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Note 9 - Noncontrolling Interest - Clyra Medical
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
9.
Noncontrolling Interest – Clyra Medical
 
We consolidate the operations of our partially owned subsidiary Clyra Medical (see Note
2
).
 
Acquisition of In-process Research and Development
 
On
September 26, 2018,
BioLargo and Clyra Medical entered into a transaction whereby BioLargo would acquire the intangible assets of Scion Solutions, LLC (“Scion”), and in particular its in-process research and development of the “SkinDisc,” a method for treating advanced hard-to-treat wounds including diabetic ulcers. In addition to a pending patent application, the assets include the technical know-how and data developed by the Scion team.
 
The consideration provided to Scion is subject to an escrow agreement dated
September 26, 2018 (
“Escrow Agreement”) and earn out provisions and includes: (i)
21,000
shares of the Clyra Medical common stock; (ii)
10,000
shares of Clyra Medical common stock redeemable for
7,142,858
BioLargo common shares (detailed below); and (iii) a promissory note in the principal amount of
$1,250,000
to be paid through new capital investments and revenue, as detailed below. This consideration was initially held in escrow pending Clyra Medical raising
$1
million “base capital” to fund its business operations.
 
On
December 17, 2018,
the parties entered into a closing agreement (“Closing Agreement”) reflecting the satisfaction of the obligation to raise
$1
million “base capital”; at that time,
one
-half of the shares of Clyra Medical common stock exchanged for the Scion assets were released to Scion. The remaining Clyra Medical common shares (a total of
15,500
shares) remain subject to the Escrow Agreement’s performance metrics, each vesting
one
-
fifth
of the remaining shares of common stock: (a) notification of FDA premarket clearance of certain orthopedics products, or recognition by Clyra Medical of
$100,000
gross revenue; (b) the recognition by Clyra Medical of
$100,000
in aggregate gross revenue; (c) the granting of all or any part of the patent application for the SkinDisc product, or recognition by Clyra Medical of
$500,000
in gross revenue; (d) recognition by Clyra Medical of
$1
million in aggregate gross revenue; and (e) recognition by Clyra Medical of
$2
million in gross revenue.
 
Immediately following Clyra Medical’s purchase of Scion’s intangible assets, Clyra Medical sold to BioLargo the assets, along with
12,755
Clyra Medical common shares. In exchange, BioLargo issued Clyra Medical
7,142,858
shares of BioLargo common stock. Concurrently, BioLargo licensed back to Clyra Medical the Scion assets. Scion
may
exchange its
10,000
Clyra Medical common shares for the
7,142,858
shares of BioLargo common stock issued to Clyra Medical, subject to the escrow and earn-out provisions described above. As of
December 31, 2018,
per the Closing Agreement,
one
-half of these shares have been earned and thus
may
be redeemed, and
one
-half remain subject to the earn-out provisions. The fair value of the
7,142,858
BioLargo shares is
$1,286,000,
and
one
-half of this value is included on our
December 31, 2018
and
2019
balance sheets as (i) “In-process research and development” asset, and (ii) a “Clyra Medical shareholder” liability.
 
Scion Solutions – Note Payable and Clyra Liability
 
 The promissory note in the principal amount of
$1,250,000
issued by Clyra Medical to Scion on
September 26, 2018 (
“Clyra-Scion Note”) accrues interest at the rate of
5%.
Principal and interest due under the note are to be paid periodically at a rate of
25%
of investment proceeds received by Clyra Medical. If the note is
not
paid off within
18
months after the date of issuance, it is automatically extended for additional
12
-month periods until the note is repaid in full. Payments after the initial
18
-month maturity date are required to be made in annual installments in an amount equal to the greater of (i)
25%
of investment proceeds received during the
12
-month period, and (ii)
5%
of Clyra Medical’s gross revenues. At
December 31, 2019,
the balance due on the Clyra-Scion Note equaled
$1,007,000.
 
Consulting Agreement
 
Clyra Medical entered into a consulting agreement with Beach House Consulting, LLC, through which Jack B. Strommen will be providing consulting services to Clyra related to its sales and marketing activities and in exchange receive
$23,000
per month for a period of
four
years. The agreement originally provided that Clyra’s obligation to pay fees under the agreement begin the month following Clyra reception of FDA pre-market clearance on its
first
product, which occurred in
September 2019.
In
December 2019,
the parties modified the agreement to delay the accrual of fees due under the agreement, such that fees are incurred only once Clyra generates
$250,000
in monthly revenue on average for
three
consecutive months. If that contingency is met, the total cash obligation related to the agreement would be approximately
$1.1
 million.
 
Non-Controlling Interest
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2019,
Clyra sold
2,680
shares of its common stock for
$536,000
(
$200
per share).
 
The shares of BioLargo common stock held by Clyra for the benefit of Scion (the redemption shares) are recorded on our balance sheet as a liability to “Clyra Medical Shareholder”.
 
Conversion, Series A Preferred shares
 
Sanatio Capital purchased Clyra Series A Preferred shares in
2015.
Sanatio Capital is owned by Jack B. Strommen, who subsequently joined BioLargo’s board of directors. Clyra’s Preferred Shares accrue an annual dividend of
8%
for a period of
five
years.
 
On
December 31, 2019,
Sanatio Capital agreed to convert the accrued dividend of
$270,000
into
3,544
shares of Clyra common stock. The dividend is recorded on our
December 31, 2019
statement of stockholders’ deficit.
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
Clyra Medical had the following common shares outstanding:
 
Shareholder
 
Shares
   
Percent
 
BioLargo, Inc.
   
26,202
     
36
%
Sanatio Capital
   
15,064
     
21
%
Scion Solutions
(1)
   
15,500
     
21
%
Other
   
15,897
     
22
%
Total
 
 
72,663
   
 
 
 
 
 
(
1
)
 
Does
not
include an additional
15,500
shares held in escrow subject to performance metrics.
 
We consolidate on our financial statements the operations of our partially owned subsidiary Clyra . After reviewing the guidance of ASC Topic
810,
“Consolidation”, BioLargo controls Clyra Medical. While BioLargo does
not
have voting interest control through
50%
ownership of Clyra Medical, it does exercise control under the “Variable Interest Model.” BioLargo is the primary beneficiary since it has the power to direct Clyra Medical’s activities that most significantly impact Clyra Medical’s performance and it has the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits (through royalties and licensing) that could be potentially significant to Clyra Medical. Biolargo has consolidated Clyra’s operations through
December 31, 2019