The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Going Concern

The amounts in the notes are stated in Euros, unless otherwise noted, and rounded to the nearest thousand except for share and per share amounts.

Mymetics Corporation (the “Company” or “Mymetics”) 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, the Company additionally has generated preclinical data for the following vaccines: Herpes Simplex and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (“RSV”), neither of which is currently being developed. The company also has clinical data for an intranasal influenza vaccine for the elderly which has finished a Phase I clinical trial and is currently on hold.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company is working on several research projects with commercial partners for immunotherapy in the field oncology and for some infectious diseases with academic partners. Since April 2020, the Company has additionally started to work on the development of a intranasal virosome-based vaccine to prevent Covid-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. For the Covid-19 vaccine candidates, the Company is collaborating with leading academic institutions, such as Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, the Amsterdam medical Center (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland.

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 €97,750 at December 31, 2021. Further, the Company’s current liabilities exceed its current assets by €66,753 as of December 31, 2021, 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 our ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the issuance of the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China (the “COVID-19 outbreak”) and the risks to the international community as the virus spreads globally beyond its point of origin. In March 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally.

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to evolve. Although at this date the restrictive measures and impacts are reduced due to the role out of vaccination programs, the extent to which the outbreak impacts our business, preclinical studies and clinical trials will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the pandemic, travel restrictions and social distancing, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness of actions taken in the U.S., Europe, and other countries to contain and treat the disease. As such, it is uncertain as to the full magnitude that the pandemic will have on the Company’s financial condition, liquidity, and future results of operations.

Management has taken measures in-line with the country requirements where we are operating and we are actively monitoring the global situation on its financial condition, liquidity, operations, scientific collaborations, suppliers, industry, and workforce. Given the daily evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak and the global responses to curb its spread, the Company is not able to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on its results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity for fiscal year 2022.

The Company is dependent on its workforce to deliver and advance its research. Developments such as physical distancing and working from home directives have and will continue to impact the Company’s ability to deploy its workforce effectively. While restrictions are being lifted across the world, expected to be temporary, prolonged workforce disruptions may negatively impact future revenues for the remainder of fiscal year 2022 and the Company’s overall liquidity.

The Company is dependent on its partners in certain projects, such as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (“ULL”) for the NIH funded project to maintain the agreed timelines and execute their tasks. Developments such as social distancing and shelter-in-place directives and lock-down directives have and will continue to impact the Company’s ability to execute on project plans and research objectives effectively. While expected to be temporary, prolonged disruptions in collaboration projects may negatively impact funding for the fiscal year 2022 and the Company’s overall liquidity.

Although the Company cannot estimate the length or gravity of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak at this time, if the pandemic continues, it may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of future operations, financial position, and liquidity for the fiscal year 2022.

CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. Government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act includes various income and payroll tax provisions. The Company has analyzed the tax provisions of the CARES Act and determined they have no significant financial impact to the financial statements. The Company has no intention of taking advantage of other benefits provided by the CARES Act but will continue to evaluate the impact on the Company’s financial position.

Accounting Policies and Management Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to use judgment in making estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Certain of the estimates and assumptions required to be made relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. While management believes that the estimates and assumptions used were the most appropriate, actual results could differ significantly from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions. The following is a description of those accounting policies believed by management to require subjective and complex judgments which could potentially affect reported results.

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 assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses of its subsidiaries 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 income. Transaction gains or losses are included in 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 functional currency is the Euro because substantially all of the Company’s activities are conducted in Europe.

Cash

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

Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, using the modified retrospective method and there was no impact to financial position and results of operations as a result of the adoption. This standard applies to all contracts with customers, except for contracts that are within the scope of other standards, such as leases, insurance, collaboration arrangements and financial instruments. Under Topic 606, an entity recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of Topic 606, the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer. At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of Topic 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within each contract and determines those that are performance obligations and assesses whether each promised good or service is distinct. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied. Overall, adoption of the new standard did not result in an adjustment to amounts previously reported in our consolidated financial statements and there were no other significant changes impacting the timing or measurement of our revenue or our business processes and controls.

