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1. The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND GOING CONCERN

The amounts in the notes are shown in thousands of EURO, unless otherwise noted, and rounded to the nearest thousand except for share and per share amounts.

The accompanying interim period consolidated financial statements of Mymetics Corporation (the "Company") set forth herein have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such SEC rules and regulations. The interim period consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited financial statements and the accompanying notes included in the Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

The accompanying financial statements of the Company are unaudited. However, in the opinion of the Company, the unaudited consolidated financial statements contained herein contain all adjustments necessary to present a fair statement of the results of the interim periods presented. All adjustments made during the nine-month period ending September 30, 2017 were of a normal and recurring nature.

The Company was created for the purpose of engaging in vaccine research and development. Its main research efforts in the beginning have been concentrated in the prevention and treatment of the AIDS virus and malaria. The Company has established a network which enables it to work with education centers, research centers, pharmaceutical laboratories and biotechnology companies. Besides the HIV and malaria vaccine candidates under development, the Company additionally has the following vaccines in its pipeline. (i) Herpes Simplex which is at the preclinical stage and currently on hold, (ii) an intra nasal influenza vaccine which has finished a clinical trial Phase I, (iii) Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) which is at the preclinical stage and currently on hold and (iv) Chikungunya virus at the discovery stage.

As of September 30, 2017, the Company is in the preclinical testing of some of its vaccine candidates and a commercially viable product is not expected for several more years. However, the Company generated some revenue through a small research project with Sanofi for influenza vaccines and from collaboration and grant agreements for R&D services. Management believes that the Company’s research and development activities will result in valuable intellectual property that can generate significant revenues in the future such as by licensing. Vaccines are one of the fastest growing markets in the pharmaceutical industry.

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has experienced negative cash flows from operations and significant losses since inception resulting in an accumulated deficit of E79,422 at September 30, 2017. Further, the Company’s current liabilities exceed its current assets by E48,541 as of September 30, 2017, and there is no assurance that cash will become available to pay current liabilities in the near term. Management is seeking additional financing but there can be no assurance that management will be successful in any of those efforts. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The Company translates non-Euro assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange throughout the period. Unrealized gains or losses from these translations are reported as a separate component of comprehensive loss. Transaction gains or losses are included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. The translation adjustments do not recognize the effect of income tax because the Company expects to reinvest the amounts indefinitely in operations. The Company's reporting currency is the Euro because substantially all of the Company's activities are conducted in Europe.

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash deposits are occasionally in excess of insured amounts.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Exclusive Licenses

The deliverables under an exclusive license agreement generally include the exclusive license to the Company’s technology, and may also include deliverables related to research activities to be performed on behalf of the collaborative collaborator and the manufacture of preclinical or clinical materials for the collaborative collaborator.

Generally, exclusive license and or collaboration agreements contain nonrefundable terms for payments and, depending on the terms of the agreement, provide that the Company will (i) provide research services which are reimbursed at a contractually determined rate which includes margin for the Company, (ii) participate in a joint steering committee to monitor the progress of the research and development which will be reimbursed at a contractually determined rate which includes margin for the Company, (iii) earn payments upon the achievement of certain milestones and (iv) earn royalty payments at the time of commercialization until the later of expiration of the last to expire valid patent rights expire or 10 years after the first commercial sale. The Company may provide technical assistance and share any technology improvements with its collaborators during the term of the collaboration agreements. The Company does not directly control when any collaborator will request research or manufacturing services, achieve milestones or become liable for royalty payments. As a result, the Company cannot predict when it will recognize revenues in connection with any of the foregoing.

The Company follows the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605-25, "Revenue Recognition—Multiple Element Arrangements," and ASC Topic 605-28, "Revenue Recognition—Milestone Method," in accounting for these agreements. In order to account for these agreements, the Company must identify the deliverables included within the agreement and evaluate which deliverables represent separate units of accounting based on if certain criteria are met, including whether the delivered element has standalone value to the collaborator. The consideration received is allocated among the separate units of accounting, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria are applied to each of the separate units. Factors considered in this determination include the research and manufacturing capabilities of the collaborator and the availability of technology research expertise in the general marketplace.

