fs12012_patientsafety.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2012
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PATIENT SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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2 Venture Plaza, Suite 350
Irvine, California 92618
(949) 387-2277
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Brian E. Stewart
President and Chief Executive Officer
2 Venture Plaza, Suite 350
Irvine, California 92618
(949) 387-2277
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
Ben D. Orlanski, Esq.
Matthew S. O’Loughlin, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 312-4000
(310) 312-4224 Facsimile
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Check one):
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
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Amount
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Registered
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Proposed
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Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Shares of common stock, par value $0.33 per share
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2,499,998
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Consists of 2,499,998 issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The shares registered are offered for resale by the selling stockholders named in the prospectus.
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there is also being registered hereby such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the registrant as may be issued or issuable in respect of the registered shares to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, stock distributions and similar transactions.
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based on the average of the bid and the asked price of common stock on June 26, 2012 as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board.
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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholders may not sell these securities under this prospectus until the registration statement of which it is a part and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 29, 2012
PROSPECTUS
2,499,998 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the offering by the selling stockholders of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. of up to 2,499,998 shares of common stock, par value $0.33 per share. All of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus are being sold by the selling stockholders.
Our filing of the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, is intended to satisfy our obligations to the selling stockholders to register for resale these shares of common stock. The selling stockholders have advised us that they will sell the shares of common stock from time to time in the open market, on the OTC Bulletin Board, or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which our shares are traded, in privately negotiated transactions or a combination of these methods, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
The selling stockholders may sell the common shares to or through underwriters, brokers or dealers or directly to purchasers. Underwriters, brokers or dealers may receive discounts, commissions or concessions from the selling stockholders, purchasers in connection with sales of the common shares, or both. Additional information relating to the distribution of the common shares by the selling stockholders can be found in this prospectus under the heading “Plan of Distribution.” If underwriters or dealers are involved in the sale of any securities offered by this prospectus, their names, and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or among them, will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in a supplement to this prospectus.
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock by the selling stockholders.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “PSTX.” On June 26, 2012, the closing price of our common stock was $1.70 per share.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Before making any investment in our common stock, you should read and carefully consider the risks described in this prospectus under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this prospectus.
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or amendment thereto. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This prospectus is dated , 2012
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. Our forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance and include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our business strategy, future commercial revenues, market growth, capital requirements, new product introductions, expansion plans and the adequacy of our funding. Other statements contained in this prospectus that are not historical facts are also forward-looking statements. You can sometimes identify forward-looking statements by our use of forward-looking words like “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions and terminology.
We caution investors that any forward-looking statements presented in this prospectus, or that we may make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on the beliefs of, assumptions made by, and information currently available to, us. Although we believe that the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions reflected in or suggested by our forward-looking statements are reasonable, those statements are based only on the current beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information currently available to us and, therefore, they involve uncertainties and risks as to what may happen in the future. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that our plans, objectives, expectations or intentions will be achieved. Our actual results, performance (financial or operating) or achievements could differ from those expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statement in this prospectus as a result of many known and unknown factors, many of which are beyond our ability to predict or control, and those differences may be material. Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include the following:
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For further discussion of these and other factors see the sections in this prospectus entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.” This prospectus and all other written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in or referred to in this section.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions as of any subsequent date. Although we may elect to update or revise forward-looking statements at some time in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if our plans, objectives, expectations or intentions change.
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized any person to provide you with different or inconsistent information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. Neither we nor the selling stockholders are making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of their respective dates. The Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since such dates.
Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this prospectus to the “Company,” “the registrant,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with our consolidated subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical Inc., a California corporation, unless the context otherwise requires.
Unless otherwise indicated, all statements presented in this prospectus regarding the medical patient safety market, the market for our products, our market share, the cumulative number of Safety-Sponges® used and number of procedures in which the Safety-Sponge® System have been used are internal estimates only.
Safety-Sponge®, SurgiCounter™ and SurgiCount360™ (formerly called Citadel™), among others, are registered or unregistered trademarks of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (including its subsidiary).
We file annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. You may read or obtain a copy of these reports at the SEC, public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room and its copy charges by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website that contains registration statements, reports, proxy information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the website is www.sec.gov.
We have filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus. This prospectus is part of that registration statement. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and you should refer to the copy of that contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. You may read or obtain a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room and website referred to above.
This summary highlights information contained throughout this prospectus and is qualified in its entirety to the more detailed information and financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that should be considered before investing in our common stock. Investors should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the more detailed information regarding our business, the risks of purchasing our common stock discussed in this prospectus under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this prospectus and our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes beginning on page F-1 of this prospectus.
Our Company
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., focuses on the development, marketing and sale of products designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs in the healthcare industry. We conduct our business through our wholly owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc. Our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System is a patented solution designed to eliminate one of the most common errors in surgery, retained surgical sponges, and the human and economic costs associated with this surgical mistake. The Safety-Sponge® System is comprised of a line of uniquely identified surgical sponges and towels and a turnkey hardware and software offering integrated to form a comprehensive accounting and documentation system. We estimate that over 90 million of our Safety-Sponges® have been successfully used in more than 4.3 million surgical procedures as of the date of this prospectus.
We sell our Safety-Sponge® System to hospitals through our direct sales force and by leveraging the sales and marketing capabilities of our distribution partners. Our proprietary line of surgical sponges and towels are manufactured for us by our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus International Inc., or A Plus, a leading, China-based manufacturer of disposable medical and surgical supplies. Our sponge and towel products are distributed through Cardinal Health, Inc., or Cardinal Health, who provides us sales, marketing and logistics support and the fulfillment of our products to our end-user hospitals by both delivering our products directly to our end-user hospitals and where appropriate through alternative distributors. As of the date of the date of this prospectus, we had approximately 201 facilities using the Safety-Sponge® System all of which are located in the U.S. Additionally, we have an additional 63 facilities with signed agreements and scheduled implementation as of the date of this prospectus. Although not necessarily proportionally related to future revenue, growth in the number of hospitals using our products is a good indicator of our underlying business. Once implemented, the vast majority of our end-user hospitals use the Safety-Sponge® System across all of their relevant surgical and OB/GYN procedures.
We generated revenues of $3.1 million and $2.0 million during the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $9.5 million and $14.8 million during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our first quarter of 2012 and 2011 included zero and approximately $0.6 million of revenue, respectively, from the fulfillment of a $10.0 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health (the “Forward Order”). Our 2011 revenues of $9.5 million include approximately $1.1 million of revenues from the fulfillment of a $10.0 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health (the “Forward Order”). Also during 2011 we generated approximately $8.4 million of revenue, separate from the Forward Order, from the delivery of products to Cardinal Health to meet customer demand from end-user hospitals. Our 2010 revenues of $14.8 million included approximately $8.9 million of revenues from the fulfillment of the Forward Order. Under certain circumstances the Forward Order may negatively impact our future revenues and cash flows. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Factors Affecting Future Results—Cardinal Health Supply Agreement”.
The U.S. patient safety market is a multi-billion dollar industry that includes a wide range of medical devices, technologies and equipment. We estimate there are approximately 32 million surgical procedures performed annually in the U.S. in which our products can be used and that our average revenue per procedure opportunity is currently approximately $12 to $15 dollars, implying an immediate market opportunity in the U.S. for us of more than $450 million annually. In addition, we estimate that the total applicable procedures for our products outside the U.S. to be approximately two times those done domestically, bringing the worldwide market opportunity for us to be over $1.3 billion annually.
We believe that the U.S. healthcare industry is increasingly receptive to products like our Safety-Sponge® System that can enable providers to increase their standards of patient care and lower their costs. We believe drivers of this demand include growing evidence as to the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of products like ours, an increased focus by both federal and state level regulatory agencies to hold hospitals more accountable for preventable errors, increasing legal costs associated with these events and the underlying desire by providers to provide improved outcomes for their patients and protect their staff from the ramifications of these event.
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that currently conducts its operations through a single, wholly-owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc., a California corporation. Today our sole focus is providing hospitals with products focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. We were incorporated on March 31, 1987 and from July 1987 through March 2005, operated as an investment company registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In February 2005, we began operations in our current field, the medical patient safety market, through the acquisition of SurgiCount Medical, Inc., the developer of our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System, and in April 2005 changed our name from Franklin Capital Corporation to Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. to more appropriately reflect the focus of our operations.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2 Venture Plaza, Suite 350, Irvine, California 92618. The telephone number at our principal executive offices is (949) 387-2277. Our website address is www.surgicountmedical.com. Information contained on our website is not deemed part of this prospectus.
The Offering
This prospectus relates to the resale from time to time by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus of up to 2,499,998 shares of our common stock. No shares are being offered for sale by us.
Common stock outstanding prior to offering
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Use of Proceeds
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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 2,499,998 shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders under this prospectus.
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As of May 31, 2012. Based on 36,523,253 outstanding shares of our common stock and 9,081,067 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of our outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock (based on dividing the $100 per share stated value of the Series B Preferred Stock by the current conversion price of $0.75 per share). The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible by the holder into shares of our common stock so long as the number of shares of our common stock “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3(d)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the holder, its affiliates and any persons acting as a group with such holder or its affiliates, following such conversion, does not exceed 4.9% of our outstanding common stock (after giving effect to such conversion) (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). Holders of our Series B Preferred Stock may, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided that such Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.
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Background
In connection with a private placement of our common stock that closed on May 18, 2012, or the May 2012 Private Placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement, or the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement, with the purchasers in the May 2012 Private Placement. Pursuant to the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date of the May 2012 Private Placement, a registration statement to register the shares of our common stock acquired by the purchasers in the May 2012 Private Placement together with any other shares of common stock held by the purchasers on such date and not previously registered by us.
In the May 2012 Private Placement, we raised $3.5 million through the issuance of 2,499,998 shares of our common stock, par value $0.33 per shares, at a selling price of $1.40 per share. The shares of common stock sold in the May 2012 Private Placement shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D thereof. The offer, sale and issuance of the common stock in the May 2012 Private Placement was made without general solicitation or advertising and the shares were offered and issued only to “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Act.
Plan of Distribution
This offering is not being underwritten. The selling stockholders will sell their shares of our common stock at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices. The selling stockholders themselves directly, or through their agents, or through their brokers or dealers, may sell their shares from time to time, in (i) privately negotiated transactions, (ii) in one or more transactions, including block transactions in accordance with the applicable rules of the OTC Bulletin Board or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which our shares are traded or (iii) otherwise in accordance with the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution.” To the extent required, the specific shares to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agent, broker or dealer and any applicable commission or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be described in an accompanying prospectus supplement. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus.
For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution,” beginning on page 18.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Potential investors should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below together with all other information contained in this prospectus before making investment decisions with respect to our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and our future growth prospects would be materially and adversely affected. Under these circumstances, the trading price and value of our common stock could decline resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described in this prospectus are not the only ones facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are not presently aware, or that we currently consider immaterial, may also affect our business operations.
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. We generally identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar words. These statements are only predictions. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our customers’ or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business,” as well as other sections in this prospectus, discuss the important factors that could contribute to these differences.
The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Risks Related to Our Business
We have a history of losses, expect future losses and cannot assure you that we will remain consistently profitable or generate consistent positive cash from operations.
Historically, the Company has incurred significant losses and has had negative cash flows from our operations. We had a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2012 of $1.4 million and a net loss of $2.4 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. While we saw a significant improvement in the business results during the second half of 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2011, our accumulated deficit, as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, was $60.4 and $59.0 million, respectively, because of losses generated throughout the Company’s history. While the Company generated its first reported operating profit since the Company’s ownership of SurgiCount Medical in the third quarter of 2010, continued improved results at this level or better depends on continued customer acceptance and sales growth of our Safety-Sponge® System, managing our expenses in relative proportion to gross profits generated, and having the ability to raise capital to support our growth and future investment in technology development.
In addition, as we work to expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System, because of how our sales cycle works (see “Business - Customers and Distribution”), our cash outlays typically increase before we begin to generate cash from selling to new customers. We generated revenues of $3.1 million and $2.0 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Our first quarter of 2011 revenue included approximately $0.6 million of revenue from the fulfillment of a $10.0 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health (the “Forward Order”). There was no revenue reported in the first quarter of 2012 from fulfilling the Forward Order. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had revenues of $9.5 million and $14.8 million respectively. During 2011 our reported revenues included $1.1 million of Forward Order related sales to Cardinal Health, our exclusive distributor, in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement (see “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors Affecting Future Results—Cardinal Health Supply Agreement”). The $1.1 million of Forward Order revenue during 2011 represented the final sales under the Forward Order arrangement with Cardinal Health. If we are not successful in generating sufficient growth in revenues from sales of products used in our Safety-Sponge® System or we are unable to obtain sufficient capital to fund our efforts to further develop our technology and expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain adequate liquidity to allow us to continue to operate our business or prevent the possible impairment of our assets. If this were to occur, investors could be at risk of losing all or part of their investment in our company.
We may need additional financing to maintain and expand our business, and such financing may not be available on favorable terms or not available at all.
While results initially achieved during the second half of 2010 and during 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 suggests that our current level of revenues from the sales of products used in our Safety-Sponge® System may be sufficient to generate cash flow from operations, we have historically had to finance our negative cash flow from operating activities through additional cash proceeds from the sale of debt and equity securities. We believe that our existing liquidity, which includes $3.5 million of proceeds at the closing of the May 2012 private placement, is sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash requirements through the next 12 months. However, if projected cash flows from operations are not achieved as planned, or if capital requirements needed to fund growth of our business exceed available cash balances, additional debt or equity financing may be required. At present we do not have any bank credit, and have historically relied upon selling equity to investors to raise cash. If additional debt or equity financing were to be raised in the future, it could require us to grant lenders a security interest in all or a portion of our assets and or to issue warrants to acquire our equity securities, resulting in dilution to our stockholders. In addition, any such debt financing could involve restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire or assign intellectual property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. If additional equity financing is raised in the future, it would dilute our current shareholder’s holdings in our company.
Future additional funding may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain adequate liquidity to allow us to continue to operate our business, or prevent the possible impairment of our assets. If this were to occur, investors could lose all or part of their investment in our company.
Growth of our business is critical to our success. However, failure to properly manage our potential growth would be detrimental to our business.
We need to grow our business and expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System to succeed. However, substantial growth in our operations will place a significant strain on our existing resources available (including cash) and increase demands on our management, our operational and administrative systems and controls. In addition, because of how our sales cycle typically works (see “Business - Customers and Distribution”), any growth in our customer base typically requires the investment of a significant amount of cash and resources prior to generating any cash from such customers. There can be no assurance that our existing personnel, systems, procedures or controls or available financial resources will be adequate to support our growth in the future or that we will be able to successfully implement appropriate measures consistent with our growth strategy. While we have made significant progress during the last year and a half, we need to continually implement and maintain our operational and financial systems, policies, procedures and controls to expand, train and manage our employee base. We will also need to continue to attract, retain and integrate qualified personnel in all areas of our business. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so, or that if we are able to do so, we cannot guarantee we will be able to successfully integrate these changes into our existing operations. Failure to manage our growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Cardinal Health’s right to use any excess inventory it holds to partially meet customer demand could have a material negative impact to our revenues and cash flows.
In March 2011, we and Cardinal Health signed an amendment to the Cardinal Health Supply and Distribution agreement (the “Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement”). The Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement amended a number of terms and conditions of the previous agreement, including but not limited to extending the termination date of the agreement from November 19, 2014 to December 31, 2015 and adding certain terms and provisions regarding maintaining target inventory levels and managing excess inventory of our products held by Cardinal Health. We were granted the right, at our discretion, to buy back any such excess inventory from Cardinal Health at any time. Cardinal Health agreed not to sell any of the Forward Order inventory until March 31, 2012 (see discussion of how this date was set in the “Significant Updates” section of the Cardinal Health, Exclusive U.S. Distributor discussion in “Business”), and we have agreed to a methodology for how Cardinal Health will sell this inventory to our customers, so there is an orderly release throughout a one year time frame that more reasonably minimizes its impact to the Company’s revenue and cash flow during 2012 and 2013. The methodology sets a formula which limits the use of any excess inventory used in a particular month over a 12 month time period.
If Cardinal Health has excess inventory and begins selling the excess inventory it holds to partially meet customer demand, our reported revenues and cash flows will be negatively affected. The magnitude this negative impact could have on our 2012 and 2013 revenue will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to how much excess inventory Cardinal Health actually has on hand, whether the Company chooses to purchase some or all of this excess inventory, and what our actual sales growth rates are during 2012 and 2013. Actual revenue during 2012 and 2013 will depend on a number of factors including but not limited to actual end-user demand and Cardinal Health’s estimates of what inventory levels it needs to meet that demand. Management has no immediate plans to repurchase Cardinal Health’s excess inventory, however we will consider this option should an appropriate opportunity arise. While we have not provided any estimates of what we expect 2012 or 2013 sales growth to be, in order to prevent a significant negative impact to 2012 and 2013 revenue and cash flow, (i) the Company would need to experience substantial growth in the number of hospitals using its products during 2012 and 2013, (ii) the Company would need to buyback any excess inventory from Cardinal Health or (iii) Cardinal Health would need to decide not to use its excess inventory to partially meet customer demand. If the Company were to buyback excess inventory from Cardinal Health, it could have a significant negative impact to earnings, financial position and our liquidity. As of the date of this Registration statement on Form S-1 was filed, no final agreement has been reached with Cardinal Health on changing previously agreed upon terms, including setting a date to start releasing Forward Order inventory and Cardinal Health has not initiated any work off of Forward Order inventory.
Revenues are subject to significant variation due to Cardinal Health’s ordering patterns, and expectations of the size and timing of new customer hospital implementations.
Our exclusive distribution agreement with Cardinal Health results in all of our current revenues coming from orders placed by Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health has discretion in the timing and quantities with the orders they place, subject only to the limits contained in our agreements with them. In addition, the actual end user hospital market revenue for our products in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico is approximately 25% higher than our related reported revenues, because we pay Cardinal Health commissions averaging approximately 20%. As a result, our revenues may not necessarily correlate with the actual growth of our underlying customer base. In addition, our revenue can be materially impacted by the size of new customer hospital systems being implemented and the expected timing of those implementations by our distribution partners and us. Size of hospital systems connotes the number of actual hospitals that are a part of the hospital system and the number of surgical procedures that are performed at each hospital. Implementations with our large hospital system customers like the Mayo Clinic in Rochester or the Cleveland Clinic in 2009 had a material impact on our reported revenue and revenue growth for the year 2009. The timing of when these larger hospital system implementations are expected to occur also has a significant impact on our annual reported revenue, as both we and our distribution partners need to ensure adequate inventory on hand to accommodate them. The decision process that our distribution partner Cardinal Health uses in determining when to place orders is complex and subject to significant judgment. If those judgments prove incorrect, or inconsistent with our business needs or expectations, our revenues may be materially adversely impacted. For example, some of the factors that go into these judgments include, but are not limited to: (i) the size of some new pending and possible customers, (ii) the distribution agreements new pending and possible hospital customers have with their distribution partners, (iii) the multiple formats our products need to be available in (Single Sterile and Bulk Non Sterile), and (iv) the location of the manufacturing facilities of our China based manufacturing partner and the lead times needed in manufacturing our products. Although growth in the number of hospitals is a relevant general indicator of growth in our business and customer acceptance of our products, it is not necessarily proportional to revenue because of the factors that impact revenue growth, including the number of actual customers represented by the hospitals using our products, the number of procedures such hospitals actually perform, the timing of orders of our products and the other factors described in this prospectus.
Cost containment measures implemented by hospitals could adversely affect our ability to successfully market our Safety-Sponge® System, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
The economic downturn in the U.S. during the last few years has increased the focus of many of our current and potential customers on implementing cost containment measures. Cost containment measures instituted by healthcare providers could negatively affect our efforts to expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System, which would have a have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
Global financial conditions may negatively impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and or liquidity.
Continued or further deterioration or volatility in general economic and financial market conditions could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Specifically, the impact of these volatile and negative conditions may include decreased demand for our products and services, decreased ability to accurately forecast future product trends and demand, a negative impact on our ability to timely collect receivables from our customers, a negative impact on our sole supplier’s ability to provide us with product inventory, and a negative impact on our access to the capital markets.
Although we do not manufacture the products for our Safety-Sponge® System, if one of our products proves to be defective or is misused by a health care practitioner, we may be subject to potential product liability risks, among others, which may not be covered by insurance, and could adversely affect our reputation, profitability and liquidity.
Although we do not manufacture the sponges, towels and scanner equipment used in our Safety-Sponge® System, a defect in the design or manufacture of our sponges, towels or scanner equipment could have a material adverse effect on our reputation in the industry and subject us to claims of liability for injuries and otherwise. Misuse of our products by a practitioner that results in an injury could also subject us to liability. The nature of our business exposes us to potential product liability risks, which are inherent in the design, manufacture and distribution of medical products and systems, as well as the clinical use, manufacturing, marketing and use of our Safety-Sponge® System. Even though the Company carries what management believes to be adequate product liability insurance coverage, this insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover all risks and continuing insurance coverage may not continue to be available at an acceptable cost, if at all. In addition, we are exposed to the risks under our indemnification program, where if our Safety-Sponge® System is used properly but does not prevent the unintentional retention of one of our surgical sponges or towels. If we are required to indemnify customers for a significant number of events, our insurance may not cover the entire cost. Regardless of merit or eventual outcome, product liability claims or a high number of indemnifiable events could result in decreased demand for our products, injury to our reputation and loss of revenues. A substantial underinsured loss or product recall could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Furthermore, any impairment of our reputation could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and prospects for future business.
Our future reported financial results could be adversely impacted by impairments or other charges to our intangible assets.
As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had goodwill of $1.8 million and other intangible assets of $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively. We are required to test goodwill and other intangible assets to determine whether there has been any impairment on an annual, or an interim basis if certain events occur or circumstances change that may result in reducing the carrying value of our goodwill or our intangible assets (see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies”). If circumstances change such that we are required to take an impairment charge, the amount of such annual or interim impairment charge could be significant and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We have limited sales and marketing experience and in-house resources, and our failure to build and manage our sales efforts, or failure to market our products effectively could negatively affect our ability to grow our revenues and implement our growth strategy.
We currently have limited sales and marketing resources and experience in-house. We rely on a number of outside consultants and our distribution partners to complement our full-time employees who focus on these areas. If we do not select and work with our outside consultants effectively, or our distribution partners fail to provide adequate sales and marketing support, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, no assurance can be given that we will be able hire additional sales or marketing personnel, or outside consultants, with the necessary skill and experience, or that we will be able to train such individuals properly, any of which could have a material adverse event on our growth, financial condition and results of operations.
As all sales personnel are employees at will, no assurance can be given that some or all of them will not seek employment on better terms for themselves elsewhere or, in such event, that we will be able to retain replacement sales personnel with appropriate skills and experience. Our failure to retain our current sales personnel could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
If competitors become well capitalized, or we are not able to offer and/or supply our solution to customers, our market growth could be negatively impacted.
The market place in which we compete in has many smaller competitors that we do not consider to be a significant threat to our market growth because we believe that those companies are not well capitalized. Should one or more of these competitors become well capitalized or should our estimates of their capitalization prove incorrect, we could experience significant competition in our market place. We also believe that customers in our markets display a significant amount of loyalty to their hospital distributors, and to the extent we are not able to offer and/or supply our patented solution to eliminate retained surgical sponges and towels, customers may elect to buy the different solutions available from our competitors. These factors could cause our competitive position to suffer which could have a material adverse effect on our pricing, revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
The company has significant related party transactions with its exclusive manufacturer, A Plus. Wayne Lin, founder and significant shareholder of A Plus is also a significant shareholder and a member of the board of directors of the Company. There are risks that having significant related party transactions may result in not having terms that are arm’s length or unfair to the company, even though we have company policy over related party transactions that requires the involvement of our executive team and board of directors to review and approve such related party transactions on an ongoing basis.
From time to time we have engaged into transactions with related parties, including the purchase from or sale to of products and services from related parties, where these related parties were paid in cash and or company stock. We have policies and procedures in place that require the pre-approval of related party transactions, including loans with any related parties. Notwithstanding these policies, we cannot assure that in every historical instance that the terms of the transactions with past related parties were on terms as fair as we might have received from or extended to third parties. Related party transactions in general have a higher potential for conflicts of interest than independent third-party transactions, and having related party transactions could result in potential significant losses to our company and could impair investor confidence, adversely affecting our business reputation and our stock price. See “Related Party Transactions” in Note 15 in our financial statements for a discussion of our relationship with A Plus.
Any failure in our customer education and training efforts could negatively affect our efforts to expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System and our financial condition and results of operations.
It is important to the success of our sales efforts that our clinical support staff properly educates operating room nurses and staff in the techniques of using our Safety-Sponge® System. Such training and education is a key component of our sales process (see “Business—Sales and Clinical Support”). Positive results using our Safety-Sponge® System are highly dependent upon proper training and education. If our Safety-Sponge® System is used sub-optimally or improperly, such use may contribute to unsatisfactory patient outcomes or failure to prevent one of our products from being unintentionally retained inside a patient. This could give rise to negative publicity or lawsuits against us, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation as a medical device company, and on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
Our reliance on third parties for the supply and distribution of, and on proper training of hospital personnel in the use of, the surgical sponge and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System exposes us to risk of lack of quality control, which could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our reputation as a medical device company, and on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our Safety-Sponge® System is dependent on proper technique, including the proper handling and use of the scanner device, surgical sponges and towel products used therein. There are a number of third parties that handle such products in our supply and distribution chain, as well as at the hospitals who have adopted our Safety-Sponge® System, over which and whom we have no control. Although we have put in place contractual arrangements to ensure quality control in the supply and distribution chain, and although we engage in extensive training and provide clinical support to ensure proper technique and use or our products by our hospital customers, we cannot guarantee that such third parties will not mishandle or misuse the scanner, surgical sponges and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System. Because we are not directly involved in the supply and distribution of our products (see “Business– Customers and Distribution – Cardinal Health – Exclusive U.S. Distributor”), we may not be aware of quality control issues that arise by our hospital customers. Moreover, we might not be aware of improper handling techniques at our hospital customers. If such quality control issues arise and we are not able to promptly remedy them, it could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition or results of operations.
We rely on a sole supplier for manufacture of the surgical sponges and towels used in our Safety-Sponge® System.
We have an exclusive supply arrangement with A Plus for the manufacture of the surgical sponge and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System (see “Business - Manufacturing”). While we believe our relationship with A Plus is on good terms, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our relationship with A Plus or that A Plus will be able to continue manufacturing adequate supplies of our products in the future. In addition, A Plus is considered to be a related party of the Company, as described above. While we believe that we could find alternative suppliers, in the event that A Plus fails to meet our needs, a change in suppliers or any significant delay in our ability to supply products for resale would have a material adverse effect on our delivery schedules, which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
A primary component of our disposable sponges and towels is cotton and those products are currently manufactured for us primarily in China. Accordingly, we are exposed to risks associated to the supply of cotton, the price of cotton, the cost of labor in China and the Yuan/US Dollar currency exchange rates.
Our exclusive supply agreement with A Plus for the manufacture of our surgical sponge and towel products allow for annual cost increases if there are significant increases in a certain cotton index, or significant changes in the Yuan/Dollar exchange rate. Cotton prices increased significantly during 2010, and the labor costs in the area of China where the manufacturing plant of our sponges and towels is located increased significantly in both 2010 and 2011. Because of this, we have received reasonable cost increases by A Plus in both 2011 and 2012. However if there continues to be significant price increases for cotton, local labor and or significant changes in the Yuan exchange rates, these could have a material impact on our product cost, causing potentially a negative impact on our revenue should we raise prices accordingly, and or a negative impact on our results of operations from lower profitability if we don’t raise our prices. Additionally with A Plus operating out of the People’s Republic of China, we cannot assure that the Chinese government will not alter its policies to further restrict foreign participation in businesses operating in China, there is also no assurance that the Chinese government will continue to pursue its current economic reform policies, or that it will not significantly alter these policies from time to time without notice, making the future direction of these economic reforms is uncertain.
We rely on a number of third parties in the execution of our business plan. If such third parties do not perform as agreed, or relations with such third parties are not good, it could harm our reputation and disrupt our business, which could have a material and adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
We rely on a number of third parties in the execution of our business plan. Examples include contracting for nurses to support clinical trials and new customer implementations, technology experts to assist the software maintenance and development of our software applications, and various consultants to support our marketing, accounting and other functions. We also have an exclusive manufacturing arrangement with A Plus (see above) and have an exclusive distribution arrangement with Cardinal Health for the distribution of disposable sponge and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System (see “Business - Customers and Distribution - Cardinal Health - Exclusive U.S. Distributor”). Although we believe that our relationships with all of the third-parties we work with are good, if such third parties fail to honor their contract obligations or the relationships deteriorate, it could lead to disruptions in our business while we negotiate replacement agreements and find other suppliers or distributors for our products. In addition, there is no guarantee that we would be able to negotiate a distribution agreement with a contract party comparable to Cardinal Health, or be able to obtain comparable contract provisions in terms of pricing and quality control. These disruptions, or inability to effectively distribute our products, could harm our reputation and customer relationships, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
We intend to pursue opportunities for further expansion of our business through strategic alliances, joint ventures and or acquisitions. Future strategic alliances, joint ventures and or acquisitions may require significant resources and could result in significant unanticipated costs or liabilities to us.
Over the next few years we intend to pursue opportunities for further expansion of our business through strategic alliances, joint ventures and or acquisitions. Any future strategic alliances, joint ventures and or acquisitions will depend on our ability to identify suitable partners or acquisition candidates, negotiate acceptable terms for such transactions and obtain financing if necessary. We also could face competition for suitable acquisition candidates that may increase our costs. Acquisitions or other investments require significant management attention, which may be diverted from our other operations. Any future acquisitions could also expose us to unanticipated liabilities. If we engage in strategic acquisitions, we may experience significant costs and difficult assimilating operations or personnel, which could impact our future growth.
If we make any acquisitions, we could have difficulty assimilating operations, technologies and products, or integrating and retaining personnel of acquired companies. In addition, acquisitions may involve entering markets in which we have no or limited prior experience. The occurrence of any one or more of these factors could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase our expenses. In addition, pursuing acquisition opportunities could divert our management’s attention from our ongoing business operations and result in decreased operating performance. Moreover, our profitability may suffer because of acquisition related costs or amortization of intangible assets. Furthermore, we may have to incur debt or issue equity securities in future acquisitions, with the issuance of equity securities diluting our existing stockholders.
We depend on our executive officers and key personnel to implement our business strategy and could be harmed by the loss of their services. In addition, competition for qualified personnel is intense.
We believe that our growth and future success will depend in large part upon the knowledge, skills experience of our executive team. In particular, our success depends in part upon the continued service and performance of Brian E. Stewart, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Dreyer, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Although we have employment agreements with Mr. Stewart and Mr. Dreyer, the loss of the services of one or both of these executive officers would adversely affect our ability to implement our business and growth strategy.
We cannot assure investors that we will be able to retain our existing key personnel or to attract additional qualified personnel. In addition, we do not have key-person life insurance on any of our employees. The loss of our key personnel or an inability to continue to attract, retain and motivate key personnel could adversely affect our business.
We have experienced historical turnover in our chief executive officer position and board of directors, and if we continue to have frequent executive turnover, we may have difficulty implementing our business plan and growth strategy.
From January 2007 to the present, we have had six different Chief Executive Officers, and in June 2010, five of our directors resigned (see “Business – 13D Event and Subsequent Restructuring”). Our history of management and director turnover, combined with the large losses reported by us under the leadership of our previous executives, may raise concern as to the stability of management and our board of directors. Such instability has made it difficult to implement our business plan and strategy in the past, and any continued instability will affect our ability to implement our business plan and growth strategy in the future.
Risks Related to Our Industry
Our success is dependent on intellectual property rights held by us, and our business will be adversely affected if we are unable to protect these rights.
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to maintain and defend our patents protecting the technology in our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System. However, we cannot guarantee that the technologies and processes covered by our patents will not be found to be obvious or substantially similar to prior work, which could render these patents unenforceable. If we are not able to successfully protect and defend our intellectual property, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
Defending against intellectual property infringement claims could be time-consuming and expensive, and if we are not successful, could cause substantial expenses and disrupt our business.
We cannot be sure that the products and technologies used in our business do not or will not infringe valid patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. We may be subject in the ordinary course of our business to legal proceedings and claims relating to the intellectual property or derivative rights of others. Any legal action against us claiming damages or seeking to enjoin commercial activities relating to the affected products or our methods or processes could:
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require us, or our collaborators, to obtain a license to continue to use, manufacture or market the affected products, methods or processes, and such a license may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all;
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prevent us from making, using or selling the subject matter claimed in patents held by others and subject us to potential liability for damages;
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consume a substantial portion of our managerial and financial resources; or
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result in litigation or administrative proceedings that may be costly or not covered by our insurance policies, whether we win or lose.
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If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights outside the United States.
Intellectual property laws outside the United States are uncertain and in many countries are currently undergoing review and revision. While we do not sell our products outside the U.S. currently, it is a part of our growth strategy to expand into foreign markets. The laws of some countries do not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as laws in the United States. The intellectual property rights we enjoy in one country or jurisdiction may be rejected in other countries or jurisdictions, or, if recognized there, the rights may be significantly diluted. It may be necessary or useful for us to participate in proceedings to determine the validity of our foreign intellectual property rights, or those of our competitors, which could result in substantial cost and divert our resources, efforts and attention from other aspects of our business. If we are unable to defend our intellectual property rights internationally, it could limit our ability to execute a growth strategy to expand into foreign markets that could materially and adversely affect our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business is subject to extensive regulation and we need FDA clearances and approval to distribute and market our products .
Our Safety-Sponge® System is considered a medical device and is subject to extensive regulation. Although we believe that we are in compliance with all material applicable regulations, current regulations depend heavily on administrative interpretation. We are also subject to periodic inspections by the FDA and other third party regulatory groups, as is our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus. Future interpretations made by the FDA or other regulatory bodies, with possible retroactive effect, could vary from current interpretations and may adversely affect our business.
Laws and regulations regarding the design, development, manufacture, labeling, distribution and sale of medical devices are subject to future changes, as are administrative interpretations of regulatory requirements. Failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations would subject us to enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, product seizures, injunctions, recalls, possible withdrawal of product clearances, civil penalties and criminal prosecutions, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
If we fail to comply with applicable healthcare regulations that include the potential for substantial penalties, our business, operations and financial condition could be adversely affected as a result.
Certain federal and state healthcare laws and regulations pertaining to fraud and abuse and patient’s rights may be applicable to our business and may have a negative impact on our business beyond our control, including subjecting us to burdensome compliance obligations. The laws that may affect our operations include:
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The federal healthcare program Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, soliciting, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce (i) the referral of an individual, for an item or service, or (ii) the purchasing or ordering of a good or service, for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
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The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPPA, which prohibits executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or make false statements relating to healthcare matters and which also imposes certain requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information; and
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State law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claim laws that may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third party payer, including commercial insurers, and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ in significant ways from state to state and often are not preempted by HIPPA, thus complicating compliance efforts.
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Additionally, the compliance environment is changing, with more states, such as California and Massachusetts, mandating implementation of compliance programs, compliance with industry ethic codes, and spending limits, and other states, such as Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, requiring reporting to state government of gifts, compensation and other remuneration to physicians. Federal legislation, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009, has been proposed and is moving forward in Congress. This legislation would require disclosure to the federal government of payments to physicians. These laws all provide for penalties for non-compliance. The shifting regulatory environment, along with the requirement to comply with multiple jurisdictions with differences in compliance and reporting requirements, increases the possibility that a company may unintentionally run afoul of one or more laws.
If operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert management’s attention from the operation of our business. Moreover, achieving and sustaining compliance with applicable federal and state privacy, security and fraud laws may prove costly.
Recently adopted healthcare reform legislation may adversely affect our business.
The U.S. healthcare industry is undergoing fundamental changes resulting from political, economic and regulatory influences. On March 23, 2010, healthcare reform legislation (the “Healthcare Legislation”) was approved by Congress and has been signed into law that seeks to, among other things, increase access to healthcare for the uninsured and control the escalation of healthcare expenditures within the economy. This legislation has only recently been enacted and requires the adoption of implementing regulations, which may impact our business. Given the state of the new healthcare legislation, it is far too early to evaluate its impact on our business and on our customers. Changes in regulations and healthcare policy occur frequently and may impact our results, growth potential and the profitability of the products we sell. The Healthcare Legislation could result in changes to governmental reimbursement programs and possibly result in consolidating healthcare providers potentially reducing the number of available customers, both of which could have negative effects on our efforts to expand adoption of our Safety-Sponge® System, hurting our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our failure to respond to rapid changes in technology and its applications and intense competition in the medical devices industry could make our system obsolete.
The medical device industry is subject to rapid and substantial technological development and product innovations. To be successful, we must respond to new developments in technology and new applications of our existing technology. Our limited resources may limit our ability to innovate and respond to such developments. In addition, we compete against several companies offering alternative systems, some of which have, or could obtain greater financial, marketing and technical resources than us. If our products fail to compete favorably against competing products, or if we fail to be responsive on a timely and effective basis to competitors’ new devices, applications, or price strategies, it could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our common stock is only minimally traded and could remain so for some time. Our stock price has been and is expected to continue to be volatile, and the market price of our common stock could drop significantly.
During the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, our stock price ranged from a high of $1.70 to a low of $1.05 per share, and for the year ended December 31, 2011, our stock price ranged from a high of $1.50 to a low of $0.69 per share. Stock markets in general have experienced substantial volatility in recent years that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of individual companies. Our stock price volatility is attributable, in part, to our very low average daily trading volumes. Broad market fluctuations may also adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
Future sales of our common stock could adversely affect its price and our future capital-raising activities, and could involve the issuance of additional equity securities, which would dilute current shareholder investments in our common stock and could result in lowering the trading price of our common stock.
We may sell securities in the public or private equity markets if and when conditions are favorable. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock and our ability to raise capital. We may issue additional common stock in future financing transactions or as incentive compensation for our management team and other key personnel, consultants and advisors. Issuing any equity securities would be dilutive to the equity interests represented by our then-outstanding shares of common stock. The market price for our common stock could decrease as the market takes into account the dilutive effect of any of these issuances. Furthermore, we may enter into financing transactions and issue securities with rights and preferences senior to the rights and preferences of our common stock, and we may issue securities at prices that represent a substantial discount to the market price of our common stock. A negative reaction by investors and securities analysts to any discounted sale of our equity securities could result in a decline in the trading price of our common stock.
We have a significant number of outstanding convertible securities, warrants and options, and future sales of these shares could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
As of March 31, 2012, we had outstanding warrants for an aggregate of 4.5 million shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.89 per share and options exercisable for an aggregate of 6.5 million shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.19 per share, and we had outstanding 66,977 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which are convertible into 8.9 million shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2011, we had outstanding warrants for an aggregate of 5.0 million shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.89 per share and options exercisable for an aggregate of 6.2 million shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.19 per share, and we had outstanding 65,864 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which are convertible into 8.8 million shares of common stock. As a result, we had an aggregate of 53.9 million in common stock equivalents, as of March 31, 2012, and an aggregate of 54.0 million in common stock equivalents, as of December 31, 2011, in each case including issued and outstanding shares, shares convertible under our Series B Preferred Stock or shares exercisable under other warrants and options to acquire our common stock at various prices. The holders may sell these shares in the public markets from time to time, without limitations on the timing, amount or method of sale, except for certain timing restriction in the Series B Preferred Stock related to 5% and 10% ownership levels. In addition, as our stock price rises, more outstanding warrants and options will be “in-the-money” and the holders may exercise their warrants and options and sell a large number of shares. This could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.
Our common stock is quoted on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board and the OTC QB market places, which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.
Our common stock is currently quoted under the symbol “PSTX” on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board market (“OTC Bulletin Board”) operated by FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), and it is also quoted on the OTC QB market place (“OTC QB”), operated by OTC markets Group, Inc. Prior to February 2007, our stock was listed on the American Stock Exchange, now known as the NYSE MKT, under the symbol “PST.” From February 2007 to February 2011, our stock was quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “PSTX.” Starting March 1, 2011 due to actions by broker dealers generally and impacting many issuers, and to the best of our knowledge, unrelated to us specifically, our stock ceased to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board but continued to be quoted on the OTC QB. Beginning August 9, 2011 we rejoined the OTC Bulletin Board market, and are currently dual quoted on both the OTC Bulletin Board and OTC QB. The OTC Bulletin Board and the OTC QB market are not “national securities exchanges”, nor do they have any listing standards to which we are bound, and in general are significantly more limited markets than the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ system, or our former trading market, now known as the NYSE MKT. The quotation of our shares on the OTC Bulletin Board and OTC QB could result in a less liquid market being available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares of our common stock, which could depress the trading price of our common stock and have long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. Because of the limited trading market for our common stock, and because of the significant price volatility, investors may not be able to sell their shares of common stock when they want to do so. In addition, an event such as the one that occurred in March 2011 could recur, resulting in our not being quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. During the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, our stock price ranged from a high of $1.70 to a low of $1.05 per share, and during the year ended December 31, 2011, our stock price ranged from a high of $1.50 to a low of $0.69 per share. The inability to sell shares in a rapidly declining market may substantially increase the risk of loss as a result of such illiquidity, because the price for our common stock may suffer significant declines due to price volatility.
We have never paid dividends on our common stock, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future .
