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The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s
common stock as of March 31, 2022 was 11,383,454.
PART I
Item 1. Business
Corporate Information
SCWorx, LLC (n/k/a SCW FL
Corp.) (“SCW LLC”) was a privately held limited liability company which was organized in Florida on November 17, 2016. On
December 31, 2017, SCW LLC acquired Primrose Solutions, LLC (“Primrose”), a Delaware limited liability company, which became
its wholly-owned subsidiary and focused on developing functionality for the software now used and sold by SCWorx Corp. (the “Company”
or “SCWorx”). The majority interest holders of Primrose were interest holders of SCW LLC and based upon Staff Accounting Bulletin
Topic 5G, the technology acquired has been accounted for at predecessor cost of $0. To facilitate the planned acquisition by Alliance
MMA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alliance”), on June 27, 2018, SCW LLC merged with and into a newly-formed entity, SCWorx
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SCW Acquisition”), with SCW Acquisition being the surviving entity. Subsequently,
on August 17, 2018, SCW Acquisition changed its name to SCWorx Corp. On November 30, 2018, the Company and certain of its stockholders
agreed to cancel 6,510 shares of common stock. In June 2018, the Company began to collect subscriptions for common stock. From June to
November 2018, the Company collected $1,250,000 in subscriptions and issued 3,125 shares of common stock to new third-party investors.
In addition, on February 1, 2019, (i) SCWorx Corp. (f/k/a SCWorx Acquisition Corp.) changed its name to SCW FL Corp. (to allow Alliance
to change its name to SCWorx Corp.) and (ii) Alliance acquired SCWorx Corp. (n/k/a SCW FL Corp.) in a stock-for-stock exchange transaction
and changed Alliance’s name to SCWorx Corp., which is the Company’s current name, with SCW FL Corp. becoming the Company’s
subsidiary. On March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCWorx established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct-Worx, LLC.
Our principal executive offices
are located at 590 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, New York, 10022. Our telephone number is (844) 472-9679.
In this Annual Report, the
terms “SCWorx”, “Alliance,” “Alliance MMA,” the “Company,” “we,” “us”
and “our” refer to SCWorx, Corp. (f/k/a Alliance MMA, Inc.). Unless specified otherwise, the historical financial results
in this Annual Report are those of SCWorx and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Our Business
SCWorx is a provider of data
content and services related to the repair, normalization and interoperability of information for healthcare providers, as well as big
data analytics for the healthcare industry.
SCWorx has developed and markets
health care information technology solutions and associated services that improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals
and other healthcare facilities. SCWorx’s software enables a healthcare provider to simplify and organize its data (“data
normalization”), allows the data to be utilized across multiple internal software applications (“interoperability”)
and provides the basis for sophisticated data analytics (“big data”). Customers use our software to achieve multiple operational
benefits, such as supply chain cost reductions, decreased accounts receivables aging, accelerated and completed patient billing in less
than 72 hours, contract optimization, increased supply chain management and total cost visibility via dynamic AI connections that automatically
structures, repairs, synchronizes and maintains purchasing (“MMIS”), Clinical (“EMR”) and finance (“CDM”)
systems. SCWorx’s customers include some of the most prestigious healthcare organizations in the United States. SCWorx offers an
advanced software solution for the management of health care providers’ foundational business applications, empowering its customers
to significantly reduce costs, drive better clinical outcomes and enhance their revenue. SCWorx supports the interrelationship between
the three core healthcare provider systems: Supply Chain, Financial and Clinical. This solution integrates common keys within distinct
and variable databases that allows the repaired foundational data to move seamlessly from one application to another enabling our Customers
to drive supply chain cost reductions, optimize contracts, increase supply chain management (“SCM”), cost visibility, control
rebates and contract administration fees.
Currently, the business systems
of hospitals are frequently deficient and often unconnected from each other. These deficiencies in part result from the vast amount of
unstructured, manually created and managed data that proliferates within the hospital’s supply chain, clinical and billing systems.