The Company has concluded that government grants are not within the scope of Topic 606, as they do not meet the definition of a contract with a “customer”. The Company concluded the definition of a contract with a “customer” was not met as the counterparty to the government grants has not contracted to obtain goods or services and thus the contracts are not considered to have commercial substance. Government grants provide the Company with payments for certain types of expenditures related to research and development activities over a contractually defined period. Revenue from government grants is recognized in the period during which the related costs are incurred, provided that the applicable conditions under the government contracts have been met.

NIH

On April 29, 2019, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) awarded the Company and Texas Biomedical Research Institute (“Texas Biomed”) a five-year grant for the project called “Cold Chain-independent, Needle-free Mucosal Virosomal Vaccine to Prevent HIV-1 Acquisition at Mucosal Levels” (“NIH Grant”). The project started on May 1, 2019 and is planned for five years. It was initially co-led by Texas Biomed, but due to the move of Dr. Ruth Ruprecht, the Co-Principal Investigator, to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (“ULL”) at the end of 2019, ULL has become the co-lead with Mymetics for this project. The overall budget related to the project is US$8,850 with US$1,940 approved for the first year, US$1,856 approved for the second year and US$ 1,720 for the third year.

The amounts mentioned in the following statements are purely related to the Company and not to the other partners in the project: The overall portion of the grant allocated to the Company is US$5,930, with US$1,190 approved for the first year, US$1,052 for the second year and US$ 1,078 for the third year.

The cost incurred and granted under the sub-award with Texas Biomed for the period of May to December 2019 was US$547 (€542). The sub-award contract between ULL and the Company for the second year (May 2020 to April 2021) was signed for a total budget of US$870 and US$1,078 for the third year. The cost incurred for the period of January to December 31, 2021 of US$510 (€428), mainly costs related to labor, vaccine production and stability studies, has been recorded as revenue. Since the beginning of the project to date, the Company has recognized a total of US$1,825 (€1,602) of grant revenue from the NIH. First results are expected to be reported in 2023.

The project has the objective to prepare the Company’s promising HIV-1 vaccine candidate for clinical trials, by first executing a non-human primate (“NHP”) study, where the test subjects will be receiving Mymetics’ virosome based HIV-1 vaccine candidate by several intra-muscular and intra-nasal applications, followed by rectal challenges. As of December 31, 2021, Mymetics has successfully produced five sets of virosome based vaccines and the NHPs have received two intramuscular vaccinations and three intranasal vaccinations in two different studies. The vaccinations were well tolerated. These studies are ongoing. The vaccine is created to induce protective mucosal antibodies acting as a frontline defense against sexual HIV transmission. This awarded grant from the NIH can continue some of the developments that were achieved during the European Horizon 2020 project.

In February 2021, Mymetics announced the publication of results in Frontiers in Immunology with title: “Cooperation between Systemic and Mucosal Antibodies Induced by Virosomal Vaccines Targeting HIV-1 Env: Protection of Indian Rhesus Macaques against Mucosal SHIV challenges”

Receivables

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 December 31, 2021 or 2020. The Company charges off receivables to the allowance when management determines that a receivable is not collectible.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful life on straight-line basis from the date placed in service. Estimated useful lives are 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

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. 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. The Company has one reporting unit. As of April 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021, the Company’s reporting unit had a negative carrying amount and was thus not required to test goodwill further for impairment.

Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842, which established a right-of-use (“ROU”) model requiring lessees to record a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease obligations on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Where an arrangement is a lease the Company determines if it is an operating lease or a finance lease. At lease commencement, the Company records a lease liability and corresponding right-of- use (“ROU”) asset. Lease liabilities represent the present value of our future lease payments over the expected lease term which includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain those options will be exercised. The present value of the Company’s lease liability is determined using its incremental collateralized borrowing rate at lease inception. ROU assets represent its right to control the use of the leased asset during the lease and are recognized in an amount equal to the lease liability for leases with an initial term greater than 12 months. Over the lease term (operating leases only), the Company uses the effective interest rate method to account for the lease liability as lease payments are made and the ROU asset is amortized to consolidated statement of operations in a manner that results in straight-line expense recognition. The Company does not apply lease recognition requirements for short-term leases. Instead, the Company recognizes payments related to these arrangements in the consolidated statement of operations as lease costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Withholding Taxes

On March 10, 2021, the Swiss Federal tax administration conducted a withholding tax audit on Mymetics SA’s financial statements for the years 2015 to 2019. At the end of the tax audit, the tax inspector concluded that a portion of the intercompany interest expenses related to the subordinated loan from Mymetics Corporation to Mymetics SA could be considered as a hidden dividend distribution and therefore subject to Swiss withholding tax. The tax inspector encouraged the Company to file the relevant Swiss withholding tax forms to benefit from the double tax treaty between Switzerland and the United States. All required documentation has been sent, assessed and approved by the Swiss Federal tax administration. The portion of the intercompany interest expenses related to the subordinated loan from Mymetics Corporation to Mymetics SA is considered as a hidden dividend distribution and therefore subject to Swiss withholding tax at a reduced tax rate of 5% and based on the double tax treaty in force between Switzerland and the United State of America. All required tax declaration forms have been filed and the related withholding tax amounts have been accounted for as of December 31, 2021.

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 December 31, 2021 or 2020. The Company’s United States tax returns are open to audit for the years ended December 31, 2018 to 2021. The returns for the Swiss subsidiary, Mymetics S.A., are open to audit for the year ended December 31, 2021. The returns for the Netherlands subsidiaries, Bestewil B.V. and Mymetics B.V., are open to audit for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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 common period. Diluted earnings per share takes into consideration common shares outstanding (computed under basic earnings per share) and potentially dilutive securities. For the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, options and convertible debt were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share under the treasury stock method because their effect would be anti-dilutive due to the net loss.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the weighted average number of shares was 303,757,622. For the same period, the total potential number of shares issuable of 766,180,633 includes 740,430,633 potential issuable shares related to convertible loans and 25,750,000 potential issuable shares related to outstanding not expired options granted to employees.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the weighted average number of shares was 303,757,622. For the same period, the total potential number of shares issuable of 729,580,955 includes 703,830,955 potential issuable shares related to convertible loans and 25,750,000 potential issuable shares related to outstanding not expired options granted to employees.

Preferred Stock

The Company has authorized 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. No shares are issued or outstanding at December 31, 2021 or 2020. The preferred stock is issuable in several series with varying dividend, conversion and voting rights. The specific series and rights will be determined upon any issuance of preferred stock.

Estimates

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, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and notes payable. The carrying value of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximates their fair value based on the short-term nature of these financial instruments. Management believes the fair value of the note’s payable is reflecting the actual value reported for these instruments.

Concentrations

In 2021 and 2020, the Company derived 99% and 95% of revenue from the NIH grant project.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, to improve the effectiveness of disclosures. The amendments remove, modify, and add certain disclosure requirements in Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement.” The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements, and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. The adoption had no impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company adopted ASU 2016-02 and related ASUs, collectively ASC 842, on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method. The Company elected the package of practical expedients, which permits the Company to retain prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs for leases that commenced before January 1, 2019. The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. The Company also elected the practical expedient to combine lease and non-lease components for all of its leases. Adoption of ASC 842 did not affect the Company’s consolidated financial statements’ at January 1, 2019, as one of its leases is considered short-term and the other is not material to the consolidated financial statements.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. Specifically, ASU 2020-06 simplifies accounting for the issuance of convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. In addition, the ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception and simplifies the diluted earnings per share (EPS) calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, beginning in fiscal years which begin after December 15, 2020. The FASB has specified that an entity should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of its annual fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the pending adoption of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements.