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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(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, 2016

or 

☐  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: 000-54960

Nxt-ID, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   46-0678374
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

285 North Drive

Suite D

Melbourne, FL 32904

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 266-2103

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:   Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, par value $0.0001

Warrants to purchase Common Stock

(expiring September 15, 2019)

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the 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 periods 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 Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K 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 or this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐ 

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” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer   ☐ Accelerated filer                     ☐
Non-accelerated filer     ☐ Smaller reporting company    ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐  No ☒ 

The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June 30, 2016, the last business day of the second fiscal quarter, was approximately $11,453,722 based on a total number of shares of our common stock outstanding that day of 3,244,680 and a closing price of $3.53. Shares of common stock held by each director, each officer and each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from this calculation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. The determination of affiliate status is not necessarily conclusive. 

The registrant had 8,543,339 shares of its common stock outstanding as of April 7, 2017.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 

None.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
PART I    
     
Item 1. Business 1
Item 1A. Risk Factors 14
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 25
Item 2. Properties 25
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 25
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 25
     
PART II    
     
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 26
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 27
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 27
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 37
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 37
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 37
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 37
Item 9B. Other Information 38
     
PART III    
     
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 39
Item 11. Executive Compensation 43
Item 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management and Related Stockholder Matters 45
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 46
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 47
     
PART IV    
     
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 48
     
SIGNATURES 51
     
INDEX TO EXHIBITS 52

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements discuss matters that are not historical facts. Because they discuss future events or conditions, forward-looking statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “may,” “seek,” “plan,” “might,” “will,” “expect,” “predict,” “project,” “forecast,” “potential,” “continue” negatives thereof or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this Report and include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations; business strategies; future cash flows; financing plans; plans and objectives of management; any other statements regarding future operations, future cash needs, business plans and future financial results, and any other statements that are not historical facts.

 

From time to time, forward-looking statements also are included in our other periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K, in our press releases, in our presentations, on our website and in other materials released to the public.  Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in this Report and in any other reports or public statements made by us are not guarantees of future performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors.  Many of those factors are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning other matters addressed in this Report and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Report.

 

Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements, or otherwise.

 

For discussion of factors that we believe could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results see “Item 1A - Risk Factors” below.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business

 

Nxt-ID is an emerging technology company engaged in the development of proprietary products, solutions and solutions that serve multiple end markets, including Security, Healthcare, Finance and Internet of Things (IoT). Our innovative MobileBio® security technologies that serve these end markets include encryption and payments, biometrics, security and privacy, sensors and miniaturization technologies. Our core competencies and intellectual property in biometrics, security, sensors, and miniaturization – developed through intensive research and development over the past decade –enable us to target and serve multiple large and growing end markets globally.

 

 

We believe that our MobileBio® products will provide distinct advantages within the m-commerce market by improving mobile security. Currently most mobile devices are protected simply by PIN numbers which are easily duplicated on another device, and can easily be spoofed or hacked. Our security paradigm is Dynamic Pairing Codes (“DPC”). DPC is a new, proprietary method to secure users, devices, accounts, locations and servers over any communication media by sharing key identifiers, including biometric-enabled identifiers, between end-points by passing dynamic pairing codes (random numbers) between end-points to establish sessions and/or transactions without exposing identifiers or keys. The ongoing high-level breaches of personal credit card data demand new securities to offer higher levels of consumer protection through the use of biometrics and other proprietary solutions. Our strategic plan envisions using our core biometric facial and voice recognition algorithms to develop security applications (both cloud based and locally hosted) that can be used for companies (for industrial uses, such as enterprise computer networks) as well as individuals (for consumer uses, such as smartphones, tablets or personal computers), law enforcement, the defense industry, and the U.S. Department of Defense. NXT-ID has numerous patents pending. Many of these patents pending focus on tokenization and protection, as well as payment methodology, voice biometrics, and other biometric forms of directed payment.

 

In healthcare, our business initiatives were bolstered by the acquisition of LogicMark, which we completed in the third quarter of 2016. LogicMark serves a market that enables two-way communication, sensors, biometrics and security to make home care for chronic medical conditions, including “aging in place,” a reality. There are three major trends driving this market: 1) an aging population, 2) a desire to “age in place” and 3) the acute need to lower cost of care. These trends together have produced a large and growing market for us to serve. LogicMark has built a business around emergency communications in healthcare. We have a strong business with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today serving veterans who suffer from chronic conditions that often require emergency assistance. This business is steady and growing. Our strategic plan calls for expanding LogicMark’s business into other retail and enterprise channels to better serve the expanding demand for secure and remote healthcare.

 

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Remote healthcare, which includes health monitoring and management using IoT and cloud-based processing, is an emerging area for LogicMark. The long-term trend toward more home-based care is a massive shift that is being driven by demographics (an aging population) and basic economics. People also value autonomy and privacy which are important factors in determining which solutions will suit the market. Consumers are beginning to enjoy the benefits of smart home technologies and online digital assistants. One of the promising applications of our VoiceMatch™ technology is enabling secure commands for restricted medical access. This solution, when coupled with the NXT-ID BioCloud™, combines biometrics with encryption and distributed access control.

 

 

Security and privacy concerns are already central to the adoption of IoT solutions that provides a large opportunity for the Company to collaborate and license their technology to the consumer-facing firms that aim to address the IoT opportunity.

 

In the finance area, the technology pioneered in the Nxt-ID “Wocket” has continued to develop in both range of capability while shrinking in size. This provides a technology package that can be integrated into a “smart wallet” that has the same technology as Apple Pay or into a card that can be used for a variety of transactions including – magnetic stripe emulation (Wi-Mag), Near Field Communication (NFC), tokens, barcode/QR codes and there can also be an EMV chip and a Bluetooth Beacon for remote sensing and response applications. Versions of this technology package provide a functional and secure “vault” that allows for full consumer control and customization by OEMs and solution providers.

 

Our finance business is being driven by the development of an innovative smartcard that leverages “Wocket” technology. The smartcard is called “Flye” and it is being developed in partnership with World Ventures Holdings, LLC. (WVH). The Flye card offers new and unique features compared to any other “smartcards” in the market. It handles the core functions like loading in multiple cards, gathering loyalty points while opening up new opportunities Flye is targeted at WorldVentures members who care about travel, food and entertainment. These concerns demand more than payments and include loyalty programs and security features for peace of mind when traveling. The Flye card is designed to work in synchrony with the WorldVentures smartphone application. It is a “tethered” solution, albeit a wireless one. WorldVentures has a comprehensive vision for their card that includes the ability to delivery highly tailored membership experience.

 

With respect to IoT, Nxt-ID has joined the Cisco Solution Partner program to provide biometric and encryption solutions in conjunction with other ecosystem partners. Cisco sees security as integral to IoT. They are integrating security directly into network infrastructure to enable companies to use their IoT networks in a secure fashion.

 

Our plan also anticipates that we will use our core biometric facial and voice recognition algorithms to develop security applications (both cloud based and locally hosted) that can be used for companies (for industrial uses, such as enterprise computer networks) as well as individuals (for consumer uses, such as smart phones, tablets or personal computers), law enforcement, the defense industry, and the U.S. Department of Defense. 

 

We operate our business in one segment, Hardware and Software Security Systems and Applications. We evaluate the performance of our business on, among other things, profit and loss from operations before interest, headquarters’ expense allocations, stock-based compensation expense, income taxes and amortization related to certain intangible assets. 

 

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Our Products

 

Payments

 

World Ventures SmartCard

 

We have entered into a distribution agreement with WVH, an international travel company, which has committed to purchase an exclusive smartcard from the Company for distribution to its membership which is in excess of 500,000 members. WVH also made a strategic investment in the Company. The smartcard is customized for WorldVentures with additional technologies and wireless features, such as the ability to seamlessly integrate with WorldVentures’ DreamTrips™ App to wirelessly check in and earn loyalty points towards free DreamTrips vacations at select restaurants. DreamTrips is a travel club and entertainment community where members enjoy exciting excursions year-round to extraordinary destinations.

 

The prototype was completed in 2016 with deliveries commencing in December 2016. We have an initial purchase order for $15 million. We have non-cancellable delivery orders of just over $9 million to date, for delivery by the end of the second quarter of 2017. Subsequent deliveries may be modified or cancelled subject to 90 days advance notice. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, we recorded revenue of $1,357,413 from WVH a related party.

 

For additional information on the transaction with WVH, see “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

 

Nxt-ID SmartPay™

 

We have developed a standalone capability (the “NXT SmartPay”) on various devices with the ability to make payments by dynamic magnetic stripe or through interacting with a terminal through EMC, NFC or barcode functionality. We are currently pursuing significant strategic partnerships for this product.

 

Wi-Mag™

 

Our proprietary antenna and payment technology can be embedded in a mobile device to make wireless payments at most point-of sale (POS) terminals which do not require NFC or EMV allowing users to make payments at most POS terminals in the United States and abroad. According to LTP research (January 12, 2016), there are about 13.9 million POS terminals in the United States of which 57% are currently Magnetic stripe only. We are currently in discussions with mobile device makers to license this technology. 

 

 

 

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Internet of Things

 

Closely related to electronic payments is the ability to communicate via many linked devices in a secure fashion. In cooperation with Nordic Semiconductor, ASA, the Company demonstrated a miniature module within a wearable smart band to enable devices powering the IoT (Internet of Things). The “IoT Stamp” is an intelligently connected electronics module that is small enough and low power enough to fit within most devices, even a smart card or a watch band. Key functionality includes patent pending ultra-low power “buttonless” wake-up, motion activation, and personalized services including identification services, multi-factor biometric authentication, and payment technologies including NFC and Wi-Mag.

 

Healthcare

 

Personal Emergency Response Systems

 

LogicMark is the leading provider of non-monitored Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and is the industry leader in two-way voice communications. Product offerings include:

 

Non-monitored products that only require a one-time purchase fee, without a recurring monthly contract. As a result, they are typically the most cost-effective PERS option for the end-user

 

Both traditional (i.e., landline) and mPERS (i.e., cell-based) options

  

Non-monitored products that are sold through VA channel, healthcare distributors and dealers, and retail

  

The non-monitored product is critical to the VA channel as VA will cover cost of the PERS device, but will not cover the cost of a monthly subscription for monitoring services

 

 

 

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The Company’s monitored products are primarily sold by dealers and distributors for the monitored channel. LogicMark sells the device to the dealers/distributors who in turn offer the device to consumers as part of their product/service offering; the service providers charge consumers a monthly monitoring fee for the associated monitoring service. Significantly, these products are: (a) monitored by a third-party central station; and (b) compatible with most central stations.

 

 

 

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Security

 

MobileBio VoiceMatch®

 

Voicematch® is a new method of recognizing both speakers and specific words providing innovative multi-factor recognition. Voice authentication is a more natural biometric method of authentication than fingerprint that allows an individual access to multiple devices. Voicematch is efficient enough to run on low-power devices and runs on mobile platforms such as Android and iOS, as well as laptops and desktops. The product helps to address the growing BYOD (Bring your own device) problem for companies by positively identifying the individual using the mobile device. Voicematch® is a potential original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) product for smartphone manufacturers. The product can also be sold as a standard development kit (“SDK”) to provide companies the opportunity to add a further layer of biometric protection to their websites and smartphone applications for their customers.

 

We currently expect commercial versions of this product to be available in the third quarter of 2017.

 

FaceMatch®

 

3D FaceMatch® and 3D SketchArtist™ are facial recognition products which are available for sale. These products are primarily designed for access control, law enforcement and travel and immigration. Through our wholly owned subsidiary, 3D-ID, we are a sub-contractor to Battelle Memorial Institute on the U.S. Department of Defense Technical Information Engineering Services (“TIES”) contract with a contract ceiling of $995 million. This is an IDIQ (indefinite delivery indefinite quantity) contract and requires approved contractors to bid on task orders. We have not bid on any task orders to date.

 

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Our Industries

 

Payments

 

The October 2016 issue of the Nilson Report shows that on a worldwide basis, credit, debit and prepaid cards generated $31.31 trillion in purchases of goods, services and cash advances in 2015. Losses for fraud in the same period were $21.84 billion, up 20% over 2014. This translates to losses of 6.97 cents per $100. Fraud losses have increased every year since 2010. More than 70% of all breaches in 2015 occurred in the US. There continues to be a great need for secure payment solutions. Rather than try to predict the winning technology in this fast paced evolving payment technology industry, our business plan is to develop secure solutions that can make payments using any form of payment technology from traditional magnetic stripe to NFC, Bluetooth, EMV and barcodes.

 

We believe that our Wi-Mag™ technology, possibly in combination with our voice and facial recognition biometric technologies, will provide an opportunity for smartphone manufacturers who currently do not have a payment solution on their smartphones to license that capability from us. We believe that this is a large potential opportunity for us. According to statista.com, worldwide smartphone sales to end users were approximate 1.5 billion units in 2016. Over 1 billion of these units had Android operating systems. 

 

Internet of Things (IoT)

 

Markets and Markets estimates that the Internet of Things market size will grow from $157.05 Billion in 2016 to $661.74 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 33.3% from 2016 to 2021.

 

BI Intelligence forecasts there will be 34 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020, up from 10 billion in 2015. IoT devices will account for 24 billion, while traditional computing devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, etc.) will comprise 10 billion. Significantly:

 

  Nearly $6 trillion will be spent on IoT solutions over the next five years.

 

  Businesses will be the top adopter of IoT solutions. They see three ways the IoT can improve their bottom line by 1) lowering operating costs; 2) increasing productivity; and 3) expanding to new markets or developing new product offerings.

 

  Governments are focused on increasing productivity, decreasing costs, and improving their citizens’ quality of life. They are forecast to be the second-largest adopters of IoT ecosystems.

 

  Consumers will lag behind businesses and governments in IoT adoption. Still, they will purchase a massive number of devices and invest a significant amount of money in IoT ecosystems.

 

Health Care

 

Industry Arc reports that the Global Medical Alert Systems market is a diversified healthcare monitoring devices market which specifically caters to the people in time of emergency and in need of immediate medical attention. The market is segmented into PERS and Nurse Call System (NCS). The PERS devices are used to call for help and medical care during emergency. These devices are also used by wide patient pool and people in general, to ensure safety and security when living or travelling alone. The global medical alert systems market caters to different end-users across the healthcare industry including individual users, hospitals and clinics, assisted living facilities and senior living facilities. Growing demand for home healthcare devices market is mainly driven by aging population and rising healthcare costs worldwide. This will spur the usage of medical alert systems across the globe as they promise safety and medical security while being affordable and easily accessible.

 

The PERS market is divided into three device segments: landline-based PERS, mobile PERS and standalone devices. The mobile PERS market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.38% from $1.3 billion in 2014 to reach $1.88 billion by 2020. The increased mobile penetration will be one of the driving factors for this market segment. According to the U.S. Administration of Aging, out of the total number of the elderly people who are over the age of 65 years having broadband access at home, 90% of them own a cell phone. However, standalone devices will be the fastest growing segment of this market owing to their compactness, affordability and accessibility.

 

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Our Competition

 

Finance

 

The markets for our products are extremely competitive and are characterized by rapid technological change as a result of technical developments exploited by our competitors, changing technical needs of customers, and frequent introductions of new features. We expect competition to increase as other companies introduce products that are competitively priced, that may have increased performance or functionality, or that incorporate technological advances not yet developed or implemented by us. Some of our present and potential competitors may have financial, marketing, and research resources substantially greater than ours.

 

Competitors in the digital wallet marketplace include: 

 

Google Wallet – A mobile payment system developed by Google that allows its users to store debit cards, credit cards, loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile phone.

 

Apple Pay – A mobile payment service that lets certain Apple mobile devices make payments at the time of retail and online checkout.

 

Paypal – A mobile service that can send money between other PayPal users and friends, track your balances, check in to pay from ones phone, and order ahead at restaurants.

 

Samsung/LoopPay – A mobile payment system that uses Magnetic Secure Transmission to broadcast a signal to a point of sale payment terminal. This company was acquired by Samsung Electronics Co. in February 2015.

 

We believe that our payment products have certain competitive advantages, particularly that our products are capable of using many different methods of payment whereas most of our competitors rely solely on NFC which has limited penetration at POS terminals worldwide.

 

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Health Care 

 

 

 

Our Business Strategy 

 

Our primary business strategy is to leverage our technology across various industries in combination with established partners that can establish meaningful distribution. The initial industries that we have identified are Payments, IoT, Healthcare and Security.

 

We have established a strategic partnership with WVH an international direct selling travel company, to supply them with a custom Smartcard. WVH intends to purchase the product from us for its membership, which is currently in excess of 500,000 members. We intend to pursue similar relationships with partners that have a connected customer base.

 

More and more mobile phones are being used as a source of payment for goods and services. We believe that worldwide mobile payment volume will continue to grow rapidly in the upcoming years. We are actively marketing our Wi-Magtechnology to manufacturers of smartphones to enable them to compete with payment offerings from the two major brands: Samsung and Apple. We believe that this will result in significant licensing revenue and is a very scalable business model.

 

We have developed several proprietary methods of encryption and tokenization that we believe will help reduce fraud in credit card transactions. These technologies can be applied both at the point of sale and for online transactions. We intend to market our encryption capabilities to potential financial partners which, if successful could generate a significant source of recurring revenue per transaction to us.

 

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With our LogicMark subsidiary we intend to expand distribution through larger distributors leveraging the consumer value proposition of a one-time device purchase as opposed to a leased monthly solution. We also intend to apply our technology to the next generation of PERS devices that will have greater functionality and vital sign monitoring capability.

 

We continue to develop opportunities for our biometric and sensor capabilities with the U.S. Department of Defense. We are partnered with established prime contractors that have or are bidding for contracts through which sales may be made. Our current partners include Battelle Memorial Institute and Verizon Federal Systems. We are a sub-contractor to Battelle Memorial Institute on the U.S. Department of Defense Technical Information Engineering Services (“TIES”) contract with a contract ceiling of $995 million. This is an IDIQ (indefinite delivery indefinite quantity) contract and requires approved contractors to bid on task orders. We have not bid on any task orders to date.

 

Our Intellectual Property

 

Our ability to compete effectively depends to a significant extent on our ability to protect our proprietary information. We currently rely and will continue to rely primarily on patents and trade secret laws and confidentiality procedures to protect our intellectual property rights. We have filed the following 25 patents, one of which has been awarded to date:

 

METHOD FOR REPLACING TRADITIONAL PAYMENT AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND A SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

Filed October 8, 2013

Application Number 14/049175

 

METHOD FOR REPLACING TRADITIONAL PAYMENT AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND A SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

Continuation application of 001 with new claims

Filed August 31, 2016

Application Number 15/252468

 

THE UN-PASSWORD™: RISK AWARE END-TO-END MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION VIA DYNAMIC PAIRING

Filed March 17, 2014

Application Number 14/217,202

 

Patent issued August 2, 2016 with patent number 9,407,619.

Continuation application filed on March 14, 2016 and assigned file number 12188-031

 

UNIVERSAL AUTHENTICATION AND DATA EXCHANGE METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVICE

Filed March 17, 2014

Application Number 14/217,289

 

METHOD TO LOCALLY VALIDATE IDENTITY WITHOUT PUTTING PRIVACY AT RISK

Application filed September 1, 2015

Application Number 14/842,252

 

DISTRIBUTED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE COLLABORATIVE SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES

Application filed February 8, 2016

Application Number 15/018,496

 

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VOICE DIRECTED PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

Application filed February 10, 2016

Application Number 15/040,984

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-POWER CLOSE-PROXIMITY COMMUNICATIONS and energy transfer USING A MINIATURE MULTI-PURPOSE ANTENNA

Application filed April 4, 2016

Application Number 15/089,826

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-POWER CLOSE-PROXIMITY COMMUNICATIONS and energy transfer USING A MINIATURE MULTI-PURPOSE ANTENNA

Application filed November 16, 2016

Application Number 15/353,018

 

MULTI-INSTANCE SHARED AUTHENTICATION (MISA) METHOD AND SYSTEM PRIOR TO DATA ACCESS

Application filed June 23, 2016

Application Number 15/191,456

 

BIOMETRIC, BEHAVIORAL-METRIC, KNOWLEDGE-METRIC AND ELECTRONIC-METRIC DIRECTED AUTHENTICATION AND TRANSACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM

Application filed July 5, 2016

Application Number 15/202,515

 

PERSONALIZED TOKENIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Application filed July 14, 2016

Application Number 15/210,728

 

METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO MULTI-FACTOR, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, MATHEMATICAL HIDDEN AND MOTION SECURITY PINS

Filed August 1, 2016

Application Number 15/224,998

 

ELECTRONIC CRYPTO-CURRENCY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM

Filed August 1, 2016

Application Number 15/225780

 

SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR WIRELESS CHARGING OF A POWERED TRANSACTION CARD AND EMBEDDING ELECTRONICS IN A WEARABLE ACCESSORY

Filed September 2, 2015

Application Number 14/843,925

 

COMPONENTS FOR ENHANCING OR AUGMENTING WEARABLE ACCESSORIES BY ADDING ELECTRONICS THERETO

Filed September 2, 2015

Application Number 14/843930

 

LOW BANDWIDTH CRYPTO-CURRENCY TRANSACTION EXECUTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

Filed September 7, 2016

Application Number 15/259023

 

METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE AND MANAGE TRANSACTIONS

Filed December 2, 2016

Application Number 15/368546

 

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THE UN-PASSWORD™: RISK AWARE END-TO-END MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION VIA DYNAMIC PAIRING

Filed March 14, 2016

Application Number 15/068834

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PERSONALIZE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Filed July 15, 2016

Application number 15/212184

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PERSONALIZE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Filed September 6, 2016

Application number 15/257101

 

ACCORDION ANTENNA STRUCTURE

Filed April 4, 2016

Application Number 15/089844

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTHENTICATE ELECTRONICS USING ELECTRONIC-METRICS

Filed July 5, 2016

Application Number 15/202553

 

SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE USER PREFERENCES

Filed July 15, 2016

Application number 15/212163

 

PREFERENCES DRIVEN ADVERTISING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Filed July 15, 2016

Application number 15/212161

 

We enter into confidentiality agreements with our consultants and key employees, and maintain control over access to and distribution of our technology, software and other proprietary information. The steps we have taken to protect our technology may be inadequate to prevent others from using what we regard as our technology to compete with us.

 

We do not generally conduct exhaustive patent searches to determine whether the technology used in our products infringes patents held by third parties. In addition, product development is inherently uncertain in a rapidly evolving technological environment in which there may be numerous patent applications pending, many of which are confidential when filed, with regard to similar technologies.

 

We may face claims by third parties that our products or technology infringe their patents or other intellectual property rights in the future. Any claim of infringement could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, even if the claim is invalid, and could distract the attention of our management. If any of our products are found to violate third-party proprietary rights, we may be required to pay substantial damages. In addition, we may be required to re-engineer our products or seek to obtain licenses from third parties to continue to offer our products. Any efforts to re-engineer our products or obtain licenses on commercially reasonable terms may not be successful, which would prevent us from selling our products, and in any case, could substantially increase our costs and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Corporate Information

 

History

 

We were incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 8, 2012. We are an emerging growth technology company that is focused on products, solutions, and services for security. Company’s core technologies are in digital payments, biometric identification; encryption; sensors and miniaturization. Our proprietary products and solutions serve multiple end markets, including Security, Healthcare, Finance and Internet of Things (IoT).

 

Effective June 25, 2012, the Company acquired 100% of the membership interests in 3D-ID, a limited liability company formed in Florida in February 2011 and owned by the Company’s founders. Since this was a transaction between entities under common control, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations”, Nxt-ID recognized the net assets of 3D-ID at their carrying amounts in the accounts of Nxt-ID on the date that 3D-ID was organized, February 14, 2011.

