$NVLX Files Form 10-Q

The Company’s financial statements are prepared using generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applicable to a going concern which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of October 31, 2014, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $75,607,031 and incurred a net loss for six months ended October 31, 2014 of $5,648,497.

Funding has been provided by management and investors to maintain and expand the Company and acquire Bio Blue Bird. New investors enabled the completion of the acquisition of Bio Blue Bird which provided the Company the ability to begin preparations toward clinical trials in patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer. Additional funding enabled the Company to obtain the diabetes license and to advance the Company’s preclinical studies and preparations for clinical trials of its product candidates. The remaining challenges, beyond the regulatory and clinical aspects, include accessing further funding for the Company to cover its future cash flow needs. The Company continues to acquire additional funds through management’s efforts.

On October 28, 2014, the Company filed a Form S-3 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Registration Statement registered $50 million of securities which may be issued by the Company from time to time in indeterminate amounts and times and at the discretion of the Company.

The Company requires substantial additional capital to finance its planned business operations and expects to incur operating losses in future periods due to the expenses related to the Company’s core businesses. The Company has not realized material revenue since it commenced doing business in the biotechnology sector, and it is not without doubt that it will be successful in generating revenues in the future in this sector. The Company believes that cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2014 are sufficient to fund its operations through the end of October 31, 2015.

The Company will continue to be dependent on outside capital to fund its research and operating expenditures for the foreseeable future. If the Company fails to generate positive cash flows or fails to obtain additional capital when required, the Company may need to modify, delay or abandon some or all of its business plans.

Management Strategy and Goals

The Company has worked closely with the senior executives of SG Austria and Austrianova Singapore in a number of critical areas. The senior executives of the Company, and SG Austria and Austrianova Singapore have succeeded in creating mechanisms and processes to advance the interests of their respective companies, regardless of the economic conditions and challenges. The strong collaboration between the two companies is expected to remain since the Company has a 14.5% ownership interest in SG Austria and Austrianova Singapore will be carrying out the manufacturing of encapsulated live cells for the Company in the areas of pancreatic cancer and diabetes. In addition, the senior executives of SG Austria and Austrianova Singapore will be working with the Company to develop new areas for the use of the live cell encapsulation technology, one example being the development of a “breakthrough” treatment for breast cancer.

The Company’s first goal is to ensure that the success engendered in the previous Phase 1/2 pancreatic cancer clinical trials can be built upon and advanced. This occurred with the Company’s acquisition of Bio Blue Bird. This acquisition enabled the Company to advance itself as a biotechnology company. Due to the Company’s extensive array of product candidates already in-house, the Company exists as a biotechnology company with a broad base – much like that of larger biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies after years of in-house advances, the purchasing of products from third parties and even the acquisition of entire companies. Thus, with an overall goal of long-term growth, management believes the Company is poised to be thrust into a very different position from that of one year ago, particularly as a result of the stabilization of its financial condition that has been occurring over the past year.

Management believes its objective is to have the Company become an industry-leading biotechnology company, with a multi-part, laser-focused strategy. Like those of larger pharmaceutical companies, this strategy is expected to strengthen the Company’s position in both the short and long term. The Company will seek to raise capital to fund growth opportunities and provide for its working capital needs as the strategy of the Company is executed. The Company’s efforts to achieve financial stability and to enable it to carry out the strategy of the Company include several primary components:

• The completion of the preparations for the Phase 2b clinical trial in advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer to be carried out in Australia;
• The conducting of preclinical studies and clinical trials that will examine the effectiveness of the Company’s pancreatic cancer treatment in ameliorating the pain and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid in the abdomen that are characteristic of pancreatic cancer. These studies and trials will be conducted by Translational Drug Development in the United States;
• The enhancement of the Company’s ability to expand into the biotechnology arena through further research and partnering;
• The acquisition of new contracts and revenue utilizing both in-house products and the newly acquired biotechnology licensing rights;
•  The further development of uses of the Cell-in-a-Box technology platform through contracts, licensing agreements and joint ventures with other companies; and
• The completion of testing, expansion and marketing of existing and newly derived product candidates.

NOTE 3 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. While these statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for fair presentation of the results of the interim period, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto, together with Management’s Discussion and Analysis, for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014. The interim results for the six months ended October 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year.

Management further acknowledges it is solely responsible for adopting sound accounting practices, establishing and maintaining a system of internal accounting controls and preventing and detecting fraud. The Company’s system of internal accounting control is designed to ensure, among other items, that transactions are recorded and valid and in the proper period in a timely manner to produce financial statements which present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the respective periods being presented.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries as of October 31, 2014, Viridis Biotech, Inc. (formerly known as Medical Marijuana Services, Inc.), Nuvilex Europe Limited, Nuvilex Australia Private Limited and Bio Blue Bird. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. See Note 4 for further discussion on consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents to the extent the funds are not being held for investment purposes. There were no cash equivalents as of October 31, 2014.