SCWorx’s solutions are designed to improve the flow of information quickly and accurately between the buy-side (supply chain purchasing
systems), the consumption-side (clinical documentation systems like the electronic medical records (“EMR”)) and billing and
collection systems (patient billing systems). The currently poor state of interoperability limits the potential value of each independent
system and requires significant expense and extensive human resource commitments from senior personnel to stay ahead of problems and complete
basic administrative tasks. SCWorx provides an information service that ultimately leads to safer, more cost effective and financially
efficient patient care.
SCWorx has demonstrated that
in order for the core hospital systems to function properly there must be a Single Source of Truth (“SSOT”) for all products
utilized and ultimately billed for. The Item Master File (“IMF”), which is a database of all known products used in hospital
and health care settings, must be accurate at all times and expanded upon to hold both clinical and financial attributes. An accurate
and expanded Item Master File supports interoperability between the supply chain, clinical and financial systems by delivering, on demand,
reports detailing the purchasing, utilization and revenue associated with each and every item used, allowing hospitals to better manage
their business. The Single Source of Truth establishes a common vernacular and syntax, while assigning a consistent meaning across the
healthcare provider’s core systems and accurately migrating data from one application to another and removing disconnects between
critical business systems.
SCWorx’s Software Solutions/Services
SCWorx empowers healthcare
providers to maintain comprehensive access and visibility to an advanced business intelligence that enables better decision-making and
reductions in product costs and utilization, ultimately leading to accelerated and accurate patient billing. SCWorx’s software modules
perform separate functions as follows:
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Virtualized Item Master File repair, expansion and automation — The process begins with data normalization — data is put into a simplified and normalized structure and location for use throughout the enterprise. The SCWorx software normalizes, automates and builds interoperability via advanced attribution, vendor and contract mapping, product categorization, repairing the unit of measure and establishing revenue codes and flags. SCWorx improves the healthcare providers’ business processes through the establishment of a clean and normalized Item Master File that improves efficiencies, eliminates cumbersome and error-prone manual processes, and provides an integrated cloud-based suite of services that enhances the productivity of operating room staff, supply chain margins and billing revenue through the seamless sharing and accuracy of critical business data. |
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Electronic Medical Record Management — The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) module integrates the advanced data attributes created by SCWorx in the Item Master into the EMR. The EMR serves as the database that hospitals use to document all clinical procedures in terms of the products used and the costs that should be charged. What makes this module special is that prior to its creation there was no mechanism that tied product purchases to actual utilization. Hospitals, being mass consumption businesses, had no way to identify excess ordering that always accompanies mass consumption organizations. In addition, the automation and consistency of delivered attributes dramatically reduces the administrative burden as today these additional attributes are being created by expensive clinical resources manually — over and over again by each hospital. The SCWorx EMR management system creates one vernacular for each hospital so they see the data in a manner that suits them — and then creates a universal vernacular so they can see their performance against other like institutions. |
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Charge Description Master Management — The Charge Description Master (CDM) Management module assists healthcare providers by integrating the CDM data into the workflow of the hospitals purchasing systems so that the latest costs can be automatically updated against the hospitals charging systems. The CDM data provided by SCWorx is made more accurate, and the resulting data is integrated to the Item Master for real-time delivery to the EMR — this data is the last remaining piece of information that is consumed by the EMR and passed ultimately to the patient billing systems. SCWorx provides real-time integration, automation and management of Item Master File, Clinical Information Systems and the Charge Description Master. |
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Contract Management — SCWorx’s Contract Management Module assists healthcare providers to establish an efficient contract management system and to provide first class care to patients, while reducing operating costs, assuring adherence to compliance requirements, and mitigating risk. By linking the Item Master File to the healthcare providers contract management system and procedures, SCWorx simplifies the way contracts are managed from start to finish by streamlining the processes of creating, routing, reviewing and approving contracts. SCWorx delivers a data warehouse platform which integrates item master management, spend analysis, and contract management. These solutions enable financial staff across the healthcare provider to drill down quickly and deeply into actionable and real-time financial data and key performance indicators to improve revenue realization and staff efficiency. This suite of solutions includes the ability to automatically push price changes to a contract, compliance for standard and non-standard products, contract compliance and optimization reporting, reliable cost data for current and alternate products, cost performance metrics, matching purchase order price to contract and contract repository. |