 

On July 25, 2016, we completed the acquisition of LogicMark, LLC (“LogicMark”) pursuant to an Interest Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, LogicMark and the holders of all of the membership interests of LogicMark (the “LogicMark Sellers”), dated May 17, 2016 (the “Interest Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Interest Purchase Agreement, we acquired all of the membership interests of LogicMark from the LogicMark Sellers for (i) $17.5 million in cash consideration (ii) $2.5 million in a secured promissory note (the “LogicMark Note”) issued to LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC, as representative of the LogicMark Sellers (the “LogicMark Representative”) (iii) 78,740 shares of common stock, which were issued upon signing of the Interest Purchase Agreement (the “LogicMark Shares”), and (iv) warrants (the “LogicMark Warrants,”) to purchase an aggregate of 157,480 shares of common stock (the “LogicMark Warrant Shares”) for no additional consideration. In addition, we may be required to pay the LogicMark Sellers earn-out payments of (i) up to $1,500,000 for calendar year 2016 and (ii) up to $5,000,000 for calendar year 2017 if LogicMark meets certain gross profit targets set forth in the Interest Purchase Agreement. The LogicMark Note originally was to mature on September 23, 2016 but was extended to October 31, 2016. During 2016 the Company paid down $1,726,031 of the Seller Note with cash generated from operations as well as from the net cash proceeds received of $1,400,000 from the issuance of the convertible exchange notes issued on November 29, 2016. The Note accrues interest at a rate of 15% per annum. The LogicMark Warrants were all exercised on July 27, 2016. 

 

Other

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 285 North Drive, Suite D, Melbourne, FL 32904, and our telephone number is (203) 266-2103. Our website address is www.nxt-id.com. The information contained therein or connected thereto shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this Report. The information on our website is not part of this Report.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act. We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenue exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a ’‘large accelerated filer’’ as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period. Pursuant to Section 102 of the JOBS Act, we have provided reduced executive compensation disclosure and have omitted a compensation discussion and analysis from this Report. Pursuant to Section 107 of the JOBS Act, we have elected to utilize the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2016, we had a total of 41 full-time employees, 6 in product engineering, 3 in finance and administration, 21 in sales and customer service and 11 in product fulfillment. None of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement, nor have we experienced any work stoppage. We consider our relations with our employees to be good. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified engineers, graphic designers, computer scientists, sales and marketing and senior management personnel. In addition, we have independent contractors whose services we are using on an as-needed basis to assist with the engineering and design of our products.

 

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Our business, financial condition and operating results are subject to a number of risk factors, both those that are known to us and identified below and others that may arise from time to time. These risk factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those suggested by forward-looking statements in this report and elsewhere, and may adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results. If any of these risk factors should occur, moreover, the trading price of our securities could decline, and investors in our securities could lose all or part of their investment in our securities. These risk factors should be carefully considered in evaluating our prospects.

 

Risks Relating to our Business

 

We are uncertain of our ability to generate sufficient revenue and profitability in the future.

 

We continue to develop and refine our business model, but we can provide no assurance that we will be able to generate a sufficient amount of revenue, from our business in order to achieve profitability.  It is not possible for us to predict at this time the potential success of our business. The revenue and income potential of our proposed business and operations are currently unknown. If we cannot continue as a viable entity, you may lose some or all of your investment in our Company.

 

The Company is an emerging growth company and has incurred net losses of $12,752,928 for the year ended December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had cash and stockholders’ equity of $3,299,679 and $2,818,731, respectively. At December 31, 2016, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $2,073,523. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to raise additional cash from equity financings, secure debt financing, and/or generate revenue from the sales of our products. If we are unable to secure additional capital, we may be required to curtail our research and development initiatives and take additional measures to reduce costs in order to conserve our cash in amounts sufficient to sustain operations and meet our obligations.

 

We and the businesses we have recently acquired or propose to acquire have limited operating histories and we cannot offer any assurance as to our future financial results, and you should not rely on the historical financial date included in this prospectus as an indicator of our future financial performance. You may lose your entire investment. 

 

We and the businesses we have recently acquired or propose to acquire have limited operating histories upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will be successful in implementing our business plan, and we may not be able to generate significant revenues or achieve profitability. You should consider our business and prospects in light of the risks and difficulties we face with our limited operating history and should not rely on our past results or the past results of any of such businesses as an indication of our future performance. There is no assurance that the growth rate we or they have experienced to date will continue. Even if we generate future revenues sufficient to expand operations, increased infrastructure costs and cost of goods sold and marketing expenses could impair or prevent us from generating profitable returns. We recognize that if we are unable to generate significant revenues from our business development, we will not be able to earn profits or potentially continue operations. If we are unsuccessful in addressing these risks, our business will most likely fail.

 

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If we fail to keep pace with changing industry technology and consumer preferences, we will be at a competitive disadvantage. 

 

The industry segments in which we are operating are evolving rapidly. They are characterized by changing technology, budding industry standards, frequent new and enhanced product introductions, rapidly changing end-user/consumer preferences and product obsolescence. In order to continue to compete effectively in these markets, we need to respond quickly to technological changes and to understand their impact on our customers’ preferences. It may take significant time and resources to respond to these technological changes. If we fail to keep pace with these changes, our business may suffer. Moreover, developments by others may render our technologies and intended products noncompetitive or obsolete, or we may be unable to keep pace with technological developments or other market factors. If any of our competitors implement new technologies before we are able to implement them, those competitors may be able to provide more effective products than ours. Any delay or failure in the introduction of new or enhanced products, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, our inability to keep pace with changing industry technology and consumer preferences may cause our inventory to become obsolete at a rate faster than anticipated, which may result in our taking goodwill impairment charges in past or future acquisitions that negatively impact our results of operations.

 

We have made a significant acquisition in 2016, and we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth, which would adversely affect our results of operations. 

 

During 2016, we completed the acquisition of LogicMark, and are considering other acquisitions to improve our position in market segments that we consider to be significant and strategic. This significant expansion of our operations could put significant strain on our management and our operational and financial resources. To manage future growth, we will need to hire, train, and manage additional employees, as well as properly integrate personnel from acquired businesses. Concurrent with expanding our operational and marketing capabilities, we will also need to increase our product development activities. We may not be able to support, financially or otherwise, future growth, or hire, train, motivate, and manage the required personnel. Our failure to manage growth effectively could limit our ability to achieve our goals. 

 

Our success in managing our growth will depend in part on the ability of our executive officers to continue to implement and improve our operational, management, information and financial control systems and to expand, train and manage our employee base, and particularly to attract, expand, train, manage and retain a sales force to market our products on acceptable terms. Our inability to manage growth effectively could cause our operating costs to grow at a faster pace than we currently anticipate, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

 

Because we are an emerging growth company, we expect to incur significant additional operating losses.

 

The Company is an emerging growth company. The amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain. Our current products have not generated significant commercial revenue for the Company and there can be no guarantee that we can generate sufficient revenues from the commercial sale of our products in the near future to fund our ongoing capital needs.

 

We have a limited operating history upon which you can gauge our ability to obtain profitability.

 

We have a limited operating history and our business and prospects must be considered in light of the risks and uncertainties to which emerging growth companies are exposed. We cannot provide assurances that our business strategy will be successful or that we will successfully address those risks and the risks described herein. Most important, if we are unable to secure future capital, we may be unable to continue our operations. We may incur losses on a quarterly or annual basis for a number of reasons, some of which may be outside our control.

 

If we cannot obtain additional capital required to finance our research and development efforts, our business may suffer and you may lose the value of your investment.

 

We may require additional funds to further execute our business plan and expand our business. If we are unable to obtain additional capital when needed, we may have to restructure our business or delay or abandon our development and expansion plans. If this occurs, you may lose part or all of your investment. We will have ongoing capital needs as we expand our business. If we raise additional funds through the sale of equity or convertible securities, your ownership percentage of our common stock will be reduced. In addition, these transactions may dilute the value of our common stock. We may have to issue securities that have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our common stock. The terms of any additional indebtedness may include restrictive financial and operating covenants that would limit our ability to compete and expand. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the additional financing we may need to fund our business, or that such financing will be available on terms acceptable to us.

 

We will require additional capital in the future to develop the NFC Wocket®. If we do not obtain any such additional financing, if required, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected. 

 

We will require additional capital in the future to develop the NFC Wocket®. We may not be able to secure adequate additional financing when needed on acceptable terms, or at all. To execute our business strategy, we may issue additional equity securities in public or private offerings, potentially at a price lower than the market price of our common stock at the time of such issuance. If we cannot secure sufficient additional funding we may be forced to forego strategic opportunities or delay, scale back and/or eliminate future product development.

 

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We face intense competition in our market, especially from larger, well-established companies, and we may lack sufficient financial or other resources to maintain or improve our competitive position.

 

A number of other companies engage in the business of developing applications for facial recognition for access control. The market for biometric security products is intensely competitive, and we expect competition to increase in the future from established competitors and new market entrants. Our current competitors include both emerging or developmental stage companies, such as ourselves, as well as larger companies. Many of our existing competitors have, and some of our potential competitors could have, substantial competitive advantages such as:

 

  Greater name recognition and longer operating histories;
  Larger sales and marketing budgets and resources;
  Broader distribution and established relationships with distribution partners and end-customers;
  Greater customer support resources;
  Greater resources to make acquisitions;
  Larger and more mature intellectual property portfolios; and
  Substantially greater financial, technical, and other resources.

 

In addition, some of our larger competitors have substantially broader product offerings and leverage their relationships based on other products or incorporate functionality into existing products to gain business in a manner that discourages users from purchasing our products, including through selling at zero or negative margins, product bundling, or closed technology platforms. Conditions in our market could change rapidly and significantly as a result of technological advancements, partnering by our competitors or continuing market consolidation. New start-up companies that innovate and large competitors that are making significant investments in research and development may invent similar or superior products and technologies that compete with our products and technology. Our current and potential competitors may also establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties that may further enhance their resources.

 

Our markets are subject to technological change and our success depends on our ability to develop and introduce new products.

 

Each of the governmental and commercial markets for our products is characterized by:

 

  Changing technologies;
  Changing customer needs;
  Frequent new product introductions and enhancements;
  Increased integration with other functions; and
  Product obsolescence.

 

Our success will be dependent in part on the design and development of new products. To develop new products and designs for our target markets, we must develop, gain access to and use leading technologies in a cost-effective and timely manner and continue to expand our technical and design expertise. The product development process is time-consuming and costly, and there can be no assurance that product development will be successfully completed, that necessary regulatory clearances or approvals will be granted on a timely basis, or at all, or that the potential products will achieve market acceptance. Our failure to develop, obtain necessary regulatory clearances or approvals for, or successfully market potential new products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Claims by others that we infringe their intellectual property rights could increase our expenses and delay the development of our business. As a result, our business and financial condition could be harmed.

 

Our industries are characterized by the existence of a large number of patents as well as frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. We cannot be certain that our products do not and will not infringe issued patents, patents that may be issued in the future, or other intellectual property rights of others.

 

We do not have the resources to conduct exhaustive patent searches to determine whether the technology used in our products infringe patents held by third parties. In addition, product development is inherently uncertain in a rapidly evolving technological environment in which there may be numerous patent applications pending, many of which are confidential when filed, with regard to similar technologies.

 

We may face claims by third parties that our products or technology infringe their patents or other intellectual property rights. Any claim of infringement could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, even if the claim is invalid, and could distract the attention of our management. If any of our products are found to violate third-party proprietary rights, we may be required to pay substantial damages. In addition, we may be required to re-engineer our products or obtain licenses from third parties to continue to offer our products. Any efforts to re-engineer our products or obtain licenses on commercially reasonable terms may not be successful, which would prevent us from selling our products, and, in any case, could substantially increase our costs and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Existing or pending patents could adversely affect our business.

 

On November 12, 2015, we received a complaint that one of our technologies infringed upon one or more claims of a patent(s) issued to the claimant. The claimant has subsequently acknowledged that we are not currently infringing on their patent(s) as the technology in question is not commercially available at the current time. We are in the process of negotiating a future royalty agreement with the claimant should we decide to introduce this technology in the future.

 

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We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights adequately.

 

Our ability to compete for government contracts is affected, in part, by our ability to protect our intellectual property rights. We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, confidentiality procedures and non-disclosure and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property rights. Despite these efforts, we cannot be certain that the steps we take to protect our proprietary information will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of our technology or protect that proprietary information. The validity and breadth of claims in technology patents involve complex legal and factual questions and, therefore, may be highly uncertain. Nor can we assure you that, if challenged, our patents will be found to be valid or enforceable, or that the patents of others will not have an adverse effect on our ability to do business. In addition, the enforcement of laws protecting intellectual property may be inadequate to protect our technology and proprietary information.

 

We may not have the resources to assert or protect our rights to our patents and other intellectual property. Any litigation or proceedings relating to our intellectual property, whether or not meritorious, will be costly and may divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel.

 

We also rely on other unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets and know-how and no assurance can be given that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary technology, techniques or processes, that such technology or know-how will not be disclosed or that we can meaningfully protect our rights to such unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets, or know-how. Although we intend to enter into non-disclosure agreements with our employees and consultants, there can be no assurance that such non-disclosure agreements will provide adequate protection for our trade secrets or other proprietary know-how.

 

Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain new patents.

 

To date, we have applied for (25) United States patents, one of which has been awarded and our success will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain patent and trade secret protection for proprietary technology that we currently possess or that we may develop in the future. No assurance can be given that any pending or future patent applications will issue as patents, that the scope of any patent protection obtained will be sufficient to exclude competitors or provide competitive advantages to us, that any of our patents will be held valid if subsequently challenged or that others will not claim rights in or ownership of the patents and other proprietary rights held by us.

 

Furthermore, there can be no assurance that our competitors have not or will not independently develop technology, processes or products that are substantially similar or superior to ours, or that they will not duplicate any of our products or design around any patents issued or that may be issued in the future to us. In addition, whether or not patents are issued to us, others may hold or receive patents which contain claims having a scope that covers products or processes developed by us.

 

We may not have the resources to adequately defend any patent infringement litigation or proceedings. Any such litigation or proceedings, whether or not determined in our favor or settled by us, is costly and may divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel. In addition, we may be required to obtain licenses to patents or proprietary rights from third parties. There can be no assurance that such licenses will be available on acceptable terms if at all. If we do not obtain required licenses, we could encounter delays in product development or find that the development, manufacture or sale of products requiring such licenses could be foreclosed. Accordingly, challenges to our intellectual property, whether or not ultimately successful, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

We rely on a third party for licenses relating to a critical component of our technology. The failure of such licensor would materially and adversely affect our business and product offerings.

 

We currently license technology for a critical component of our current product offerings from a third party. The third party’s independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph in its audit report as it relates to the third party’s ability to continue as a going concern in its recent financial statements. If our licensor were to fail, it could impact our license arrangement and impede our ability to further commercialize our technology. In the event we were to lose our license or our license were to be renegotiated as a result of our licensor’s failure, our ability to manage our business would suffer and it would significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

Our future success depends on the continued service of management, engineering and sales personnel and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional personnel.

 

Our success depends, to a significant extent, upon the efforts and abilities of members of senior management. We have entered into an employment agreement with our Chief Executive Officer, but have not entered into an employment agreement with our Chief Financial officer or Chief Technology Officer, and we have no current plans to use employment agreements as a tool to attract and retain new hires of key personnel that we may make in the future. The loss of the services of one or more of our senior management or other key employees could adversely affect our business. We currently maintain a key person life insurance policy on our Chief Executive Officer only.

 

There is intense competition for qualified employees in our industry, particularly for highly skilled design, applications, engineering and sales people. We may not be able to continue to attract and retain developers, managers, or other qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business or to replace qualified individuals who may leave us at any time in the future. Our anticipated growth is expected to place increased demands on our resources, and will likely require the addition of new management and engineering staff as well as the development of additional expertise by existing management employees. If we lose the services of or fail to recruit engineers or other technical and management personnel, our business could be harmed.

 

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The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.

 

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Act and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Compliance with these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, or costly, and increase demand on our systems and resources. The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual and current reports with respect to our business and operating results.

 

As a result of disclosure of information in this annual report and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition is more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business and operating results could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert resources of our management and harm our business and operating results.

 

Periods of rapid growth and expansion could place a significant strain on our resources, including our employee base, which could negatively impact our operating results.

 

We may experience periods of rapid growth and expansion, which may place significant strain and demands on our management, our operational and financial resources, customer operations, research and development, marketing and sales, administrative, and other resources. To manage our possible future growth effectively, we will be required to continue to improve our management, operational and financial systems. Future growth would also require us to successfully hire, train, motivate and manage our employees. In addition, our continued growth and the evolution of our business plan will require significant additional management, technical and administrative resources. If we are unable to manage our growth successfully we may not be able to effectively manage the growth and evolution of our current business and our operating results could suffer.

 

We depend on contract manufacturers, and our production and products could be harmed if it is unable to meet our volume and quality requirements and alternative sources are not available.

 

We rely on contract manufacturers to provide manufacturing services for our products. If these services become unavailable, we would be required to identify and enter into an agreement with a new contract manufacturer or take the manufacturing in-house. The loss of our contract manufacturers could significantly disrupt production as well as increase the cost of production, thereby increasing the prices of our products. These changes could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

Our insiders and affiliated parties beneficially own a significant portion of our stock.

 

As of the date of hereof, our executive officers, directors, and affiliated parties beneficially own approximately 32.93% of our common stock. As a result, our executive officers, directors and affiliated parties will have significant influence to:

 

  Elect or defeat the election of our directors;
  Amend or prevent amendment of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws;
  Effect or prevent a merger, sale of assets or other corporate transaction; and
  Affect the outcome of any other matter submitted to the stockholders for vote.

 

In addition, any sale of a significant amount of our common stock held by our directors and executive officers, or the possibility of such sales, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing any gains from our common stock.  

 

We are presently a small company with too limited resources and personnel to establish a comprehensive system of internal controls. If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we would not be able to accurately report our financial results on a timely basis or prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our stock.

 

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our brand and operating results would be harmed. We may in the future discover areas of our internal controls that need improvement. For example, because of size and limited resources, our external auditors may determine that we lack the personnel and infrastructure necessary to properly carry out an independent audit function. Although we believe that we have adequate internal controls for a company with our size and resources, we are not certain that the measures that we have in place will ensure that we implement and maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, would harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Inferior internal controls would also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which would have a negative effect on our company and, if a public market develops for our securities, the trading price of our stock.

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

As of December 31, 2016, we have identified certain matters that constituted a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. Specifically, we have difficulty in accounting for complex accounting transactions due to an insufficient number of accounting personnel with experience in that area and limited segregation of duties within our accounting and financial reporting functions.

 

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If we do not effectively manage changes in our business, these changes could place a significant strain on our management and operations.

 

Our ability to grow successfully requires an effective planning and management process. The expansion and growth of our business could place a significant strain on our management systems, infrastructure and other resources. To manage our growth successfully, we must continue to improve and expand our systems and infrastructure in a timely and efficient manner. Our controls, systems, procedures and resources may not be adequate to support a changing and growing company. If our management fails to respond effectively to changes and growth in our business, including acquisitions, this could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.

 

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we decide to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our common stock could be less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are not applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we could lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

 

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

We may not be able to access the equity or credit markets.

 

We face the risk that we may not be able to access various capital sources including investors, lenders, or suppliers. Failure to access the equity or credit markets from any of these sources could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and future prospects. 

 

Persistent global economic trends could adversely affect our business, liquidity and financial results.

 

Although improving, persistent global economic conditions, particularly the scarcity of capital available to smaller businesses, could adversely affect us, primarily through limiting our access to capital and disrupting our clients’ businesses. In addition, continuation or worsening of general market conditions in economies important to our businesses may adversely affect our clients’ level of spending and ability to obtain financing, leading to us being unable to generate the levels of sales that we require.  Current and continued disruption of financial markets could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects.

 

We may seek or need to raise additional funds. Our ability to obtain financing for general corporate and commercial purposes or acquisitions depends on operating and financial performance, and is also subject to prevailing economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors beyond our control. The global credit markets and the financial services industry have been experiencing a period of unprecedented turmoil characterized by the bankruptcy, failure or sale of various financial institutions. An unprecedented level of intervention from the U.S. and other governments has been seen. As a result of such disruption, our ability to raise capital may be severely restricted and the cost of raising capital through such markets or privately may increase significantly at a time when we would like, or need, to do so. Either of these events could have an impact on our flexibility to fund our business operations, make capital expenditures, pursue additional expansion or acquisition opportunities, or make another discretionary use of cash and could adversely impact our financial results.

 

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Although recent trends point to continuing improvements, there is still lingering volatility and uncertainty. A change or disruption in the global financial markets for any reason may cause consumers, businesses and governments to defer purchases in response to tighter credit, decreased cash availability and declining consumer confidence. Accordingly, demand for our products could decrease and differ materially from current expectations. Further, some of our customers may require substantial financing in order to fund their operations and make purchases from us. The inability of these customers to obtain sufficient credit to finance purchases of our products and meet their payment obligations to us or possible insolvencies of our customers could result in decreased customer demand, an impaired ability for us to collect on outstanding accounts receivable, significant delays in accounts receivable payments, and significant write-offs of accounts receivable, each of which could adversely impact our financial results.

 

Rising interest rates could adversely impact our business.

 

Changes in interest rates could have an adverse impact on our business by increasing our cost of capital. For example:

 

  rising interest rates would increase our cost of capital; and
  rising interest rates may negatively impact our ability to secure financing on favorable terms and may impact our ability to provide cost-effective financing to our end-customers or end-users, where applicable.

 

Rising interest rates could generally harm our business and financial condition.

 

Risks Related to Our Biometric Recognition Applications and Related Products

 

Our biometric products and technologies may not be accepted by the intended commercial consumers of our products, which could harm our future financial performance.

 

There can be no assurance that our biometric systems will achieve wide acceptance by commercial consumers of such security-based products, and/or market acceptance generally. The degree of market acceptance for products and services based on our technology will also depend upon a number of factors, including the receipt and timing of regulatory approvals, if any, and the establishment and demonstration of the ability of our proposed device to provide the level of security in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost. Our failure to develop a commercial product to compete successfully with existing security technologies could delay, limit or prevent market acceptance. Moreover, the market for new biometric-based security systems is largely undeveloped, and we believe that the overall demand for mobile biometric-based security systems technology will depend significantly upon public perception of the need for such a level of security. There can be no assurance that the public will believe that our level of security is necessary or that private-industry will actively pursue our technology as a means to solve their security issues. Long-term market acceptance of our products and services will depend, in part, on the capabilities, operating features and price of our products and technologies as compared to those of other available products and services. As a result, there can be no assurance that currently available products, or products under development for commercialization, will be able to achieve market penetration, revenue growth or profitability.

 

Our biometric applications may become obsolete if we do not effectively respond to rapid technological change on a timely basis.

 

The biometric identification and personal identification industries are characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product innovations, changes in customer requirements and expectations and evolving industry standards. If we are unable to keep pace with these changes, our business may be harmed. Products using new technologies, or emerging industry standards, could make our technologies less attractive. In addition, we may face unforeseen problems when developing our products, which could harm our business. Furthermore, our competitors may have access to technologies not available to us, which may enable them to produce products of greater interest to consumers or at a more competitive cost.

 

Our biometric applications are new and our business model is evolving. Because of the new and evolving nature of biometric technology, it is difficult to predict the size of this specialized market, the rate at which the market for our biometric applications will grow or be accepted, if at all, or whether other biometric technologies will render our applications less competitive or obsolete.  If the market for our biometric applications fails to develop or grows slower than anticipated, we would be significantly and materially adversely affected.

 

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If our products and services do not achieve market acceptance, we may never have significant revenues or any profits.

 

If we are unable to operate our business as contemplated by our business model or if the assumptions underlying our business model prove to be unfounded, we could fail to achieve our revenue and earnings goals within the time we have projected, or at all, which would have a detrimental effect on our business. As a result, the value of your investment could be significantly reduced or completely lost.

 

We may in the future experience competition from other biometric application developers.

 

Competition in the development of biometric recognition is expected to become more intense. Competitors range from university-based research and development graphics labs to development-stage companies and major domestic and international companies. Many of these entities have financial, technical, marketing, sales, distribution and other resources significantly greater than those of our company. There can be no assurance that we can continue to develop our biometric technologies or that present or future competitors will not develop technologies that render our biometric applications obsolete or less marketable or that we will be able to introduce new products and product enhancements that are competitive with other products marketed by industry participants.

 

We may fail to create new applications for our products and enter new markets, which would have an adverse effect on our operations, financial condition and prospects.

 

Our future success depends in part on our ability to develop and market our technology for applications other than those currently intended. If we fail in these goals, our business strategy and ability to generate revenues and cash flow would be significantly impaired. We intend to expend significant resources to develop new technology, but the successful development of new technology cannot be predicted and we cannot guarantee we will succeed in these goals.

 

Our products may have defects, which could damage our reputation, decrease market acceptance of our products, cause us to lose customers and revenue and result in costly litigation or liability.

