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NOTES PAYABLE:
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2011
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
 5. NOTES PAYABLE:
 
Moore Notes
 
On September 22, 2008, Advaxis entered into an agreement (the “Moore Agreement”) with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Moore, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell senior promissory notes to Mr. Moore, from time to time (“the Moore Notes”). On June 15, 2009, Mr. Moore and the Company amended the Moore Notes to increase the amounts available pursuant to the Moore Agreement from $800,000 to $950,000 and change the maturity date of the Moore Notes from June 15, 2009 to the earlier of January 1, 2010 or the Company’s next equity financing resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $6 million.
 
On February 15, 2010, we agreed to amend the terms of the Moore Notes such that (i) Mr. Moore may elect, at his option, to receive accumulated interest thereon on or after March 17, 2010, (ii) we would begin to make monthly installment payments of $100,000 on the outstanding principal amount beginning on April 15, 2010; provided, however, that the balance of the principal will be repaid in full on consummation of our next equity financing resulting in gross proceeds to us of at least $6.0 million and (iii) we would retain $200,000 of the repayment amount for investment in our next equity financing.
 
On March 17, 2011, in connection with a loan made by our Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Moore, to us in the amount of $230,000, we agreed to further amend and restate the terms of the amended and restated senior promissory note held by Mr. Moore (the “Moore Notes”) .  Under the terms of the amended and restated Moore Notes: (i) the maturity date is the earlier of (x) the date of consummation of an equity financing by us in an amount of $6.0 million or more and (y) the occurrence of any event of default as defined in the Moore Notes, (ii) Mr. Moore may elect, at his option, to receive accumulated interest thereon on or after April 15, 2011, (iii) we will make monthly installment payments of $100,000 on the outstanding principal amount beginning on June 15, 2011, and (iv) we may retain, at the option of Mr. Moore, $200,000 of the repayment amount for investment in our next equity financing.

 In addition, Mr. Moore acquired a Note in the October 2011 Offering in exchange for the cancellation of $400,000 of outstanding indebtedness owed by the Company under the Moore Notes.  As an investor in the October 2011 Offering, Mr. Moore received 1,568,627 warrants at an exercise price of $0.15. These warrants expire in October 2014.
 
 For the twelve months ending October 31, 2011, the Company paid Mr. Moore $200,000 in principal and approximately $5,500 in interest on the Moore Notes.  As of October 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010, respectively, the Company was not in default under the terms of the Moore Agreement.  As of October 31, 2011, the Company owed Mr. Moore approximately $273,000 in principal and approximately $135,000 in accrued interest under the Moore Notes.  As of October 31, 2010, the Company owed Mr. Moore approximately $573,000 in principal and approximately $57,000 in accrued interest under the Moore Notes.
 
Senior Convertible Promissory Notes
 
Effective June 18, 2009, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which such investors acquired senior convertible promissory notes of the Company.  At July 31, 2011, the Company had one outstanding senior convertible promissory note with $88,824 in principal value and $26,471 in accrued interest remaining.  On August 19, 2011, the Company issued 768,633 shares of common stock to this investor in full satisfaction of this senior convertible promissory note.  As of October 31, 2011, the Company had no remaining senior convertible promissory notes outstanding.
 
Junior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes
 
At October 31, 2010, the Company had approximately $688,000 in outstanding principal related to its Junior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes.  During the twelve months ended October 31, 2011, the Company entered into Junior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes in the aggregate principal value of  $1,886,851 for aggregate net purchase prices of $1,670,000.  These notes had maturity dates ranging from December 31, 2010 to October 31, 2012.
 
During the twelve month period ended October 31, 2011, the Company reached agreement with ten investors, whose notes were to mature on dates ranging from December 31, 2010 to April 30, 2011, in the aggregate principal value of approximately $479,000 (included in the above aggregate principal value of $1,886,851) to exchange their original notes for new notes due on dates ranging from March 31, 2011 to August 2, 2011.  In return for exchanging their notes, these investors received additional interest of $25,208 plus approximately 816,000 additional warrants, valued using the BSM model, at approximately $87,000.
 
