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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-K

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from ________________________________to__________________________________________

 

Commission file number: 000-52530

 

Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Colorado

 

20-8097969

 
 

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 
 

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

5350 South Roslyn, Suite 430, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

303-867-3415

Registrant's telephone number including, area code

 

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

 

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

 

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

(Title of class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes [ ]   No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act

Yes [ ]   No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X]   No [ ]

 

 

 
 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X] No [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer [ ]

 

Accelerated filer [ ]

 

Non-accelerated filer [ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  

Smaller reporting company [X]

 

 

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

Yes [ ] No [X]

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $5.2 million based on the closing sale price of the registrant’s common stock on such date as reported on the OTCQB Market.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of June 6, 2014 was 38,856,638.

 

 
 

 

 

             TABLE OF CONTENTS

     
 

PART I

 
     

Item 1.

Business.

     

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

10 

     

Item 2.

Properties.

20 

     

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings.

20 

     
 

PART II

 
     

Item 5.

Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 21 

     

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

21 

     

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

27 

     

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures.

27 

     
Item 9B. Other Information 28 
     
 

PART III

 
     

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

28 

     

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

31 

     

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 34 

     

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

35 

     

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

36 

     
 

PART IV

 
     

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

38 

     

SIGNATURES

41 

 

 
 

 

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1.     BUSINESS.

 

Forward looking Statements

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements regarding us, our business, prospects and results of operations that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties posed by many factors and events that could cause our actual business, prospects and results of operations to differ materially from those that may be anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect such forward-looking statements include, without limitation: our ability to successfully develop products and services that are commercially successful; the impact of competition on our business; changes in law or regulatory requirements that adversely affect our ability to market our products; the cost and success of our research and development efforts; delays in the introduction of our products or services into the market; our ability to protect the intellectual property we license; our ability to secure adequate financing for our operations; and our failure to keep pace with our competitors.

 

When used in this report, words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may subsequently arise. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report under ITEM 1A. “RISK FACTORS” and elsewhere in this report and the other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business.

 

Except as the context otherwise requires, the terms “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or “Omni Bio,” means Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Omni Bio Operating, Inc.

 

Background and History

 

We were incorporated in Colorado under the name of Across America Financial Services, Inc. (“Across America”) on December 1, 2005 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America Real Estate Corp. Across America completed a spin off from Across America Real Estate Corp. in March 2007. Across America intended to act as a mortgage broker for commercial real estate transactions; however, no revenues were generated from this business.

 

On March 31, 2009, Across America completed the acquisition of Apro Bio Pharmaceutical Corporation. (“Apro Bio”), a biopharmaceutical company formed for the purpose of evaluating new uses of the FDA-approved drug, alpha-1 antitrypsin (“AAT”) through license and research agreements with the Regents of the University of Colorado (“RUC”), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization, as amended (the “Merger”), among Across America, Apro Bio and Across America Acquisition Corp. (“AAAC”), a Colorado corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, AAAC was merged into Apro Bio, and Apro Bio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America. On May 27, 2009, Across America changed its corporate name to Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc.

 

Business Plan and Operation

 

We are a biopharmaceutical company that was formed to explore new methods of use of AAT. AAT is a naturally occurring protein that is essential for normal liver and lung function and has historically been purified from human blood (“p-AAT”) to treat patients suffering from emphysema due to AAT-deficiency. Marketed forms of p-AAT have demonstrated an excellent safety record in over 25 years of use. Recent research has shown that AAT has profound anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and tissue protective effects in various animal models suggestive of use in the treatment of a variety of important medical conditions.

 

We hold licenses for method of use issued patent claims for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of diabetes, certain bacterial and viral diseases and cellular transplantation and graft rejection, which include reducing the risk of a non-organ transplant rejection, reducing the risk of developing graft versus host disease (GvHD) and for treating GvHD in patients who have received a cornea, bone marrow, stem cell or pancreatic islet cell transplant. In addition, we hold licenses for method of use patent application claims for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of radiation protection and myocardial remodeling.

 

 

 
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We also hold a license to an issued method of use patent owned by a privately-held company for the treatment of diabetes using p-AAT. In 2011, we completed initial findings of a human clinical trial using p-AAT for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes (the “Diabetes Trial”). The Diabetes Trial demonstrated positive benefit in medically important endpoints that included stabilization of otherwise declining c-peptide levels and a decrease in the insulin requirement in certain patients having recent onset of Type 1 diabetes. Two other organizations, the Immune Tolerance Network (“ITN”), a joint development organization funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Organization, and Kamada, Ltd., one of the four p-AAT manufacturers, have conducted similar Type 1 diabetes clinical trials over the past three years with similar positive results as to stable c-peptide levels and decreased insulin usage. Recently, Kamada and Grifols S.A., another of the p-AAT manufacturers, have both announced the initiation of double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in Type 1 diabetics. We believe that these outcomes and actions support our premise that p-AAT or a p-AAT derivative could be used in the treatment of diabetes and other related diseases.

 

Our goal is to sublicense these patents and patent applications to various p-AAT manufacturers, of which there are four. The timing of such sublicensing is likely to be dependent upon the generation of robust clinical data sufficient to warrant label claims to the existing package inserts for the currently marketed p-AAT products.

 

An important consequence of the research that we have supported over the past several years has been to confirm in both animal models and human studies that p-AAT has potent anti-inflammatory and immune modifying activity. A substantial body of medical literature now exists demonstrating that p-AAT (e.g. commercially available or plasma purified) should be effective in the treatment of a number of common diseases, including diabetes, chronic gout and GvHD. We believe these findings in combination with p-AAT’s proven safety record in human subjects provide a strong foundation to support using it to treat diseases and conditions that we have licenses to pursue.

 

We are currently supporting two GvHD clinical trials using p-AAT that are being conducted at the University of Michigan and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

 

Fc-AAT

 

In 2011, we began funding research and development of a synthetic form of AAT (“Fc-AAT”). We believe the successful characterization and development of a recombinant Fc-AAT fusion molecule would afford us with a patentable composition of matter that could be introduced into the current p-AAT market as well as for a wide variety of clinical indications, including but not limited, to Type 1 diabetes, GvHD following bone marrow transplantation and chronic gout. The currently manufactured versions of p-AAT require weekly IV dosing in a doctor’s office or infusion clinic and cost in excess of $100,000 per year.

 

In January 2013, we chose a specific form of the Fc-AAT molecule as our lead molecule (“Fc-AAT 2”) and are placing it into preclinical development. Fc-AAT 2 is very similar to Enbrel®, in that a naturally occurring human protein is fused to the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin antibody in order to increase potency and provide for longer lasting blood levels. Worldwide regulatory agencies have a long history of approving recombinant drugs made in this fashion.

 

We currently have in vitro and in vivo studies that suggest that Fc-AAT 2 is 40-50x more potent than p-AAT in various animal models and may also have a longer duration of effect. If borne out in clinical trials, this could lead to a product that can be made rapidly and in large quantities, is able to be self-administered subcutaneously and is able to be given less often than once per week. Each of these represents a significant competitive improvement over existing p-AAT derived products which must be given intravenously, once per week in a doctor’s office or infusion clinic, and are very expensive due to the costs of the products themselves and the costs of the infusion procedures. We are considering several options for the initial clinical trials of Fc-AAT 2 with Type 1 diabetes and GvHD currently being among the most likely.  

 

Patent application filings have been made in the U.S., Canada and Europe. In November 2013, we received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for a patent for the composition of matter of Fc-AAT 2. The claims contained in this Notice of Allowance cover full-length AAT nucleic acid constructs that encode polypeptide components of the Fc-AAT 2 molecule as well as other AAT fusion polypeptides. Similar patent applications covering Fc-AAT 2 remain under review in Europe and Canada. If Fc-AAT 2 is successful in being brought to market, it is expected that we would have market exclusivity for a minimum of 12 years from the time of introduction in the U.S. and 10 years in Europe. We believe we are the only company with a fusion protein construct of the p-AAT molecule in active development. Earlier attempts by others to make stand-alone recombinant versions of the molecule have not been successful. There is, however, no assurance that we will be successful.

 

 

 
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We have also filed a global patent application for additional novel Fc-AAT constructs (“Fc-AAT 3”). Fc-AAT 3 will serve as a backup to Fc-AAT 2 and has demonstrated the potential of having still further advantages in clinical performance. If successful as a new Fc-AAT compound, Fc-AAT 3 could carry market protections to 2033 or beyond. There is, however, no assurance that we will be granted a patent on Fc-AAT 3 or that Fc-AAT 3 will be successfully brought to market. We hold two licenses with RUC for patent applications covering the Fc-AAT 2 and Fc-AAT 3 constructs, respectively.

 

Fc-AAT Research and Development

 

We have generated a fusion protein that combines human p-AAT with an Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin molecule (“IgG”). Each fusion protein contains two recombinantly made AAT molecules and two Fc molecules connected by molecular bonds. We are currently producing our Fc fusion protein through Chinese hamster ovary (“CHO”) protein expression techniques. CHO cells are frequently used in genetic studies, toxicity screening, gene expression and protein production, such as expression of recombinant proteins. Today, CHO cells are one of the most commonly used mammalian cells for industrial production of recombinant proteins used in therapeutics. We believe our technology is similar to that already used to create highly successful drugs for human application such as Enbrel® and we are encouraged by the long-term commercialization potential for the Fc-AAT molecules.

 

Fc-AAT Targeted Markets

 

We believe successful development of effective and approved Fc-AAT represents a major commercial opportunity – chiefly, that if our patent applications that cover Fc-AAT are granted, we would have the patent rights and ability to pursue development of this fusion protein for human therapeutic use. As a potential new biological drug, if we are successful in obtaining an issued patent for composition of matter for an Fc-AAT construct and obtaining FDA approval for an Fc-AAT compound, we would be provided up to 12 years of marketing exclusivity from the date of FDA approval. This could put us in a position to sublicense uses of Fc-AAT to pharmaceutical companies for treatment of multiple health-related indications. This is a high risk opportunity, and it will require significant capital and scientific and regulatory expertise in the next couple years to move Fc-AAT through the pre-clinical and, potentially, human clinical phases of regulatory testing.

 

We believe Fc-AAT could be appropriate for treatment of a broad spectrum of inflammatory diseases and other conditions. Lead indications for our Fc-AAT molecule and our estimate of their respective potential peak annual sales in the combined U.S. and European markets are:

 

Type 1 Diabetes (early onset) - $1 billion+

 

GvHD - $500 million+ and

 

Gout (Treatment Refractory) - $1 billion+

     

These revenues could be realized by Omni if it were solely responsible for commercialization; alternatively, Omni could receive a portion of such revenues in the form of royalties if Fc-AAT was commercialized by a third party. Other indications could include rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”) and myocardial infarction.

 

Type 1 Diabetes

 

We believe the preliminary results of the three pilot studies in Type 1 Diabetes using p-AAT demonstrate evidence of AAT’s potential as a treatment for early onset Type 1 diabetes and the recent announcement by two p-AAT manufacturers support the rationale for developing Fc-AAT as a lower cost, more readily produced and potentially more potent alternative to p-AAT. According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, “over 15,000 children are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes annually in the U.S. and the rate of Type 1 diabetes incidence among children under the age of 14 is estimated to increase by 3% annually worldwide.” This points to a growing population of early onset diabetics in this country, which we believe could be treated with Fc-AAT.

 

 

 
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Cellular Transplantation

 

Several research groups have studied p-AAT’s effects on reducing transplant rejection and reducing side effects of transplantation in various types of cellular transplants. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (“PNAS”) entitled Alpha 1-Antitypsin monotherapy prolongs islet allograft survival in mice (PNAS August 23, 2005 Lewis et al) illustrated that p-AAT could be effective in prolonging islet cell transplants by reducing or eliminating cellular transplantation rejection.

 

Islet cell transplantation used to treat Type 1 diabetics typically incurs a very high rate of rejection (or cell death rate). In preliminary studies, mice treated with plasma-derived AAT evidenced a 100% acceptance of the cellular transplant. Islet cell transplantation is a relatively simple one hour surgical procedure, but has been plagued with high levels of cellular transplant rejection. If the rate of rejection can be reduced or eliminated, this could have a positive impact on the success of islet cell transplantation to treat Type 1 diabetics.

 

GvHD

 

GvHD commonly occurs as an adverse event in bone marrow transplantation patients. Bone marrow transplantation is often performed on late stage cancer patients who have failed alternative therapies. Bone marrow is the soft tissue inside bones that stores stem cells that eventually develop into blood cells that are responsible for immune response. A bone marrow transplant can be from the patient or from a matched donor. A bone marrow donor other than an identical twin is normally a close, but not exact match to, a recipient’s bone marrow. Differences between the donor’s and recipient’s bone marrow can cause T cells (a type of white blood cell) to attack the recipient’s body due to the foreign bone marrow being recognized as a foreign substance by the T cells. Acute GvHD generally starts within the first three months after transplantation, while chronic GvHD typically starts about three months after transplantation. GvHD can last three years or longer after transplantation.

 

Once a recipient has received a bone marrow transplant, the recipient typically takes steroid drugs that suppress the immune system, reducing the severity or risk of incurring GvHD. Acute symptoms of GvHD can include abdominal pain and cramps, diarrhea, fever, jaundice, skin rash, vomiting and weight loss. Chronic symptoms can include dry eyes and mouth, hair loss, hepatitis, lung and digestive tract disorders and skin rash. Increased rates of infection due to immune system suppression during and after the transplant procedure can be common. Complications can include severe damage to the liver, lung or digestive tract, severe infection and severe lung disease. Some of these complications can lead to death. Mortality rates from GvHD depend on the degree of severity. Preliminary animal studies performed by our researchers indicate that p-AAT reduces the onset of GvHD in bone marrow transplant models. We have patent applications filed in the U.S, Europe and Canada for the use of p-AAT to treat this disease.

 

According to GlobalData – “Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD) Therapeutics – Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2018,” “the GvHD global market for 2010 was estimated at $261 million with an estimated compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 11.3%. For 2018, the GvHD global market is estimated to be $615 million based on the CAGR of 11.3%.”

 

Cardiac Remodeling

 

Myocardial infarction (“MI”) or acute myocardial infarction (“AMI”), commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, typically resulting in some heart cells dying and/or scarring of the heart due to remodeling in areas where the heart cells have died (infarct). This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (cholesterol and fatty acids) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery. The resulting ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and ensuing oxygen shortage, if left untreated for a sufficient period of time, can cause severe damage or death (infarction) of heart muscle tissue (myocardium) and remodeling which can result in non-functional regions of the post-MI heart.

 

In initial animal models completed by our research scientists, the infarct was reduced by approximately 50% after a single dose of p-AAT. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”), “heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, with the estimated cost of heart disease in the U.S. of $316 billion in 2010.” We are currently pursuing a patent application in this indication.

 

 

 
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License and Sponsored Research Agreements

 

Fc-AAT

 

We hold an exclusive license with RUC covering patent applications covering composition of matter and methods of use for various Fc-AAT constructs.

 

Bacterial Disorders

 

We hold an exclusive license with RUC covering a patent and patent applications for the use of p-AAT in the treatment and/or prevention of certain bacterial disorders (the “Bacterial License”). The Bacterial License also includes patent applications covering composition of matter and methods of use for our Fc-AAT 2 construct. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, we funded research on Fc-AAT 2 in laboratories at the University of Colorado and with an outside investigator.

 

Viral Disorders

 

We hold an exclusive license with RUC covering patents and patent applications for the use of p-AAT in the treatment and/or prevention of certain viral disorders (the “Viral License”).

 

Cellular Transplantation

 

We hold an exclusive license with RUC covering patent applications for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of cellular transplantation rejection and graft rejection (the “Graft License”). The transplantation procedures include cellular transplantation, including bone marrow, as well as pancreatic islet cells, among others. We are currently pursuing patent rights under this license agreement for the treatment of cellular transplantation and graft rejection disorders, including GvHD, in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

 

Diabetes

 

We hold a license to an issued patent for the treatment of diabetes (Types 1 and 2) using p-AAT (the “Diabetes Patent”) with Bio Holding, Inc. (“Bio Holding”), (the “Diabetes License”). Bio Holding is majority-owned by Dr. Leland Shapiro, who is the inventor on the Diabetes Patent and also a significant shareholder of the Company.

 

License Payments and Commitments

 

To date, the following consideration has been paid related to our license agreements with RUC and Bio Holding:

 

License

 

License Fees

and Minimum

Royalties

   

SRA

Payments

   

Fair Value of

Equity

Securities

   

Total

 
                                 
                                 

Bacterial

    $45,000       $1,097,460       $64,301       $1,206,761  
                                 

Graft

    $49,736       $-       $698,939       $748,675  
                                 

Fc-AAT

    $46,154       $437,500       $-       $483,654  
                                 

Viral

    $25,000       $150,000       $-       $175,000  
                                 

Diabetes

    $25,000       $88,000       $5,590,980       $5,703,980  
                                 
      $190,890       $1,772,960       $6,354,220       $8,318,070  

 

 

 
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Future royalty obligations under our license agreements with RUC and Bio Holding are summarized below:

 

 

License

 

Field of Use

Minimum

Royalties

Milestone

Royalties

Earned

Royalties (5)

Sublicense

Royalties (6)

           

Bacterial (1)

 Bacterial disorders

and various therapeutic

indications treated with

Fc-AAT

$25,000 per year

(2)

4% of Net Sales

20%

Graft (1)

 

Cellular transplantation

/graft rejection

(including GvHD)

$15,000 per year

(2)

3% of Net Sales

20%

Fc-AAT (1)

Various therapeutic

indications

 $15,000 per year

(2)

2.5% of Net Sales

20%

Viral (1)

 Viral disorders

$50,000 per year

after first

commercial sale

(3)

4% of Net Sales

20% to 30%

Diabetes (4)

Diabetes

None

None

 

4% of Gross Revenues

 

30%

 

(1) Licensed to us by RUC.