 

Our products may contain defects for many reasons, including defective design or manufacture, defective material or software interoperability issues. Products as complex as those we offer, frequently develop or contain undetected defects or errors. Despite testing defects or errors may arise in our existing or new products, which could result in loss of revenue, market share, failure to achieve market acceptance, diversion of development resources, injury to our reputation, and increased service and maintenance cost. Defects or errors in our products and solutions might discourage customers from purchasing future products. Often, these defects are not detected until after the products have been shipped. If any of our products contain defects or perceived defects or have reliability, quality or compatibility problems or perceived problems, our reputation might be damaged significantly, we could lose or experience a delay in market acceptance of the affected product or products and might be unable to retain existing customers or attract new customers. In addition, these defects could interrupt or delay sales. In the event of an actual or perceived defect or other problem, we may need to invest significant capital, technical, managerial and other resources to investigate and correct the potential defect or problem and potentially divert these resources from other development efforts. If we are unable to provide a solution to the potential defect or problem that is acceptable to our customers, we may be required to incur substantial product recall, repair and replacement and even litigation costs. These costs could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

 

We will provide warranties on certain product sales and allowances for estimated warranty costs are recorded during the period of sale. The determination of such allowances requires us to make estimates of product return rates and expected costs to repair or to replace the products under warranty. We will establish warranty reserves based on our best estimates of warranty costs for each product line combined with liability estimates based on the prior twelve months’ sales activities. If actual return rates and/or repair and replacement costs differ significantly from our estimates, adjustments to recognize additional cost of sales may be required in future periods. In addition, because our customers rely on secure authentication and identification of cardholders to prevent unauthorized access to programs, PCs, networks, or facilities, a malfunction of or design defect in its products (or even a perceived defect) could result in legal or warranty claims against us for damages resulting from security breaches. If such claims are adversely decided against us, the potential liability could be substantial and have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results. Furthermore, the possible publicity associated with any such claim, whether or not decided against us, could adversely affect our reputation. In addition, a well-publicized security breach involving smart card-based or other security systems could adversely affect the market’s perception of products like ours in general, or our products in particular, regardless of whether the breach is attributable to our products. Any of the foregoing events could cause demand for our products to decline, which would cause its business and operating results to suffer.

 

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Risks Related to our Securities

 

The market price for our common stock is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded public float, and lack of profits, which could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. You may be unable to sell your common shares at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you.

 

The market for our common stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to the shares of larger, more established companies that trade on a national securities exchange and have large public floats, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than the shares of such larger, more established companies for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, as noted above, our common stock is, compared to the shares of such larger, more established companies, sporadically and thinly traded. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our common stock is sold on the market without commensurate demand. Secondly, we are a speculative or “risky” investment due to our lack of profits to date. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a larger, more established company that trades on a national securities exchange and has a large public float. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common stock regardless of our operating performance.

 

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market, NASDAQ could delist our common stock.

 

Our common stock is currently listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”). In order to maintain that listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements. There can be no assurances that we will be able to comply with the applicable listing standards. Although we are currently in compliance with our listing standards, we have, in the past, fallen out of compliance and may in the future fall out of compliance. If we are unable to maintain compliance with these NASDAQ requirements, our common stock will be delisted from NASDAQ.

 

In the event that our common stock is delisted from the NASDAQ Capital Market and is not eligible for quotation on another market or exchange, trading of our common stock could be conducted in the over-the-counter market or on an electronic bulletin board established for unlisted securities such as the Pink Sheets or the OTC Bulletin Board. In such event, it could become more difficult to dispose of, or obtain accurate price quotations for, our common stock, and there would likely also be a reduction in our coverage by securities analysts and the news media, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline further. Also, it may be difficult for us to raise additional capital if we are not listed on a major exchange.

 

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In the event that our common stock is delisted from NASDAQ, U.S. broker-dealers may be discouraged from effecting transactions in shares of our common stock because they may be considered penny stocks and thus be subject to the penny stock rules.

 

The SEC has adopted a number of rules to regulate “penny stock” that restricts transactions involving stock which is deemed to be penny stock. Such rules include Rules 3a51-1, 15g-1, 15g-2, 15g-3, 15g-4, 15g-5, 15g-6, 15g-7, and 15g-9 under the Exchange Act. These rules may have the effect of reducing the liquidity of penny stocks. “Penny stocks” generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 per share (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market if current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system). Our shares of common stock have in the past constituted, and may again in the future constitute, “penny stock” within the meaning of the rules. The additional sales practice and disclosure requirements imposed upon U.S. broker-dealers may discourage such broker-dealers from effecting transactions in shares of our common stock, which could severely limit the market liquidity of such shares of common stock and impede their sale in the secondary market.

 

A U.S. broker-dealer selling penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or “accredited investor” (generally, an individual with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or an annual income exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with his or her spouse) must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must receive the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. In addition, the “penny stock” regulations require the U.S. broker-dealer to deliver, prior to any transaction involving a “penny stock”, a disclosure schedule prepared in accordance with SEC standards relating to the “penny stock” market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt. A U.S. broker-dealer is also required to disclose commissions payable to the U.S. broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, a U.S. broker-dealer is required to submit monthly statements disclosing recent price information with respect to the “penny stock” held in a customer’s account and information with respect to the limited market in “penny stocks”.

 

Stockholders should be aware that, according to the SEC, the market for “penny stocks” has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (i) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (ii) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (iii) “boiler room” practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (iv) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (v) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, resulting in investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.

 

 If and when a larger trading market for our common stock develops, the market price of our common stock is still likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations, and you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the price at which you acquired them.

 

The market price of our common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of factors that are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

 

  Variations in our revenues and operating expenses;

  Actual or anticipated changes in the estimates of our operating results or changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our common stock, other comparable companies or our industry generally;

  Market conditions in our industry, the industries of our customers and the economy as a whole;

  Actual or expected changes in our growth rates or our competitors’ growth rates;

  Developments in the financial markets and worldwide or regional economies;

  Announcements of innovations or new products or services by us or our competitors;

  Announcements by the government relating to regulations that govern our industry;

  Sales of our common stock or other securities by us or in the open market; and

  Changes in the market valuations of other comparable companies.

 

In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition or operating results. The trading price of our shares might also decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry, even if these events do not directly affect us. Each of these factors, among others, could harm the value of your investment in our common stock. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

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We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future; you should not buy our stock if you expect dividends.

 

The payment of dividends on our common stock will depend on earnings, financial condition and other business and economic factors affecting us at such time as our board of directors may consider relevant.  If we do not pay dividends, our common stock may be less valuable because a return on your investment will only occur if our stock price appreciates.

 

We currently intend to retain our future earnings to support operations and to finance expansion and, therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

You may experience additional dilution in the future.

 

We may acquire other technologies or finance strategic alliances by issuing equity, which may result in additional dilution to our stockholders.  

 

We could issue “blank check” preferred stock without stockholder approval with the effect of diluting then current stockholder interests and impairing their voting rights; and provisions in our charter documents could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock with designations, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our board of directors. Our board of directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to issue a series of preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could dilute the interest of, or impair the voting power of, our common stockholders. The issuance of a series of preferred stock could be used as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control. For example, it would be possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to change control of our company. 

 

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our common stock.

 

FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for certain customers. FINRA requirements will likely make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in our common stock. As a result, fewer broker-dealers may be willing to make a market in our common stock, reducing a stockholder’s ability to resell shares of our common stock.

 

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties. 

 

Properties

 

Our principal executive offices are located in Melbourne, Florida. On October 3, 2014, the Company entered into a lease agreement for this office space, which includes customer service and warehouse space. The lease term which commenced on January 1, 2015 is for three years with a current monthly rent of $6,837 which includes the base rent, an escrow for taxes and insurance, common area maintenance charges and applicable sales tax.

 

We also retain an office in Oxford, Connecticut. On September 12, 2014, the Company entered into a lease agreement for this office space. The lease term commenced on October 1, 2014 and the lease term was for two years. The Company is currently leasing this office space on a month-to-month basis with a monthly rent of $2,450.

 

On October 16, 2013, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in Palm Bay, Florida. The term of the lease commenced on May 1, 2014 and is for three years with a monthly rent of $1,250 per month in the first year, increasing 3% annually thereafter.

 

As a result of the LogicMark acquisition on July 25, 2016, we assumed two facility leases. One of the leases is for office space located in Plymouth, Minnesota. This lease agreement expires in February 2018 and the current monthly rent is $1,170. In addition, LogicMark also subleases office and warehouse space located in Louisville, Kentucky. The monthly rent for the space is $8,850 and this sublease agreement is due to expire in July 2017.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

On November 12, 2015, we received a complaint that one of our technologies infringed upon one or more claims of a patent(s) issued to the claimant. The claimant has subsequently acknowledged that we are not currently infringing on their patent(s) as the technology in question is not commercially available at the current time. We are in the process of negotiating a future royalty agreement with the claimant should we decide to introduce this technology in the future.

 

From time to time we may be involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business. Other than as described above, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our company, or any of our subsidiaries in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect upon our business, operating results, or financial condition. 

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable. 

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Market Information

 

On September 11, 2014, our common stock began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol NXTD.

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

On September 1, 2016, our board of directors and stockholders approved a resolution to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and to authorize the Company to effect a reverse split of the Company’s outstanding common stock at a ratio of a 1-for-10 (the “Reverse Split”). On September 9, 2016, the Company effected the Reverse Split. Upon effectiveness of the Reverse Split, every 10 shares of outstanding common stock decreased to one share of common stock. In addition, the reverse split adjusted all outstanding warrants, options, and convertible instruments but did not change the number of authorized shares. Throughout this report, the Reverse Split was retroactively applied to all periods presented.

 

Price Range of Common Stock

 

The following tables show, for the periods indicated, the high and low bid prices per share of our common stock as reported by NASDAQ for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016. These bid prices represent prices quoted by broker-dealers on the OTCBB quotation service. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.

 

   2016 
   High   Low 
1st Quarter ended March 31, 2016  $13.50   $2.20 
2nd Quarter ended June 30, 2016  $5.90   $3.20 
3rd Quarter ended September 30, 2016  $6.49   $2.91 
4th Quarter ended December 31, 2016  $4.38   $2.35 

 

   2015 
   High   Low 
1st Quarter ended March 31, 2015  $42.00   $21.30 
2nd Quarter ended June 30, 2015  $32.00   $22.70 
3rd Quarter ended September 30, 2015  $24.30   $7.90 
4th Quarter ended December 31, 2015  $11.90   $1.60 

 

Holders

 

As of April 6, 2017, there were approximately 76 holders of record of our common stock. This number does not include shares held by brokerage clearing houses, depositories or others in unregistered form.

 

Dividends

 

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock, and our board of directors does not intend to declare or pay any dividends on the Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Our earnings are expected to be retained for use in expanding our business. The declaration and payment in the future of any cash or stock dividends on the common stock will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend upon a variety of factors, including our future earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and such other factors as our board of directors may consider to be relevant from time to time.

 

Securities Authorized For Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

Reference is made to “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters—Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans” for the information required by this item.

 

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

On July 25, 2016, the Company closed a private placement (the “July 2016 Offering”) of shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and warrants (the “July 2016 Warrants”) to purchase 562,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company sold 4,500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, and received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $4,500,000. The conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock is $4.00. The July 2016 Warrants will be exercisable beginning on January 25, 2017, and will be exercisable for a period of five (5) years. The exercise price with respect to the July 2016 Warrants is $7.50 per share. Holders of the Series B Preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the first date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock cumulative dividends at a rate of 25% Per annum on a compounded basis, which dividend amount shall be guaranteed. Accrued and unpaid dividends shall be at the Company’s option, in cash, shares of common stock, or additional share of Series B Preferred Stock. 

On November 29, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with certain holders of a portion of the Original LogicMark Notes (the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company exchanged with the Holders of $1,500,000 of Original Notes held by the Holders in exchange for: (i) an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 of new secured subordinated promissory notes (the “Exchange Notes”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”, and together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”) convertible into 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”). The Holders purchased the $1,500,000 of Original Notes from LogicMark prior to this transaction. The Exchange Notes will mature on November 29, 2017 and accrue interest at a rate of 15.0% per annum. The Exchange Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the Investors into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. 

The conversion option embedded in the convertible exchange notes was determined to contain beneficial conversion features, resulting in the bifurcation of those features as an equity instrument (resulting in a debt discount) at issuance. After allocation of the gross proceeds to the warrants and beneficial conversion feature, the total debt discount recognized was equal to the face of the convertible exchange notes, the debt discount is being amortized over the term of the debt and the Company amortized $133,333 of such debt discount for the year ended December 31, 2016.

The Company may prepay, in whole but not in part, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal, together with accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding principal, if any. The Warrants will be exercisable beginning on November 29, 2016, and will be exercisable for a period of five years. The exercise price with respect to the Warrants is $3.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Exercise Price and the amount of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain events, such as stock splits, combinations, dividends, distributions, reclassifications, mergers or other corporate change and dilutive issuances.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

We are not required to provide the information required by this Item as we are a smaller reporting company. 

Item 7. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Overview

We were incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 8, 2012. Nxt-ID is an emerging technology company engaged in the development of proprietary products, services and solutions for security that serve multiple end markets, including Security, Healthcare, Finance and Internet of Things (IoT). 

On June 25, 2012, the Company acquired 100% of the membership interests in 3D-ID LLC (“3D-ID”), a limited liability company formed in Florida in February 2011 and owned by the Company’s founders. By acquiring 3D-ID, the Company gained the rights to a portfolio of patented technology in the field of three-dimensional facial recognition and imaging including 3D facial recognition products for access control, law enforcement and travel and immigration.  3D-ID was an early stage company engaged in the design, research and development, integration, analysis, modeling, system networking, sales and support of intelligent surveillance, three-dimensional facial recognition and three-dimensional imaging devices and systems primarily for identification and access control in the security industries. Since the Company’s acquisition of 3D-ID was a transaction between entities under common control in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations”, Nxt-ID recognized the net assets of 3D-ID at their carrying amounts in the accounts of Nxt-ID on the date that 3D-ID was organized, February 14, 2011. 

On July 25, 2016, we completed the acquisition of LogicMark, LLC (“LogicMark”) pursuant to an Interest Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, LogicMark and the holders of all of the membership interests of LogicMark (the “LogicMark Sellers”), dated May 17, 2016 (the “Interest Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Interest Purchase Agreement, we acquired all of the membership interests of LogicMark from the LogicMark Sellers for (i) $17.5 million in cash consideration (ii) $2.5 million in a secured promissory note (the “LogicMark Note”) issued to LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC, as representative of the LogicMark Sellers (the “LogicMark Representative”) (iii) 78,740 shares of common stock, which were issued upon signing of the Interest Purchase Agreement (the “LogicMark Shares”), and (iv) warrants (the “LogicMark Warrants,”) to purchase an aggregate of 157,480 shares of common stock (the “LogicMark Warrant Shares”) for no additional consideration. In addition, we may be required to pay the LogicMark Sellers earn-out payments of (i) up to $1,500,000 for calendar year 2016 and (ii) up to $5,000,000 for calendar year 2017 if LogicMark meets certain gross profit targets set forth in the Interest Purchase Agreement. The LogicMark Note originally was to mature on September 23, 2016 but was extended to October 31, 2016. During 2016 the Company paid down $1,726,031 of the Seller Note with cash generated from operations as well as from the net cash proceeds received of $1,400,000 from the issuance of the convertible exchange notes issued on November 29, 2016. The Note accrues interest at a rate of 15% per annum. The LogicMark Warrants were all exercised on July 27, 2016.  

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Our innovative MobileBio® security technologies that serve these end markets include encryption and payments, biometrics, security and privacy, sensors and miniaturization. Our core competencies and intellectual property in biometrics, security, sensors, and miniaturization – developed through intensive research and development over the past decade –enable us to target and serve multiple large and growing end markets globally.

 

 

 

We believe that our MobileBio® products will provide distinct advantages within m-commerce market by improving mobile security. Currently most mobile devices continue to be protected simply by PIN numbers. This security methodology is easily duplicated on another device, and can easily be spoofed or hacked. Our security paradigm is Dynamic Pairing Codes (“DPC”). DPC is a new, proprietary method to secure users, devices, accounts, locations and servers over any communication media by sharing key identifiers, including biometric-enabled identifiers, between end-points by passing dynamic pairing codes (random numbers) between end-points to establish sessions and/or transactions without exposing identifiers or keys. The ongoing high-level breaches of personal credit card data demand new securities to offer higher level of consumer protection through the use of biometrics and other proprietary solutions. Our strategic plan envisions using our core biometric facial and voice recognition algorithms to develop security applications (both cloud based and locally hosted) that can be used for companies (for industrial uses, such as enterprise computer networks) as well as individuals (for consumer uses, such as smartphones, tablets or personal computers), law enforcement, the defense industry, and the U.S. Department of Defense. NXT-ID has numerous patents pending. Many of these patents pending focus on tokenization and protection, as well as payment methodology, voice biometrics, and other biometric forms of directed payment.

 

In healthcare, our business initiatives were bolstered by an acquisition of LogicMark, completed in the third quarter of 2016. LogicMark serves a market that enables two-way communication, sensors, biometrics and security to make home care for chronic medical conditions, including “aging in place,” a reality. There are three major trends driving this market: 1) an aging population, 2) desire to “age in place” and 3) the acute need to lower cost of care. These trends together have produced a large and growing market for us to serve. LogicMark has built a business around emergency communications in healthcare. We have a strong business with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today serving veterans who suffer from chronic conditions that often require emergency assistance. This business is steady and growing. Our strategic plan calls for expanding LogicMark’s business into other retail and enterprise channels to better serve the expanding demand for secure and remote healthcare.

 

Remote healthcare, which includes health monitoring and management using IoT and cloud-based processing, is an emerging area for LogicMark. The long-term trend toward more home-based care is a massive shift that is being driven by demographics (an aging population) and basic economics. People also value autonomy and privacy which are important factors in determining which solutions will suit the market. Consumers are beginning to enjoy the benefits of smart home technologies and online digital assistants. One of the promising applications of our VoiceMatch™ technology is enabling secure commands for restricted medical access. This solution, when coupled with the NXT-ID BioCloud™, combines biometrics with encryption and distributed access control.

 

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Security and privacy concerns are already central to the adoption of IoT solutions that provides a large opportunity for the Company to collaborate and license their technology to the consumer-facing firms that are charging after the IoT opportunity.

 

In finance, the technology pioneered in the Nxt-ID “Wocket” has continued to develop in both range of capability while shrinking in size. This provides a technology package that can be integrated into a “smart wallet” that has the same technology as Apple Pay or into a card that can be used for a variety of transactions including – magnetic stripe emulation (Wi-Mag), Near Field Communication (NFC), tokens, barcode/QR codes and there can also be an EMV chip and a Bluetooth Beacon for remote sensing and response applications. Versions of this technology package provide a functional and secure “vault” that allows for full consumer control and customization by OEMs and solution providers.

 

Our finance business is being driven by the development of an innovative smartcard that leverages “Wocket” technology. The smartcard is called “Flye” and it is being developed in partnership with World Ventures Holdings, LLC. (WVH). Flye is poised to finally deliver on the smart card vision that appeared in videos years ago. Flye offers new and unique features compared to any other “smartcards” in the market. It handles the core functions like loading in multiple cards, gathering loyalty points while opening up new opportunities - for example the Bluetooth Beacon makes it simpler for service providers to automatically open doors, provide access, initiate requests or any number of things – all with software. Flye is targeted at WorldVentures members who care about travel, food and entertainment. These concerns demand more than payments and include loyalty programs and security features for peace of mind when traveling. Flye is designed to work in synchrony with the WorldVentures smartphone application. It is a “tethered” solution, albeit a wireless one. WorldVentures has a comprehensive vision for their card that includes the ability to delivery highly tailored membership experience.

 

With respect to IoT, Nxt-ID has joined the Cisco Solution Partner program to provide biometric and encryption solutions in conjunction with other ecosystem partners. Cisco sees security as integral to IoT. They are integrating security directly into network infrastructure to enable companies to use their IoT networks in a secure fashion.

 

Our plan also anticipates that we will use our core biometric facial and voice recognition algorithms to develop security applications (both cloud based and locally hosted) that can be used for companies (for industrial uses, such as enterprise computer networks) as well as individuals (for consumer uses, such as smart phones, tablets or personal computers), law enforcement, the defense industry, and the U.S. Department of Defense. 

 

We are an emerging growth company and have incurred net losses since our inception. In order to execute our long-term strategic plan to develop and commercialize our core products we will need to raise additional funds through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or other means. We can give no assurance that the cash raised subsequent to December 31, 2016 or any additional funds raised will be sufficient to execute our business plan. We can give no assurance that additional funds will be available on reasonable terms, or available at all, or that it will generate sufficient revenue to alleviate these conditions.

 

We commenced shipping of the Wocket® at the end of the second quarter of 2015, primarily to tech savvy consumers. The implementation of the EMV chip point of sale (“POS”) terminals in the United States has limited the number of POS systems that the Wocket® works at, so we have postponed the full launch of the product in the United States until we are able to implement Near Field Communication (“NFC”) technology on the Wocket® as well as our dynamic magnetic stripe technology. NFC is a similar technology to ApplePay and GooglePay and works at many EMV enabled POS Terminals. We are also pursuing the sale of the Wocket® in certain overseas markets that have not implemented chip cards and where the Wocket® works extremely well. We intend to relaunch Wocket® in the United States once NFC is operational. Current wocket inventory is hardware enabled for this purpose and we are finalizing the software arrangements with banks and major payment companies to implement this technology. We anticipate relaunching the Wocket® in the United States with NFC capability in late 2017 and will accelerate efforts to export the product to suitable overseas markets.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2016, compared with the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Revenue. Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 were $7,736,320 compared to $616,854 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2015 is primarily attributable to the LogicMark acquisition and to a lesser extent the billing to WVH for smart cards and readers as well as engineering and customer support services. The LogicMark operating results are included from the acquisition date of July 25, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 also included shipments of the Wocket from new customer orders received during 2016. Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015 were related to shipments of the Wocket® to our early access pre-order customers as well as new customer orders placed in 2015. In addition, the revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015 included resale sales of the Wocket® to wholesale customers who resell the Wocket® through their respective distribution channels. The aggregate dollar amount of these resale sales was $167,466. The selling price per unit as it relates to wholesale sales was considerably lower than our direct selling price to our individual customers which negatively impacted our gross profit margin. The sales prices to wholesale customers were significantly discounted in order to accelerate product awareness and adoption of the Wocket®

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Cost of Revenue. The increase in our gross margin for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 was primarily attributable to the inclusion of the LogicMark operating results for the period July 25, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Our cost of revenue includes our direct product cost to both our individual customers as well as our wholesale customers. During 2015, our gross margin on sales to our wholesale customers was considerably lower than the gross margin resulting from sales to our individual customers as discussed above.

 

Our cost of revenue for 2015 also included a write off of excess and obsolete inventory of $343,216 resulting from our transition to Version 2 of the Wocket® which now includes NFC technology. We also recorded an unfavorable book-to-physical inventory adjustment of $131,209 as well as scrap adjustments of $375,699 relating primarily to low early stage production yield. In addition, we recorded a lower of cost or market adjustment of $149,000 in anticipation of our future sales to wholesale customers. We expect that our future selling price to wholesale customers will continue to be less on a per unit basis as compared to our selling price per unit to our direct individual customers. We anticipate our 2017 revenues and gross profit margin increasing over 2016 levels as a result of including the operating results of LogicMark for the entire year as well as increased sales volume of the smart card to WVH.

 

Operating Expenses. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 totaled $10,011,540 and consisted of research and development expenses of $888,187, selling and marketing expenses of $2,881,668 and general and administrative expenses of $6,241,685. The research and development expenses related primarily to salaries and consulting services of $392,991, as well as expenses of $226,293 primarily related to the design and development of the smart card for WVH and manufacturing of the Wocket®. Selling and marketing expenses consisted primarily of salaries and consulting services of $1,326,220, that were paid in both cash and common stock, and advertising and promotional expenses, including trade shows of $519,397. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of salaries and consulting services of $1,113,574, accrued management and employee incentives of $600,000, legal, audit and accounting fees of $1,602,083 and fees incurred of $605,228 related to the acquisition of LogicMark. Also included is $352,020 in non-cash stock compensation to vendors and board members.

