UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
☐ | 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 000-54545
Ipsidy Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 46-2069547 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
670 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, New York 11561
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 516-274-8700
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share
(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
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
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 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 ☒ No
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”, “non-accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☒ |
Emerging growth company ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 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. ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No
As of June 30, 2018, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates was $69,924,716 which is based on the average bid and ask price of such common equity, as of the last practical business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter of $0.23.
The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding as of February 15, 2019, was 478,950,996 Documents incorporated by reference: None
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE | 2 | |
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures | 3 | |
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 3 | |
EXHIBIT INDEX | 3 | |
SIGNATURES | 4 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ipsidy Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (the “Original Filing”), which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 8, 2019.
We are filing this Amendment in response to a comment letter received from the SEC in connection with its review of the Original Filing (the “Comment Letter”). We have modified Part II, Item 9A. “Controls and Procedures” in this Amendment in response to the Comment Letter to include the following disclosures, which were inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing: (i) a statement identifying the criteria and framework used by our management to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, and (ii) the assessment by our management of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, including a statement as to whether or not internal control over financial reporting was effective. In addition, we are also including the required certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with the filing of this Amendment.
This Amendment does not include the entire Form 10-K. Except as described in this Explanatory Note, this Amendment does not amend any other information set forth in the Original Filing, and the Company has not updated disclosures to reflect any events that occurred subsequent to March 8, 2019.
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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on the evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2018, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the report that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well-designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected and such evaluation is subject to the risks discussed in item 1A – Risk Factors of this Report.
The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, using the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on management’s assessment using the above criteria, management concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-(f).
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company improved its internal control over financial reporting and believes the disclosure controls and procedures are adequate to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with the applicable standards.
- | The Company has established adequate financial reporting monitoring activities to mitigate the risk of management override and performs a review of results and reporting from its entities located outside the United States. |
- | The Company has reduced its reliance on outside consultants to review its financial statements as well as monitor new accounting principles to ensure compliance with GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements. |
- | The Company has hired a General Counsel but will continue to use external counsel to support the review and edit of its financial statements to ensure compliance with SEC disclosure requirements. |
- | A formal audit committee has been formed and regular meetings are held to support the financial reporting process. |
- | The Company has taken steps to enhance its internal governance and compliance function. The Company formed appropriate committees and periodic and regular meetings were held with the internal governance and compliance functions to discuss and coordinate operational, compliance and financial matters. |
Except as set forth above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal year that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
Ipsidy Inc. | ||
Date: October 31, 2019 | By: /s/Philip Beck | |
Name: Philip Beck | ||
Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer & President | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Date: October 31, 2019 | By: /s/Stuart Stoller | |
Name: Stuart Stoller | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on October 31, 2019 on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.
Signature | Title | |
/s/Philip Beck | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, and President | |
Philip Beck | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Thomas R. Szoke | Chief Technology Officer and Director | |
Thomas R. Szoke | ||
/s/Theodore Stern | Director | |
Theodore Stern | ||
/s/Stuart Stoller | CFO | |
Stuart Stoller | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ Herb Selzer | Director | |
Herb Selzer | ||
/s/ Ricky Solomon | Director | |
Ricky Solomon |
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Philip Beck, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Ipsidy Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant) and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal annual period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: October 31, 2019 | /s/ Philip Beck |
Philip Beck | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Stuart Stoller, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Ipsidy Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant) and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal annual period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Date: October 31, 2019 | /s/Stuart Stoller |
Stuart Stoller | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual report of Ipsidy Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Philip Beck, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: October 31, 2019 | /s/Philip Beck |
Philip Beck | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual report of Ipsidy Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Stuart Stoller, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: October 31, 2019 | /s/Stuart Stoller |
Stuart Stoller | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |