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Nature of the Business and Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Background and Organization Neonode Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1997 as the parent of Neonode AB, a company founded in February 2004 and incorporated in Sweden. On December 29, 2008, we entered into a share exchange agreement with AB Cypressen nr 9683 (renamed Neonode Technologies AB), a Swedish engineering company, and Neonode Technologies AB became our wholly owned subsidiary. In 2013, we established additional wholly owned subsidiaries: Neonode Japan Inc. (Japan); Neno User Interface Solutions AB (Sweden); NEON Technology Inc. (U.S.); and Neonode Americas Inc. (U.S.). In 2014, we established one additional wholly owned subsidiary: Neonode Korea Ltd. (South Korea). In 2015, we established one additional wholly owned subsidiary: Neonode Taiwan Ltd. (Taiwan). In 2015, we established Pronode Technologies AB, a majority-owned subsidiary of Neonode Technologies AB. In 2016, we entered into a joint venture, named Neoeye AB, between SMART EYE AB and our subsidiary Neonode Technologies AB. Operations Neonode Inc., collectively with its subsidiaries is referred to as “Neonode”, develops and licenses user interfaces and optical touch technology to Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) and Tier 1 suppliers who embed the Neonode technology into devices that they produce and sell. In the fourth quarter of 2016, Neonode started to manufacture and sell AirBar. In mid-2017 we began selling embedded sensors components that incorporate Neonode technology. Liquidity We incurred net losses of approximately $4.7 million, $5.3 million and $7.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and had an accumulated deficit of approximately $183.8 million as of December 31, 2017. In addition, we used cash in operating activities of approximately $5.6 million, $6.3 million and $8.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In March 2017, we filed a $20 million shelf registration statement with the SEC that became effective on March 24, 2017. We may from time to time issue shares of our common stock under our shelf registration in amounts, at prices, and on terms to be announced when and if the securities are offered. The specifics of any future offerings, along with the use of proceeds of any securities offered, will be described in a prospectus supplement and any other offering materials, at the time of the offering. Our shelf registration statement will expire on March 24, 2020. We may from time to time issue shares of our common stock under an effective shelf registration statement in amounts, at prices, and on terms to be announced when and if the securities are offered. The specifics of any future offerings, along with the use of proceeds of any securities offered, will be described in a prospectus supplement and any other offering materials, at the time of the offering. In August 2017, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with accredited investors as part of a private placement pursuant to which we issued a total of 9,750,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share, and warrants, for of an aggregate purchase price of $9.75 million in gross proceeds. We received approximately $9.1 million in net proceeds. Under the terms of the 2017 Securities Purchase Agreement, we also issued warrants (the “2017 Warrants”) to investors in the private placement to purchase up to a total of 3,250,001 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share. The 2017 Warrants will become exercisable on August 8, 2018, and will expire on August 8, 2020. If the 2017 Warrants are fully exercised, we will receive approximately $6.5 million in proceeds. There are no registration rights associated with the securities to be issued and sold pursuant to the 2017 Securities Purchase Agreement. In August 2016, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with institutional and accredited investors as part of a private placement pursuant to which we issued a total of 8,627,352 shares of common stock, as described below, and warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $7.9 million in net proceeds. The total number of shares included (i) an aggregate of 427,352 shares at $1.17 per share to Thomas Eriksson, former Chief Executive Officer of Neonode, and Remo Behdasht, SVP AirBar Devices at Neonode for gross proceeds of approximately $500,000, (ii) an aggregate of 4,600,000 shares at a price of $1.00 per share to outside investors for gross proceeds of $4,600,000, and (iii) up to 3,600,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) by outside investors for which we received $3,564,000 pre-funded in proceeds and will receive up to $36,000 in proceeds upon future cash exercises. Under the terms of the August 2016 Securities Purchase Agreement, we issued warrants (the “Purchase Warrants”) to all investors in the private placement to purchase up to a total of 4,313,676 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.12 per share. The Purchase Warrants became exercisable February 17, 2017 and will expire February 17, 2022. None of the Purchase Warrants have been exercised as of March 1, 2018. If the warrants are fully exercised, we will receive approximately $4.8 million in proceeds. The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of operations and the realization of assets and the repayment of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. Management evaluated the significance of the Company’s operating loss and determined that the Company’s current operating plan and sources of capital would be sufficient to alleviate concerns about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We expect our revenues from license fees, sensor module, non-recurring engineering fees and AirBar sales will enable us to reduce our operating losses in 2018. In addition, we have improved the overall cost efficiency of our operations, as a result of the transition from providing our customers a full custom design solution to providing standardized sensor modules which require limited custom design work. We intend to continue to implement various measures to improve our operational efficiencies. No assurances can be given that management will be successful in meeting its revenue targets and reducing its operating loss. As described above, if the Purchase Warrants issued in August 2016 and August 2017 are fully exercised, we will receive up to approximately $11.3 million in proceeds. In the future, we may require sources of capital in addition to cash on hand to continue operations and to implement our strategy. If our operations do not become cash flow positive, we may be forced to seek equity investments or debt arrangements. No assurances can be given that we will be successful in obtaining such additional financing on reasonable terms, or at all. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be unable to adequately fund our business plans and it could have a negative effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if funds are available, the issuance of equity securities or securities convertible into equity could dilute the value of shares of our common stock and cause the market price to fall, and the issuance of debt securities could impose restrictive covenants that could impair our ability to engage in certain business transactions.

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