 

Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015 totaled $9,717,327 and consisted of research and development expenses of $2,728,518, selling and marketing expenses of $3,423,567 and general and administrative expenses of $3,565,242. The research and development expenses related primarily to salaries and consulting services of $1,446,657, as well as test materials and prototypes of $608,768 necessary for the design, development and manufacturing of the Wocket®. Selling and marketing expenses consisted primarily of salaries of $301,585, and consulting services of $1,471,460, that were paid in both cash and common stock and advertising and promotional expenses, including trade shows of $1,327,657. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015 consisted of salaries and consulting services of $1,023,843, accrued management and employee incentives of $372,000, legal, audit and accounting fees of $405,637 and consulting fees for public relations of $269,540. General and administrative expenses also include $139,921 for the waiver of a provision to satisfy accelerated installments of the December Notes in cash. Also included is $472,590 in non-cash stock compensation to vendors and board members.

 

Our operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 were approximately $294,000 higher as compared to operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015. Our research and development expenses relating to the development of our biometric wallet, as well as our advertising and promotional expenses decreased for the year ended December 31, 2016 versus the comparable 2015 period resulting primarily from the completion of the product development in early 2016. These reductions in operating expenses were offset by higher legal, audit and accounting fees and expenses incurred related to the acquisition of LogicMark, as well as research and development for the WVH smartcard and the inclusion of the operating expenses of LogicMark for the period July 25, 2016 through December 31, 2016.

Net Loss. The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $12,815,714 and resulted in part from operational expenses of $10,011,540 incurred during the year ended December 31, 2016. The operational expenses were partially offset by favorable gross profit margin stemming primarily from the acquisition of LogicMark. In addition, the net loss was attributable to interest expense incurred of $3,275,059, unfavorable changes in fair value of derivative liabilities of $2,299,020 and a loss on extinguishment of debt of $272,749 resulting from the accelerated installment payments made during the year ended December 31, 2016. 

 

The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $13,076,854 and resulted primarily from the loss on product sales of $1,206,970 and from $9,717,327 of operational expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2015. Also during the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred inducement expense of $755,000 related to the Waiver Agreement (as defined below) that was entered into on April 23, 2015, and the change in the conversion price related to the 8% Convertible Notes (as defined below) issued on July 27, 2015, and interest expense of $1,249,961 resulting from interest on the convertible notes and the amortization of both the convertible note discount and the deferred debt issuance costs stemming from the issuances of convertible notes on April 24, 2015 and December 8, 2015. In addition, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $635,986 which resulted primarily from the write off of the remaining unamortized note discount and deferred debt issue costs related to the convertible notes issued on April 24, 2015 on December 7, 2015. Lastly, the Company recorded a realized gain of $47,242 and an unrealized gain of $444,728 resulting from a change in the fair value of derivative liabilities.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We are an emerging growth company and have generated losses from operations since inception. In order to execute our long-term strategic plan to develop and commercialize our core products, we may need to raise additional funds, through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or other means. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had cash of $3,299,679.

 

In order to execute the Company’s long-term strategic plan to develop and commercialize its core products, the Company may need to raise additional funds, through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or other means. The Company can give no assurance that the cash raised subsequent to December 31, 2016 or any additional funds raised will be sufficient to execute its business plan. Additionally, the Company can give no assurance that additional funds will be available on reasonable terms, or available at all.

 

Cash Flows 

 

Cash and Working Capital

 

We have incurred net losses of $12,752,928 and $13,076,854 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had cash and stockholders’ equity of $3,299,679 and $2,818,731, respectively. At December 31, 2016, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $2,073,523. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company raised net proceeds of approximately $7,759,775 through the issuance of Series A and B preferred stock, a short-term promissory note and convertible exchange notes.

 

Cash Used in Operating Activities

 

Our primary ongoing uses of operating cash relate to payments to subcontractors and vendors for research and development, salaries and related expenses and professional fees. Our vendors and subcontractors generally provide us with normal trade payment terms. During the year ended December 31, 2016, net cash used in operating activities amounted to $950,048, which was comprised of a net loss of $12,752,928, positive adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities of $5,919,499 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of positive $5,883,381 as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $8,620,672 for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was comprised of a net loss of $13,076,854, positive adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities of $4,933,745 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of negative $477,563.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2016, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $15,934,781 and was related to changes in restricted cash of $1,494,582 which was primarily attributable to the cash proceeds received as a result of the transaction with WVH offset in part by purchases of tooling of $39,073. In addition, the Company used $17,390,290 in cash to acquire LogicMark net of cash acquired. During the year ended December 31, 2015, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $1,888,281 and was comprised of the purchases of equipment and production tooling and molds of $381,767 and changes in restricted cash of $1,506,514 which was primarily attributable to the cash proceeds received as a result of the transaction with WVH (described below).

Cash Provided by Financing Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company received net proceeds of $1,869,755 from the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock and $400,000 from the issuance of a promissory note that was converted into Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, the Company received $4,090,000 in net proceeds from the issuance of Series B Preferred Stock. The Company also received net proceeds of $13,906,250 from the revolving credit facility which were used in part to fund the LogicMark acquisition. In addition, the Company also paid down $1,726,031 of the seller’s note that resulted from the LogicMark acquisition with net cash received from the issuance of convertible exchange notes of $1,400,000 as well as cash on hand. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company received net proceeds of $8,076,657 from the issuance of common stock, warrants, notes, and $650,000 from the exercise of warrants.

Financings 

April 2015 Private Placement

On April 24, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “April Purchase Agreement”) with a group of accredited investors (the “April Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold to such purchasers an aggregate of $1,575,000 principal amount of secured convertible notes (the “April Convertible Notes”), Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Class A Warrants”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock and Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrants (the “Class B Warrants,” and together with the Class A Warrants, the “April Warrants”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock. The April Convertible Notes bear interest at 6% per annum and are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $25.20 per share. The April Warrants are exercisable beginning six (6) months after issuance through the fifth (5th) anniversary of such initial exercisability date. The Class A Warrants have an initial exercise price equal to $30.20 per share and the Class B Warrants have an initial exercise price equal to $50.00 per share. The Company received cash proceeds of $1,481,500 from the issuance of the April Convertible Notes after deducting debt issuance costs of $93,500.

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The Company recorded a debt discount of $1,575,000 related to the sale of the April Convertible Notes and the April Warrants. The debt discount reflects the underlying fair value of the April Warrants of approximately $860,000 on the date of the transaction and a beneficial conversion charge of approximately $715,000. The debt discount will be amortized to interest expense over the earlier of (i) term of the April Convertible Notes or (ii) conversion of the debt.

 

In connection with the sale of the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Registration Rights Agreement”), with the April Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the shares of common stock underlying the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants on a Form S-3 registration statement to be filed with the SEC within ten (10) business days after the date of the issuance of the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants (the “April Filing Date”) and to cause the April Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within ninety (90) days following the April Filing Date. If certain of its obligations under the April Registration Rights Agreement are not met, the Company is required to pay partial liquidated damages to each April Purchaser. On May 8, 2015, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC to register the shares issuable upon the conversion of the April Convertible Notes, the related accrued interest and the exercise of the April Warrants. Such registration statement was declared effective with the SEC on May 14, 2015. 

 

In connection with the sale of the April Convertible Notes and the April Warrants, the Company entered into a security agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Security Agreement”), between the Company, 3D-ID and the collateral agent thereto. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, the April Purchasers were granted a security interest in certain personal property of the Company and 3D-ID to secure the payment and performance of all obligations of the Company and 3D-ID under the April Convertible Notes, April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement. In addition, in connection with the April Security Agreement, 3D-ID executed a subsidiary guaranty, pursuant to which it agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of the April Convertible Notes and other obligations of the Company under the April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement.

 

As described below, the April Purchasers exchanged the April Convertible Notes into the convertible notes that were issued on December 8, 2015. (The December Notes as defined on page 27 in the December 2015 Private Placement). As a result, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of the April Convertible Notes of $635,986 which resulted primarily from the write off of the remaining unamortized note discount and deferred debt issue costs on extinguishment. In order to obtain their consent to issue the December Notes on December 8, 2015, and to effect the exchange, the Company issued to each of the April Purchasers additional December Notes with a face value of $500,000. On December 8, 2015, the total outstanding face amount of these convertible notes was $2,134,850. On December 28, 2015, the note holders accelerated installment repayments in an aggregate amount of $350,000 which the Company satisfied by an issuance of common stock as a result of a waiver by the holders which allowed the Company to issue common stock below $2.50. As a result of this installment, the outstanding amount of the convertible notes held by the April Purchasers was $1,784,850 on December 31, 2015.

 

July 2015 Private Placement

 

On July 27, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor (the “July Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of $222,222 in principal amount of the 8% Original Issue Discount Convertible Notes (the “8% Convertible Notes”) for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. The Company received net proceeds of $200,000 from the sale of the 8% Convertible Notes.

 

The 8% Convertible Notes mature on September 11, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”), less any amounts converted or redeemed prior to the Maturity Date. The 8% Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, subject to increase to the lesser of 24% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law upon the occurrence of certain events of default.

 

The 8% Convertible Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $35.00 per share, which is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. 

 

The Company agreed that if it effected a registered offering either utilizing Form S-1 or Form S-3 (a “Registered Offering”), the Holder shall have the right to convert the entire amount of the subscription amount into such Registered Offering. The July Purchaser converted the entire subscription amount into the August Offering described below.

 

The conversion price used to convert the entire purchase price into common stock was equivalent to the equity offering price of $17.50 on August 4, 2015 and not the conversion price of $35.00 stipulated in the securities purchase agreement. As a result of the change in the conversion price, the Company recorded additional inducement expense of $100,000 at the time of conversion.

 

August 2015 Offerings 

 

On August 4, 2015, the Company closed with certain purchasers (the “August 2015 Purchasers”) a public offering (the “August Offering”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of 172,143 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $17.50 per share (the “Registered Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $3,012,500.

 

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In connection with the sale of the Registered Shares, the Company also entered into a Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Purchase Agreement”) with the August 2015 Purchasers providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of warrants to purchase 86,072 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $0.00000001 per warrant (the “August 2015 Warrants”).  Each August 2015 Warrant shall be initially exercisable on the six (6) month anniversary of the issuance date an exercise price equal to $23.50 per share and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years from the date on which first exercisable.   

 

The Registered Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the SEC on April 24, 2015 and declared effective on May 14, 2015 (File No. 333-203637). 

 

Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 30, 2015, by and between the Company and the August 2015 Purchasers, the Company agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the August 2015 Warrants. 

 

The placement agent in connection with the Registered Shares was Northland Securities, Inc. 

 

October 2015 Public Offering 

 

On October 21, 2015, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of its common stock. The Company offered 150,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $7.00 per share. The Company received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commission and other offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $1,050,000. The underwriter was Aegis Capital Corp. 

 

November 2015, Term Note

 

On November 25, 2015, the Company issued the Term Note with a principal amount of $200,000 to an accredited purchaser (the “November Purchaser”). The Term Note was scheduled to mature on December 15, 2015. The interest rate was 12% per annum with a minimum guaranteed interest of $10,000. The November Purchaser converted the entire principal amount into the December Offering described below.

 

December 2015 Private Placement 

 

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “December Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “December Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of $1,500,000 in principal amount of Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “December Notes”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000 (the “December Offering”). The Notes will mature on December 8, 2016 (the “December Maturity Date”), less any amounts converted or redeemed prior to the December Maturity Date. The December Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The December Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.50 per share. In case of an Event of Default (as defined in the December Notes), the notes are convertible at 85% of the average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the December Notes) in the prior fifteen (15) trading days, until such Event of Default has been cured. The conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. The Notes are repayable from the earlier of June 7, 2016 or the effective date of the initial registration statement that was filed with this offering, (The Installment Trigger Date). The installment payments are to be made on the lst and 15th calendar day of each month. The amount of each installment is the quotient of the original principal amount divided by the number of installment payments after the Installment Trigger Date and the scheduled Maturity Date on December 7, 2016. The holder of the notes may opt to accelerate two installment amounts in an amount up to twice the regular installment amount. The installment payments may be made in cash or in common stock at 85% of the average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the December Notes) in the prior fifteen (15) trading days at the option of the Company.

 

In connection with the sale of the December Notes, the Company also issued to the December Purchasers an aggregate of 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in consideration of each Investor’s execution and delivery of the December Purchase Agreement (the “Commitment Shares”). The Commitment Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the SEC on April 24, 2015 and declared effective on May 14, 2015 (File No. 333-203637).  

  

As described above, the April Purchasers exchanged the April Convertible Notes into the convertible notes that were issued on December 8, 2015. (The December Notes). As a result, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of the April Convertible Notes of $635,986 which resulted primarily from the write off of the remaining unamortized note discount and deferred debt issue costs on extinguishment. In order to obtain their consent to issue the December Notes on December 8, 2015, and to effect the exchange, the Company issued to each of the April Purchasers additional December Notes with a face value of $500,000. On December 8, 2015, the total outstanding principal amount of these convertible notes was $2,134,850. On December 28, 2015, the note holders accelerated installment repayments in an aggregate amount of $350,000 which the Company satisfied by an issuance of common stock as a result of a waiver by the holders which allowed the Company to issue common stock below $2.50. As a result of this repayment, the outstanding amount of the convertible notes held by the April Purchasers was $1,784,850 on December 31, 2015.

 

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The total face amount of the Notes outstanding on December 8, 2015 were $3,644,850.

 

On December 8, 2015 the Company recorded a debt discount of $1,719,700 and a derivative liability of $912,330.

 

The debt discount is attributable to the value of the separately accounted for conversion feature and common stock issued in connection with the sale of the Notes. The embedded conversion feature derivatives relate to the conversion option, the installment payments and the accelerated installment option of the Notes. The embedded derivatives were evaluated under FASB ASC Topic 815-15, were bifurcated from the debt host, and were classified as liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. The debt discount is amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the Notes. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a total of $1,093,371 of debt discount amortization, which was recorded as an interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations. Of this amount, $109,535 related to the December Notes.

 

At December 31, 2015, the face amount of the Notes outstanding was $3,294,850.

 

March 2016 Promissory Note

 

On March 11, 2016, the Company issued a promissory note with a principal amount of $400,000 to an accredited purchaser (the “March Promissory Note”). The March Promissory Note was converted into the Series A Preferred Stock offering in April 2016.

 

April 2016 Offering

 

On April 11, 2016, the Company closed a registered offering (the “April 2016 Offering”) of shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Company sold 2,500,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, and received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $2,500,000. Holders of the Series A Preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the first date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock cumulative dividends at a rate of 25% Per annum on a compounded basis, which dividend amount shall be guaranteed. Accrued and unpaid dividends shall be at the Company’s option, in cash, shares of common stock, or additional share of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Interest Purchase Agreement

 

On May 17, 2016, the Company entered into an Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Interest Purchase Agreement”) with LogicMark, LLC (“LogicMark”) and the holders of all of the membership interests (the “Interests”) of LogicMark (the “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the Interests from the Sellers (the “Transaction”). The Company issued the equivalent of $300,000 in shares of common stock to the Sellers of LogicMark to extend the exclusivity period to June 30, 2016.

 

Additionally, upon signing the Interest Purchase Agreement the Company issued warrants (the “Warrants”) to the Sellers to acquire an aggregate of up to $600,000 of shares (157,480 shares) of the Company’s common stock for no additional consideration. The Warrants were originally only exercisable if the Transaction did not close by June 30, 2016. Pursuant to an amendment entered into as of July 7, 2016, the Warrants were exercisable as of July 22, 2016.

 

On July 25, 2016, the issuances of common stock and warrants to the Sellers of LogicMark totaling $900,000 became part of the overall consideration paid to the Sellers to acquire LogicMark.

 

July 2016 Offering

 

On July 25, 2016, the Company closed a private placement (the “July 2016 Offering”) of shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and warrants (the “July 2016 Warrants”) to purchase 562,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company sold 4,500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, and received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $4,500,000. The conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock is $4.00. The July 2016 Warrants will be exercisable beginning on January 25, 2017, and are exercisable for a period of five (5) years. The exercise price with respect to the July 2016 Warrants is $7.50 per share. Holders of the Series B Preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the first date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock cumulative dividends at a rate of 25% Per annum on a compounded basis, which dividend amount shall be guaranteed. Accrued and unpaid dividends shall be at the Company’s option, in cash, shares of common stock, or additional share of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

November 2016 Exchange

 

On November 29, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with certain holders of a portion of the Original LogicMark Notes (the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company exchanged with the Holders of $1,500,000 of Original Notes held by the Holders in exchange for: (i) an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 of new secured subordinated promissory notes (the “Exchange Notes”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”, and together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”) convertible into 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”). The Holders purchased the $1,500,000 of Original Notes from the LogicMark Sellers prior to this transaction. The Exchange Notes will mature on November 29, 2017 and accrue interest at a rate of 15.0% per annum. The Exchange Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the Investors into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events.

 

The conversion option embedded in the convertible exchange notes was determined to contain beneficial conversion features, resulting in the bifurcation of those features as an equity instrument (resulting in a debt discount) At issuance. After allocation of the gross proceeds to the warrants and beneficial conversion feature, the total debt discount recognized was equal to the face of the convertible exchange notes, The debt discount is being amortized over the term of the debt and the Company Amortized $133,333 of the debt discount for the year ended December 31, 2016. 

 

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The Company may prepay, in whole but not in part, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal, together with accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding principal, if any. The Warrants will be exercisable beginning on November 29, 2016, and will be exercisable for a period of five years. The exercise price with respect to the Warrants is $3.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Exercise Price and the amount of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain events, such as stock splits, combinations, dividends, distributions, reclassifications, mergers or other corporate change and dilutive issuances.

 

December 2015 Strategic Agreements

 

On December 31, 2015, the Company entered into a Master Product Development Agreement (the “Development Agreement”) with WVH. The Development Agreement commenced on December 31, 2015, and has an initial term of two (2) years (the “Initial Term”). Thereafter, the Development Agreement will automatically renew for additional successive one (1) year terms (each a “Renewal Term”) unless and until WVH provides written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term. Each Renewal Term will commence immediately on expiration of the Initial Term or preceding Renewal Term. The Development Agreement may also be terminated earlier pursuant to certain conditions. 

 

In connection with the Development Agreement, on December 31, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “WVH Purchase Agreement”) with WVH providing for the issuance and sale by us of 1,050,000 shares (the “WVH Shares”) of Common Stock and a common stock purchase warrant (the “WVH Warrant”) to purchase 251,250 shares (the “WVH Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. The WVH Warrant is initially exercisable on the five (5) month anniversary of the issuance date at an exercise price equal to $7.50 per share and has a term of exercise equal to two (2) years and seven (7) months from the date on which first exercisable.

 

In connection with the sale of the WVH Shares and the WVH Warrant, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated December 31, 2015 (the “WVH Registration Rights Agreement”), with WVH, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the WVH Shares and the WVH Warrant Shares on a Form S-1 or Form S-3 registration statement (the “WVH Registration Statement”) to be filed with the SEC within ninety (90) days after the date of the issuance of the WVH Shares and the WVH Warrants (the “WVH Filing Date”) and to cause the WVH Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within one hundred eight (180) days following the WVH Filing Date. 

 

Pursuant to the Development Agreement, WVH retained the Company to design, develop and manufacture a series of Proprietary Products (as defined in the Development Agreement) for distribution through WVH’s network of sales representatives, members, consumers, employees, contractors or affiliates. In conjunction with the Development Agreement, the Company and WVH contractually agreed to dedicate $1,500,000 of the $2,000,000 in total proceeds received by the Company to the development and manufacture of the product for WVH. In addition, any expenditure of the $1,500,000 in proceeds is restricted in that the Company will need prior approval from WVH on a monthly basis in order to fund the estimated expenditures needed for the development of the product for WVH from the $1,500,000. 

 

In the event that the WVH Registration Statement is filed with the SEC untimely, WVH may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under the WVH Registration Rights Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under the WVH Registration Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the WVH Registration Rights Agreement, each of the Company and WVH and agreed that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of the WVH Registration Rights Agreement and that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. We filed the registration statement on a timely basis; however the filing was subsequently withdrawn. There were no penalties associated with this action.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not have any undisclosed borrowings or debt, and we have not entered into any synthetic leases. We are, therefore, not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Certain accounting policies and estimates are particularly important to the understanding of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management or can be materially affected by changes from period to period in economic factors or conditions that are outside of our control. As a result, they are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. In applying these policies, our management uses their judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of certain estimates. Those estimates are based on our historical operations, our future business plans and projected financial results, our observance of trends in the industry and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. Please see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements for a more complete description of our significant accounting policies.

 

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We intend to utilize the extended transition period provided in Securities Act Section 7(a)(2)(B) as allowed by Section 107(b)(1) of the JOBS Act for the adoption of new or revised accounting standards as applicable to emerging growth companies. As part of the election, we will not be required to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standard until such time that a company that does not qualify as an “issuer” (as defined under Section 2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) is required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

As an emerging growth company within the meaning of the rules under the Securities Act, and we intend to utilize certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not emerging growth companies. For example, we will not have to provide an auditor’s attestation report on our internal controls in future annual reports on Form 10-K as otherwise required by Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can utilize the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to utilize this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards as they become applicable to public companies.

 

Basis of Presentation. The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service has been rendered or product delivery has occurred, the price is fixed or readily determinable and collectability of the sale is reasonably assured. The wocket® smart wallet sales comprise multiple element arrangements including both the wocket® smart wallet device itself as well as unspecified future upgrades. The Company offers to all of its end-consumer customers a period of fourteen days post the actual receipt date in which to return their wocket® smart wallet. The Company was unable to reliably estimate returns at the time shipments were made during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, due to lack of return history. Accordingly, the Company has recognized revenue only on those shipments whose fourteen day return period had lapsed by December 31, 2016 or 2015. The Company accrues for the estimated costs associated with the one-year Wocket® warranty at the time revenue associated with the sale is recorded, and periodically updates its estimated warranty cost based on actual experience. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, such amounts were not material.

 

Warranty Costs. The Company’s product is sold with a one-year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. The Company accrues for the estimated costs associated with the one-year Wocket® warranty at the time revenue associated with the sale is recorded, and periodically updates its estimated warranty cost based on actual experience. Estimating warranty costs requires significant judgment. To date, warranty claims have been inconsequential and the Company estimates any such claims against sales made to date will be immaterial. Accordingly, no accrual for warranty costs has been recorded at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Inventory. The Company performs regular reviews of inventory quantities on hand and evaluates the realizable value of its inventories. The Company will adjust the carrying value of the inventory as necessary with the estimated valuation reserves for excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory by comparing the individual inventory parts to forecasted product demand or production requirements. The inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined using the first-in, first-out method.

 

Convertible Instruments. The Company applies the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging and for distinguishing liabilities from equity when accounting for hybrid contracts that feature conversion options. The accounting standards require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria includes circumstances in which (i) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (ii) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (iii) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. The derivative is subsequently marked to market at each reporting date based on current fair value, with the changes in fair value reported in the results of operations.

 

Conversion options that contain variable settlement features such as provisions to adjust the conversion price upon subsequent issuances of equity or equity linked securities at exercise prices more favorable than that featured in the hybrid contract generally result in their bifurcation from the host instrument.

 

The Company accounts for convertible debt instruments when the Company has determined that the embedded conversion options should not be bifurcated from their host instruments in accordance with ASC 470-20 “Debt with Conversion and Other Options”. The Company records, when necessary, discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note. Debt discounts under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt.

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments. The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at the reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. For stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to value the derivative instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The conversion feature embedded within Company’s convertible note payable does not have fixed settlement provisions as the conversion price varies based on the trading price of the Company’s common stock and the potential number of common shares to be issued upon conversion is indeterminable up to a maximum of 120,000 shares of common stock. In addition, the January Warrants issued in connection with the January Offering do not have fixed settlement as their exercise prices and may be lowered if the Company conducts an offering in the future at a price per share below the exercise price of the warrants. Accordingly, the conversion feature and warrants have been recognized as derivative instruments. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within twelve (12) months of the balance sheet date. 

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

We are not required to provide the information required by this Item as we are a smaller reporting company.

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

The financial statements, notes to the financial statements and the respective reports of the Company’s independent registered accountants required to be filed in response to this Item 8 begin on page F-1.

 

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2016. As discussed below, based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. As a result of the material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting described below, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2016 were not effective.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on the criteria set forth in the report entitled Internal Control-Integrated Framework published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013), known as COSO. Based on our evaluation under the criteria set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2016.