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Request for Proposal (“RFP”) Automation — With the reality of shrinking operating margins, increasing operating expenses and decreasing insurance reimbursements, hospitals must evaluate all major expenditures. In addition, requirements for provable quality of service supported by trackable metrics now frequently necessitate the search for better options available in the marketplace. Since hospital-based provider subsidies are often a major expense item and since there are often perceived opportunities for quality improvement, it is a reasonable practice for hospital leadership to carefully evaluate all of their current hospital-based services and associated financial support before each contract renegotiation. The proliferation of large regional and national providers, with their ability to derive benefits from economies of scale, have made RFPs much more of a competitive process. Hospital administrators, however, often rely on poor or conflicting data when creating an RFP. Through the integration and utilization of the SSOT SCWorx automates the RFP process and makes it more accurate. SCWorx automates the core sourcing processes with the intention to accelerate cycle times, surveys and confirms business preferred processes, designs and builds a flow chart for the current and desired workflows, cross references bid analysis, implements bid scoring, customizes software to support automation and customizes the report writer and output documents. |
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Integration of Acquired Businesses — The agnostic design of the SCWorx solution enables rapid deployment of a virtual Item Master File to quickly and easily allow combining healthcare providers to share information and achieve cost synergies and interoperability without large and cumbersome upgrades or implementations. During the consolidation of healthcare providers, SCWorx cleans the data and makes the data available to the disparate systems. In addition, M&A activity requires in-depth reporting for comparison of Group Purchasing Organization (“GPO”) contract overlap. When healthcare providers that use different GPOs merge, or are acquired, there is a lack of information to compare contracts. SCWorx provides information for comparative purposes to solve these issues rapidly. |
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Rebate Management — Frequently, vendors use rebates and incentives as a key part of their pricing strategy and structure when selling to hospitals. This tactic makes pricing more attractive to healthcare providers. When tracked through Accounts Payable, and issued correctly, rebates can help healthcare organizations save money. At any large healthcare provider, vendor rebates can be difficult to manage since they require a multi-step process to track dollars earned, credits issued, and monies paid. Rebates frequently cause tracking challenges for Accounts Payable departments. Inconsistent tracking is the primary problem for loss of savings with vendor rebate programs. SCWorx’s Rebate Management Module enables healthcare providers to correctly calculate and track rebates provided by healthcare provider vendors. Purchasing or Contracting departments monitor rebates by creating and maintaining a Rebates Master List which is provided to the Accounts Payable department. To assist in this cumbersome process, SCWorx provides information from the SSOT, such as historical data, frequent updates, advanced administrative fee reporting, purchase rebate tracking, early payment/discount management and Vendor Master Data alignment. |
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Big Data Analytics Model — SCWorx provides an in-depth, easy-to-use web portal for display, reporting and analysis of the information contained within the SCWorx data warehouse. SCWorx’s analytics solution enables healthcare providers to view benchmarking information, quickly add new items to the SSOT and identify cost savings through this real-time and on-demand solution. In addition to simplifying the item add process, SCWorx provides peer comparison reporting against similar healthcare providers and a list of informative reports for business measurement, such as spend trend analysis, contract gap analysis, market price comparison, etc. The SCWorx product line is a simplified user experience and visual display for the hospital employee which does not require access to the SCWorx application. |
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Data Integration and Warehousing — Healthcare providers maintain a significant amount of data. In many cases the data is not useful for analytics since the data is held within an individual “silo.” SCWorx establishes an expandable, data warehouse of items that have been normalized, repaired and enriched as the SSOT for useful benchmarking, interoperability and analytics. SCWorx’s data warehouse allows healthcare providers to effectively use the data contained in their environment and efficiently establish the supply chain as a leading driver of revenue cycle management. The data warehouse is updated as frequently as every five minutes without intervention. |