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock and we currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. In addition, the terms of any future debt or credit facility, and the terms of our Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, may preclude us from paying dividends on our common stock. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be the sole source of potential gain in the foreseeable future. Investors seeking cash dividends should not invest in our common stock. We do pay cash and stock dividends on our Series A and Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with their terms. Starting in January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, we have consent by the holders of our Series B Preferred Stock to pay either cash dividends or pay dividends with paid in kind shares. The dividends on our Series B Preferred Stock average approximately $110 thousand per quarter and Series A Preferred Stock are $19 thousand per quarter.
Common stockholders may not be able to elect a majority of our board of directors.
The terms of our Series A Preferred Stock provide that if at any time dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be unpaid in an amount equal to two full years’ of dividends (eight quarters), until such time as all dividends in arrears have been paid, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to elect a majority of our board of directors. If the company was not able to obtain financing, and not able continue to pay dividends on our Series A Preferred Stock, holders of our common stock would lose their ability to control our board of directors, as the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock would have the right to elect a majority of our board of directors. We are currently in arrears on six quarters to the Series A Preferred Stock. We do not intend to go into arrears beyond six quarters, and eventually intend to become current with our Series A Preferred Stock. Our Series B Preferred Stock does not have voting rights except (i) as provided by Delaware law; (ii) upon the occurrence of the fifth anniversary of the issue date; or (iii) upon our failure to pay dividends for two consecutive quarters or three non-consecutive quarters. Upon the occurrence of either event described in (ii) or (iii), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to elect two additional directors to our board of directors and, within two business days, we must create a special committee of our board of directors consisting of up to three directors, of which two must be the two newly-elected additional directors, and promptly grant such special committee sole and exclusive authority and power to investigate, negotiate and consummate a sale of the Company or strategic alternative thereto.
We are subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions, which could make it difficult for stockholders to sell their shares of our stock.
SEC regulations generally define “penny stocks” as equity securities that have a market price of less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. As of June 26, 2012, the last sale price for our common stock was $1.70 per share. For transactions in securities that are not exempt from the “penny stock” definition, the SEC has adopted rules and regulations that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers prior to selling penny stocks, which may make it burdensome to conduct transactions in our shares. Because our shares are subject to these rules, it may be difficult to sell shares of our stock, and because it may be difficult to find quotations for shares of our stock, it may be very difficult to accurately price an investment in our shares. In addition, the SEC has the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of a penny stock if the SEC determines that such a restriction would be in the public interest.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or (“FINRA”), sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder's ability to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the penny stock rules described above, the 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, the FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. The FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws and applicable Delaware law may prevent or discourage third parties or our stockholders from attempting to replace our management or influencing significant decisions .
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or our management, even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions include:
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requiring advance notice for raising business matters or nominating directors at stockholders’ meetings.
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As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), which among other things, and subject to various exceptions, restricts against certain business transactions between a corporation and a stockholder owning 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock (“an interested stockholder”) for a period of three years from the date the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. The DGCL, in general, prohibits any business combination with a beneficial owner of 15% or more of our common stock for three years unless our board of directors approved the holder’s acquisition of our stock in advance. Together, these charter and statutory provisions could make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock.
A large number of shares may be sold in the market as part of or following this offering, which may depress the market price of our common stock.
A large number of shares may be sold in the market following this offering, which may depress the market price of our common stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market following this offering could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. If there are more shares of common stock offered for sale than buyers are willing to purchase, then the market price of our common stock may decline to a market price at which buyers are willing to purchase the offered shares.
In addition, the Company also has a significant number of shares of common stock that are convertible under our Series B Preferred Stock and that may be exercised under warrants or stock options, in each case which are not offered under this prospectus (see “ – We have a significant number of outstanding warrants and options, and future sales of these shares could adversely affect the market price of our common stock”).
This prospectus covers the resale from time to time by the selling stockholders identified in the table below of 2,499,998 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock sold in the May 2012 Private Placement. The Registration Statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus forms a part, was filed under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement which we entered into with the purchasers in the May 2012 Private Placement. Pursuant to the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date of the May 2012 Private Placement a registration statement to register for resale by the selling stockholders the shares of common stock described under the column “Shares of Common Stock Being Offered in the Offering” in the table below. The selling stockholders identified in the table below may from time to time offer and sell under this prospectus any or all of such shares.
The table below has been prepared based upon the information furnished to us by the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders identified below may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of some or all of their shares since the date on which the information in the following table is presented in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Information concerning the selling stockholders may change from time to time and, if necessary, we will amend or supplement this prospectus accordingly. We cannot provide an estimate as to the number of shares of common stock that will be held by the selling stockholders upon termination of the offering covered by this prospectus because the selling stockholders may offer some or all of their shares of common stock under this prospectus. The selling stockholders may also sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of their shares in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or pursuant to another effective registration statement covering those shares.
We have been advised that each of these selling stockholders acquired our common stock referenced in the table below in the ordinary course of business, not for resale, and that none of these selling stockholders had, at the time of purchase, any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the related common stock.
We have assumed all shares of common stock reflected on the table below will be sold from time to time in the offering covered by this prospectus. Because the selling stockholders may offer all or any portions of the shares of common stock listed in the table below, no estimate can be given as to the amount of those shares of common stock covered by this prospectus that will be held by the selling stockholders upon the termination of the offering.
The following table sets forth, based on information provided to us by the selling stockholders or known to us, the name of each selling stockholder, the nature of any position, office or other material relationship, if any, which each selling stockholder has had, within the past three years, with us or with any of our predecessors or affiliates, and each selling stockholder’s ownership of our common stock before this offering based on the number of shares of our common stock owned and the number of shares issuable upon conversion of shares of our Series B Preferred Stock held by each such selling stockholder. The number of shares owned are those beneficially owned, as determined under the rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares of common stock as to which a person has sole or shared voting power or investment power and any shares of common stock which the person has the right to acquire within 60 days through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, through conversion of any security or pursuant to the automatic termination of a power of attorney or revocation of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement. Each selling stockholder’s percentage of ownership of our outstanding shares in the table below, calculated as of May 31, 2012, is based upon 36,523,253 shares of common stock outstanding and as further adjusted to give effect to the offering as noted in the footnotes in the table below.
Selling Stockholder
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Shares of
Common
Stock Owned
Before this
Offering
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Shares of
Common Stock
Underlying
Series B
Preferred
Stock
Owned Before
this Offering
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Shares of
Common
Stock Being
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Offering
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Shares of
Common
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Completion of
this Offering (2)
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Percentage of
Common Stock
Outstanding
Upon
Completion of
this Offering (3)
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Kinderhook Partners, L.P. (4)
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7,359,435
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1,045,642
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6,313,793
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20%
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Wayne Lin (5)
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2,145,642
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1,499,867
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1,045,642
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1,100,000
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6%
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JMR Capital Limited (6)
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385,770
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5,979,866
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348,000
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37,770
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David Spiegel (7)
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135,714
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35,714
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100,000
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Neil Danics (8)
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165,000
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25,000
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140,000
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Represents less than 1%.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of our Series B Preferred Stock and to customary adjustments to the conversion rate, each share of our Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into 133.33 shares of our common stock (based on a stated value of $100.00 per share of Series B Preferred Stock and a current conversion price of $0.75 per share) so long as the number of shares of our common stock “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3(d)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the holder, its affiliates and any persons acting as a group with such holder or its affiliates, following such conversion, does not exceed 4.9% of our outstanding common stock (after giving effect to such conversion) (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). Holders of our Series B Preferred Stock may, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided that such Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”
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Assumes that (i) all of the shares of common stock registered on the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part are sold in the offering and (ii) that no other shares of common stock are acquired or sold or converted under Series B Preferred Stock by the selling stockholder prior to the completion of the offering. However, subject to any applicable restrictions of transfer agreed to by the selling stockholders (see “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus), the selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus and may sell other shares of our common stock that they may own pursuant to another registration statement under the Securities Act or sell some or all of their shares pursuant to an exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, including under Rule 144.
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As of May 31, 2012. Applicable percentage ownership assumes there are no conversions of our issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of common stock (which Series B Preferred Stock is currently convertible into 9,081,067 shares of common stock) and further assumes all outstanding warrants and options are not exercised.
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Includes 1,045,642 shares of common stock purchased in the May 2012 private placement and 6,266,666 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock purchased in the March 2011 Private Placement. Kinderhook GP, LLC, as general partner, and Stephen J. Clearman and Tushar Shah have shared voting and investment power over the securities and each disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein.
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Includes 1,045,642 shares of common stock purchased in the May 2012 private placement by Wayne Lin which were subsequently transferred to members of his family as follows; Kelvin Lin 348,548, Kelly Lin 348,547 and Karen Lin 348,547 shares, and 800,000 shares of our common stock purchased by A Plus International, Inc. in the January 2007 Private Placement and 300,000 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock purchased by A Plus International, Inc. in our July 2009 Private Placement. The shares of common stock underlying Series B Preferred Stock includes 1,333,333 shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of 10,000 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock purchased by A Plus International, Inc. in our June 2010 private placement, plus 166,534 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of 1,249 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock received as pay-in-kind dividends. Wenchen “Wayne” Lin has voting and investment power over the securities owned by A Plus International, Inc. Mr. Lin has served as a director of the Company since March 28, 2007. We entered into an exclusive Supply Agreement with A Plus International, Inc. in 2005, which grants A Plus International, Inc. an exclusive, world-wide license to manufacture and import the sponge and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”
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Includes 343,750 shares of common stock purchased by JMR Capital Limited in our May 2012 private placement and 4,450 purchased by Per Magnus Andersson in our May 2012 private placement. The shares of common stock underlying Series B Preferred Stock includes 5,333,333 shares of our common stock issuable upon the conversion of 40,000 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock purchased by JMR Capital Limited, 66,667 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of 500 shares of Series B Preferred Stock purchased by Per Magnus Andersson in our June 2010 private placement, plus 681,333 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of 5,110 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock received as pay-in-kind dividends. Per Magnus Andersson has voting and investment power over the securities owned by JMR Capital Limited.
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Includes 35,714 shares of common stock purchased in the May 2012 private placement and 100,000 issued and outstanding shares of our common stock purchased in the March 2011 Private Placement.
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Includes 25,000 shares of common stock purchased in the May 2012 private placement.
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The selling stockholders will determine at what price they may sell the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus, and such sales may be made at prevailing market prices, or at privately negotiated prices.
The selling stockholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. This prospectus may also be used by transferees of the selling stockholders, including broker-dealers or other transferees who borrow or purchase the shares to settle or close out short sales of shares of common stock. Selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale or other transfer. We will not receive any of the proceeds from sales or transfers by the selling stockholders or any of their transferees.
We expect that the selling stockholders will sell their shares primarily through sales on the OTC Bulletin Board or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which our shares are traded or in private transactions. Sales may be made at fixed or negotiated prices, and may be affected by means of one or more of the following transactions, which may involve cross or block transactions:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits investors;
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
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privately negotiated transactions;
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settlement of short sales made after the date that this registration statement is declared effective by the SEC;
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transactions in which broker-dealers may agree with one or more of the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
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through the distribution of common stock by any selling stockholder to its partners, members or stockholders;
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law; and
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a combination of any such methods of sale.
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The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus. In addition, in some states the securities may not be sold unless registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with. The selling stockholders will have the sole discretion not to accept any purchase offer or make any sale of their shares if they deem the purchase price to be unsatisfactory at a particular time. To the extent required, we may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
The selling stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell shares of common stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors-in-interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
In connection with sales of common stock or interests therein, selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. Selling stockholders may also engage in short sales, puts and calls or other transactions in our securities or derivatives of our securities and may sell and deliver shares in connection with these transactions. We have advised each selling stockholder that it may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of common stock made prior to the date on which this registration statement is declared effective by the SEC.
The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the donees, assignees, transferees, pledgees or other successors-in-interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus and may sell the shares of common stock from time to time under this prospectus after we have filed any necessary supplements to this prospectus under Rule 424(b), or other applicable provisions of the Securities Act, supplementing or amending the list of selling stockholders to include such donee, assignee, transferee, pledgee, or other successor-in-interest as a selling stockholder under this prospectus.
Selling stockholders and broker-dealers or agents involved in an arrangement to sell any of the offered shares may, under certain circumstances, be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Any profit on such sales and any discount, commission, concession or other compensation received by any such underwriter, broker-dealer or agent may be deemed an underwriting discount and commission under the Exchange Act. No selling stockholder has informed us that they have an agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. If a selling stockholder should notify us that they have a material arrangement with a broker-dealer for the resale of their shares, we would be required to amend the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and file a prospectus supplement to describe the agreement between the selling stockholder and broker-dealer or agent, provide required information regarding the plan of distribution, and otherwise revise the disclosure in this prospectus as needed. We would also file the agreement between the selling stockholder and the broker-dealer as an exhibit to the Registration statement on Form S-1. The selling stockholder and/or purchasers will pay all discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of the shares of common stock.
If a selling stockholder uses this prospectus for any sale of the common stock, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling stockholders will be responsible for complying with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated, as applicable to such selling stockholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under this registration statement. These provisions and regulations may limit the timing of purchases and sales of common stock by them and the marketability of such securities. To comply with the securities laws of certain jurisdictions, if applicable, the common stock will be offered or sold in such jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.
The Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including without limitation Regulation M, will apply to selling stockholders and other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the shares offered hereby. With certain exceptions, Regulation M restricts certain activities of, and limits the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares by, selling stockholders, affiliated purchasers and any broker-dealer or other person who participates in the sale or distribution. Regulation M precludes these persons from bidding for or purchasing, or attempting to induce any person to bid for or purchase, any security subject to the distribution until the distribution is complete. Regulation M also prohibits any bids or purchases made in order to stabilize the price of a security in connection with the distribution of that security. All of these limitations may affect the marketability of the shares offered by this prospectus. To our knowledge, no selling stockholder is a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer except to the extent listed in the footnotes to the table contained in the “Selling Stockholders” section beginning on page 16 this prospectus.
Pursuant to the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date of May 2012 Private Placement, a registration statement to register the shares of our common stock acquired by the purchasers in the May 2012 Private Placement, together with any other shares of common stock held by the purchasers on such date and not previously registered by us
We have agreed to pay all costs and expenses incident to the registration of the common stock. Each selling stockholder will be responsible for all costs and expenses in connection with the sale of their shares, including brokerage commissions or dealer discounts. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock.
We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock offered by the selling stockholders under this prospectus.
Market Information
Our common stock is currently quoted under the symbol “PSTX” on the OTC Bulletin Board operated by FINRA, and it is also concurrently quoted on the OTC QB market (“OTC QB”), operated by OTC markets Group, Inc. From March 1, 2011 through August 9, 2011 our common stock was quoted only on the OTC QB.
The following table sets forth the high and low bid quotations for our common stock for the periods indicated below, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board (except for March 1, 2011 through August 9, 2011, where the information below was reported by the OTC QB). Such over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions in our common stock.
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Year Ended December 31, 2012
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First Quarter
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$
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1.70
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1.05
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Second Quarter (ending June 26, 2012)
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1.89
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1.30
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Year Ended December 31, 2011
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First Quarter
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$
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0.97
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0.69
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Second Quarter
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1.50
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0.85
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Third Quarter
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1.50
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0.82
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Fourth Quarter
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1.45
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0.97
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Year Ended December 31, 2010
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First Quarter
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1.90
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Second Quarter
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1.20
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0.55
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0.90
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0.45
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Our common stock is thinly traded and any reported sale prices may not be a true market-based valuation of our common stock. On June 26, 2012, the closing price of our common stock, as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, Inc. was $1.70 per share.
As of June 26, 2012, there were 612 holders of record of our common stock. Trades in our common stock may be subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, which imposes requirements on broker-dealers who sell securities subject to the rule to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For transactions covered by the rule, broker-dealers must make a special suitability determination for purchasers of the securities and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction before the sale.
The SEC also has rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in “penny stocks.” Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities listed on some national exchanges, provided that the current price and volume information with respect to transactions in that security is provided by the applicable exchange or system). The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before effecting a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC that provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealers also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealers and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealers and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing before effecting the transaction, and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for shares of common stock.
Dividends
We have not paid any dividends on our common stock in the last two fiscal years and currently have no intention of paying dividends on our common stock. The terms of our Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock limit our ability to pay any such dividends on our common stock.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On May 18, 2012 we closed a financing transaction pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 15, 2012 raising $3.5 million through the issuance of 2,499,998 shares of our common stock, par value $0.33 per shares, at a selling price of $1.40 per share. The purchasers is the May 2012 Private Placement included existing stockholders such as A Plus International, Inc. (“A Plus”). Wenchen ("Wayne") Lin, a member of our Board of Directors, is founder and significant beneficial owner of A Plus. The offer, sale and issuance of the common stock in the May 2012 Private Placement was made without general solicitation or advertising and the shares were offered and issued only to “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Act.
On March 29 and March 30, 2011, we closed on a private placement financing, or the March 2011 Private Placement, raising $7.1 million through the issuance of 9.489 million shares of our common stock, par value $0.33 per shares, at a selling price of $0.75 per share. The buyers of these shares of our common stock in the March 2011 Private Placement included Kinderhook Partners, L.P., an investment fund based in Fort Lee, NJ, and A Plus International, Inc., or A Plus, and certain members of management. Wayne Lin, a member of our board of directors is founder and significant beneficial owner of A Plus. The shares of common stock sold in the March 2011 Private Placement were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D thereof. The offer, sale and issuance of the common stock was made without general solicitation or advertising. The shares of common stock were offered and issued only to “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Act.
In February 2011, in connection with a consulting agreement with Kenneth Traub, we issued Mr. Traub 75,000 restricted shares of our common stock. These shares are restricted under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and were issued in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
On December 30, 2010, in connection with the settlement of the Ault Glazer Matter (see “Business—Legal Proceedings—Ault Glazer Matter”), we issued 500,000 shares of common stock to an accredited investor who was a creditor of Ault Glazer Capital Partners, LLC. These shares are restricted under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and were issued in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
On November 15, 2010, we granted stock options to Brian E. Stewart, our Chief Executive Officer, to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.80. At issuance, 500,000 options were vested, and 250,000 options vested on December 24, 2010, with the remaining shares vesting over a forty-two month period at the rate of 1/48th of the total shares per month. The stock options were issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
On October 22, 2010, we granted stock options to David Dreyer, our Chief Financial Officer, to purchase 450,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.75. One hundred thousand options vested on April 22, 2011, with the remaining shares vesting over a forty-two month period at the rate of 1/48th of the total shares per month. The stock options were issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
On August 9, 2010, we granted stock options to John A. Hamilton, our former Chief Operating Officer, to purchase 375,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.75. All such options expired upon the termination of Mr. Hamilton’s employment in early 2011. The stock options were issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
On June 24, 2010, we closed on a private placement financing, or the June 2010 Private Placement, raising $6.1 million through the issuance of 60,500 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share and a $100 stated value per share (of which 500 shares of our Series B Preferred Convertible were issued on December 6, 2010). The shares of Series B Preferred Stock sold in the June 2010 Private Placement were issued in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D thereof. The offer, sale and issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock was made without general solicitation or advertising. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock were offered and issued only to “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Act.
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
None.
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., focuses on the development, marketing and sale of products designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs in the healthcare industry. We conduct our business through our wholly owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc. Our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System is a patented solution designed to eliminate one of the most common errors in surgery, retained surgical sponges, and the human and economic costs associated with this surgical mistake. The Safety-Sponge® System is comprised of a line of uniquely identified surgical sponges and towels and a turnkey hardware and software offering integrated to form a comprehensive accounting and documentation system. Over an estimated 90 million of our Safety-Sponges® have been successfully used in more than 4.3 million surgical procedures as of the date of this prospectus.
We sell our Safety-Sponge® System to hospitals through our direct sales force and by leveraging the sales and marketing capabilities of our distribution partners. Our proprietary line of surgical sponges and towels are manufactured for us by our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus International Inc., or A Plus, a leading, China-based manufacturer of disposable medical and surgical supplies. Our sponge and towel products are distributed through Cardinal Health, Inc., or Cardinal Health, who provides us sales, marketing and logistics support and the fulfillment of our products to our end-user hospitals by both delivering our products directly to our end-user hospitals and where appropriate through alternative distributors. As of the date of the date of this prospectus, we had approximately 201 facilities using the Safety-Sponge® System all of which are located in the U.S. Additionally, we have an additional 63 facilities with signed agreements and scheduled implementation as of the date of this prospectus. Although not necessarily proportionally related to future revenue, growth in the number of hospitals using our products is a good indicator of our underlying business. Once implemented, the vast majority of our end-user hospitals use the Safety-Sponge® System across all of their relevant surgical and OB/GYN procedures.