 

As of December 31, 2016, we have identified certain matters that constituted a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. Specifically, we have difficulty in accounting for complex accounting transactions due to an insufficient number of accounting personnel with experience in that area and limited segregation of duties within our accounting and financial reporting functions.

 

As of December 31, 2016, management has not completed an effective assessment of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting based on the 2013 Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) framework. Management has concluded that, during the period covered by this report, our internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of U.S. GAAP.

 

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This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm as we are a smaller reporting company and not required to provide the report.

 

Limitations of the Effectiveness of Internal Control

 

A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting 

 

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting in the Company’s fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only the management’s report in this annual report.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

Our executive officers and directors and their ages and positions are as follows:

 

Name   Age   Position   Date First Elected or Appointed
Gino M. Pereira   59   Chief Executive Officer and Director   February 8, 2012
Vincent S. Miceli   59   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   September 29, 2014
David Tunnell   51   Vice President and Chief Technology Officer   June 25, 2012
Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret   72   Director   June 25, 2012
Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD   54   Director   September 26, 2013
Daniel P. Sharkey   60   Director   June 23, 2014
Stanley E. Washington   52   Director   October 8, 2015

 

Gino M. Pereira, one of our co-founders, has served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director of the Company since its inception. Mr. Pereira has over 30 years of executive, operational and financial experience with technology companies in the United States, Europe and the Far East. He has also helped to develop several technology start-ups as well as served in an executive capacity in a large multinational public company. Mr. Pereira was Chief Financial Officer and later Chief Executive Officer of Technest Holdings Inc., a publicly quoted defense contracting company, from 2004 to 2011. Technest Holdings operated subsidiaries EOIR Technologies, Inc. and Genex Technologies, Inc. Mr. Pereira is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK) and has an MBA, with a specialty in finance, from the Manchester Business School in England.

 

Mr. Pereira brings to the Board significant expertise in the biometric and software recognition industries, as well as experience in international business technology and extensive management and operating experience. Having founded and/or operated companies in similar or related industries during the past 15 years, provides the board with unparalleled knowledge of the Company and its operations and an understanding of the markets the Company plans to operate in.

 

Vincent S. Miceli, has served as a Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since September 29, 2014. Mr. Miceli has over 30 years of experience in executive, financial and operational management for companies based primarily in the United States. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Miceli was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer of Panolam Industries International, Inc., a privately held company which primarily designs, manufactures, and distributes decorative and industrial laminates from May 2006 to mid-December 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Miceli was the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller of Opticare Health Systems, Inc., a company that provides integrated eye care services from 2004 to 2006. Prior to 2004, Mr. Miceli held senior accounting positions at Amphenol Corporation and United Technologies, Inc. Mr. Miceli holds a BS degree in accounting from Quinnipiac College, an MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Hartford and he is an affiliate member of both the AICPA and Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants.

 

David Tunnell, one of our co-founders, has served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Company from the date of its inception. Mr. Tunnell is an expert in biometrics and is the inventor of a variety of miniature technologies for remote distributed sensors. Mr. Tunnell has over 23 years of experience in developing high-technology solutions for the US Government. He was the divisional director of 3D identification products at Technest Holdings Inc., from 2003 to 2011. Prior to that he was at the National Security Agency (NSA) serving in operations, support, and development and later at L3 Communications where he served as Director of Engineering, overseeing the development of SIGINT solutions and serving as the primary interface with customers, bridging the gap between customer requirements and system design and engineering. He also managed technical personnel, budgets, schedules, and technical direction. Mr. Tunnell earned a Masters in Technical Management (MSTM) from Johns Hopkins University and a BSEE from the University of Tennessee.

 

Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret. has served as a director of the Company from the date of its inception. General Gust presently does consulting work for his own company, David R. Gust & Associates, LLC. Between April 2007 and May 2009, General Gust was the President of USfalcon, a privately-held company working with the U.S. Defense sector, primarily in information technology. Previously, General Gust had served as the Manager for Federal Telecommunications for Bechtel National, Inc. from November 2004 to March 2007. Prior to that, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Technical and Management Services Corporation from 2000 to 2004. General Gust retired from the United States Army in 2000 after completing a career of 34 years of service.

 

His General Officer assignments included the Program Executive Officer, Communications Systems (PEO-Comm Systems), Program Executive Officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO-IEW&S) and at Army Materiel Command, as Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition (DCSRDA).

 

His final assignment at the Army Materiel Command included serving as the Chairman of the Source Selection Advisory Council for the Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle procurement and supervising preparation of the acquisition procurement package for the Stryker combat vehicle. General Gust received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Denver and Master’s Degrees in Systems Management and National Security and Strategy from the University of Southern California and the United States Naval War College, respectively.

 

General Gust brings to the Board valuable business expertise, particularly expertise in defense and homeland security market segments due to his significant experience as a director of a publicly held companies and his substantial experience gained as a member of the US Armed Services.

 

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Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD had served as a director of the Company since September 26, 2013. Dr. Remedios’ background includes a successful track record of product innovation and development, outsourcing, global platform integration, massive-scale/hyper-growth operations, and building/developing teams from 50 to over 500 people. His key accomplishments at each company consistently show impressive gains in sales, profitability and global expansion into new markets.

 

Between January 2011 and September 2013 he was Chief Information Officer for Arbonne International, a billion dollar global cosmetics company. From February 2009 to December 2010 he was a Vice-President at Expedia, Inc. and was responsible for all technologies, product development and technical operations for hotels.com and Venere brands, including “One H”, the global integration of business and technology for hotels.com and Expedia, Inc.

 

Prior to February 2009 Dr. Remedios was Chief Technology Officer for Realtor.com and Shopping.com, a subsidiary of eBay, Inc. At Shopping.com he was a member of the eBay Inc. Technology Board for eBay, PayPal and Skype. He was also a key member of the eBay Inc. workgroups for defining and driving the next-generation consumer experience “Finding 2.0”, “on-eBay” and the Advertising and Distributed Commerce Network offering “off-eBay”.

 

Earlier in his career, he was Global Chief Information Officer for the Travelocity group of companies and President and Chief Operating Officer of Bluelight.com, a subsidiary of Kmart. Dr. Remedios began his career as Vice President and Manager, Systems Integration & Development at Wells Fargo Bank, in the Consumer Banking Group.

 

Dr. Remedios recently joined WorldVentures Holdings, LLC, an international travel company, as Chief Technology Officer. He has a PhD in Computer Control and Fluid Dynamics from the University of Nottingham in England and a B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Science from Kings College, University of London in England.

 

Dr. Remedios brings to the Board valuable business experience, particularly expertise in eCommerce and hyper growth companies.

 

Daniel P. Sharkey, has served as a director of the Company since June 23, 2014. Mr. Sharkey’s background includes 36 years of broad experience with finance and business development for technology companies. His key accomplishments in his prior engagements focused on expanding technology companies into new marketplaces and plotting and implementing successful, long-term growth strategies. Between 2007 and 2014, Mr. Sharkey was Executive Vice President of Business Development for ATMI, a publicly traded semi-conductor company. Mr. Sharkey originally joined ATMI as Chief Financial Officer in 1990. ATMI was sold to Entegris in 2014 for $1.15 billion.

 

From 1987 to 1990, before joining ATMI, Mr. Sharkey was Vice President of Finance for Adage, a publicly traded computer graphics manufacturer. From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Sharkey served as Corporate Controller for CGX Corporation, a venture capital backed, privately held, computer graphics manufacturer that merged with Adage in 1987. Mr. Sharkey was a Certified Public Accountant for KPMG from 1978 to 1983.

 

Mr. Sharkey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mr. Sharkey brings valuable experience in finance and administration to the Board and serves as our financial expert.

 

Stanley E. Washington, has been a business leader in the financial services industry for over 25 years. Currently, as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pantheon Business Consulting (“PBC”) he manages a strategic business development firm which focuses on partnering fast growing small and mid-sized companies in emerging categories with large strategic partners and providing senior leadership teams with innovative thought leadership concepts aimed at increased revenue generation, consumer program activation and diverse strategic supplier partnership development for the building of long-term shareholder growth and profitability.

 

Prior to PBC, Mr. Washington spent 17 years as an executive at American Express and was Regional Vice President and General Manager of the Western United States operating as the region’s senior business leader where he managed American Express’ U.S. Commercial Card Division overseeing the Account Development Organization, including sales and operational support across multiple industries, to more than 260 U.S. based companies, representing over $300 billion in annual corporate revenue. Mr. Washington held numerous positions within the company, including Regional Vice President and General Manager of the American Express Establishment Services Division where he was responsible for over $50 billion in annual charge volume, managing all merchant account relationships, card member marketing, sponsorships and advertising to more than one million American Express merchant business locations throughout the Western States and Micronesia. During his tenure he was also responsible for American Express’ penetration into several key industries, including entertainment, gaming, restaurant, wine, ski and luxury hotels.

 

Mr. Washington’s extensive experience in advising companies and years of executive management give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director of our Company.

 

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Board Committees

 

Our Board of Directors currently has the following committees:

 

Audit – Daniel Sharkey*(1), David R. Gust, Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD

Compensation – David R. Gust*, Daniel Sharkey, Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD

Nominating and Governance – David R. Gust*, Daniel Sharkey, Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD

 

* — Indicates Committee Chair

(1) — Indicates Committee Financial Expert

 

Audit Committee

 

Our Audit Committee oversees our corporate accounting and financial reporting process. Among other matters, the audit committee:

 

  evaluates the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance;
  determines the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm;
  reviews and approves the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee;
  discusses with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the results of the annual audit and the review of our quarterly financial statements;
  approves the retention of the independent registered public accounting firm to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;
  reviews our critical accounting policies and estimates; and
  reviews the audit committee charter and the committee’s performance on an annual basis.

 

The audit committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors that satisfies the applicable standards of NASDAQ.

 

Our board has determined that Mr. Daniel Sharkey is an Audit Committee Financial Expert as defined by the SEC rules and has the requisite financial sophistication as defined by The NASDAQ Stock Market rules and regulations.  

 

Compensation Committee

 

Our Compensation Committee reviews and recommends policies relating to the compensation and benefits of our officers and employees. The compensation committee reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our chief executive officer and other executive officers, evaluates the performance of these officers in light of those goals and objectives, and makes recommendations to the board of directors regarding compensation of these officers based on such evaluations. The Compensation Committee administers the issuance of stock options and other awards under our stock plans. The Compensation Committee reviews and evaluates, at least annually, the performance of the compensation committee. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the board of directors that satisfies the applicable standards of NASDAQ.

 

Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee

 

Our Corporate Governance and Nomination committee is responsible for, among other objectives, making recommendations to the Board regarding candidates for directorships; overseeing the evaluation of the board of directors; reviewing developments in corporate governance practices; developing a set of corporate governance guidelines, and reviewing and recommending changes to the charters of other board committees. In addition, the Corporate Governance and Nomination committee is responsible for overseeing our corporate governance guidelines and reporting and making recommendations to the board concerning corporate governance matters.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

Except as described below, to the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

 

  been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
  had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
  been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

 

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  been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
  been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
  been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Except as set forth in our discussion below in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” none of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission. 

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no relationships between any of the officers or directors of the Company.

 

Director Nomination Procedures

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors.

 

Code of Ethics

 

Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethical Conduct (the “Code of Conduct”) which constitutes a “code of ethics” as defined by applicable SEC rules. We require all employees, directors and officers, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer to adhere to the Code of Conduct in addressing legal and ethical issues encountered in conducting their work. The Code of Conduct requires that these individuals avoid conflicts of interest, comply with all laws and other legal requirements, conduct business in an honest and ethical manner and otherwise act with integrity and in our best interest. The Code of Conduct contains additional provisions that apply specifically to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other finance department personnel with respect to full and accurate reporting. The Code of Conduct is available on our website at www.nxt-id.com. The Company will post any amendments to the Code of Conduct, as well as any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of the SEC on such website. The information contained on or that may be obtained from our website is not, and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Annual Report.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance 

 

Under the securities laws of the United States, our directors, executive (and certain other) officers, and any persons holding ten percent or more of our Common Stock must report on their ownership of the Common Stock and any changes in that ownership to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Specific due dates for these reports have been established. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, we believe that all reports required to be filed by such persons pursuant to Section 16(a) were filed on a timely basis, with the exception of our officers, directors and greater than 10 percent beneficial owners listed in the table below:

 

Name   Form   Description
Gino M. Pereira   4   1 transaction was not reported on a timely basis (upon the disposal of shares)

 

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Item 11. Executive Compensation.

 

Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2015

 

The following summary compensation table sets forth all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the named executive officers paid by us during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 in all capacities for the accounts of our executives, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  

 

Name and Principal Position  Year   Salary
($)
   Bonus
($)
   Stock
Awards
($)
   Option Awards
($)
   NonEquity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
   Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
   All
Other Compensation
($)
   Total
($)
 
Gino M. Pereira,   2016    346,500    -    124,000          -              -             -    19,517    490,017 
Chief Executive Officer   2015    330,000    -     -    -    -    -    18,252    348,252 
David Tunnell,   2016    277,200    -    62,000    -    -    -    14,400    353,600 
Chief Technology Officer   2015    260,000    -     -    -    -    -    14,400    274,400 
Vincent S. Miceli,   2016    241,500    -    62,000    -    -    -    14,400    317,900 
Chief Financial Officer   2015    200,000    -     -    -    -    -    14,400    214,400 

 

Employment Agreements

 

Effective October 1, 2015, we extended the employment agreement with Gino M. Pereira, our Chief Executive Officer. The term of the employment agreement is for 3 years and the term began on October 1, 2015. Effective January 1, 2017, Mr. Pereira’s base salary increased to $381,150 from $346,500. The employment agreement also provides for:

 

  Payment of all necessary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the executive in the performance of his duties under the agreement.
  Eligibility to participate in bonus or incentive compensation plans that may be established by the board of directors from time to time applicable to the executive’s services.
  Eligibility to receive equity awards as determined by the board of directors, or a committee of the board of directors, composed in compliance with the corporate governance standards of any applicable listing exchange.

 

We do not have employment agreements with Vincent S. Miceli, our Chief Financial Officer or David Tunnell, our Chief Technology Officer.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2016 Fiscal Year End

 

The following table provides information relating to the vested and unvested option and stock awards held by the named executives as of December 31, 2016. Each award to each named executive is shown separately, with a footnote describing the award’s vesting schedule. The presentation of the grants on the following table reflect the reverse stock split that was effected on September 9, 2016.

 

   Option Awards   Stock Awards
Name  Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (# Exercisable)   Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Option (# Unexercisable)   Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)   Option Exercise Price ($)   Option Expiration Date   Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)   Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)  Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)   Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units Or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) 
Gino Pereira   -    -    -    -    -    -   $     20,000   $124,000 
David Tunnell         -          -          -          -          -    -             10,000   $      62,000 
Vincent S. Miceli   -    -    -    -    -    -   $     10,000   $62,000 

 

Director Compensation for Fiscal 2016

 

Our non-employee directors receive $60,000 annually for serving on our Board, which is paid quarterly in stock. The following table reflects all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the Company’s directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

   Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
   Stock
Awards
($)(1)(2)(3)
   Options
Awards
($)
   Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
   Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
   All
Other
Compen-
sation
($)
   Total
($)
 
Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret.          -    60,000           -          -           -    612    60,612 
Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD   -    60,000    -    -    -    604    60,604 
Daniel P. Sharkey   -    60,000    -    -    -    1,055    61,055 

 

(1) Major General David R. Gust, received 17,235 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $3.48 per share.
(2) Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios received 17,235 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $3.48 per share.
(3) Daniel P. Sharkey received 17,235 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $3.48 per share.

 

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Item 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of April 7, 2017 by (a) each stockholder who is known to us to own beneficially 5% or more of our outstanding Common Stock; (b) all directors; (c) our executive officers, and (d) all executive officers and directors as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, all persons listed below have (i) sole voting power and investment power with respect to their shares of Common Stock, except to the extent that authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and (ii) record and beneficial ownership with respect to their shares of Common Stock.

 

For purposes of this table, a person or group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares of common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days of April 7, 2017. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock held by each person or group of persons named above, any shares that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of April 7, 2017 is deemed to be outstanding, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. Unless otherwise identified, the address of our directors and executive officers is c/o Nxt-ID, Inc. 285 North Drive, Suite D, Melbourne, FL 32904.

 

Name and address of beneficial owner  Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership   Percent of
class of
Common 
Stock (1)
 
5% Shareholders:        
WorldVentures Holdings, LLC   1,005,000    11.76%
           
Directors and Officers:          
Gino M. Pereira
Chief Executive Officer and Director
   916,875    10.73%
           
David Tunnell
Chief Technology Officer
   769,421    9.01%
           
Vincent S. Miceli
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
   17,825    * 
           
Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret.
Director
   32,114    * 
           
Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD
Director
   37,482    * 
           
Daniel P. Sharkey
Director
   27,102    * 
           
Stanley E. Washington
Director
   8,000    * 
           
Directors and Officers as a group (7 persons)   1,808,819    21.17%

 

* Less than 1%
   
(1) Based on 8,543,339 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of April 7, 2017. Shares of common stock subject to options or warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days, are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage of any other person. 

 

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Equity Compensation Plan Information as of December 31, 2016

 

Plan Category  Number of
Securities to Be
Issued upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options
   Weighted
 Average Exercise Price
 of Outstanding
Options
   Number of
Securities Remaining
Available for
Future
 Issuance
under the Plan (2)
 
   (a)   (b)   (c) 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)            -   $         -    554,045 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders   -    -    - 
Total   -   $-    554,045 

 

(1) Represents the shares authorized for issuance under the Nxt-ID, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders on January 3, 2013. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan, including Stock Options, Stock Awards, including stock issued to the Board of Directors for serving on the Company’s Board, and Stock Appreciation Rights is limited to 10% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the first trading day of any fiscal year, or 737,992 for fiscal 2017.

(2) As of January 1, 2017.

 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

Transactions with Related Parties

 

Except as described below, during the past three years, there have been no transactions, whether directly or indirectly, between our company and any of our officers, directors, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock or their family members, that exceeded $120,000.

 

Dr. Michael Remedios is a director of the Company and the Chief Technical Officer of WVH with whom we completed a strategic transaction on December 31, 2015 (see note 7). We do not consider Dr. Remedios to be a related party as he is not an executive officer or a member of WVH and is employed in a technical role. In addition, Dr. Remedios recused himself from any involvement or voting in the transaction between World Ventures and the Company other than to provide input at a technical level.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, we recognized revenue of $1,357,413 from WVH a related party. In addition, our accounts receivable balance included $621,724 due from WVH.

 

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Director Independence

 

As we are listed on NASDAQ, our determination of independence of directors is made using the definition of “independent director” contained in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Our board affirmatively determined that Major General David R. Gust, Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD, and Daniel P. Sharkey, are “independent” directors, as that term is defined in the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.

 

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees

 

The Company engaged Marcum LLP effective April 2016 as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for the review of our condensed consolidated financial statements for the first, second and third quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2016, as well as the fees to be billed for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 are expected to be $133,000. In addition, Marcum LLP billed $23,408 during 2016 for professional services related to registration statements and proposed financing arrangements. The aggregate fees billed by KPMG LLP for 2015 audit services rendered, including the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, the review of our 2015 interim condensed consolidated financial statements and involvement with registration statements including the issuances of comfort letters and consents, were $639,400.

 

Audit Related Fees

 

There were no fees for audit related services for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Tax Fees

 

For the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, Marcum LLP did not provide any professional services for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. For the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, no tax services were rendered by KPMG LLP.

 

All Other Fees

 

The Company did not incur any other fees related to services rendered by our principal accountants for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors

 

The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent auditors prior to the engagement of the independent auditors with respect to such services. The Chairman of the Audit Committee has been delegated the authority by the Committee to pre-approve interim services by the independent auditors other than the annual audit. The Chairman must report all such pre-approvals to the entire Audit Committee at the next Committee meeting.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

  (1) Financial Statements:

 

The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and, 2015, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficiency) and cash flows for the years then ended, the footnotes thereto, and the respective reports of Marcum LLP and KPMG LLP, both independent registered public accounting firms, are filed herewith.

 

  (2) Financial Schedules:

 

None

 

Financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are either not applicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes hereto.

 

  (3) Exhibits:

 

The exhibits listed in the accompanying index to exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Report.

 

(b) The following are exhibits to this Report and, if incorporated by reference, we have indicated the document previously filed with the SEC in which the exhibit was included.

 

Certain of the agreements filed as exhibits to this Report contain representations and warranties by the parties to the agreements that have been made solely for the benefit of the parties to the agreement. These representations and warranties:

 

  May have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other parties in connection with the negotiation of the agreements, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreements;

 

  May apply standards of materiality that differ from those of a reasonable investor; and

 

  Were made only as of specified dates contained in the agreements and are subject to subsequent developments and changed circumstances.

 

Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date that these representations and warranties were made or at any other time. Investors should not rely on them as statements of fact.

 

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Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
3.1(i)   Certificate of Incorporation (1)
3.(i)(a)   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (16)
3.1(i)(b)   Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (12)
3.1 (i)(c)   Amendment of Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (14)
3.1(i)(d)   Second Certificate of Amendment of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (15)
3.1(i)(e)   Certificate of Designations for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (15)
3.1(ii)   Bylaws (1)
4.1   Form of Warrant Agreement and Form of Warrant (1)
4.2   Form of Warrant for January 2014 Offering (2)
4.3   Form of Agent Warrant for January 2014 Offering (2)
4.4   Form of Warrant for June 2014 and August 2014 Offerings (5)
4.5   Form of Warrant for September 2014 Offering (6)
4.6   Form of Underwriter Warrant for September 2014 Offering (6)
4.7   Form of Class A Warrant  (7)
4.8   Form of Class B Warrant (7)
4.9   Form of Warrant for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
4.10   Form of Warrant for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
4.11   Form of Warrant for May 2016 Interest Purchase Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (13)
4.12   Form of Warrant for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
4.13   Form of 8% Original Issue Discount Convertible Note for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.1 †   2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (1)
10.2 †   Forms of Agreement Under 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (1)
10.3 †   Employment Agreement Between Nxt-ID and Gino Pereira (3)
10.4   License Agreement between 3D-ID, LLC and Genex Technologies (1)
10.5   Purchase Agreement between 3D-ID, LLC and Nxt-ID, Inc. (1)
10.6 ††   Manufacturing agreement with Identita Technologies, Inc., dated January 18, 2013 (4)
10.7   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for June 2014 and August 2014 Offerings (5)
10.8   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for April 2015 Offering (7)
10.9*   Form of Placement Agency Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering
10.10   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
10.11   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
10.12   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.13   Form of Warrant Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.14   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for December 2015 Private Placement (9)
10.15   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for December 2015 Private Placement (9)
10.16   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
10.17   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
10.18   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for April 2016 Registered Direct Offering (11)
10.19   Form of Interest Purchase Agreement for May 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (13)
10.20   Form of First Amendment to Interest Purchase Agreement for May 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (14)
10.21   Form of Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.22   Form of Security Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.23   Form of Loan Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.24   Form of Subordination Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.25   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.26   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.27   Form of Forbearance Agreement between Nxt-ID and LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC (17)
10.28   Form of Exchange Note for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.29   Form of Exchange Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.30   Form of Intercreditor Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.31   First Amendment to Forbearance Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
14.1   Code of Ethics (3)
21.1*   List of Subsidiaries
23.1*   Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2*   Consent of KPMG LLP
31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*   XBRL Taxonomy Schema
101.CAL*   XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF*   XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase
101.LAB*   XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase
101.PRE*   XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase

 

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In accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and not filed.

 

* Filed herewith.

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

†† Confidential treatment has been received for schedules A, C, and D to the agreement

 

  (1) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184673) with the SEC on January 31, 2013.
  (2) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 17, 2014.
  (3) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC on February 25, 2014.
  (4) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-184673) with the SEC on March 25, 2013.
  (5) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-197845) with the SEC on August 5, 2014.
  (6) Filed as Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-197845) with the SEC on August 14, 2014.
  (7) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 24, 2015.
  (8) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 30, 2015.
  (9) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 9, 2015.
  (10) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 4, 2016.
  (11) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 4, 2016.
  (12) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 12, 2016.
  (13) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 20, 2016.
  (14) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 7, 2016.
  (15) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 27, 2016.
  (16) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on September 12, 2016.
  (17) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on September 26, 2016.
  (18) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on November 30, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

  Nxt-ID, Inc.
     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Gino M. Pereira
    Gino M. Pereira
   

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Vincent S. Miceli
   

Vincent S. Miceli

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Gino M. Pereira
    Gino M. Pereira
   

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Vincent S. Miceli
    Vincent S. Miceli
   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret.
   