 

(2) Payable as follows: $25,000 for each therapeutic indication upon the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial; $100,000 for each therapeutic indication upon the initiation of a Phase III clinical trial; $200,000 upon the approval of any licensed product by the U.S. FDA (or foreign equivalent).

 

(3) Payable as follows: $100,000 upon completion of any phase III clinical trial and $150,000 upon first commercial sale. No milestone royalties are required for the first therapeutic indication. For the second therapeutic indication, 100% of the milestone royalties shall be paid, and for subsequent therapeutic indications 50% of the milestone royalties shall be paid.

 

(4) Licensed to us by Bio Holding.

 

(5) Calculated based on direct net sales of product by us.

 

(6) Calculated based on royalties received by us on a sublicense arrangement with a third party.

 

The license agreements expire upon the expiration date of the last patent covered by the agreement and may also be terminated by either party in the event of a default by the other party.

 

Research and Development Expense

  

For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we incurred approximately $163,000 and $297,000, respectively, in research and development expenses. In the future, we expect most of our research and development efforts to focus on Fc-AAT development.

 

 

 
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Commercialization and Competition

 

Principal competitive factors in our industry include:

 

 

the quality and breadth of an organization’s intellectual property, research and development capabilities;

 

the skill of an organization’s employees, including with respect to commercialization and its ability to recruit and retain skilled employees;

 

the range of capabilities, from target identification and validation to drug discovery and development to manufacturing and marketing; and

 

the availability of substantial capital resources to fund discovery, development and commercialization activities.

 

We believe that our patent application that claims Fc-AAT as a novel compound(s) provides us reasonable protection as we proceed through a preclinical program to develop one or more Fc-AAT compounds through to early clinical testing. In the future, we anticipate making additional patent application filings, which we believe will provide us additional intellectual property to one or more novel Fc-AAT compounds. In order to proceed with development of Fc-AAT compounds, we will need to raise additional capital and hire additional personnel with experience and expertise in drug development. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in raising the capital required to adequately fund a preclinical drug candidate or that we will be able to attract and retain qualified personnel.

 

We are aware of products in development by others that address all of the diseases we are targeting, and any of these products may compete with our product candidates. Competitors may succeed in developing their products before we do, obtaining approvals from the FDA or other regulatory agencies for their products more rapidly than we do, or developing products that are more effective than our products. Competing products or technologies might render our technology obsolete or noncompetitive. Competition is based primarily on product efficacy, safety, timing and scope of regulatory approvals, availability of supply, price, marketing and sales capability, reimbursement coverage and patent position.

 

We are aware that a number of pharmaceutical companies have been attempting to develop a successful recombinant form of AAT over the past 10-20 years. Currently, we believe that several are continuing with their research and development efforts and may have filed their drug candidates for IND approval. These companies may include one or more of the current p-AAT manufacturers and additional larger pharmaceutical companies. All of these competitors have significantly greater financial and legal resources, larger and more experienced research and development departments and experienced marketing, distribution and sales groups. Currently, we believe we are the only company pursuing a recombinant form of AAT using an Fc fusion protein.

 

Government Regulation

 

Regulations in the U.S. and other countries will have a significant impact on our research, product development and manufacturing capability and, ultimately, the marketing of our products. All of our products will require regulatory approval prior to commercialization. In particular, our products will be subject to rigorous pre-clinical and clinical testing and other pre-market approval requirements by the FDA and similar regulatory authorities in other countries. Various statutes and regulations also govern, or influence the manufacturing, practice, safety, labeling, storage, record keeping and marketing of our products. The lengthy process of seeking these approvals and the subsequent compliance with applicable statutes and regulations will require the expenditure of substantial resources. Any failure by us to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, regulatory approvals could have a material, adverse effect on our ability to commercialize our products in a timely manner, or at all.

 

Preclinical Testing. Before a drug may be clinically tested in the U.S., it must be the subject of rigorous preclinical testing. Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry and animal studies to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product and its formulations. The results of these studies must be submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, which is reviewed by the FDA before clinical testing in humans can begin.

 

 

 
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Clinical Testing. Typically, clinical testing involves a three-phase process, which generally lasts four to seven years, and sometimes longer:

 

 

Phase 1 clinical trials are conducted with a small number of subjects to determine the early safety profile and the pattern of drug distribution and metabolism.

 

 

Phase 2 clinical trials are conducted with groups of patients afflicted with a specified disease in order to provide enough data to evaluate preliminary efficacy and optimal dosages statistically and to expand evidence of safety.

 

 

Phase 3 clinical trials are large-scale, multi-center, comparative trials, which are designed to gather additional information for proper dosage and labeling of the drug and to demonstrate its overall safety and efficacy.

 

The FDA monitors the progress of each phase of testing and may require the modification, suspension or termination of a trial if it is determined to present excessive risks to patients. The clinical trial process may be accompanied by substantial delay and expense, and there can be no assurance that the data generated in these studies will ultimately be sufficient for marketing approval by the FDA.

 

Marketing Approvals. Before a product can be marketed and sold, the results of the pre-clinical and clinical testing must be submitted to the FDA for approval. This submission will be either an IND or a biologic license application, depending on the type of drug. In responding to an IND or a biologic license application, the FDA may grant marketing approval, request additional information or deny the application if it determines that the application does not provide an adequate basis for approval. There can be no assurance that any approval required by the FDA will be obtained on a timely basis, or at all.

 

In addition, the FDA may condition marketing approval on the conduct of specific post-marketing studies to further evaluate safety and efficacy. Rigorous and extensive FDA regulation of pharmaceutical products continues after approval, particularly with respect to compliance with “current good manufacturing practices” (“cGMPs”), reporting of adverse effects, advertising, promotion and marketing. Discovery of previously unknown problems or failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements may result in restrictions on the marketing of a product or withdrawal of the product from the market as well as possible civil or criminal sanctions, any of which could materially adversely affect our business.

 

Foreign Regulation. We must obtain regulatory approval by governmental agencies in other countries prior to commercialization of our products in those countries. Foreign regulatory systems may be more rigorous, costly and uncertain than the U.S.

 

Possible Pricing Restrictions. The levels of revenues and profitability of biopharmaceutical companies may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and third party payers to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the U.S., there have been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental control.

 

While we cannot predict whether any legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the adoption of such proposals could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition and profitability. In addition, in the U.S. and elsewhere, sales of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products depend in part on the availability of reimbursement to the consumer from third party payors, such as government and private insurance plans. Third party payors are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. There can be no assurance that any of our products will be considered cost effective or that reimbursement to the consumer will be available or will be sufficient to allow us to sell our products on a competitive and profitable basis.

 

Employees

 

As of March 31, 2014, we had one full-time employee, performing the roles of both Chief Executive and Financial Officer. A search is underway to replace our former Chief Financial Officer that left the Company on March 28, 2014. Our Chief Scientific Officer is a part-time consultant. We have also retained other part-time consultants to assist us in recombinant material preparation, preclinical development planning, regulatory science, business development and accounting.

 

 

 
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Recent Developments

 

In April 2014, we secured additional financing under a private placement offering (the “2014 Private Placement”) with Bohemian Investments LLC (“Bohemian”), an affiliate of BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of the Company, that enables the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000 through April 15, 2015 and enables like funding of up to $1,000,000 from other sources. The financing is in the form of a one-year note convertible into common stock of Omni Bio at the lower of $0.20 per share or 65% of the stock price offered in connection with a public offering of the Company’s common stock. As additional consideration for the note, we issued 3,000,000 warrants to purchase Omni Bio common stock to BOCO at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with an April 15, 2015 expiration date and 1,000,000 warrants to Bohemian at an exercise price of $0.25 per share with an April 15, 2019 expiration date. We also extended three existing warrant agreements with BOCO to December 31, 2019 and reset the exercise price on such warrants to $0.25 per share from prior exercise prices of $0.50-1.50. All new and revised warrants have anti-dilution provisions which would be triggered if the Company subdivides its outstanding common stock shares by recapitalization, reclassification or split-up, or if the Company declares a stock dividend or distributes common stock shares to its shareholders.

 

Additionally, in April 2014 we announced the execution of a multi-phase contract manufacturing services agreement with Gallus BioPharmaceuticals LLC (“Gallus”) under which certain cell line optimization and process development work are contemplated for our Fc-AAT 2 molecule. The ultimate goal is to have Gallus manufacture material for use in preclinical toxicology studies and early trials in humans. It is anticipated that the first phase of these activities will be performed over a 7 to 8 month period at a cost of up to $700,000.

 

How to Obtain Our SEC Filings

 

We file annual, quarterly, and special reports and other information with the SEC. Reports and other information filed with the SEC can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities of the SEC at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Such material may also be accessed electronically by means of the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You may also access the reports we file with the SEC, free of charge, in the investor relations section of our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC.

 

Our investor relations department can be contacted at our principal executive office located at 5350 South Roslyn, Suite 430, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Our investor relations phone number at our headquarters is (720) 488-4754 and our website is www.omnibiopharma.com.

 

ITEM 1A.     RISK FACTORS.

 

Our short and long-term success is subject to many factors beyond our control. If any of the following risks, as well as any risks described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

 

Financial Risks

 

We are in the early stages of drug development and we may not be able to generate revenues and may never become profitable.

 

The development and commercialization of new drugs is highly technical, competitive and speculative. As a development stage company, we have not had any revenue, nor have we commercialized any products, and have incurred losses in each year since our inception. Our net losses were $2.5 million and $7.5 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and as of March 31, 2014, we had an accumulated deficit of $46.5 million. As a result of these factors, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, our independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph within their report issued on our financial statements, which expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern (“going concern qualification”).

 

Provided that sufficient funding is available, we expect to continue to incur significant operating losses in the foreseeable future, as we continue our research activities, conduct the development of, and seek regulatory approvals for, treatment methods and potential new compounds. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the expenses, difficulties and delays frequently encountered in connection with development stage companies and the competitive environment of the life sciences industry. There can be no assurance that we will be able to develop a revenue source in the near term or at all or that our operations will become profitable.

 

 

 
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To continue our operations, pursue our current business strategy and continue developing our products, we will need substantial additional funding in the future. If we do not obtain this funding on acceptable terms or at all, we may not be able to continue our business or generate sufficient revenue to recover our investment in our product development efforts.

 

We have expended, and will continue to expend, substantial funds to conduct our preclinical drug studies, which includes research and development programs, scale-up synthesis and purification and safety and toxicity testing of Fc-AAT 2 and other related molecules. To date, we have financed our operations through the issuance of equity and debt securities. We will need additional financing to fund our operating expenses, pursue our patent applications and continue our scientific research. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all. If we do not raise additional funding over the next year, we will be forced to cease our operations, liquidate our assets and/or declare bankruptcy. If we are able to raise additional funds by issuing equity securities or securities convertible into equity, the new equity securities may dilute the interests of our existing stockholders. Debt or preferred stock financing, if available, may involve agreements containing covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take certain actions, including incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.

 

In the long term, we will most likely need to partner with another pharmaceutical company in order to have sufficient funding to pursue additional clinical trials, pursue FDA approval for our products and product uses, and bring our products to market, and we make no assurance that we will be able to achieve such a partnership.

 

Our need for additional funding will depend on many factors, including, without limitation:

 

 

the amount of revenue or cost sharing, if any, that we are able to obtain from others, and the time and costs required to achieve those revenues;

 

the timing, scope and results of pre-clinical studies and clinical trials;

 

the size, cost and complexity of our scientific development programs;

 

the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;

 

the time and costs related to scaling up production;

 

the costs of launching our products;

 

the costs of commercializing our products, including marketing, promotional and sales costs;

 

our ability to establish and maintain collaborative partnerships;

 

the costs involved in filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent rights; and

 

scientific progress in our research and development programs.

 

If we are unable to raise additional funds, we may, among other things:

 

 

be unable to operate as a going concern;

 

delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research and development programs;

 

delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our commercialization activities;

 

delay, scale back or eliminate pursuit of some or all of our patent application rights;

 

lose rights under existing licenses;

 

relinquish more of, or all of, our rights to product candidates on less favorable terms than we would otherwise seek; and

 

cease operations, liquidate our assets or declare bankruptcy.

 

 

 
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We may be unable to accurately estimate our future operating expenses and/or our research and development costs, which could lead to unanticipated cash shortfalls.

 

Our operating expenses and research and development costs could fluctuate significantly or be significantly higher than forecasted expenses and costs. Many factors are outside of our control and include:

 

 

the time and resources required to develop our product candidates, conduct preclinical and clinical trials, obtain regulatory approvals and create effective commercialization opportunities;

 

the expenses we incur for research and development required to develop our drug candidates and to maintain and improve our technology;

 

the costs to attract and retain personnel with the skills required for effective operations; and

 

the costs of preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent rights and other patent related costs, including litigation costs and the results of such litigation.

 

In May 2012, we issued approximately $1.0 million of Convertible Notes in a private placement. In addition, in October 2012, we issued a Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note to BOCO Investments, LLC (the “BOCO Note”) in an amount of $600,000.  Principal and interest on the Convertible Notes may be paid in our discretion in cash or shares of our common stock; however, principal on the BOCO Note may only be repaid in cash.  There is no assurance that we will have sufficient cash or other assets to satisfy the principal payments on the BOCO Note at its maturity date of October 31, 2015.  If we are unable to repay the BOCO Note at its maturity, we will be in default under the BOCO Note and BOCO Investments, LLC could initiate a bankruptcy proceeding against us or collection proceedings with respect to our assets.

 

 

In April, 2014, we issued a Convertible Note to Bohemian Investment LLC, an affiliate of BOCO, that enables us to receive up to $2.0 million. This note adds to our debt position and also requires us to be in compliance with certain performance and debt covenants. If we are unable to repay the Bohemian Note, we could be subject to collection proceedings with respect to our assets.

 

 

Product Development and Commercialization Risks

 

We may be unsuccessful in commercializing our products. If we are unable to commercialize our products, we may not be able to recover the large investment that we plan to make in our product development efforts.

 

We will likely have to make substantial expenditures before we are able to generate any revenue from our current recombinant molecule (“Fc-AAT 2”) or other related molecules. Before we can commercialize a product, we must rigorously test the product in the laboratory and complete extensive human studies. There can be no assurance that the costs of testing and studies will yield products approved for marketing by the FDA or that any such products will be profitable. We will incur substantial additional costs to continue these activities. If we are not successful in commercializing Fc-AAT 2 or other related molecules, we may be unable to recover the large investment we have made and plan to make in research and development efforts.

 

Our ability to develop and commercialize products will depend on our ability to:

 

 

hire and retain the necessary personnel to manage our research and development efforts;

 

overcome potential setbacks and otherwise complete laboratory testing and human studies;

 

obtain and maintain necessary intellectual property rights to our products;

 

obtain and maintain necessary regulatory approvals related to the efficacy and safety of our products;

 

obtain a strategic partner for future funding or a potential licensing or sub-licensing arrangement with an existing commercial pharmaceutical company;

 

otherwise raise additional capital to fund our operations;

 

enter into arrangements with third parties to manufacture our products; and

 

deploy sales and marketing resources effectively or enter into arrangements with third parties to provide these functions.

 

 

 
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Our successful commercialization and product development efforts depend on the development of compositions of matter related to Fc-AAT 2 or other related molecules, and our ability to market our products with the assistance of collaborators or strategic partners.

 

Our product development depends on our ability to successfully develop new compositions of matter and on the marketability, commercialization and profitability of such product(s). Commercialization involves risks of failure inherent in the development of products based on innovative technologies and the risks associated with drug development generally. These risks include, without limitation, the following:

 

 

These technologies or any or all of the products based on these technologies may be difficult to appropriately manufacture, ineffective or toxic, or otherwise fail to receive necessary regulatory clearances;

 

The products, even if safe and effective, may be difficult to manufacture on a large scale or uneconomical to market;

 

Proprietary rights of third parties may prevent us from obtaining issued patents; exploiting technologies or marketing products; and

  Third parties may market superior or equivalent products.

 

We have never successfully marketed any products. If we develop products that can be marketed, we intend to market the products with the assistance of collaborators or strategic partners. If we decide to market any products, we will incur significant additional expenditures and commit significant additional management resources to establish a sales force. For any products that we market together with partners, we will rely, in whole or in part, on the marketing capabilities of those partners. We may also contract with additional third parties to market certain of our products or uses of certain products. Ultimately, we and our partners may not be successful in marketing our products. We may not be successful in some or all of these initiatives, and as a result, we may fail to produce adequate or any revenue to sustain our business.

 

We may require, and may not be able to obtain, substantial additional financial resources in order to carry our products into clinical trials, and our clinical trials may not be successful.

 

Conducting clinical trials is a lengthy and expensive process. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of any product, we must demonstrate through the use of animal models and human clinical trials that the product can be consistently made and is both effective and safe for use in humans. We will incur substantial additional expenses for and devote a significant amount of time to these studies.

 

Before a drug may be marketed in the U.S., a drug must be subjected to rigorous preclinical testing. The results of these studies must be submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, which is reviewed by the FDA before clinical testing in humans can begin. The results of preclinical studies do not predict clinical success. A number of potential drugs have shown promising results in early testing, but most have subsequently failed to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and this could happen to our products. Data obtained from tests is susceptible to varying interpretations, which may delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. Regulatory authorities may refuse or delay approval as a result of many other factors, including changes in regulatory policy during the period of product development.