We generated revenues of $3.1 million and $2.0 million during the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $9.5 million and $14.8 million during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our first quarter of 2012 and 2011 included zero and approximately $0.6 million of revenue, respectively, from the fulfillment of a $10.0 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health (the “Forward Order”). Our 2011 revenues of $9.5 million include approximately $1.1 million of revenues from the fulfillment of a $10.0 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health (the “Forward Order”). Also during 2011 we generated approximately $8.4 million of revenue, separate from the Forward Order, from the delivery of products to Cardinal Health to meet customer demand from end-user hospitals. Our 2010 revenues of $14.8 million included approximately $8.9 million of revenues from the fulfillment of the Forward Order. Under certain circumstances the Forward Order may negatively impact our future revenues and cash flows. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Factors Affecting Future Results—Cardinal Health Supply Agreement”.
Patient Safety Industry
The U.S. patient safety market is a multi-billion dollar industry that includes a wide range of medical devices, technologies and equipment. We estimate there are approximately 32 million surgical procedures annually in the U.S. in which our products can be used and that our average revenue per procedure opportunity is currently approximately $14 to $16 dollars, implying an immediate market opportunity in the U.S. for us of more than $450 million. In addition, we estimate that the total applicable procedures for our products outside the U.S. to be approximately two times those done domestically, bringing the worldwide market opportunity for us to be over $1.3 billion.
We believe that the U.S. healthcare industry is increasingly receptive to products like our Safety-Sponge® System that can enable providers to increase their standards of patient care and lower their costs. We believe drivers of this demand include growing evidence as to the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of products like ours, an increased focus by both federal and state level regulatory agencies to hold hospitals more accountable for preventable errors, increasing legal costs associated with these events and the underlying desire by providers to provide improved outcomes for their patients and protect their staff from the ramifications of these event.
Our Safety-Sponge® System
Before and after most surgical procedures are performed, surgical staff manually count most of the items used inside a patient in an effort to prevent these objects from being unintentionally left inside a patient after surgery. Due to number of contributing factors, including the quantity typically used in a procedure, the nature of their use and their physical properties, surgical sponges prove to be one of the most difficult and time consuming items to account for and are one of the most common items unintentionally retained inside patients. Our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System is designed to prevent surgical sponges and towels from being unintentionally left in patients after surgical procedures by allowing for a more accurate accounting of these individual items prior to the patient being closed.
The Safety-Sponge® System is a patented system of uniquely identified surgical sponges and towels and a turnkey hardware and software offering integrated to form a comprehensive accounting and documentation system. We estimate that as of the date of this prospectus the use of the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge® System recently surpassed 90 million Safety-Sponges® successfully used in more than 4.3 million procedures with no retained sponges. We have approximately 201 facilities using the Safety-Sponge® System, all of which are located in the U.S., and 63 facilities with signed agreements and scheduled implementation dates, the vast majority of when are currently expected to complete their implementation during the first half of 2012.
Each of our Safety-Sponge® surgical sponges and towels are affixed with a soft, pliable label on which an individually unique identifier is printed. These unique identifiers are printed in both human readable and machine readable form. When used with our handheld mobile computer, scanner and software (the SurgiCounter™) the system is designed to eliminate the incorrect counting of sponges by greatly reducing the human error involved with manually counting these items. Because each Safety-Sponge® has an individually unique, machine readable identifier, the SurgiCounter™ is designed to only count each item “in” once and “out” once. Our solution is intended to be used in conjunction with a manual count being concurrently performed by surgical staff to ensure the safest possible clinical practice and to prevent any technology dependence.
Surgical sponges and towels are typically delivered to a hospital in one of two formats, either in stand-alone, sterilized packages (most often with five or ten of the same type of item to each package; we call this format “Single Sterile”) or within larger packages of various disposable surgical products that are custom built for a specific procedure at a specific hospital. These larger customized packages of disposable surgical products are often called “custom procedure trays.” We estimate the overall usage of surgical sponges and towels to be approximately 65% from inside custom procedure trays and 35% from Single Sterile packages. Our Safety-Sponge® line of surgical sponges and towels are available in both of these formats. We typically deliver our sponges and towels to providers of custom procedure trays in a non-sterilized, non-packaged format we call “Bulk Non Sterile”. Once our Bulk Non Sterile products are placed within a larger custom procedure tray along with other disposable products, the custom procedure trays are typically sealed and the entire custom procedure tray is sterilized.
In addition to providing surgical staff with a more accurate intra-operative account of all individual sponges and towels used during a procedure through the use of our SurgiCounter™ with our Safety-Sponges®, our SurgiCount360™ software application is designed to provide hospitals with a documentation and compliance tool through the generation of an electronic report of each particular procedure. These procedure reports include information such as the exact time each individual sponge was scanned and accounted for before and after use, as well as other procedure specific information such as patient identification, procedure performed and the surgical staff in that procedure. The SurgiCount360™ application can be used for post-operative documentation and compliance monitoring for individual cases as well as to review aggregate data such as product usage and other information. This information can be pushed to other databases within the hospital such as electronic medical records and has been designed with future applications in mind including additional patient safety, convenience, asset tracking, data management and product utilization applications and features.
Customers and Distribution
Our business model includes an outsourced manufacturing and partnered distribution strategy. We sell our Safety-Sponge® System to hospitals through our direct sales force and by leveraging the sales and marketing capabilities of our distribution partners. Our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus, manufactures our proprietary line of surgical sponges and towels for us. Our sponge and towel products are distributed through Cardinal Health, who provides us sales, marketing and logistics support and the fulfillment of our products to our end-user hospitals by both delivering our products directly to our end user hospitals and where appropriate through alternative distributors. Once implemented, the vast majority of our end-user hospitals use the Safety-Sponge® System across all of their relevant surgical and OB/GYN procedures.
We currently target our sales efforts primarily to the approximately 5,700 acute care hospitals in the United States. We are currently initiating efforts to actively pursue hospitals in other countries. Our sales process typically involves making contact with multiple stakeholders within a hospital including executives, surgeons, medical and nursing personnel, risk management and various administrators. We believe it is important that all of these stakeholders evaluate not only the economics, but also the clinical effectiveness and other benefits of our Safety-Sponge® System. As part of the sales process, hospitals considering the adoption of the Safety-Sponge® System often conduct a limited trial of the product in order to gain a better understanding of the functionality and benefits of our Safety-Sponge® System.
Although some customers decide to adopt our Safety-Sponge® System prior to a trial, we generally sign up new hospital customers following such an evaluation event. Once a customer has agreed to adopt our Safety-Sponge® System by executing a purchase contract, we then typically provide the hardware used in our system, including our SurgiCounter™, to the hospital and make our personnel and materials available to provide technical and clinical support for our hardware and systems integration (see “Sales and Clinical Support” below). Although we occasionally have a customer hospital who prefers to purchase our hardware, we typically offer the hardware used in the Safety-Sponge® System at no cost to the hospital in exchange for a commitment to purchase our Safety-Sponge® line of disposable sponges and towels.
Cardinal Health – Exclusive U.S. Distributor
In November 2006, we began an exclusive distribution relationship with Cardinal Health to supply hospitals with our Safety-Sponge® line of disposable sponges and towels. This original agreement had a term of 36 months, and automatically renewed for successive 12 month periods unless terminated early.
In November 2009, we renewed our distribution relationship with Cardinal Health through the execution of a new Supply and Distribution Agreement (the “Supply and Distribution Agreement”). This new agreement had a five-year term to 2014 and names Cardinal Heath as the exclusive distributor in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada of the current products used in our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System. Though Cardinal Health is our exclusive distributor in these geographical areas, the terms of our Supply and Distribution Agreement do not limit the sales of our products to only direct customers of Cardinal Health. Our products are available to any hospital that wishes to purchase them through their existing distribution relationships. In the event an end-user hospital customer of ours does not have a distribution relationship with Cardinal Health, Cardinal Health distributes our products directly to the alternative distributor that works with that hospital.
In connection with the execution of the Supply and Distribution Agreement in November 2009, Cardinal Health issued a $10.0 million stocking purchase order for products used in our Safety-Sponge® System that called for deliveries of stocking inventory over a 12-month period (the “Forward Order”). Cardinal Health paid us $8.0 million as partial pre-payment of the Forward Order, and agreed to pay $2.0 million directly to A Plus, to pay for product when A Plus invoices the Company. Cardinal Health also agreed to maintain normal ordering patterns and volumes for purchasing our Safety-Sponge® products throughout 2012 and not to use any of the inventory delivered under the Forward Order to meet immediate hospital demand. In late 2010 Cardinal Health requested to change the product mix of the Forward Order. We agreed to this change because the products Cardinal Health requested were not immediately available, and Cardinal agreed to take delivery of the remaining inventory on a modified schedule. As of December 31, 2010 we had delivered approximately $8.9 million of the Forward Order. The remainder of the $1.1 million of Forward Order inventory was delivered during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Significant Updates
In March 2011, we and Cardinal Health signed an amendment to the Supply and Distribution Agreement (the “Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement”). The Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement revised a number of terms and conditions of the previous agreement, including but not limited to extending the termination date of the agreement from November 19, 2014 to December 31, 2015 and adding certain terms and provisions regarding setting target inventory levels and defining a formula for determining what excess inventory is of our products held by Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health agreed not to sell any of the Forward Order inventory until calendar year 2012, and we agreed to a methodology for how Cardinal Health will sell this inventory to our customers, so there is a more orderly release throughout the 2012 year that more reasonably minimizes its impact to the Company’s revenues and cash flow during 2012. For a discussion on the effects that this agreement is expected to have on our financial condition and results of operations, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Factors Affecting Future Results - Cardinal Health Supply Agreement.”
On September 28, 2011, the Company announced signing an agreement to implement our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System with a large hospital group with over 135 hospitals, with implementations scheduled to start in early 2012. The magnitude of this large implementation compelled the Company to prioritize its resources in order to scale up for costs associated with the large implementation, including buying more sponge and towel inventory, scanners, as well as hiring and training more staff to support the implementations. As a result of this and other factors, management approached Cardinal Health in late 2011 to discuss the timing of when Cardinal Health would begin to release the Forward Order inventory. Cardinal Health agreed to delay the release of Forward Order inventory until April 1, 2012, to allow both parties additional time to negotiate a possible revision to the previously agreed terms, and Cardinal Health has not initiated any work off of Forward inventory. For a discussion on the effects that this agreement is expected to have on our financial condition and results of operations in 2012 and beyond, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and results of Operations – Factors Affecting Future Results – Cardinal Health Supply Agreement.”
Our agreement with Cardinal Health also gives them minimum gross margins on all sales of our Safety-Sponge® disposable surgical sponge and towel products. The minimum gross margin amounts vary depending on the format of the product sold (Single Sterile or Bulk Non Sterile) and depending on the distribution of that product to the end-user hospital (directly by Cardinal Health or through alternative distributors). In addition, for Bulk Non Sterile products included in Cardinal Health’s custom procedure kits the guaranteed minimum gross margins are based on a formula that varies depending on certain sales performance results during specific time periods.
Warrant Purchase and Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the Supply and Distribution Agreement entered into in November 2009, we entered into a Warrant Purchase and Registration Rights Agreement, dated effective November 19, 2009, pursuant to which we issued Cardinal Health warrants to purchase 1,250,000 shares of our common stock at $2 per share, and 625,000 shares of our common stock at $4 per share. These warrants have a term of five-years (expiring November 2014), but are subject to early expiration in certain circumstances. In addition, the Company granted Cardinal Health a right of first refusal for an initial one year term with respect to certain issuances of common stock. This right of first refusal expired in November 2010. We also granted Cardinal Health certain registration rights with respect to the shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated November 19, 2009. The required registration statement became effective on August 12, 2011 and the Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain effectiveness for three years after the registration statement became effective, or through to August 11, 2014.
Manufacturing
All of our sponge and towel products are currently manufactured for us by our exclusive manufacturing partner, A Plus. In 2005, we entered into an exclusive supply agreement with A Plus to provide us with sponge and towel products for use with our Safety-Sponge® System (the “A Plus Supply and Manufacturing Agreement”). Wayne Lin, a member of our board of directors, is a founder and significant beneficial owner of A Plus. In January 2007, we entered into a successor supply agreement with A Plus and, in May 2008, we entered into our current exclusive A Plus Supply and Manufacturing Agreement. The current A Plus Supply and Manufacturing Agreement grants A Plus the exclusive, world-wide license to manufacture and import the sponge and towel products used in our Safety-Sponge® System, including the right to sublicense to the extent necessary. A Plus manufactures our products in its FDA approved facilities, primarily those in China, which are subject to periodic site inspections by the FDA. In addition to manufacturing our products, A Plus provides packaging, sterilization, logistics and related quality and regulatory compliance support. A Plus has agreed not to manufacture, import or otherwise supply any bar coded surgical products for any other third party. Under the current A Plus Supply and Manufacturing Agreement, we agreed to negotiate the pricing schedule annually to reflect changes in manufacturing costs, taking into account changes in cotton prices and Chinese currency exchange rates. While we believe the manufacturing capacity of A Plus is sufficient to meet our expected demand, in the event A Plus cannot meet our requirements, the agreement allows us to retain additional manufacturers as needed. The successor agreement has an initial term of ten years and will expire in May 2018 unless terminated early in accordance with its terms.
In conjunction with the execution of the January 2007 A Plus Supply and Manufacturing Agreement, we entered into a subscription agreement with A Plus, pursuant to which we sold A Plus 800,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, which have a term of five years. We received gross proceeds of $500,000 in cash and a $500,000 credit against future shipments (which has been fully utilized). A Plus was also granted certain right to participate in future financings and was granted certain director designation rights, pursuant to which Wayne Lin, currently a member of our board of directors was given the opportunity for this role. In addition, we agreed not to undertake certain transactions (such as incurring certain indebtedness or engaging in certain transactions with respect to our intellectual property) without first obtaining the A Plus designated director’s approval.
A Plus has also purchased additional shares of our common stock in the May 2012 Private Placement and shares of our Series B Preferred Stock in June 2010. Wayne Lin and family members purchased shares of our common stock in March 2011 in previously disclosed private placements.
We do not directly engage in the manufacturing of the hardware used in our Safety-Sponge® System (such as our SurgiCounters™). We purchase these items from certain third-party vendors on a purchase order basis. We also utilize internal resources and third party developers to create, document and test our proprietary software.
Sales and Clinical Support
Our sales efforts focus on establishing relationships with various stakeholders within targeted institutions including executives, surgeons, nurses and various administrators and fostering a consultative approach to communicating the value proposition of our offering. We provide extensive education, support and training both prior to and after implementation of the Safety-Sponge® System. The length of our sales cycle can vary substantially customer by customer, depending on a number of variables including but not limited to the number of retained sponges a hospitals has historically experienced, the timing of those events, the severity of the patient complications and extent of financial damages and the budgeting process at that particular institution. Our sales and support efforts are augmented by our team of full-time and part-time clinical specialists. Our clinical team is comprised primarily by specialists with extensive nursing backgrounds. Our clinical team plays an essential role in our sales, education, implementation and on-going support process.
Indemnification Program
In the third quarter of 2009 we launched an indemnification program to provide our customers with added assurance regarding the reliability of our Safety-Sponge® System and the financial benefits of its use. We indemnify customers in the program using the Safety-Sponge® System up to $1 million per incident should they experience a retained sponge using the solution. To qualify for the indemnification program customers agree to certain stipulations, including but not limited to using only our sponge and towel products, using our Citadel™ software application and maintaining a concurrent manual count of the sponges and towels used in a procedure. We maintain insurance to cover the potential liability to us from this program as well as to provide additional assurance to our customers in the program of our ability to meet any obligations there under. To date, there have been no claims under this program.
Intellectual Property
Patents, trademarks and other proprietary rights are an important element of our business. Our policy is to file patent applications and trademark registrations and to protect our technology, inventions and improvements to inventions that are commercially important to the development of our business, in particular, as it pertains to the technology used in our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System, including our Safety-Sponges®, SurgiCounters™, and all of our software applications.
We currently hold numerous patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well by the appropriate agencies in various other countries. We also own a number of registered and unregistered trademarks, including Safety-Sponge®, SurgiCounter™ and SurgiCount360™.
Competition
With our core Safety-Sponge® System offering, we face competition from both technology based products and from non-technology based solutions, namely the approach of relying solely on the manual counting of sponges. Partly because the vast majority of acute care hospitals do not currently use any technology based solution in an effort to prevent retained sponges, we view the competition we face from a solely manual counting approach as significantly as we do technology based solutions. From a technology standpoint, there are multiple competing products available to our customers, including products offered by RF Surgical Systems, Inc. and ClearCount Medical Solutions. Both of these technology competitors utilize different approaches and underlying technologies. We believe we compare favorably to these technology competitors across a variety of categories including but not limited to relative cost, safety, evidence of clinical efficacy, support by independent clinical research, simplicity, ease of use, existing users, clinical support, size of required footprint in the operating room, ability to complement existing recommended clinical practices and scalability to provide additional features and applications beyond just preventing retained sponges.
Government Regulation
Our products and research and development activities are regulated by numerous governmental authorities, principally the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and corresponding state and foreign regulatory agencies. Any device manufactured or distributed by us is subject to continuing regulation by the FDA. The Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, or FDC Act, and other federal and state laws and regulations govern the clinical testing, design, manufacture, use and promotion of medical devices, such as our Safety-Sponge® System.
In the United States, medical devices are classified into three different classes, Class I, II and III, on the basis of controls deemed reasonably necessary to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the device. Class I devices are subject to general controls, such as labeling, pre-market notification and adherence to the FDA’s good manufacturing practices, and quality system regulations. Class II devices are subject to general as well as special controls, such as performance standards, post-market surveillance, patient registries and FDA guidelines. Class III devices are those that must receive pre-market approval by the FDA to ensure their safety and effectiveness, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting and implantable devices, or new devices that have been found not to be substantially equivalent to existing legally marketed devices. All of our currently available products are classified as Class I devices. In the future we may consider introducing products that may be classified differently.
Under the FDC Act, most medical devices must receive FDA clearance through the Section 510(k) notification process, or the more lengthy premarket approval process (commonly referred to as PMA). Some Class I devices are also “exempt” from the 510k requirement subject to certain limitations. Our Safety-Sponge® System is within a defined device group that is specifically denoted as “exempt” from the 510(k) process, however, a 510(k) for the Safety-Sponge® System was filed and received FDA clearance through the 510(k) notification process.
The FDA’s quality system regulations also require companies to adhere to current good manufacturing practices requirements, which include testing, quality control, storage, and documentation procedures. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements is monitored through periodic site inspections by the FDA. Our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus manufactures our products in FDA registered facilities and is subject to such periodic site inspections. In addition, we are required to comply with FDA requirements for labeling and promotion. The Federal Trade Commission also regulates medical device advertising for appropriate claims of effectiveness. We are also subject to the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 and the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, which requires additional reporting requirements for users and distributors in the event of an incident involving serious illness, injury or death caused by a medical device.
Organizational History
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that currently conducts its operations through a single, wholly-owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc., a California corporation. Today our sole focus is providing hospitals with products focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. We were incorporated on March 31, 1987 and from July 1987 through March 2005, operated as an investment company registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In February 2005, we began operations in our current field, the medical patient safety market, through the acquisition of SurgiCount Medical, Inc., the developer of our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System, and in April 2005 changed our name from Franklin Capital Corporation to Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. to more appropriately reflect the focus of our operations.
Employees
As of March 31, 2012, we had approximately 26 full-time employees. As part of our proactive effort to optimize our cost structure, we regularly use a significant number of outside consultants for clinical support, implementation support, product development and other outside services. We intend to hire limited, additional personnel as our business grows, including converting some of the consultants used into employee positions when such actions are appropriate and cost justified. Utilizing this outside consultant approach allows us to minimize our fixed costs without significantly limiting the breadth or capabilities of our operations. Our employees are not represented by a labor union nor covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We have not experienced any work stoppages. We believe that relations with our employees are good.
13D Event and Subsequent Restructuring
On April 9, 2010 our current President and Chief Executive Officer, co-founder of our wholly-owned operating subsidiary SurgiCount Medical and co-inventor of our Safety-Sponge® System, Brian E. Stewart, filed a Form 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on behalf of himself and certain other shareholders of the Company. The shareholders represented included two of the Company’s existing directors and the other co-founder of SurgiCount Medical and co-inventor of the Safety-Sponge® System and collectively represented a sufficient number of shares of the Company’s stock outstanding to demand that the Company call a special meeting of stockholders with the express purpose of effecting significant and immediate change by removing five of the then standing directors of the board, including the then President and Chief Executive Officer. As a direct result of this shareholder effort, on June 24, 2010, the five designated members of the board of directors resigned and Brian E. Stewart was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Company. Concurrently, the Company closed a financing consisting of approximately $6.1 million of convertible preferred stock (the “Series B Convertible Preferred”). Buyers of the Series B Convertible Preferred (each of whom is an accredited investor, as defined under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933), consisted of A Plus, JMR Capital Ltd. and Catalysis Partners, LLC. Wayne Lin, a member of our board of directors is a founder and significant beneficial owner of A Plus and John P. Francis, a member of our Board, has voting and investment control over securities held by Francis Capital Management, LLC, which acts as the investment manager for Catalysis Partners, LLC (see the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations—Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 12 to our Consolidated Financial Statements, in this prospectus for further background on the Series B Convertible Preferred stock financing). In connection with the resignation of the five directors, the Company entered into a Separation and Mutual General Release with each director (“Directors Release”), which provided that each director would not sue the Company and each gave a waiver of unknown claims and agreed to a two year non-disparagement clause. In addition, we extended the vesting and exercise periods in certain circumstances with respect to options held by the former directors and officers.