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ScanWorx — Our mobile perioperative closed loop scanning solution is driven by the SCWorx foundational data structure, and utilizes interoperable data exchanges to push and secure the customer’s enriched item master, all built around the customer’s internal business rules and chart of account requirements offering the following: |
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Cloud hosted mobile scanning solution, which automates the consumption of known and unknown implant device utilization during surgical procedures via intuitive Scanning or smart searching features. |
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All scanned device utilization will capture all available attributes, such as Global Trade Item Number, Lot, Serial numbers, expiration dates. |
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ScanWorx will establish the following connections with existing Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) and Electronic Medical Record (“EMR”) enterprise systems for the following: |
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EMR — Daily scheduling feeds with case information |
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ERP — Bill-Only electronic purchase orders |
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EMR — Case closure with device utilization integration |
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ScanWorx has the ability to consume additional product utilization per case when provided by the EMR for surgical preference cards, central sterile processing products, and anesthesia gas. |
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ScanWorx will identify and automate the Item-Add process for unknown items introduced during surgical procedures based on customer’s existing business rules. |
SCWorx continues to provide
transformational data-driven solutions to some of the finest, most well-respected healthcare providers in the United States. Clients are
geographically dispersed throughout the country. The Company’s focus is to assist healthcare providers with issues they have pertaining
to data interoperability. SCWorx provides these solutions through a combination of direct sales and relationships with strategic partners.
SCWorx’s software solutions
are delivered to clients within a fixed term period, typically a three-to-five-year contracted term, where such software is hosted in
SCWorx data centers (Amazon Web Service’s “AWS” or RackSpace) and accessed by the client through a secure connection
in a software as a service (“SaaS”) delivery method.
SCWorx currently sells its
solutions and services in the United States to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force and its distribution and reseller
partnerships.
SCWorx, as part of the acquisition
of Alliance MMA, acquired an online event ticketing platform focused on serving regional MMA (“mixed martial arts”) promotions.
Due to the Covid restrictions which were put in place for large gatherings, SCWorx has paused this business activity.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Company’s operations and business have experienced disruption
due to the unprecedented conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic which spread throughout the United States and the world. The outbreak
adversely impacted new customer acquisition. The Company has followed the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure
risk for its team members since the outbreak.
In addition, the Company’s
customers (hospitals) also experienced extraordinary disruptions to their businesses and supply chains, while experiencing unprecedented
demand for health care services related to COVID-19. As a result of these extraordinary disruptions to the Company’s customers’
business, the Company’s customers were focused on meeting the nation’s health care needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the Company believes that its customers were not able to focus resources on expanding the utilization of the Company’s
services, which has adversely impacted the Company’s growth prospects, at least until the adverse effects of the pandemic subside.
In addition, the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s hospital customers could cause the hospitals to delay payments due
to the Company for services, which could negatively impact the Company’s cash flows.
The Company sought to mitigate
these impacts to revenue through the sale of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and COVID-19 rapid test kits to the health
care industry, including many of the Company’s hospital customers. On March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCWorx
established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct-Worx, LLC to endeavor to source and provide critical, difficult-to-find items for the healthcare
industry. Items had become difficult to source due to unexpected disruptions within the supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
products the Company sought to source included:
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Test Kits — the Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits. |
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PPE — Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes items such as masks, gloves, gowns, shields, etc. Currently the Company has no contracted supply of PPE. |
Regarding PPE and Test Kits,
the Company’s Board of Directors determined during the second quarter of 2020 to limit the Company’s role to acting as an
intermediary between buyers and sellers with commission based compensation. We are endeavoring to sell our existing inventory of PPE products
primarily through use of our internal and external sales personnel.