 

If an IND is obtained, completion of human clinical trials may take several years. The time required varies substantially according to the type, complexity, novelty and intended use of the product candidate. The progress of clinical trials is monitored by both the FDA and independent data monitoring committees, which may require the modification, suspension or termination of a trial if it is determined to present excessive risks to patients. Our rate of commencement and completion of clinical trials may be delayed by many factors, including, without limitation:

 

 

our ability to timely raise necessary funding;

 

our inability to provide sufficient quantities and/or quality of materials for use in clinical trials;

 

variability in the number and types of patients available for each study;

 

difficulty in maintaining contact with patients after treatment, resulting in incomplete data;

 

unforeseen safety issues or side effects;

 

poor or unanticipated effectiveness of products during the clinical trials; or

 

governmental or regulatory delays.

 

Our product development costs will also increase if we experience delays in testing or approvals. We do not know whether potential clinical trials will begin as planned, will need to be restructured or will be completed on schedule, if at all. Significant clinical trial delays could allow our competitors to bring their products to market before we do and impair our ability to commercialize our products or product candidates.

 

 

 
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Because we will depend on third parties to perform scale-up synthesis, safety and toxicity testing and to conduct our human studies of Fc-AAT, we may encounter delays in, or lose some control over, our efforts to develop products.

 

We do not have the financial or technical abilities to independently conduct the preclinical or clinical trials required to obtain regulatory approval for our products. We expect to contract with third-party research organizations to conduct all of our preclinical development work for Fc-AAT 2 and, if successful in the preclinical stage, to conduct human clinical studies. If we are unable to obtain necessary services on acceptable terms, or at all, we may not complete our product development efforts in a timely manner.

 

Because we will rely on third parties for successful execution of our preclinical and human clinical trial studies, we will not be able to control many aspects of their activities. We will, however, remain responsible for ensuring that each of our clinical trials is conducted in accordance with the general investigational plan and protocols for the trial, and the FDA requires us to comply with certain standards, commonly referred to as “Good Clinical Practices,” for conducting, recording and reporting the results of clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality of trial participants are protected. Our reliance on third parties that we do not control will not relieve us of these responsibilities and requirements. Third parties may not complete activities on schedule, or may not conduct our clinical trials in accordance with regulatory requirements or our stated protocols. The failure of these third parties to carry out their obligations could delay or prevent the development, approval and/or commercialization of our product candidates.

 

Our insurance policies protect us only from some business risks, which may leave us exposed to significant, uninsured liabilities.

 

We carry insurance based on management’s and our Board’s assessment of related risk that our business may encounter. Currently, we believe overall coverage to be adequate based on our stage of development. Our lack of liquidity generally requires us to pay higher than average premiums for certain insurance policies. In addition, such policies contain deductibles that we consider significant to our cash available for operations. In the future, we do not know if we will be able to obtain insurance with adequate levels of coverage or, if available, able to afford the premiums. Any significant uninsured liability may require us to pay substantial amounts, which would adversely affect our cash position and results of operations.

 

Our business and products may subject us to product liability claims. 

 

We will face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the testing of our product candidates in clinical trials and will face increased risk if we commercially sell any products that we develop. Although, we intend to obtain and maintain product liability insurance to protect us, we may be unable to maintain such insurance, or it may not cover certain potential claims against us.

 

Product liability insurance is expensive and may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Successful product liability claims brought against us in excess of our insurance coverage would have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, product liability claims, whether or not successful, may result in decreased demand for our products, injury to our reputation, withdrawal of clinical trial participants, legal defense costs and difficulty commercializing our product candidates.

 

The commercial success of any products that we may develop, if any, will depend upon the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, healthcare payors and others in the medical community. 

 

Any products that we bring to the market may not gain market acceptance by physicians, patients, healthcare payors and others in the medical community. If these products do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate material product revenue and we may not become profitable. The degree of market acceptance of our product candidates, if approved for commercial sale, will depend on a number of factors, including:

 

 

the prevalence and severity of any side effects;

 

the efficacy and potential advantages of alternative treatments;

 

the prices of our product candidates;

 

the willingness of physicians to prescribe our products; and

 

third-party coverage or reimbursement.

 

If we are not successful in commercializing our products that have been approved for commercial sale, we may be unable to recover the large investment we have made and plan to make in research and development efforts.

 

 

 
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If the healthcare system or reimbursement policies change, the prices of our potential products may be lower than expected and our potential sales may decline.

 

The levels of revenue and profitability of biopharmaceutical companies like ours may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the U.S., there has been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental control. While we cannot predict whether any legislative or regulatory proposals will be adopted, the adoption of such proposals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and profitability. In addition, in the U.S. and elsewhere, sales of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products depend in part on the availability of reimbursement to the consumer from third-party payors, such as government and private insurance plans. Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. There can be no assurance that any of our products will be considered cost effective or that reimbursement to the consumer will be available or will be sufficient to allow us to sell our products on a competitive and profitable basis.

 

We may not be able to successfully compete against companies in our industry. 

 

The development and commercialization of new drugs is highly competitive. We face competition with respect to our current product candidates and any products we may seek to develop or commercialize in the future from major pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies worldwide. Our competitors may develop products that are more effective, safer, more convenient or less costly than any that we are developing. Our competitors may also obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours.

 

There are approved products on the market for most of the diseases and indications for which we are developing products. In many cases, these products have well-known brand names, are distributed by large pharmaceutical companies with substantial resources and have achieved widespread acceptance among physicians and patients. Large pharmaceutical companies have greater financial resources and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, pre-clinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Smaller or early stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies.

 

Intellectual Property Risks

 

We rely on licenses to patents and patent applications for future commercialization and the loss of these licenses could have material adverse effect on our business. 

 

If we breach or fail to perform the material conditions of our licensing arrangements covering intellectual property, including our payment obligations or fail to extend the term of these arrangements, we may lose all or some or all of our rights to such intellectual property, and such loss would have a material adverse effect on our business. If we lost our rights to such intellectual property, we would need to find existing alternative, non-infringing technology, if any exists, or develop new technology ourselves. The pursuit of any such alternative would cause significant delay in the development and commercialization of our proposed products and may prove impossible.

 

 

 
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The issued patents covered under our licensing agreements have limited jurisdictions, which may limit the potential markets we could sell or license we are successful in achieving an NDA from the FDA. 

 

We hold a license for composition of matter patents related to our Fc-AAT 2 molecule in the U.S., Canada and Europe, which would likely limit our ability to market a successful Fc-AAT 2 drug to those jurisdictions. Competitors could be able to market a successful Fc-AAT 2 drug in other jurisdictions We have recently had a composition of matter patent allowed in the U.S. that covers claims for our AAT-Fc 2 molecule; similar patent applications in Europe and Canada remain under review and are not yet allowed and may never be issued.

 

In addition, we are a licensee to an issued patent in the U.S. for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of diabetes and an issued patent in Canada for the uses of p-AAT in reducing the risk of a non-organ transplant rejection, reducing the risk of developing graft versus host disease (GvHD) and for treating GvHD in patients who have received a cornea, bone marrow, stem cell or pancreatic islet cell transplant..

 

In January 2013, we filed a PCT patent application covering Fc-AAT-3 (the “Fc-AAT 3 Patent”). Prosecution for the Fc-AAT 3 Patent has not reached national stage and it could take up to two years for final actions to occur. The Fc-AAT 3 Patent has a priority date of January 7, 2013.

 

Claims pursued in all of our patent applications may be determined to be unpatentable for all cases, or if issued, subsequently found to be invalid. The claims pursued in these applications may be the subject of interference proceedings by the USPTO or other international patent agencies, which determine the priority of inventions and, thus, the right to a patent for technology.

 

Our commercial success will depend on our ability to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of other parties.

 

Legal standards relating to the validity of patents covering pharmaceutical and biotechnological inventions are stringent and continuously evolving due in part to recent case law decisions. The patent position of a biotechnology company is susceptible to uncertainty and involves complex legal and factual questions.

 

We may have to initiate arbitration or litigation to enforce our patent and license rights. If our competitors file patent applications that claim technology also claimed by us, we may have to evaluate priority of the applications. Alternatively, we may have to participate in interference or opposition proceedings to determine the priority of invention regarding earlier applications filed prior to the change in the USPTO to First to File instead of First to Invent. An adverse outcome could subject us to significant liabilities to third parties and require us to cease using the licensed rights or to license the disputed rights from third parties. We may not be able to obtain any required licenses on commercially acceptable terms, or at all.

 

The cost to us of any litigation or proceeding relating to patent rights, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial and in excess of our financial resources. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and pursuit of any patent litigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the marketplace. If we are unable to obtain a license to the patented technology we need, or are unable to obtain a license on terms we consider to be acceptable, or if we were unable to design our products or processes to avoid infringement of such patented technology, our business could be harmed.

 

Patents in the U.S. have a 20-year life from the date of filing of the non-provisional patent application. In addition, in the U.S. and Europe, patents to certain biologics may qualify for 10 to 12 years of extended life irrespective of the standard 20-year life of patents. Our ability to generate revenue or royalties from a potential sub-licensor of our licensed patents will largely be based upon the value as determined by the remaining patent life and/or exclusivity periods associated with each patent or patent application.

 

 

 
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If patent laws or the interpretation of patent laws change, our competitors may be able to develop and commercialize our discoveries.

 

Important legal issues remain to be resolved as to the extent and scope of available patent protection for biotechnology products and processes in the U.S. and other important markets outside the U.S., such as Canada and Europe. Foreign markets may not provide the same level of patent protection as provided under the U.S. patent system. We expect that litigation or administrative proceedings may be necessary to determine the validity and scope of certain of our and others’ proprietary rights. Any such litigation or proceeding may result in a significant commitment of resources in the future, and could force us to do one or more of the following: cease selling or using any of our products that incorporate the challenged intellectual property, which would adversely affect our revenue; obtain a license from the holder of the intellectual property right alleged to have been infringed, which license may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all; and redesign our products to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties, which may be time-consuming or impossible to do. In addition, changes in, or different interpretations of, patent laws in the U.S. and other countries may result in patent laws that allow others to use our discoveries or develop and commercialize our products. We cannot assure you that the patents we obtain or the unpatented technology we hold will afford us significant commercial protection.

 

If patent applications that we currently license do issue, they may not fully protect our discoveries, and competitors may be able to commercialize products similar to those covered by the issued patents.

 

Issued patents may not provide commercially meaningful protection against competitors and may not provide us with competitive advantages. Other parties may challenge the patents or design around the issued patents or develop products providing effects similar to the products for which we have obtained a license. In addition, others may discover uses for the technologies other than those uses covered by the patent rights we license, and these other uses may be separately patentable. The holder of a patent covering the use of a technology for which we have a patent claim could exclude us from selling a product for a use covered by its patent.

 

Regulatory Risks

 

Because we are subject to extensive changing government regulatory requirements, we may be unable to obtain government approval of our products in a timely manner or at all.

 

Regulations in the U.S. and other countries will have a significant impact on our research, product development and manufacturing activities and will be a significant factor in the marketing of our products. All of our products will require regulatory approval prior to commercialization. In particular, our products are subject to rigorous pre-clinical and clinical testing and other pre-market approval requirements by the FDA and similar regulatory authorities in Canada and Europe. Various statutes and regulations also govern or influence the manufacturing, safety, labeling, storage, record keeping and marketing of our products. The lengthy process of seeking these approvals and the subsequent compliance with applicable statutes and regulations require the expenditure of substantial resources. Changes in regulatory approval policies during the development period, changes in or the enactment of additional statutes and regulations or changes in regulatory review for each product application may delay or prevent regulatory approval of an application. The FDA has substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application or may require additional pre-clinical, clinical or other studies. Any failure by us to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, regulatory approvals could materially adversely affect our ability to commercialize our products in a timely manner, or at all.

 

Healthcare reform, which includes amendments to the Food and Drug Act, may adversely impact our business.

 

The U.S. government and other governments have shown significant interest in pursuing healthcare reform. Any government-adopted reform measures could adversely impact:

 

  the pricing of healthcare products in the U.S. or internationally; and
 

the amount of reimbursement available from governmental agencies or other third-party payors.

 

New laws, regulations and judicial decisions, or new interpretations of existing laws, regulations and decisions that relate to healthcare availability, methods of delivery or payment for products and services, or sales, marketing or pricing may cause our revenue to decline, and we may need to revise our research and development programs.

 

On September 27, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 was enacted, giving the FDA enhanced post-market authority, including the authority to require post-market studies and clinical trials, labeling changes based on new safety information and compliance with risk evaluation and mitigation strategies approved by the FDA. The FDA's exercise of its new authority could result in delays or increased costs during the period of product development, clinical trials and regulatory review and approval, increased costs to assure compliance with new post-approval regulatory requirements and potential restrictions on the sale of approved products.

 

 

 
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If we or third-party manufacturers or suppliers fail to comply with ongoing FDA or other regulatory authority requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems with our products, our products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market. 

 

Rigorous and extensive regulation by the FDA and other domestic and foreign regulatory bodies continues after approval, particularly with respect to compliance with “current good manufacturing practices,” reporting of adverse effects, advertising, promotion and marketing. Particularly, we and any third-party manufacturers will be required to comply with the FDA’s regulations covering manufacturing, design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, storage and shipping of the products for which we obtain approval. These regulations are enforced through periodic inspections. Even if regulatory approval of a product is granted, the approval may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed or contain requirements for costly post-marketing testing and surveillance to monitor the safety or efficacy of the product. Discovery of previously unknown problems or failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements may result in restrictions on the marketing of a product or withdrawal of the product from the market, as well as possible civil or criminal sanctions.

 

Failure to obtain regulatory approval in international jurisdictions would prevent us from marketing our products abroad. 

 

We must obtain regulatory approval by governmental agencies in other countries prior to commercialization of our products in those countries. Foreign regulatory systems may be just as rigorous, costly and uncertain as in the U.S. and may require additional testing and review. The time required to obtain approval may be longer than that required to obtain FDA approval and may involve additional risks. Approval of our products by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions, and approval by one foreign regulatory authority does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other foreign jurisdictions or the FDA. We may not obtain foreign regulatory approvals on a timely basis, if at all.

 

Other Risks Related To Our Business

 

If we lose or are unable to attract key management or other personnel, we may experience delays in product development.

 

We are highly dependent on the services of our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, Bruce Schneider, PhD. If Dr. Schneider decides to terminate his business relationship with us, it could delay research and development efforts and the commercialization of our products, or prevent us from becoming profitable. Competition for qualified individuals is intense among pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and the loss of qualified individuals or an inability to attract, retain and motivate additional highly skilled individuals required for the expansion of our activities could hinder our ability to complete human studies successfully and develop marketable products. Currently, we do not carry key-man life insurance policies on any of our key personnel.

 

If we fail to establish and maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired, which would adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and stock price. 

 

Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be evaluated frequently. Our failure to maintain effective internal financial and accounting controls would cause our financial reporting to be unreliable, could have a material adverse effect on the reporting of our operating results, financial condition and cash flows, and could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline.

 

 

 
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Risks Related To Our Common Stock

 

Insiders control a significant portion of our common stock and their interests may differ from those of other stockholders.

 

As of March 31, 2014, our executive officers and directors as a group beneficially own approximately 16.7% and two other affiliates own collectively approximately 50.74% of our outstanding common stock (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC). The interests of these stockholders may not always coincide with the Company’s interests or the interests of other stockholders. The sale or prospect of sale of a substantial number of the shares could have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws could discourage acquisition proposals, delay a change in control or prevent other transactions.

 

Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of the Colorado Business Corporation Act, may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or other transactions that you as a stockholder may consider favorable and may be in your best interest. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that:

 

 

authorize the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to increase the number of outstanding shares and discourage a takeover attempt; and

 

limit who may call special meetings of stockholders.

 

Our stock price is expected to be volatile.

 

During our past fiscal year, our common stock price has traded between $0.13 and $0.45 per share, and our common stock has a low trading volume. The future market price of our common stock could fluctuate widely because of:

 

 

the minimal amount of “public float” in our common stock, which is significantly affected by the majority of our shares being restricted from sale except for exemptions provided under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

future announcements about us or our competitors, including the results of testing, technological innovations or new commercial products;

 

negative regulatory actions with respect to our potential products or regulatory approvals with respect to our competitors’ products;

 

changes in government regulations;

 

changes in general economic conditions and in the biotechnology industry;

 

developments in our relationships with our partners;

 

developments affecting our partners;

 

announcements relating to health care reform and reimbursement levels for new drugs;

 

our failure to acquire or maintain proprietary rights to the gene sequences we discover or the products we develop;

 

litigation; and

 

public concern as to the safety of our products.

 

The stock market has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected the market price for many emerging and biotechnology companies. These fluctuations have often been unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may cause the market price of our common stock to be lower or more volatile than otherwise expected.

 

We have the ability to issue additional equity securities, which would lead to dilution of our issued and outstanding common stock.

 

Our business plan requires us to raise a substantial amount of capital to develop our products, and the issuance of additional equity securities or securities convertible into or exercisable for equity securities would result in dilution of then-existing stockholders’ equity interests in us. We may issue shares to raise capital as acquisition consideration, employee incentives or compensation or for other corporate purposes. Our board of directors has the authority to issue, without vote or action of stockholders, up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. We may issue preferred stock in one or more series, and the board of directors has the ability to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of any such series. Any such series of preferred stock could contain dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices, liquidation preferences or other rights superior to the rights of holders of our common stock.

 

 

 
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The applicability of "penny stock rules" to broker-dealer sales of our common stock may have a negative effect on the liquidity and market price of our common stock.

