be marketing directly to all brand owners who utilize labels and packaging for their products. Brand owners can be licensed directly by VerifyMe and direct their personal printer to print their labels and packaging with the VerifyMe printing technologies. The brand owner will therefore pay their royalties directly to VerifyMe based on the number of labels and packages units that their printer applied the technology to.
In addition, we will engage third parties to market, sell and support our brand protection security technologies on a global basis for a contracted fee based on their sales. Our targeted third parties will already have a successful track record in supporting HP Indigo owners as well as traditional printing clients.
As discussed above, in March 2018, we entered into a strategic partnership with S-One. S-One provides VerifyMe with global sales, distribution, and promotion support for the Company’s products and will employ a representative that will be solely dedicated to promoting the Company’s products. Under the terms of the Company’s agreement with S-One, S-One acts as a sales and marketing contractor for the Company’s printed products and services on a global basis and assists the Company in fulfilling the Company’s obligations under the Company’s signed current and future reseller agreements with various global and domestic print providers and brand owners.
The FDA implemented the identifier track and trace portion of the Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act in November 2018, entitled the “Drug Supply Chain Security Act.” This regulation requires drug manufactures to add product identifiers, such as our RainbowSecure® technology as well as our VeriPASTM track and trace system, to certain prescription drug packages beginning in November 2018. Re-packagers must begin adding product identifiers in November 2018. We expect to engage third party marketing and sales companies to present our solutions to the drug and pharmaceutical industry. The FDA intends to continue implementing the Drug Supply Chain Security Act to ensure that a full electronic identification system for prescription drugs is implemented by 2023.
In addition, our track and trace partner, Micro Focus is contracted to cross sell our technologies as part of their Global Product Authentication System called “GPAS”. We are also contracted with Micro Focus to re-sell their GPAS product with our RainbowSecure® technology under our own trademarked name, VeriPASTM which stands for VerifyMe Global Product Authentication System.
An additional marketing strategy at multiple target groups as follows:
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Some of the major brand segments that need our type of label, packaging and serialization identifier products are:
Consumer Product Security
· | Pharmaceuticals |
| · | Food |
| · | Beverages |
| · | Luxury goods |
| · | Cosmetics |
| · | Alcohol |
| · | Auto parts |
| · | Aviation parts |
| · | Any other label/ packaging requirements |
Documents of Value
| · | Currency |
| · | Stock certificates and bonds |
| · | Event tickets |
| · | Lottery tickets |
Homeland Security
| · | Passports |
· | ID cards |
| · | Driver’s licenses |
| · | Visas |
| · | Container seals |
| · | Pallet security |
Military
| · | Uniforms |
· | Weapons |
| · | Ammunition |
Product Diversion Tracking
· | Pharmaceuticals |
| · | Apparel/licensed merchandise |
| · | Cosmetics and fragrances |
| · | Watches and jewelry |
Financial Services and Products
| · | Online transaction approval |
| · | Credit cards |
| · | Bank checks |
| · | Financial documents/promissory notes |
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We plan for our sales and marketing strategy to include an outreach program and sales programs that tailor the product to the governmental body or merchant, as well as key partnerships with authorities and merchants whose products or audiences can be complementary to our own. In particular, we will focus on building relationshiprelationships with key partners who can deliver our products to their existing and prospective customers in target markets - i.e., printer/packagers, plastic card manufacturers and financial services intermediaries.
Our initial targeted market segment is the financial services industry. This includes both the traditional banking and crypto financial transaction industries. Our second targeted market segment is expected to be the healthcare industry. The third targeted market is expected to the gaming industry. The fourth target market segment we expect to market to will be governments. Governments can be both foreign and domestic as well as federal, state and local levels.
We anticipate that all of these market outreaches will be made directly by us and we also plan to use third party marketing vendors who specialize in software sales.
Competition
The market for protection from counterfeiting, diversion, theft and forgery is a mature 25-year-oldmore than 25-year old industry dominated by a number of large, well-established companies, particularly in the area of traditional overt security technologies.technologies where repeating static produced images are commonly used. This is due to the fact that security printing for currency production for example, began in Europe over a century ago and has resulted in the establishment of old-line security printers which have branched out into brand and product protection as well. In North America, brand protection products, such as tamper-resistant packaging, security labels, and anti-theft devices are readily available and utilized on a widespread basis. In recent years, however, demand has increased for more sophisticated overt and covert security technologies.technologies with a strong desire for technologies that can provide variable images and data. Competitors can be segregated into the following groups: (i) Security Ink Manufacturers.Manufacturers: These are generally well-established companies such as SICPA and Sun Chemical, whose core business is manufacturing and selling printing inks; (ii) System Integrators.Integrators: These companies have often evolved from other sectors in the printing industry, mainly security printing manufacturers, technology providers, or packaging and label manufacturers. These companies offer a range of security solutions, enabling them to provide a complete suite of solutions tailored to the customer’s specific needs and requirements. The companies in this space include 3M, DuPont, Opsec, Honeywell, and Avery Dennison; (iii) System Consultancy Groups.Groups: These companies offer a range of technologies from several different providers and tailor specific solutions to end-users; (iv) Traditional Authentication Technology Providers.Providers: These purveyors include companies like American Banknote Holographics, Crown Roll Leaf and Digimarc, which provide holograms and digital watermarking, respectively; (iv)(v) Product Diversion Tracking Providers. Applied DNA Sciences Next-Generation Technology Providers LLC falls into this group, along with several companies such as Applied DNA Sciences, Authentix, DNA Technologies, and Identif, Kodak Traceless, which provide on-product and in-product tagging technologies; (v)(vi) Traditional Security Printers.Printers: This group includes traditional security printers such as Thomas de la Rue, Canadian Banknote, and Banknote Corporation of America, and Portals, whose core products are printing the world’s currencies; and (vi)(vii) Biometric Solution Providers.Providers: These companies offer biometric authentication capabilities to be integrated with existing mobile device authentication, such as OT-Morpho and ImageWare Systems.
Amazon is now an official competitor with their new “Project Zero” Brand protection system utilizing their “Transparency” serialization product. Amazon’s product serialization service provides a unique code for every unit that is manufactured, and the brand puts these codes on its products as part of its manufacturing process, which Amazon scans and verifies. This differs from our covert luminescent pigment which is incorporated in the labeling process and our invisible covert serialization and authentication solution.
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Also HP Indigo, is now selling a yellow ultra violet ink as a security product for an inexpensive price that directly competes with our products. There are a number of providers of inexpensive ultra violet inks in the marketplace, however, we believe these inexpensive ultra violet inks do not provide the level of security and safety that our products provide.
New types of security competition is also increasing, such as retail website monitoring, brand investigations, RFID and near field communications (“NFC”) products using low powered radio signals.
To compete effectively, we are seeking to establish key relationships with major digital solution equipment and distribution providers as we have done with HP Indigo. While leveraging these relationships, we still expect that we will need to expend significant resources in technology and marketing. EachMany of our competitors hashave substantially greater financial, human and other resources than we have. As a result, we may not have sufficient resources to develop and market our services to the market effectively, if at all.
We expect competition with our products and services to continue and intensify in the future. We believe competition in our principal markets is primarily driven by:
| · | product performance, features and liability; |
| · | price; new laws and regulations; |
| · | product innovation and timing of new product introductions; |
| · | ability to develop, maintain and protect proprietary products and technologies; |
| · | sales and distribution capabilities; |
| · | technical support and service; |
| · | brand loyalty; |
| · | applications support; and |
| · | breadth of product line. |
If a competitor develops superior technology or cost-effective alternatives to our products, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be significantly harmed.
Major Customers/Vendors
During the yearsyear ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, three2018, four customers accounted for 100% of total revenue.sales. There were no sales during the year ended December 31, 2017. Generally, a substantial percentage of our revenuesales has been made to a small number of customers and is typically on an open account basis.
In 2018, we announced two re-seller contracts for our RainbowSecure® technology. One of these contracts was with a global billion dollar label printer. We also signed a similar contract for our RainbowSecure® technology with a leading RFID technology label group. Both of these customers have clients in the consumer products industry.
On September 6, 2017, we announced a five-year contract with HP to supply HP Indigo Digital press ink canisters containing our technology pigment for use by HP Indigo digital press owners who print our security feature on labels and packages for their brand owners. In 2018, our customers began using our technology to print product labels using HP RainbowSecure® technology.
In December 2017, we entered into an agreement with Micro Focus, a public global software developer. Micro Focus will be offering our technology to their track and trace clients requiring an identifier to accompany Micro Focus Track and Trace system. VerifyMe also can sell GPAS which is printed on labels and packaging along with our covert to store our hidden covert serial number in the cloud for product diversion investigators to authenticate with a proprietary app on a mobile device.
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In March 2018, we entered into a strategic partnership with S-One. S-One provides companies with product and sales channels, technical and marketing support, digital development support, and distribution channels through the other companies which have partnered with S-One. S-One will provide the VerifyMe with global sales, distribution, and promotion support for the Company’s products and will employ a representative that will be solely dedicated to promoting the Company’s products. Under the terms of Contents
During the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, we purchased 100% of our pigment from one vendor.
VerifyMe utilizes multiple vendors including the pigment vendor Phosphur Technologies.
Facilities
Our principal offices are located in temporary office space at 12 West 21st Street,75 S. Clinton Avenue, Suite 1525, Rochester, New York NY1001014604, where we lease and occupy approximately 300 square feet of space. Theoffice space for $1,179 per month under a lease for our office is month-to-month.
Employees
As of September 30, 2019, we had two full time employees and two part time employees.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. See the “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus.
Overview
We are a developmental stage technology solutions provider specializing in brand protection functions such as counterfeit prevention, authentication, serialization, track and trace features for labels, packaging and products. We were formed as LaserLock Technologies, Inc., in Nevada on November 10, 1999. With the addition of our current chief executive officer in 2017 and new management, we transitioned from a research and development company to focus more on the commercialization efforts of our security solutions for identification and authentication of packaging, labels and products in a variety of applications. Leveraging our covert luminescent pigment, RainbowSecure®, which we began commercializing in 2018, we also developed the patent pending VeriPAS™ software system in 2018 which covertly and overtly serializes products to track a product’s “life cycle” for brand owners. We believe VeriPAS™ is the only invisible covert serialization and authentication solution deployed through variable digital printing on HP Indigo printing systems with a smartphone tracking and authentication system. VeriPAS™ is capable of fluorescing, decoding, and verifying invisible RainbowSecure® codes in the field – designed to allow investigators to quickly and efficiently authenticate product throughout the distribution chain, including warehouses, ports of entry, retail locations, and product purchased over the Internet for inspection and investigative actions. This technology is coupled with a secure cloud based track and trace software engine which allows brands and investigators to see where products originate and where they are deployed with geo location mapping and intelligent programable alerts. Brand owners access the VeriPAS™ software over the internet. Brand owners can then set rules of engagement, establish marketing programs for customer engagement and control, and monitor and protect their products “life cycle.” We have not yet derived any revenue from our VeriPAS™ software system and have derived minimal revenue from the sale of our RainbowSecure® technology.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
The following discussion analyzes our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.
Revenue
We generated revenue of $40,479 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $6,799 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The revenue primarily related to security printing with our authentication serialization technology for a large global brand owner. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, three customers represented 100% of revenues.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased by $107,565 to $418,195 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 from $525,760 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in non-cash charges related to restricted stock awards and stock options of approximately $40,000 while the remaining positive impact was a result of continued efficiencies within the Company.
Legal and Accounting
Legal and accounting fees decreased by $95,435 to $68,335 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 from $163,770 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease related primarily to a decrease in attorney fees.
Payroll Expenses
Payroll expenses were $101,786 for the three months ended June 30, 2019, an increase of $1,983 from $99,803 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The increase relates to non-cash stock-based compensation.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses were $2,608 and $16,233 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decline is primarily due to investments in developing our VeriPASTM Mobile Authenticator technology in 2018 while in the three months ended June 30, 2019, our products are nearly completely developed.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses were $109,158 and $25 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in sales and marketing expenses related to the hiring of our VP of Global Business Development and our increased participation in trade shows.
Net Loss
Our net loss decreased by $129,539 to $665,656 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 from $795,195 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease primarily related to a decrease in non-cash share-based compensation which amounted to $89,085.
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Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
The following discussion analyzes our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018.
Revenue
We generated revenue of $86,933 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $6,799 for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The revenue primarily related to security printing with our authentication serialization technology for a large global brand owner. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, three customers represented 100% of revenues.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased by $370,457 to $650,877 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 from $1,021,334 for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in non-cash charges related to restricted stock awards and stock options of approximately $300,000 while the remaining variance was due to efficiencies within the Company.
Legal and Accounting
Legal and accounting fees decreased by $166,775 to $130,699 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 from $297,474 for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease related primarily to a decrease in legal fees.
Payroll Expenses
Payroll expenses were $206,575 for the six months ended June 30, 2019, an increase of $14,721 from $191,854 for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase relates to non-cash stock-based compensation.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses were $6,251 and $28,429 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decline is primarily due to investments in developing our VeriPASTM Mobile Authenticator technology in 2018, while in the six months ended June 30, 2019, we did not significantly invest in the development of our technology.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses were $252,301 and $8,067 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in sales and marketing relates to the hiring of our VP of Global Business Development and our increased participation in trade shows.
Settlement agreement with shareholders
In the first half of 2018 we made a strategic decision to end a future revenue sharing program resulting in settlement expenses of $779,000 with certain of our shareholders (the “Settlement Agreement”).
Net Loss
Our net loss decreased by $739,866 to $1,178,962 for the six months ended June 30, 2019, from $1,918,828 for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease related primarily to the Settlement Agreement with shareholders which occurred in the six months ended March 31, 2018 resulting in a total expense of $779,000.
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2015,2018 and 2017
The following discussion analyzes our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. The following information should be considered together with our financial statements for such periods and the accompanying notes thereto.