Segment Reporting

ASC Topic 280, “Segment Report,” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. ASC Topic 280 has no effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company consists of one reportable business segment.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Expenditures that increase the useful lives or capacities of the plant and equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to income as incurred. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives as follows:

• Computer equipment/software – 3 years
• Furniture and fixtures – 7 years
• Machinery and equipment – 7 years
• Building improvements – 15 years
• Building – 40 years

Goodwill and other Indefinite-Lived Intangibles

The Company records the excess of purchase price over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired as goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangibles. The Fair Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) standard on goodwill and other intangible assets prescribes a two-step process for impairment testing of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, which is performed annually and when an event triggering impairment may have occurred. The first step tests for impairment, while the second step, if necessary, measures the impairment. The Company has elected to perform its annual analysis at the end of its reporting year.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

The Company accounts for the valuation of long-lived assets under the FASB standard for accounting for the impairment or disposal of Long-Lived Assets. The FASB standard requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of the long-lived assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to future undiscounted net cash flows generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value, less cost to sell.

Functional Currency

The accounts of Bio Blue Bird are maintained in Euros. The accounts of this foreign subsidiary were translated into US dollars in accordance with ASC Topic
830 “Foreign Currency Matters.” According to ASC Topic 830: (i) all assets and liabilities were translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet dates;
(ii) stockholders’ equity is translated at historical rates; and (iii) statement of operation items are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Gains and losses resulting from the translations of foreign currency transactions and balances are reflected in the statements of income.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Income

GAAP requires that recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income. Certain statements, however, require entities to report specific changes in assets and liabilities, such as gain or loss on foreign currency translation, as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet. Such items, along with net income, are components of comprehensive income. Translation gains are classified as an item of accumulated other comprehensive income in the stockholders’ equity section of the unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period without consideration of the dilutive effect of stock warrants, convertible notes and convertible preferred shares. All outstanding warrants are convertible into 57,969,908 shares of common stock.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

For certain of the Company’s non-derivative financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities, the carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. The estimated fair value of long-term debt is based primarily on borrowing rates currently available to the Company for similar debt issues. The fair value approximates the carrying value of long-term debt.

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

• Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
• Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
• Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

The following presents the gross value of assets and liabilities that were measured and recognized at fair value as of October 31, 2014.

• � Level 1: none
• � Level 2: none
• � Level 3: none

Effective October 1, 2008, the Company adopted ASC subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) and Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”), which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Neither of these statements had an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The carrying value of cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses, as reflected in the balance sheets, approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant and Equipment (Topic 360).” ASU 2014-08 amends the requirements for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations. Under the new guidance, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations or that have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results should be presented as discontinued operations. This new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-08 on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

On February 26, 2014, the FASB affirmed changes in a November 2013 Exposure Draft, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, and directed the staff to draft a final Accounting Standards Update for vote by the FASB. This is intended to reduce the cost and complexity in financial reporting by eliminating inception-to-date information from the financial statements of development stage entities.

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect. These pronouncements did not have any material impact on the financial statements unless otherwise disclosed, and the Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

Sales of products and related costs of products sold are recognized when: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) delivery has occurred; (iii) the price is fixed or determinable; and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured. These terms are typically met upon the prepayment or invoicing and shipment of products.

Income Taxes

Deferred taxes are calculated using the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

In June 2006, the FASB interpreted its standard for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, an interpretation of accounting for income taxes. This interpretation clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements in accordance the minimum recognition threshold and measurement attributable to a tax position taken on a tax return is required to be met before being recognized in the financial statements.

The FASB’s interpretation had no material impact on the Company’s financial statements for the quarter ended October 31, 2014 or the year ended April 30, 2014. Current tax laws limit the amount of loss available to be offset against future taxable income when a substantial change in ownership occurs. Therefore, the amount available to offset future taxable income may be limited. No tax benefit has been reported in the financial statements because the Company believes the carry forwards may expire unused, although acquisition of sufficient operating capital to complete the acquisition of all of the assets of SG Austria may change this. Accordingly, the potential tax benefits of the loss carry forwards are offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.

Research and Development Costs

Expenditures for research and development are expensed as incurred. Such costs are required to be expensed until the point that technological feasibility is established.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company has no significant off-balance-sheet concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. The Company maintains the majority of its cash balances with one financial institution in the form of demand deposits.

NOTE 4 – BUSINESS ACQUISITION

The Company completed the purchase of Bio Blue Bird on April 30, 2014. Shares for both Austrianova Singapore and the Company originally held in escrow under the SG Austria APA have been released from escrow and returned to the respective original owners, with the 100,000,000 shares of common stock having been returned to the treasury of the Company. Bio Blue Bird is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

NOTE 5 – DEBT

In February, 2014, the Company settled its obligation to pay $20,000 plus $6,000 of accrued interest to a note holder with the issuance of 250,000 shares of common stock. The shares were valued at $45,500 using the closing share price of the common stock on the day of issuance resulting in a loss on settlement of debt of $19,500.