During the twelve month period ended October 31, 2011,the Company reached agreement with three investors, whose notes were to mature on dates ranging between August 1 and October 31, 2011,in the aggregate principal value of approximately$318,000 (included in the above aggregate principal value of $1,886,851) to make partial repayments on their notes totaling $99,000 and exchanged the remaining principal on the original notes for new notes (with the same amount of principal) due on dates ranging from March 31, 2012 to May 31, 2012.  These three investors also received approximately 730,000 additional warrants, valued using the BSM model, totaling approximately $80,000.
 
The Company accounted for two of these three note exchanges as substantial debt modifications under ASC 470-50: Debt Modifications and Extinguishments. Therefore, the Company recorded the present values of the principal on the new notes along with the fair value of the additional warrants issued and wrote off the remaining principal on the old notes.  The Company then recorded a loss on exchange of approximately $22,000 (other income/(expense)) for the difference between (1) the sum of the remaining principal on the old notes and (2) the sum of the present values of the principal on the new notes and the fair value of the additional warrants. For the third investor, the Company recorded approximately $27,000 to equity (included in the above fair value of $80,000), representing the fair value of the additional warrants issued upon exchange of their note.
 
During the twelve month period ended October 31, 2011, the Company repaid approximately $530,000 in principal and interest.  In addition, the Company converted approximately $1.3 million of principal and interest on these outstanding junior subordinated convertible promissory notes into 8,652,737 shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share.
 
As of October 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $756,000(in principal to be repaid to investors) in outstanding junior subordinated convertible promissory notes with Original Issue Discount (“OID”) amounts ranging from 10% to 15% and with maturity dates ranging from October 19, 2011 to May 12, 2012.
 
We refer to all Senior Convertible Promissory Notes and Junior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Notes as “Bridge Notes”.
 
The Bridge Notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price contingent on the completion of an equity financing. For every dollar invested in our Bridge Notes, each Investor received warrants to purchase between 1½ and 2 ½ shares of common stock (the “Bridge Warrants”) subject to adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events as more particularly described below and in the form of Warrant. As of October 31, 2011, substantially all of the Bridge Warrants have an exercise price of $.15 per share. The Bridge Notes may be prepaid in whole or in part at the option of the Company without penalty at any time prior to the Maturity Date. The warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis under certain circumstances.
 
May 2011 Note Financing
 
On May 9, 2011, we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, whereby the Company issued to investors acquired approximately $7.1 million of our convertible promissory notes, which we refer to as the May 2011 Notes, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $6.0 million in a private placement.  The May 2011 Notes were issued with an original issue discount of 15%. Each investor paid $0.85 for each $1.00 of principal amount of May 2011 Notes purchased at the closing on May 12, 2011. The May 2011 Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock, at a per share conversion price equal to $0.15. Additionally, each investor received a warrant to purchase such number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of such number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the May 2011 Note at an exercise price of $0.15 per share.
 
The May 2011 Notes mature on May 12, 2012. We may redeem the May 2011 Notes, at the option of the Company only, under certain circumstances. The warrants are exercisable at any time on or before May 12, 2014. The warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis under certain circumstances.  To the extent an investor does not elect to convert its May 2011 Notes as described above, the principal amount not so converted on or prior to the maturity date shall be payable in cash on the maturity date.
 
The May 2011Notes may be converted by the investors, at the option of such investor, in whole or in part. However, except as otherwise provided, only 85% of the initial principal amount of each May 2011 Note is convertible prior to maturity. The May 2011 Notes and warrants include a limitation on conversion or exercise, which provides that at no time will an investor be entitled to convert any portion of the May 2011 Notes or exercise any of the warrants, to the extent that after such conversion or exercise, such investor (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of such date.
 
During the twelve months ended October 31, 2011, the Company converted approximately $1,897,000 in principal into 12,647,077 shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.15.  At October 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $5.18 million in principal outstanding on the May 2011 Notes.
  