 

Trading in our shares is subject to the "penny stock rules" adopted pursuant to Rule 15g-9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which apply to companies that are not listed on an exchange and whose common stock trades at less than $5.00 per share or which have a tangible net worth of less than $5,000,000 or $2,000,000 if they have been operating for three or more years. The penny stock rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and institutional accredited investors. For transactions covered by this rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to sale. Consequently, the penny stock rules will affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell shares of our common stock and may affect the ability of stockholders to sell their shares in the secondary market, as compliance with such rules may delay and/or preclude certain trading transactions. The rules could also have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for our common stock. Many brokers may be unwilling to engage in transactions in our common stock because of the added disclosure requirements, thereby making it more difficult for stockholders to dispose of their shares. It may also be difficult to obtain accurate information about, and/or quotations as to the price of our common stock.

 

The lack of a broker or dealer to create or maintain a market in our stock could adversely impact the price and liquidity of our securities.

 

We have no agreement with any broker or dealer to act as a market maker for our securities and there is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining any market makers. The lack of a market maker for our securities could adversely influence the market for and price of our securities, as well as your ability to dispose of, or to obtain accurate information about, and/or quotations as to the price of, our securities.

 

Future sales of our common stock may cause our stock price to decline.

 

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market or the perception that these sales may occur could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.  In addition, the sale of these shares could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional common or preferred stock or other securities.

 

 

ITEM 2.     PROPERTIES.

 

We currently lease approximately 1,100 square feet of office space for our corporate office. This lease expires on June 30, 2014. Our current address is 5350 South Roslyn Street, Suite 430, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

 

 

ITEM 3.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

We are not a party to any material legal proceedings nor is our property the subject of any material legal proceedings. 

 

 

 
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PART II

 

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES. 

 

Our common stock is currently traded on the OTCBB and the OTCQB exchanges maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority under the symbol OMBP. The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for our common stock during each calendar quarter in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. The figures have been rounded to the nearest whole cent.

 

       

High

   

Low

   

Fiscal Year 2014

                     

Quarter Ended:

                     

March 31, 2014

      $ 0.45     $ 0.21    

December 31, 2013

      $ 0.44     $ 0.13    

September 30, 2013

      $ 0.30     $ 0.16    

June 30, 2013

      $ 0.39     $ 0.22    
                       

Fiscal Year 2013

                     

Quarter Ended:

                     

March 31, 2013

      $ 0.50     $ 0.28    

December 31, 2012

      $ 0.50     $ 0.20    

September 30, 2012

      $ 0.60     $ 0.17    

June 30, 2012

      $ 1.84     $ 0.40    

 

 

 

Number of Shareholders of Record and Dividends

 

The number of shareholders of record of our outstanding common stock as of March 31, 2014 was 431. This number was derived from our stockholder records and does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of various dealers, clearing agencies, banks, brokers and other fiduciaries.

 

Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends as may be declared by our Board of Directors. We have never declared nor paid any dividends with respect to our common stock and we do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

 

ITEM 7.                   MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Overview

 

We are a biopharmaceutical company that was formed to explore new methods of use of alpha-1 antitrypsin (“AAT”). AAT is a naturally occurring protein that is essential for normal liver and lung function and has historically been purified from human blood (“p-AAT”) to treat patients suffering from emphysema due to AAT-deficiency. Marketed forms of p-AAT have demonstrated an excellent safety record in over 25 years of use. Recent research has shown that AAT has profound anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and tissue protective effects in various animal models suggestive of use in the treatment of a variety of important medical conditions.

 

 

We hold licenses for method of use issued patent claims for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of diabetes, certain bacterial and viral diseases and cellular transplantation and graft rejection, which include reducing the risk of a non-organ transplant rejection, reducing the risk of developing graft versus host disease (“GvHD”) and for treating GvHD in patients who have received a cornea, bone marrow, stem cell or pancreatic islet cell transplant. In addition, we hold licenses for method of use patent application claims for the use of p-AAT in the treatment of radiation protection and myocardial remodeling. Our goal is to sublicense these patents and patent applications to various p-AAT manufacturers, of which there are four. The timing of such sublicensing is likely to be dependent upon the generation of robust clinical data sufficient to warrant label claims to the existing package inserts for the currently marketed p-AAT products.

 

 

 
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In 2011, we began funding research and development of a synthetic form of AAT (“Fc-AAT”). We believe the successful characterization and development of a recombinant Fc-AAT fusion molecule would afford us with a patentable composition of matter that could be introduced into the current p-AAT market as well as for a wide variety of clinical indications, including but not limited, to Type 1 diabetes, graft vs host disease following bone marrow transplantation and chronic gout. The currently manufactured versions of p-AAT require weekly IV dosing in a doctor’s office or infusion clinic and cost in excess of $100,000 per year. We believe our recombinant form of AAT will provide significant advantages over p-AAT in terms of duration of action, cost to manufacture, purity and selling price. Most importantly, our recombinant form of AAT has been shown to be 40-50x more potent than p-AAT in animal models of gout, inflammatory bowel disease and myocardial infarction suggesting the potential for simple subcutaneous dosing.

 

In November 2013, we received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for a patent for the composition of matter of Fc-AAT 2. The claims contained in this Notice of Allowance cover full-length AAT nucleic acid constructs that encode polypeptide components of the Fc-AAT 2 molecule as well as other AAT fusion polypeptides. Similar patent applications covering Fc-AAT 2 remain under review in Europe and Canada. Patent applications for a series of follow-on Fc-AAT constructs are also pending on a worldwide basis. We believe we are the only company with a fusion protein construct of the p-AAT molecule in active development. Earlier attempts by others to make stand-alone recombinant versions of the molecule have not been successful. While we believe our fusion protein approach is viable, there is no assurance that we will be successful or be able to obtain the funding needed to develop such a molecule.

 

Potential indications for our Fc-AAT 2 molecule and our estimates of peak annual sales volumes in the combined U.S. and European markets are:

 

 

Type 1 diabetes (early onset) – $1 billion+

 

Complications due to bone marrow transplantation (“Graft vs Host Disease’) - $500 million+

 

Gout (treatment refractory)- $1 billion+

     

These revenues could be realized by Omni if it were solely responsible for commercialization; alternatively, Omni could receive a portion of such revenues in the form of royalties if Fc-AAT was commercialized by a third party. Other significant markets could include rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”) and cardiac remodeling.

 

Significant Trends, Uncertainties and Challenges

 

We believe that the significant trends, uncertainties and challenges that directly or indirectly affect our financial performance and results of operations include, but are not limited to:

 

 

Our ability to raise sufficient capital to fund our operations and future research and development of Fc-AAT 2;

 

The continued expected growth in the biopharmaceutical sector;

 

Our ability to obtain and protect patents covered under our license agreements;

 

Our ability to file and receive additional patent applications for new Fc-AAT compounds that we may discover;

 

Our ability to file for an IND with the FDA;

 

Our ability to devote our resources to therapies that are the most likely to result in commercialization;

 

Our ability to shepherd potential therapies through the FDA approval process; and

 

Our ability to compete against companies in our industry with greater resources.

 

 
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Results of Operations – Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2014 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2013

 

The following discussion relates to our operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 (“Fiscal year 2014”) as compared to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 (“Fiscal year 2013”).

 

General and administrative expenses - General and administrative expenses for Fiscal year 2014 were $1,749,613, which included $490,780 of share-based compensation, as compared to $5,422,795 for Fiscal year 2013, which included $4,174,839 of share-based compensation. As we have disclosed in prior filings, management views the exclusion of share-based compensation from general and administrative expense as an important non-GAAP measure. As a development stage company, we believe that excluding the impact of share-based compensation better reflects the recurring economic characteristics of our business to shareholders and potential investors. Accordingly, excluding share-based compensation, general and administrative expenses for Fiscal year 2014 were $1,258,833 as compared to $1,247,956 for Fiscal year 2013, an increase of $10,877, or approximately 1%. This net increase was primarily due to decreases in expenses for Fiscal year 2014 in certain expense categories, most notably legal fees of $116,000 and business insurance premiums of $32,000. Partially offsetting this net decrease in expenses for Fiscal year 2014 were increases in Fiscal year 2014 in certain expense categories, most notably officer salaries of $88,000; minimum royalties due under license agreements with RUC of $80,000 and regulatory consulting of $42,000.

 

Research and development expenses – Research and development expenses for Fiscal year 2014 were $162,838 as compared to $297,448 for Fiscal year 2013. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in expense related to Fc-AAT development work, which included a Scientific Research Agreement with Dr. Dinarello that was not extended beyond September 30, 2013.

 

Non-operating income (expenses) – Net non-operating expenses for Fiscal year 2014 were $604,190 as compared to $1,734,380 for Fiscal year 2013, a decrease of $1,130,190. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in expenses associated with our ownership of an equity interest in BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Biomimetix”), which included the equity loss and impairment charge of $780,000 and $282,000, respectively, recorded in Fiscal year 2013; a decrease in charges related to modifications of investor warrants of $658,000 recorded in Fiscal year 2013. Partially offsetting this net decrease in non-operating expenses were increases in expenses associated with the Convertible Notes of $407,000, primarily related to amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs, interest expense and the net changes in the estimated fair values of the associated derivative liabilities, and a decrease of $184,000 in non-operating income related to a gain on sale of an equity interest in BioMimetix recorded in Fiscal year 2013.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our consolidated financial statements as presented in Item 8 of this report have been prepared in conformity with US GAAP, which contemplate our continuation as a going concern. However, the report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our consolidated financial statements, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2014, contains an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The “going concern” qualification results from, among other things, our development stage status, no revenue recognized since inception or likely to be recognized in the near term, and our inception to date net losses, which total approximately $46.5 million and include non-cash charges of approximately $36.2 million. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary if we were unable to continue as a going concern.

 

May 2013 Financing

 

On May 31, 2013, we completed the financing under a private placement offering (“the 2013 Private Placement”), pursuant to which we sold 6,160,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.25 per share, which aggregated gross cash proceeds of $1,540,000. A total of 4,600,000 shares of our common stock were sold to two significant stockholders. After deducting offering expenses, including commissions and expenses paid to the placement agent, legal and accounting fees, net proceeds to the Company from such sales totaled approximately $1,361,000. We used the net proceeds from the 2013 Private Placement for general working capital requirements and certain research and development projects.

 

 

 
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As additional compensation paid to the placement agent of the 2013 Private Placement for services rendered, we were obligated to sell for a nominal fee warrants (the “2013 PA Warrants”) to purchase 10% of the total securities sold in the 2013 Private Placement at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. Under the terms of the 2013 Private Placement, we issued 616,000 2013 PA Warrants. The 2013 PA Warrants carry a five year life, expire on June 30, 2018 and contain a cashless exercise provision.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We consider all liquid investments purchased within 90 days of their original maturity to be cash equivalents. Our cash and cash equivalents were $271,427 and $343,279 at March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

For Fiscal year 2014, net cash used in operating activities was $1,433,250. The primary uses of cash from operations were general and administrative expenses. Excluding share-based compensation these totaled $1,258,833. Research and development expenses totaled $162,838.

 

For Fiscal year 2013, net cash used in operating activities was $1,704,048. The primary uses of cash from operations were general and administrative expenses, excluding share-based compensation, which totaled $1,247,956, research and development expenses of $297,448 and the final payment of $100,000 under a settlement for a sponsored research agreement. Partially offsetting the net cash used in operating activities was a source of cash from operating activities from an increase of $112,982 in accrued interest related to the Convertible Notes and the BOCO Note.

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

For Fiscal year 2014, we did not generate or expend cash from investing activities.

 

For Fiscal year 2013, we generated $500,000 of cash from investing activities from the sale of 62,500 shares of BioMimetix common stock to BioMimetix and used $31,154 of cash from investing activities for the purchase of licenses.

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

For Fiscal year 2014, we generated $1,361,398 of net cash from financing activities from the 2013 Private Placement. This amount was net of offering expenses of approximately $179,000.

 

For Fiscal year 2013, we generated $1,445,361 of net cash from financing activities from our outstanding convertible notes. These amounts were net of offering expenses of approximately $285,000.

 

Subsequent Financing

  

In April 2014, we secured additional financing under a private placement offering (the “2014 Private Placement”) with Bohemian Investments LLC (“Bohemian”), an affiliate of BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of the Company, that enables the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000 through April 15, 2015 and enables like funding of up to $1,000,000 from other sources. The financing is in the form of a one-year note convertible into common stock of Omni Bio at the lower of $0.20 per share or 65% of the stock price offered in connection with a public offering of the Company’s common stock. As additional consideration for the note, we issued 3,000,000 warrants to purchase Omni Bio common stock to BOCO at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with an April 15, 2015 expiration date and 1,000,000 warrants to Bohemian at an exercise price of $0.25 per share with an April 15, 2019 expiration date. We also extended three existing warrant agreements with BOCO to December 31, 2019 and reset the exercise price on such warrants to $0.25 per share from prior exercise prices of $0.50-1.50. All new and revised warrants have anti-dilution provisions which would be triggered if the Company subdivides its outstanding common stock shares by recapitalization, reclassification or split-up, or if the Company declares a stock dividend or distributes common stock shares to its shareholders.

 

 

 
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Current Cash Commitments

 

We expect that our cash on hand and subsequent financing plan will allow us to fund our operations and limited research and development initiatives into the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 based on current operating levels and currently budgeted research and development projects. However, we will need additional capital raising to continue the full preclinical development and early clinical development of our Fc-AAT program. Funding of the Fc-AAT program is anticipated to require additional capital in the range of $10 million through phase 1 trials currently targeted to take place in 2016. There is no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional capital on acceptable terms or at all. Failure to obtain additional capital may have a material adverse impact on our ability to continue our research and development efforts and fund our operating expenses beyond March 31, 2015, and such failure would likely cause us to cease operations and not continue as a going concern.

 

We intend to approach other pharmaceutical or life science companies for funding a portion of our Fc-AAT program, and potentially funding initial human studies if we are successful in obtaining an IND. Such a partnership(s) or strategic investment would potentially reduce our need to raise external capital. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in creating or maintaining a strategic partner for our Fc-AAT program or that we would obtain adequate or any funding from such a relationship.

 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of March 31, 2014, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements or obligations.

 

 

 
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Critical Accounting Policies

 

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with US GAAP. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements contained under Item 8 in this report. The accounting policies most fundamental to the understanding of our financial statements are our use of estimates, including the computation of share-based compensation; modification to terms of stock options or warrants; research and development costs; capitalization of license agreements and impairment analysis of long-term assets; and the valuation, classification and recording of debt and equity transactions, including those that include warrants and derivatives.

 

Share-based Compensation

 

Historically, a significant amount of our general and administrative expenses have been comprised of share-based compensation related to warrants to purchase shares of our common stock issued to employees, consultants and directors. However, for Fiscal year 2014, share-based compensation expense was $490,780 as compared to $4,174,839 for Fiscal year 2013. The significant decrease in share-based compensation in Fiscal year 2013 was primarily attributable to fewer equity awards granted in Fiscal year 2014 and the full vesting of certain significantly valued awards granted in Fiscal year 2013 and other prior years. Since our inception, we have estimated the fair value of all stock purchase warrants using the Black-Scholes pricing model, which incorporates estimates as to the expected term that a warrant holder will hold a warrant, estimates as to forfeitures for unvested warrants and the expected volatility of a company’s stock price over a specified term.

 

Modifications to Share-based Awards

 

In Fiscal year 2013, we modified certain terms to certain outstanding investor warrants. We have recorded charges related to these modifications based on the estimated fair value of the warrants immediately prior to and immediately after the modification occurs, with any incremental value being charged to expense. We have used the Black-Scholes pricing model in this valuation process, and this requires management to use various assumptions and estimates. Future modifications to investor warrant or other share-based compensation transactions may result in significant expenses being recorded in our consolidated financial statements.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

A significant amount of our operating expenses has been comprised of costs incurred under sponsored research agreements and clinical trial agreements. For Fiscal year 2014 and 2013, research and development expenses were $162,838 and $297,448, respectively. All research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Capitalized License Costs

 

Since inception, we have capitalized approximately $86,555 related to direct costs incurred to establish our ability to license potential future patents in the biopharmaceutical areas that are associated with our licenses. We commence amortization of these costs on the earlier of the execution of a license agreement or the date that a patent is applied for and continue the amortization over the expected life of the patents covered under the license arrangement. The assignment of an estimated life to a license is also an estimate that we must monitor as well as the net carrying value of the license. We will continue to monitor our license agreements as to the appropriateness of definite lives in relation to patent development and potential impairment as we correlate evidence as to the potential marketability of product(s) related to our license agreements.

 

Long-term Assets

 

We review long-lived assets for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For Fiscal year 2013, our review included an assessment of the carrying value of our largest non-operating asset, our equity investment in BioMimetix. For Fiscal year 2013, we recorded an impairment charge related to this investment in the amount of $282,297. This assessment required significant estimates and judgment by management. We did not record any impairment during fiscal year 2014.

 

 

 
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Convertible Notes and Derivatives

 

The accounting for convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock (“2013 Warrants”) sold in private placements during Fiscal year 2013 involved the valuation of the fair values of the Convertible Notes and the 2013 Warrants based on estimates of their relative fair values as calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model. We concluded that the conversion features of the Convertible Notes met the definition of derivative liabilities at inception and are required to be revalued at the end of each reporting period until they no longer meet the definition of derivatives, if ever. The initial valuation, classification and subsequent accounting of these transactions required significant estimates and judgment by management. The value of the associated derivative liabilities has fluctuated based on the closing price of our common stock at each respective quarterly measurement date.

 

During Fiscal year 2014 and based on the expiration of a variable conversion price feature contained in the Convertible Notes, the conversion feature no longer met the definition of a derivative liability, and we no longer accounted for this conversion feature as a derivative liability.