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Revenue/Net Loss
We have not generated material revenue since our inception. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we generated revenues of $74,844 and $0, respectively. Our net loss was $2,932,462 for the year ended December 31, 2018, a decrease of $452,878 from a net loss of $3,385,340 for the year ended December 31, 2017. Net loss included non-cash charges of $1,107,203 for the year ended December 31, 2018, in comparison to non-cash charges of $1,800,181 for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in our net loss excluding non-cash charges, was primarily a result of a settlement agreement with two shareholders which resulted in a cash payment of $500,000 and a non-cash charge of $279,000 related to common stock issuance. The remaining increases related to an increase in research and development and sales and marketing expenses related to activities that we expect will expand our operations.
Cost of Sales
For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we incurred proprietary technology costs of sales of $28,802 and $0. Cost of sales was lower for the year ended December 31, 2017, since we had fiveno sales during the year.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $1,585,329 for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to $1,689,883 for the year ended December 31, 2017, a decrease of $104,554. The decrease is attributable primarily to a decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation for consultants.
Legal and Accounting
Legal and accounting fees increased $170,252 to $416,772 for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $246,520 for the year ended December 31, 2017. In the beginning of 2017 we had released our then attorneys and hired our current attorneys in the second quarter of 2017. Thus, charges in 2018 for legal feels include a full time employees. Noneyear, in comparison to half year charges in 2017.
Payroll Expenses
Payroll expenses decreased to $316,837 for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $767,257 for the year ended December 31, 2017, a decrease of $450,420. The majority of the decrease was the result of lower non-cash charges related to stock-based compensation.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses increased $59,611 to $187,655 for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $128,044 for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $135,290 as compared to $3,800 for the year ended December 31, 2017, an increase of $131,490. The increase was related to the hiring of our employees are represented byVP of Sales, and expenses for travel and costs related to various trade shows and other sales and marketing activities.
Interest Expense
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we earned interest income of $6,664, as compared to a union or covered bynet interest expense of $218,316 for the year ended December 31, 2017, a collective bargaining agreement.variance of $224,980. The variance is related to the settlement of notes payable in the second quarter of 2017.
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Gain on derecognition of note payable and accrued interest
Gain on derecognition of note payable and accrued interest was $83,667 and $0 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The release related to a note payable that had matured in 2011. We believe that our relationswere not able to contact the holder, nor had the holder reached out us.
Gain on Accounts Payable Forgiveness
Gain on Accounts Payable Forgiveness was $352,008 and $0 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively and consisted of primarily a settlement reached with our previous attorneys.
Settlement agreement with shareholders
In the first half of 2018, we made a strategic decision to end a future revenue sharing program resulting in settlement expenses of $779,000.
Loss on Settlement of Related Party Notes Payable
During the year ended December 31, 2017, we settled related party notes payable outstanding as of June 30, 2017, by issuing common stock and warrants to issue common stock exercisable at $0.15. The fair value of the warrants resulted in a non-cash loss on settlement of related party notes payable of $0 and $331,912 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Our operations used $1,013,238 of cash during the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to $1,623,303 during the comparable period in 2018, primarily due to a $500,000 payment made related to the Settlement Agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Cash used in investing activities was $74,770 during the six months ended June 30, 2019, compared to $825 during the six months ended June 30, 2018, which was attributed primarily to software costs related to our products during the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2019 was nil compared to $3,247,428 during the six months ended June 30, 2018. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we sold common stock for gross proceeds of $1,154,211. Additionally, we raised $2,093,217 from the exercise of warrants during the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Since our inception, we have focused on developing and implementing our business plan. Our business plans are dependent on our ability to raise capital through private placements of our common stock and/or preferred stock, through the possible exercise of outstanding options and warrants, through debt financing and/or through future public offerings of our securities. As of August 9, 2019, we had cash resources of approximately $450,000, a decrease from our December 31, 2018 cash balance, primarily due to the manufacturing and deployment of authenticators and beepers which account for $0.2 million of the spend. Our existing cash resources are not sufficient to sustain our operations during the next 12 months unless we have material increase in revenue and collections of any revenue. Management's plans include efforts to increase sales and raising additional capital through incurrence of debt and the sale of equity securities, including through this offering. On September 19, 2019, we received net proceeds of $540,000 from the Bridge Financing. Our business plans are dependent on the ability to raise capital through this offering, through private placements of our common stock and/or preferred stock, through the possible exercise of outstanding options and warrants, through debt financing and/or through additional future public offerings of our securities. However, we cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in accomplishing any of our plans. As a result of the Bridge Financing, we believe our existing cash resources will be sufficient to sustain our operations through the December 2019, and, assuming the successful closing of the offering, we expect to fund our cash flow needs and resolve our ability to operate as a going concern for the next 12 months.
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Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017
Net cash used in operating activities increased by $1,440,796 to $2,376,714 for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to $935,918 for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase resulted primarily from a settlement payout with shareholders of $500,000 and from operational changes discussed previously.
Net cash used in investing activities was $108,735 for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $2,650 for the year ended December 31, 2017. Increase investing activities relates to the purchase of patents which is vital for our business, and for software costs related to the development of our products.
Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $1,856,724 to $3,465,649 for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $1,608,925 for the year ended December 31, 2017. Cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2018, and 2017 consisted primarily of the private placement and our warrant discount program authorized in the year ended December 31, 2018.
Bridge Financing
On September 19, 2019, we completed the closing of $600,000 of Debentures for gross proceeds of $540,000 after original issue discounts. As of the Effective Date, we entered into two substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements with two Purchasers, which provided for the issuance of up to an aggregate of $1.2 million in principal amount of Debentures of which the first tranche of $600,000 have been issued. The Securities Purchase Agreements provided for the issuance of the Debentures due one year from the dates of issuance in two $600,000 tranches: the first tranche as described above, and the second tranche, at the discretion of the Purchasers and us, to occur any time after November 17, 2019. If, at any time after November 17, 2019, the Purchasers elect not to consummate the closing of the second tranche, then we may raise up to $600,000 from additional investors (including our affiliates) who will have a security interest on apari passu basis with the Purchasers in the first tranche, so long as such investors agree not to convert the securities received until the Purchasers in the first tranche have completely converted the Debentures or been fully repaid.
In connection with the Bridge Financing, each of the Purchasers received a commitment fee of $5,000 and 500,000 restricted shares (the “Commitment Shares”) of our common stock. The Representative served as placement agent for the Bridge Financing and received a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds received at each closing and is entitled to receive warrants for 5% of the total number of securities issued in connection with the Bridge Financing. These warrants will be exercisable at a price per share equal to 110% of the price of the securities paid by the Purchasers and will expire in five years. See “Underwriting — Other.”
The first tranche of the Debentures will mature on September 18, 2020, and may be redeemed by us prior to the maturity date as described below. All unpaid principal due and payable on the maturity date will be paid in the form of common stock. Any principal or interest that is due under each of the Debentures, which is not paid by the respective maturity date, will bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum until it is satisfied in full.
The Debentures are senior secured obligations of ours secured pursuant to the terms of security agreements dated as of September 18, 2019 (the “Security Agreements”) by all of the assets of us and our subsidiaries.
Each Purchaser is entitled, at any time, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of its Debenture(s) plus any accrued interest into restricted shares of common stock. If we consummate a public offering within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date, then the conversion price will be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b) 70% multiplied of the price per share of the common stock we issue in the public offering (the “QPI Discounted Price”), subject to further adjustment as provided in the Debenture as well as subject in each case to equitable adjustments resulting from any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events. Further, if we consummate a public offering of common stock which results in us receiving gross proceeds of at least $5 million within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date then we are obligated to repay the outstanding amounts owed under the Debentures, to the extent they are not converted and including the applicable redemption premium then in effect, within three days of consummation of such an offering.
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If any portion of the Debentures are outstanding on the 181st calendar day after the Effective Date, then the conversion price shall equal the lesser of (a) $0.15, (b) the QPI Discounted Price, or (c) 70% of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the common stock on any trading day during the 20 trading days immediately preceding the date of conversion of the Debenture (provided, further, that if either we are not DWAC operational at the time of conversion, the common stock is traded on the OTC Pink at the time of conversion, or the Conversion Price is less than $0.01 per share, then 70% will automatically adjust to 60%).
The Debentures are subject to a “conversion blocker” such that the each of the Purchasers cannot convert the Debentures to the extent that the conversion would result in the Purchaser and its affiliates holding more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock (which the Purchaser can increase to 9.99% upon at least 61 days prior written notice to us).
So long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Debentures, we may at our option call for redemption all or part of the Debentures prior to the maturity date, upon not more than two calendar days written notice, for an amount equal to: (i) if the redemption date is 90 calendar days or less from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 110% of the sum of the principal amount; (ii) if the redemption date is greater than or equal to 91 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures and less than or equal to 150 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 120% of the sum of the principal amount; (iii) if the redemption date is greater than or equal to 151 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures and less than or equal to 180 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 125% of the sum of the principal amount; and (iv) if either (1) the Debentures are in default but the holder consents to the redemption notwithstanding such default or (2) the redemption date is greater than or equal to 181 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Debentures, 130% of the sum of the principal amount.
The Debentures include an adjustment provision that, subject to certain exceptions, reduces, at the Purchaser’s option, the conversion price if we issue common stock or common stock equivalents (including in variable rate transactions) at a price lower than the then-current conversion price of the Debentures. Any reverse stock split of our outstanding shares will also result in an adjustment of the conversion price of the Debentures.
The Securities Purchase Agreements contain customary representations, warranties and covenants. In addition, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Purchasers were granted piggy-back registration rights such that, from September 18, 2019 until the earlier of March 18, 2021 or the date the Debentures have been converted and/or repaid in the entirety, if we contemplate making an offering of our common stock or securities convertible into our common stock registered for sale under the Securities Act, or propose to file a registration statement covering any of our securities (other than a registration statement filed by us within 45 days of the signing closing date with the Representative acting as the underwriter), then each of the Purchasers will have the right to include all or a pro rata share of its Commitment Shares, the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures (the “Conversion Shares”), and, to the extent applicable, any other shares of capital stock or other securities of ours that are issued upon exchange of Conversion Shares and/or restricted stock held by the Purchaser (collectively, the “Purchaser’s Securities”).
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
None.
Going Concern
The report of our independent auditors dated April 1, 2019 on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes an explanatory paragraph indicating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have suffered recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations raising substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In order to continue as a going concern, develop a reliable source of revenues, and achieve a profitable level of operations, we will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Management's plans to continue as a going concern include raising additional capital through increased sales of product and by the sale of common shares, including through the offering. On September 19, 2019, we received net proceeds of $540,000 from the Bridge Financing. Our business plans are dependent on the ability to raise capital through this offering, through private placements of our common stock and/or preferred stock, through the possible exercise of outstanding options and warrants, through debt financing and/or through additional future public offerings of our securities. However, we cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in accomplishing any of our plans. As a result of the Bridge Financing, we believe our existing cash resources will be sufficient to sustain our operations through December 2019, and, assuming the successful closing of the offering, we expect to fund our cash flow needs and resolve our ability to operate as a going concern for the next 12 months.
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Critical Accounting Policies
Our financial statements are impacted by the accounting policies used and the estimates and assumptions made by management during their preparation. We have identified below the accounting policies that are of particular importance in the presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows and which require the application of significant judgment by management.
Revenue Recognition
We account for revenues according to ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” which establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the entity's contracts to provide goods or services to customers.
We apply the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as we fulfill our obligations under each of our agreements:
| · | identify the contract with a customer; |
| · | identify the performance obligations in the contract; |
| · | determine the transaction price; |
| · | allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and |
| · | recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. |
Stock-based Compensation
We account for stock-based compensation under the provisions of FASB ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation,” which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees consultants and contractorsdirectors based on estimated fair values on the grant date. We estimate the fair value of stock-based awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods using the straight-line method.
Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2018-07”), which aligns accounting for share-based payments issued to nonemployees to that of employees under the existing guidance of Topic 718, with certain exceptions. This update supersedes previous guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees under Subtopic 505-50, Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The adoption of ASU 2018-07 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently issued accounting pronouncements are good.discussed in Note 1 of the notes to financial statements.
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Executive Officers and Directors
The following table sets forth certain information about our executive officers and directors as of April 14, 2016:
Name | Age | Position(s) | ||
| Executive Officers: | ||||
| 66 | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||
| 38 | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| Keith Goldstein | 51 | Chief Operating Officer | ||
Non-Employee Directors: | ||||
| 77 | Chairman and Director | |||
| 65 | Director | |||
| 80 | Director | |||
| 74 | Director | |||
| 79 | Director |
Executive Officers
Patrick White - Mr. White has served as a director of the Company since July 12, 2017. Mr. White founded Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE:DSS), a technology company, serving as its chief executive officer and director from August 2002 until December 2012 and as its business consultant from 2012 to March 2015. He has been a director of Box Score Brands, Inc. (formerly, U-Vend, Inc.) since 2009. Mr. White was appointeda Financial Adviser for the Monroe County Government from April 2016 until May 2017. Mr. White worked as an independent consultant from March 2015 until March 2016. Mr. White was a consultant to the Board of Directors on April 22, 2015, andCompany from June 2017 through August 2017, when he was appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer and SecretaryPresident. Mr. White was appointed to our Board for his experience with previously serving as the chief executive officer of VerifyMe, Inc. on May 5, 2015.a public company.
Keith Goldstein - Mr. Donfried joined VerifyMe as Chief Technology Officer in 2013. He was responsible for leading the development of innovative, resilient and easy-to-use solutions for meeting the anti-counterfeiting and brand protection needs of our customers. In his role as CTO, Mr. Donfried was also responsible for IT services, b oth internal and external. Prior to his current role at VerifyMe, Inc., Mr. Donfried spent four years as CTO - Identity and Access Management for Verizon, responsible for the strategy, engineering and marketing direction of the company’s portfolio of enterprise identity services. He led Verizon’s strategic alignment of cloud-based identity technologies across market segments, helping deliver a new generation of identity services that enable organizations to address the complex challenges of authenticating and managing user identities. Prior to his role at Verizon, Mr. Donfried was Vice President of SAIC Identity & Access Management Solutions for two years, where his responsibilities included overall strategy, product development and the introduction of identity technologies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Donfried worked for Apple, General Electric and The Bank of Montreal. A recognized expert in the fields of identity life cycle and risk management, Mr. DonfriedGoldstein has led the development of numerous industry organizations including SAFE-BioPharma and Identrust. He is a frequent speaker on the role of trusted e-commerce and its application in heavily regulated industries and the federal government. As a member of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX), Mr. Donfried provides leadership on the creation of trust frameworks and the protection of critical infrastructure. Mr. Donfried received a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and holds multiple patents for identity, authentication, attributes and digital signing systems.