Subsequent to the resignation of our previous President and Chief Executive Officer and four other board members, during the third quarter of 2010 newly appointed management implemented a comprehensive restructuring program focused on a number of initiatives, including the reduction of operating expenses and aggressively managing the Company to achieve positive operating income and operating cash flow. Restructuring activities included the elimination of certain job positions, lowering executive and employee cash compensation levels, refining and enforcing expense and travel policies and initiating spend measurement systems and accountability across all functional areas. As a result of a number of factors, primarily the continued growth of the Company’s revenues from both delivery of Cardinal Health’s stocking inventory (as discussed in “Cardinal Health – Exclusive U.S. Distributor” above), increased number of hospitals using the Company’s products and the impact on operating expenses from the restructuring initiative, the Company reported positive operating income of $925 thousand during the quarter ended September 30, 2010, the first period of positive reported operating income in the history of the Company’s ownership of SurgiCount Medical, Inc. since 2005 and the first reporting period under newly appointed management.
Legal Proceedings
The Company discloses material loss contingencies deemed to be reasonably possible and accrues for loss contingencies when, in consultation with the Company’s legal advisors, the Company concludes that a loss is probably and reasonably estimable. Except as otherwise indicated, the possible losses relating to the matters described below are not reasonably estimable. The ability to predict the ultimate outcome of such matters involves judgments, estimates and inherent uncertainties. The actual outcome of such matters could differ materially from management’s estimates.
Properties
Our operating leases are principally for our corporate headquarters and warehousing facilities. We currently lease approximately 9,600 square feet of space at our headquarters and warehouse facilities both located in Irvine, California. In connection with the closure of our Newtown, Pennsylvania corporate location where previous management temporarily located in 2010, we accrued the fair value of future payments under the lease. In November 2010, we entered into a sub-lease for the Newtown facility, which provides for sub-lease payments to us through the term of the lease, or April 2013. Beginning January 1, 2012 we entered into a lease for combined office/warehouse space in Irvine California, approximately 5 miles from our corporate offices. The total square footage is approximately 3,790, with approximately 2,000 square feet of warehouse space, and 1,790 square feet of office space. The additional space was needed primarily to support the significant increase in new customer implementations we have experiences, for storing and preparing our SurgiCounters™ for new customers and supplying sponge product for implementation training. The rent and CAM charges are approximately $4.6 thousand a month, or approximately $1.20 a square foot.
We believe that our administrative office space is adequate to meet our needs for the foreseeable future. We also believe that our research and development facilities and our manufacturing facility, together with third party manufacturing facilities, will be adequate for our on-going activities.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operation together with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing in pages F-1 through F-36 of this prospectus. The various sections of this discussion contain a number of forward-looking statements, all of which are based on our current expectations and could be affected by the uncertainties and risk factors described throughout this prospectus. See “Risk Factors” at page 3 of this prospectus. Any of these risks may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and our prospects could be harmed. In that event, the price of our common stock could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.
Overview
We focus on the development, marketing and sale of products designed to improve patient safety outcomes and reduce costs in the healthcare industry. We conduct our business through our wholly owned subsidiary, SurgiCount Medical, Inc. Our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System is a patented solution designed to eliminate one of the most common errors in surgery, retained surgical sponges, and the human and economic costs associated with this surgical mistake. The Safety-Sponge® System is comprised of a line of uniquely identified surgical sponges and towels and a turnkey hardware and software offering integrated to form a comprehensive accounting and documentation system. As of the date of this prospectus, we estimate that over 90 million of our Safety-Sponges® have been successfully used in more than 4.3 million surgical procedures. We sell our Safety-Sponge® System to hospitals through our direct sales force and by leveraging the sales and marketing capabilities of our distribution partners. Our proprietary line of surgical sponges and towels are manufactured for us by our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus, a leading, China-based manufacturer of disposable medical and surgical supplies. Our sponge and towel products are distributed through Cardinal Health, who provides us sales, marketing and logistics support and the fulfillment of our products to our end user hospitals by both delivering our products directly to our end user hospitals and where appropriate through alternative distributors. As of the date of the date of this prospectus, we had approximately 201 facilities using the Safety-Sponge® System all of which are located in the U.S. Additionally, we have an additional 63 facilities with signed agreements and scheduled implementation as of the date of this prospectus. During 2011 the number of hospitals using our Safety-Sponge® System increased by 28 hospitals or 42%. Including facilities with signed agreements and scheduled implementations, as of December 31, 2011 we had over 237 customer facilities, representing an increase of 165 or 229% over the number of customer facilities as of December 31, 2010. Although not necessarily proportionally related to future revenue, growth in the number of hospitals using our products is a good indicator of our underlying business. Once implemented, the vast majority of our user hospitals use the Safety-Sponge® System across all of their relevant surgical and OB/GYN procedures.
We generated revenues of $3.1 million and $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and revenues of $9.5 million and $14.8 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively . Our 2011 revenues of $9.5 million include $1.1 million of revenues from the final fulfillment of the Forward Order a $10 million stocking order in accordance with the terms of our exclusive distributor arrangement with Cardinal Health. Also during 2011 we generated an additional $8.4 million of revenue, separate from the Forward Order, from the delivery of products to Cardinal Health to meet immediate demand from end-user hospitals. Our 2010 revenues of $14.8 million included $8.9 million of revenues from fulfillment of the Forward Order. Under certain circumstances the Forward Order may negatively impact our future revenues. See “Factors Affecting Future Results—Cardinal Health Supply Agreement”.
Factors Affecting Future Results
Cardinal Health Supply Agreement
In November 2006, we began an exclusive distribution relationship with Cardinal Health to supply hospitals with our sponge and towel products that have adopted our Safety-Sponge® System. This original agreement had a term of 36 months, and automatically renewed for successive 12 month periods unless terminated early in accordance with its terms.
In November 2009, we renewed our distribution relationship with Cardinal Health through the execution of a new Supply and Distribution Agreement. This new agreement had a five-year term to 2014 and names Cardinal Heath as the exclusive distributor in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada of the current products used in our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System. Though Cardinal Health is our exclusive distributor in these geographical areas, the terms of our agreement with Cardinal Health do not limit the sales of our products to only direct customers of Cardinal Health. Our products are available to every hospital that wishes to purchase them through their existing distribution relationships, whether that is with Cardinal Health or a competitor. In the event an end user hospital customer of ours does not have a distribution relationship with Cardinal Health, Cardinal Health distributes our products directly to the alternative distributor that works with that hospital.
In connection with the execution of the new agreement in November 2009, Cardinal Health issued the Forward Order, which was a $10.0 million stocking purchase order for products used in our Safety-Sponge® System that called for deliveries of that stocking inventory over a 12-month period. Cardinal Health initially paid us $8.0 million as partial pre-payment of the Forward Order, and agreed to pay $2.0 million directly to A Plus, that was used to pay for product that A Plus later invoiced the Company related to the Forward Order. Cardinal Health also agreed to maintain normal ordering patterns and volumes for purchasing our Safety-Sponge® products throughout 2010 and not to use any of the inventory delivered under the Forward Order to meet immediate hospital demand. In late 2010, Cardinal Health requested to change the product mix of the Forward Order. We agreed to this change, however because the products Cardinal Health requested were not immediately available, Cardinal Health agreed to take delivery of the remaining inventory on a modified schedule. As of December 31, 2010 we had delivered approximately $8.9 million of the $10 million Forward Order and delivered the remaining $1.1 million of Forward Order inventory in the first half of 2011. The net effect is we did not realize the full $10.0 million of Forward Order revenue during 2010, and ended up recognizing $1.1 million of Forward Order revenue during 2011, thereby fully satisfying the Forward Order. There will be no additional Forward Order revenue in 2012 or thereafter unless we entered a new stock order, which we have no plans to do.
In March 2011, we and Cardinal Health signed an amendment to the Supply and Distribution agreement (the “Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement”). The Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement revised a number of terms and conditions of the previous agreement, including but not limited to extending the termination date of the agreement from November 19, 2014 to December 31, 2015 and adding certain terms and provisions regarding setting target inventory levels and defining a formula for determining what excess inventory is of our products held by Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health has agreed to not sell any of the Forward Order inventory until calendar year 2012, and we have agreed to a methodology for how Cardinal Health will sell this inventory to our customers, so there is a more orderly release throughout the 2012 year that more reasonably minimizes its impact to the Company’s sales during 2012.
On September 28, 2011, the Company announced signing an agreement to implement our proprietary Safety-Sponge® System with a large hospital group with over 135 hospitals, with implementations scheduled to start in early 2012. The magnitude of this large implementation compelled the Company to prioritize its resources in order to scale up for costs associated with the large implementation, including needing to buy more sponge and towel inventory, scanners, as well as hiring and training more staff to support the implementations. As a result of this and other factors, management approached Cardinal Health in late 2011 to discuss the timing of when Cardinal Health would begin to release the Forward Order inventory. Cardinal Health agreed to delay the release of Forward Order inventory until April 1, 2012, to allow both sides additional time to negotiate a possible revision to the previously agreed terms, including for releasing the Forward Inventory. No final agreement has been currently reached with Cardinal Health on changing previous agreed terms, and Cardinal Health has not initiated any work off of Forward Order inventory . For a discussion on the effects that this agreement is expected to have on our financial condition and results of operations in 2012 and beyond, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and results of Operations – Factors Affecting Future Results – Cardinal Health Supply Agreement.”
Because of the delivery of the final $1.1 million of the Forward Order inventory during 2011, our reported revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 of $9.5 million represented more revenue than what otherwise would have been recognized had we filled only orders from Cardinal Health for strictly filling customer demand. During 2011, we recognized $8.4 million of net revenues from the delivery of inventory to Cardinal Health for fulfilling customer demand, however these revenues do not necessarily reflect actual current hospital customer demand for our products, as these sales are impacted by a number of factors, including but not limited to Cardinal Health’s inventory management practices including how much inventory they chose to maintain throughout their distribution warehouse system and the timing of how they chose to order product (through recurring standing purchase orders, planned inventory reductions, or other factors).
If on or after April 1, 2012, Cardinal Health has excess inventory and begins selling the excess inventory it holds to partially meet customer demand, our reported revenues and cash flows will be negatively affected. The magnitude this negative impact could have on our 2012 and 2013 revenue and cash flows will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to how much excess inventory Cardinal Health actually has on hand in 2012, whether the Company chooses to purchase some or all of this excess inventory, and what our actual sales growth rates are during 2012 and 2013. Actual sales during 2012 and 2013 will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to actual end-user demand and Cardinal Health’s estimates of what inventory levels it needs to meet that demand. Management has no immediate plans to repurchase Cardinal Health’s excess inventory, however we will consider this option should an appropriate opportunity arise. While we have not provided any estimates of what we expect 2012 or 2013 sales growth to be, in order to prevent a significant negative impact to our 2012 and 2013 revenue by Cardinal Health’s release of Forward Order inventory, (i) the Company would need to experience substantial growth in the number of hospitals using its products during 2012 and 2013, (ii) the Company would need to buyback any excess inventory from Cardinal Health, or (iii) Cardinal Health would need to decide not to use its excess inventory to partially meet customer demand. If the Company were to buyback excess inventory from Cardinal Health, this also could have a significant negative impact to the Company’s earnings, financial position and our liquidity.
Revenues Subject to Significant Variation Due to Cardinal Health’s Ordering Patterns, and Expectations of the Size and Timing of New Customer Hospital Implementations.
Our exclusive distribution agreement with Cardinal Health results in all of our current revenues coming from orders placed by Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health has discretion in the timing and quantities with the orders they place, subject only to the limits contained in our agreements with them. As a result, our revenues may not necessarily correlate with the actual growth of our underlying customer base. In addition, our revenue can be materially impacted by the size of new customer hospital systems being implemented and the expected timing of those implementations by us and our distribution partners. Size of hospital systems connotes the number of actual hospitals that are a part of the hospital system and the number of surgical procedures that are performed at each hospital. Implementations with our large hospital system customers like the Mayo Clinic in Rochester or the Cleveland Clinic in 2009 had a material impact on our reported revenue and revenue growth for the year 2009. The timing of when these larger hospital system implementations are expected to occur also have a significant impact on our annual reported revenue, as both we and our distribution partners need to ensure adequate inventory on hand to accommodate them. The decision process that our distribution partner Cardinal Health uses in determining when to place orders is complex and subject to significant judgment. If those judgments prove incorrect, our revenues may be materially adversely impacted. For example, some of the factors that go into these judgments include, but are not limited to: (i) the size of some new pending and possible customers, (ii) the distribution agreements new pending and possible hospital customers have with their distribution partners, (iii) the multiple formats our products need to be available in (Single Sterile and Bulk Non Sterile), and (iv) the location of the manufacturing facilities of our China based manufacturing partner and the lead times needed in manufacturing our products. Although growth in the number of hospitals is a relevant general indicator of growth in our business and customer acceptance of our products, it is not necessarily proportional to revenue because of the factors that impact revenue growth, including the number of actual customers represented by the hospitals using our products, the number of procedures such hospitals actually perform, the timing of orders of our products and the other factors described in this prospectus.
Hardware Effect on Revenue and Cost of Revenue.
We generally provide our SurgiCounter™ scanners and related software to all hospitals at no cost when they adopt our Safety-Sponge® System. We generally no longer engage in direct SurgiCounter™ scanner sales and anticipate only to recognize revenue associated with our SurgiCounter™ scanners in connection with reimbursement arrangements we have with Cardinal Health under our agreement with them. We anticipate that there will be a shift in product mix from the growing number of scanners that we have given customers out in the field, which will cause our gross margins to decline due to depreciation expense of these scanners being recorded in cost of revenue. However, we also anticipate that a significant increase in volume of surgical sponge revenue due to the growing number of implementations we have had will eventually offset the effects of including growing depreciation expense for the scanners in the cost of revenue.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
As of the end of the first quarter of 2012, the number of facilities using our Safety-Sponge® System grew to 149. This compares to approximately 74 facilities using the Safety-Sponge® System at the end of the first quarter of 2011, representing year over year growth in our installed customer base of 101%. Although not necessarily proportional to future revenue, the number of hospitals using our products is a relevant general indicator of our underlying business.
Revenue
Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was $3.1 million. This compares with total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2011 of $2.0 million, representing year over year growth in reported quarterly revenue of 57%. First quarter 2011 revenue of $2.0 million included approximately $0.6 million of revenue from filling a $10 million Forward Order to our exclusive distributor, Cardinal Health. There was no revenue reported from the delivery of Forward Order inventory during the first quarter of 2012. Excluding the effect of the Forward Order on reported first quarter 2011 revenue, first quarter 2012 year over year revenue growth was 131%. The primary reason behind this revenue growth is the successful growth in the number of facilities using our Safety-Sponge® System.
We ended the first quarter of 2012 with outstanding backorders of $1.2 million. We expect to ship the vast majority, if not all, of these backorders during the second quarter of 2012. Though for a number of reasons we expect to have outstanding backorders at the end of reporting period, the $1.2 million at the end of the first quarter was abnormally high compared to historical end of period backorder levels for a variety of reasons, including the timing of the receipt of a large number of orders late in the quarter and an unexpected delay in the receipt of inventory from our contract manufacturer to fulfill those orders.
Cost of revenue
Costs of revenue of $1.9 million increased by $0.8 million or 79% for the three months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to cost of revenue of $1.0 million for the same period in 2011. This increase was mostly from growth experienced in the number of new customer hospitals which adopted our product. In addition, our cost of revenue in the first quarter of 2012 was impacted by a growing amount of scanner hardware non-cash depreciation resulting from the fact that we no longer primarily sell the hardware used with our Safety-Sponge® System (see “Factors effecting Past and Future Results — Reduction in Hardware Revenue”). Our cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased to 60% during the first quarter of 2012 as compared to 53% in the first quarter 2011. This increase in cost of revenue was attributable primarily to higher non-cash depreciation expense included in our cost of revenue in the first quarter of 2012, as compared to the first quarter of 2011. The higher depreciation reflected larger amounts of hardware that were purchased by us in order to support new hospital implementations. Our cost of revenue during the first quarter 2012 included depreciation expense and other related equipment costs totaling $275 thousand, while our first quarter of 2011 cost of revenue included depreciation and other related equipment costs of $181 thousand, a 52% increase.
Gross profit
Gross profit totaled $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, an increase of $307 thousand, or 33%, compared to gross profit of $0.9 million during the first quarter of 2011. In addition to closing out the Forward Order in the prior year, our gross profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was negatively impacted primarily by the higher non-cash depreciation expense associated with the larger number of new scanning equipment provided to new customers, and to a lesser extent from higher pricing we paid to our contract manufacturer for our sponge products to partially offset higher labor costs and exchange rate changes.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses totaled $2.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, an increase of $0.8 million, or 44%, compared to $1.8 million of operating expenses during the same period in 2011. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to higher one-time costs associated with a significantly larger number of new customer implementations during the first quarter of 2012 as compared to the first quarter of 2011. During the first quarter of 2012 we successfully implemented 51 new customer facilities, the most new customer facilities we have ever implemented during a three month time period in our history. This compares to 4 new customer facilities implemented during the first quarter of 2011. Total one-time implementation costs in the first quarter of 2012 were approximately $0.6 million, as compared to approximately $0.1 million during the first quarter of 2011. One-time expenses associated with implementing new customer facilities include utilizing per diem clinical and IT personnel for upfront staff clinical and technical training and on-site support during the implementation process, associated travel expenses and other implementation related expenses. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2012 we began the implementation of a new customer comprised of over 130 hospital facilities. The relatively fast pace with which we are implementing these new facilities is resulting in modestly higher per facility implementation costs than we otherwise would expect to incur. Also during the first quarter of 2012 we expanded our operations to include a new warehouse facility to support our growing business and added appropriate staffing for that facility. In total this expansion added approximately $26 thousand in operating expenses.
Research and development expenses
Research and development expenses totaled $148 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, an increase of $118 thousand, or 401%, compared to $29 thousand during the same period in 2011. The increase year over year was primarily due to expanded investment in resources to improve and expand our product offering.
Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses totaled $1.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, an increase of $640 thousand, or 97%, compared to $659 thousand during the same period in 2011. The increase in sales and marketing expenses during the first quarter of 2012 as compared to the prior year's quarter was due primarily to the higher one-time implementation expenses to support new facility implementations during the period. One-time expenses associated with implementing new customer facilities include utilizing per diem clinical and IT personnel for upfront staff clinical on-site support during the implementation process, associated travel expenses and other implementation related expenses. During the first quarter of 2012 we successfully implemented 51 new customer facilities, the most in any three month time period in our history. This compares to 4 new customer facilities implemented during the first quarter of 2011.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses totaled $1.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, representing an increase of $20 thousand, or 2%, compared to G&A expenses of $1.1 million during the same period in 2011. The slight increase in G&A expenses during the first quarter 2012 as compared the first quarter of 2011 were due to adding modest headcount resources to support operations and public company compliance expenses.
Total other income (expense)
We reported other income of $4 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared to other income of $206 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. During most of 2011 we had warrant derivative liabilities which required us to mark the warrants to market prices each quarter, resulting in other income or expense. These derivative liability warrants were fully exchanged for new warrants during the fourth quarter of 2011, that were recorded as equity (and not derivative liabilities) which do not require a mark to market adjustment each quarter.
Provision for Income Taxes
We had a $4 thousand tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to a $4 thousand tax expense during the same three month period in 2011.
Net loss
We had a net loss of $1.4 million applicable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to a net loss of $752 thousand for the same period in 2011 for the reasons described above.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2010
Revenues
Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 was $9.5 million, which was a decrease of 36% compared to $14.8 million reported during the same period in 2010. However, total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010 included $8.9 million of revenue for product shipped to Cardinal Health under the Forward Order stocking arrangement (see “Factors Affecting Future Results —Cardinal Health Supply Agreement”), while during 2011 we shipped the final $1.1 million of product under this Forward Order stocking arrangement, closing out this arrangement. Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 excluding the Forward Order revenue was $8.4 million, an increase of 42% as compared to $5.9 million of similar revenue during the same period in 2010. This significant growth in non-Forward Order revenue reflected an increase of 28 customer hospitals to 98 total hospitals that we had at year end 2011, compared to 70 hospitals we had as customers at the beginning of the year 2011. The primary reason behind this growth in sales of surgical sponges used in our Safety-Sponge® System is due to our focused marketing and selling efforts being successful in achieving a significant growth of new hospital customers. In addition, our exclusive distributor, Cardinal Health, began ordering product during the second and third quarters of 2011, at levels that management believes more closely aligns with our growth in customer demand. Revenue from sales of surgical sponges and towels during the year ended 2011 accounted for 99% of our revenue, while revenue from sales of hardware accounted for only 1%, reflecting our change in strategy implemented during 2010 of providing scanners to customers at zero cost instead of selling them.