 

In the near term, we are likely to issue more equity instruments, which may be in the forms of common stock with detachable warrants, convertible debt with detachable warrants or convertible preferred with detachable warrants. These potential types of transactions require extensive analysis to determine the proper asset, liability and/or equity classification and the application of estimates in deriving values to be assigned under the Black-Scholes pricing model. Future issuances of these transactions may result in significant expenses being recorded in our consolidated financial statements.

 

Future significant fluctuations in the share price of our common stock and issuances of additional debt or equity instruments that contain derivative characteristics may result in significant expenses being recorded in our consolidated financial statements.

 

 

ITEM 8.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

 

Financial Statements

 

Our consolidated financial statements are included as a separate section of this report beginning on page F-1 immediately following the signature page to this report, and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

ITEM 9A.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2014, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

 

Our management, including our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the reliability of its financial reporting and the preparation and presentation of the consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Management has used the 1992 framework set forth in the report entitled Internal Control — Integrated Framework published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. As of March 31, 2014, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of such date.

 

 

 
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. A part-time controller has been hired by the Company to conduct certain activities and provide safeguards while a search for a new Chief Financial Officer takes place.

 

ITEM 9B.          OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Effective March 29, 2014, Bruce Schneider, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board, was appointed to also serve as our Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10.          DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

 

Executive Officers and Directors

 

The following table sets forth the names and ages of each of our directors and executive officers as of June 6,2014:

 

Name

Age

 Position

Bruce E. Schneider 

63

Chief Executive and Financial Officer, and Chairperson of the Board 

 

 

 

Charles A. Dinarello

71

Chief Scientific Officer 

 

 

 

Michael D. Wort

64

Director 

     
Albert L. Kramer 80 Director
     

Michael E. Kamarck

63

Director 

 

 

 

Sandra J. Wrobel 54 Director

 

The directors named above serve for one-year terms until our next annual meeting of stockholders or their earlier resignation or removal. Information concerning our directors and our executive officers is set forth below:

 

 

Bruce E. Schneider, Ph.D has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2013. He has served as the Chairperson of our Board since August 2013 and as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2014. From 2010 through 2012, Dr. Schneider provided R&D executive advisory and business development services to several large and small pharmaceutical companies, including an extensive role with Pfizer where he was engaged to facilitate strategic planning and decision-making for its early drug development pipeline. From 2009 to 2010, he was employed by Pfizer as Executive Vice President & R&D Integration Lead. From 1972 to 2009, he was employed by Wyeth Research, which was acquired by Pfizer in 2009, where he held numerous senior-level R&D positions, including Executive Vice President & Chief of Operations (2002 to 2009), Senior Vice President, Research Operations & Planning (1992 to 2002) and Vice President, Worldwide Clinical Operations (1987 to 1992). Dr. Schneider holds a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from Temple University and a Sc.B in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. We believe that Dr. Schneider’s extensive pharmaceutical industry experience and emphasis in drug development give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

 

 

 
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Charles A. Dinarello, MD has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since March 2011. From March 2009 through March 2011, he served as our Acting Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors.  Since 1996, Dr. Dinarello has been Professor of Medicine and Immunology at the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to joining the University of Colorado Denver, he was Professor of Medicine at Tufts University. Dr. Dinarello has published over 700 original research articles on cytokines, particularly interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor, and is considered a “founding father” of cytokine biology. Dr. Dinarello currently serves as a director of Techne Corporation (NASDAQ NNM: TECH), a pharmaceutical company, and is a Scientific Advisory Board member of Senesco Technologies, Inc., Source MDx, Inc., GlobeImmune, Inc., and Capstone Pharmaeuticals, Inc. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

Albert L. Kramer has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2009. From April 2008 until March 2009, he was a director of Apro Bio. Since 1993, Mr. Kramer has served as an attorney with the Kramer Law Firm. From 1993 to 2005, Mr. Kramer served as Special Counsel to Syratech Corporation, a designer, manufacturer and importer of table-top, gift-ware and products for home entertaining and decoration. From 2004 to 2008, he served as Chief Counsel to Travelers Marketing, LLC. From 1975 to 1992, Mr. Kramer served as a District Court Judge for the Massachusetts Trial Court. Mr. Kramer received his undergraduate and law degrees from Boston University. We believe that Mr. Kramer’s legal and financial expertise give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

 

Michael D. Wort has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2009.  Mr. Wort was a founder of Apro Bio, which commenced operations in February 2006. From October 2008 until March 2009, he was a director of Apro Bio and from October 2008 until December 2008, he served as its Interim Chief Executive Officer. Since March 2013, Mr. Wort has served as Senior Associate of Walbrook PR, a public relations firm. From 2007 to February 2013, Mr. Wort served as the Managing Director of De Facto Communications, a subsidiary of Chime Communications. Mr. Wort’s other prior experience includes various sales, marketing and general management positions with GlaxoSmithKline plc. Mr. Wort received his BSC in Applied Biology and is a Chartered Graduate Biologist in Industrial Microbiology. We believe that Mr. Wort’s management, financial and industry expertise give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

 

Michael E. Kamarck, Ph.D has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2013. From 2010 to 2012, he was employed by Merck as President of Merck BioVentures and Senior Vice President of Vaccines and Biologics Manufacturing.  From 2001 to 2009, he was employed by Wyeth, where he held various senior executive positions, including President, Technical Operations and Product Supply and was responsible for global technical operations for all of the Wyeth businesses.  Dr. Kamarck also served as a member of the Wyeth Management Committee. Prior to Wyeth, he was employed by Bayer AG for 17 years in a variety of technical and leadership capacities. Dr. Kamarck received his B.A. from Oberlin College, his Ph.D. from MIT and was a Leukemia Society Fellow at Yale University. We believe that Dr. Kamarcks’s significant senior executive experience with large pharmaceutical companies give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

 

Sandra J. Wrobel has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2013 and Chairperson of our Board’s Audit Committee. Since 2002, she has served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Applied Strategies Consulting, LLC, which provides strategy, business process and operations expertise to life sciences and global healthcare organizations. From 1999 to 2001, she served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Strategy at Intrabiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of new anti-bacterial and anti-fungal drugs for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases. From 1987-1999, Ms. Wrobel worked for Strategic Decisions Group, a strategy consulting firm, where she was a senior partner and head of the firm's Life Sciences Consulting practice. Ms. Wrobel received her B.S. degree in Chemical & Petroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. We believe that Ms. Wrobel’s senior executive experience with life sciences and global healthcare organizations give her the qualifications and skills to serve as a director.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports of ownership of our securities and changes in ownership with the SEC. Based solely on a review of the Section 16(a) reports furnished to us during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, we believe that all filings required to be made during fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 were timely made, except for:

 

 

one Form 4 for BOCO Investments, LLC, a greater than 10% holder, relating to the amendment of a warrant; and

 

one Form 4 for each of Vicki Barone and Steve Bathgate relating to the issuance of warrants for placement agent services by GVC Capital LLC.

 

 

 
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Code of Ethics

 

We have a Code of Ethics applicable to all of our officers, other employees and directors. Among other things, the Code of Ethics is designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; to promote full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosures in periodic reports required to be filed by us; and to promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. The Code of Ethics provides for the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Ethics to an appropriate person identified in the Code of Ethics and contains provisions regarding accountability for adherence to the Code of Ethics. A copy of our Code of Ethics is filed as Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

 

Audit Committee

 

We have a separately-designated standing audit committee comprised of one member, Ms. Wrobel (Chairperson). The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Wrobel is an independent director in accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market and SEC rules. The Audit Committee has sole authority to retain, compensate, terminate, oversee and evaluate the independent auditors, and reviews and approves in advance all audit and non-audit services (other than prohibited non-audit services) performed by the independent auditors. In addition, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses with management and the independent auditors the audited financial statements included in our filings with the SEC; oversees our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and meets separately with the independent auditors as often as deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. In this regard, the Audit Committee also reviews major issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentation, and periodically discusses with management our major financial risk exposures and the steps that management has taken to monitor and control such exposures.

 

The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Wrobel is not an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have not retained an audit committee financial expert because we do not believe that the scope of our activities to date has justified obtaining such an expert. Moreover, we believe that the present members of our Board of Directors, taken as a whole, and an independent consultant, with a CPA qualification, that is used to review the Company’s financial statements, have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial affairs to effectively perform their duties. In addition, our common stock is not listed on a stock exchange and we are not subject to corporate governance requirements of any such exchange.

 

 

 
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ITEM 11.     EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth the total compensation earned by each of our named executive officers (“NEOs”) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

 

 

Name and Principal Position

 

 

Fiscal Year

 

Salary

($)

Option

Awards (1)

$

All Other

Compensation 

($)

 

 

Total ($)

           

Bruce E. Schneider (2)

   Chief Executive Officer

2014

2013

$180,000

$45,000

$ 78,044

$394,111

$-

$-

$258,044

$439,111

Robert C. Ogden (3)

   Chief Financial Officer

2014

2013

$130,000

$120,000

$ 69,089

$124,275

$-

$-

$199,089

$244,275

Charles A. Dinarello (4)

   Chief Scientific Officer

2014

2013

$90,000

$120,000

$-

$242,324

$-

$-

$90,000

$362,324

 

 

(1)

The amounts shown represent the estimated fair value of common stock purchase warrant awards on the date of grant as calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model and pursuant to ASC 718. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate the amounts referred to above, please see the disclosure under Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1 of this report.

 

 

(2)

Dr. Schneider became our Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2013. Under the terms of his current employment agreement, which is for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, he receives an annual salary of $180,000. Effective January 1, 2014, Dr. Schneider and the Company agreed to defer payment of a portion of his salary until a certain amount of external financing was secured by the Company. The deferred salary amount is $5,000 per month. On July 15, 2013 and pursuant to an anti-dilution provision in his employment agreement, he was granted a warrant to purchase 326,210 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.29 per share. 100% of this warrant vested upon issuance.

 

 

(3)

Mr. Ogden resigned as our Chief Financial Officer effective March 28, 2014 and was paid through that date. On June 24, 2013, Mr. Ogden was granted a warrant to purchase 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share. This warrant vested by one-third (33.33%) on the date of grant and the remaining two-thirds (66.67%) was schedule to vest ratably over a three-year period. Upon his resignation, Mr. Ogden forfeited the unvested portion of this warrant as well as all unvested warrants issued pursuant to prior warrant agreements.

 

 

(4)

Dr. Dinarello was paid as an outside consultant in the amount of $120,000 per annum through December 31, 2013, at which time he no longer received cash compensation due to the Company’s financial situation.

 

 

 

 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table provides a summary of equity awards outstanding at March 31, 2014 for each of our NEOs.

 

    Option Awards   Stock Awards

Name

 

Number Of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

Exercisable

(#)

   

Number Of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

Unexercisable (#)

   

Option

Exercise Price

 ($)

 

Option Expiration Date

 

Number Of

Shares Or Units

Of Stock That

Have Not Vested

(#)

Market Value Of

Shares Or Units

Of Stock That

Have Not Vested

($)

                                   

Bruce E. Schneider

      1,500,000       -     $ 0.30  

December 19, 2019

     
        100,000       -     $ 0.41  

January 9, 2020

     
        326,210       -     $ 0.29  

July 15, 2020

     
                                   

Robert C. Ogden

      50,000       -     $ 0.50  

April 15, 2016

     
        300,000       -     $ 3.00  

November 13, 2016

     
        333,334       -     $ 1.00  

October 1, 2019

     
        100,000       -     $ 0.28  

June 24, 2020

     
                                   

Charles A. Dinarello

      600,000       -     $ 0.50  

April 7, 2016

     
        600,000       -     $ 3.00  

November 13, 2016

     
        843,000       -     $ 0.35  

October 1, 2019

     

 

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

 

Dr. Schneider is eligible to receive a cash bonus upon the occurrence of a “Liquidity Event” of the Company (as defined in his employment agreement) as follows: 2.0% of the total net cash proceeds received by the Company for a transaction of less than $200 million and 3.0% of the total net cash proceeds received by the Company for a transaction equal to or greater than $200 million. Except as set forth above, none of our named executive officers is entitled to any additional benefits upon termination of employment or a change in control of the Company.

 

 

 
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Director Compensation

 

We do not have a formal director compensation plan and in the past we have compensated directors in the form of common stock purchase warrants. Equity-based awards may be issued to directors on a discretionary basis by a vote of the directors. Except as described below for Ms. Wrobel, none of our directors received any compensation during Fiscal year 2014. The compensation earned by Dr. Schneider is set forth in the Summary Compensation Table above.

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Fees

Earned or

Paid in

Cash

($)

 

 

Stock

Awards

($) (2)

 

 

Option

Awards

($) (2)

 

 

All Other

Compensation

($)

 

 

 

Total

($)

           

Sandra J. Wrobel (1)

$-

$-

$59,812

$-

$59,812

           

Michael E. Kamarck

$-

$-

$-

$-

$-

           

Vicki D.E. Barone (3)

$-

$-

$-

$-

$-

           

Michael D. Wort

$-

$-

$-

$-

$-

           
Albert L. Kramer

$-

$-

$-

$-

$-

           
Steven M. Bathgate (3)

$-

$-

$-

$-

$-

           

Michael D. Iseman (4)

$-

$-

$-

$-

$- 

 

 

 

(1)     On July 15, 2013, Ms. Wrobel was granted a warrant to purchase 250,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.29 per share for director services. This warrant vested and became immediately exercisable upon grant. The estimated fair value of the warrant was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model and pursuant to ASC 718.

 

(2)     The aggregate number of stock awards and option awards outstanding at March 31, 2014 for each active office and director is listed below under Item 12. “SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

 

(3)     Ms. Barone and Mr. Bathgate resigned as directors in August 2013.

 

(4)     Dr. Iseman resigned as director in July 2013.

 

 

 
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ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 30, 2014 by (i) each person known to us to own beneficially more than five percent of our common stock, (ii) each of our current named executive officers, (iii) each current director and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each stockholder below is 5350 S. Roslyn Street, Suite 430, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

 

Number of Shares

Beneficially Owned

 

Percent of

Outstanding

Shares (1)

 

5% Stockholders:

               

BOCO Investments, LLC

262 East Mountain Avenue

Fort Collins, CO 80524

    15,187,000 (2)     39.08 %

F. Steven Mooney and Gayle S. Mooney TIC

4750 Dahlia Street

Cherry Hill Village, CO 80121

    8,685,000 (3)     22.35 %

Leland Shapiro

8765 East 29th Place

Denver, CO 80238

    3,368,750       8.67 %

Directors and Named Executive Officers:

               

Bruce E. Schneider

    1,926,210 (4)     4.96 %

Michael D. Wort

    1,150,000 (5)     2.96 %

Albert L. Kramer

    925,000 (6)     2.38 %

Michael E. Kamarck

    250,000 (7)     *  

Sandra J. Wrobel

    250,000 (8)     *  

Charles A. Dinarello

    2,093,000 (9)     5.39 %

All directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)

    6,594,210       16.97 %

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* Less than one percent

 

(1)

Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 38,856,638 shares of common stock outstanding on June 6, 2014. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and means that the holder has voting or investment power with respect to the subject securities. Shares of common stock issuable from conversion of convertible notes, vested RSUs or RSUs that vest within 60 days of June 6, 2014 or upon the exercise of common stock purchase warrants exercisable currently or within 60 days of June 6, 2014 (unless otherwise noted) are deemed outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding such securities for purposes of computing such person’s percentage ownership but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Except for shares held jointly with a person’s spouse or subject to applicable community property laws, or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by such stockholder.

 

(2)

Includes 6,837,000 shares directly owned, 2,400,000 shares underlying a senior secured note convertible at $0.25 per share, 4,950,000 shares underlying warrants currently exercisable at $0.25 per share, 3,000,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.01 per share and 1,000,000 shares underlying warrants currently held by Bohemian Investments LLC, a BOCO affiliate, currently exercisable at $0.25.

 

 
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(3)

Based solely on a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 10, 2013. Includes 3,385,000 shares directly owned, 2,000,000 shares underlying a senior secured note convertible at $0.25 per share, 800,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.50 per share, 400,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $1.00 per share, 500,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $1.50 per share and 1,600,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $2.00 per share.

 

(4)

Includes 1,500,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.30 per share, 100,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.30 per share and 326,210 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.29 per share.

 

(5)

Includes 1,000,000 shares directly owned, 50,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $1.25 per share and 100,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $3.00 per share.

 

(6)

Includes 775,000 shares directly owned, 100,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $1.25 per share and 50,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $3.00 per share.

 

(7)

Includes 250,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.30 per share.

 

(8)

Includes 250,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.29 per share.

 

(9)

Includes 843,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.35 per share, 600,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.50 per share, 600,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $3.00 per share and 50,000 vested RSUs.

 

(10)

Mr. Ogden resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective March 28, 2014. Includes 10,000 shares directly owned, 50,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.50 per share, 100,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.28 per share; 333,334 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $1.00 per shares, 10,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $2.00 per share and 300,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $3.00 per share.

 

(11)

Includes 40,000 shares directly owned and 500,000 shares underlying a warrant currently exercisable at $0.30 per share.

 

 

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

 

Related Parties and Transactions

 

GVC Capital LLC

 

Two of our former directors, Vicki Barone and Steven Bathgate, are Senior Managing Partners of GVC Capital LLC (“GVC Capital”), who served as the placement agent in the 2013 Private Placement, which we closed on May 31, 2013. GVC Capital earned commissions of $154,000 and 616,000 warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share. These warrants will expire on June 30, 2018 and carry a cashless exercise provision.