Margaret Gezerlis - Ms. Gezerlis has served asbeen our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since December 1,May 2018. In November 2018, Ms. Gezerlis became our employee. Ms. Gezerlis was previously an employee of the CFO Squad LLC from February 2018 until November 2018, where she worked as an independent contractor for the Company. Previously, Ms. Gezerlis was a Financial Reporting Manager at Bankrate.com from March 2017 until February 2018. Prior to her position at Bankrate.com, Ms. Gezerlis was a financial reporting manager for Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:WPRT) from March 2014 to November 2016 and a performance services manager for Workiva Inc. (NYSE:WK) from June 2012 to March 2014. Ms. Gezerlis holds an international accounting qualification from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Non-Employee Directors
Norman Gardner- Mr. McPhersonGardner, the Company’s founder, was appointed as Chairman of the Board in January 2017. Mr. Gardner was previously served as our Chief Financial Officera director and Vice-Chairman of the Company from December 2012 to Octoberthe Company’s inception in November 1999 until January 2013. Mr. McPherson is currently the CFO of Virtual Piggy, Inc. Mr. McPherson also served as CFO of Cannlabs from April 2014 to June 2015. He alsoGardner served as Chief Executive Officer of Cannlabsthe Company from April 2015 to June 2015. Prior to his tenure with us,November 1999 until January 2013, and from January 2017 until August 2012 through November 2012,2017. Mr. McPherson served as the Chief Financial Officer of Virtual Piggy, Inc. Virtual Piggy, Inc. isGardner has been a public company that has increased market interest towards the security aspects of online gaming and social networking and has focused its efforts towards delivering a platform technology designed to manage the under-18 age group’s online experience in a secure manner. Mr. McPherson currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Virtual Piggy, Inc. In January 2005, Mr. McPherson formed McPherson, CPA, PLLC which he continues to manage today. The firm performs accounting and tax services for numerous clients in various industries. The firm also performs litigation support services, primarily involving clients in class action lawsuits and other lawsuits involving accounting malpractice or manipulation. The firm has successfully assisted small public companies by developing procedures for them to implement in order to initially comply and maintain compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. All of these services are conducted under the direction of Mr. McPherson. Mr. McPherson has managed McPherson, CPA, PLLC since its founding. Priorconsultant to the formationCompany since June 2017 and was previously a consultant to the Company from January 2013 until January 2017. As our Chairman and founder, Mr. Gardner brings to the Board extensive knowledge of McPherson, CPA, PLLC, the Company’s products, structure, history, major stockholders and culture.
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Chris Gardner -Mr. McPherson served in a regional certified public accounting firm as a partner in the Merger and Acquisition, SEC and Litigation Support departments of a regional certified public accounting firm.
Marshall Geller - Mr. Ballard is qualified to serveGeller has served as a director of the Company since July 2017. Mr. Geller has been a director and a member of the audit committee of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX) since 2002. Mr. Geller was a director of Wright Investors’ Service Holdings Inc. (OTCMKT:WISH) from January 2015 until October 2018. Mr. Geller was a founder of St. Cloud Capital, a Los Angeles based on his manyprivate equity fund, and Senior Investment Advisor from December 2001 until September 2017. He has spent more than 50 years in corporate finance and investment banking, including 21 years as a Senior Managing Partner of professional experienceBear, Stearns & Co., with oversight of all operations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong and the board of directors also believes, based on his professional experience that,Far East. Mr. Ballard possesses particular knowledge and experience that strengthen the board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.
Howard Goldberg - Mr. Madon possesses particular knowledge and experience that strengthen the board’s collective qualifications, skills and experience.
Arthur Laffer - Dr. Laffer has served as a director of the Company since March 2019. Dr. Laffer is the founder and chairman of the audit committeeLaffer Associates, an institutional economic research and member of the compensation committee of Wright Investors’ Service Holdings, Inc., a provider ofconsulting firm, as well as Laffer Investments, an institutional investment and financial services. Mr. Schafran was previously a director, audit committee chairman and member of the compensation committee of SecureAlert, Inc., now Track Group, a manufacturer and distributor of tracking systems, from 2006 to 2013. Between 2006 and 2011, Mr. Schafran also served as a director and board committee member for other public companies, including Subaye, Inc., New Frontier Energy, Inc., America’s Suppliers, Inc., and SulphCo, Inc. Mr. Schafranmanagement firm utilizing diverse investment strategies. Dr. Laffer has also served as a director of several private companies, including Cupcake Digital,EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc., (OTCPINK:EVOA) since August 2018, GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American:JOB) since January 2015, and NexPoint Residential Trust Inc. (NYSE:NXRT) since May 2015. Dr. Laffer’s economic acumen and influence in triggering a creatorworld-wide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s have earned him the distinction in many publications as “The Father of Supply-Side Economics.” Dr. Laffer was a member of President Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board for both of his two terms (1981-1989). Dr. Laffer also advised Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on fiscal policy in the UK during the 1980s. In the early 1970s, Dr. Laffer was the first to hold the title of Chief Economist at the Office of Management and distributorBudget under George Shultz. Additionally, Dr. Laffer served as Charles B. Thornton Professor of children’s educational and entertainment applications (2014 to present); Glasstech, Inc., an automotive glass manufacturer (2002 to present),Business Economics at the University of Southern California and as Associate Professor of Business Economics at the managing directorUniversity of Providence Capital, an investment and advisory firm (2003 to 2012).
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Composition of our Board of Directors
Our board of directors currently consists of five members, four of whom are non-employee directors.six members. Our directors hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
Director Independence
With the exception of Norman Gardner and provided by eachPatrick White, our Board determined that all of our present directors and our former director concerning their background, employmentare independent, in accordance with standards under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Our Board determined that, under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, Norman Gardner is not an independent director as a result of being a consultant to the Company, and affiliations, including family relationships, our boardPatrick White is not an independent director because he is an employee of directorsthe Company.
Our Board has determined that Michael Madon, Lawrence SchafranMarshall Geller and Jonathan WeinbergerHoward Goldberg are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market.Nasdaq Listing Rules’ independence standards for Audit Committee members. Our board of directorsBoard has also determined that Jonathan Weinberger, who is chairman of our nominatingMarshall Geller, Howard Goldberg and corporate governance committee, satisfiesChris Gardner are independent under the Nasdaq Listing Rules independence standards for such committees established by the SecuritiesCompensation Committee members and Exchange Commissionfor Governance and the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, as applicable. However, Claudio Ballard, who is chairman of our compensationNominating committee does not satisfy the standards for such committees established by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, as applicable. With respect to our audit committee, our board of directors has determined that Lawrence Schafran satisfies the independence standards for such committee established by Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, as applicable. In making such determinations, the board of directors considered the relationships that each such non-employee director has with our company and all other facts and circumstances the board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is composed of directors has established an audit committee, a compensation committeetwo independent directors: Howard Goldberg and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Each committee operates under a charter approved byMarshall Geller. Eugene Robin, our board of directors. The composition and function of each of these committees are described below.
The Audit Committee has the sole authority and satisfiesresponsibility to select, evaluate and engage independent auditors for the Company. The Audit Committee reviews with the auditors and with the Company’s financial sophistication requirementsmanagement all matters relating to the annual audit of applicable NASDAQ Marketplace Rules.
The Audit Committee monitors the integrity of our financial statements, monitors the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, monitors the performance of our internal audit function and the auditors, and monitors our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee also meets with our auditors to review the results of their audit and review of our annual and interim financial statements.
The Audit Committee meets at least on a quarterly basis to discuss with management the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements and meets from time to time to discuss general corporate matters.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Our board of directors hasBoard determined that Eugene Robin, our former director, was qualified as an Audit Committee Financial Expert, as that term is defined by the rules of the SEC, in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Board expects to recommend for election an additional director who is anticipated to serve on the Audit Committee and expected to qualify as an Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee, which currently consists of Marshall Geller (Chair), Howard Goldberg, and Chris Gardner shall consist of at least three members, each of whom shall be independent directors. Among other things, the audit committee membersCompensation Committee reviews, recommends and approves salaries and other than Claudio Ballard is an independent director under the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules and Rule 10A-3compensation of the Exchange Act.
The Compensation Committee will meet in executive session to determine the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In determining the amount, form, and terms of such compensation, the Committee considers the annual performance evaluation of the Chief Executive Officer conducted by the Board in light of company goals and objectives relevant to Chief Executive Officer compensation, competitive market data pertaining to Chief Executive Officer compensation at comparable companies, and such other factors as it deems relevant, and is guided by, and seeks to promote, the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
In addition, subject to existing agreements, the Compensation Committee determines the salaries, bonuses, and other matters relating to compensation of the executive officers of the Company using similar parameters. It sets performance targets for determining periodic bonuses payable to executive officers. It also reviews and makes recommendations to the Board regarding executive and employee compensation and benefit plans and programs generally, including employee bonus and retirement plans and programs (except to the extent specifically delegated to a Board appointed committee with authority to administer a particular plan). In addition, the Compensation Committee approves the compensation of non-employee directors and reports it to the full Board.
The Compensation Committee also reviews and makes recommendations with respect to shareholder proposals related to compensation matters.
They administer the Company’s equity incentive plans, including the review and grant of stock
options and other equity incentive grants to executive officers and other employees and consultants.
The Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion and at the Company’s cost, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser. The Compensation Committee shall be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any compensation consultant, legal counsel and other adviser retained by the committee.
Governance and Nominating Committee
The Governance and Nominating Committee, which consists of Marshall Geller (Chair), Howard Goldberg, and Chris Gardner will have no fewer than three members, each of whom shall meet the independence requirements of all other applicable laws, rules and regulations governing director independence, as determined by the Board.
The Governance and Nominating Committee identifies individuals qualified to become members of the Board, consistent with criteria approved by the Board; recommends to the Board the director nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected; recommends to the Board candidates to fill any vacancies on the Board; develops, recommends to the Board, and reviews the corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company; and oversees the evaluation of the Board and management.
In recommending director nominees for the next annual meeting of shareholders, the Governance and Nominating Committee ensures the Company complies with its contractual obligations, if any, governing the nomination of directors. It considers and recruits candidates to fill positions on the Board, including as a result of the removal, resignation or retirement of any director, an increase in the size of the Board or otherwise. The Committee conducts, subject to applicable law, any and all inquiries into the background and qualifications of any candidate for the Board and such candidate’s compliance with the independence and other qualification requirements established by the Committee. The Committee also recommends candidates to fill positions on
committees of the Board.
In selecting and recommending candidates for election to the Board or appointment to any committee of the Board, the Committee does not believe that it is appropriate to select nominees through mechanical application of specified criteria. Rather, the Committee shall consider such factors at it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, the following: personal and professional integrity, ethics and values; experience in corporate management, such as serving as an officer or former officer of a publicly-held company; experience in the Company’s industry; experience as a board member of another publicly-held company; diversity of expertise and experience in substantive matters pertaining to the Company’s business relative to other directors of the Company; practical and mature business judgment; and composition of the Board (including its size and structure).
The Committee develops and recommends to the Board a policy regarding the consideration of director candidates recommended by the Company’s stockholders and procedures for submission by stockholders of director nominee recommendations.
In appropriate circumstances, the Committee, in its discretion, will consider and may recommend the removal of a director, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. If the Company is subject to a binding obligation that requires director removal structure inconsistent with the foregoing, then the removal of a director shall be governed by such instrument.
The Committee oversees the evaluation of the Board and management. It also develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company, which the Committee shall periodically review and revise as appropriate. In discharging its oversight role, the Committee is empowered to investigate any matter brought to its attention.
Finance and Uplisting Committee
The Finance and Uplisting Committee, which consists of Marshall Geller (Chair), Howard Goldberg and Arthur Laffer, is required to review the business of the Company and make recommendations to the Board concerning the Company’s prospects regarding uplisting to a national securities exchange.
Board Diversity
While we do not have a formal policy on diversity, the Board considers diversity to include the skill set, background, reputation, type and length of business experience of the Board members as well as a particular nominee’s contributions to that mix. The Board believes that diversity brings a variety of ideas, judgments and considerations that benefit the Company and its shareholders. Although there are many other factors, the Board seeks individuals with experience on operating and growing businesses.
Board Leadership Structure
Norman Gardner serves as the Chairman of the Board and actively interfaces with management, the Board and counsel regularly. We believe that this Board leadership structure is the most appropriate for the Company and its stockholders at this time because it allows the Chief Executive Officer to focus on generating sales, overseeing sales and marketing, and managing the Company while leveraging the experience and perspectives of the Chairman, who is our founder, and offers an additional channel of communication for other directors, investors and employees.
The Board has also created the position of Lead Director to facilitate the communications between management and the Board and to promote effective governance standards. The Board elects a Lead Director from our independent directors. Howard Goldberg currently serves as our Lead Director.
Board Risk Oversight
The Company’s risk management function is overseen by the Board. The Company’s management keeps the Board apprised of material risks and provides its directors access to all information necessary for them to understand and evaluate how these risks interrelate, how they affect us, and how management addresses those risks. Norman Gardner works closely together with the other members of the Board once material risks are identified on how to best address such risks. If the identified risk poses an actual or potential conflict with management, the Company’s independent directors may conduct the assessment. Presently, the primary risk affecting us is the Company’s ability to generate revenue.