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011, of $5.1 million decreased $2.2 million or 30%, as compared to cost of revenue of $7.3 million during the year ended 2010. This decrease in cost of revenue was due to having much lower Forward Order revenue in the 2011 year as compared to 2010, causing the significant decrease in cost of revenue. The cost of revenue related to non-Forward Order revenue was $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, which was an increase of $1.4 million compared to the $3.3 million cost of revenue for similar non-Forward Order revenue during the same period in 2010, reflecting the growth in our non-Forward Order revenue described above.
Gross profit
Gross profit of $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $3.1 million, or 42%, compared to $7.5 million during the same period in 2010. The reason for this decrease in gross profit was the significant decrease in Forward Order related revenue, as described above. The year over year decrease in Forward Order related gross profit was $4.2 million or 85%. Gross profit on non-Forward Order revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 of $3.7 million was $1.1 million or 42% more than the $2.7 million of comparable gross profit recognized during the same period in 2010. In addition, there was higher non-cash depreciation expense of $514 thousand included in our cost of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $302 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2010, which reflected the large increase in hardware given to new customers in 2011 for new hospital implementations. Total gross margin was 46% for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to 50% for the same twelve month period in 2010. This decrease in gross margin was mostly attributed to increased non-cash scanner depreciation expense from providing scanners to customers at no cost, combined with the impact of a cost increase on sponges and towels purchased by the Company from our exclusive manufacturer, A Plus, which became effective on January 1, 2011. This cost increase resulted from the higher cost of cotton and to a lesser extent, unfavorable changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate with the Chinese Yuan.
Operating expenses
Total operating expenses including research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses were $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, a decrease of $2.6 million, or 27%, compared to $9.7 million for the same twelve month period in 2010. The Company’s current management team was able to increase non-Forward Order revenue during the year ended December 31, 2011 by 42% while decreasing operating expenses by 27% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010. The decrease in operating expense was due to the comprehensive restructuring implemented by management beginning in the third quarter of 2010 that has focused on a number of initiatives to reduce operating expenses and achieve operating income and positive cash flow. Restructuring activities included the elimination of certain job positions, lowering executive and employee cash compensation levels, refining and enforcing expense and travel policies, initiating expense controls and increasing accountability across all functional areas.
Research and development expenses
Research and development expenses totaled $107 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2011, a decrease of $79 thousand, or 42%, compared to $186 thousand during the same period in 2010. This year over year decrease primarily reflected management’s restructuring activities initiated in the third quarter of 2010.
Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses totaled $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, an increase of $0.1 million or 4%, compared to $2.9 million during the same period in 2010. The increase in sales and marketing expenses as compared to the prior year was mostly due to realigning resources to support our expanding business, including increasing customer service support and field clinical support costs. Field clinical support costs include compensation and related travel expenses for having specialized Registered Nurses (“OR-RN’s”) support implementation training, as well as clinical trial demonstrations of our products. The number of clinical trials to facilitate new sales of our Safety-Sponge® System grew during 2011 as compared to prior year.
General and administrative expenses
G&A expenses totaled $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, representing a decrease of $2.7 million, or 40%, compared to G&A expenses of $6.6 million during the same period in 2010. This decrease in G&A expenses was due to the comprehensive restructuring current management implemented in the third quarter of 2010 as described above. These restructuring activities including the elimination of certain job positions, lowering executive and employee cash compensation levels, were implemented across all functional areas but had the biggest proportionate impact on G&A expenses.
Total other income (expense)
We reported other income of $789 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to other income of $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 a decrease of $2.5 million or 76%. As discussed under “Critical Accounting Policies”, certain warrants issued during past financings were required to be recorded as “derivative liabilities” and not as equity. Each reporting period we have had to record increases and decreases in the estimated fair value of these warrants based on fluctuations in the price of our common stock and the number of warrants outstanding. When our stock price increases, it increases the liability resulting in the Company recording “other losses”; while when there are decreases in our stock price it causes the liability to decrease resulting in the Company recording “other income”. During the year 2011, we had several of these specific warrant agreements expire that had fairly large numbers of shares attached to them. As a result, in late 2011 we were able to reach agreement with the remaining holders of these “derivative liability” warrants outstanding to exchange them for similar warrants that have features which no longer require that they be treated as derivative liabilities, and instead we can record them as equity which is more typical for reporting warrants. The new warrants issued during the exchange had 10% more shares than the original warrants to justify removing the features causing them to be treated as derivative liabilities, however all other terms remained the same including the exercise prices and expiration dates. As a result of this exchange, the impact the derivative liabilities had on our fourth quarter 2011 other income and expense decreased significantly, and there will be no further impact to our other income and expenses from the new warrants issued in the exchange.
Net income (loss)
For the year ended 2011, we had a net loss of $2.4 million as compared to net income of $1.8 million reported for the year ended 2010, representing a decrease of $4.2 million. The primary contributors of this decrease in 2011 to a net loss as compared to net income for 2010 were decreased Forward Order revenues in 2011 of $1.1 million as compared to $8.9 million during 2010. Also contributing to the net loss in 2011 compared to net income in 2010 was the less favorable change during 2011 in the fair value of our warrant derivative liability of $568 thousand compared to $2.7 million for the previous twelve months, the $893 thousand gain on the extinguishment of debt during 2010 compared to 2011 where there was no such transaction.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash and cash equivalents of $1.5 million at March 31, 2012 compared to $3.7 million at December 31, 2011. As of March 31, 2012 we had total current assets of $6.7 million and total current liabilities of $5.1 million resulting in a positive working capital of $1.6 million, compared to $4.0 million in working capital as of December 31, 2011. Current liabilities as of March 31, 2012 include deferred revenue of $1.1 million relating to hardware reimbursement payments from Cardinal Health, which is a non-cash liability. Excluding this non-cash liability, our current liabilities would have been $4.0 million as of March 31, 2012, giving us an adjusted positive working capital of $2.7 million. We believe our sources of funding are sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash requirements through the next 12 months as we expect the business to generate improved cash flow from operations as result of our growing installed base of customer facilities. We may seek financing to fund future growth for periods beyond the next 12 months, through future offerings of equity or agreements with strategic partners to help fund our growth and the development of future products and technologies. However, we can offer no assurances that we will be able to obtain additional funding on acceptable terms, if at all. Management continually evaluates our liquidity needs and whether to increase capital resources. See “Risk Factors” in this prospectus for additional information on factors that could impact our future liquidity and capital resources.
Operating activities
We used $557 thousand of net cash during the three months ended March 31, 2012, almost entirely for funding new customer implementation costs including purchasing sponge and hardware inventory, as well as up front one-time implementation costs. Our net loss of $1.3 million for the first quarter of 2012 included non-cash charges in the form of stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets and depreciation. These noncash charges totaled $567 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2012.
Cash provided by working capital and other assets during the three months ended March 31, 2012 was $177 thousand. Working capital is comprised primarily of accounts receivable, inventory, other assets, deferred revenue and other liabilities. Accounts receivable increased by $636 thousand or 49% during the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to fiscal year end 2011, reflecting timing of sales and our increased non-Forward Order revenue. Inventory increased by $489 thousand or 18% during the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to fiscal year end 2011, due to our business growth and safety stocks required. Accounts payable increased by $664 thousand or 24%, representing mostly the additional inventory of both sponges and hardware ordered for the growing business, and the increased implementation costs which include contract nurse per diems, travel costs and technical support. In total our net cash used in operating activities during the first quarter 2012 was $558 thousand, which primarily represented the approximately $0.6 million of implementation expenses mentioned above (under operating expenses). Excluding these implementation expenses, our cash flow from operations would have been slightly positive.
Deferred revenue as of March 31, 2012 of $1.1 million represents a significant non-cash adjustment to our net loss, having increased by $558 thousand or 102% during the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to fiscal year end 2011. This increase in deferred revenue was a result of the large surge in implementations during the first quarter 2012 and Cardinal Health’s agreement to reimburse half of the costs of hardware typically provided to our customers at no cost.
We used $2.6 million of net cash from operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2011. This included the payment of $2.2 million to our contract manufacturer, A Plus, to pay for amounts past due to them from previous periods which were paid upon the receipt by us of proceeds of a private placement closed on March 29, 2011 and March 30, 2011. Non-cash adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities plus changes in operating assets and liabilities used $2.1 million of cash for the three months ended March 31, 2011. These significant non-cash adjustments primarily reflect the stock and warrant based compensation to employees and directors and adjustments to reflect the change in fair value of our warrant derivative liability, along with activity relating to shipments to Cardinal Health related to the Forward Order.
Investing activities
We used $1.6 million of net cash in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2012, almost entirely for the purchase of scanners and related hardware used in our Safety-Sponge® System to support new customer implementations. This compares to using $81 thousand of net cash in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2011, which again were primarily for the purchase of scanners and related hardware for implementing our Safety Sponge® System at new customers.
Financing activities
We used $19 thousand of net cash from financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2012 for paying dividends on our preferred stock.
During the year 2011 we generated $6.9 million of net cash from financing activities primarily from the net proceeds of a $7.1 million private placement completed in March 2011, along with less significant financing activities from the exercise of employee stock options, offset by the payment of preferred stock dividends and other stock issuance costs.
Sources of Revenues and Expenses
Revenues
We generate revenue primarily from the sale of surgical sponges and towels used in our Safety-Sponge® System to our exclusive distributor, Cardinal Health, who then sells directly and through alternative distributors to hospitals that have adopted our Safety-Sponge® System. Revenue related to surgical products is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, when collectability is reasonably assured and when risk of loss transfers, usually when products are shipped. Advanced payments are classified as deferred revenue and recognized as product is shipped to the customer. When the company receives any reimbursement related to hardware implementations, hardware revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the customer contract, while the cost of the hardware equipment is carried in hardware equipment within property, plant and equipment and depreciated over its estimated useful life. Provisions for estimated future product returns and allowances are recorded in the period of the sale based on the historical and anticipated future rate of returns. Revenue is recorded net of any discounts or rebates given to the buyer.
Provisions for estimated future product returns and allowances are recorded in the period of the sale based on the historical and anticipated future rate of returns. The Company records shipping and handling costs charged to customers as revenue and shipping and handling costs to cost of revenue as incurred. Revenue is reduced for any discounts, trade in allowances and rebates given to the buyer.
Cost of revenues
Our cost of revenues consists primarily of our direct product costs for surgical sponges and towels from our exclusive third-party manufacturer, A Plus. We also include a reserve expense for obsolete and slow moving inventory in the cost of revenues. In addition, when we provide scanners and other related hardware to hospitals for their use at no cost (rather than sell these), we include only the depreciation expense of the scanners in cost of revenues over the three year estimated useful life of the scanners. In rare cases where we sell the scanners to hospitals, our cost of revenue includes the full product cost when shipped.
Research and development expenses
Our research and development expenses consist of costs associated with the design, development, testing and enhancement of our products. In 2011 these expenses are mostly consultant related expenses for fees paid to external service providers supporting our product development programs and salary and related employee benefit costs for a full time employee. In 2010 these expenses are almost entirely consultant related expenses for fees paid to external service providers supporting our product development programs.
Sales and marketing expenses
Our sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and related employee benefits, sales commissions and support costs for our sales employees, along with travel, education, trade show, professional service fees for use of outside consultants and various marketing costs, including the use of nurse and technical consultants to support our new customer implementations and client training.
General and administrative expenses
Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related employee benefits for corporate and support employees, professional service fees, expenses related to being a public entity, and depreciation and amortization expense.
Total other income (expense)
Our total other income (expense) primarily reflects changes in the fair value of warrants classified as derivative liabilities. Under applicable accounting rules (discussed under “—Critical Accounting Policies—Warrant Derivative Liability”), we are required to make estimates of the fair value of our warrants each reporting period, and to record the change in fair value each period in our statement of operations. As a result, changes in our stock price from period to period result in other income (when our stock price decreases) or other expense (when our stock price increases) in our income statement. In addition, a gain on the reduction of a contingent tax liability was recorded in other income (expense). Other significant items recorded as other income (expense) in 2010 include recording a gain on the extinguishment of debt related to Ault Glazer Capital Partners (see “Business – Legal Proceedings”) along with an impairment charge recorded for the write down of our investment in Alacra, as described in the Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements in this prospectus.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and other financial information. We base these estimates on our historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and these estimates form the basis for our judgments concerning the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We periodically evaluate our estimates and judgments based on available information and experience. Actual results could differ from our estimates under different assumptions and conditions. If actual results significantly differ from our estimates, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially impacted.
We believe that the accounting policies described below are critical to understanding our business, results of operations and financial condition because they involve more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact our consolidated financial statements. For additional information relating to these and other accounting policies, see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in this prospectus.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue related to surgical products is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, when collectability is reasonably assured and when risk of loss transfers, usually when products are shipped. Advanced payments are classified as deferred revenue and recognized as product is shipped to the customer. Reimbursements related to scanners and related equipment provided to hospitals are recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected term life of the related customer contract, while the cost of the scanners and related equipment is carried in hardware equipment within property, plant and equipment and depreciated as a component of cost of sales over its estimated useful life. Provisions for estimated future product returns and allowances are recorded in the period of the sale based on the historical and anticipated future rate of returns. The Company records shipping and handling costs charged to customers as revenue and shipping and handling costs to cost of revenue as incurred. Revenue is recorded net of any discounts or rebates given to the buyer.
Goodwill
Our goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets of SurgiCount Medical, Inc., which we acquired in February 2005. We review our goodwill for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter, as well as whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying value may be impaired. We are required to perform a two-step impairment test on goodwill. In the first step, we will compare the fair value to its carrying value. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, the goodwill is not considered impaired and we are not required to perform further testing. However, if the carrying value exceeds the fair value, then we must perform the second step of the impairment test in order to determine the implied fair value of our goodwill and record an impairment loss equal to the difference. Determining the implied fair value involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include revenue growth rates and operating margins used to calculate projected future cash flows, risk-adjusted discount rates, future economic and market conditions and determination of appropriate market comparables. We base our fair value estimates on assumptions we believe to be reasonable but that are unpredictable and inherently uncertain. Actual future results may differ from those estimates. To the extent additional events or changes in our circumstances occur, we may conclude that a non-cash goodwill impairment charge against earnings is required, which could be material and could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We elected to early adopt the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards (“FASB”) Update ASU No. 2011-08, which allows a company to first assess qualitative factors to determine if it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under ASU No. 2011-08, companies should assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value, including goodwill. In the event we determine that it is more likely than not that our sole reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount, quantitative testing would be performed comparing recorded values to estimated fair values. As part of our goodwill qualitative testing process, we evaluate various factors to determine whether it is reasonably likely that management’s assessment would indicate a material impact on the fair value of our reporting unit. Factors assessed in the qualitative approach are cash flow forecasts of our reporting unit, the strength of our balance sheet, changes in strategic outlook or organizational structure, industry and market changes and macroeconomic indicators.
Inventories
Inventory consists of finished goods and scanner hardware. Finished goods include sponge and towel product products ready for customer use or distribution. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value with cost determined under the first-in, first-out, or FIFO, method. Our estimate of the net realizable value of our inventories is subject to judgment and estimation. The actual net realizable value of our inventories could vary significantly from our estimates and could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations in any reporting period. In evaluating whether inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, we consider such factors as the amount of inventory on hand and in the distribution channel, estimated time required to sell such inventory, remaining shelf life and current and expected market conditions, including levels of competition. On a quarterly basis, we analyze our inventory levels and record allowances for inventory that has become obsolete, inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its expected net realizable value and inventory that is in excess of expected demand based upon projected product sales.
Stock-Based Compensation
We recognize compensation expense in an amount equal to the estimated grant date fair value of each option grant, or stock award over the estimated period of service and vesting. This estimation of the fair value of each stock-based grant or issuance on the date of grant involves numerous assumptions by management. Although we calculate the fair value under the Black Scholes option pricing model, which is a standard option pricing model, the model still requires the use of numerous assumptions, including, among other things, the expected life (turnover), volatility of the underlying equity security, a risk free interest rate and expected dividends. The model and assumptions used also attempt to account for changing employee behavior when the stock price changes, and capture the observed pattern of increasing rates of exercise as the stock price increases. The use of different values by management in connection with assumptions used in the Black Scholes option pricing model could produce substantially different results.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Our management reviews our long-lived assets with finite useful lives for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. We recognize an impairment loss when the sum of the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be realized from the asset is less than its carrying amount. If an asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment charge to be recognized is measured by the amount of difference between the recorded carrying value of the asset versus its fair value. Considerable judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value of the assets and accordingly, actual results can vary significantly from such estimates. Our most significant estimate and judgment used when measuring whether there is an impairment to our long-lived assets includes the timing and amount of projected future cash flows.
Accounting for Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes result primarily from temporary differences between financial and tax reporting. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. Future tax benefits are subject to a valuation allowance when management is unable to conclude that our deferred tax assets will more-likely-than-not be realized in future results of operations. Our estimate for the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about projected future operating results. If actual results differ from these projections or if management’s expectations of future results change, it may be necessary to adjust the valuation allowance.
Since January 1, 2007, we have measured and recorded uncertain tax positions in accordance with accounting guidance as codified in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740-10, Income Taxes (formerly FIN 48) that took effect on such date that prescribe a threshold for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Accordingly, we now only recognize (and continue to recognize) tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold (or that met such a threshold on the effective date). Accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions involves significant judgments by management. If actual results differ from management’s estimates, we may need to adjust the provision for income taxes in both the current and prior periods.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Board of Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth information concerning our executive officers and directors as of April 15, 2012. Biographical information regarding such persons is included below the table. The background information for each of the persons set forth below has been provided to us by each respective individual.
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
|
Brian E. Stewart
|
|
40
|
|
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
|
David C. Dreyer
|
|
54
|
|
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
|
John P. Francis
|
|
46
|
|
Director
|
Louis Glazer, M.D. Ph.G.
|
|
80
|
|
Director
|
Lynne Silverstein
|
|
41
|
|
Director
|
Wenchen Lin
|
|
57
|
|
Director
|
With respect to our directors, Dr. Glazer and Ms. Silverstein (the "Series A Directors") were elected to our board of directors in accordance with the terms of our Series A Preferred Stock ("Series A Stock"). Mr. Francis was elected in accordance with the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 17, 2007 by and between us and Francis Capital Management, LLC, which requires that he be nominated for election to our board of directors. Mr. Lin was elected in accordance with the terms of a Subscription Agreement dated January 29, 2007 by and between us and A Plus International Inc. ("A Plus"), which requires that he be elected to our board of directors. Each of our directors, other than the Series A Directors (who were elected or appointed in accordance with the terms of our Series A Stock, and are not subject to any vote of the common stockholders, and thus no evaluation was made by our board of directors), was elected to our board of directors based our board of directors' assessment that he has demonstrated an ability to make meaningful contributions to the oversight of our business and affairs, has a reputation for honesty and ethical conduct in his or her personal and professional activities and demonstrates independence, experience and strong communication and analytical skills. Our board of directors seeks, and consists of, persons whose diversity of skills, experience and background are complementary to those of our other board members.
Brian E. Stewart, Mr. Stewart was elected as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director in June 2010. Mr. Stewart is the co-founder of our principal operating company SurgiCount Medical, Inc. and is the co-inventor of our Safety-Sponge® System. Mr. Stewart previously served as our Vice President of Business Development from January 2009 through to March 2010. Previously, Mr. Stewart worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse from 2007 to 2009 and CIBC World Markets from 2002 to 2007. In addition to his investment banking and entrepreneurial experience, Mr. Stewart's previous experience includes working with Strome Investment Management, a hedge fund in Santa Monica, CA. Mr. Stewart received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management at UCLA and his bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. Mr. Stewart's qualifications to serve as a director include that he is our Chief Executive Officer, co-inventor of our core product offering and the co-founder of our principal operating company.
David C. Dreyer, has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, since joining us in October 2010. Previously, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Financial Officer at Alphastaff Inc. from August 2009 through September 2010, and was Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at AMN Healthcare, Inc. from August 2004 through August 2009. Alphastaff was the fourth largest professional employment outsourcing company in the United States during Mr. Dreyer's tenure, and AMN Healthcare was the U.S. leader in healthcare staffing, with revenue in 2008 of $1.2 billion. He managed over one hundred employees at AMN Healthcare in his role overseeing finance, accounting, tax, investor relations, treasury, payroll operations, and risk management. Prior to AMN Healthcare, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Financial Officer at Sicor, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in Irvine, CA with operations in Mexico, Switzerland, Italy, China and Lithuania. He led the sale of Sicor Inc. to Teva Ltd. for $3.4 billion in January 2004. Mr. Dreyer received a BS in Accounting from Golden Gate University in San Francisco where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and he has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California since 1986.