Major General David R. Gust, USA, Ret.

Director

     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD
    Michael J. D’Almada-Remedios, PhD
    Director
     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Daniel P. Sharkey
    Daniel P. Sharkey
    Director
     
Date: April 13, 2017 By: /s/ Stanley E. Washington
    Stanley E. Washington
    Director

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 

CONTENTS

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms F-2
   
Consolidated Financial Statements  
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-7
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8 - F-27

 

 F-1 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Audit Committee of the

Board of Directors and Shareholders

of Nxt-ID, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Nxt-ID, Inc., as of December 31, 2016, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The consolidated financial statements of Nxt-ID, Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, were audited by other auditors, whose report, dated April 14, 2016, expressed an unmodified opinion on those consolidated financial statements, which contained an explanatory paragraph as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has adjusted its 2015 consolidated financial statements to retrospectively apply the reverse stock split to its common stock that occurred subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2015. Also as discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company reclassified deferred financing costs from other current assets to convertible notes payable on its balance sheet at December 31, 2015. The other auditors reported on the consolidated financial statements before these retrospective adjustments.

 

As part of our audit of the 2016 consolidated financial statements, we also audited the adjustments to the 2015 consolidated financial statements to retroactively apply the effects of the reverse stock split that occurred subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2015 and the reclassification of deferred financing costs from other current assets to convertible notes payable on its balance sheet, as described in Note 2. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to Nxt-ID Inc.’s 2015 consolidated financial statements other than with respect to these adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion, or any other form of assurance, on the 2015 consolidated financial statements as whole.

 

Marcum llp

New York, NY

April 13, 2017

 

 F-2 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Nxt-ID, Inc.:

 

We have audited, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the changes in the presentation of deferred debt issuance costs and in share and per-share data as described in note 2, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nxt-ID, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended. The 2015 consolidated financial statements before the effects of the adjustments discussed in note 2 are not presented herein. The 2015 consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the 2015 consolidated financial statements, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the changes in the presentation of deferred debt issuance costs and in share and per-share data as described in note 2, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nxt-ID, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the adjustments to retrospectively apply the changes in the presentation of deferred debt issuance costs and in share and per-share data as described in note 2 and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. Those adjustments were audited by a successor auditor.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015 and for the year then ended have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Stamford, Connecticut
April 14, 2016

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   December 31,   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
Assets
Current Assets        
Cash  $3,299,679   $418,991 
Restricted cash   40,371    1,534,953 
Accounts receivable   1,218,705    - 
Inventory, net   5,341,500    1,767,942 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   1,347,627    986,595 
Total Current Assets   11,247,882    4,708,481 
           
Property and equipment:          
Equipment   175,537    105,902 
Furniture and fixtures   79,062    72,713 
Tooling and molds   581,881    390,952 
    836,480    569,567 
Accumulated depreciation   (456,752)   (196,353)
Property and equipment, net   379,728    373,214 
           
Goodwill   15,479,662    - 
Other intangible assets, net of amortization of $318,842 and $0, respectively   8,285,725    - 
           
Total Assets  $35,392,997   $5,081,695 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  
Current Liabilities          
Accounts payable  $2,070,658   $1,333,137 
Accrued expenses   2,901,672    641,438 
Customer deposits   6,068,894    8,729 
Short-term debt   773,969    - 
Convertible notes payable, net of discount of $1,366,667 and $1,445,342, respectively, and net of deferred debt issuance costs of $123,563 and $52,810, respectively    9,770    1,796,698 
Derivative liability conversion feature   -    420,360 
Other current liabilities – contingent consideration   1,496,442    - 
Total Current Liabilities   13,321,405    4,200,362 
           
Other long-term liabilities – contingent consideration   4,832,028    - 
Revolving loan facility, net of deferred debt issuance costs of $769,453   14,230,547    - 
Deferred tax liability   190,286    - 
Total Liabilities   32,574,266    4,200,362 
           
Commitments and Contingencies          
           
Stockholders’ Equity          
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized          
Series A preferred stock, $0.0001 par value: 3,125,000 shares designated; 310,268 issued and outstanding (aggregate liquidation preferences of $440,594) as of December 31, 2016   182,851    - 
Series B preferred stock, $0.0001 par value: 4,500,000 shares designated; 4,500,000 issued and outstanding (aggregate liquidation preferences of $5,625,000) as of December 31, 2016   4,090,000    - 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized; 7,379,924 and 4,442,528 issued and outstanding, respectively   738    444 
Additional paid-in capital   33,204,943    22,787,762 
Accumulated deficit   (34,659,801)   (21,906,873)
           
Total Stockholders’ Equity   2,818,731    881,333 
           
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  $35,392,997   $5,081,695 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2016   2015 
Revenues  $7,736,320   $616,854 
Costs of goods sold   4,434,868    1,823,824 
           
Gross Profit (Loss)   3,301,452    (1,206,970)
           
Operating Expenses          
General and administrative   6,241,685    3,565,242 
Selling and marketing   2,881,668    3,423,567 
Research and development   888,187    2,728,518 
           
Total Operating Expenses   10,011,540    9,717,327 
           
Operating Loss   (6,710,088)   (10,924,297)
           
Other Income and (Expense)          
Interest income   23    727 
Interest expense   (3,275,059)   (1,249,961)
Inducement expense   -    (755,000)
Loss on extinguishment of debt   (272,749)   (635,986)
Realized gain on change in fair value of derivative liabilities   -    47,242 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   (2,299,020)   444,728 
Total Other Expense, Net   (5,846,805)   (2,148,250)
           
Loss before Income Taxes   (12,556,893)   (13,072,547)
Provision for Income Taxes   (196,035)   (4,307)
           
Net Loss   (12,752,928)   (13,076,854)
Preferred stock dividend   (1,080,741)   - 
           
Net Loss applicable to Common Stockholders  $(13,833,669)  $(13,076,854)
           
Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted  $(2.24)  $(4.82)
           
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted   6,172,272    2,711,198 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

 

   Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Additional
Paid-in
   Accumulated     
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Total 
Balance - January 1, 2015      -    $  -    2,477,605   $248   $11,565,115   $(8,830,019)  $2,735,344 
                                    
Exercise of common stock purchase warrants, net of fees             32,500    3    649,997    -    650,000 
                                    
Issuance of common stock and warrants for cash, net of fees             332,143    33    2,917,345    -    2,917,378 
                                    
Stock issued related to waiver of installment provisions             58,300    6    139,915    -    139,921 
                                    
Issuance of common stock for services             254,147    25    2,381,936    -    2,381,961 
                                    
Issuance of restricted stock to employees             16,000    2    373,832    -    373,834 
                                    
Release of escrowed common stock to officers             11,833    1    (1)   -    - 
                                    
Issuance of common stock and warrants in connection with the World Ventures Holding Transaction             1,005,000    100    1,974,422    -    1,974,522 
                                    
Shares issued in connection with the issuance of convertible notes on December 8, 2015             90,000    9    332,991    -    333,000 
                                    
Conversion of convertible notes to common stock             140,000    14    183,779    -    183,793 
                                    
Warrants issued in connection with the issuance of convertible notes on April 23, 2015, net of deferred financing costs             -    -    1,513,434    -    1,513,434 
                                    
Inducement fees             25,000    3    754,997    -    755,000 
                                    
Net loss             -    -    -    (13,076,854)   (13,076,854)
Balance - December 31, 2015   -      -     4,442,528    444    22,787,762    (21,906,873)   881,333 
                                    
Issuance of common stock for services             204,553    21    619,233    -    619,254 
                                    
Reclassification of remaining conversion feature liability             -    -    1,702,400    -    1,702,400 
                                    
Issuance of common stock and warrants in connection with the acquisition of Logicmark             78,740    8    899,992    -    900,000 
                                    
Exercise of common stock purchase warrants in connection with the acquisition of Logicmark             157,480    16    (16)   -    - 
                                    
Conversion of convertible notes and interest to common stock             1,601,905    160    3,943,261    -    3,943,421 
                                    
Issuance of Series A preferred stock, net   2,500,000    2,269,775                        2,269,775 
                                    
Conversion of Series A preferred stock and dividends to common stock   (2,189,732)    (2,086,924)    834,718    83    2,461,058    -    374,217 
                                    
Shares issued in connection with the management incentive plan for 2015             60,000    6    371,994    -    372,000 
                                    
Issuance of Series B preferred stock, net   4,500,000    4,090,000                        4,090,000 
                                    
Note discount recorded in connection with the issuance of Convertible Exchange notes on November 29, 2016                       1,500,000         1,500,000 
                                    
Net loss             -    -    -    (12,752,928)   (12,752,928)
                                    
Preferred stock dividend                       (1,080,741)         (1,080,741)
Balance - December 31, 2016   4,810,268   $4,272,851    7,379,924   $738   $33,204,943   $(34,659,801)  $2,818,731 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
   2016   2015 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities        
Net loss  $(12,752,928)  $(13,076,854)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation   260,399    183,196 
Stock based compensation   1,113,129    1,513,584 
Amortization of debt discount   648,365    1,093,371 
Amortization of intangible assets   318,842    - 
Amortization of discount on contingent consideration    91,682    - 
Loss on extinguishment of debt   272,749    635,986 
Inducement fees   -    755,000 
Non - cash inventory charges   48,405    999,124 
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs   631,994    35,683 
Unrealized (loss) gain on change in fair value of derivative liabilities   2,299,020    (444,728)
Realized gain on change in fair value of derivative liabilities   -    (47,242)
Stock issued related to waiver of installment provisions   -    139,921 
Deferred taxes   190,286    - 
Other   44,628    69,850 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Accounts receivable   (721,230)   - 
Inventory   (1,055,846)   (2,407,522)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (362,399)   400,497 
Accounts payable   120,008    1,352,881 
Accrued expenses   1,842,683    306,451 
Customer deposits   6,060,165    (129,870)
Total Adjustments   11,865,666    4,456,182 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   (950,048)   (8,620,672)
           
Cash flows from Investing Activities          
Restricted cash   1,494,582    (1,506,514)
Acquisition, net of cash acquired   (17,390,290)   - 
Purchase of equipment   (39,073)   (381,767)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities   (15,934,781)   (1,888,281)
           
Cash flows from Financing Activities          
Proceeds received from issuance of Series A preferred stock, net   1,869,775    - 
Proceeds received from issuance of Series B preferred stock, net   4,090,000    - 
Proceeds received from short-term promissory note   400,000    - 
Pay down of short-term debt   (1,726,031)   - 
Proceeds received in connection with issuance of common stock and warrants, net   -    5,114,353 
Proceeds received from issuance of convertible exchange notes, net   1,400,000    - 
Revolver borrowings, net   13,906,250    - 
Payment of Series A preferred stock dividends   (123,457)   - 
Proceeds from convertible notes payable   -    2,962,304 
Proceeds received in connection with exercise of warrants   -    650,000 
Fees paid in connection with equity offerings   (51,020)   - 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   19,765,517    8,726,657 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash   2,880,688    (1,782,296)
Cash - Beginning of Year   418,991    2,201,287 
Cash - End of Year  $3,299,679   $418,991 
           
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:          
Cash paid during the periods for:          
Interest  $930,219   $- 
Taxes  $8,764   $1,000 
Non-cash financing activities:          
Equipment purchases on payment terms  $-   $18,420 
Fees incurred in connection with equity offerings  $-   $222,453 
Issuance of common stock in connection with accelerated installments of note payable  $3,294,850    350,000 
Reclassification of conversion feature liability in connection with note modification  $1,702,400   $- 
Commitment shares issued in connection with December 8, 2015 notes  $-   $333,000 
Additional convertible notes issued in connection with exchange of April 24, 2015 notes for December 8, 2015 notes  $-   $500,000 
Fees incurred in connection with revolving credit facility  $256,250   $- 
Issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of interest on convertible notes  $291,588   $- 
Issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of Series A preferred stock  $2,189,732   $- 
Accrued Series A preferred dividends  $92,442   $- 
Accrued Series B preferred dividends  $490,625   $- 
Exchange of short-term promissory note for Series A preferred stock  $400,000   $- 
Issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of dividends on Series A preferred stock  $374,217   $- 
           
LogicMark Acquisition:          
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:          
Current assets, including cash acquired of $109,710  $3,541,323   $- 
Property and equipment   227,840    - 
Goodwill and other intangible assets   24,084,229    - 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (716,604)   - 
           
Net Assets Acquired   27,136,788    - 
           
Less: cash paid to acquire LogicMark   (17,500,000)   - 
           
Non cash consideration  $9,636,788   $- 
           
Non-cash consideration consisted of:          
Note payable issued to sellers  $2,500,000   $- 
Common stock and warrants issued to sellers   900,000    - 
Earn-out provision   6,236,788    - 
           
Non-cash consideration  $9,636,788   $- 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. (“Nxt-ID” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on February 8, 2012. Nxt-ID is a security technology company providing security for finance, assets and healthcare. The Company’s innovative MobileBio solution mitigates risks associated with mobile computing, m-commerce and smart OS-enabled devices. With extensive experience in biometric identity verification, security, privacy, encryption and data protection, payments, miniaturization and sensor technologies, the Company partners with industry leading companies to provide solutions for modern payment and the Internet of Things applications. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, LogicMark, LLC (“LogicMark”), manufactures and distributes non-monitored and monitored personal emergency response systems sold through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, healthcare durable medical equipment dealers and distributors and monitored security dealers and distributors. 

 

The Company operates its business in one segment, Hardware and Software Security Systems and Applications. The Company evaluates the performance of its business on, among other things, profit and loss from operations before interest, headquarters’ expense allocations, stock-based compensation expense, income taxes and amortization related to certain intangible assets.

 

On June 25, 2012, Nxt-ID, a company having similar ownership as 3D-ID, acquired 100% of the membership interests in 3D-ID (the “Acquisition”) in exchange for 20,000,000 shares of Nxt-ID common stock. Since this was a transaction between entities under common control, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations”, Nxt-ID recognized the net assets of 3D-ID at their carrying amounts in the accounts of Nxt-ID on the date that 3D-ID was organized.

 

3D-ID, LLC (“3D-ID”) was organized and registered in the State of Florida on February 14, 2011.

 

On July 25, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of LogicMark, LLC (“LogicMark”) pursuant to an Interest Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, LogicMark and the holders of all of the membership interests of LogicMark (the “Logicmark Sellers”), dated May 17, 2016 (the “Interest Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Interest Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired all of the membership interests of Logicmark from the Logicmark Sellers for (i) $17.5 million in cash consideration (ii) $2.5 million in a secured promissory note (the “Logicmark Note”) issued to Logicmark Investment Partners, LLC, as representative of the Logicmark Sellers (the “Logicmark Representative”) (iii) 78,740 shares of common stock, which were issued upon signing of the Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Logicmark Shares”), and (iv) warrants (the “Logicmark Warrants,”) to purchase an aggregate of 157,480 shares of common stock (the “Logicmark Warrant Shares”) for no additional consideration. In addition, the Company may be required to pay the Logicmark Sellers earn-out payments of (i) up to $1,500,000 for calendar year 2016 and (ii) up to $5,000,000 for calendar year 2017 if LogicMark meets certain gross profit targets set forth in the Interest Purchase Agreement. The Logicmark Note originally was to mature on September 23, 2016 but was extended to April 15, 2017. During 2016 the Company paid down $1,726,031 of the Seller Note with cash generated from operations as well as from the net cash proceeds received of $1,400,000 from the issuance of the convertible exchange notes issued on November 29, 2016. The Note accrues interest at a rate of 15% per annum. The Logicmark Warrants were all exercised on July 27, 2016.

 

NOTE 2 - RECLASSIFICATION OF DEFERRED DEBT ISSUANCE COSTS AND Reverse Stock Split

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company’s board of directors and stockholders approved a resolution to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and to authorize the Company to effect a reverse split of the Company’s outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-10 (the “Reverse Split”). On September 9, 2016, the Company effected the Reverse Split. Upon effectiveness of the Reverse Split, every 10 shares of outstanding common stock decreased to one share of common stock. Throughout this report, the Reverse Split was retroactively applied to all periods presented.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”), which provides guidance for simplifying the presentation of debt issuance costs. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. This guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard requires application on a retrospective basis and represents a change in accounting principle. In addition, in August 2015, Accounting Standards Update 2015-15, Interest - Imputation of Interest (“ASU 2015-15”), was released, which codified guidance pursuant to the SEC Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015 Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) meeting about the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements. Given the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, ASU 2015-15 states the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. In accordance with the 2016 adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2015-03, the Company revised the presentation of its previously reported December 31, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet to reflect a deduction of $52,810 of deferred debt issuance costs from the amount of convertible notes payable previously presented.

 

 F-8 

 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 3 - LIQUIDITY AND MANAGEMENT PLANS

 

The Company is an emerging growth entity and incurred net losses of $12,752,928 during the year ended December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016 the Company had a working capital deficiency of $2,073,523 and stockholders’ equity of $2,818,731. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern as it had no revenues and required additional cash to execute its business plan. The accompanying 2015 financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had alleviated this concern as it had raised additional capital and acquired a profitable revenue generating subsidiary, LogicMark LLC. In addition the Company began to recognize revenues from its contract with World Ventures Holdings Inc. In order to execute the Company’s long-term strategic plan to develop and commercialize its core products, fulfill its product development commitments and fund its obligations as they come due, the Company may need to raise additional funds, through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, or other means.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company raised $1,869,775 in net proceeds from the issuance of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and $400,000 from the issuance of a promissory note that was converted into Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, the Company received $4,090,000 in net proceeds from the issuance of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). However, the Company can give no assurance that any cash raised subsequent to December 31, 2016 will be sufficient to execute its business plan or meet its obligations. The Company can give no assurance that additional funds will be available on reasonable terms, or available at all, or that it will generate sufficient revenue to alleviate these conditions.

 

The Company’s ability to execute its business plan is dependent upon its ability to raise additional equity, secure debt financing, and/or generate revenue. Should the Company not be successful in obtaining the necessary financing, or generate sufficient revenue to fund its operations, the Company would need to curtail certain of its operational activities.

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

USE OF ESTIMATES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company’s management evaluates these significant estimates and assumptions included those related to the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, stock based compensation, derivative instruments, income taxes and inventories, and other matters that affect the consolidated financial statements and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nxt-ID and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, 3D-ID and LogicMark. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

CASH

 

The Company considers all highly liquid securities with an original maturity date of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Due to their short-term nature, cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had no cash equivalents.

 

RESTRICTED CASH

 

At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had restricted cash of $40,371 and $1,534,953, respectively. The restricted cash balance at December 31, 2015 included $1,500,000 received on December 31, 2015 as a result of the World Ventures Holdings transaction, described elsewhere in the notes to these consolidated financial statements. Restricted cash also includes amounts held back by the Company’s third party credit card processor for potential customer refunds, claims and disputes.

 

CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company maintains its cash balances in large well-established financial institutions located in the United States. At times, the Company’s cash balances may be uninsured or in deposit accounts that exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized revenue of $1,357,413 from WVH a related party. At December 31, 2016, the Company’s accounts receivable balance included $621,724 due from WVH.

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

REVENUE RECOGNITION

 

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the service has been rendered or product delivery has occurred, the price is fixed or readily determinable and collectability of the sale is reasonably assured. The Company’s wocket® smart wallet sales comprise multiple element arrangements including both the wocket® smart wallet device itself as well as unspecified future upgrades. The Company offers to all of its end-consumer customers a period of fourteen days post the actual receipt date in which to return their wocket® smart wallet. The Company was unable to reliably estimate returns at the time shipments were made during the year’s ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 due to lack of return history. Accordingly, the Company has recognized revenue only on those shipments whose fourteen day return period had lapsed by December 31, 2016 or 2015. Such sales during the fourteen day period ending December 31, 2016 or 2015 were not material. The Company accrues for the estimated costs associated with the one year wocket® smart wallet warranty at the time revenue associated with the sale is recorded, and periodically updates its estimated warranty cost based on actual experience. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, such amounts were not material. 

 

SHIPPING AND HANDLING

 

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling are included in revenues. The related freight charges incurred by the Company are included in cost of goods and were not material for either the years ended December 31, 2016 or 2015.

 

Accounts Receivable

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company’s revenues included shipments of the wocket® smart wallet to customers who placed orders in 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company’s revenues related to shipments of the wocket® smart wallet to customers who pre-ordered the product in 2014 as well as to those customers who ordered the product in 2015. In addition, the revenues for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 included resale sales of the wocket® smart wallet to retail customers who resell the wocket® smart wallet through their respective distribution channels. The aggregate amount of these resale sales was $33,540 and $167,164 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The terms and conditions of these sales provide the retail customers with trade credit terms. In addition, these sales were made to the retailers with no rights of return and are subject to the normal warranties offered to the ultimate consumer for product defects.

 

Accounts receivable is stated at net realizable value. The Company regularly reviews accounts receivable balances and adjusts the receivable reserves as necessary whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. At December 31, 2016, the Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

INVENTORY

 

Effective October 1, 2015 for application prospectively, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-11, simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (“ASU 2015-11”). ASU 2015-11 requires that inventory is measured at the lower of cost or net realizable value, defined as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. Previously, inventory was measured at the lower of cost or market. The Company adopted ASU 2015-11 in connection with its fourth quarter 2015 inventory valuation review, and prompted by the impact of EMV chip point of sale and Nearfield Communication technologies on our business. As a result, the Company’s fourth quarter 2015 inventory valuation charges were determined based upon our inventory’s net realizable value.

 

The Company performs regular reviews of inventory quantities on hand and evaluates the realizable value of its inventories. The Company adjusts the carrying value of the inventory as necessary with estimated valuation reserves for excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory by comparing the individual inventory parts to forecasted product demand or production requirements. The inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined using the first-in, first-out method. As of December 31, 2016 inventory was comprised of $3,797,499 in raw materials and $1,544,001 in finished goods on hand. As of December 31, 2015 inventory was comprised of $1,587,653 in raw materials and $180,289 in finished goods on hand. As an emerging growth company, the Company is required to prepay for raw materials with certain vendors until credit terms can be established. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, $1,089,770 and $49,103, respectively of prepayments made primarily for raw materials inventory is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

 

Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, goodwill and other intangibles are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable in accordance with ASC 360-10-35-17 through 35-35 “Measurement of an Impairment Loss.” The Company assesses the impairment of the assets based on the undiscounted future cash flow the assets are expected to generate compared to the carrying value of the assets. If the carrying amount of the assets is determined not to be recoverable, a write-down to fair value is recorded. Management estimates future cash flows using assumptions about expected future operating performance. Management’s estimates of future cash flows may differ from actual cash flow due to, among other things, technological changes, economic conditions or changes to the Company’s business operations.

  

 F-10 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consisting of furniture, fixtures and tooling is stated at cost. The costs of additions and improvements are generally capitalized and expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed in the period incurred. When items of property and equipment are sold or retired, the related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in income. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the respective asset as follows:

 

Equipment   5 years 
Furniture and fixtures   3 to 5 years 
Tooling and molds   2 to 3 years 

Goodwill

On July 25, 2016, the Company recorded goodwill of $15,479,662 as a result of the LogicMark acquisition. The Company will begin testing goodwill for impairment annually in the third quarter of each year using data as of August 1 of that year. Authoritative accounting guidance allows the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the more detailed two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. The Company performs the quantitative test if its qualitative assessment determined it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. The Company may elect to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to the quantitative test for any reporting units or assets. The quantitative goodwill impairment test, if necessary, is a two-step process. The first step is to identify the existence of a potential impairment by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit (the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is calculated using a discounted cash flow model) with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, the reporting unit’s goodwill is considered not to be impaired and performance of the second step of the quantitative goodwill impairment test is unnecessary. However, if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step of the quantitative goodwill impairment test is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss to be recorded, if any. The second step of the quantitative goodwill impairment test compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined using the same approach as employed when determining the amount of goodwill that would be recognized in a business combination. That is, the fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of its assets and liabilities as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination and the fair value was the purchase price paid to acquire the reporting unit.

