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ROCHAL ASSET ACQUISITION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES  
NOTE 9 - ROCHAL ASSET ACQUISITION

NOTE 9 – ROCHAL ASSET ACQUISITION

 

On July 14, 2021, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Rochal, effective July 1, 2021, pursuant to which the Company purchased certain assets of Rochal, including, among others, certain of Rochal’s intellectual property, furniture and equipment, supplies, rights and claims, other than certain excluded assets, all as more specifically set forth in the asset purchase agreement, and assume certain liabilities upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the asset purchase agreement. In exchange for the acquired assets, the Company paid to Rochal (i) $496,100 in cash and (ii) 14,369 shares of the Company’s common stock, and assumed certain net liabilities of $3,900. Based on the trading price of the Company’s common stock on July 14, 2021, the fair value of the equity consideration transferred was determined to be $584,244. The total purchase price as determined by the Company is as follows:

 

Description

 

Amount

 

Net cash consideration

 

$496,100

 

Equity consideration (fair value)

 

 

584,244

 

Net liabilities assumed

 

 

3,900

 

Transaction costs

 

 

78,586

 

Total purchase consideration

 

$1,162,830

 

 

Prior to the transaction, the Company entered into product license agreements with Rochal, pursuant to which the Company acquired exclusive world-wide licenses to market, sell and further develop certain antimicrobial barrier film and skin protectant products, antimicrobial products for the prevention and treatment of microbes on the human body utilizing certain of Rochal’s patents and a debrider for human medical use to enhance skin condition or treat or relieve skin disorders. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, each of the foregoing licenses were retained by Rochal and were excluded from the purchased assets.

 

Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, for the three-year period after the effective date, Rochal is entitled to receive consideration for any new product relating to the business that is directly and primarily based on an invention conceived and reduced to practice by a member or members of Rochal’s science team. For the three-year period after the effective date, Rochal is also entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to twenty-five percent of the proceeds actually received for any Grant (as defined in the asset purchase agreement) by either the Company or Rochal. In addition, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to perform Minimum Development Efforts (as defined in the asset purchase agreement) with respect to certain products under development, which if obtained, will entitle the Company to intellectual property rights from Rochal in respect of such products.

 

In connection with the asset purchase agreement, the Company hired certain employees of Rochal on an “at will” basis, with the terms of such employment being consistent with the Company’s current employment agreements.

 

Concurrent with the asset purchase, on July 14, 2021, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Ann Beal Salamone pursuant to which Ms. Salamone agreed to provide the Company with consulting services with respect to, among other things, writing new patents, conducting patent intelligence, and participating in certain grant and contract reporting. In consideration for the consulting services to be provided to the Company, Ms. Salamone is entitled to receive an annual consulting fee of $177,697, with payments to be paid once per month. The consulting agreement has an initial term of three years, unless earlier terminated by the Company, and is subject to renewal. Ms. Salamone is a director of the Company and is the current Chair of the board of directors of Rochal.

 

Based on guidance provided by ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations, the Company has recorded the Rochal asset purchase as an asset acquisition due to the determination that substantially all of the fair value of the assets acquired was concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets. The Company believes the “substantially all” criterion was met with respect to the acquired intellectual property (i.e., patents, patent applications, and patent applications to be written) based on the Company’s internal valuation models. These models assigned value to the acquired intellectual property based on estimated future cash flows over the life of the respective patents and patent applications. Accordingly, the Company accounted for the acquisition of the purchased net assets as an asset acquisition.

 

The purchase consideration, plus transaction costs, was allocated to the individual assets according to their fair values as a percentage of the total fair value of the assets purchased, with no goodwill recognized. Based on the Company’s internal valuation performed, the total fair value of the net assets acquired was attributable to the intellectual property (i.e., patents) and assembled workforce. Due to the de minimis estimated fair value of furniture and equipment acquired, the Company did not allocate any amounts to such assets. The total purchase consideration was allocated based on the relative estimated fair value of such assets as follows:

 

Description

Amount

Percent

of Total
Patents and Intellectual Property$1,099,80194.6%
Assembled Workforce63,0295.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total purchase consideration

 

$1,162,830

 

 

 

100.0%