John P. Francis, Mr. Francis was appointed as a director on November 26, 2007, in accordance with the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 17, 2007 by and between us and Francis Capital Management, LLC, which requires that he be nominated for election to our board of directors. Mr. Francis has served as Managing Member of Francis Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm specializing in small capitalization equities, since 2000. Mr. Francis has more than 20 years of experience in investment management, finance and accounting. Mr. Francis earned his bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA and MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Francis' qualifications to serve as a director include his financial, business and accounting experience.
Louis Glazer, M.D. Ph.G. Dr. Glazer was appointed as a director on October 22, 2004, in accordance with the terms of our Series A Stock. From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Glazer served in various positions at our company, including Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Vice-Chairman and Chief Health and Science Officer, overseeing the development of our Safety-Sponge® System. For over 25, years, until 2002, Dr. Glazer served as the chief anesthesiologist and medical director for the Vitreo-Retinal Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to that, Dr. Glazer taught obstetrics anesthesia at the University of Tennessee, while practicing anesthesiology at numerous hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee. He served on the Executive Council of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Glazer received his B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma and his M.D. from the University Of Bologna School Of Medicine in Italy. Dr. Glazer serves on our board because he was elected by holders of the Series A Stock. Dr. Glazer is Ms. Silverstein's father.
Lynne Silverstein, Ms. Silverstein was appointed as a director on February 16, 2012, in accordance with the terms of our Series A Preferred Stock. Ms Silverstein served as the Company’s President and Secretary from 2004 to 2006 and from 2006 to 2008 served as the Company’s Executive Vice President. Ms. Silverstein is serving as one of our Series A Directors. After the passing of Mr. Herbert Langsam, one of the directors appointed by our Series A Stock, Dr Louis Glazer, the remaining director appointed by our Series A Stock, appointed Ms. Silverstein to serve as a Series A Director in accordance with our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Ms. Silverstein received her B.S in communications from the University of Miami. Ms. Silverstein is Dr. Glazer's daughter.
Wenchen Lin, Mr. Lin was appointed as a director on March 28, 2007, in accordance with the terms of a Subscription Agreement dated January 29, 2007 by and between our company and A Plus, which requires that he be elected to our board of directors. Mr. Lin has almost twenty years of experience as the President and founder of A Plus, a manufacturer producing a variety of surgical dressings, film and plastic products and servicing the custom procedural tray industry on cotton textile products. Mr. Lin began his career serving in executive positions in large trade and shipping companies, such as Trade Diversified, Inc. and Brother Trucking Co. and has substantial knowledge and experience in overseas factories, trade, transport and distribution. Mr. Lin received his MBA from Ohio University and his accounting degree from Taiwan Suzhou University. Mr. Lin's qualifications to serve as a director include his experience in the medical supply industry.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
To our knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to us during the year ended December 31, 2011 and Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to us with respect to the year ended December 31, 2011, and any written representations that no Forms 5 were required, during the year ended December 31, 2011, all reports required by Section 16(a) by our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were made, except as follows. Mr. Lin did not file a Form 3 when he became a director on March 28, 2007. In addition, he has not filed Form 4s for the following transactions: purchase of 800,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock on January 29, 2007, exercise and conversion of warrants into 300,000 shares of common stock on August 11, 2009, purchase of 10,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock on June 24, 2010, purchase of 1,045,642 shares of Common Stock on May 18, 2012 and issuance of an aggregate of 1,064 shares Series B Preferred Stock as payment-in-kind dividends on September 30, 2010, March 30, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011, December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Each of our executive officers and directors, as well as all of our employees (including our Chief Executive Officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller and persons performing similar functions) are subject to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which was adopted by our board of directors on November 11, 2004.
Printed copies of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics are also available upon written request to the Chief Financial Officer, Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., c/o Chief Financial Officer, 2 Venture Plaza, Suite 350, Irvine, CA 92618
Board of Directors Acting as our Audit Committee
Our entire board of directors serves as our audit committee. Our board of directors in its capacity as our audit committee review our financial reporting process.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Our Board has determined that John Francis is an “audit committee financial expert,” within the meaning of SEC rules and regulations.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth compensation paid by us for the years indicated to the individuals who served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer during the year ended December 31, 2011. There were no other executive officers serving as of December 31, 2011. These 2 individuals are referred to as our "named executive officers."
Name and principal position (1)
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
($)
|
|
|
Bonus
($)
|
|
|
Warrant
And
Stock option Awards
($)(2)
|
|
|
Non-equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
|
|
Non
qualified
deferred
compensation
earnings ($)
|
|
|
All other
compensation
($)(3)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Brian E. Stewart
|
|
2011
|
|
$ |
200,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
7,560 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
21,778 |
|
|
$ |
229,338 |
|
President, Chief Executive
Officer and director
|
|
2010
|
|
$ |
161,016 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
1,162,500 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
12,427 |
|
|
$ |
1,335,943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David C. Dreyer
|
|
2011
|
|
$ |
200,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
19,569 |
|
|
$ |
219,569 |
|
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
|
|
2010
|
|
$ |
37,179 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
249,975 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
287,154 |
|
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(1) Mr. Stewart was elected as our Chief Executive Officer and as a director on June 24, 2010. From January 2009 to March, 2010, Mr. Stewart served as our Vice President of Business Development. From March, 2010 until his election as our Chief Executive Officer on June 24, 2010, Mr. Stewart was not employed by us.
(2) Represents the grant date fair value determined in accordance with ASC 718, Share Based Payments , for the warrants and stock option awards granted to our named executive officers for the periods presented. For additional information regarding the assumptions used in determining the fair value of option awards using the Black-Scholes pricing model, please see Note 14 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
(3) For Mr. Stewart, includes accrued vacation paid to him in connection with his departure as our Vice President of Business development in March 2010. In addition, this includes medical benefits paid to each officer.
Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
Employment Agreements and Severance Agreements
Brian E. Stewart
We are party to an employment agreement with Mr. Stewart, which became effective on November 15, 2010, pursuant to which he serves as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director. The term of the agreement is three years from the effective date and automatically extends for additional one-year terms thereafter unless either party delivers written notice of non-extension to the other party at least 90 days prior to the extension of the term. Mr. Stewart's annual base salary is $200,000, to be increased to $245,000 for the remainder of the term upon a positive operating income determination (as specifically defined in the agreement). He is also eligible to participate in our executive bonus plan, under which the minimum target bonus opportunity is 25% of his annual base salary, and in any stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other equity compensation plan or program sponsored by us or our affiliates on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to our executives. In addition, he is generally entitled to participate in all other incentive, savings and retirement plans, health and welfare plans, practices, policies and programs sponsored by us or our affiliates on the same terms and conditions as generally applicable to our executives.
The agreement provides for a stock option grant to Mr. Stewart for 2,000,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.80 per share, 500,000 of which vested as of the date of the grant, 250,000 of which became vested and exercisable on May 15, 2011, and with the remaining shares vesting vest over a 42-month period at a rate of 1/48th of the total shares per month, with 100% of the option becoming exercisable on November 15, 2014.
If Mr. Stewart is terminated by us with or without "cause," including for "disability," or if he resigns for any reason, including "good reason" (each as defined in the agreement), then upon compliance with customary post-employment conditions, he will be entitled, in addition to typical earned but unpaid compensation and benefits, to: (a) 12 months of his annual base salary then in effect, (b) monthly payment equal to the cost of COBRA coverage for him (and if applicable his spouse and dependents) until the earlier of his becoming an employee of another entity and the 12 month anniversary of his termination or resignation and (c) 12 months to exercise any vested options. In addition, upon consummation of a capital transaction (as defined in the agreement) his option described above will immediately vest. In the event of his death, his estate will be entitled to receive only typical earned but unpaid compensation and benefits as of the date of his death.
David C. Dreyer
We are party to an employment agreement with Mr. Dreyer, which became effective as of October 22, 2010, pursuant to which he serves as our Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. The term of the agreement is three years from the effective date, and automatically extends for additional one-year terms thereafter unless either party delivers written notice of non-extension to the other party at least 90 days prior to the extension of the term. Mr. Dreyer's annual base salary will be $200,000 to be increased to $240,000 for the remainder of the term should we generate positive operating income (as specifically defined in the agreement) for two consecutive fiscal quarters. He is also eligible to participate in our executive bonus plan, under which the minimum target bonus opportunity is 25% of his annual base salary and in any stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other equity compensation plan or program sponsored by us or our affiliates on the same terms and conditions generally applicable to our executives. In addition, he is generally entitled to participate in all other incentive, savings and retirement plans, health and welfare plans, practices, policies and programs sponsored by us or our affiliates on the same terms and conditions as generally applicable to our executives.
The agreement provided for a stock option grant to Mr. Dreyer for 450,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.75 per share, of which 100,000 vested on April 22, 2011, with the remainder vesting over a 42-month period at a rate of 1/48th of the total shares per month, with 100% of the option becoming exercisable on October 22, 2014.
If Mr. Dreyer is terminated by us without "cause" or if he resigns for "good reason" (each as defined in the agreement), then upon his compliance with customary post-employment conditions, he will be entitled, in addition to typical earned but unpaid compensation and benefits, to: (a) six months of severance payments based on his annual base salary at such time and (b) continued medical and welfare benefits and continued vesting of his stock options for the time period for which he is entitled to payment described in subsection (a). These same benefits, scaled to a three month period, are generally available to him or his estate in the event of Mr. Dreyer's disability or death (with an additional three months of stock option vesting in the latter case).
In addition, upon consummation of a change of control (as defined in the agreement) all of his unvested stock options and unvested deferred compensation will immediately vest.
Effective January 1, 2012 our board of directors approved increasing both Mr. Stewart's and Mr. Dreyer's annual salaries to $240,000 from their previous $200,000 annual salaries, based on accomplishments achieved during 2011, which included significant sales growth. As discussed in our Original 10-K filing, we ended the 2011 fiscal year with an installed customer base of 98 hospitals, representing annual growth of 42%, and had 165 additional hospitals with signed agreements awaiting implementations during 2012, that is expected to bring the total installed customer base to 263 hospitals during 2012. Both Mr. Stewart's and Mr. Dreyer's employment agreements contained criteria for increasing their annual salaries based on achievement of certain profitability goals, which the board of directors deemed essentially satisfied in light of the significant sales growth achieved. Mr. Stewart agreed to the increase to $240,000 despite a slightly higher increase provided for in his employment agreement. In addition, the board also approved granting Mr. Stewart and Mr. Dreyer options to purchase 100,000 shares each at an exercise price of $1.20 per share, which represented the closing price of our stock on the date of grant. Such grants were made pursuant to the 25% bonus opportunity available to each of Mr. Stewart and Mr. Dreyer in his employment agreement.
Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2011
The following table sets forth the stock option awards held by our named executive officers at December 31, 2011.
Option Awards
|
|
|
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Number of
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|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Securities
|
|
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Securities
|
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Option
|
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Underlying
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Underlying
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Weighted
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Unexercised
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Unexercised
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Average
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Options
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Options
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Exercise
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Option
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Name
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(#) Exercisable
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(#) Unexercisable
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price
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expiration date
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Brian E. Stewart (1)
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1,107,143
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892,857
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$
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0.80
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11/15/2020
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Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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David C. Dreyer (2)
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
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180,903
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269,097
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$
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0.75
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10/22/2020
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(1)
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Mr. Stewart received a stock option grant for a total of 2,000,000 shares of our common stock, 500,000 of which vested as of the date of the grant and 250,000 of which vested and became exercisable on December 22, 2010. The unvested options vest at a rate of approximately 29,762 shares monthly, with 100% of the option becoming exercisable on November 15, 2014. The 198,560 shares relate to a warrant to purchase shares of our common stock. Mr. Stewart also holds warrants to purchase 198,560 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.09 per share, expiring on July 31, 2013. Such warrants were received other than in connection with services to us as our President and Chief Executive Officer.
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(2)
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Mr. Dreyer received a stock option grant for 450,000 shares of our common stock, of which 100,000 vested on April 22, 2011. The unvested options vest at a rate of approximately 8,333 shares monthly, with 100% of the option becoming exercisable on October 22, 2014.
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Additional Narrative Disclosure
We do not currently offer a pension benefit plan or any non-qualified deferred compensation plan. For a description of payments required to be made to our named executive officers in connection with a change of control or termination of their employment, see "Narrative Discussion to Summary Compensation Table—Employment Agreements" above.
Director Compensation
The following individuals served as our non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2011: John P. Francis, Louis Glazer, MD, PhG, Herbert Langsam and Wenchen Lin. None of these directors received any compensation from us for their board service during 2011. For information about Mr. Stewart's compensation for 2011, see “Executive Compensation” above.
As of December 31, 2011, our non-employee directors held the following outstanding option awards:
Outstanding Option Awards at December 31, 2011
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Name
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John P. Francis
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—
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Louis Glazer, MD, PhG
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180,000
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Herbert Langsam(1)
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34,500
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Wenchen Lin
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—
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(1) Herbert Langsam, passed away on February 7, 2012. Mr. Langsam was one of the two directors appointed by the holders of the Series A Stock.
Narrative Discussion of Director Compensation
During the year ended December 31, 2011, we did not have in place any formal plans or programs providing for the payment of compensation to our non-employee directors. Payment (or accrual) of attendance fees to our non-employee directors for service on our board of directors is determined and approved on an ad hoc basis. We did not pay or accrue any fees for service on our board for 2011. Similarly, equity grants are determined and approved on an ad hoc basis. We did not grant any equity awards to our non-employee directors for service on our board of directors in 2011. Directors received only reimbursement of reasonable expenses for attendance at meetings of our board and annual stockholders meeting.
Beneficial Ownership of our Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock and our Series A Preferred Stock as of May 31, 2012 (1) by each person who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding common stock and/or Series A Preferred Stock, (2) by each of our directors and nominees for director, (3) by each named executive officer identified in the table set forth under the heading “Executive Compensation—Summary Compensation Table,” and (4) by all of our executive officers and directors as a group.
Shares Beneficially Owned (b)
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Common Stock
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Series A
Preferred Stock
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (a)
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Number
of Shares
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%
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Number
of Shares
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%
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Kinderhook Partners, LP
2 Executive Drive
Suite 585
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
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7,359,435
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(c)
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20
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%
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Francis Capital Management, LLC
2400 Broadway, Suite 220
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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3,207,040
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(d)
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9
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%
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Compass Global Management, Ltd.
c/o M&C Corporate Services limited
P.O. Box 309 GT, Ugland House
South Church Street, Georgetown
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
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2,600,000
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(e)
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7
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%
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Cardinal Health, Inc.
7000 Cardinal Place
Dublin, OH 4017
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1,875,000
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(f)
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5
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%
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—
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Catalysis Partners, LLC
2400 Broadway, Suite 220
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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1,718,968
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(d)
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5
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%
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—
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Radisson Trading Company
RM 1502-4, Righteous Centre
585 Nathan Road, Mongkok,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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3,029,333
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(g)
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8
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%
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—
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Catalysis Offshore, Ltd.
2400 Broadway, Suite 220
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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1,335,432
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(d)
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4
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%
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—
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Melanie Glazer
801 Ocean Ave., #403
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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753,184
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(i)
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2
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%
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10,750
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98
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%
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Brian Stewart
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2,244,037
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(j)
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6
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%
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John P. Francis
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3,207,040
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(k)
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9
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%
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—
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Louis Glazer, MD
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753,184
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(l)
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2
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%
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10,750
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98
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%
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Lynne Silverstein
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91,330
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*
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—
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Wenchen Lin
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2,145,642
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(m)
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6
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%
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—
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David Dreyer
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429,995
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(n)
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*
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—
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All named directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons total)
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8,871,228
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(o)
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22
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%
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10,750
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98
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%
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* less than 1%
(a) The address of each person named in the table, unless otherwise indicated, is Patient Safety Technologies, Inc., 2 Venture Plaza, Suite 350 Irvine CA, 92618.
(b) To our knowledge, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock and/or preferred stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable (or other beneficial ownership shared with a spouse) and the information contained in this table and these notes.
The Series A Stock votes on all matters submitted to our stockholders for a vote, voting together with the holders of our common stock as a single class, with each share of Series A Stock entitled to one vote per share. Except in special circumstances and where mandated by law, our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Stock") is non-voting.
Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with SEC rules, which generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to each person who possesses, either solely or shared with others, the power to vote or dispose of those securities.
SEC rules also treat as beneficially owned all shares that a person would receive upon exercise or conversion of stock options, warrants or other securities or rights held by that person that are immediately exercisable or convertible, or exercisable or convertible within 60 days of the determination date, which in our case is May 31, 2012. Such shares are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the number of shares beneficially owned and the percentage ownership of the person holding such options, warrants securities or other rights, but these shares are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. On May 31, 2012, there were 36,523,253 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and 10,950 shares of our Series A Stock issued and outstanding. Subject to the terms and conditions of our Series B Stock and to customary adjustments to the conversion rate, each share of our Series B Stock is convertible into 133 shares of our common stock so long as the number of shares of our common stock "beneficially owned" (as defined in Rule 13d-3(d)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the holder, its affiliates and any persons acting as a group with such holder or its affiliates, following such conversion, does not exceed 4.9% of our outstanding common stock (after giving effect to such conversion) (the "Beneficial Ownership Limitation"). Holders of our Series B Stock may, upon not less than 61 days' prior notice, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided that such Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.9% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. Therefore, under SEC rules, a holder who only owns Series B Stock would generally not be deemed a 5% holder because such shares cannot be converted within 60 days of the determination date. Accordingly, such a holder would not be disclosed on this table as a 5% holder. However, for holders of Series B Stock for whom disclosure is required on this table for reasons other than 5% ownership of Series B Stock (i.e., directors and executive officers), the shares underlying the Series B Stock they hold, if any, up to the 4.9% Beneficial Ownership Limit, would be included in the ownership information in this table, unless such limit would preclude any conversion of such Series B Stock.
(c) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on May 21, 2012 by Kinderhook Capital Management, LLC ("Kinderhook"), who serves as the investment advisor to Kinderhook Partners, L.P. Kinderhook GP, LLC serves as the general partner to Kinderhook Partners, L.P., and Messrs. Tushar Shah and Stephen J. Clearman serve as the general partner's managing members. Each of these persons is known by Kinderhook to have the right to receive the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the shares of, common stock reported. Kinderhook disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(d) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010. For Francis Capital Management, includes shares of common stock beneficially owned by Catalysis Partners, LLC ("Catalysis") and Catalysis Offshore, Ltd. Francis Capital Management, LLC acts as the investment manager for Catalysis and Catalysis Offshore, Ltd. and may be deemed to beneficially own such securities. Mr. Francis has voting and investment control over securities held by Francis Capital Management, LLC, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities. Excludes 10,353 shares of our Series B Stock owned by Catalysis. See footnote (b).
(e) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010. Includes warrants to acquire 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.40 per share, which expire August 1, 2013.
(f) Includes warrants to purchase 1,250,000 shares of the our common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share and warrants to purchase 625,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The warrants expire November 19, 2014.
(g) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010 and our knowledge of the issuance in March 2011 of 1,333,333 shares of common stock to Radisson Trading Company.
(h) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010.
(i) Common stock includes (i) 226,991 shares of common stock held in various trusts for the benefit of Mrs. Glazer, (ii) 339,593 shares of common stock held in the Glazer Family Partnership, over which Mrs. Glazer shares control with her husband, Dr. Glazer, (iii) 6,600 shares held by Dr. Glazer, (iv) options to purchase 180,000 shares of our common stock held by Dr. Glazer. Series A Stock includes (i) 1,500 shares of Series A Stock held in various trusts for the benefit of Mrs. Glazer, (ii) 6,650 shares of Series A Stock held in the Glazer Family Partnership over which Mrs. Glazer shares control with her husband, Dr. Glazer and (iii) 2,600 shares of Series A Stock held by both Dr. Glazer and Mrs. Glazer.
(j) Includes (i) 730,000 shares of our common stock, (ii) warrants to acquire 48,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, which expire May 20, 2013, (iii) warrants to acquire 100,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.40 per share, which expire August 1, 2013, (iv) warrants to acquire 50,560 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share and (iv) options to purchase 1,315,477 shares of our common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2012.
(k) Information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010. Represents securities beneficially owned by Francis Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Francis has voting and investment control over securities held by Francis Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Francis disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities.