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Code of Claudio Ballard, Lawrence Schafran and Jonathan Weinberger. Mr. Ballard is the chairman of the compensation committee. Our compensation committee is authorized to:
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forthinformation is related to the compensation earnedpaid, distributed or accrued by the Company’s principal executive officer and named executive officers duringus for the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014.
| Stock | Option | All Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salary | Bonus | Awards(1) | Awards(1) | Compensation | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Name and Principal Position | Year | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Alpert, Former Chief | 2015 | 6,667 | - | - | - | - | 6,667 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Officer | 2014 | 200,000* | - | - | - | - | 200,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Donfried, Chief Executive Officer, | 2015 | 151,107** | - | 280,000 | 405,342 | - | 836,449 | ||||||||||||||||||
President and Secretary(a) | 2014 | 300,000*** | - | - | - | - | 300,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ben Burrell, Chief Operating Officer(b) | 2015 | 68,055**** | - | 918,000 | 1,502,219 | - | 2,488,274 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scott McPherson, Chief Financial Officer | 2015 | 79,350***** | - | 692,400 | 1,107,857 | - | 1,879,607 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Sandy Fliderman, Chief Technology Officer(c) | 2015 | 74,948****** | - | 191,250 | 304,003 | - | 570,201 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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(1) Represents the grant date fair value of the option award,
(3) Mr. White served as a consultant to us during 2017 and was appointed our Chief Executive Officer on (4) Pursuant to Mr. White’s employment agreement, $50,000 of his annual salary was deferred for each year of the two-year term beginning August 15, 2017, for a total deferred salary of $100,000. This amount was subsequently deferred for another year. See “Named Executive Officer Employment and Compensation Agreements” below.
(6) Mr. Goldstein was appointed Chief Operating Officer on September 1, 2017. The sum of salary represents consulting fees paid to POC Advisory Group, LLC, of which Mr. Goldstein is the managing member. Named Executive Officer Employment and Compensation Agreements We have employment agreements with each of our executive officers. In August 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the employment agreement, dated August 15, 2017, with Patrick White, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which employment agreement automatically renewed on July 16, 2019, effective on August 15, 2019. Pursuant to the amendment, the term was set at one year and Mr. White agreed to defer receipt of sums due him to improve the Company’s liquidity. Mr. White was due to receive $100,000 on August 15, 2019 representing deferred salary (the “Deferral Amount”) that he had previously agreed to defer over the two years of the initial term of his employment agreement. Pursuant to the amendment, Mr. White agreed to extend receipt of the Deferral Amount until August 15, 2020. In addition, he agreed to continue deferring 25% of his base salary (set at $200,000 per year) over the one-year term until August 15, 2020. In connection with entering into the amendment, the Company granted Mr. White immediately vesting incentive stock options under the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan for 500,000 shares of common stock that expire five-years from the date of grant with an exercise price of $0.14 per share. On August 1, 2017, Mr. White received a grant of a five year option to purchase 5,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 per share of which 3,000,000 vested upon execution of our standard Stock Option Agreement and the remaining 2,000,000 vest annually, in equal increments over a two year period. On April 17, 2018, Mr. White received an additional grant of a five year option to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.07 per share. Both the August 2017 and April 2018 option grants were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and are therefore “restricted securities” as such term is used in Rule 144 of the Act. In the event of termination of Mr. White’s employment agreement without cause, Mr. White is entitled to receive any unpaid salary and expenses, a payment equal to 12 months of his salary at the rate in effect on the date of such termination, and a continuation of benefits for a period of six-months. Additionally, in the event of termination, all options granted to Mr. White shall immediately vest and he shall be entitled to exercise those options for a period of one-year from the date of termination. In the event Mr. White is terminated or his title as chief executive officer changes within 12 months following a change in control, Mr. White will be entitled to receive any unpaid salary and expenses, a payment equal to 18 months of his salary at the rate in effect on the date of such termination, and a continuation of benefits for a period of 18 months. On September 1, 2017, the Company entered into a six-month Consulting Agreement with Keith Goldstein pursuant to which Mr. Goldstein served as our Chief Operating Officer and received a monthly fee of $10,000 per month plus 4% of any sales made by Mr. Goldstein on behalf of the Company. Mr. Goldstein was granted options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.04 per share and a five-year term that vested in equal monthly increments over the initial six-month term. On March 1, 2018, the Company amended the Consulting Agreement with an entity controlled by Mr. Goldstein, our Chief Operating Officer, for a one-year term which expired on February 28, 2019, under which Mr. Goldstein received a monthly fee of $12,500 per month. The amendment provided Mr. Goldstein with additional options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.2102 per share that have a five-year term. Options with respect to 500,000 shares vested upon execution of the amendment and options with respect to the remaining 500,000 shares vested on February 28, 2019. The amendment also terminated Mr. Goldstein’s right to the 4% sales commission. In February 2019, the Company agreed to renew Mr. Goldstein’s agreement on a month-to-month basis on the terms of the amendment, pending Board approval of a new agreement. On April 9, 2019, we entered into a Second Amendment to Consulting Agreement. The key provisions of the second amendment to the Consulting Agreement include the following:
The Consulting Agreement, as amended, may be terminated at any time by the Company for cause. If terminated without cause, Mr. Goldstein is entitled to any unpaid fees and any unpaid and accrued expenses. The Consulting Agreement, as amended, contains non-compete provisions prohibiting Mr. Goldstein from competing with us during the term of Other Consulting Agreement On June 29, 2017, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Norman Gardner. Under the terms of $12,500 over a three-year term beginning June 30, 2017. The Consulting Agreement provides that the Company will reimburse Mr. Gardner for up to $1,000 a month for health insurance and other medical expenses and will provide Mr. Gardner with a grant of 10,000,000 stock options exercisable at $0.07 per share which are fully vested and exercisable over a five-year term. In the event of termination without cause, Mr. Gardner is entitled to receive any unpaid salary and expenses, a payment equal to 12 months of his consulting fee, and a continuation of benefits for a period of six-months. The Consulting Agreement further provides for 12 months of severance and health insurance reimbursement if it is terminated without cause and 18 months of severance and health insurance reimbursement upon a change of control if Mr. Gardner terminates the Agreement within one year of the change of control. Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end The following table sets forth the outstanding equity awards for
2018.
(1) (2) Vested every three months over a one year period that commenced on June 27, 2018. (3) Based on $0.22 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of December 28, 2018. (4) These options (5) Vested on February Director Compensation for the Fiscal Year ended 2018 Our
The
(1) Represents grants of restricted common stock in June 2018, vesting quarterly over a one-year period, subject to continued service as a director and the portion vesting in 2018 for restricted common stock granted in August 2017. The following table presents the number of shares of restricted common stock outstanding and the aggregate number of outstanding options for each of our directors as of December 31, 2018.
(2) Mr. Gardner receives a monthly consulting fee of $12,500 and is reimbursed up to $1,000 a month for health insurance and other medical expenses. Please see “Other Consulting Agreement” above. (3) Former director. (4) On April 25, 2018, the Company approved the payment of $30,000 to Mr. Blickman for the services he rendered in connection with the negotiating and resolving the transactions pertaining to the settlement agreement with shareholders. Equity compensation plan information During 2013, the Board adopted, and our shareholders approved, a new comprehensive incentive compensation plan (the “2013 Plan”) which served as the successor incentive compensation plan to a 2003 Stock Option Plan covering (i) 20,000,000 new shares of our common stock, On November 14, 2017, the Board adopted and in 2018 our shareholders ratified the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) which provides for the issuance of awards covering 13,000,000 shares of common stock
Equity compensation plan information as of
(1) Includes awards pursuant to CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS In addition to Employment and Consulting Agreements disclosed elsewhere, we engaged in a number of transactions with our executive officers and directors. In January 2018, we issued 1,749,683 shares and 1,749,683 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share to entities controlled by Paul Klapper, a former member of our Board, relating to a note payable conversion that took place in June 2017 prior to the time he became a director. On February 19, 2018, we authorized a warrant reduction program (the “Program”) permitting warrant holders of our outstanding $0.15 warrants to exercise their warrantsfor $0.10 (the “Reduced Price”) under the terms On March 31, 2018, we entered into the Settlement Agreement with Paul Klapper, who was at the time a member of our Board, and certain other parties named in the Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, we (i) paid a total of $500,000 (the “Settlement Amount”) to a fund controlled by Paul Klapper and an additional party and (ii) issued a total of 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to the fund and the On July 31, 2018, our former director, Laurence Blickman, exercised 1,439,524 warrants held by an entity under his control at an exercise price of $0.15 per share for a total price of $215,929.
In 2017, we authorized a private placement with a maximum offering amount of $2,100,000 allowing investors to purchase units consisting of 715,000 shares of common stock and 715,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $0.15 per share. In January 2018, we approved an increase in the offering. The following directors
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT The
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Irrevocable Proxy Laurence J. Blickman, a former director, executed the Irrevocable Proxy that, during the period of September 5, 2019 through December 4, 2019, gives our Board of Directors voting rights for the common stock
The following is a summary of our capital stock and provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws. For more detailed information, please refer to our amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws, which are filed, or incorporated by reference, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The descriptions of our common stock and preferred stock reflect changes to our capital structure that will occur upon the closing of this offering. Our authorized capital stock consists of 675,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 75,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. As of assuming a $0.15 per share conversion price. Common Stock Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the Preferred Stock Our preferred stock includes our Series Series Holders of our Series
Warrants The Company has Each Purchaser is entitled, at any time, to If any portion of the Debentures are outstanding on the 181st calendar day after the Effective Date, then the conversion price shall equal the lesser of (a) $0.15, (b) the QPI Discounted Price, or (c) 70% of the lowest volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg LP) of the common stock on any trading day during the 20 trading days immediately preceding the date of conversion of the The Debentures are subject to a “conversion blocker” such that the each of the So long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Debentures, we may at our The Debentures include an adjustment provision that,
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws Provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and our amended and restated by-laws may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change of control or change in our management, including transactions in which Board of Directors; Removal of Directors for Cause . OurAdvance Notice Provisions for Special Meetings of Blank-Check Preferred Stock . Our board of directors will be authorized to issue, withoutSeries A Convertible Preferred Stock Pursuant to our amended and restated articles of incorporation, we are authorized to issue 37,564,767 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. As of September 30, 2019, we have no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding. Nevada Anti-Takeover Statutes The following provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) could, if applicable, have the effect of discouraging takeovers of our company. Transactions with Interested Stockholders.The NRS prohibits a publicly-traded Nevada company from engaging in any business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder unless, prior to that date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination itself or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is defined as any entity or person beneficially owning, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with, controlling, or controlled by any of these entities or persons. The definition of “business combination” is sufficiently broad to cover virtually any type of transaction that would allow a potential acquirer to use the corporation’s assets to finance the acquisition or otherwise benefit its own interests rather than the interests of the corporation and its stockholders.
In addition, business combinations that are not approved and therefore take place after the three year waiting period may also be prohibited unless approved by the board of directors and stockholders or the price to be paid by the interested stockholder is equal to the highest of (i) the highest price per share paid by the interested stockholder within the 3 years immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the business combination or in the transaction in which he or she became an interested stockholder, whichever is higher; (ii) the market value per common share on the date of announcement of the business combination or the date the interested stockholder acquired the shares, whichever is higher; or (iii) if higher for the holders of preferred stock, the highest liquidation value of the preferred stock. Acquisition of a Controlling Interest.The NRS contains provisions governing the acquisition of a “controlling interest” and provides generally that any person that acquires 20% or more of the outstanding voting shares of an “issuing corporation,” defined as Nevada corporation that has 200 or more stockholders at least 100 of whom are Nevada residents (as set forth in the corporation’s stock ledger); and does business in Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation, may be denied voting rights with respect to the acquired shares, unless a majority of the disinterested stockholder of the corporation elects to restore such voting rights in whole or in part. The statute focuses on the acquisition of a “controlling interest” defined as the ownership of outstanding shares sufficient, but for the control share law, to enable the acquiring person, directly or indirectly and individually or in association with others, to exercise (i) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third; (ii) one-third or more, but less than a majority; or (iii) a majority or more of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors. The question of whether or not to confer voting rights may only be considered once by the stockholders and once a decision is made, it cannot be revisited. In addition, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise (i) acquired voting securities are redeemable in whole or in part by the issuing corporation at the average price paid for the securities within 30 days if the acquiring person has not given a timely information statement to the issuing corporation or if the stockholders vote not to grant voting rights to the acquiring person’s securities; and (ii) if voting rights are granted to the acquiring person, then any stockholder who voted against the grant of voting rights may demand purchase from the issuing corporation, at fair value, of all or any portion of their securities. The provisions of this section do not apply to acquisitions made pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution, the enforcement of a judgment, or the satisfaction of a security interest, or acquisitions made in connection with certain mergers or reorganizations. Transfer Agent and Registrar The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING In this offering, we are offering our Units, with each Unit consisting of one share of our common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of our common stock. Our Units will not be certificated and the shares of our common stock and the warrants part of such Units are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this Offering. We are also registering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. These securities are being issued pursuant to an underwriting agreement between us and the underwriters. You should review the underwriting agreement and the form of warrant, each filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, for a complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the warrants. The following brief summary of the material terms and provisions of the warrants is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the form of warrant. Units We are offering units in this offering at an assumed initial offering price of $ per unit. Each unit consists of one share of our common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price equal to $ , which is % of the public offering price of the units. Our Units will not be certificated and the shares of our common stock and the warrants part of such Units are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering.
Common Stock The material terms and provisions of our common stock are described under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in this prospectus. Warrants Warrants to Be Issued in the Offering Overview The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the warrant agent agreement between us the Warrant Agent, and the form of warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the warrant agent agreement, including the annexes thereto, and form of warrant. The warrants issued in this offering entitle the registered holder to purchase one share of our common stock at a price equal to $ per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, immediately following the issuance of such warrant and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five (5) years after the closing of this offering. As described below, we have applied to list the warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VRMEW.” The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances, including in the event of a stock dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at prices below its exercise price. Exercisability. The warrants are exercisable at any time after their original issuance and at any time up to the date that is five (5) years after their original issuance. The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the Warrant Agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price, by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. Under the terms of the Warrant Agreement, we must use our best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement and current prospectus relating to common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants. If we fail to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement and current prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, the holders of the warrants shall have the right to exercise the warrants solely via a cashless exercise feature provided for in the warrants, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and current prospectus. Exercise Limitation. A holder may not exercise any portion of a warrant to the extent that the holder, together with its affiliates and any other person or entity acting as a group, would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding common stock after exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrant, except that upon prior notice from the holder to us, the holder may waive such limitation up to a percentage not in excess of 9.99%. Exercise Price.The exercise price per whole share of common stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants is $ per share (based on an assumed public offering price of $ per unit) or % of public offering price of the common stock. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our common stock and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders.
Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrant, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the exercise price. If multiple warrants are exercised by the holder at the same time, we shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the exercise price. Transferability.Subject to applicable laws, the warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent. Exchange Listing.We have applied to list our warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “VRMEW”. No assurance can be given that our listing application will be approved. Warrant Agent; Global Certificate. The warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agent agreement between the Warrant Agent and us. The warrants shall initially be represented only by one or more global warrants deposited with the Warrant Agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company Fundamental Transactions. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our common stock, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding common stock, the holders of the warrants will be entitled to receive the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction. Rights as a Stockholder.The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock or any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive shares of common stock. After the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Governing Law. The warrants and the warrant agent agreement are governed by New York law. Representative’s Warrants The registration statement of which this prospectus is a part also registers for sale the Representative’s Warrants, as a portion of the underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters in connection with this offering. The Representative’s Warrants will be exercisable for a four and one-half year period commencing 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part at an exercise price of $ ( % of the public offering price of the Units). Please see “Underwriting — Representative’s Warrants” for a description of the warrants we have agreed to issue to the representative of the underwriters in this offering, subject to the completion of the offering. We expect to enter into a warrant agreement in respect of the Representative’s Warrants prior to the closing of this offering.
Maxim Group LLC is acting as the representative of the underwriters of the offering (the “Representative”). We have entered into an underwriting agreement dated , 2019 with the Representative. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to each underwriter named below and each underwriter named below has severally and not jointly agreed to purchase from us, at the public offering price per Unit less the underwriting discounts set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the number of Units listed next to its name in the following table:
The underwriting agreement provides that the obligation of the underwriters to purchase all of the Units being offered to the public is subject to specific conditions, including the absence of any material adverse change in our business or in the financial markets and the receipt of certain legal opinions, certificates and letters from us, our counsel and the independent auditors. The underwriting agreement also provides that if an underwriter defaults, the purchase commitments of non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the offering may be terminated. Subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters will purchase all of the Units being offered to the public, other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below, if any of these Units are purchased. The underwriters are offering the Units, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by their counsel and other conditions specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part. Over-Allotment Option We have granted to the Representative an option, exercisable not later than 45 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase from us up to an (i) additional shares of common stock at a price of $ per share and/or (ii) additional warrants to purchase shares of common stock at a price of $0.01 per warrant (15% of the shares of common stock and warrants included in the Units sold in this offering), in each case, less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover of this prospectus in any combination thereof to cover over-allotments, if any. To the extent that the Representative exercises this option, each of the underwriters will become obligated, subject to conditions, to purchase approximately the same percentage of these additional shares of common stock and/or warrants as the number of Units to be purchased by it in the above table bears to the total number of Units offered by this prospectus. We will be obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell these additional shares of common stock and/or warrants to the underwriters to the extent the option is exercised. If any additional shares of common stock and/or warrants are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional shares of common stock and/or warrants on the same terms as those on which the other Units are being offered hereunder. If this option is exercised in full, the total offering price to the public will be $ and the total net proceeds, before expenses and after the credit to the underwriting commissions described below, to us will be $ . Discounts and Commissions; Expenses The following table shows the public offering price, underwriting discount and proceeds, before expenses, to us. The information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option.
The underwriters propose to offer the Units offered by us to the public at the public offering price per Unit set forth on the cover of this prospectus. In addition, the underwriters may offer some of the Units to other securities dealers at such price less a concession of $ per Unit. After the initial offering, the public offering price and concession to dealers may be changed.
We have paid an expense deposit of $25,000 to the Representative, which will be applied against the accountable expenses that will be paid by us to the Representative in connection with this offering. The $25,000 expense deposit will be returned to us to the extent not actually incurred. The underwriting agreement also provides that in the event the offering is terminated, the $25,000 expense deposit paid to the Representative will be returned to us to the extent that offering expenses are not actually incurred by the Representative in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C). In addition to the 1.0% non-accountable expense allowance, we have also agreed to reimburse the underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate. We estimate that total expenses payable by us in connection with this offering, other than the underwriting discount and non-accountable expense allowance referred to above, will be approximately $ . Discretionary Accounts The underwriters do not intend to confirm sales of the Units offered hereby to any accounts over which they have discretionary authority. Indemnification We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof. Lock-Up Agreements We and our officers and directors and the holders of 3% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock (other than Carl Berg and Laurence Blickman) as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, for a period of 180 days after the closing of this offering, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock either owned as of the date of the underwriting agreement or thereafter acquired without the prior written consent of the Representative. We and the Representative may, in our sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the lock-up period, without notice, release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements. Pricing of this Offering Prior to this offering, there has not been an active market for our common stock and there has been no public market for our warrants. The public offering price for our Units will be determined through negotiations between us and the underwriters. Among the factors to be considered in these negotiations will be prevailing market conditions, our financial information, market valuations of other companies that we and the underwriter believe to be comparable to us, estimates of our business potential, the present state of our development and other factors deemed relevant. We offer no assurances that the public offering price of our Units will correspond to the price at which our common stock will trade in the public market subsequent to this offering or that an active trading market for our common stock and warrants will develop and continue after this offering. Representative’s Warrants We have agreed to issue to the Representative (or its permitted assignees) warrants to purchase up to a total of shares of common stock (6% of the Units sold in this offering, excluding the over-allotment, if any). The warrants will be exercisable at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the four and one-half year period commencing 180 days from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, which period shall not extend further than three years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(i). The warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to $ per share, or 110% of the public offering price per Unit in the offering (based on the public offering price of $ per Unit). The warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA. The Representative (or permitted assignees under Rule 5110(g)(1)) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these warrants or the securities underlying these warrants, nor will they engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. In addition, the warrants provide for registration rights upon request, in certain cases. The sole demand registration right provided will not be greater than five years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(iv). The piggyback registration rights provided will not be greater than seven years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(v). We will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the warrants other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holders. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below the warrant exercise price.
Right of First Refusal Subject to the closing of this offering and certain conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, until Trading; NASDAQ Capital Market Listing Our common stock is presently quoted on the OTCQB market under the symbol “VRME.” We intend to apply to have our common stock and the warrants offered in the offering listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “VRME” and “VRMEW”, respectively. No assurance can be given that our listing application will be approved by the Nasdaq Capital Market. Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids In connection with this offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act:
These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our securities or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the securities. As a result, the price of our shares of common stock and warrants may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be discontinued at any time. Neither we nor the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our shares of common stock and warrants. In addition, neither we nor the underwriters make any representation that the underwriters will engage in these transactions or that any transaction, if commenced, will not be discontinued without notice. Electronic Distribution This prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites or through other online services maintained by the underwriters, or by their affiliates. Other than this prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ websites and any information contained in any other websites maintained by the underwriters is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters in their capacity as underwriters, and should not be relied upon by investors.
Other From time to time, the underwriters and/or their affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, various investment banking and other financial services for us for which services it has received and, may in the future receive, customary fees. Except for the services provided in connection with this offering and other than as described below, the underwriters have not provided any investment banking or other financial services during the 180-day period preceding the date of this prospectus. On September 19, 2019, we received gross proceeds of $600,000 and net proceeds of $540,000 from the Bridge Financing. The Representative acted as the placement agent in connection with the Bridge Financing and received a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds received at each closing and is entitled to receive warrants for 5% of the total number of securities issued in connection with the Bridge Financing, if converted, or upon redemption (if not converted). These warrants will be exercisable at a price per share equal to 110% of the price of the common stock issued upon conversion of the Debentures, if converted, paid by the Purchasers in the Bridge Financing and will expire in five years. Notice to Prospective Investors in Canada This prospectus constitutes an “exempt offering document” as defined in and for the purposes of applicable Canadian securities laws. No prospectus has been filed with any securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada in connection with the offer and sale of the securities. No securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada has reviewed or in any way passed upon this prospectus or on the merits of the securities and any representation to the contrary is an offence. Canadian investors are advised that this prospectus has been prepared in reliance on section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (“NI 33-105”). Pursuant to section 3A.3 of NI 33-105, this prospectus is exempt from the requirement that the Company and the underwriter(s) provide Canadian investors with certain conflicts of interest disclosure pertaining to “connected issuer” and/or “related issuer” relationships that may exist between the Company and the underwriter(s) as would otherwise be required pursuant to subsection 2.1(1) of NI 33-105. Resale Restrictions The offer and sale of the securities in Canada is being made on a private placement basis only and is exempt from the requirement that the Company prepares and files a prospectus under applicable Canadian securities laws. Any resale of securities acquired by a Canadian investor in this offering must be made in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws, which may vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made in accordance with Canadian prospectus requirements, pursuant to a statutory exemption from the prospectus requirements, in a transaction exempt from the prospectus requirements or otherwise under a discretionary exemption from the prospectus requirements granted by the applicable local Canadian securities regulatory authority. These resale restrictions may under certain circumstances apply to resales of the securities outside of Canada. Representations of Purchasers Each Canadian investor who purchases securities will be deemed to have represented to the Company, the underwriters and to each dealer from whom a purchase confirmation is received, as applicable, that the investor is (i) purchasing as principal, or is deemed to be purchasing as principal in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws, for investment only and not with a view to resale or redistribution; (ii) an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or, in Ontario, as such term is defined in section 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario); and (iii) is a “permitted client” as such term is defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Taxation and Eligibility for Investment Any discussion of taxation and related matters contained in this prospectus does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a Canadian investor when deciding to purchase the securities and, in particular, does not address any Canadian tax considerations. No representation or warranty is hereby made as to the tax consequences to a resident, or deemed resident, of Canada of an investment in the securities or with respect to the eligibility of the securities for investment by such investor under relevant Canadian federal and provincial legislation and regulations. Rights of Action for Damages or Rescission Securities legislation in certain of the Canadian jurisdictions provides certain purchasers of securities pursuant to an offering memorandum (such as this prospectus), including where the distribution involves an “eligible foreign security” as such term is defined in Ontario Securities Commission Rule 45-501 Ontario Prospectus and Registration Exemptions and in Multilateral Instrument 45-107 Listing Representation and Statutory Rights of Action Disclosure Exemptions, as applicable, with a remedy for damages or rescission, or both, in addition to any other rights they may have at law, where the offering memorandum, or other offering document that constitutes an offering memorandum, and any amendment thereto, contains a “misrepresentation” as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. These remedies, or notice with respect to these remedies, must be exercised or delivered, as the case may be, by the purchaser within the time limits prescribed under, and are subject to limitations and defenses under, applicable Canadian securities legislation. In addition, these remedies are in addition to and without derogation from any other right or remedy available at law to the investor.
