Business Combination

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination

Note 4 – Business Combination

On April 1, 2020, the Company completed its business combination transaction with Curetis N.V., a public company with limited liability under the laws of the Netherlands, as contemplated by the Implementation Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2019, by and among the Company, the Seller, and Crystal GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Implementation Agreement, the Purchaser acquired all of the shares of Curetis GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, and certain other assets and liabilities of the Seller, as further described below, and paid, as the sole consideration, 2,028,208 shares of the Company’s common stock, to the Seller, and reserved for future issuance (a) 134,356 shares of common stock, in connection with its assumption of the Seller’s 2016 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Seller Stock Option Plan”), and the outstanding awards thereunder, and (b) 500,000 shares of common stock to be issued upon the conversion, if any, of certain convertible notes issued by the Seller.

At the closing, the Company assumed all of the liabilities of the Seller solely and exclusively related to the acquired business, which is providing innovative solutions, through development of proprietary platforms, diagnostic content, applied bioinformatics, lab services, research services and commercial collaborations and agreements, for molecular microbiology, diagnostics designed to address the global challenge of detecting severe infectious diseases and identifying antibiotic resistances in hospitalized patients. Pursuant to the Implementation Agreement, the Company also assumed and adopted the Seller Stock Option Plan as an Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of the Company. In connection with the foregoing, the Company assumed all awards thereunder that were outstanding as of the closing date and converted such awards into options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the terms of the applicable award. In addition, the Company assumed, at the closing, all of the outstanding convertible notes issued by the Seller in favor of YA II PN, LTD, pursuant to the Assignment of the Agreement for the Issuance of and Subscription to Notes Convertible into Shares, dated February 24, 2020, and entered into pursuant to the Implementation Agreement.

Curetis’ assets and liabilities were measured and recognized at their fair values as of the transaction date and combined with the assets, liabilities and results of operations of OpGen after the consummation of the business combination. The allocation of the purchase price to acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on their underlying fair values requires the extensive use of significant estimates and management’s judgment. The allocation of the purchase price is preliminary at this time, and will remain as such until management completes valuations and other studies in order to finalize the valuation of the net assets acquired. These provisional estimates will be adjusted upon the availability of further information regarding events or circumstances which exist at the acquisition date and such adjustments may be significant.

The components of the purchase price and net assets acquired are as follows:

Purchase Price

Number of shares issued to Curetis N.V		2,028,208
Multiplied by the market value per share of OpGen's common stock (i)	$	2.39
Total fair value of common stock issued to Curetis N.V shareholders		4,847,417
Fair value of replacement stock awards related to precombination service (ii)		136,912
Fair value of convertible notes assumed (iii)		1,323,750
Fair value of EIB debt assumed (iv)		15,784,892
Funds advanced to Curetis GmbH under Interim Facility		4,808,712
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash acquired		(1,266,849)
	$	25,634,834

(i) The price per share of OpGen’s common stock was based on the closing price as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on April 1, 2020.

(ii) The fair value of the stock options assumed was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(iii) To derive the fair value of the convertible notes, the Company estimated the fair value of the convertible notes with and without the derivative liability using a scenario analysis and Monte Carlo simulation.

(iv) The fair value of the EIB debt is determined using a discounted cash flow analysis with current applicable rates for similar instruments.

Net Assets Acquired

Assets acquired
Receivables	$	482,876
Inventory		2,022,577
Property and equipment		3,802,431
Right of use assets		1,090,812
Other current assets		925,364
Finite-lived intangible assets
Trade names/trademarks		1,768,000
Customer/distributor relationships		2,362,000
A50 - Developed technology		349,000
Ares - Developed technology		5,333,000
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
A30 - In-process research & development		5,706,000
Goodwill		6,688,652
Liabilities assumed
Accounts payable		(1,168,839	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		(1,953,927	)
Derivative liabilities		(615,831	)
Lease liabilities		(1,108,193	)
Other long-term liabilities		(49,088	)
Net assets acquired	$	25,634,834

The fair value of identifiable intangible assets has been determined using the income approach, which involves significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). These inputs include projected sales, margin, required rate of return and tax rate, as well as an estimated royalty rate in the case of the trade names/trademarks intangibles. The trade names/trademarks intangibles are valued using a relief-from-royalty method. The customer/distributor relationships are valued using the with and without method. The developed technology intangibles are valued using a multi-period earnings method.

The Company determined the fair value of an IPR&D asset resulting from the acquisition of Curetis using the multi-period earnings method under the income approach. This method reflects the present value of the projected cash flows that are expected to be generated by the IPR&D, less charges representing the required return on other assets to sustain those cash flows.

The weighted-average amortization periods for finite-lived intangible assets acquired are 15 years for customer/distributor relationships, 10 years for developed technology and 10 years for trade names/trademarks.

The total consideration paid in the acquisition exceeded the estimated fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, resulting in approximately $6.7 million of goodwill. Goodwill, primarily related to expected synergies gained from combining operations, sales growth from future product offerings and customers, together with certain intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, including assembled workforce, is not tax deductible in all relevant taxing jurisdictions.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the results of operations for the periods indicated as if the Transaction had been completed as of January 1, 2019. Pro forma information primarily reflects adjustments relating to the amortization of intangibles acquired and elimination of interest expense due under the interim facility. The pro forma amounts do not purport to be indicative of the results that would have actually been obtained if the acquisition occurred as of January 1, 2019 or that may be obtained in the future. 

Unaudited pro forma results	Years ended December 31,
	2020			2019
Revenues	$	5,239,192		$	6,053,766
Net loss		(29,319,303	)		(38,435,605	)
Net loss per share		(1.86	)		(23.77	)