 

GVC Capital served as the placement agent in our private placement equity transactions completed during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. During Fiscal year 2013, GVC Capital earned commissions related to the 2012 Private Placement of $191,000 in cash and 166,250 warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share and 166,250 warrants exercisable at $1.50 per share. These warrants expire on June 26, 2017 and carry a cashless exercise provision

 

BOCO Investments LLC/Bohemian Investments LLC

 

BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”) is a significant shareholder of the Company and, as of April 30, 2014, owned approximately 39.29% of our outstanding common stock (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC). During Fiscal year 2014, BOCO invested $1.0 million in the 2013 Private Placement. During Fiscal year 2013, the Company and BOCO executed a convertible note in the principal amount of $600,000. Principal on this Note may only be repaid in cash and interest may be paid, at our discretion, in cash or shares of our common stock.

 

In April 2014, we secured additional financing under a private placement offering (the “2014 Private Placement”) with Bohemian Investments LLC (“Bohemian”), an affiliate of BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of the Company, that enables the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000 through April 15, 2015 and enables like funding of up to $1,000,000 from other sources. The financing is in the form of a one-year note convertible into common stock of Omni Bio at the lower of $0.20 per share or 65% of the stock price offered in connection with a public offering of the Company’s common stock. As additional consideration for the note, we issued 3,000,000 warrants to purchase Omni Bio common stock to BOCO at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with an April 15, 2015 expiration date and 1,000,000 warrants to Bohemian at an exercise price of $0.25 per share with an April 15, 2019 expiration date. We also extended three existing warrant agreements with BOCO to December 31, 2019 and reset the exercise price on such warrants to $0.25 per share.

 

 

 
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F. Steven Mooney and Gayle S. Mooney TIC

 

F. Steven Mooney and Gayle S. Mooney TIC (“Mooney TIC”) is a significant shareholder of the Company and, as of April 30, 2014, owned approximately 19.76% of our outstanding common stock (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC). During Fiscal year 2013, the Company and Mooney TIC executed a convertible note in the principal amount of $500,000. Principal on this Note may only be repaid in cash and interest may be paid, at our discretion, in cash or shares of our common stock. During Fiscal year 2014, Mooney TIC invested $150,000 in the 2013 Private Placement.

 

Approval of Related Party Transactions

 

We have not formally adopted any policies or procedures for approval of related party transactions. All proposed related party transactions are disclosed to our Board of Directors and are considered and approved on a case-by-case basis. The above transactions were approved by our Board of Directors.

 

Director Independence

 

The Board of Directors has determined that each of Michael Wort, Albert Kramer, Michael Kamarck and Sandra Wrobel is an independent director and that Bruce Schneider is not an independent director within the meaning of the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Dr. Schneider is not independent by virtue of his employment as our Chief Executive and Financial Officer.

 

 

ITEM 14.          PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Hein & Associates LLP (“Hein”) has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since June 2009 and audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. An estimate of the pre-approved audit fees for Hein’s audit of the financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 are included in the total of audit fees for 2014, but will be billed in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.

 

   

For the Years Ended March 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Audit Fees

  $ 76,375     $ 68,475  

Audit-Related Fees

    -       -  

Tax Fees

    4,975       5,485  

All Other Fees

    -       -  

Total

  $ 81,350     $ 73,960  

 

Audit Fees

 

This category includes the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of our annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the review of the financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

There were no fees billed for audit related services during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 or 2013.

 

 

 
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Tax Fees

 

This category includes fees billed for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval

 

The Audit Committee reviews and approves in advance the retention of the independent auditors for the performance of all audit and non-audit services that are not prohibited and the fees for such services. Pre-approval of audit and non-audit services that are not prohibited may be approved pursuant to appropriate policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee for the pre-approval of such services, including through delegation of authority to a member of the Audit Committee or Company management. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, all services and fees of Hein were reviewed and approved in advance of such services.

 

 

 
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PART IV

 

Item 15.          EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. 

 

 

(a) Consolidated Financial Statements - See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements at page F-1 of this Report.

 

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules - Not applicable.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

 

EXHIBIT #

 

DESCRIPTION

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 2, 2007).

     

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2010).

     

3.3

 

Articles of Amendment for Across America Financial Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2009).

     

10.1

 

License Agreement with Bio Holding, Inc., dated September 28, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2009).

     

10.2

 

Exclusive License Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated September 26, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).

     

10.3

 

Exclusive License Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated January 18, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 28, 2013).

     

10.4

 

Exclusive License Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated February 18, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 28, 2013).

     

10.5

 

Sponsored Research Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated March 23, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 12, 2012).

     

10.6

 

Amendment to Sponsored Research Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated July 10, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.7

 

Amendment to Sponsored Research Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Regents of the University of Colorado, dated December 31, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 28, 2013).

     

10.8

 

Form of Investor Warrant for the 2011 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2011).

     

10.9

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant for the 2011 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2011).

 

 

 
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EXHIBIT #   DESCRIPTION

10.10

 

Subscription Agreement and Letter of Investment Intent for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.11

 

Form of Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.12

 

Pledge and Security Agreement for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.13

 

Form of Investor Warrant for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.14

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant exercisable at $1.00 per share for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.15

 

Form of Placement Agent Warrant exercisable at $1.50 per share for the 2012 Private Placement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2012).

     

10.16

 

Senior Secured 10% Convertible Promissory Note dated October 31, 2012 issued to BOCO Investments, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2013).

     

10.17

 

Warrant dated October 31, 2012 issued to BOCO Investments, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2013).

     

10.18

 

Stockholders’ Agreement by and among BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc., Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the other investors, dated July 15, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2011).

     

10.19

 

Stock Purchase Agreement by and between BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc., dated July 15, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 21, 2011).

     

10.20

 

Stock Repurchase Agreement by and between BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc., dated May 9, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2012).

     

10.21*

 

Employment Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Dr. Bruce Schneider, dated December 19, 2012 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20, 2012).

     

10.22*

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement between Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Dr. Bruce Schneider, dated January 1, 2014 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2014)

     

10.23*

 

Restricted Stock Unit Agreement with Charles A. Dinarello, dated August 10, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2011).

     

10.24*

 

Warrant dated December 16, 2009 issued to Charles A. Dinarello (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2009).

 

 

 
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EXHIBIT #   DESCRIPTION

10.25*

 

Warrant dated April 7, 2009 issued to Charles A. Dinarello (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on November 8, 2010).

     

10.26*

 

Warrant dated December 16, 2009 issued to Robert C. Ogden (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 22, 2009).

     

10.27*

 

Warrant dated October 1, 2012 issued to Robert C. Ogden (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2013).

     

10.28*

 

Warrant dated October 1, 2012 issued to Charles A. Dinarello (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2013).

     

10.29*

 

Warrant dated June 24, 2013 issued to Robert C. Ogden (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013).

     

10.30*

 

Warrant dated July 15, 2013 issued to Bruce E. Schneider (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013).

     

14.1

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 23, 2010).

     

21

 

Subsidiaries of the Company.

     

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive and Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive and Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

     

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document**

     

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

     

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

     

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

     

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

     

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

_____________________________________________

 

*

Represents management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

June 16, 2014

By: /s/ Bruce E. Schneider

 

 

Bruce E. Schneider

 

  Chief Executive and Financial Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

June 16, 2014

By: /s/ Bruce E. Schneider

 

  Bruce E. Schneider  
  Chief Executive and Financial Officer and Chairperson of the Board
  (Principal Executive and Financial Officer)  
     
June 16, 2014 By: /s/ Albert L. Kramer  
  Albert L. Kramer  
  Director  
     
June 16, 2014 By: /s/ Michael D. Wort  
  Michael D. Wort  
  Director  
     
June 16, 2014

By: /s/ Michael E. Kamarck

 
  Michael E. Kamarck  
 

Director

 
     

June 16, 2014 

By: /s/ Sandra J. Wrobel

 

 

Sandra J. Wrobel

 

 

Director

 

 

 
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Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiary

(A Development Stage Company)

 

Index to Financial Statements

 

 

 

Page
   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     

F-2
   

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and 2013

F-3
   

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the period from February 28, 2006 (Inception) to March 31, 2014     

F-4
   

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for theYears Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the period from February 28, 2006 (Inception) to March 31, 2014     

F-5

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the  Years Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the period from February 28, 2006 (Inception) to March 31, 2014     

F-13
   

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     

F-15

 

 

 
F-1

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders

Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiary

Greenwood Village, Colorado

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiary (a development stage company) as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and for the period from February 28, 2006 (inception) to March 31, 2014. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiary as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and for the period February 28, 2006 (inception) to March 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Hein & Associates LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

June 16, 2014

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   

March 31, 2014

   

March 31, 2013

 
ASSETS            

Current assets:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 271,427     $ 343,279  

Other current assets

    32,201       41,712  

Total current assets

    303,628       384,991  
                 

Debt issuance costs, net

    129,859       245,653  

Intangible assets, net

    63,494       68,407  
                 

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 496,981     $ 699,051  
                 

LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

               
                 

Current liabilities:

               

Accounts payable

  $ 8,701     $ 42,512  

Accrued liabilities

    87,637       81,000  

Total current liabilities

    96,338       123,512  
                 

Notes payable – related parties, net of discounts of $358,043 and $542,227, respectively

    741,957       557,773  

Notes payable, net of discounts of $180,733 and $335,631, respectively

    281,767       226,869  

Accrued interest, including $177,726 and $67,726, respectively, for related parties

    261,177       112,982  

Derivative liabilities – related parties

    -       189,503  

Derivative liabilities

    -       93,068  

Total liabilities

    1,381,239       1,303,707  
                 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 4)

               
                 

Stockholders’ deficit:

               

Preferred stock, $0.10 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, -0- shares issued and outstanding

    -       -  

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 38,656,638 and 32,018,554 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

    38,656       32,018  

Additional paid-in capital

    45,608,679       43,378,278  

Deficit accumulated during the development stage

    (46,531,593 )     (44,014,952 )

Total stockholders’ deficit

    (884,258 )     (604,656 )
                 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

  $ 496,981     $ 699,051  

  

 

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

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

   

For the Years Ended

March 31,

   

February 28, 2006

(Inception) to

March 31, 2014

 
   

2014

   

2013

         
                         

Operating expenses:

                       

General and administrative (including share-based compensation of $490,780, $4,174,839 and $21,910,074, respectively)

  $ 1,749,613     $ 5,422,795     $ 29,393,180  

Research and development

    162,838       297,448       2,568,671  

License fee – related party

    -       -       5,615,980  

Charge for common stock issued pursuant to license agreements

    -       -       763,240  

Total operating expenses

    1,912,451       5,720,243       38,341,071  
                         

Loss from operations

    (1,912,451 )     (5,720,243 )     (38,341,071 )
                         

Non-operating income (expenses):

                       

Equity loss from investment in related party

    -       (780,174 )     (1,401,724 )

Impairment of investment in related party

    -       (282,297 )     (282,297 )

Gain on sale of equity investment interest in related party

    -       184,021       184,021  

Change in estimated fair value of derivative liabilities – related parties

    22,099       89,532       71,970  

Change in estimated fair value of derivative liabilities

    (9,868 )     49,871       79,664  

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

    (270,692 )     (43,606 )     (464,873 )

Amortization of debt discount – related parties

    (184,184 )     (67,726 )     (271,748 )

Interest income (expense), net

    (51,545 )     (138,056 )     (145,196 )

Interest expense – related parties

    (110,000 )     (87,564 )     (177,726 )

Charges for warrants issued to related parties

    -       -       (2,351,587 )

Charges for modifications to warrants - related parties

    -       (651,339 )     (651,339 )

Charges for modifications to warrants

    -       (7,042 )     (2,779,687 )

Total non-operating income (expenses)

    (604,190 )     (1,734,380 )     (8,190,522 )
                         

Net loss

  $ (2,516,641 )   $ (7,454,623 )   $ (46,531,593 )
                         

Basic and diluted net loss per share

  $ (0.07 )   $ (0.23 )        
                         

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted

    37,343,570       32,018,554          

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

   

Preferred Stock

   

Common Stock

   

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Balances at February 28, 2006 (inception)

    -     $ -       -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
                                                         

Common stock issued to founders and insiders (February and March 2006 at $0.001 per share)

                    10,000,000       10,000                       10,000  

Net loss

                                            (2,715 )     (2,715 )
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2006

    -       -       10,000,000       10,000       -       (2,715 )     7,285  
                                                         

Common stock sold in private placement offering (April 2006 at $0.80 per share)

                    150,000       150       119,850               120,000  

Common stock issued as additional consideration pursuant to license agreement (May 2006 at $0.001 per share)

                    406,000       406                       406  

Common stock sold in private placement offering (June through December 2006 at $1.00 per share)

                    340,000       340       339,660               340,000  

Common stock issued in exchange for consulting services (November 2006 at $1.00 per share)

                    30,000       30       29,970               30,000  

Common stock issued as additional consideration pursuant to license agreement (December 2006 and January 2007 at $0.001 per share)

                    32,333       32       32,301               32,333  

Common stock purchase warrants sold to outside investors (March 2007 at $0.25 per share)

                                    102,500               102,500  

Common stock purchase warrants sold to an employee (March 2007 at $0.25 per share)

                                    21,250               21,250  

Common stock purchase warrants issued to an employee (March 2007 at estimated fair value of $0.12 per share)

                                    2,925               2,925  

Net loss

                                            (1,100,673 )     (1,100,673 )
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2007

    -       -       10,958,333       10,958       648,456       (1,103,388 )     (443,974 )

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

   

Preferred Stock

   

Common Stock

   

 

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock purchase warrants sold to an employee (April 2007 at $0.25 per share)

    -     $ -       -     $ -     $ 1,250     $ -     $ 1,250  

Common stock sold in private placement offerings (May and June 2007 at $1.00 per share)

                    257,500       257       231,493               231,750  

Common stock issued as additional consideration pursuant to license agreement (June 2007 at $1.00 per share)

                    10,729       11       10,718               10,729  

Common stock purchase warrants issued to a director (June 2007 at estimated fair value of $0.73 per share)

                                    21,915               21,915  

Common stock purchase warrants issued in exchange for consulting services (June 2007 at estimated fair value of $0.98 per share)

                                    490,150               490,150  

Common stock purchase warrants issued in exchange for consulting services (June 2007 at estimated fair value of $0.60 per share)

                                    18,033               18,033  

Common stock purchase warrants issued to an employee (July 2007 at estimated fair value of $0.73 per share)

                                    109,680               109,680  

Common stock purchase warrants issued in exchange for consulting services (March 2008 at estimated fair value of $0.88 per share)

                                    52,860               52,860  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised (March 2008 at $0.02 per share)

                    500,000       500       9,500               10,000  

Contributed rent

                                    10,080               10,080  

Net loss

                                            (1,812,567 )     (1,812,567 )

Common stock issued in reverse merger (March 2008)

                    6,462,900       6,463       931,778               938,241  
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2008

    -       -       18,189,462       18,189       2,535,913       (2,915,955 )     (361,853 )

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

   

Preferred Stock

   

Common Stock

   

 

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock issued as additional consideration pursuant to license agreement (April 2008 and March 2009 at $1.00 per share)

              719,772     $ 720     $ 719,052        -     $ 719,772  

Share-based compensation related to common stock purchase warrants issued to directors (April through October 2008 at estimated weighted-average fair value of $0.80 per share)

                                    550,555               550,555  

Convertible note payable and common stock purchase warrants issued to a related party (May 2008 at estimated fair value of $0.50 per share)

                                    25,000               25,000  

Note payable and common stock purchase warrants issued to a related party (October 2008 at estimated fair value of $0.31 per share)

                                    31,125               31,125  

Modification to previously issued common stock purchase warrants to a related party (November 2008 at estimated fair value of $0.09 per share)

                                    1,696               1,696  

Modifications to previously issued common stock purchase warrants to outside investors (January 2009 at weighted average estimated fair value of $0.28 per share)

                                    148,155               148,155  

Share-based compensation related to modifications to previously issued common stock purchase warrants (March 2009 at estimated fair value of $0.62 per share)

                                    79,696               79,696  

Share-based compensation related to common shares issued as part of settlement agreements with former employees (March 2009 at $1.00 per share)

                    110,000       110       109,890               110,000  

Common stock issued in private placement offering, net of offering costs of $ 112,200 (March 2009 at $1.00 per unit)

                    1,870,000       1,870       1,755,930               1,757,800  

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

 

   

Preferred Stock

   

Common Stock

   

 

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity

(Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock purchase warrants issued in merger to related parties (March 2009 at weighted average estimated fair value of $1.00 per share)

    -      $ -                     $ 1,948,237       -     $ 1,948,237  

Common stock purchase warrants issued in private placement to related parties (March 2009 at weighted average estimated fair value of $0.80 per share)

                                    403,350               403,350  

Contributed rent

                                    5,880               5,880  

Net loss

                                            (4,544,521 )     (4,544,521 )

Common stock issued in reverse merger

                    2,275,333       2,275       (127,775 )             (125,500 )
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2009

    -       -       23,164,567       23,164       8,186,704       (7,460,476 )     749,392  

Conversion of related party note payable into common stock (April 2009 at $0.22 per share)

                    600,000       600       131,400               132,000  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised for cash by related parties (June 2009; 200,000 at $0.01 per share and 1,175,356 at $0.001 per share)

                    1,375,356       1,375       1,800               3,175  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (May and June 2009 at weighted average exercise price of $1.10 per share)

                    126,097       126       (126 )             -  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised for cash by related parties (July and August 2009 at $0.001 per share)

                    774,644       775                       775  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless by related parties (July through September 2009 at weighted average exercise price of $0.75 per share)

                    485,387       485       (485 )             -  

 

 

 
F-8

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

   

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

   

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

   

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (August and September 2009 at weighted average exercise price of $1.10 per share)