Language of Documents Upon receipt of this document, each Canadian investor hereby confirms that it has expressly requested that all documents evidencing or relating in any way to the sale of the securities described herein (including for greater certainty any purchase confirmation or any notice) be drawn up in the English language only.Par la réception de ce document, chaque investisseur canadien confirme par les présentes qu’il a expressément exigé que tous les documents faisant foi ou se rapportant de quelque manière que ce soit à la vente des valeurs mobilières décrites aux présentes (incluant, pour plus de certitude, toute confirmation d’achat ou tout avis) soient rédigés en anglais seulement. Offers Outside the United States Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful. Certain legal matters in connection with the securities have been passed upon by Emery LLP, Rochester, New York. Gracin & Marlow LLP is acting as counsel for the Underwriter in this offering. Our financial statements We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, with respect to the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration statement and its exhibits. For further information with respect to us and the common stock offered by this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and its exhibits. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or any other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance, we refer you to the copy of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. Each of these statements is qualified in all respects by this reference. (585) 736-9400. Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)We are subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and we will file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These periodic reports, proxy statements and other information are available
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VerifyMe, Inc. NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Nature of the Business The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 10, 1999. The Company is based in Rochester, New York and its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, is traded on the over-the-counter market and quoted on the OTCQB. The Company is a developmental stage technology solutions provider specializing in brand protection functions such as The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements (the “Interim Statements”) have been prepared pursuant to the The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the need to secure additional funding for working capital and to further develop the Company’s intellectual property. Basis of Presentation The accompanying financial statements are presented in accordance with GAAP. Revenue Recognition The Company accounts for revenues according to ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” which establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the entity's contracts to provide goods or services to customers. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under each of its agreements:
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company’s revenues consisted of revenue generated from customer’s printing labels utilizing the Company’s technology. Basic and Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock The Company follows FASB ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share,” when reporting earnings per share resulting in the presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Because the Company reported a net loss for each of the periods presented, common stock equivalents, including preferred stock, stock options and warrants were anti-dilutive; therefore, the amounts reported for basic and diluted loss per share were the same. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, there were shares potentially issuable, that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive to the Company’s losses during the years presented. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 there were approximately 48,877,000 anti-dilutive shares consisting of 19,614,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options, 22,041,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants and 7,222,000 shares issuable upon conversion of preferred stock. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 there were approximately 42,703,000 anti-dilutive shares consisting of 18,014,000 shares relating to options, 11,375,000 shares relating to warrants and 13,314,000 shares relating to preferred share agreements. Going Concern The Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. In order to continue as a going concern, develop a reliable source of revenues, and achieve a profitable level of operations the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Management's plans to continue as a going concern include raising additional capital through increased sales of product and by the sale of common shares. The Company’s business plans are dependent on the ability to raise capital through private placements of our common stock and/or preferred stock, through the possible exercise of outstanding options and warrants, through debt financing and/or through future public offering of our securities. However, management cannot provide any assurances that the Company will be successful in accomplishing any of its plans. The Company’s existing cash resources are sufficient to sustain the Company’s operations through the third quarter of 2019. The Company needs to raise additional funds in the future in order to remain operational past that date. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Based Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2018-07”), which aligns accounting for share-based payments issued to nonemployees to that of employees under the existing guidance of Topic 718, with certain exceptions. This update supersedes previous guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees under Subtopic 505-50, Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The adoption of ASU 2018-07 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. NOTE 2 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS Patents and Trademarks The current patent and trademark portfolios consist of 10 granted US patents and 1 granted European patent validated in 4 countries, 4 pending US and foreign patent applications, 4 registered US trademark, and 9 pending US and foreign trademark applications. Costs associated with the registration and legal defense of the patents have been capitalized and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated lives of the patents which were determined to be 17 to 19 years.During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company capitalized $28,574 and $825 of patent and trademarks costs. Amortization expense for patents and trademarks was $5,928 and $5,860 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, and $11,635 and $10,984 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements Capitalized Software Costs incurred in connection with the development of software related to our proprietary digital products are accounted for in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 985 “Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased or Marketed.” Costs incurred prior to the establishment of technological feasibility are charged to research and development expense. Software development costs are capitalized after a product is determined to be technologically feasible and is in the process of being developed for market. Amortization of capitalized software development costs begins once the product is available to the market. Capitalized software development costs are amortized over the estimated life of the related product, generally three years, using the straight-line method. The Company will evaluate its software assets for impairment whenever events or change in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. The Company had Capitalized Software of $116,427 and $70,231 as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company has not incurred a depreciation charge as the software was not available for use as of June 30, 2019. NOTE 3 – CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK The Company is authorized to issue Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Series A”) and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Series B”). As of June 30, 2019, there were no shares of Series A outstanding and 0.85 of a share of Series B outstanding. Each share of Series A and Series B has limited voting rights, is entitled to participate with the common stock on liquidation and holders of Series A and Series B are subject to beneficial ownership limitations. Series A Convertible Preferred Stock During the six months ended June 30, 2019,304,778shares of Series A were converted into6,095,569shares of the Company’s common stock.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 0.07 of a share of Series B was converted into 599,362 shares of the Company’s common stock. NOTE 4 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 the Company expensed $0 relative to restricted stock units.For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 the Company expensed $248 and $8,625 relative to restricted stock units. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company granted a total of 1,200,000 restricted stock awards to five directors of the Company for their services. The restricted stock awards vest in equal quarterly installments over a one-year period. On February 27, 2019 three directors resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2019. This resulted in a cancellation of 320,000 shares related to the portion of the unvested restricted stock awards these directors had received. The Company expensed $118,846 and $84,220 in costs related to restricted stock awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company expensed $183,866 and $226,781 relative to restricted common stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company issued 71,324 shares of restricted common stock for a total expense of $15,000 related to consulting services. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company issued 169,500 shares of restricted common stock for a total expense of $44,119 related to consulting services. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 37,500 restricted stock units vested in relation to a consulting services agreement and a total of $8,625 was expensed.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company granted a total of During the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company granted a total of 1,425,000 shares of restricted common stock to the directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for their services and 150,000 shares to one attorney, that vested quarterly over a one-year period. In 2017, the Company authorized a private placement with a maximum offering amount of $2,100,000 allowing investors to purchase units consisting of 715,000 shares of common stock and 715,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $0.15 per share. In January 2018 the Company’s Board of Directors increased the size of the private placement by an additional amount beyond the $2,100,000 limit. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company raised gross proceeds of $1,154,211 for the purchase of 16,513,311 shares of common stock and 16,513,311 warrants. Of these amounts, gross proceeds of $530,777 for the purchase of 7,590,111 shares of common stock and 7,590,111 warrants related to purchases by directors and relatives of the directors of the Company. In January 2018, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, made a cashless exercise of 5,000,000 options related to services rendered in 2017, resulting in the issuance of 4,027,778 shares of common stock, see Note 5. On January 30, 2018, the Company authorized a 30-day offer, beginning on February 20, 2018, to the holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants exercisable at $0.15 to exercise their warrants at $0.10 per share. This authorization was extended until the latter of 30 days after the receipt of all Investment Letters, as defined below, in connection with the Settlement Shares, as defined below, or June 30, 2018. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, 20,764,860 shares of warrants were exercised and a total of 20,764,860 shares of common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $2,076,486. Included in the above amounts are gross proceeds of $1,205,458 from directors which resulted in 12,054,576 warrants converted into the issuance of 12,054,576 common stock. The offer to exercise $0.15 warrants at $0.10 per share expired on June 30, 2018 and the Company did not extend the offer. In January 2018, a member of the Board exercised 104,876 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 and a total of 104,876 shares of common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $15,731. On March 31, 2018, the Company entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Paul Klapper, a member of the Company’s Board at that time, and certain other parties named in the Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Company (i) paid a total of $500,000 (the “Settlement Amount”) to a fund controlled by Paul Klapper and an additional party, and (ii) issued a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the fund and the third party (the “Settlement Shares”). The shares were valued at $279,000 whereby $139,500 related to common stock issued to a related party and $139,500 related to common stock issued to a third party. The Settlement Agreement provides for cancellation as of March 31, 2018 of certain revenue sharing agreements between the Company and each of Mr. Klapper (or an affiliate) and the third party, and terminates the Company’s obligation to issue warrants to purchase 3.7 million shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share. Mr. Klapper joined the Board of Directors on July 14, 2017 and resigned as of March 31, 2018. In January 2018, the Company issued 1,749,683 shares of common stock and 1,749,683 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 to Mr. Klapper relating to the Note payable conversion that took place in June 2017. On March 28, 2018, the Company accelerated the vesting of 150,000 shares of restricted common stock owned by Mr. Klapper. In April 2018, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Company exercised his warrants at an exercise price of $0.01 for gross proceeds of $1,000 resulting in an issuance of 100,000 shares.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements NOTE 5 – STOCK OPTIONS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND WARRANTS During 2013, the Company adopted an incentive compensation plan (the “2013 Plan”). Under the 2013 Plan, the Company is authorized to grant awards of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards of up to an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of common stock. The 2013 Plan is intended to permit stock options granted to employees under the 2013 Plan to qualify as incentive stock options. All options granted under the 2013 Plan, which are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options are deemed to be non-statutory stock options. The 2013 Plan is no longer used for future grants. On November 14, 2017, the Executive Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) which covers the potential issuance of 13,000,000 shares of common stock. The 2017 Plan provides that directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company will be eligible to receive equity incentives under the 2017 Plan at the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”). The Compensation Committee may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the terms of the 2017 Plan. The Plan terminates on November 14, 2027 unless sooner terminated. The 2017 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee which determines the persons to whom awards will be granted, the number of awards to be granted and the specific terms of each grant, including the vesting thereof, subject to the provisions of the 2017 Plan. In connection with incentive stock options issuable under the 2017 Plan, the exercise price of each option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant (or 110% of the fair market value in the case of a grantee holding more than 10% of the outstanding stock of the Company). Incentive stock options under all plans of the Company shall not exceed $1,000,000 per calendar year. If any employee shall have the right to first exercise any options in excess of $100,000 during any calendar year, the options in excess of $100,000 shall be deemed to be non-statutory stock options, including prices, duration, transferability and limitations on exercise. The Company issued non-statutory stock options pursuant to contractual agreements with non-employees. Options granted under the agreements are expensed when the related service or product is provided. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and judgments. During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company expensed $249,788 and $226,188, respectively, with respect to options. The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2019:
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The following table summarizes the activities for the Company’s unvested stock options for thesix months ended June 30, 2019:
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company amended the Consulting Agreement it has with its Chief Operating Officer and granted him options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.195 that vest annually in equal increments over a two-year period. The following table summarizes the activities for the Company’s warrants for thesix months ended June 30, 2019:
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded 85,255 warrants related to past issuances. In May 2019, a former director made a cashless exercise of 200,000 warrants, whereby the warrant holder disposed of 128,226 shares of common stock to the Company as part of this exercise, amounting to an issuance of 71,774 shares of common stock. NOTE 6 – CONCENTRATIONS Revenue For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, three customers represented 100% of revenues. Accounts Receivable As of June 30, 2019, two customers represented 100% of accounts receivable. NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS In July 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relation services. In August 2019, the Company granted 200,000 shares of restricted common stock in relation to consulting services. In August 2019, the Company granted 400,000 shares of restricted common stock in relation to consulting services.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements In August 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relation services. In August 2019, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment���) to the Employment Agreement, dated August 15, 2017, with Patrick White, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Employment Agreement”), which Employment Agreement automatically renewed on July 16, 2019, effective on August 15, 2019. Pursuant to the Amendment, the term was reduced to one year and Mr. White agreed to defer receipt of sums due him to improve the Company’s liquidity. Mr. White was due to receive $100,000 on August 15, 2019 representing deferred salary (the “Deferral Amount”) that he had previously agreed to defer over the two years of the initial term of his Employment Agreement. In the Amendment, Mr. White agreed to extend receipt of the Deferral Amount until August 15, 2020. In addition, he agreed to continue deferring 25% of his base salary over the one-year term until August 15, 2020. In connection with entering into the Amendment, the Company granted Mr. White 500,000 five-year fully vested incentive stock options under the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan exercisable at $0.14 per share. In September 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relation services. On September 18, 2019, a Board Member provided his resignation as member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. This resulted in a cancellation of 120,000 shares of common stock related to the portion of the unvested restricted stock awards granted to this director. On September 19, 2019, we completed the closing of $600,000 of Debentures for gross proceeds of $540,000 after original issue discounts. As of the Effective Date, we entered into two substantially identical Securities Purchase Agreements with two Purchasers, which provided for the issuance of up to an aggregate of $1.2 million in principal amount of Debentures of which the first tranche of $600,000 have been issued. The Securities Purchase Agreements provided for the issuance of the Debentures due one year from the dates of issuance in two $600,000 tranches: the first tranche as described above, and the second tranche, at the discretion of the Purchasers and us, to occur any time after November 17, 2019. If, at any time after November 17, 2019, the Purchasers elect not to consummate the closing of the second tranche, then we may raise up to $600,000 from additional investors (including our affiliates) who will have a security interest on apari passu basis with the Purchasers in the first tranche, so long as such investors agree not to convert the securities received until the Purchasers in the first tranche have completely converted the Debentures or been fully repaid. In connection with the Bridge Financing, each of the Purchasers received a commitment fee of $5,000 and 500,000 restricted shares (the “Commitment Shares”) of our common stock. The Representative served as placement agent for the Bridge Financing and received a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds received at each closing and is entitled to receive warrants for 5% of the total number of securities issued in connection with the Bridge Financing. These warrants will be exercisable at a price per share equal to 110% of the price of the securities paid by the Purchasers and will expire in five years. See “Underwriting — Other.” The first tranche of the Debentures will mature on September 18, 2020, and may be redeemed by us prior to the maturity date as described below. All unpaid principal due and payable on the maturity date will be paid in the form of common stock. Any principal or interest that is due under each of the Debentures, which is not paid by the respective maturity date, will bear interest at the rate of 18% per annum until it is satisfied in full. The Debentures are senior secured obligations of ours secured pursuant to the terms of security agreements dated as of September 18, 2019 (the “Security Agreements”) by all of the assets of us and our subsidiaries. Each Purchaser is entitled, at any time, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of its Debenture(s) plus any accrued interest into restricted shares of common stock. If we consummate a public offering within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date, then the conversion price will be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b) 70% multiplied of the price per share of the common stock we issue in the public offering (the “QPI Discounted Price”), subject to further adjustment as provided in the Debenture as well as subject in each case to equitable adjustments resulting from any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events. Further, if we consummate a public offering of common stock which results in us receiving gross proceeds of at least $5 million within 180 calendar days of the Effective Date then we are obligated to repay the outstanding amounts owed under the Debentures, to the extent they are not converted and including the applicable redemption premium then in effect, within three days of consummation of such an offering.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of VerifyMe, Inc. Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of VerifyMe, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, Going Concern Matter The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has negative cash flows from operations that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Basis for Opinion These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on 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 audits in accordance with the standards of the Our audits 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 /s/ MaloneBailey, LLP www.malonebailey.com We have served as the Company's auditor since 2018. Houston, Texas April 1, 2019
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Nature of The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on November 10, 1999. The Company is based in OTCQB. The Company is a technology pioneer in the anti-counterfeiting industry. This broad market encompasses counterfeiting of physical and material goods and products, as well as counterfeiting of identity in digital transactions. The Company The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the need to secure additional funding to patents. Basis of Presentation The accompanying financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Change in Accounting Principle In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11. Part I relates to the accounting for certain financial instruments with down round features in Subtopic 815-40, which is considered in determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument qualifies for a scope exception from derivative accounting. Down round features are features of certain equity-linked instruments (or embedded features) that result in the strike price being reduced based on the pricing of future equity offerings. An entity still is required to determine whether instruments would be classified in equity under the guidance in Subtopic 815-40 in determining whether they qualify for that scope exception. If they do qualify, freestanding instruments with down round features are no longer classified as liabilities. In the case where the exception from derivative accounting does not apply, warrants must be accounted for as a liability and The Company’s
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements The following table details the approximate fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s
Except for the down round features in the warrants and embedded conversion feature, the warrants and embedded conversion feature would have been classified in equity under the guidance in Subtopic 815-40 and therefore qualify for the scope exception in ASU 2017-11. As permitted, the Company elected to adopt the accounting principles prescribed by ASU 2017-11 for the year ending December 31, 2017 and has recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment stemming from a change in accounting principle in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 measured retrospectively to the beginning of 2017. The cumulative effect adjustment appears at the beginning of 2017 in the Company’s The following table details the impact stemming from the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle on the Company’s
Because the Company embedded conversion feature beginning in 2017. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Company’s financial instruments consist of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses,