(l) Common stock includes (i) 198,971 shares of common stock held in various trusts for the benefit of Melanie Glazer, Dr. Glazer's spouse, (ii) 28,020 shares held by Mrs. Glazer, (iii) 339,593 shares of common stock held in the Glazer Family Partnership, over which Dr. Glazer shares control with his spouse and (iv) options to purchase 180,000 shares of our common stock held by Dr. Glazer. Series A Preferred Stock includes (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in various trusts for the benefit of Mrs. Glazer, (ii) shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in the Glazer Family Partnership over which Dr. Glazer shares control with his spouse and (iii) 2,600 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by both Dr. Glazer and Mrs. Glazer.
(m) Includes 1,100,000 shares of common stock held by A Plus International Inc., which information is based on a Schedule 13D filed on April 16, 2010, but excludes 11,249 shares of our Series B Stock owned by A Plus (see footnote (b)). Mr. Lin may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares held by A Plus by virtue of his ownership and control of A Plus. Includes 1,045,642 shares of common stock purchased as part of our May 2012 private placement which were subsequently transferred to members of his family as follows; Kelvin Lin 348,548, Kelly Lin 348,547 and Karen Lin 348,547 shares.
(n) Includes (i) 205,000 shares of our common stock and (ii) options to purchase 224,995 shares of our common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2012.
(o) Includes 6,952,196 shares of common stock, options to purchase 1,720,472 shares of our common stock that are exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2012, and warrants to purchase 198,560 shares of our common stock. Does not include stock options and warrants granted but not beneficially owned as of May 31, 2012.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information on our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2011.
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Number of Securities
to
be Issued upon
Exercise
of Outstanding
Options
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Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding
Options
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Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Reflected in
Column (a)
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Plan Category
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Column (a)
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Column (b)
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Column (c)
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Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders
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4,036,043
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(1)
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1.28
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(2)
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1,463,957
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(3)
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Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
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2,143,334
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|
|
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0.90
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|
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—
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Total:
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|
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6,179,377
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|
|
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1.19
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|
|
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1,463,957
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___________
(1) This includes 1,054,500 options outstanding under our Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan, and 2,981,543 under our 2009 Stock Option Plan, but excludes 2,143,334 non-qualified options that were issued outside of these equity plans and were approved by our board of directors.
(2) This weighted average exercise price excludes 2,143,334 non-qualified options that were issued outside our equity plans. The remaining weighted term of outstanding options (excluding the 3,150,000 non-qualified options that were issued outside our equity plans) is 8.02 years.
(3) All of these shares remain available for future grants under our equity plans.
Convertible Note Payable
During 2010, we recognized a gain on debt extinguishment of $893,000 in connection with the settlement of a convertible note payable with a previous carrying value of $1.42 million, that prior to the settlement was held by Ault Glazer Capital Partners, LLC, which was at the time of contract controlled by Milton "Todd" Ault III, our former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Glazer, M.D. Ph.G., who was a member of our board of directors and who had a significant beneficial interest in our common and Series A Preferred Stock at such time.
A Plus International, Inc. Wenchen Lin
During the three months ended March 31, 2012 the Company purchased approximately $1.8 thousand in connection with the manufacture of surgical products used in the Safety-Sponge® System by A Plus International, Inc. (“A Plus”), of which the vast majority was recognized in cost of revenue. At March 31, 2012, the Company’s accounts payable included $1.6 million owed to A Plus in connection with the purchase of surgical products used in the Safety-Sponge® System. Wayne Lin, a Director and significant beneficial owner of the Company is a founder and significant owner of A Plus.
For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, we purchased approximately $4.3 million, $6.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, in connection with the manufacture of surgical products used in the Safety-Sponge® System by A Plus, the vast majority of which was recognized in cost of revenues. At December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, our accounts payable included $1.2 million, $2.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, owed to A Plus in connection with the manufacture and supply of surgical products used in the Safety-Sponge® System. Effective June 1, 2009, the terms of our supply agreement with A Plus were clarified to provide that title to surgical products purchased, transferred to us upon receipt by A Plus at its Chino, California warehouse. Wenchen Lin, a Director and significant beneficial owner of our stock is a founder and significant owner of A Plus. On June 24, 2010, A Plus converted $1.0 million of accounts payable owed to A Plus into 10,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
On May 18, 2012, we closed on a private placement financing raising $3.5 million through the issuance of 2.5 million shares of our $0.33 par value common stock at a selling price of $1.40 per share. Wayne Lin, purchased 1,045,642 shares for a purchase price of $1,463,899.
Radisson Trading Company
On March 29, 2011 and March 30, 2011, we closed on a private placement financing raising $7.1 million through the issuance of 9.483 million shares of our $0.33 par value common stock at a selling price of $0.75 per share. Radisson Trading Company, which beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock, purchased 1,333,333 shares for a purchase price of $1,000,000.
Kinderhook Partners, LP
On May 18, 2012, we closed on a private placement financing raising $3.5 million through the issuance of 2.5 million shares of our $0.33 par value common stock at a selling price of $1.40 per share. Kinderhook Partners, LP, which beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock, purchased 1,045,642 shares for a purchase price of $1,463,899.
Kane Aviation
Prior to June 24, 2010, from time to time, we used the services of an aircraft-owning partnership principally owned by Steven H. Kane, our former chief executive officer, for air travel. During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, we incurred $19,000 and $16,000, respectively, of expenses related to the use of such air travel services.
Francis Capital Management
On June 24, 2010, Catalysis Partners, LLC, invested $1.0 million in our Series B Preferred Stock. John P. Francis, a member of our board of directors, has voting and investment control over securities held by Francis Capital Management, LLC, which acts as the investment manager for Catalysis Partners, LLC.
Release and Separation Agreements
In connection with the sale of our Series B Preferred Stock in June 2010, Steven H. Kane, our former chief executive officer, resigned from his positions with us, and Howard E. Chase, Loren McFarland, Eugene A. Bauer, MD, and William M. Hitchcock also resigned as members of our board of directors and received certain severance benefits.
In connection with Mr. Kane's resignation, we entered into a Separation and Release Agreement (the "Release") with him. Under the Release, Mr. Kane was entitled to receive 12 months of salary and health payments ($325,000), payable over the 12 months following his resignation, and waived his rights to any bonus payment, or payment for excise taxes. The Release also provided for the payment to Mr. Kane, in cash, of an aggregate $224,793 as payment in full for all accrued director fees and salary, accrued vacation, and accrued severance benefits of $325,000 as of June 30, 2010 as provided in his employment agreement.
In connection with the resignation of Messrs. Chase, McFarland and Hitchcock and Dr. Bauer as members of our board of directors, effective as of June 24, 2010, we entered into release agreements with each of them, which provided for the payment, in cash, of the following accrued but then-unpaid director's fees: $83,488 to Mr. Chase, $64,912 to Mr. McFarland, $10,025 to Mr. Hitchcock and $10,025 to Dr. Bauer.
Cardinal Health
We are party to a Supply and Distribution Agreement with Cardinal Health, which beneficially owns at least 5% of our common stock and which is our exclusive distributor in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. In March 2011, we and Cardinal Health signed an amendment to the Supply and Distribution Agreement (the “Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement”). The Amended Supply and Distribution Agreement revised a number of terms and conditions of the previous agreement, including but not limited to extending the termination date of the agreement from November 19, 2014 to December 31, 2015 and adding certain terms and provisions regarding setting target inventory levels and defining a formula for determining what excess inventory is of our products held by Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health has agreed to not sell any of the $10.0 million stocking order inventory until calendar year 2012, and we have agreed to a methodology for how Cardinal Health will sell this inventory to our customers, so there is a more orderly release throughout the 2012 year that more reasonably minimizes its impact to our revenues and cash flow during 2012.
For additional information relating to our related party transactions, see Note 15 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
Independence of the Board of Directors
During his service on our board, which ended on his date of death, Mr. Langsam was, "independent" as that term is defined in the listing rules of the Nasdaq National Market. None of our current directors are "independent" as that term is defined in the listing rules of the Nasdaq National Market because such rules require that our board make an affirmative determination as to directors' independence, and our board has not done this. Our board's lack of an affirmative determination as to directors' independence as of the date of this report does not preclude the board from making a determination in the future that any such director is independent if such director is in compliance with the listing rules of the Nasdaq National Market.
Principal accountant fees and services
For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2011, the aggregate fees billed by Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson LLP (“Squar Milner”) were as follows:
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2010
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2011
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Audit Fees
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$
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185,278
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$
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140,616
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|
Audit-related Fees
|
|
$
|
8,609
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|
|
$
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46,006
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|
Tax Fees
|
|
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4,400
|
|
|
|
3,081
|
|
Total Fees
|
|
$
|
198,287
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|
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$
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189,703
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Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end consolidated financial statements and reviews of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in quarterly reports and services that are normally provided by independent registered public accounting firms in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.
Audit-related Fees. Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and are not reported under "Audit Fees." These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. For 2011, these fees also included fees related to assistance with SEC comment letter responses and fees related to filing our registration statements on Form S-1.
Tax Fees. Tax fees consisted principally of fees billed to us for professional services performed with respect to compliance with our tax contingency matter.
Policies and Procedures Relating to Approval of Services by Auditor
Our board of directors functioning as our audit committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of the independent auditors. The board will consider whether the provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the independent auditor's independence, and will approve such services, should such a situation arise.
Our board has responsibility for appointing, as well as setting the compensation and overseeing the work of, the independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, although permitted by Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to pre-approve the provisions of audit and non-audit services by our independent auditor, our board does not currently have in place formal pre-approval policies and procedures. As such, our board approves each engagement of our independent auditor for audit and permitted non-audit services. Thus, all services provided by Squar Milner during 2011, as described above, were approved by our board of directors in advance of Squar Milner providing such services.
The following is a brief description of our capital stock. This summary does not purport to be complete in all respects. This description is subject to and qualified entirely by the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Designation of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, or, collectively, our certificate of incorporation, and our bylaws, copies of which have been filed with the SEC and are also available upon request from us, and by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Authorized Capitalization
We have authorized 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.33 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which 500,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, and 150,000 shares have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, or Series B Preferred Stock. Our authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. If the approval of our stockholders is not so required, our board of directors may determine not to seek stockholder approval.
As of May 31, 2012, there were issued and outstanding:
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•
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36,523,253 shares of common stock, including 2,499,998 shares of issued and outstanding common stock being offered under this prospectus by the selling stockholders;
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•
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10,950 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which shares of preferred stock are no longer convertible into shares of our common stock;
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68,108 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, convertible into 9,081,067 shares of our common stock (based on dividing the $100 per share stated value of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by the current conversion price of $0.75 per share);
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Warrants to purchase 4,360,645 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $1.87 per share; and
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Options to purchase an aggregate of 6,542,777 shares of common stock, at a weighted average exercise price of $1.19 per share.
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Description of Common Stock
Holders of our common stock are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for such purpose, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding preferred stock. The shares of common stock are neither redeemable or convertible. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or subscription rights to purchase any of our securities.
Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each such share outstanding in the holder’s name. No holder of common stock is entitled to cumulate votes in voting for directors.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive pro rata our assets which are legally available for distribution, after payments of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any holders of preferred stock then outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable. The shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will also be fully paid and non-assessable.
Our common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “PSTX”. The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Transfer Online. Its address is at 512 SE Salmon St Portland, OR 97214, and its telephone number is (503) 227-6874.
Description of Preferred Stock
Series A Preferred Stock
While the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive out of funds legally available therefore, preferential dividends in cash at a rate of 7% per annum of the liquidation preference, payable quarterly. We may redeem the convertible preferred stock at a redemption price in cash equal to the liquidation preference per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon through the date of such redemption.
The Series A Preferred Stock was previously convertible into shares of our common stock. Such conversion rights have now expired. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the stockholders of the convertible preferred stock are entitled to receive $100 per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends before distributions to any holder of the Company’s common stock.
Except as otherwise required by law, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote on all matters submitted to our stockholders, voting together with the holders of our common stock as a single class, with each shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to one vote per share. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as one class, have the right to elect: (a) two directors at all times during which the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding; and (b) a majority of the directors, if at any time dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have not been paid in an amount equal to two full years’ of dividends, and to continue to be so represented until all dividends in arrears have been paid or otherwise provided for, subject to the prior rights, if any, of the holders of any class of senior securities outstanding.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
While the Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, holders of the Series B Preferred are entitled to receive quarterly cumulative dividends at a rate of 7.00% per annum, beginning on July 1, 2010. All dividends due on or prior to December 31, 2011 are payable in kind in the form of additional shares of Series B Preferred, and all dividends payable after December 31, 2011 are payable solely in cash. We have, however, obtained consent from the holders of our Series B Preferred Stock to pay either cash dividends or pay dividends with paid in kind shares for periods from January 1, 2012. The dividends on our Series B Preferred Stock average approximately $110 thousand per quarter and Series A are $19 thousand per quarter. So long as shares of Series B Preferred are outstanding, we are restricted from making certain payments in respect of any of our junior and pari passu securities, except that we may pay dividends due and paid in the ordinary course on our Series A Preferred Stock when we are otherwise in compliance with our payment obligations to the holders of the Series B Preferred.
The Series B Preferred is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our common stock based on dividing the $100 per share stated value of the Series B Preferred Stock by the current conversion price of $0.75 per share, subject to conventional adjustments for stock splits, stock combinations and the like. We are subject to certain liquidated damages if we fail to timely honor our conversion obligations as set forth in the Series B Certificate. The Series B Preferred is not redeemable either by the Company or by the holders. However, shares of our Series B Preferred automatically convert into shares of our common stock at the $.75 conversion price if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) the daily volume weighted average price of our common stock is equal to or in excess of $1.50 per share for all trading days during any 6-month period and (b) the number of shares traded during such period averages at least 50,000 shares of common stock per trading day. Also, the Series B Preferred automatically convert into shares of our common stock at the applicable conversion price if our operating income is positive for at least four consecutive fiscal quarters and our cumulative operating income during such four fiscal quarters is at least $5,000,000.
The Series B Preferred does not have voting rights except (i) as provided by Delaware law; (ii) upon the occurrence of the fifth anniversary of the issue date; or (iii) upon our failure to pay dividends for two consecutive quarters or three non-consecutive quarters. Upon the occurrence of either event described in (ii) or (iii), the holders of the Series B Preferred are entitled to elect two additional directors to our board of directors and, within two business days, we must create a special committee of our board of directors consisting of up to three directors, of which two must be the two newly-elected additional directors, and promptly grant such special committee sole and exclusive authority and power to investigate, negotiate and consummate a sale of the Company or strategic alternative thereto. The Series B Preferred are entitled to receive, prior and in preference to all other shares of our capital stock (with an exception noted below), upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the stated value of the Series B Preferred, plus accrued but unpaid dividends, or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series B Preferred been converted into our common stock immediately prior to such liquidation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first $1,095,000 of distributable amounts in a liquidation shall first be paid to the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock. Mergers, sales of substantially all assets and similar transactions are deemed to be liquidations for purposes of the liquidation preference.
There are certain limits to the ability of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock to convert such shares into shares of our common stock based upon their respective ownership levels of our common stock. Generally, there are conversion limits that apply at the 4.9% and 9.9% beneficial ownership levels, and the 4.9% conversion limit can be increased up to 9.9% upon 61 days’ notice to us from the applicable holder.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law
The following is a summary of certain provisions of Delaware law. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the corporate law of Delaware and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
Effect of Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute. We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. In general, Section 203 prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:
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prior to that date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
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upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares of voting stock outstanding (but not the voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by persons who are directors and officers and by excluding employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or
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on or subsequent to that date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.
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Section 203 defines “business combination” to include the following:
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any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
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any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;
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subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;
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any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or
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the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.
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In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or who beneficially owns 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within a three-year period immediately prior to the date of determining whether such person is an interested stockholder, and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by any of these entities or persons.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent for our common stock is Transfer Online, Inc. at 512 SE Salmon St., Portland, OR 97214.
The validity of the common stock being offered hereby has been passed upon by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California.
The consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 appearing in this prospectus and in the registration statement have been audited by Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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Audited Financial Statements
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F-2
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F-3
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F-4
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F-5
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F-6
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F-7
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Unaudited Financial Statements
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F-27
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F-28
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F-29
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To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Patient Safety Technologies, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits 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 was not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that were 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 presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ SQUAR, MILNER, PETERSON, MIRANDA & WILLIAMSON, LLP
Newport Beach, California
March 23, 2012
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December 31,
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2011
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2010
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Assets
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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3,668,524
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$
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1,896,034
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Restricted cash
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—
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223,630
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Accounts receivable
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1,307,510
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|
|
|
772,381
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|
Inventories, net
|
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|
2,772,117
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|
|
|
1,110,832
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Prepaid expenses
|
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|
180,802
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|
|
|
104,628
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|
Total current assets
|
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|
7,928,953
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|
|
|
4,107,505
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Property and equipment, net
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|
1,691,961
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|
|
|
979,833
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|
Goodwill
|
|
|
1,832,027
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|
|
|
1,832,027
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Patents, net
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|
2,464,142
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|
|
|
2,789,083
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Other assets
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|
40,463
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|
|
|
39,038
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|
Total assets
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$
|
13,957,546
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|
|
$
|
9,747,486
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|
|
|
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Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
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Current liabilities
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|
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|
|
|
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|
Accounts payable
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|
$
|
2,808,524
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|
|
$
|
2,605,669
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|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
574,917
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|
|
|
942,472
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|
Warrant derivative liability
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|
|
—
|
|
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|
991,682
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|
Deferred revenue
|
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|
545,027
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|
|
|
1,477,720
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Total current liabilities
|
|
|
3,928,468
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|
|
|
6,017,543
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
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Stockholders’ equity
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Series A preferred stock, $1.00 par value, cumulative 7% dividend:
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1,000,000 shares authorized; 10,950 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011
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and 2010;
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(Liquidation preference of $1.1 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010)
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10,950
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10,950
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Series B convertible preferred stock, $1.00 par value, cumulative 7% dividend:
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150,000 shares authorized; 65,864 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011
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and 61,589 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010;
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(Liquidation preference of $6.6 million at December 31, 2011 and $6.2 million at December 31, 2010)
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65,864
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|
|
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61,589
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Common stock, $0.33 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized;
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34,020,255 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 23,956,063 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010
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11,226,684
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|
|
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7,905,501
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Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
57,733,790
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|
|
|
52,356,930
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Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(59,008,210
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)
|
|
|
(56,605,027
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)
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Total stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
10,029,078
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|
|
|
3,729,943
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
$
|
13,957,546
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|
|
$
|
9,747,486
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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For the Years Ended December 31,
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2011
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2010
|
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Revenues
|
|
$
|
9,463,479
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|
|
$
|
14,797,013
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Cost of revenue
|
|
|
5,115,946
|
|
|
|
7,334,125
|
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Gross profit
|
|
|
4,347,533
|
|
|
|
7,462,888
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
107,397
|
|
|
|
186,089
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|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
2,971,525
|
|
|
|
2,865,652
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
3,931,049
|
|
|
|
6,595,815
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
7,009,971
|
|
|
|
9,647,556
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(2,662,438
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)
|
|
|
(2,184,668
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
893,003
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(7,405
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)
|
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of warrant derivative liability
|
|
|
567,573
|
|
|
|
2,674,654
|
|
Loss on impairment of long-term investment
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(666,667
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)
|
Other income, net
|
|
|
221,201
|
|
|
|
433,989
|
|
Total other income (expense)
|
|
|
788,774
|
|
|
|
3,327,574
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income before income taxes
|
|
|
(1,873,664
|
)
|
|
|
1,142,906
|
|
Income tax (benefit) provision
|
|
|
(25,887
|
)
|
|
|
857,122
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
|
(1,899,551
|
)
|
|
|
2,000,028
|
|
Preferred dividends
|
|
|
(503,632
|
)
|
|
|
(186,725
|
)
|
Net (loss) income applicable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(2,403,183
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,813,303
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
31,510,716
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|
|
|
23,472,730
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
31,510,716
|
|
|
|
30,768,576
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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|
|
Series B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Series A
|
|
Convertible
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
Stockholders
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock
|
|
Preferred Stock
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Capital
|
|
Deficit
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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BALANCES, December 31, 2009
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|
|
10,950
|
|
|
$
|
10,950
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
23,456,063
|
|
|
$
|
7,740,501
|
|
$
|
44,834,321
|
|
$
|
(58,418,330
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)
|
$
|
(5,832,558
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred dividend
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
(76,707
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)
|
$
|
(76,707
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)
|
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Dividends
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
1,089
|
|
|
$
|
1,089
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
108,511
|
|
$
|
(110,018
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)
|
$
|
(418
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)
|
Issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, net of transaction costs
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
60,500
|
|
|
$
|
60,500
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
5,509,560
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
5,570,060
|
|
Common stock issued in connection with extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
$
|
165,000
|
|
$
|
235,000
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
400,000
|
|
Stock based compensation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
1,669,538
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
1,669,538
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
$
|
2,000,028
|
|
$
|
2,000,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCES, December 31, 2010
|
|
|
10,950
|
|
|
$
|
10,950
|
|
|
61,589
|
|
|
$
|
61,589
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23,956,063
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7,905,501
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