Fixed price contracts and research and collaboration agreements

When the performance under a fixed price contract can be reasonably estimated, revenue for such a contract is recognized under the proportional performance method and earned in proportion to the contract costs incurred in performance of the work as compared to total estimated contract costs. Costs incurred under fixed price contracts represent a reasonable measurement of proportional performance of the work. Direct costs incurred under collaborative research and development agreements are recorded as research and development expenses. If the performance under a fixed price contract cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company recognizes the revenue on a straight-line basis over the contract term.

HORIZON 2020

In April 2015, the Company was selected to receive project grants with a total of E8.4 million. A total of E5.3 million is funded as part of Horizon 2020, the European Union research and innovation framework program and up to E3.1 million of funding will be provided by the Swiss State “Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation” (SERI) for the Swiss based consortium partners. The grant funds the evaluation, development and manufacturing scale-up of thermo-stable and cold-chain independent nano-pharmaceutical virosome-based vaccine candidates. Of the total amount, E3.4 million is directly attributable to Mymetics’ activities, with the remaining balance going to the consortium partners. The project duration is 42 months and started on May 4, 2015. The Company received a pre-payment from the two granting organizations for a total value of E1.5 million in May 2015, a second tranche of E917 from the EU was received in December 2016, and E614 from “SERI” was received in April 2017, which will be used to finance the next reporting covering the period of November 2016 to October 2017. Thereafter another tranche of funding from the EU will be received which, accumulated with earlier tranches, cannot exceed 90% of the agreed budget. The pre-payments have been recorded as a current liability in deferred revenue and revenue has been recognized as services are delivered.

SANOFI PASTEUR BIOLOGICS

On December 1, 2016, Mymetics Corporation entered into a material definitive Research Agreement with Sanofi Pasteur Biologics, LLC, the vaccine division of Sanofi (SNY). The project will investigate the immunogenicity of influenza vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary virosome technology platform in preclinical settings. If this project is successful it could result in a further and more extensive collaboration between the two companies. The project duration is six to twelve months and started in January 2017. The revenue is recognized upon delivery of the contractual material.

Receivables are stated at their outstanding principal balances. Management reviews the collectability of receivables on a periodic basis and determines the appropriate amount of any allowance. There was no allowance necessary at September 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016. The Company charges off receivables to the allowance when management determines that a receivable is not collectible. The Company may retain a security interest in the products sold.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment is recorded at cost and is depreciated over its estimated useful life on straight-line basis from the date placed in service. Estimated useful lives are usually taken as three years.

IMPAIRMENT OF LONG LIVED ASSETS

Long-lived assets, which include property and equipment, are assessed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. The impairment testing involves comparing the carrying amount to the forecasted undiscounted future cash flows generated by that asset. In the event the carrying value of the assets exceeds the undiscounted future cash flows generated by that asset and the carrying value is not considered recoverable, impairment exists. An impairment loss is measured as the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value, calculated using a discounted future cash flow method. An impairment loss would be recognized in net income (loss) in the period that the impairment occurs.

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of a business acquired. The Company typically performs its annual goodwill impairment test effective as of April 1 of each year, unless events or circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred before that time. The Company assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. After assessing qualitative factors, the Company determined that no further testing was necessary. If further testing was necessary, the Company would determine the fair value of each reporting unit, and compare the fair value to the reporting unit's carrying amount. An impairment loss would be recognized for the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value. As of September 30, 2017, management believes there are no indications of impairment.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

TAXES ON INCOME

The Company accounts for income taxes under an asset and liability approach that requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company's financial statements or tax returns. In estimating future tax consequences, the Company generally considers all expected future events other than enactments of changes in the tax laws or rates.

The Company reports a liability, if any, for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. Estimated interest and penalties, if any, are recorded as a component of interest expense and other expense, respectively.

