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1. ORGANIZATION
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
ORGANIZATION

Know Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada in 1998. The Company has authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. 

 

The Company is focused on the development, marketing and sales of a proprietary technologies which are capable of uniquely authenticating or diagnosing almost any substance or material using electromagnetic energy to create, record and detect the unique “signature” of the substance. The Company’s call these our “ChromaID™” and “Bio-RFID™” technologies.

 

Overview

 

Historically, the Company focused on the development of our proprietary ChromaID technology. Using light from low-cost LEDs (light emitting diodes) the Company’s map the color of substances, fluids and materials and with our proprietary processes we can authenticate, identify and diagnose based upon the color that is present. The color is both visible to us as humans but also outside of the humanly visible color spectrum in the near infra-red and near ultra-violet and beyond. The Company’s ChromaID scanner sees what we like to call “Nature’s Color Fingerprint.” Everything in nature has a unique color identifier and with ChromaID the Company can see it, and identify, authenticate anddiagnose based upon the color that is present. The Company’s ChromaID scanner is capable of uniquely identifying and authenticating almost any substance or liquid using light to create, record and detect its unique color signature. The Company will continue to develop and enhance its ChromaID technology and extend its capacity. More recently, the Company has focused upon extensions and new inventions that are derived from and extend beyond our ChromaID technology. The Company’s call this technology Bio-RFID. The rapid advances made with our Bio-RFID technology in our laboratory have caused us to move quickly into the commercialization phase of our Company as we work to create revenue generating products for the marketplace. The Company will also, as resources permit, pursue licensing opportunities with third parties who have ready applications for our technologies.

 

In 2010, the Company acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to its business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and personnel identification. TransTech has provided all of the Company’s revenues.

 

The Company is in the process of commercializing its technology. To date, the Company has entered into License Agreements with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. In addition, it has a technology license agreement with Allied Inventors, formerly Xinova and Invention Development Management Company, a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures.

 

The Company believes that its commercialization success is dependent upon its ability to significantly increase the number of customers that are purchasing and using its products. To date the Company has generated minimal revenue from sales of its ChromaID and Bio-RFID products. The Company is currently not profitable. Even if the Company succeeds in introducing the ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology and related products to its target markets, the Company may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

 

ChromaID was invented by scientists under contract with the Company. Bio-RFID was invented by individuals working for the Company. The Company actively pursues a robust intellectual property strategy and has been granted twelve patents. The Company also has 20 patents pending. The Company possesses all right, title and interest to the issued patents. Ten of the pending patents are licensed exclusively to the Company in perpetuity by the Company’s strategic partner, Allied Inventors. 

 

Merger with RAAI Lighting, Inc.

 

On April 10, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with 500 Union Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and RAAI Lighting, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we have acquired all the outstanding shares of RAAI’s capital stock through a merger of Merger Sub with and into RAAI (the “Merger”), with RAAI surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of RAAI common stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Merger (1,000 shares) were cancelled and we issued 2,000,000 shares of our common stock. As a result, we issued 2,000,000 shares of its common stock to Phillip A. Bosua, formerly the sole stockholder of RAAI. The consideration for the Merger was determined through arms-length bargaining by the Company and RAAI. The Merger was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result of the Merger, the Company received certain intellectual property, related to RAAI.

 

Merger with Know Labs, Inc.

 

On May 1, 2018, Know Labs, Inc., a Nevada corporation incorporated on April 3, 2018, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, merged with and into the Company pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 1, 2018. In connection with the merger, our Articles of Incorporation were effectively amended to change our name to Know Labs, Inc. by and through the filing of Articles of Merger. This parent-subsidiary merger was approved by us, the parent, in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes Section 92A.180. Stockholder approval was not required. This amendment was filed with the Nevada Secretary of State and became effective on May 1, 2018.

 

Corporate Name Change and Symbol Change

 

On May 24, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced the effectiveness of a change in our name from Visualant Incorporated to Know Labs, Inc. and a change in our ticker symbol from VSUL to the new trading symbol KNWN which became effective on the opening of trading as of May 25, 2018. In addition, in connection with the name change and symbol change, we were assigned the CUSIP number of 499238103.

 

Restatement of Form 10-Q for the Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A amends and restates the quarterly report on Form 10-Q the Company for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, as originally filed with SEC on May 15, 2019. This Form 10-Q/A is being filed to restate the Company’s consolidated financial statements in Item 1 in their entirety and related disclosures (including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 2) for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019. Consequently, the previously filed unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2019 should no longer be relied upon.

 

In connection with the review of the Form 10-Q for the Company for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, management determined that previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statements issued for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 contained an error which was non-cash in nature. The Company received proceeds from convertible promissory notes which are mandatorily convertible into equity after a one year term.  The Company originally classified the proceeds as equity.  They should have properly been classified as debt and footnoted to explain that they would become equity at the end of their term.  Certain expenditures related to warrants attached to the debt offering were not properly accounted for as well.

 

See explanatory note for additional details.