October 2011 Note Financing
 
On October 28, 2011, we entered into a Note Purchase Agreement, which we refer to as the October 2011 Notes, with certain accredited investors, including Thomas A. Moore, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mark J. Rosenblum, our Chief Financial Officer, (Mr. Rosenblum acquired a note in the principal amount of approximately $59,000 for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000) whereby the investors acquired approximately $2.3 million of our convertible promissory notes, which we refer to as the Notes, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.0 million in a private placement, which we refer to as the October 2011 offering. The Notes were issued with an original issue discount of 15%. Each investor paid $0.85 for each $1.00 of principal amount of Notes purchased at the closing of the October 2011 offering, which took place on October 31, 2011. The Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock, at a per share conversion price equal to $0.15. Additionally, each investor received a warrant, which we refer to as the Warrants, to purchase such number of shares of our common stock equal to 50% of such number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Note at an exercise price of $0.15 per share.  The Notes purchased in the October 2011 offering were paid for in cash or, with respect to Notes acquired by Mr. Moore, in exchange for the cancellation of $400,000 of outstanding indebtedness owed by us to Mr. Moore.
 
The Notes mature on October 31, 2012. We may redeem the Notes under certain circumstances. The Warrants are exercisable at any time on or before October 31, 2014. The Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis under certain circumstances.
 
To the extent an investor does not elect to convert its Notes as described above, the principal amount of the Notes not so converted on or prior to the maturity date shall be payable in cash on the maturity date.
 
The Notes may be converted by the investors, at the option of such investor, in whole or in part.  However, except as otherwise provided in the Notes, only 85% of the initial principal amount of each Note is convertible prior to maturity.  The Notes and Warrants include a limitation on conversion or exercise, which provides that at no time will an investor be entitled to convert any portion of the Notes or exercise any of the Warrants, to the extent that after such conversion or exercise, such investor (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of such date.
 
In connection with the October 2011 offering, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2011 with the investors.  Pursuant to such agreement, we agreed with the investors to provide certain rights to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of our common stock issuable upon any conversion of the Notes and the exercise of the Warrants, and filed a registration statement to register the offering of the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the exercise of the Warrants which became effective on November 23, 2011.
 
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, which we refer to as Rodman, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RODM) acted as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the October 2011 offering and received compensation of a cash placement fee equal to 7% of the aggregate purchase price paid by investors in the October 2011 offering (approximately $110,000) and Warrants to purchase 866,078 shares of our common stock (approximately 7% of the shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, except for the Notes issued to Mr. Moore), which warrants are exercisable at $0.15 per share and shall expire on October 31, 2014.
  
As of October 31, 2011, all the October 2011 Notes remained outstanding.
 
We refer to all convertible promissory notes with a maturity date less than one year (the Bridge Notes, May 2011 Notes and October 2011 Notes) collectively as “Short-term Convertible Promissory Notes”
 
Short-term Convertible Promissory Notes – Principal Value - Issued
 
$
16,039,350
 
Principal payments on Bridge Notes
   
(2,071,910
)
Short-term Convertible Promissory Note Conversions
   
(5,704,169
)
Bridge Note Exchanges
   
(26,357)
 
Original Issue Discount, net of accreted interest
   
(1,300,347
)
Fair Value of Attached Warrants at issuance
   
(5,234,373
)
Fair Value of Embedded Derivatives at issuance
   
(5,727,932
)
Accreted interest on embedded derivative and warrant liabilities
   
8,170,990
 
         
Convertible Notes- as of  October 31, 2011
 
$
4,145,252
 
Embedded Derivatives Liability at October 31, 2011
   
946,046
 
Short-Term Convertible Promissory Notes  and fair value of embedded derivative
 
$
5,091,298
 
 
BioAdvance Note
 
BioAdvance Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania Notes (“BioAdvance”) received notes from the Company for $10,000 dated November 13, 2003 and $40,000 dated December 17, 2003 that were each due on the fifth anniversary date thereof.  At October 31, 2010, the Company owed approximately $40,000 in principal and approximately $12,000 in interest to BioAdvance.  During the year ended October 31, 2011, the Company accrued additional interest of approximately $1,600, for total accrued interest of approximately $13,630.  In May 2011, the Company repaid BioAdvance $50,000 in full satisfaction of the outstanding note.
 