The Company has not recorded any liabilities for uncertain tax positions or any related interest and penalties at September 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016. The Company’s United States tax returns are open to audit for the years ended December 31, 2014 to 2016. The returns for the Swiss subsidiary, Mymetics S.A., are open to audit for the years ended December 31, 2010 to 2016. The returns for the Netherlands subsidiaries, Bestewil B.V. and Mymetics B.V., are open to audit for the year ended December 31, 2016.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income or loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding in the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into consideration common shares outstanding (computed under basic earnings per share) and potentially dilutive securities. For the periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, options and convertible debt were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive due to net losses incurred under the treasury stock method.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the basic weighted and diluted average number of shares was 303,757,622. The total potential number of shares issuable of 614,033,846 at September 30, 2017 includes 584,933,846 potential issuable shares related to convertible loans, and 29,100,000 potential issuable shares related to outstanding stock options granted to employees.

For the three months ended September 30, 2016, the basic weighted average number of shares was 303,757,622. The total potential number of shares issuable of 577,568,516 at September 30, 2016 includes 548,334,168 potential issuable shares related to convertible loans, and 29,234,348 potential issuable shares related to outstanding stock options granted to employees.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the basic weighted average number of shares was 303,757,622. The total potential number of shares issuable of 577,580,317 at September 30, 2016 includes 548,334,168 potential issuable shares related to convertible loans, and 29,246,149 potential issuable shares related to outstanding stock options granted to employees.

PREFERRED STOCK

The Company has authorized 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock that may be issued in several series with varying dividend, conversion and voting rights. No preferred shares are issued or outstanding at September 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Compensation cost for all share-based payments is based on the estimated grant-date fair value. The Company amortizes stock compensation cost ratably over the requisite service period.

The issuance of common shares for services is recorded at the quoted price of the shares on the date the shares are issued. No shares were issued to individuals as fee for services rendered in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 nor in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

During the three month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, stock compensation expense amounted to E13 and E18, respectively. Stock compensation expense amounted to E31 and E63 during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and is included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss within general and administrative expenses.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include:

Level 1-	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2-	Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3-	Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company generally has the following financial instruments: cash, receivables, accounts payable, and notes payable. The carrying value of cash, receivables and accounts payable, approximates their fair value based on the short-term nature of these financial instruments. Management believes that it is not practicable to estimate the fair value of the notes payable due to conversion features and the unique nature of these instruments.

The Company derived 100% and 83% of revenue from its relationship with one collaborative partner during the three month periods ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively, and 82% and 57% with the same collaborative partner during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Mr. Ernest M. Stern, the Company’s outside U.S. counsel, is both a director of the Company and was a partner in Akerman LLP, the firm retained as legal counsel by the Company. Mr. Stern resigned from the firm Akerman LLP and became a partner in the law firm of Culhane Meadows PLLC as of March 1, 2017. Culhane Meadows PLLC is the Company’s legal counsel effective March 1, 2017. The Company incurred professional fees to the counsel's law firms totaling E31 and E51 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Two of the Company’s major shareholders have granted secured convertible notes and short term convertible notes and promissory notes, which have a total carrying amount of E48,276, including interest due to date. Conversion prices on the Euro-denominated convertible debt have been fixed to a fixed Euro/US dollar exchange rate.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

On May 28, 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, Topic 606, requiring an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The updated standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The updated standard becomes effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. The Company is in the process of analyzing the impact adoption will have on our annual and interim financial statements. The Company will also be required to make additional disclosures under the new guidance. We continue to assess the impact on all areas of our revenue recognition, disclosure requirements, and changes that may be necessary to our internal controls over financial reporting.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles, Goodwill and Other, to supersede the current guidance by replacing the current two-step impairment test with a one-step impairment test. The guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for goodwill impairment tests performed after January 1, 2017. The Company elected early adoption as of January 1, 2017. Adoption of this standard did not have an impact on Company's consolidated financial statements.