    -     -       268,720     $ 269     $ (269 )     -     $ -  

Common stock purchase warrant issued to related party for license fee (September 2009 at estimated fair value of $8.60 per share and exercise price of $3.00 per share

                                    5,590,980               5,590,980  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (October through December 2009 at weighted average exercise price of $1.02 per share)

                    291,714       293       (293 )             -  

Modification to common stock purchase warrants (October 2009 at estimated fair value of $9.92 per share)

                                    2,479,000               2,479,000  

Common stock and common stock purchase warrants sold in private placement offering, net of offering costs of $198,760 (December 2009 and January 2010 at $2.50 per unit)

                    794,260       794       1,786,096               1,786,890  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (March 2010 at exercise price of $1.10 per share)

                    106,273       106       (106 )             -  

Share-based compensation related to issuance of common stock purchase warrants (April 2009 through March 2010)

                                    6,395,302               6,395,302  

Contributed rent

                                    3,780               3,780  

Net loss

                                            (15,478,884 )     (15,478,884 )
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2010

    -       -       27,987,018       27,987       24,573,783       (22,939,360 )     1,662,410  

 

 

 
F-9

 

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

   

 

 

 

Common Stock

   

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Conversion of accounts payable into common stock (April 2010 at $2.50 per share)

     -     -       20,000     $ 20     $ 49,962       -     $ 49,982  

Conversion of note payable with related party into common stock (June 2010 at $0.80 per share)

                    31,250       31       24,969               25,000  

Share-based compensation

                                    6,466,435               6,466,435  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (at weighted average exercise price of $3.13 per share)

                    7,228       7       (7 )             -  

Common stock purchase warrants exercised at exercise price of $0.25 per share, net of placement agent fees

                    935,000       935       221,203               222,138  

Net loss

                                            (8,225,477 )     (8,225,477 )
                                                         

Balances at March 31, 2011

    -     $ -       28,980,496     $ 28,980     $ 31,336,345     $ (31,164,837 )   $ 200,488  
                                                         

Common stock and common stock purchase warrants sold in private placement offering, net of offering costs of $353,505 (June and August 2011 at $1.25 per unit)

                    3,037,900       3,038       3,440,832               3,443,870  

Charge for modification to common stock purchase warrants sold in private placement offering in December 2009 and January 2010)

                                    140,959               140,959  

Share-based compensation

                                    2,916,904               2,916,904  

Net loss

                                            (5,395,492 )     (5,395,492 )

Balances at March 31, 2012

    -       -       32,018,396       32,018       37,835,040       (36,560,329 )     1,306,729  

 

 

 

 
F-10

 

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (continued)

 

   

 

 

Preferred Stock

   

Common Stock

   

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock purchase warrants exercised cashless (April 2012 at exercise price of $1.50 per share)

    -     -       158       -       -       -       -  

Debt discount on convertible notes sold in private placement offering (May and June 2012)

                                    404,660               404,660  

Common stock warrants issued to placement agent in private placement offering (May and June 2012 at estimated weighted average fair value of $0.41 per share)

                                    87,429               87,429  

Debt discount on convertible note sold to a related party in private placement offering (October 2012)

                                    198,882               198,882  

Common stock warrants issued to placement agent in private placement offering (October 2012 at estimated weighted average fair value of $0.16 per share)

                                    19,047               19,047  

Share-based compensation

                                    4,174,839               4,174,839  

Charge for modification to common stock purchase warrants sold in private placement offering in March 2009

                                    658,381               658,381  

Net loss

                                            (7,454,623 )     (7,454,623 )

Balances at March 31, 2013

    -     $ -       32,018,554     $ 32,018     $ 43,378,278     $ (44,014,952 )   $ (604,656 )

 

 

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

 

 

 
F-11

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

   

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

   

 

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital

   

Deficit

Accumulated

During

Development

Stage

   

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

Equity (Deficit)

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

                         
                                                         

Common stock sold in private placement offering, net of offering costs (May 2013 at $0.25 per share)

    -       -       6,160,000       6,160       1,355,238       -       1,361,398  

Common stock issued from conversion of senior secured convertible promissory note plus accrued interest (November 2013 at $0.25 per share)

                    458,084       458       114,063               114,521  

Conversion feature of senior secured promissory notes reclassified from liability to equity at estimated fair value

                                    270,340               270,340  

Share-based compensation

                    20,000       20       490,760               490,780  

Net loss

                                            (2,516,641 )     (2,516,641 )

Balances at March 31, 2014

    -     $ -       38,656,638     $ 38,656     $ 45,608,679     $ (46,531,593 )   $ (884,258 )

 

 

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

 

 
F-12

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   

 

 

For the Years Ended March 31,

   

February 28, 2006

(Inception) Through

March 31, 2014

 
   

2014

   

2013

         

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

                       

Net loss

  $ (2,516,641 )   $ (7,454,623 )   $ (46,531,593 )

Adjustments used to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

                       

Equity loss from investment in related party

    -       780,174       1,401,724  

Impairment of equity investment in related party

    -       282,297       282,297  

Gain on sale of equity investment interest in related party

    -       (184,021 )     (184,021 )

Change in estimated fair value in derivative liabilities – related parties

    (22,099 )     (49,871 )     (71,970 )

Change in estimated fair value in derivative liabilities

    9,868       (89,532 )     (79,664 )

Share-based compensation

    490,780       4,174,839       21,910,074  

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

    270,692       138,056       464,873  

Amortization of debt discount – related parties

    184,184       87,564       271,748  

Depreciation and amortization

    4,913       4,133       52,537  

Charges for modifications to warrants – related parties

    -       651,339       651,339  

Charges for modifications to warrants

    -       7,042       2,779,687  

Charge for warrants issued in merger and private placement transactions - related parties

    -       -       2,351,587  

Charge for warrant issued for purchase of license – related party

    -       -       5,590,980  

Common stock issued pursuant to license agreements

    -       -       763,240  

Contributed rent

    -       -       19,740  

Loss on disposal of equipment

    -       -       2,444  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                       

Other current assets

    9,511       (10,071 )     (34,300 )

Accounts payable

    (33,811 )     (46,203 )     214,878  

Accrued liabilities

    6,637       (7,930 )     (227,937 )

Accrued interest

    162,716       112,982       275,698  

Amounts due to related parties

    -       (100,223 )     207,632  

Net cash used in operating activities

    (1,433,250 )     (1,704,048 )     (9,889,007 )
                         

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

                       

Proceeds from sale of equity investment in related party

    -       500,000       500,000  

Purchase of equity investment in related party

    -       -       (2,000,000 )

Proceeds from reverse mergers

    -       -       11,750  

Purchase of licenses

    -       (31,154 )     (66,555 )

Purchase of property and equipment

    -       -       (7,423 )

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    -       468,846       (1,562,228 )

 

 

 
F-13

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. & SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

 

   

 

 

For the Years Ended March 31,

   

February 28, 2006

(Inception) Through

March 31, 2014

 
   

2014

   

2013

         

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

                       

Proceeds from the sale of convertible notes

    -       502,970       502,970  

Proceeds from the sale of convertible notes – related parties

    -       942,391       942,391  

Net proceeds from the sale of common stock

    1,361,398       -       9,091,213  

Proceeds from the issuance of notes payable to related parties

    -       -       825,000  

Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants

    -       -       236,088  

Proceeds from the sale of common stock warrants

    -       -       125,000  

Net cash provided by financing activities

    1,361,398       1,445,361       11,722,662  
                         

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    (71,852 )     210,159       271,427  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

    343,279       133,120       -  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

  $ 271,427     $ 343,279     $ 271,427  

 

 

    For the Years Ended March 31,          
    2014     2013          

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

                       
                         

Conversion feature of senior secured promissory notes reclassified from liability to equity at estimated fair value

  $ 270,340     $ -          

Convertible note principal and accrued interest converted into common stock

    114,521       -          

Common stock purchase warrants paid to placement agent

    -       106,476          

 

  

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

 

 

 
F-14

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND GOING CONCERN

 

Organization

 

Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. is the successor company of Across America Financial Services, Inc. (“Across America”), which was incorporated under Colorado law on December 1, 2005 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America Real Estate Corp.

 

On March 31, 2009, Across America completed the acquisition of Apro Bio Pharmaceutical Corporation (“Apro Bio”) pursuant to the terms of the Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization, as amended (the "Merger") among Across America, Apro Bio and Across America Acquisition Corp. (“AAAC”), a Colorado corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America. Under the terms of the Merger, AAAC was merged into Apro Bio and Apro Bio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Across America. On May 27, 2009, Across America changed its name to Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Omni Bio”). The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition with Apro Bio being treated as the acquirer for accounting purposes.

 

Nature of Operations

 

Except as the context otherwise requires, the terms “Omni Bio,” “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” means Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Omni Bio Operating, Inc.

 

We are a biopharmaceutical company that was formed to explore new methods of use of alpha-1 antitrypsin (“AAT”), also referred to as “plasma-derived AAT” (“p-AAT”). p-AAT is purified from human blood and has been found to have significant anti-inflammatory and tissue protective effects in numerous animal models of human disease. In 2012, we began to fund the research and development of several synthetic proteins involving the fusion of AAT and an Fc component of immunoglobulin (“Fc-AAT”).

 

We hold a license to an issued method of use patent for the treatment of diabetes using p-AAT with a privately-held company, Bio Holding, Inc. In addition, we hold licenses with the Regents of the University of Colorado (“RUC”) for method of use patents and patent applications (“Use Patents”) covering the use of p-AAT in the following indications: cellular transplantation and graft rejection, radiation protection, certain bacterial and viral diseases, myocardial remodeling and inflammatory bowel disease. We also hold licenses with RUC for patent applications covering composition of matter for various Fc-AAT constructs. We recently received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. patent office for composition of matter claims related to our lead Fc-AAT molecule targeted for clinical development in conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, graft versus host disease or refractory gout.

 

Basis of Presentation and Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which contemplate our continuation as a going concern, whereby the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities are in the ordinary course of business. We are currently in the development stage as we have not realized any revenue since inception. To date, our business efforts have been largely dedicated to pursuing additional capital to fund Sponsored Research Agreements (“SRAs”), the initial funding of BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc., an equity investee (“BioMimetix”), prosecution of patent applications and a human clinical trial in to evaluate the therapeutic effects of p-AAT in the treatment of Type 1 diabetics.

 

We have incurred net losses since inception, and as of March 31, 2014, had cash and cash equivalents of $271,427 and an accumulated deficit of $46.5 million, which included non-cash charges of approximately $36.2 million. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be different should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

 

 
F-15

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

In May 2013, we completed a closing under a private placement financing and generated approximately $1,365,000 in net cash proceeds. See further discussion in Note 3.

 

In April 2014, we secured additional financing under a private placement offering (the “2014 Private Placement”) with Bohemian Investments LLC (“Bohemian”), an affiliate of BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of the Company, that enables the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000 through April 15, 2015 and enables like funding of up to $1,000,000 from other sources.

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Omni Bio and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Omni Bio Operating, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. Periodically, we maintain deposits in financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits.

 

Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

 

We have not recognized any revenue since inception and had no accounts receivable balances as of March 31, 2014 or 2013.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets which generally range from three to five years. Expenditures for replacements, renewals and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred.

 

Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of costs incurred to acquire license rights to issued patents and patent applications held by RUC. Amortization of license rights is based on the estimated useful life of the patent to which the license relates. The remaining estimated useful lives of the assets range from 9.1 to 18.5 years.

 

Capitalized license costs consisted of the following:

 

   

March 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 

Licenses:

               

Bacterial

  $ 20,665     $ 20,665  

Fc-AAT

    31,154       31,154  

Cellular Transplantation

    34,736       34,736  
      86,555       86,555  

Less: Accumulated amortization

    (23,061 )     (18,148 )
                 
    $ 63,494     $ 68,407  

 

 

 
F-16

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

For the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, amortization expense related to intangibles was $4,913 and 4,133, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows:

 

For the Years Ended March 31,

       
         

2015

  $ 4,912  

2016

    4,912  

2017

    4,912  

2018

    4,912  

2019

    4,912  

Thereafter

    38,934  
         

Total

  $ 63,494  

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

 

We review long-lived assets for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. 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 assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments. The convertible notes and derivative liabilities have been stated at estimated fair values using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses, and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Significant estimates include assumptions used in the valuation of equity awards, the valuation of derivative liabilities associated with our Convertible Notes (as defined in Note 3) and the realization of our equity investment in a related party. See further discussion in Notes 3 and 6.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period presented. In addition to common shares outstanding, any shares issuable for little or no cash consideration are considered outstanding shares as of the beginning of a reporting period and are included in the calculation of the weighted-average number of common shares.

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the number of common shares that would be issued assuming exercise or conversion of all potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the calculation when their effect would be anti-dilutive. For all periods presented in the consolidated financial statements, all potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the diluted share calculations as they were anti-dilutive as a result of the net losses incurred for the respective periods. Accordingly, basic shares equal diluted shares for all periods presented.

 

 

 
F-17

 

 

OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Potentially dilutive securities were comprised of the following:

 

   

March 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Warrants

    22,673,136       21,585,457  

Restricted stock units

    50,000       100,000  

Convertible notes payable

    1,562,500       1,562,500  
                 
      24,285,636       23,247,957  

 

Share-based Compensation

 

We recognize equity-based payments to employees in the financial statements based on the estimated fair value of the award on the grant date and recognize share-based compensation expense over the period that an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award (generally the vesting period). We estimate the fair value of each stock option or stock purchase warrant at the grant date by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. See Note 6 for additional disclosures.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is required to the extent that it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

US GAAP prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. We had no unrecognized tax benefits or uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2014 or 2013.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications have been made in the financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2013 to conform to the presentation as of and for the year ended March 31, 2014. Such reclassifications had no effect on the reported net loss.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

We have reviewed all of the FASB’s Accounting Standard Updates through the filing date of this report and we do not expect that any will have a material impact on our future consolidated financial statements.

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 3 – FINANCINGS

 

2013 Private Placement

 

On May 31, 2013, we completed a financing under a private placement offering (the “2013 Private Placement”), pursuant to which we entered into subscription agreements for the sale of 6,160,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.25 per share, which aggregated gross cash proceeds of $1,540,000. A total of 4,600,000 shares of our common stock were sold to two significant stockholders. After deducting offering expenses, including commissions and expenses paid to the placement agent, legal and accounting fees, net proceeds to the Company from the 2013 Private Placement totaled approximately $1,361,000. We used the net proceeds from the 2013 Private Placement for general working capital requirements and certain research and development projects.

 

As additional compensation paid to the placement agent of the 2013 Private Placement for services rendered, we were obligated to sell for a nominal fee warrants (the “2013 PA Warrants”) to purchase 10% of the total securities sold in the 2013 Private Placement at an exercise price of $0.25 per share. Under the terms of the 2013 Private Placement, we issued 616,000 2013 PA Warrants. The 2013 PA Warrants carry a five year life, expire on June 30, 2018 and contain a cashless exercise provision.

 

2012 Private Placement

 

In May and June 2012, we completed a financing under a private placement offering (the “2012 Private Placement”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Unit. Each Unit was comprised of a convertible note with a principal amount of $1.00 (the “2012 Convertible Notes”) that was convertible into one share of our common stock (“Common Stock”) at a price of $1.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”), and a warrant (the “2012 Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock that was exercisable at $1.50 per share through May 24, 2017. We sold an aggregate of 1,062,500 Units in the 2012 Private Placement for cash of $1,062,500. After deducting offering expenses, we raised net cash proceeds of approximately $912,000, of which approximately $440,000 was from a related party.

 

The 2012 Convertible Notes are due on various dates ranging from May 24, 2015 to June 26, 2015 and are convertible any time during this term at the option of a 2012 Convertible note holder The 2012 Convertible Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 10%, payable in shares of Common Stock at the rate of $0.25 per share on the earlier of their conversion date or maturity date. We may prepay the 2012 Convertible Notes in cash and accrued interest in shares of Common Stock at any time upon 20 days’ written notice.

 

As of March 31, 2014, a total principal amount of $962,500 of 2012 Convertible Notes are outstanding and are secured by 86,625 shares of BioMimetix’s common stock, which we own (“BioMimetix Stock”). For each dollar invested, the 2012 Convertible Notes are collateralized by 0.09 shares of BioMimetix Stock (the “Collateral Shares”). The Collateral Shares are the sole and only recourse upon a default by us of our obligations under the 2012 Convertible Notes, and the actual value of the Collateral Shares may be less than the principal amount of the Convertible Notes.

 

GVC Capital LLC (“GVC Capital”), a former related party, served as the placement agent for the 2012 Private Placement and was paid a due diligence fee of $25,000 plus a 10% commission of the gross proceeds raised. In addition, we were obligated to sell for a nominal fee to GVC Capital for services rendered, as the placement agent, warrants (the “PA Warrants”) to purchase 10% of the total securities sold in the 2012 Private Placement. One half of the PA Warrants are exercisable at $1.00 per share and one half are exercisable at $1.50 per share. We issued 106,250 PA Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share and 106,250 PA Warrants exercisable at $1.50 per share. The PA Warrants expire on June 26, 2017 and carry a cashless exercise provision. Two of our former directors are Senior Managing Partners in GVC Capital.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

2012 BOCO Financing

 

On October 31, 2012, we completed a financing (the “BOCO Financing”) in the form of a Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the “BOCO Note”) with BOCO Investments, LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of Omni, for cash in the amount of $600,000, which is convertible into shares of our common stock at a price of $1.00 per share (the “BOCO Conversion Price”). As additional consideration, we issued to BOCO a warrant to purchase 600,000 shares of our common stock (the “BOCO Warrant”), which is exercisable at $1.50 per share through October 31, 2017. After deducting legal fees and offering expenses, including commissions and expenses paid to the placement agent, we netted cash proceeds from the BOCO Note of approximately $533,000.