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements The Company follows FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” and applies it to all assets and liabilities that are being measured and reported on a fair value basis. The statement requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value will be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories: Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities Level 2: Observable Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data The level in the fair value within which a fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Cash and Cash Equivalents For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers all cash accounts, which are not subject to withdrawal restrictions or penalties, and certificates of deposit and commercial paper with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash or cash equivalents. Concentration of Credit Risk Involving Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are held at one financial institution. At times, the Company’s deposits may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) coverage limits. The Company has not experienced any losses from maintaining cash accounts in excess of federally insured limits. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The Company considers allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses that may result from the inability of the Company’s customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, such allowances may be required. Inventory Inventory principally consists of Property and Equipment Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, principally five to seven years. Maintenance and repairs of property are charged to operations, and major improvements are capitalized. Upon retirement, sale, or other disposition of property and equipment, the costs and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is included in operations. Patents and Trademarks The current patent
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements Long-Lived Assets The Company evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360 “Property, Plant, and Equipment.” The Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets are measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset, undiscounted and without interest or independent appraisals. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the assets. Related Parties Related parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company incurred $30,000 related to consulting services performed by a Director of the Board included in General and administrative on the Statement of Operations. Capitalized Software Costs incurred in Notes Payable with detachable warrants In accordance with FASB ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” the proceeds of notes payable with detachable stock purchase warrants have been allocated between the two based on the relative fair values of the debt Revenue Recognition The Company accounts for revenues according to ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” which establishes principles for reporting information about the provide goods or services to customers. The Company
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the Company’s technology. Income Taxes The Company follows FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” when accounting for income taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed annually for temporary differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Tax years from Stock-based Payments The Company accounts for stock-based compensation under the provisions of FASB ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation”, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees and directors based on estimated fair values on the grant date. The Company estimates the fair value of stock-based awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods using the straight-line method. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC 505-50, “Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees” (“FASB ASC 505-50”). Under FASB ASC 505-50, the Company determines the fair value of the warrants or stock-based compensation awards granted as either the fair value of the consideration received, or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. All issuances of stock options or other equity instruments to non-employees as consideration for goods or services received by the Company are accounted for based on the fair value of the equity instruments issued. Non-employee Advertising Costs Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs were approximately Marketing on the Statement of Operations. Research and Development Costs In accordance with FASB ASC 730, research and development costs are expensed when incurred. Research and development costs for the years ended December 31, $128,044. Basic and Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock The Company follows FASB ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share,” when reporting Earnings Per Share resulting in the presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Because the Company reported a net loss for each of the years presented, common stock equivalents, including preferred stock, stock options and warrants were anti-dilutive; therefore, the amounts reported for basic and diluted loss per share were the same.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were shares potentially issuable, that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive to the Company’s losses during the years presented. For the year ended December 31, 2018 there were approximately 54,173,000 anti-dilutive shares consisting of 22,241,000 relating to warrants, 18,614,000 relating to options and 13,318,000 relating to preferred share agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2017 there were approximately 68,612,000 anti-dilutive shares consisting of 32,292,000 relating to warrants, 22,013,000 relating to options and 14,307,000 relating to preferred share agreements. Segment Information The Company is organized and operates as one operating segment wherein the Company’s patented technologies are utilized to address counterfeiting issues. In accordance with FASB ASC 280, “Segment Reporting” (“FASB ASC 280”), the chief operating decision-maker has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer, who reviews operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire Company. Since the Company operates in one segment and provides one group of similar products, all financial segment and product line information required by FASB ASC 280 can be found in the financial statements. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In July 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2017-11,“ Earnings Per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): (Part 1) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features, (Part II) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Non public Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Non-controlling Interests with a Scope Exception” (“ASU 2017-11”). Part I relates to the accounting or certain financial instruments with down round features in Subtopic 815-40, which is considered in determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument qualifies for a scope exception from derivative accounting. Down Round features are features of certain equity-linked instruments (or embedded features) that result in the strike price being reduced based on the pricing of future equity offerings. An entity still is required to determine whether instruments would be classified as equity under the guidance in Subtopic 815-40 in determining whether they qualify for that scope exception. If they do qualify, freestanding instruments with down round features are no longer classified as liabilities. ASU 2017-11 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted and may be applied on a retrospective basis, including in an interim period. The Company early adopted ASU 2017-11 during the interim period ended December 31, Principle). In
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements Going Concern The Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and In do not meet our internal budget. NOTE Equipment consists of the following:
Depreciation of property and equipment was 2017. NOTE During the years ended December 31, 2017. NOTE The reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate to the income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is as follows (in thousands):
The increase in the Company's net increase in the valuation allowance was caused by continued net operating losses from ongoing operations.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities
As of Utilization of the net operating losses (NOL) carryforwards may be subject to
limitation. The Company The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company had no The Company On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted significant changes to the U.S. tax
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to There are no taxes payable as of December 31, 2017. NOTE Notes payable consists of the following as of December 31:
At December 31, $33,667. On Gain on derecognition of note payable and accrued interest included on the Statement of Operations. On On On March June 30, 2017. In accordance with FASB ASC
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements On April 13, 2017, the Company issued notes payable to a director of the board in the principal amount of $10,000 in exchange for a loan bearing no interest maturing June 30, 2017. On April 26, 2017, the Company issued a secured promissory note (the “Note”) to a relative of director of the board in the principal amount of $30,000 in exchange for a loan bearing 10% interest maturing October 31, 2017. The Note is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company in accordance with In May 2017, the Company issued notes payable to a director of the board in the principal amount of $60,000 in exchange for a loan bearing no interest maturing June 30, 2017. In June 2017, the Company issued notes payable to a director of the board in the principal amount of $36,000 in exchange for a loan bearing no annual interest maturing June 30, 2017. On June 30, 2017, all of these notes payable (including the Note) amounting to $360,000 and converting at $390,000 plus accrued interest of $6,101, except for the $50,000 note payable from 2009, were converted into 6,151,762 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 6,151,762 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.15, with a term of five years. As of December 31, 2017, from the 6,151,762 shares of common stock and 6,151,762 warrants to purchase shares of the Company, 4,402,079 shares of common stock and 4,402,079 shares of warrants had been issued to convert $270,000 principal (including the Note) and $3,623 accrued interest. The fair value of As of December 31, Pursuant to ASC 470-50- 40 Modifications and Extinguishments, the Company assessed the nature of the transaction and based on its assessment concluded it is a capital transaction in essence, and as such accounted for it through Additional Paid-In Capital with no gain or loss recognized in the Income Statement during the period.
NOTE 6 – CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK The Company has outstanding Series A Preferred Stock Series A Convertible Preferred Stock During the year ended December 31, 2017, 73,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into
Common Stock.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the year ended December 31, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no conversions of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2018 0.07 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 599,362 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Series C Convertible Preferred Stock The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C”) described below converted on June 30, 2017 and a Certificate of Withdrawal for the Series C Certificate of Designation was subsequently filed. On May 30, 2017, the Company entered into Securities Exchange Agreements (the “Agreements”) with the holders of approximately 87% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s 0% Series C and the holders of 100% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s 0% Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D”) and certain warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock held by the Series C and Series D holders. The effectiveness of the Agreements was contingent upon the Company raising at least $500,000 in a debt or equity financing transaction which closed on June 30, 2017. Pursuant to the Agreements, the holders exchanged each share of Series C for 2.857 shares of common stock and each warrant for two shares of common stock. The Agreements also eliminate a covenant in the Securities Purchase Agreements with the Series C and Series D investors which adversely affects the Company’s ability to issue securities and incur debt. On July 19, 2017, the Company authorized the withdrawal of the Certificates of Designation for Series C and Series D and on July 13, 2017, the Company ratified the authorization to issue shares of common stock to the holders of Series C and Series D. On April 14, 2017, 375,000 shares of Series C were converted into 375,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. On June 30, 2017, pursuant to the Agreement, 1,537,500 shares of Series C were converted into 4,392,858 shares of the Company’s Common Stock; 3,087,500 shares of warrants were converted into 6,175,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, out of which 230,000 shares was issued to a director of the Board. $473,604 deemed dividend to Series C holders and $473,604 accretion of deemed distribution to Series C holders was recorded in conjunction with the transaction. Series D Convertible Preferred Stock The Series D described below converted on June 30, 2017 and a Certificate of Withdrawal Series D Certificate of Designation was subsequently filed. As noted, above, on May 30, 2017, the Company entered into Agreements with the holders of approximately 87% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series C and certain warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock held by the Series C holders. The Company had an oral agreement with the holder of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series D to convert the Series D when the Series C converted. On July 13, 2017, the Company issued the Series D holder 2,482,145 shares of common stock upon conversion of the Series D and exchange of warrants issued with the Series D. On June 30, 2017, 166,750 shares of Series D were converted into 496,429 shares of the Company’s Common Stock; 667,000 shares of warrants were converted into 1,985,716 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. $123,274 deemed dividend to Series D holders and $123,274 accretion of deemed distribution to Series D holders was recorded in conjunction with the transaction.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company expensed $8,625 and $6,750 relative to Restricted Stock Units. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company expensed $446,265 and $60,075 relative to Restricted Stock awards. On September 8, 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement stipulating partial payment in restricted common stock. As of December 31, During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company also issued 1,605,175 shares of common stock and 1,605,175 shares of warrants to two directors of the Board for services already rendered under consulting agreements. The 1,605,175 shares of warrants have an exercise price of $0.15 per share and a term of five years. The common stock and warrants were valued and expensed for $285,807. On August 9, 2017, the Company granted 300,000 shares of restricted common stock to each of six non-employee directors and one attorney vesting quarterly over one year. The common stock was measured at fair value at the grant date and expensed based on During 2017, 19,451,575 shares of common stock and 19,451,575 shares of warrants to purchase common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $1,360,250 from the sale of units with each unit consisting of 715,000 shares of common stock and 715,00 five-year warrants exercisable at $0.15 per share. Legal costs related to this offering amounted to $32,325 and were recorded in Additional Paid In Capital. Net proceeds related to the sale of common stock were $1,327,925 for the year ended December 31, 2017. In connection with the sale of common stock noted above, 8,712,275 shares were issued and 8,712,275 warrants to purchase common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $609,250 to directors of the Board and relatives of the directors of the Board. During 2017, 75,000 Restricted Stock Units were vested in relation to a consulting service agreement and a total of $6,750 was expensed. During 2017, 2,050,372 shares were issued as stock-based compensation with a total non-cash expense of $139,808. Of this amount 371,800 shares were issued to a director of the Board, for a total non-cash expense of $22,308. During 2017, 503,432 shares were issued for sale of common stock in prior years. Of this amount, 479,901 were related to two members of the Board. During the year ended December 31, 2018, 37,500 restricted stock units were vested in relation to a consulting service agreement and a total of $8,625 was expensed. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company granted a total of 600,000 restricted stock awards to two directors of the Company, each receiving 300,000 shares of restricted common stock, for joining the Board of Directors. On April 25, 2018 the Company approved the immediate vesting of all of the Company’s outstanding restricted common stock issued in 2017 and 2018 to non-employee directors of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2018, $160,500 compensation expense was recorded in relation to this issuance. As of December 31, 2018, there is $0 unrecognized compensation cost related to these shares of restricted common stock.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company granted a total of 1,425,000 shares of restricted common stock to the directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for their services and 150,000 shares to one attorney, vesting over a one-year period. During the year ended December 31, 2018, $174,660 compensation expense was recorded in relation to this issuance. As of December 31, 2018, there is $161,311 unrecognized compensation cost related to these shares of restricted common stock. In January 2018, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, made a cashless exercise of 5,000,000 options related to services in 2017, whereby the Chairman disposed of 972,222 shares to the Company as part of his exercise, amounting to an issuance of 4,027,778 shares, see Note 8. In relation to the 2017 private placement with a maximum offering amount of $2,100,000 allowing investors to purchase units consisting of 715,000 shares of common stock and 715,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $0.15 per share, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the size of the private placement by an additional amount beyond the $2,100,000 limit. During the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company raised gross proceeds of $1,153,645 for the purchase of 16,513,311 shares of common stock and 16,513,311 warrants. Of these amounts, gross proceeds of $530,777 for the purchase of 7,590,111 shares of common stock and 7,590,111 warrants related to current and then directors and relatives of the directors of the Company. On January 30, 2018, the Company authorized a 30-day offer, beginning on February 20, 2018, to the holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants exercisable at $0.15 to exercise their warrants at $0.10 per share. This authorization was extended until June 30, 2018. The Company authorized certain holders, who had sent in their exercise notices prior to June 30, 2018, to submit payment before July 27, 2018 and exercise their warrants at $0.10 per share. For the year ended December 31, In January 2018, a member of the Board exercised 104,876 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 and a total of 104,876 shares of common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $15,731. On March 31, 2018, the Company In April 2018, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Company On July 27, 2018 the Company cancelled 607,143 shares as a result of an over-issuance of shares to an investor in connection with the On July 31, 2018, a member of the
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to NOTE 8 – STOCK OPTIONS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND WARRANTS On December 17, 2003, the During 2013, On November 14, 2017, the Executive Committee of The The 2017 Plan is administered by a committee of the Board (“Compensation Committee”) which determines the persons to whom awards will be granted, the number of awards to be granted and the specific terms of each grant, including the vesting thereof, subject to the provisions of the plan. In connection with Incentive Stock Options, the exercise price of each option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant (or 110% of the fair market value in the case of a grantee holding more than 10% of the outstanding stock of the Company). The aggregate fair market value (determined at the time of the grant) of stock for which an employee may exercise Incentive Stock Options under all plans of the The Company issued Non-Statutory Stock Options pursuant to contractual agreements with non-employees. Options granted under the agreements are expensed when the related service or product is provided. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and judgments. The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the stock options granted during the years ended December 31,
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements The following table summarizes the activities for
2018 and 2017:
The following table summarizes the activities
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements During the year ended December 31, 2017, 19,950,000 options were granted a weighted average exercise price of $0.07 with a term of five years. Of the 19,950,000 options, 450,000 options were issued to a director with a three-month vesting period, 10,000,000 to the Chairman of the Board vesting immediately, 7,000,000 were issued to the Chief Executive Officer of which 5,000,000 vested immediately and 2,000,000 vest over a period of two years and 2,000,000 were issued to a director vesting over a six month period. In February 2017, the Company also issued 500,000 options to purchase common stock to a consultant which vested immediately.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, 769,117 options were forfeited from employees no longer with the Company and 450,000 options were forfeited by a director of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company amended the consulting agreement held with its Chief Operating Officer and granted him 1,000,000 stock options with an exercise price of $0.2102 with 500,000 stock options vesting immediately and the remaining 500,000 stock options vesting on February 28, 2019 subject to continuing to provide consulting services. In January 2018, the Chairman of the Board made a cashless exercise of 5,000,000 options related to services in 2017, whereby the Chairman disposed of 972,222 shares to the Company as part of his exercise, amounting to an issuance of 4,027,778 shares, see Note 7. In November 2018, 600,000 options were granted a weighted average exercise price of $0.37 with a term of five years. Of the 600,000 options, 500,000 options were issued to an employee of the Company vesting monthly over a six-month period, 100,000 to the Chief Financial Officer vesting quarterly over a one-year period. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company expensed $329,193 and $1,295,741 with respect to the options. As of December 31, 2018, there was $198,438 unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options expected to vest over the weighted average of 3.9 years. The following table summarizes the activities for
2018 and 2017:
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements All warrants were vested on the date of grant. Series C Preferred Stock and 3,087,500 warrants exchanged these securities for 6,175,000 shares of common stock. See Note 7. During the year ended December 31, 2017, holders of Series D Preferred Stock and 667,000 warrants exchanged these securities for 1,985,716 shares of common stock. See Note 7. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company issued 19,451,575 warrants to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $0.15 in connection to the sale of units occurring during the year. See Note 7. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company issued 4,402,079 warrants to purchase common stock with an exercise price of $0.15 in connection with the settlement or related party note payables. The fair value of the warrants accounted for in Additional Paid in Capital, for the year ended December 31, 2017, was $113,586. See Note 7. During the year ended December 31, 2017, a director was issued and then cancelled 6,250,000 warrants to purchase common stock in connection with the settlement of the related party note payable. During the year ended December 31, 2017, a director was issued 1,000,000 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 in connection with the issuance of notes payable. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company issued 1,976,975 warrants to directors of the Board to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 in connection with services provided. See Note 7. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company has received gross proceeds of $1,153,645 for the purchase of 16,513,311 shares of common stock and 16,513,311 warrants in relation to the private placement. See Note 7. In January 2018, the Company issued 1,749,683 shares of common stock and 1,749,683 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 to Mr. Klapper relating to the Note payable conversion that took place in June 2017. Additionally, 3,700,000 warrants were forfeited. See Note 5. During the year ended December 31, 2018, in relation to the Settlement Agreement, the Company issued 464,775 warrants at an exercise price of $0.15 which were paid for in 2014 but had not been previously issued. See Note 7. For the year ended December 31, 2018, 20,787,784 shares of warrants were exercised and In January 2018, a member of the Board exercised 104,876 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 and a total of 104,876 shares of common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $15,731, see Note 7. In April 2018, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Company exercised 100,000 warrants at an exercise price of $0.01 for gross proceeds of $1,000 resulting in an issuance of 100,000 shares, see Note 7. On July 31, 2018, a member of the Board exercised 1,439,524 warrants held by an entity under his control at an exercise price of $0.15 per share for a total price of $215,929. See note 7. In August 2018, a warrant holder, made a cashless exercise of 366,047 warrants, whereby the warrant holder disposed of 190,386 shares to the Company as part of this exercise, amounting to an issuance of 175,661 shares.