The sale of PPE and rapid
test kits for COVID-19 represented a new business for the Company and was subject to the myriad risks associated with any new venture.
The Company encountered great difficulty in attempting to secure reliable sources of supply for both COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits and PPE.
The Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits or PPE. Since the inception of this business, the Company completed
only minimal sales of COVID-19 rapid test kits and PPE. The Company does not expect to generate any significant revenue from the sale
of PPE products or rapid test kits, and as of the date of this report, the Company has not generated any material revenue from the sale
of PPE or rapid test kits.
Clients and Strategic Partners
SCWorx continues to provide
transformational data-driven solutions to some of the finest, most well-respected healthcare providers in the United States. Clients are
geographically dispersed throughout the country and the continued focus is to assist healthcare providers with issues they have pertaining
to data interoperability. SCWorx provides these solutions through a combination of direct sales and relationships with strategic partners.
Competition
SCWorx competes against a
variety of vendors and smaller companies which provide solutions in the specific markets we address. Our principal competitors include:
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purchasing departments that have limited budgets and may be attempting to manually repair the item master file; |
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large companies with a long list of products and services and small companies which may provide item master normalization and data cleanse services; |
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software companies or service providers, as well as small, specialized vendors, that provide complementary or competitive solutions in benchmarking or data analytics and data warehousing that may compete with our offerings; and |
Some of our actual and perceived
competitors have advantages over us, such as longer operating histories, greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources, stronger
brand and business user recognition, larger intellectual property portfolios, broader distribution and presence, and competitive pricing.
In addition, our industry is evolving rapidly and is becoming increasingly competitive.
Barriers to entry to the data
management market include technological and application sophistication, the ability to offer a proven product, creating and utilizing
a well-established client base and distribution channels, brand recognition, the ability to provide agnostic interoperability and to operate
on a variety of MMIS, EMR and financial platforms, the ability to integrate with pre-existing systems and capital for sustained development
and marketing activities. There are few barriers to entry to the PPE/test kit distribution business.
SCWorx believes that these
obstacles taken together represent a moderate to high-level barrier to entry on the data management side of our business. The principal
competitive factors in our markets are product features, functionality and support, product depth and breadth (number of items in the
central data warehouse), flexibility, ease of deployment and use, total cost of ownership and time to value. We believe that we generally
compete favorably on the basis of these factors. For example, besides our agnostic interoperability, additional key strengths include
the SCWorx data warehouse, which exceeds 12 million items, SCWorx Big Data analytics and benchmarking.
Contracts, License and Service Fees
SCWorx enters into agreements
with its clients that specify the scope of the solution to be installed and/or services to be provided by SCWorx, as well as the agreed-upon
aggregate price, applicable duration and the timetable for the associated licenses and services.
For clients purchasing software
to be installed locally or provided on a SaaS model, these are multi-element arrangements that include a term license granting the right
to access the applicable software functionality (whether installed locally at the client site or the right to use our company’s
solutions as a part of SaaS services), terms regarding maintenance and support services, terms for any third-party components such as
infrastructure and software, and professional services for implementation, integration, process engineering, optimization and training,
as well as fees and payment terms for each of the foregoing. If the client purchases solutions on a long-term license model, the client
may be billed the license fee up front or on a monthly or quarterly basis. Maintenance and support are provided on a term basis for separate
fees, with an initial term of typically three to five years. The license, maintenance and support fee is charged annually in advance,
commencing either upon contract execution or deployment of the solution in live production. If the client purchases solutions on a term-based
model, the client is billed periodically a combined access fee for a specified term, typically three to five years in length.
SCWorx also generally provides
software and SaaS client’s professional services for implementation, integration, process engineering, and optimization and training.
These services and the associated fees are separate from the license, maintenance and access fees. Professional services are provided
on either a fixed-fee or hourly arrangements billable to clients based on agreed-to payment milestones (fixed fee) or monthly payment
structure on hours incurred (hourly). These services can either be included at the time the related SaaS solution is licensed as part
of the initial purchase agreement or added on afterward as an addendum to the existing agreement for services required after the initial
implementation.