 

The BOCO Note is due October 31, 2015, and is convertible at any time during this term at the option of BOCO. The BOCO Note bears interest at an annual rate of 10%, payable, in the sole discretion of us, in cash or in shares of our common stock at the rate of $0.25 per share, or a combination of both, on the earlier of the conversion date or the maturity date. We may prepay the BOCO Note, in whole or in part, at any time upon 20 days’ written notice.

 

The BOCO Note is secured by a pledge of 54,000 shares of common stock of BioMimetix owned by us and provides additional remedies to BOCO in the event that we are not able to repay the BOCO Note. The outstanding balance of any amount owing under the BOCO Note, which is not paid when due under its terms, shall bear interest at the rate of 15% per annum.

 

GVC Capital served as the placement agent for the BOCO Note and was paid a 10% cash commission of the gross proceeds raised. In addition, we were obligated to sell for a nominal fee to GVC Capital for services rendered, as the placement agent, PA Warrants to purchase 10% of the total securities sold in the BOCO Note. One half of these warrants are exercisable at $1.00 per share and one half are exercisable at $1.50 per share. We issued 60,000 PA Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share and 60,000 PA Warrants exercisable at $1.50 per share. These Warrants expire on October 31, 2017 and carry a cashless exercise provision.

 

Accounting for the Convertible Notes and Related Warrants

 

The ability of the holders of the 2012 Convertible Notes and BOCO (collectively the “Convertible Notes” and “Note Holders”) to exercise the 2012 Warrants and BOCO Warrant, respectively (collectively the “2012 Warrants” is not contingent upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes and, accordingly, we determined that the 2012 Warrants were “detachable” from the Convertible Notes. The estimated fair value of the Convertible Notes was calculated based on the closing stock price of our common stock on the date of issuance multiplied by the equivalent conversion shares of the respective issuance. The estimated fair value of the 2012 Warrants was calculated on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes pricing model. We allocated the proceeds from the 2012 Private Placement and the BOCO Financing to the respective Convertible Notes and the 2012 Warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value assigned to the 2012 Warrants was recorded as a debt discount and credited to additional paid-in capital. This discount is amortized over the life of the Convertible Notes.

 

At inception, the Convertible Notes were convertible into Common Stock at a price of $1.00 per share and contained a provision for adjustment of the Conversion Price for certain subsequent financing below $1.00 per share (the “Reset Provision”). With the closing of the 2013 Private Placement that was comprised of the sale of Common Stock at a price of $0.25 per share, the Reset Provision was triggered and the Conversion Price of the Convertible Notes was adjusted to $0.25 per share. This resulted in an increase in the aggregate potential convertible shares from the conversion of the Convertible Notes from 1,662,500 to 6,650,000 shares of our common stock.

 

As a result of the Reset Provision, we concluded that the conversion price of the Convertible Notes (the “Conversion Feature”) met the criteria of an embedded derivative and should be bifurcated from the Convertible Notes (host contract) and accounted for as a derivative liability and calculated at fair value. We estimated the fair value of the Conversion Feature on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The difference between the value assigned to the Convertible Notes (as calculated above along with the 2012 Warrants) and the estimated fair value of the Conversion Feature was assigned to the Convertible Notes. The amount assigned to the Conversion Feature was recorded as a derivative liability with a corresponding debit to debt discount. This discount is amortized over the life of the Convertible Notes. As a derivative liability, the Conversion Feature was revalued as of the end of respective quarterly reporting periods using the Black-Scholes pricing model. For the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the weighted average effective interest rate on the Convertible Notes, which included contractual interest coupon and amortization of debt discount, is 29% and 23% respectively.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Financing costs incurred in the 2012 Private Placement and BOCO Financing included placement agent cash commissions and related expenses, the estimated fair value of the PA Warrants and legal and accounting expenses, and were recorded as debt issuance costs and are amortized over the term of the Convertible Notes. The estimated fair value of the PA Warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model.

 

In November 2013 and in accordance with the conversion terms of the Convertible Notes, a Convertible Note in the principal amount of $100,000 plus accrued interest of $14,521 was converted into 458,084 shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $0.25 per share.

 

In October 2013 and December 2013, the Reset Provision on the Convertible Notes expired (the “Expiration Dates”) and the conversion price on all of the Convertible Notes was fixed at $0.25 per share. As a result of the fixed conversion price of the Convertible Notes as of the Expiration Dates, we concluded that the conversion feature of the Convertible Notes no longer met the definition of a derivative liability and no longer needed to be bifurcated from the debt host instrument. Accordingly, as of the Expiration Dates, we calculated the estimated fair value of the derivative liabilities associated with the Convertible Notes at $270,340 and reclassified this amount to equity.

 

Future debt maturities

 

The future maturities on the Convertible Notes for the succeeding five years are as follows:

 

Year Ended March 31,

                       
                         

2015

  $ -                  

2016

    1,562,500                  

2017

    -                  

2018

    -                  

2019

    -                  
    $ 1,562,500                  

 

 

NOTE 4 – CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS

 

Effective July 1, 2013, we executed an amendment to a sponsored research agreement (the “Fc-AAT SRA”) with RUC related to our Fc-AAT constructs (the “Fc-AAT SRA Amendment”) for the period from July 1, 2013 to September 30, 2013 in the amount of $52,500. In October 2013, we elected not to renew the Fc-AAT SRA and are under no obligation for any work performed under this SRA beyond September 30, 2013. The Fc-AAT SRA Amendment related to the original Fc-AAT SRA that was executed in March 2012.

 

On January 1, 2014, we entered into an Amendment to Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which the employment agreement between the Company and Bruce Schneider, our Chief Executive Officer, was amended to (i) extend the term of the employment agreement by one year, (ii) defer $5,000 per month of Dr. Schneider’s base salary until the Company raises additional financing of at least $1.5 million, and (iii) to formalize the anti-dilution feature related to certain warrants previously granted to Dr. Schneider by the Company.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Future royalty payments under license agreements with RUC and Bio Holding are summarized below:

 

 

License

 

Field of Use

Minimum

Royalties

Milestone

Royalties

Earned

Royalties (5)

Sublicense

Royalties (6)

           

Bacterial (1)

 

Bacterial disorders

and various therapeutic

indications treated with

Fc-AAT

 

 

$25,000 per year

starting

September 30, 2013

 

(2)

4% of Net Sales

20%

Graft (1)

 

Cellular transplantation

/graft rejection

(including GvHD)

 

 

$15,000 per year

starting

September 30, 2013

 

(2)

3% of Net Sales

20%

Fc-AAT (1)

Various therapeutic

indications

 

$15,000 per year

starting

September 30, 2013

 

(2)

2.5% of Net Sales

20%

Viral (1)

 

Viral disorders

 

 

$50,000 per year

after first

commercial sale

 

(3)

4% of Net Sales

20% to 30%

Diabetes (4)

Diabetes

 

None

 

 

None

 

 

4% of Gross Revenues

 

 

30%

 

 

(1) Licensed to us by RUC.

 

(2) Payable as follows: $25,000 for each therapeutic indication upon the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial; $100,000 for each therapeutic indication upon the initiation of a Phase III clinical trial; $200,000 upon the approval of any licensed product by the U.S. FDA (or foreign equivalent).

 

(3) Payable as follows: $100,000 upon completion of any phase III clinical trial and $150,000 upon first commercial sale. No milestone royalties are required for the first therapeutic indication. For the second therapeutic indication, 100% of the milestone royalties shall be paid, and for subsequent therapeutic indications 50% of the milestone royalties shall be paid.

 

(4) Licensed to us by Bio Holding.

 

(5) Calculated based on direct net sales of product by Omni.

 

(6) Calculated based on royalties received by Omni on a sublicense arrangement with a third party.

 

The license agreements expire upon the expiration date of the last patent covered by the agreement and may also be terminated by either party in the event of a default by the other party.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Future minimum royalties due under license agreements with RUC are as follows:

 

For the Years Ended March 31,

                       
                         

2015

  $ 55,000                  

2016

    55,000                  

2017

    55,000                  

2018

    55,000                  

2019

    55,000                  

Thereafter

    400,000                  

Total

  $ 675,000                  

 

The total minimum royalties paid in 2014 were $55,000.

 

Operating Leases

 

We have a lease for corporate office space, which expires on June 30, 2014. Total outstanding commitments as of March 31, 2014 under the lease are $3,436 plus annual operating expenses. For the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, our rent expense was $20,640 and $19,581, respectively.

 

We have a lease for an office multi-purpose machine, which expires on October 31, 2015. When the Company moved to its new location in Fort Collins, Colorado, the copier was returned to the vendor and a final payment of $4,407 was paid in April 2014. As of May 2014, we no longer have a commitment for this machine.

 

Future commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are $7,843 for the year ended March 31, 2015.

 

 

NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES

 

As of March 31, 2014, we had net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future federal income tax of approximately $10.8 million. These carryforwards expire as of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026 through 2034. Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the amount of and the benefit from net operating losses that can be carried forward may be limited in certain circumstances. Events that may cause changes in the tax carryovers include, but are not limited to, a cumulative ownership change of more than 50% over a three-year period. Therefore, the amount available to offset future taxable income may be limited. We carry a deferred tax valuation allowance equal to 100% of total deferred assets. In recording this allowance, we have considered a number of factors, but chiefly, our sustained operating losses from inception. We have concluded that a valuation allowance is required for 100% of the total deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Deferred tax assets, all of which were long-term, were comprised of the following:

 

   

March 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Net operating loss carryforwards

  $ 4,009,326     $ 3,528,490  

Share-based compensation

    8,111,648       7,929,765  

Equity loss from investment in related party

    555,900       555,900  

Research and development tax credit

    91,117       83,179  

Other

    8,887       3,906  
                 

Valuation allowance

    (12,776,878 )     (12,101,240 )
                 

Net deferred tax asset

  $ -     $ -  

 

The benefit for income taxes differed from the amount computed using the U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% as follows:

 

   

For the Years Ended March 31,

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Income tax benefit computed at federal statutory rate

  $ (855,658 )   $ (2,534,572 )
                 

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

    (77,009 )     (228,111 )

Charge for modification to warrants issued to outside parties

    -       243,996  

Discount amortization on convertible debt

    168,577       83,615  

Accrued interest on convertible debt, payable in common stock

    96,792       41,871  

Change in derivative liabilities

    (4,533 )     (51,663 )

Research and development tax credit

    (7,938 )     (14,501 )

Other

    4,131       5,834  

Change in valuation allowance

    675,638       2,453,531  
                 

Income tax benefit

  $ -     $ -  

 

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, we had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits and no accrual for the payment of related interest.

 

Interest costs related to unrecognized tax benefits are classified as interest expense and penalties are recognized as a component of “general and administrative expenses” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. For the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, we recorded no amounts for interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits or tax related penalties.

 

Any of our uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by relevant tax authorities. We have not been examined by the Internal Revenue Service or the state of Colorado since inception and, therefore, our tax returns are open for review for all years since 2009.

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 6 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

From inception, we have not had an employee stock option plan, but have issued stock purchase warrants on a discretionary basis to employees, directors and outside consultants. The fair value of each warrant award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model. Historically, the expected life of a warrant has been equal to its contractual term, as all of the warrants granted have underlying shares that are not registered and have additional trading restrictions. Further, for warrants granted to directors and officers, vested warrants are not forfeited in the circumstance of departure from the Company. Expected volatility is estimated based on a review of the Company’s historical stock price volatility. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield on the grant measurement date of a traded zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bond, as reported by the U.S. Federal Reserve, with a term equal to the expected term of the respective warrant.

 

On June 24, 2013, we granted and issued to Robert Ogden, our former Chief Financial Officer, a warrant to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.28 per share. This warrant has a seven year life and 100,000 of the shares underlying this warrant vested and became exercisable on June 24, 2013. The remaining shares underlying this warrant vest and become exercisable in three equal annual installments on June 24, 2014, June 24, 2015 and June 24, 2016, provided that Mr. Ogden remains in continuous service with Omni as of each vesting date. We valued this warrant using the Black-Scholes pricing model based on the following assumptions: closing stock price on date of grant of $0.28, exercise price of $0.28, expected term of the warrant of seven years, volatility of 100% and risk-free interest of 1.31%. The estimated fair value ascribed to this warrant was $69,089. Mr. Ogden resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective March 28, 2014. Due to his resignation, the 200,000 shares underlying this warrant are not exercisable.

 

On July 11, 2013, we granted and issued to a scientific consultant for services rendered 20,000 shares of our common stock. We valued this stock award at $5,800, or $0.29 per share, which represented the closing price of our common stock as quoted on the OTCBB exchange on the date of grant. This stock award vested immediately.

 

On July 15, 2013, we granted and issued to one of our directors a warrant to purchase 250,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.29 per share. The warrant has a seven year life and vested in full upon issuance. We valued this warrant using the Black-Scholes pricing model based on the following assumptions: stock price on date of grant of $0.29, exercise price of $0.29, expected term of warrant of seven years, volatility of 100% and risk-free interest of 1.71%. The estimated fair value ascribed to this warrant was $59,812.

 

On July 15, 2013, we granted and issued to Bruce Schneider, our Chief Executive and Financial Officer, a warrant to purchase 326,210 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.29 per share. The warrant has a seven year life and vested in full upon issuance. We valued this warrant using the Black-Scholes pricing model based on the following assumptions: stock price on date of grant of $0.29, exercise price of $0.29, expected term of warrant of seven years, volatility of 100% and risk-free interest of 1.71%. The estimated fair value ascribed to this warrant was $78,044. We granted this warrant to Dr. Schneider pursuant to an anti-dilution provision of his employment agreement with the Company.

 

On July 15, 2013, we granted and issued to a consultant a warrant to purchase 112,135 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.29 per share. The warrant has a seven year life and vested in full upon issuance. We valued this warrant using the Black-Scholes pricing model based on the following assumptions: stock price on date of grant of $0.29, exercise price of $0.29, expected term of warrant of seven years, volatility of 100% and risk-free interest of 1.71%. The estimated fair value ascribed to this warrant was $26,828. We granted this warrant to the consultant pursuant to an anti-dilution provision of his consulting agreement with the Company.

 

The weighted-average grant date fair value of warrants granted during the year ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $0.24 and $0.27 per share respectively.

 

A total of 50,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) expired during the year ended March 31, 2014.

 

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Share-based compensation related to warrants and restricted stock units recorded for the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:

 

   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Employees and directors

  $ 428,966     $ 3,508,046  

Outside consultants

    61,814       666,793  
                 
    $ 490,780     $ 4,174,839  

 

As of March 31, 2014, all share-based arrangements were vested and there is no unrecognized compensation cost.

 

A summary of activity related to warrants issued to employees, directors and consultants under share-based compensation agreements for the year ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Shares

   

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

   

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term (in years)

   

 

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

 
                                 

Outstanding at March 31, 2013

    8,907,999     $ 0.94                  

Granted

    988,345     $ 0.29                  

Exercised

    -       -                  

Forfeited/expired/cancelled

    (366,666 )   $ 0.61                  
                                 

Outstanding at March 31, 2014

    9,529,678     $ 0.89       4.4     $ 180  
                                 

Vested and exercisable at March 31, 2014

    9,529,678     $ 0.89       4.4     $ 180  

 

 

A summary of investor warrant activity for the year ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

             

Number of Warrants

 
                   
 

Outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2013

            12,677,458  
 

Granted

            616,000  
 

Exercised

            -  
 

Forfeited/expired

            (150,000 )
 

Outstanding, vested and exercisable at March 31, 2014

            13,143,458  

 

 
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OMNI BIO PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

(A Development Stage Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

A summary by exercise price of investor warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2014 is listed below, all of which are immediately exercisable.

 

Exercise Price

 

Number of Warrants

 

$0.25

    616,000  

$0.50

    3,740,000  

$1.00

    2,036,250  

$1.50

    2,100,816  

$2.00

    3,832,160  

$2.50

    74,116  

$3.00

    650,000  

$3.75

    94,116  
      13,143,458  

 

 

NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In April 2014, we secured additional financing under a private placement offering (the “2014 Private Placement”) with Bohemian Investments LLC (“Bohemian”), an affiliate of BOCO Investments LLC (“BOCO”), a significant shareholder and affiliate of the Company, that enables the Company to borrow up to $2,000,000 through April 15, 2015 and enables like funding of up to $1,000,000 from other sources. The financing is in the form of a one-year note convertible into common stock of Omni Bio at the lower of $0.20 per share or 65% of the stock price offered in connection with a public offering of the Company’s common stock. As additional consideration for the note, we issued 3,000,000 warrants to purchase Omni Bio common stock to BOCO at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with an April 15, 2015 expiration date and 1,000,000 warrants to Bohemian at an exercise price of $0.25 per share with an April 15, 2019 expiration date. We also extended three existing warrant agreements with BOCO to December 31, 2019 and reset the exercise price on such warrants to $0.25 per share from prior exercise prices of $0.50-1.50. All new and revised warrants have anti-dilution provisions which would be triggered if the Company subdivides its outstanding common stock shares by recapitalization, reclassification or split-up, or if the Company declares a stock dividend or distributes common stock shares to its shareholders.

  

Additionally, in April 2014 we announced the execution of a multi-phase contract manufacturing services agreement with Gallus BioPharmaceuticals LLC (“Gallus”) under which certain cell line optimization and process development work are contemplated for our Fc-AAT 2 molecule. The ultimate goal is to have Gallus manufacture material for use in preclinical toxicology studies and early trials in humans. It is anticipated that the first phase of these activities will be performed over a 7 to 8 month period at a cost of up to $700,000.

 

 

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