VerifyMe, Inc. Notes to Financial Statements In October 2018, a warrant holder, made a cashless exercise of 11,678 warrants, whereby the warrant holder disposed of 4,680 shares to the Company as part of this exercise, amounting to an issuance of 6,998 shares. During the year ended December 31, 2018 an additional 1,250,000 warrants were forfeited in relation to a note payable conversion occurring in the prior year. NOTE 9 – DEBT FORGIVENESS During the year ended December 31, 2018 the Company negotiated with certain vendors regarding balances outstanding for prior year services resulting in a Gain on accounts payable forgiveness included in the Statement of Operations for $352,008. NOTE 10 – OPERATING LEASES For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, total rent expense under leases amounted to NOTE During the During the years ended December 31, Additionally, during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company purchased 100.0% of canisters from one vendor. As of December 31, 2018, two customers accounted for 100% of total accounts receivable. NOTE In January 2019, 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 400,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. On February 27, 2019 three Board Members provided their resignations as members of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2019. On March 5, 2019 the Company appointed Mr. Eugene Robin to the Company’s Board of Directors. On March 20, 2019 the Company granted three directors the option of each receiving 240,000 shares of restricted stock or 240,000 restricted units, either of which shall vest over a one-year period in equal increments from March 15, 2019. Each of the directors elected to receive restricted stock awards. In March 2019, the Company appointed Dr. Arthur Laffer to its Board of Directors and granted 240,000 shares of restricted which shall vest over a one-year period in equal quarterly increments from March 15, 2019. In March 2019, 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 400,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
$8,000,000 of Units Each Unit Consisting of One Share of Common Stock and One Warrant to Purchase One Share of Common Stock ______________________ ______________________ PROSPECTUS Sole Book-Running Manager Maxim Group LLC ______________________ ______________________ , 2019 Through and including , 2019 (the 25th day after the date of this PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution The following table sets forth an itemization of the various expenses, all of which we will pay, in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered. All of the amounts shown are estimated except the SEC Registration Fee.
* To be completed by amendment. Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers Nevada law provides that a Nevada corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation (i.e., a “non-derivative proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he or she:
In addition, a Nevada corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor (i.e., a “derivative proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he:
Under Nevada law, indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any non-derivative proceeding or any derivative proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation is obligated to indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense. Further, Nevada law permits a Nevada corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or to make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for any liability asserted against him or her and liability and expenses incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him or her against such liability and expenses. Under our amended and restated articles of incorporation, The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors pursuant to which the Company agrees to indemnify said officer or director, to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, against any own expense. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of The Company plans to enter into an underwriting agreement in connection with this offering that provides that the underwriters are obligated, under some circumstances, to indemnify the Company’s directors, officers and controlling persons against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities In the three years preceding the filing of this registration statement, we have issued the following securities that were not registered under the Securities Act. (a)Exchanges Exempt Under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act On May 29, 2019, the Company issued 4,895,569 shares of common stock upon conversion of 244,778 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. On May 29, 2019, a former director completed a cashless exercise of 200,000 warrants and was issued 71,774 shares of the Company’s common stock. On April 16, 2019, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. On March 22, 2019, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. On January 19, 2019, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. On October 12, 2018, an investor completed the cashless exercise of 11,678 warrants and was issued 6,998 shares of the Company’s common stock. On August 22, 2018, a warrant holder made a cashless exercise of 366,047 warrants, and was issued 175,662 shares of the Company’s common stock. On June 11, 2018, the Company issued 37,500 shares of common stock in relation to 37,500 restricted stock units that were vested in relation to a consulting service. In February 2018, 20,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 400,000 of the Company’s common stock. In January 2018, the Company issued 1,749,683 shares of common stock and 1,749,683 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share to entities controlled by a former member of the Board, relating to a note payable conversion. On January 26, 2018, 0.0706 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 599,362 shares of common stock and transferred to a then director and to a shareholder of the Company. In January 2018, a member of the Board made a cashless exercise of 5,000,000 options related to services rendered in 2017, resulting in the issuance of 4,027,778 shares of common stock. On June 30, 2017, 166,750 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 496,429 shares of the Company’s common stock and 667,000 warrants were converted into 1,985,716 shares of the Company’s common stock. On June 30, 2017, notes payable in the principal amount of $240,000 were converted into 4,402,079 shares of common stock and five-year warrants to purchase 4,402,079 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. In 2017, the Company issued 75,000 shares of common stock to a consultant upon delivery of shares underlying a restricted stock unit agreement dated June 11, 2015. On On June 30, 2017, the Company converted $43,750 of fees payable into 625,625 shares of common stock. On June 30, 2017, the Company converted $68,500 of accounts payable into 979,550 shares of common stock and five-year warrants to purchase 979,550 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.15. In connection with this transaction, the consultant forfeited 450,000 options to purchase shares of common stock and also converted $31,500 of consulting fees into 450,450 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 450,450 shares of common stock in equal increments through December 31, 2017. On June 30, 2017, the Company issued 464,775 shares of common stock and 464,775 warrants to an investor, in connection with a $25,000 loan made to the Company on October 9, 2014, by an entity he controls. On April 14, 2017, 375,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In 2017, 73,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 1,460,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. On October 14, 2016, 125,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 125,000 shares of common stock. On October 5, 2016, 0.0451 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 383,203 shares of common stock. The issuance of shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants or the conversion of notes or preferred stock as set forth above, was made without registration, in reliance on the exemptions provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws, for exchanges of securities with existing security holders. (b)Sales Exempt Under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act On September 19, 2019, in connection with the Bridge Financing, the Company issued two Debentures for aggregate gross proceeds of $540,000. The Debentures mature on September 18, 2020. In addition, the Company issued 1,000,000 restricted shares of common stock in connection with the Bridge Financing. In September 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relation services In August 2019, the Company granted 400,000 shares of restricted common stock in relation to consulting services. In August 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relation services. In August 2019, the Company granted 200,000 shares of restricted common stock in relation to consulting services. On July 15, 2019, the Company granted 33,333 shares of restricted common stock in relation to investor relations services. On June 14, 2019, the Company issued 28,753 shares of common stock and on May 15, 2019, the Company issued 20,833 shares of common stock to an entity in relation to investor relations services.
On May 10, 2019, the Company issued 240,000 shares of restricted common stock to a director which vest over a one-year period in equal quarterly increments from May 8, 2019, subject to continued service as a director at each applicable vesting date. On April 15, 2019, the Company issued 21,739 shares of common stock to an entity in relation to investor relations services. On March 23, 2019, the Company issued 240,000 shares of restricted common stock to a director. The shares vest quarterly over a one-year period in equal increments from March 15, 2019, subject to continued service as a director on each applicable vesting date. On March 21, 2019, the Company issued 240,000 shares of restricted common stock to each of three directors of the Company. The shares vest quarterly over a one-year period in equal increments from March 15, 2019, subject to continued service as a director on each applicable vesting date. In 2018, the Company received total gross proceeds of approximately $2,079,345 from the exercise of warrants under the Warrant Reduction Program and issued a total of 20,787,784 shares of common stock upon such exercises. On July 31, 2018, one of our then directors exercised 1,439,524 warrants held by an entity under his control at an exercise price of $0.15 per share for a total price of $215,929. On June 27, 2018, the Company authorized a grant of 1,425,000 shares of restricted common stock, vesting quarterly over a one-year period, to the Company’s current and then directors. On June 27, 2018, the Company granted 150,000 shares of common stock to an entity for services rendered, vesting immediately. In April 2018, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Company exercised warrants at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, resulting in the issuance of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. On April 25, 2018, the Company granted 300,000 shares of restricted common stock to a then director in connection with his service as a member of the Board. On the same date, the Company approved a grant of 150,000 shares of vested restricted common stock to the estate of a former director of the Company. The 150,000 previously unvested shares of restricted common stock granted to said director were forfeited upon his death. On March 31, 2018, the Company entered into a Confidential Settlement Agreement with a then member of the Board, and certain other parties named in the Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Company (i) paid a total of $500,000 to a fund controlled by the former director and an additional party and (ii) issued a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the fund and the third party. On March 13, 2018, the Company granted a then director 300,000 shares of restricted common stock vesting quarterly over one year subject to continued service as of each applicable vesting date. In 2018, the Company issued shares of restricted common stock in connection with a consulting services agreement for services performed in January through June 2018 as follows: 40,000 shares on each of January 11, 2018, February 11, 2018 and March 11, 2018; 13,500 shares on each of April 11, 2018, May 11, 2018 and June 11, 2018; and 9,000 shares on June 30, 2018. In January 2018, a then member of the Board exercised 104,876 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 and a total of 104,876 shares of common stock were issued for gross proceeds of $15,731. In 2017, the Company issued shares of restricted common stock in connection with a consulting services agreement for services performed in October through December 2017 as follows: 40,000 shares on each of October 11, 2017, November 11, 2017 and December 11, 2017.
On August 31, 2017, the Company granted each director (except its chairman and CEO), 300,000 shares of restricted common stock, or a total of 2,100,000 shares, vesting quarterly over a one-year period subject to continued service as of each applicable vesting date. In 2017, the Company conducted a private placement offering with a maximum offering amount of $2,100,000 comprised of units consisting of 715,000 shares of common stock and 715,000 five-year warrants exercisable at $0.15 per share. In January 2018, the Company raised gross proceeds of $1,153,645 for the purchase of 16,513,311 shares of common stock and 16,513,311 warrants. Prior to December 2017,the Company raised gross proceeds of $1,360,250 for the purchase of19,451,575shares of common stock and19,451,575warrants. On July 19, 2017, the Company issued 371,800 shares of common stock and 371,800 warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share to a former director. In June 2017, the Company issued notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $36,000 in exchange for a loan bearing 10% annual interest maturing June 30, 2017. In May 2017, the Company issued notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $60,000 in exchange for a loan bearing 10% annual interest maturing June 30, 2017. On April 26, 2017, the Company issued a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $30,000 in exchange for a loan bearing 10% annual interest maturing October 31, 2017. On April 13, 2017, the Company issued notes payable in the principal amount of $10,000 in exchange for a loan bearing 10% annual interest maturing June 30, 2017. On March 28, 2017, the Company issued a note payable in the amount of $25,000 and five-year warrants to purchase 1,250,000 shares of common stock at $0.40 per share. On February 13, 2017, the Company issued a note payable to a director in the amount of $100,000 and a five-year warrant to purchase 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share. On January 24, 2017 and January 31, 2017, the Company issued notes payable to a then director in the aggregate amount of $20,000, and five-year warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share. In 2017, 1,678,572 shares of common stock were issued as stock-based compensation. In 2017, 38,657 shares of common stock were issued in relation to sales of common stock in prior years. On October 24, 2016, the Company issued 166,750 shares of 0% Series D Convertible Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $0.40 per share with gross proceeds to the Company of The securities described above were issued to
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(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of October 10, 2019.
Each of the undersigned be done by virtue hereof. Each of the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the date indicated. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
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