Other Intangible Assets

The Company’s intangible assets are all related to the LogicMark acquisition and are included in other intangible assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2016. The Company had no intangible assets at December 31, 2015.

At December 31, 2016, the other intangible assets are comprised of patents with a fair value of $3,936,612; trademarks with a fair value of $1,230,002; and customer relationships with a fair value of $3,119,111. The Company will amortize these intangible assets using the straight line method over their estimated useful lives which for the patents, trademarks and customer relationships are 11 years; 20 years; and 10 years, respectively. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company had amortization expense of $318,842 related to the intangible assets.

Amortization expense estimated for each of the next five fiscal years, 2017 through 2021 will be approximately $764,000 per year.

CONVERTIBLE INSTRUMENTS 

The Company applies the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging and for distinguishing liabilities from equity when accounting for hybrid contracts that feature conversion options. The accounting standards require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria include circumstances in which (i) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (ii) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (iii) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. 

The derivative is subsequently marked to market at each reporting date based on current fair value, with the changes in fair value reported in the results of operations. 

Conversion options that contain variable settlement features such as provisions to adjust the conversion price upon subsequent issuances of equity or equity linked securities at exercise prices more favorable than that featured in the hybrid contract generally result in their bifurcation from the host instrument. 

The Company accounts for convertible debt instruments when the Company has determined that the embedded conversion options should not be bifurcated from their host instruments in accordance with ASC 470-20 “Debt with Conversion and Other Options”. The Company records, when necessary, discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the differences between the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction and the effective conversion price embedded in the note. Debt discounts under these arrangements are amortized over the term of the related debt using the straight line method which approximates the interest rate method. See Note 7. 

 F-11 

 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. For stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to value the derivative instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The conversion feature embedded within Company’s convertible note payable does not have fixed settlement provisions as the conversion price varies based on the trading price of the Company’s common stock and the potential number of common shares to be issued upon conversion is indeterminable up to a maximum of 120,000 shares of common stock. In addition, the warrants issued in connection with the Offering (as defined in Note 8) do not have fixed settlement provisions as their exercise prices may be lowered if the Company conducts an offering in the future at a price per share below the exercise price of the warrants. Accordingly, the conversion feature and warrants have been recognized as derivative instruments. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. (See Note 8.)

 

DEBT DISCOUNT AND AMORTIZATION OF DEBT DISCOUNT

 

Debt discount represents the fair value of embedded conversion options of various convertible debt instruments and attached convertible equity instruments issued in connection with debt instruments. The debt discount is amortized over the earlier of (i) the term of the debt or (ii) conversion of the debt. The amortization of debt discount is included as a component of interest expense included in other income and expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

INCOME TAXES 

 

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. 

 

ASC Topic 740-10-30 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740-10-40 provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The Company will classify as income tax expense any interest and penalties. The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented. Generally, the tax authorities may examine the partnership/corporate tax returns for three years from the date of filing. The Company has filed all of its tax returns for all prior periods through December 31, 2015.

 

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION 

 

The Company accounts for share-based awards exchanged for employee services at the estimated grant date fair value of the award. The Company accounts for equity instruments issued to non-employees at their fair value on the measurement date. The measurement of stock-based compensation is subject to periodic adjustment as the underlying equity instrument vests or becomes non-forfeitable. Non-employee stock-based compensation charges are amortized over the vesting period or as earned. The Company generally issues new shares of common stock to satisfy conversion and warrant exercises. 

 

NET LOSS PER SHARE 

 

Basic loss per share was computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share includes the effect of diluted common stock equivalents. Potentially dilutive securities of 2,581,104 realizable from the convertible Series A and Series B Preferred Stock (defined below), 575,000 from the convertible exchange notes and from the exercise of 1,829,049 warrants as of December 31, 2016 were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. As of December 31, 2015, potentially dilutive securities realizable from the conversion of convertible notes and related accrued interest and from the exercise of 761,549 warrants were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. 

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

 

Research and development costs consist of expenditures incurred during the course of planned research and investigation aimed at the discovery of new knowledge, which will be useful in developing new products or processes. The Company expenses all research and development costs as incurred. 

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments” (“ASU 2016-15”). ASU 2016-15 is intended to address how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This update addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the ASU 2016-15 and does not believe this ASU will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.  

 

In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12 (“ASU 2016-12”), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow- Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients.” ASU 2016-12 will affect all entities that enter into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services (that are an output of the entity’s ordinary activities) in exchange for consideration. The amendments in this update affect the guidance in ASU 2014-09 which is not yet effective, the amendments in this update affect narrow aspects of Topic 606 including among others: assessing collectability criterion, noncash consideration, and presentation of sales taxes and other similar taxes collected from customers. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments in this update are the same as the effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2014-09. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-12 will have on the Company’s financial position and results of operations. 

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09 (“ASU 2016-09”), “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” ASU 2016-09 will affect all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 for public entities. The areas for simplification in ASU 2016-09 involve several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-09 will have on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of ASU 2016-02 on the audited financial statements and related disclosures. 

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (“ASU 2014-15”), amending FASB Accounting Standards Subtopic 205-40 to provide guidance about management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. Specifically, the amendments (1) provide a definition of the term “substantial doubt,” (2) require an evaluation every reporting period, (3) provide principles for considering the mitigating effect of management’s plans, (4) require certain disclosures when substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of consideration of management’s plans, (5) require an express statement and other disclosures when substantial doubt is not alleviated, and (6) require an assessment for a period of one year after the date that financial statements are issued. ASU 2014-15 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

 F-13 

 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 4 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS, CONTINUED

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASU 2014-09"), which stipulates that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. To achieve this core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract(s); (3) determine the transaction price(s); (4) allocate the transaction price(s) to the performance obligations in the contract(s); and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also requires advanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity's contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date ("ASU 2015-14"), which defers the effective date of FASB's revenue standard under ASU 2014-09 by one year for all entities and permits early adoption on a limited basis. As a result of ASU 2015-14, the guidance under ASU 2014-09 shall apply for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that period. Early adoption is permitted as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within those annual periods. In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), which clarified the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. In April 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, which clarified the implementation guidance regarding performance obligations and licensing arrangements. As permitted under the standard, the Company plans to adopt ASU 2014-09 in the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective approach and recognize the cumulative effect to existing contracts in opening retained earnings on the effective date. The Company is currently reviewing and evaluating this guidance and its impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Note 5 – acquisition of logicmark llc

 

On July 25, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of LogicMark. The Company determined that as of July 25, 2016, it was more likely than not that these gross profit targets as it relates to the contingent considerations would be achieved and any fair value adjustment of the earnout was due to time value of the payout.

 

On July 25, 2016, and in order to fund part of the proceeds of the LogicMark acquisition, the Company and a group of lenders, including ExWorks Capital Fund I, L.P. as agent for the lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), whereby the Lenders extended a revolving loan (the “Revolving Loan”) to the Company in the principal amount of $15,000,000 (the “Debt Financing”). The Company incurred $1,357,356 in deferred debt issue costs related to the revolving loan. At December 31, 2016 the unamortized balance of those deferred debt issue costs was $769,453. The maturity date of the Revolving Loan is July 25, 2017, and the Revolving Loan bears interest at a rate of 15% per annum. 

 

The Loan Agreement contains customary covenants, including an EBITDA requirement and a fixed change ratio, as defined in the agreement. As of December 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with such covenants.

 

The Company has the ability to extend the Revolver for two additional years at its sole discretion with no subjective acceleration by the lender, provided the Company is not in default on the loan. The Company intends to exercise the option to extend the maturity date and accordingly, the Company has classified the Revolver as a non-current liability as of December 31, 2016.

 

On September 23, 2016, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC (the “Lender”) in connection with a Secured Subordinated Promissory Note originally issued on July 22, 2016 in the amount of $2,500,000 which expired on September 22, 2016 (the “Note”). The Company formally requested that the Lender extend the Note on September 20, 2016, and finalized the amendment on September 23, 2016.

 

Under the terms of the forbearance agreement, the Lender agreed to extend the Note and the Company agreed to pay to the Lender in immediately available funds: (i) $250,000 on September 23, 2016; (ii) $100,000 on October 24, 2016; and (iii) $1,150,000, plus all accrued and unpaid interest due under the Note on October 31, 2016. The Company also agreed to reduce the Escrow Amount (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) by a total of $500,000, and to make certain other changes to the definition of “Escrow Amount” in the Purchase Agreement. The Company also agreed to make certain representations and warranties in respect of the Lender’s forbearance. The Logic Note originally was to mature on September 23, 2016 but was extended to April 15, 2017.

 

 F-14 

 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 5 – acquisition of logicmark llc (CONTINUED) 

Allocation of Purchase Price

 

The purchase price to acquire Logicmark was $27,136,788 of which $17,500,000 was paid by the Company in cash and $9,636,788 in non-cash consideration.

 

The non-cash consideration was comprised of a $2,500,000 seller note, $900,000 of common stock and warrants issued to the sellers and $6,236,788 in earn-out provisions. At the date of acquisition, the earn-out provisions were discounted using a prime borrowing rate of 3.5%.

 

The purchase price was allocated to the tangible and identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed of LogicMark based upon their estimated fair values. The excess purchase price over the fair value of the underlying net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. The Company completed its analysis of the fair value of the net assets acquired through the use of an independent valuation firm and management’s estimates. The following table summarizes the final assessment of the estimated fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed net of cash acquired, as of the date of acquisition of July 25, 2016.

 

Cash  $109,710 
Accounts receivable   494,591 
Inventories   2,566,117 
Other current assets   370,905 
Property and equipment   227,840 
Goodwill   15,479,662 
Intangible assets   8,604,567 
Assets acquired   27,853,392 
      
Accounts payable   507,857 
Accrued liabilities   208,747 
Liabilities assumed   716,604 
      
Net assets acquired  $27,136,788 

 

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The following table summarizes the unaudited pro forma financial information assuming that the LogicMark acquisition occurred on January 1, 2015, and its results had been included in the Company’s financial results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. The pro forma combined amounts are based upon available information and reflect a reasonable estimate of the effects of the LogicMark acquisition for the periods presented on the basis set forth herein. The following unaudited pro forma combined financial information is presented for informational purposes only and does not purport to represent what the financial position or results of operations would have been had the LogicMark acquisition in fact occurred on the date assumed, nor is it necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in future periods.

 

    Twelve months ended 
    December 31, 
    2016   2015 
  (unaudited) 
Pro forma:         
Net Sales   $15,673,801   $11,702,194 
Net Loss applicable to Common Stockholders   $(13,671,124)  $(16,394,632)
Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted applicable to Common Stockholders   $(2.22)  $(6.05)

  

The unaudited pro forma net loss attributable to Nxt-ID, Inc. has been calculated using actual historical information and is adjusted for certain pro forma adjustments based on the assumption that the LogicMark acquisition and the application of fair value adjustments to intangible assets occurred on January 1, 2015. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the pro forma financial information excluded the acquisition-related expenses of $605,228, which are included in the actual reported results, but excluded from the pro forma amounts above due to their nonrecurring nature. In addition, the pro forma adjustments for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 include the following adjustments, (a) amortization expense related to the acquired intangible assets of $731,242; (b) interest expense including the amortization of deferred debt issue costs of $2,851,185; (c) reduction in depreciation expense of $35,543; and (d) amortization of the inventory fair value adjustment of $945,212.

 

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, the pro forma financial information reflects the following adjustments; (a) amortization expense related to the acquired intangible assets of $731,242; (b) interest expense including the amortization of deferred debt issue costs of $4,735,767; (c) reduction in depreciation expense of $29,948; and (d) amortization of the inventory fair value adjustment of $945,212.

 

 F-15 

 

 

Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 6 - ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
Salaries and payroll taxes  $77,037   $18,380 
Reimbursable expenses   5,000    5,000 
Consulting fees   25,547    32,173 
Audit fees   -    35,000 
Merchant bank fees   31,124    - 
Rent   1,147    3,077 
State income taxes   1,135    4,150 
Legal fees   7,568    81,281 
Management incentives   604,125    372,000 
Interest expense   691,684    45,100 
Dividends – Series A & B preferred stock   583,067    - 
Liquidated damages – Series B preferred stock   360,000    - 
Finder’s fees   256,250    - 
Other   257,988    45,277 
Totals  $2,901,672   $641,438 

 

NOTE 7 - CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE 

November 2016 Exchange 

On November 29, 2016, the Company entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with certain holders of a portion of the Original LogicMark Notes (the “Holders”) pursuant to which the Company exchanged with the Holders of $1,500,000 of Original Notes held by the Holders in exchange for: (i) an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 of new secured subordinated promissory notes (the “Exchange Notes”) and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”, and together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”) convertible into 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”). The Holders purchased the $1,500,000 of Original Notes from LogicMark Investment prior to this transaction. The Exchange Notes will mature on November 29, 2017 and accrue interest at a rate of 15.0% per annum. The Exchange Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the Investors into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.00 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. 

The conversion option embedded in the convertible exchange notes was determined to contain beneficial conversion features, resulting in the bifurcation of those features as an equity instrument (resulting in a debt discount) At issuance. After allocation of the gross proceeds to the warrants (discussed below) and beneficial conversion feature, the total debt discount recognized was equal to the face of the convertible exchange notes, The debt discount is being amortized over the term of the debt and the Company Amortized $133,333 of the debt discount for the year ended December 31, 2016. 

The Company may prepay, in whole but not in part, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal, together with accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding principal, if any. The Warrants will be exercisable beginning on November 29, 2016, and will be exercisable for a period of five years. The exercise price with respect to the Warrants is $3.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). The Exercise Price and the amount of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon certain events, such as stock splits, combinations, dividends, distributions, reclassifications, mergers or other corporate changes.

December 2015 Private Placement  

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “December Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “December Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of $1,500,000 in principal amount of Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “December Notes”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000 (the “December Offering”). The Notes matured on December 8, 2016 (the “December Maturity Date”), less any amounts converted or redeemed prior to the December Maturity Date. The December Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum. The December Notes were convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $2.35 per share, as modified. In case of an Event of Default (as defined in the December Notes), the notes are convertible at 85% of the average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the December Notes) in the prior fifteen (15) trading days, until such Event of Default has been cured. The conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. The Notes are repayable from the earlier of June 7, 2016 or the effective date of the initial registration statement that was filed with this offering, (The Installment Trigger Date). The installment payments are to be made on the lst and 15th calendar day of each month. The amount of each installment is the quotient of the original principal amount divided by the number of installment payments after the Installment Trigger Date and the scheduled Maturity Date on December 7, 2016. The holder of the notes may opt to accelerate two installment amounts in an amount up to twice the regular installment amount. The installment payments may be made in cash or in common stock at 85% of the average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the December Notes) in the prior fifteen (15) trading days at the option of the Company.   

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 7 - CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED) 

 

In connection with the sale of the December Notes, the Company also issued to the December Purchasers an aggregate of 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in consideration of each Investor’s execution and delivery of the December Purchase Agreement (the “Commitment Shares”). The Commitment Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the SEC on April 24, 2015 and declared effective on May 14, 2015 (File No. 333-203637).

 

As described above, the April Purchasers exchanged the April Convertible Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest into the convertible notes that were issued on December 8, 2015. (The December Notes). As a result, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of the April Convertible Notes of $635,986 which resulted primarily from the write off of the remaining unamortized note discount and deferred debt issue costs on extinguishment. In order to obtain their consent to issue the December Notes on December 8, 2015, and to effect the exchange, the Company issued to each of the April Purchasers additional December Notes with a face value of $500,000. On December 8, 2015, the total outstanding principal amount of these convertible notes was $2,134,850. On December 28, 2015, the note holders accelerated installment repayments in an aggregate amount of $350,000 which the Company satisfied by an issuance of common stock as a result of a waiver by the holders which allowed the Company to issue common stock below $2.50. As a result of this repayment, the outstanding amount of the convertible notes held by the April Purchasers was $1,784,850 on December 31, 2015.

 

The total face amount of the Notes outstanding on December 8, 2015 were $3,644,850.

 

On December 8, 2015 the Company recorded a debt discount of $1,719,700 and a derivative liability of $912,330.

 

During December 2015, the holders of the Notes accelerated $350,000 in installments in exchange for common stock as a result of a waiver by the holders which allowed the Company to issue common stock below $2.50. At December 31, 2015, the balance on the Notes outstanding was $3,294,850.

 

The debt discount is attributable to the value of the separately accounted for conversion feature and common stock issued in connection with the sale of the December Notes. The embedded conversion feature derivatives relate to the conversion option, the installment payments and the accelerated installment option of the December Notes. The embedded derivatives were evaluated under FASB ASC Topic 815-15, were bifurcated from the debt host, and were classified as liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. The debt discount was amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the December Notes. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $515,032 of debt discount amortization all of which related to the December Notes. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a total of $1,093,371 of debt discount amortization, which was recorded as an interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations. Of this amount, $109,535 related to the December Notes.

 

On February 12, 2016, in exchange for the consents given to the Company by the December Purchasers and the April Purchasers to allow for the issuance of shares in connection with the WVH Transaction (described below), the December Notes were amended to a fixed conversion price of $2.35. As a result of the modification, the Company fair valued the conversion option up to the date of modification and re-classified the remaining conversion feature liability of $1,702,400 as of the date of modification to additional paid-in-capital.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the holders of the December Notes accelerated $2,456,679 in installments and $253,028 of interest in exchange for 1,228,828 shares of common stock. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the holders of the December Notes also converted $838,171 of the convertible notes and $38,560 of interest in exchange for 373,077 shares of common stock. At December 31, 2016, the outstanding balance on the December Notes was $0. As it relates to the accelerated installments, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $272,749. The loss on extinguishment of debt was equivalent to the excess fair value of the common stock issued to the holders of the December Notes as compared to the net carrying value of the convertible debt. The fair value of the common stock issued in payment of interest exceeded the amount of interest owed by $34,628. This amount is included as part of interest expense on the consolidated statement of operations.

   

November 2015, Term Note

 

On November 25, 2015, the Company issued the Term Note with a principal amount of $200,000 to an accredited purchaser (the “November Purchaser”). The Term Note was scheduled to mature on December 15, 2015. The interest rate was 12% per annum with a minimum guaranteed interest of $10,000. The November Purchaser converted the entire principal amount into the December Offering described above.

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 7 - CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)

 

July 2015 Convertible Note 

 

On July 27, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of $222,222 in principal amount of the 8% Convertible Notes for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. The Company received net proceeds of $200,000 from the sale of the 8% Convertible Notes. The 8% Convertible Notes matured on September 11, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”), less any amounts converted or redeemed prior to the Maturity Date. The 8% Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, subject to increase to the lesser of 24% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law upon the occurrence of certain events of default. The 8% Convertible Notes were convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $35.00 per share, which was subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events. The Company was able to prepay in cash any portion of the principal amount of the 8% Convertible Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest.

 

If such prepayment was made within sixty (60) days after the issuance date of the 8% Convertible Notes, the Company would pay an amount in cash equal to 109% of the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of the note and interest; thereafter, if such prepayment was made, the Company would pay an amount in cash equal to 114% of the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of the note and interest. In the event the Company effects a registered offering either utilizing Form S-1 or Form S-3 (a “Registered Offering”), the Holder would have the right to convert the entire amount of the purchase price into such Registered Offering. On August 4, 2015, the Company closed a Registered Offering and the holder of the 8% Convertible Notes elected to convert the entire purchase price amount into common shares. The conversion price used to convert the entire purchase price into common stock was equivalent to the equity offering price of $17.50 on August 4, 2015 and not the conversion price of $35.00 stipulated in the securities purchase agreement. As a result of the change in the conversion price, the Company recorded additional inducement expense of $100,000 in three months ended September 30, 2015.

 

April 2015 Private Placement

 

On April 24, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “April Purchase Agreement”) with a group of accredited investors (the “April Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold to such purchasers an aggregate of $1,575,000 principal amount of secured convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”), a Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Class A Warrant”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock and a Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Class B Warrant,” and together with the Class A Warrant, the “April Warrants”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Convertible Notes bear interest at 6% per annum and are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $25.20 per share. The April Warrants are exercisable beginning six (6) months after issuance through the fifth (5th) anniversary of such initial exercisability date. The Class A Warrant has an initial exercise price equal to $30.20 per share and the Class B Warrant has an initial exercise price equal to $50.00 per share. The Company received cash proceeds of $1,481,500 from the issuance of the Convertible Notes after deducting debt issuance costs of $93,500.

 

The Company recorded a debt discount of $1,575,000 related to the sale of the Convertible Notes and the April Warrants. The debt discount reflects the underlying fair value of the April Warrants of approximately $860,000 on the date of the transaction and a beneficial conversion charge of approximately $715,000. During the period April 23, 2015 through December 8, 2015, the Company amortized $983,836 of the debt discount as a component of interest expense in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

In connection with the sale of the Convertible Notes and April Warrants, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Registration Rights Agreement”), with the April Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the shares of common stock underlying the Convertible Notes and Warrants on a Form S-3 registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within ten (10) business days after the date of the issuance of the Convertible Notes and April Warrants (the “April Filing Date”) and to cause the April Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) within ninety (90) days following the April Filing Date. If certain of its obligations under the April Registration Rights Agreement are not met, the Company is required to pay partial liquidated damages to each April Purchaser. On May 8, 2015, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC to register the shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes, the related accrued interest and the exercise of the April Warrants. Such registration statement was declared effective with the SEC on May 14, 2015. 

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 7 - CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)

 

In connection with the sale of the Convertible Notes and the April Warrants, the Company entered into a security agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Security Agreement”), between the Company, 3D-ID and the collateral agent thereto. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, the April Purchasers were granted a security interest in certain personal property of the Company and 3D-ID to secure the payment and performance of all obligations of the Company and 3D-ID under the Convertible Notes, April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement. In addition, in connection with the Security Agreement, 3D-ID executed a subsidiary guaranty, pursuant to which it agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of the Convertible Notes and other obligations of the Company under the April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement. 

 

As described above, the April Purchasers exchanged the April Convertible Notes into the convertible notes that were issued on December 8, 2015. (The December Notes). As a result, the Company incurred a loss on extinguishment of the April Convertible Notes of $635,986 which resulted primarily from the write off of the remaining unamortized note discount and deferred debt issue costs on extinguishment. In order to obtain their consent to issue the December Notes on December 8, 2015, and to effect the exchange, the Company issued to each of the April Purchasers additional December Notes with a face value of $500,000. On December 8, 2015, the total outstanding principal amount of these convertible notes was $2,134,850. On December 28, 2015, the note holders accelerated installment repayments in an aggregate amount of $350,000 which the Company satisfied by an issuance of common stock as a result of a waiver by the holders which allowed the Company to issue common stock below $2.50. As a result of this repayment, the outstanding amount of the convertible notes held by the April Purchasers was $1,784,850 on December 31, 2015.

 

In exchange for the consents given to the Company by the December Purchasers and the April Purchasers in connection with the consent to the WVH transaction (described below), the December Notes as defined on page F-12 under December 15 Private Placement, the Exchange Notes, and the Additional December Notes were amended. One of the significant amendments was as follows: the notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price the lesser of (a) $5.50 per share and (b) from and after an Event of Default (as defined in the December Notes), 85% of the average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices (as defined in the December Notes) in the prior thirty (30) trading days, until such Event of Default has been cured.

 

NOTE 8 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES

 

Fair value of financial instruments is defined as an exit price, which is the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The degree of judgment utilized in measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities generally correlates to the level of pricing observability. Financial assets and liabilities with readily available, actively quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices in active markets generally have more pricing observability and require less judgment in measuring fair value. Conversely, financial assets and liabilities that are rarely traded or not quoted have less price observability and are generally measured at fair value using valuation models that require more judgment. These valuation techniques involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency of the asset, liability or market and the nature of the asset or liability. The Company has categorized its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three-level hierarchy.

 

The conversion features embedded within the Company’s convertible notes payable issued in connection with December 8, 2015 private placement (as defined in Note 7) did not have fixed settlement provisions on the date they were initially issued because the conversion price could be lowered if certain provisions included in the note agreement occurred before conversion. This liability was included in the Company’s level 3 liabilities.

 

During 2015, the derivative liabilities were valued using the Monte Carlo simulation model and the following weighted average assumptions on December 8, 2015 and December 31, 2015. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company had five separate valuations performed using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The valuations coincided with the number of accelerated installments occurring during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016. All of the 2016 valuations occurred during the first quarter of 2016. The table for 2016 reflects the range of weighted average assumptions used for the 2016 valuations.