NOTE 6 – COMMON STOCK TRANSACTIONS

On February 14, 2014, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). Lincoln Park initially purchased 8 million shares of common stock at $0.25 per share for $2 million and had committed to invest up to an additional $25 million of equity capital over the term of the stock purchase agreement. As consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to the stock purchase agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln Park 5,062,500 shares of common stock upon execution of the stock purchase agreement. These shares were valued at $0.169, the closing price of the stock on February 14, 2014, for non-cash expense of $855,653. On May 28, 2014 the Company and Lincoln Park executed a Mutual Termination and Release Agreement releasing all parties from certain obligation under the stock purchase agreement. As consideration for terminating the stock purchase agreement, the Company issued Lincoln Park an additional 1,062,500 shares of common stock. These shares were valued at $0.28 for total non-cash expense of $297,500.

As of the period ended October 31, 2014, 300,000 shares of common stock were issued to an officer of the Company for compensation. These shares were valued using the closing share price of the common stock on the day of issuance for a total non-cash expense of $86,100.

As of the period ended October 31, 2014, the Company sold 200,000 shares of common stock for $20,000.

As of the period ended October 31, 2014, the Company converted some of its Class B warrants into 550,000 shares of common stock for $66,000.

As of the period ended October 31, 2014, 17,628,000 shares of common stock were issued to fully satisfy all stock payables due in the amount of $1,574,860.

As of the quarter ended October 31, 2014, the Company had committed to issue 1,700,000 shares of common stock to officers as part of their compensation agreements. These shares have not yet been issued as of the date of these financial statements. The shares were valued using the closing share price of the common stock on the date the accrual of the compensation for a total of a non-cash expense of $394,250.

As of the quarter ended October 31, 2014, the Company, as a result of settlement agreements, accepted the return of 15,606,667 shares of its common stock from three officers. The Company used ASC 845-10-30 – Treasury Stock Acquisition in Connection with a Settlement Agreement (ASC 845-10-30) to account for the shares the Company received. The shares were valued at the closing price on date of their return and the Company recognized a non-cash gain equal to the fair value of the shares in the amount of $2,153,490 and is included in other income.

As of the quarter ended October 31, 2014, the Company entered into a mutual termination agreement with a consultant. The original consulting agreement called for the issuance of 800,000 shares. The mutual termination agreement called for the return of 335,296 shares of the 800,000 share issuance. The Company used ASC 845-10-30 to account for the shares returned. The shares were valued at the closing price on the date the mutual termination agreement was signed and the Company recognized in a non-cash gain of $29,841 and is included in other income.

As of the quarter ended October 31, 2014, the Company had issued 25 million stock options to officers and directors previously authorized by its Board of Directors in March 2014. The options expire on September 30, 2019 and are exercisable at $0.19 share. The grant of these options resulting in a current period expense of $4,307,822 and is included in compensation expenses.

All shares were issued without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

NOTE 7 – PREFERRED STOCK

The Company has one series of preferred stock designated as “Series E Preferred Stock.” The Series E Preferred Stock has the following features:

• Series E Preferred Stock does not bear any dividends;
• Each share of Series E Preferred Stock is entitled to receive its share of assets distributable upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company. The holders of the Series E Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cash out of the assets of the Company before any amount is paid to the holders of any capital stock of the Company of any class junior in rank to the shares of Series E Preferred Stock;
• Each share of Series E Preferred Stock is convertible, at the holder’s option, into shares of common stock, at the average closing bid price of the common stock for five trading days prior to the conversion date; and
• At every meeting of stockholders, every holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock is entitled to 50,000 votes for each share of Series E Preferred Stock, with the same and identical voting rights as a holder of a share of common stock; therefore, the holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock can effectively increase the Company’s issued common stock shares without a vote of the common stock shareholders, thus enabling any potential shortfall of authorized common stock outstanding from being converted should a holder of Series E Preferred Stock wish to convert.

During the year ended April 30, 2014, a shareholder converted 8,500 shares of the Company’s Series E Preferred Stock into 54,000,000 shares of common stock. These shares were valued using the closing share price of the common stock on the day of issuance for a total of $6,475,000 resulting in a loss on conversion of $5,895,000.

Holders of Series E Preferred Stock have specific rights to be paid in cash out of the assets of the Company prior to any junior class of common stock. As a result of the obligations for Series E Preferred Stock, the Company has determined these redemption features have the potential to be outside the control of the Company and, therefore, the Company has classified the Series E Preferred Stock outside of shareholder’s equity in accordance with ASC 480 regarding instruments with debt and equity features. Thus, the full value for the convertible Series E Preferred Stock was recorded outside of stockholders’ equity in the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheet.

NOTE 8 – STOCK OPTIONS

On September 29, 2014, the Company issued 25,000,000 options to purchase Shares at an exercise price of $0.19 per Share. All options were fully vested upon issuance.

The following is a summary of stock option activity:

                                                        Weighted            Weighted
                                                         Average            average
                                        Options         Exercise           remaining              Aggregate
                                      outstanding         Price         contractual life       Intrinsic Value
Outstanding, April 30, 2014                      -     $         -
Granted                                 25,000,000            0.19
Forfeited                                        -               -
Exercised                                        -               -
Outstanding, October 31, 2014           25,000,000     $      0.19                   4.92     $               -

Exercisable, October 31, 2014           25,000,000     $      0.19                   4.92     $               -