Long-term Convertible Promissory Notes
 
On April 28, 2011, Advaxis, Inc. issued and sold to an accredited investor a convertible promissory note of the Company (“Long-term Convertible Promissory Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000 (together with the related ancillary documents, the “ A-Note ”) in return for the payment in cash from the Investor of $500,000.  The A-Note bears interest in the form of a one time interest charge of 8% of the principal amount of the A-Note, payable with the A-Note’s aggregate principal amount outstanding on the maturity date, April 28, 2014.  The A-Note is convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value. at a per share conversion price equal to 80% of the average of the two lowest trade prices for the Common Stock in the 20 trading days previous to the effective date of each such conversion, subject to a conversion floor of $0.15.  The A-Note may be prepaid by the Company without penalty beginning twelve months after issue date of the A-Note.  To the extent the Investor does not elect to convert the A-Note as described above, the principal amount of the A-Note not so converted shall be payable in cash on the maturity date.
 
On April 28, 2011, the Company also issued and sold to the same accredited investor a convertible promissory note of the Company (“Long-term Convertible Promissory Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $800,000 (together with the related ancillary documents, the “ B-Note ” and together with the A-Note, the “ Company Notes ”). The B-Note bears interest in the form of a one time interest charge of 8% of the principal amount of the B-Note, payable with the B-Note’s aggregate principal amount outstanding on the maturity date, April 28, 2014.  All or any portion of the aggregate principal and interest outstanding under the B-Note is convertible, at the option of the Investor from time to time (subject to the prior pre-payment of the such principal amount of the C-Note (as defined below) equal to the such principal amount of the B-Note subject to such conversion), into shares of Common Stock, at a per share conversion price equal to 80% of the average of the two lowest trade prices for the Common Stock in the 20 trading days previous to the effective date of each such conversion, subject to a conversion floor of $0.15.
 
Concurrently with the issuance of the B-Note, the Investor issued and delivered to the Company a secured and collateralized promissory note (together with the related ancillary documents, the “ C-Note ”), which served as the sole consideration paid to the Company for the Company’s issuance of the B-Note to the Investor.  The C-Note was issued in the aggregate principal amount of $800,000, bears interest in the form of a one time interest charge of 8% of the principal amount of the C-Note, payable with the C-Note’s aggregate principal amount outstanding on the maturity date, April 28, 2014.  The C-Note is to be secured by $800,000 of an unspecified money market fund, or other assets, having a value of at least $800,000.
 
Immediately after the purchase by the Investor of the B-Note for the C-Note, the Investor delivered to the Company the sum of $80,000 in cash as a pre payment on the principal amount outstanding under the C-Note.  In September 2011, the investor delivered another $80,000 under this note.  While no further mandatory principal or interest payments are due on the C-Note until its maturity date, the C-Note contemplates (but does not require) further voluntary pre payments by the Investor on the C-Note to the Company at the approximate rate of $250,000 per month, beginning seven months after the issuance of the C-Note, or commencing on or about November 28, 2011, but only provided: (i) all requests by the Investor for conversion of principal and interest on the B-Note are honored and (ii) the Common Stock issued upon such conversions of portions of the principal and interest on the B-Note may be freely resold by the Investor without the requirement of any restrictive legend pursuant to applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.
 
Additionally, the Investor may purchase up to an additional $2.3 million in aggregate principal amount of notes in the form of the B-Note from the Company (each, an “ Additional B-Note s”).  The purchase price for each such Additional B-Note issued to the Investor will be paid by the issuance by the Investor to the Company of an additional note in the form of the C-Note (each, an “ Additional C-Note ”), with such Additional B-Notes and Additional C-Notes containing the same terms and provisions described above.
 
We refer to all convertible promissory notes, with a maturity date greater than one year collectively as “Long-term Convertible Promissory Notes”
 
As of October 31, 2011, the Company owed $712,800 in outstanding principal under the Long-term Convertible Promissory Notes.  Due to the conversion feature into a variable number of shares these notes are valued at fair value at each report period.  As of October 31, 2011, the fair value of the notes was $570,802.