 

   January 12, -
March 29,
   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
Embedded Conversion Feature Liability:        
Risk-free interest rate   0.46%-0.59%    0.62%
Expected volatility   100.00%    100.00%
Expected life (in years)   0.91-0.70     0.92 
Expected dividend yield   -    - 
Face Value of convertible notes  $3,209,850 - $1,208,850    3,294,850 
Fair value  $          -             $420,360 

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 8 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

Valuation Hierarchy

 

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on the Company’s own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The Company did not have any liabilities carried at fair value measured as a recurring basis as of December 31, 2016. The following table provides the liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2015:

 

       Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015 
   Total
Carrying
Value at
December 31, 2015
   Quoted
prices in
active
markets
(Level 1)
   Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
Derivative liabilities  $420,360   $-   $-   $420,360 

 

The carrying amounts of cash, inventory, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to their short maturities. The Company’s other financial instruments include its convertible notes payable obligations. The carrying value of these instruments approximate fair value, as they bear terms and conditions comparable to market, for obligations with similar terms and maturities. The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

 

Level 3 liabilities are valued using unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the derivative liabilities. For fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, the Company’s accounting department, who reports to the Principal Financial Officer, determines its valuation policies and procedures. The development and determination of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and fair value calculations are the responsibility of the Company’s accounting department and are approved by the Principal Financial Officer.

 

Level 3 Valuation Techniques

 

Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the conversion feature liability and common stock purchase warrants for which there are no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate. A significant decrease in the volatility or a significant decrease in the Company’s stock price, in isolation, would result in a significantly lower fair value measurement.

 

During December 31, 2016 and 2015, there were no transfers in or out of level 3 from other levels in the fair value hierarchy.

 

The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of our Level 3 financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

   For the year ended December 31, 2016   For the year ended
December 31, 2015
 
         
Beginning liability balance  $420,360   $- 
Loss on change in fair value of derivative liabilities   2,299,020    - 
Recognition of conversion feature liability   -    912,330 
Gain on derivative liabilities resulting from accelerated amortizations   (1,016,980)   - 
Net realized gain on conversion feature liabilities   -    (47,242)
Net unrealized gain on conversion feature liabilities   -    (444,728)
Adjustment to additional paid-in capital upon conversion and modification   (1,702,400)   - 
Ending balance  $-   $420,360 

 

Other Fair Value Measurements

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $91,682 of interest expense related to the amortization of the discount of the contingent consideration. The fair value measurements were based on significant inputs not observed in the market and thus represented a level 3 measurement.

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 9 – STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS WITH WORLD VENTURES HOLDINGS

 

On December 31, 2015, we entered into a Master Product Development Agreement (the “Development Agreement”) with World Ventures Holdings, LLC (“WVH”). The Development Agreement commenced on December 31, 2015, and has an initial term of two (2) years (the “Initial Term”). Thereafter, the Development Agreement will automatically renew for additional successive one (1) year terms (each a “Renewal Term”) unless and until WVH provides written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or then-current Renewal Term. Each Renewal Term will commence immediately on expiration of the Initial Term or preceding Renewal Term. The Development Agreement may also be terminated earlier pursuant to certain conditions. 

 

In connection with the Development Agreement, on December 31, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “WVH Purchase Agreement”) with WVH providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of 1,005,000 shares (the “WVH Shares”) of Common Stock and a common stock purchase warrant (the “WVH Warrant”) to purchase 251,250 shares (the “WVH Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000. The WVH Warrant is initially exercisable on the five (5) month anniversary of the issuance date at an exercise price equal to $7.50 per share and has a term of exercise equal to two (2) years and seven (7) months from the date on which first exercisable. On April 28, 2016, the exercise price of the WVH Warrant was modified to $4.00.

 

Pursuant to the Development Agreement, WVH retained the Company to design, develop and manufacture a series of Proprietary Products (as defined in the Development Agreement) for distribution through WVH’s network of sales representatives, members, consumers, employees, contractors or affiliates. In conjunction with the Development Agreement, the Company and WVH contractually agreed to dedicate $1,500,000 of the $2,000,000 in total proceeds received by the Company to the development and manufacture of the product for WVH. In addition, any expenditure of the $1,500,000 in proceeds is restricted in that the Company will need prior approval from WVH on a monthly basis in order to fund the estimated expenditures needed for the development of the product for WVH from the $1,500,000. Accordingly, the $1,500,000 is included in the restricted cash balance on the accompanying Balance Sheet at December 31, 2015. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company used the entire $1,500,000 in restricted cash received from WVH on December 31, 2015 for the design and development of products specifically for WVH. The expenses related to the design and development of products for WVH during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 are included in research and development expenses. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company received deposits totaling $6,068,894 from WVH against initial purchase orders received from WVH. The deposits received from WVH are included in the consolidated balance sheet line item labeled customer deposits as of December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded revenue of $1,357,413 related to WVH. At December 31, 2016, the Company’s accounts receivable balance included $621,724 due from WVH.

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

April 2015 Private Placement

 

On April 24, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “April Purchase Agreement”) with a group of accredited investors (the “April Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company sold to such purchasers an aggregate of $1,575,000 principal amount of secured convertible notes (the “April Convertible Notes”), a Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Class A Warrant”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock and a Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrant (the “Class B Warrant,” and together with the Class A Warrant, the “April Warrants”) to purchase up to 46,875 shares of the Company’s common stock. The April Convertible Notes bear interest at 6% per annum and are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $25.20 per share. The April Warrants are exercisable beginning six (6) months after issuance through the fifth (5th) anniversary of such initial exercisability date. The Class A Warrant has an initial exercise price equal to $30.20 per share and the Class B Warrant has an initial exercise price equal to $50.00 per share. The Company received cash proceeds of $1,481,500 from the issuance of the Convertible Notes after deducting debt issuance costs of $93,500.

 

The Company recorded a debt discount of $1,575,000 related to the sale of the April Convertible Notes and the April Warrants. The debt discount reflects the underlying fair value of the April Warrants of approximately $860,000 on the date of the transaction and a beneficial conversion charge of approximately $715,000. The debt discount will be amortized to interest expense over the earlier of (i) term of the April Convertible Notes or (ii) conversion of the debt.

 

In connection with the sale of the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Registration Rights Agreement”), with the April Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the shares of common stock underlying the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants on a Form S-3 registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within ten (10) business days after the date of the issuance of the April Convertible Notes and April Warrants (the “April Filing Date”) and to cause the April Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within ninety (90) days following the April Filing Date. If certain of its obligations under the April Registration Rights Agreement are not met, the Company is required to pay partial liquidated damages to each April Purchaser. On May 8, 2015, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC to register the shares issuable upon the conversion of the April Convertible Notes, the related accrued interest and the exercise of the April Warrants. Such registration statement was declared effective with the SEC on May 14, 2015. 

 

In connection with the sale of the April Convertible Notes and the April Warrants, the Company entered into a security agreement, dated April 24, 2015 (the “April Security Agreement”), between the Company, 3D-ID and the collateral agent thereto. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, the April Purchasers were granted a security interest in certain personal property of the Company and 3D-ID to secure the payment and performance of all obligations of the Company and 3D-ID under the April Convertible Notes, April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement. In addition, in connection with the April Security Agreement, 3D-ID executed a subsidiary guaranty, pursuant to which it agreed to guarantee and act as surety for payment of the April Convertible Notes and other obligations of the Company under the April Warrants, April Purchase Agreement, April Registration Rights Agreement and April Security Agreement.

 

As described below, the April purchaser exchanged the April Convertible Notes into convertible notes that were identical to the convertible notes that were issued on December 8, 2015.

 

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Nxt-ID, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)

 

July 2015 Private Placement 

 

On July 27, 2015, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investors (the “July Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of $222,222 in principal amount of the 8% Original Issue Discount Convertible Notes (the “8% Convertible Notes”) for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000. The Company received net proceeds of $200,000 from the sale of the 8% Convertible Notes. 

 

The 8% Convertible Notes will mature on September 11, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”), less any amounts converted or redeemed prior to the Maturity Date. The 8% Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, subject to increase to the lesser of 24% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law upon the occurrence of certain events of default. 

 

The 8% Convertible Notes are convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $35.00 per share, which is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or similar events.  

 

The Company agreed that if it effected a registered offering either utilizing Form S-1 or Form S-3 (a “Registered Offering”), the Holder shall have the right to convert the entire amount of the subscription amount into such Registered Offering. The July Purchaser converted the entire amount of the subscription amount into the August Offering described below. 

 

The conversion price used to convert the entire purchase price into common stock was equivalent to the equity offering price of $17.50 on August 4, 2015 and not the conversion price of $35.00 stipulated in the securities purchase agreement. As a result of the change in the conversion price, the Company recorded additional inducement expense of $100,000 at the time of conversion. 

 

August 2015 Offerings 

 

On August 4, 2015, the Company closed with certain purchasers (the “August 2015 Purchasers”) a public offering (the “August Offering”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of 172,143 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $17.50 per share (the “Registered Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $3,012,500. 

 

In connection with the sale of the Registered Shares, the Company also entered into a Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Purchase Agreement”) with the August 2015 Purchasers providing for the issuance and sale by the Company of warrants to purchase 86,072 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $0.0000001 per warrant (the “August 2015 Warrants”).  Each August 2015 Warrant shall be initially exercisable on the six (6) month anniversary of the issuance date an exercise price equal to $23.50 per share and have a term of exercise equal to five (5) years from the date on which first exercisable.   

 

The Registered Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 24, 2015 and declared effective on May 14, 2015 (File No. 333-203637) (the “Registration Statement”). 

 

Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 30, 2015, by and between the Company and the August 2015 Purchasers, the Company agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the August 2015 Warrants. 

 

The placement agent in connection with the Registered Shares was Northland Securities, Inc. 

 

October 2015 Public Offering 

 

On October 21, 2015, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of its common stock. The Company offered 150,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $7.00 per share. The Company received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commission and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, of approximately $1,050,000. The underwriter was Aegis Capital Corp. 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED) 

December 2015 Private Placement 

In connection with the sale of the December Notes, the Company also issued to the December Purchasers an aggregate of 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in consideration of each Investor’s execution and delivery of the December Purchase Agreement (the “Commitment Shares”). The Commitment Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was initially filed with the SEC on April 24, 2015 and declared effective on May 14, 2015 (File No. 333-203637). 

April 2016 Offering 

On April 11, 2016, the Company closed a registered offering (the “April 2016 Offering”) of shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Company sold 2,500,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, and received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, of $2,500,000. The Company incurred approximately $230,225 of costs associated with the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series A Preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the first date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock cumulative dividends at a rate of 25% Per annum on a compounded basis, which dividend amount shall be guaranteed. Accrued and unpaid dividends shall be at the Company’s option, in cash, shares of common stock, or additional share of Series A Preferred Stock. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded Series A Preferred Stock dividends of $590,116. During the year ended December 31, 2016 holders of the Series A Preferred Stock converted $2,662,794 of Preferred Stock and dividends into 834,718 shares of common stock.

July 2016 Offering 

On July 25, 2016, the Company closed a private placement (the “July 2016 Offering”) of shares of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and warrants (the “July 2016 Warrants”) to purchase 562,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company sold 4,500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $1.00 per share, and received gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, of $4,500,000. The Company incurred approximately $410,000 of costs associated with the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock. The conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock is $4.00. The July 2016 Warrants will be exercisable beginning on January 25, 2017, and will be exercisable for a period of five (5) years. The exercise price with respect to the July 2016 Warrants is $7.50 per share. Holders of the Series B Preferred stock shall be entitled to receive from the first date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock cumulative dividends at a rate of 25% Per annum on a compounded basis, which dividend amount shall be guaranteed. Accrued and unpaid dividends shall be at the Company’s option, in cash, shares of common stock, or additional share of Series B Preferred Stock. For the year ended December 31, the Company recorded Series B Preferred Stock dividends of $490,625. 

Warrants 

The following table summarizes the Company’s warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2015 and 2016: 

           Weighted     
       Weighted   Average     
       Average   Remaining     
   Number of   Exercise   Life   Intrinsic 
   Warrants   Price   In Years   Value 
Outstanding at January 1, 2015   362,978   $28.00    4.51   $283,828 
Issued   431,071    17.80    4.04    - 
Exercised   (32,500)   20.00    -    - 
Cancelled   -    -    -    - 
Outstanding and Exercisable at December 31, 2015   761,549   $22.60    3.83   $- 
Issued   1,224,980    4.69    4.13    - 
Exercised   (157,480)   -    -    - 
Cancelled   -    -    -    - 
Outstanding and Exercisable at December 31, 2016   1,829,049   $12.00    3.92   $- 

  

Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan 

On January 4, 2013, a majority of the Company’s stockholders approved by written consent the Company’s 2013 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the LTIP, including stock awards, stock issued to directors for serving on the Company’s board, and stock appreciation rights, is limited to 10% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the first business or trading day of any fiscal year, which is 554,054 at December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 51,705 shares under the plan to three non-executive directors for serving on the Company’s board. The aggregate fair value of the shares issued to the directors was $180,000. Also during the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 60,000 shares with an aggregate fair value of $372,000 to executive and certain non-executive employees related to the Company’s 2015 management incentive plan. The aggregate fair value of $372,000 was expensed entirely in 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued 26,961 shares under the plan to three non-executive directors for serving on the Company’s board. The aggregate fair value of the shares issued to the directors was $180,000. Also during the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued 5,000 shares with an aggregate fair value of $147,500 to one non-executive employee. These shares were issued with no Company imposed restrictions and as a result, the aggregate fair value of $147,500 was expensed entirely in 2015. 

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NOTE 11 - INCOME TAXES

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had US federal and state net operating loss (“NOLs”) carryovers of $24,152,902 and $12,469,752, respectively, available to offset future taxable income, which expire beginning in 2033. In addition, the Company had tax credit carryforwards of $187,856 at December 31, 2016 that will be available to reduce future tax liabilities. The tax credit carryforwards will begin to expire beginning in 2033.

 

In accordance with Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, deductibility of the Company’s NOLs may be subject to an annual limitation in the event of a change of control. The Company has determined that a change of control has not occurred as of December 31, 2016 and therefore none of the NOLs are limited under Section 382. The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented. The Company has filed all of its tax returns for all prior periods through December 31, 2015. As a result, the Company’s net operating loss carryovers will now be available to offset any future taxable income.

 

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states. As of December 31, 2016 the Company’s tax years post 2012 are subject to examination by the tax authorities. With few exceptions, as of December 31, 2016 the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal or state examinations by tax authorities for years before December 31, 2013.

 

The income tax provision consists of the following:

 

   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
Current        
Federal  $-   $- 
State   5,749    4,307 
    5,749    4,307 
Deferred          
Federal   (2,843,866)   (3,543,673)
State   (281,625)   (362,722)
    (3,125,491)   (3,906,395)
Change in valuation allowance   3,315,776    3,906,395 
Total income tax provision  $196,035   $4,307 

 

A reconciliation of the effective income tax rate and the statutory federal income tax rate is as follows:

 

   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
U.S. federal statutory rate   34.00%   34.00%
State income tax rate, net of federal benefit   1.45    1.81 
Inducement expenses   -    (2.33)
Other permanent differences   (10.60)   (3.63)
Less: valuation allowance   (26.41)   (29.88)
Provision for income taxes   (1.56)%   (.03)%

 

In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts became deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all of the information available, Management believes that significant uncertainties exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance. For the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the change in valuation allowance was $3,315,776 and $3,906,395.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 11 - INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)

 

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below:

 

   December 31, 
   2016   2015 
Deferred tax assets:        
Net operating loss carryforward  $8,887,756   $6,109,750 
Tax credits   187,856    177,909 
Accruals and reserves   546,286    315,580 
Restricted stock   42,140    4,238 
Tangible and intangible assets   62,352    - 
Charitable donations   3,738    3,759 
Total deferred tax assets before valuation allowance:  $9,730,128   $6,611,236 
Valuation allowance   (9,920,414)   (6,604,638)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance   (190,286)   6,598 
           
Deferred tax liabilities:          
Fixed assets  $-   $(6,598)
Convertible debt   -      
Total deferred tax liabilities   -    (6,598)
           
Net deferred tax asset (liability)  $(190,286)  $- 

 

NOTE 12 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

On November 12, 2015, the Company received a complaint that one of its technologies infringed upon one or more claims of a patent(s) issued to the claimant. The claimant has subsequently acknowledged that the Company is not currently infringing on their patent(s) as the technology in question is not commercially available at the current time. The Company is in the process of negotiating a future royalty agreement with the claimant should it decide to introduce this technology in the future.

 

From time to time the Company may be involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business. Other than as described above, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of the company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the company, or any of its subsidiaries in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect upon its business, operating results, or financial condition. 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 12 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

 

COMMITMENTS

 

On September 12, 2014, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in Oxford, Connecticut. The term of the lease was for two (2) years with a monthly rent of $2,300 in the first year, increasing to $2,450 per month in the second year. On October 10, 2016, the Company extended the lease term for the office space in Oxford, Connecticut for six additional months with a monthly rent of $2,450. On October 3, 2014, the Company entered into a lease agreement for customer service and warehouse space in Melbourne, Florida. The lease term commenced on January 1, 2015. The term of the lease is for three (3) years with a current monthly rent amount of $6,837 which includes the base rent, an escrow for taxes and insurance, common area maintenance charges and applicable sale tax. As a result of the LogicMark acquisition on July 25, 2016, we assumed two facility leases. One of the leases is for office space located in Plymouth, Minnesota. This lease agreement expires in February 2018 and the current monthly rent is $1,170. In addition, LogicMark also subleases office and warehouse space located in Louisville, Kentucky. The monthly rent for the space is $8,850 and this sublease agreement is due to expire in July 2017. The Company incurred rent expense of $154,194 and $124,698 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Minimum lease payments for non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

Future Lease Obligations    
     
2017  $172,586 
2018   2,340 
Total future lease obligations  $174,926 

  

Effective October 1, 2015, we extended the employment agreement with Gino M. Pereira, our Chief Executive Officer. The term of the employment agreement is for 3 years and the term began on October 1, 2015. Effective January 1, 2017, Mr. Pereira’s base salary increased to $381,150 from $346,500. The employment agreement also provides for:

 

  Payment of all necessary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the executive in the performance of his duties under the agreement.
  Eligibility to participate in bonus or incentive compensation plans that may be established by the board of directors from time to time applicable to the executive’s services.
  Eligibility to receive equity awards as determined by the board of directors, or a committee of the board of directors, composed in compliance with the corporate governance standards of any applicable listing exchange.

 

NOTE 13 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued.

 

On January 3, 2017, the Company issued 6,000 shares of its common stock for the payment of services with a grant date fair market value of $16,680.

 

On various dates during the first quarter of 2017, purchasers of the Series A Preferred Stock converted in aggregate $306,109 of Series A Preferred Stock and dividends into 130,259 shares of common stock.

 

On various dates during the first quarter of 2017, purchasers of the Series B Preferred Stock converted in aggregate $1,682,031 of Series B Preferred Stock, dividends and liquidated damages into 762,097 shares of common stock.

 

On March 28, 2017, the Company issued 27,500 shares of its common stock for the payment of services with a grant date fair market value of $52,250.

 

On March 28, 2017, the Company issued 237,559 shares of its common stock to certain employees under the 2016 bonus plan.

 

On March 26, 2017, the Company signed a binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Fit Pay, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Fit Pay”), regarding the acquisition by the Company of all of the equity of Fit Pay (the “Transaction”). Following the Transaction, Fit Pay will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The purchase price of the Transaction will consist of: (i) the issuance of 19.99% of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company to the shareholders of Fit Pay; (ii) the issuance by the Company of $2,000,000 worth of non-voting, non-convertible, shares of junior preferred stock to (the “Junior Preferred Stock”) to certain holders of preferred shares of Fit Pay, which Junior Preferred Stock shall earn a cumulative dividend of 5% per annum, which will increase to a dividend of 10% per annum after the Company’s market capitalization is $75,000,000 for greater than thirty (30) consecutive days; and (iii) an earn-out payment to the then former shareholders of Fit Pay of 12.5% of the gross revenue derived from the Seller’s technology by the Company, for the sixteen (16) quarter period beginning on October 1, 2017. The parties intend to negotiate and execute a definitive agreement for the Transaction in accordance with the terms of the LOI.

 

The definitive agreements will include customary closing conditions including necessary approvals. The Company and Fit Pay have agreed not to initiate or enter into any discussion with any other prospective purchaser of the assets and/or liabilities, or of the stock or business of Fit Pay prior to May 26, 2017.

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
3.1(i)   Certificate of Incorporation (1)
3.(i)(a)   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (16)
3.1(i)(b)   Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (12)
3.1 (i)(c)   Amendment of Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (14)
3.1(i)(d)   Second Certificate of Amendment of Designations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (15)
3.1(i)(e)   Certificate of Designations for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (15)
3.1(ii)   Bylaws (1)
4.1   Form of Warrant Agreement and Form of Warrant (1)
4.2   Form of Warrant for January 2014 Offering (2)
4.3   Form of Agent Warrant for January 2014 Offering (2)
4.4   Form of Warrant for June 2014 and August 2014 Offerings (5)
4.5   Form of Warrant for September 2014 Offering (6)
4.6   Form of Underwriter Warrant for September 2014 Offering (6)
4.7   Form of Class A Warrant  (7)
4.8   Form of Class B Warrant (7)
4.9   Form of Warrant for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
4.10   Form of Warrant for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
4.11   Form of Warrant for May 2016 Interest Purchase Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (13)
4.12   Form of Warrant for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
4.13   Form of 8% Original Issue Discount Convertible Note for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.1 †   2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (1)
10.2 †   Forms of Agreement Under 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan (1)
10.3 †   Employment Agreement Between Nxt-ID and Gino Pereira (3)
10.4   License Agreement between 3D-ID, LLC and Genex Technologies (1)
10.5   Purchase Agreement between 3D-ID, LLC and Nxt-ID, Inc. (1)
10.6 ††   Manufacturing agreement with Identita Technologies, Inc., dated January 18, 2013 (4)
10.7   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for June 2014 and August 2014 Offerings (5)
10.8   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for April 2015 Offering (7)
10.9*   Form of Placement Agency Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering
10.10   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
10.11   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for August 2015 Public Offering (8)
10.12   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.13   Form of Warrant Purchase Agreement for August 2015 Private Placement (8)
10.14   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for December 2015 Private Placement (9)
10.15   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for December 2015 Private Placement (9)
10.16   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
10.17   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for December 2015 Agreement with WorldVentures Holdings, LLC (10)
10.18   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for April 2016 Registered Direct Offering (11)
10.19   Form of Interest Purchase Agreement for May 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (13)
10.20   Form of First Amendment to Interest Purchase Agreement for May 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (14)
10.21   Form of Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.22   Form of Security Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.23   Form of Loan Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.24   Form of Subordination Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.25   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.26   Form of Registration Rights Agreement for July 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (15)
10.27   Form of Forbearance Agreement between Nxt-ID and LogicMark Investment Partners, LLC (17)
10.28   Form of Exchange Note for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.29   Form of Exchange Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.30   Form of Intercreditor Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
10.31   First Amendment to Forbearance Agreement for November 2016 Agreement with LogicMark, LLC (18)
14.1   Code of Ethics (3)
21.1*   List of Subsidiaries
23.1*   Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2*   Consent of KPMG LLP
31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*   XBRL Taxonomy Schema
101.CAL*   XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF*   XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase
101.LAB*   XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase
101.PRE*   XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase

  

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In accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and not filed.

 

* Filed herewith.

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

†† Confidential treatment has been received for schedules A, C, and D to the agreement

 

  (1) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184673) with the SEC on January 31, 2013.
  (2) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 17, 2014.
  (3) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC on February 25, 2014.
  (4) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-184673) with the SEC on March 25, 2013.
  (5) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-197845) with the SEC on August 5, 2014.
  (6) Filed as Exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-197845) with the SEC on August 14, 2014.
  (7) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 24, 2015.
  (8) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 30, 2015.
  (9) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 9, 2015.
  (10) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 4, 2016.
  (11) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 4, 2016.
  (12) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on April 12, 2016.
  (13) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on May 20, 2016.
  (14) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 7, 2016.
  (15) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on July 27, 2016.
  (16) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on September 12, 2016.
  (17) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on September 26, 2016.
  (18) Filed as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on November 30, 2016.

 

 

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