For one-time data normalization
services clients, these normalization services are provided either through a stand-alone services agreement or services addendum to an
existing master agreement with the client. These normalization services are available as either a one-time service or recurring monthly,
quarterly or annual review structure. These services are typically provided on a per item basis. Payment typically occurs upon completion
of the applicable normalization project. The commencement of revenue recognition varies depending on the size and complexity of the system
and/or services involved, the implementation or performance schedule requested by the client and usage by clients of SaaS for software-based
components. SCWorx’s agreements are generally non-cancelable but provide that the client may terminate its agreement upon a material
breach by SCWorx and/or may delay certain aspects of the installation or associated payments in such events. SCWorx does allow for termination
for convenience in certain situations. SCWorx also includes trial or evaluation periods for certain clients, especially for new or modified
solutions. Therefore, it is difficult for SCWorx to accurately predict the revenue it expects to achieve in any particular period, and
a termination or installation delay of one or more phases of an agreement, or the failure of SCWorx to procure additional agreements,
could have a material adverse effect on SCWorx’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. Historically, SCWorx
has not experienced a material amount of contract cancellations; however, SCWorx sometimes experiences delays during contract implementation,
and SCWorx accounts for them accordingly.
Third Party License Fees
SCWorx incorporates software
licensed from various third-party vendors into its proprietary software. Stand-alone third-party software is also required to operate
certain of SCWorx’s proprietary software and/or SaaS services. SCWorx licenses these software products and pays the required license
fees when such software is delivered to clients.
PPE and Rapid Test Kit Products
The Company is no longer actively
seeking to procure and sell Test Kits or PPE. Instead, the Company is focused on selling its current inventory of PPE. The Company may
receive commissions for acting as an intermediary with respect to the sale of PPE and/or Test Kits. However, there is no assurance the
Company will realize any material revenue from these activities.
CageTix Ticketing Platform
In 2020, the majority of paid
tickets for regional MMA events were sold by the fighters appearing on the event fight card. Referred to as “fighter consigned”
tickets, sales are generally made in face-to-face cash transactions. The CageTix event ticketing platform allowed regional promoters to
control the ticketing sales chain. The CageTix platform provided benefits to regional promotions, including the security of credit/debit
card sales processing, immediate revenue recognition, and real time sales reporting. Due to the Covid restrictions which were put in place
for large gatherings, SCWorx has paused business activity for Cagetix.
Property
The company does not own any
real property. The principal executive offices are located at an office complex in New York, New York, consisting of shared office space
that we are leasing. The lease had an original one-year term that commenced on December 1, 2015, which was renewed until November 30,
2018 and now is under a month-to-month lease agreement. The lease allows for the limited use of private offices, conference rooms, mail
handling, videoconferencing, and certain other business services.
The Company also had a lease
in Greenwich, CT which expired in March 2020 and became a month to month. This tenancy was terminated in April 2021.
Government Regulation
Management believes that governmental
regulation is not material to our current core data management business.
Intellectual Property
We protect our intellectual
property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights, as well as contractual restrictions. We control access to our proprietary
technology by entering into confidentiality agreements, invention assignment agreements and work for hire agreements with our employees
and contractors, and confidentiality agreements with third parties. We further control the use of our proprietary technology and intellectual
property through provisions in our websites’ terms of use. Agreements between the Company and end-users includes a license agreement
in which a non-transferable non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, limited use license to use the licensed products for the duration of the
service order. Customers may not modify, copy, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, loan, rent, lease, sublicense, or
create derivative works of the licensed products, in whole or in part. Customer agrees to maintain software and data as Confidential Information.
The Company currently hosts
our solution, serves our customers, and supports our operations in the United States through an agreement with a third-party hosting and
infrastructure provider, Rackspace. The Company incorporates standard IT security measures, including but not limited to; firewalls, disaster
recovery, backup, etc.
Circumstances outside our
control could pose a threat to our intellectual property rights. For example, effective intellectual property protection may not be available
in the United States or other countries in which we seek protection of our marks or our copyrighted works. Also, the efforts we have taken
to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective. Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights may
harm our business or our ability to compete.
Seasonality
We do not believe that SCWorx’s
revenues are impacted by seasonality.
Employees
As of December 31, 2021, we
had 10 employees, of which 2 were management and finance and the rest in operations. We primarily utilize independent contractors and
third-party vendors for software, maintenance of our database and customer software installation.
Legal Proceedings
In conducting our business,
we may become involved in legal proceedings. We will accrue a liability for such matters when it is probable that a liability has been
incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. When only a range of possible loss can be established, the most probable amount in
the range is accrued. If no amount within this range is a better estimate than any other amount within the range, the minimum amount in
the range is accrued. The accrual for a litigation loss contingency might include, for example, estimates of potential damages, outside
legal fees and other directly related costs expected to be incurred.
Settlement of Consolidated
Securities Class Action
As previously disclosed,
on April 29, 2020, a securities class action case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
against us and our former CEO. The action is captioned Daniel Yannes, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs.
SCWorx Corp. and Marc S. Schessel,. Subsequently, two additional class actions were filed in the same court (Leeburn v. SCWorx, et
ano. and Leonard v. SCWorx et ano.) and thereafter, the three class actions were consolidated (the “Consolidated Class Action”).
The Consolidated Class Action alleged that our company and our former CEO misled investors in connection with our April 13, 2020 press
release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits. As previously disclosed, on February 11, 2022, the parties entered into
a Stipulation of Settlement (subject to Court approval) to settle the Consolidated Class Action. The settlement resolves all claims asserted
against SCWorx and the other named defendant without any admission, concession or finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the
Company or any defendant. Under the terms of this agreement, (i) the insurers for the Company and
Marc Schessel (former CEO) will make a cash payment to the class plaintiffs (ii) the former CEO will transfer 100,000 shares of company
common stock to the class plaintiffs, and (iii) the Company will issue $600,000 worth
of common stock to the class plaintiffs, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related to the securities
class action litigation. After giving effect to the share issuance by the Company, the Company believes that it will have satisfied the
accrued retention liability of $700,000.
Settlement of Consolidated
Derivative Action
As previously disclosed,
on June 15, 2020, a shareholder derivative claim was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against
Steven Wallitt (current director), and Marc S. Schessel, Robert Christie and Charles Miller (former directors) (“Director Defendants”).
The action is captioned Lozano, derivatively on behalf of SCWorx Corp. v. Marc S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants,
and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. The Lozano lawsuit was consolidated with another shareholder derivative lawsuit, Richter, v. Marc
S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants, and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. (the “Consolidated Derivative Action”).
The Consolidated Derivative
Action alleged that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company, including by misleading investors in connection
with our April 13, 2020 press release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits, failing to correct false and misleading statements
and failing to implement proper disclosure and internal controls.
In addition, on October 29,
2020, Hemrita Zarins filed a shareholder derivative action in the Chancery Court in the State of Delaware against Steven Wallitt (current
director) and Marc S. Schessel and Charles Miller ( former directors). The action is captioned Hemrita Zarins, v. Marc S. Schessel, Robert
Christie, Steven Wallitt and SCWorx, Nominal Defendant. The Zarins action contains substantially similar allegations as in the Consolidated
Derivative Action.
On February 15, 2022, the
Company and the Director Defendants (Marc Schessel, Steven Wallitt, Charles Miller and Robert Christie) entered into a stipulation of
settlement (subject to Court approval) with the shareholder derivative plaintiffs to settle the Consolidated Derivative Action as well
as the Zarins action. Under the terms of the settlement, (i) the insurers for the Director Defendants will make a cash payment to legal
counsel for the shareholder derivative Plaintiffs to cover their legal fees and (ii) the Company will adopt certain corporate governance
reforms within 60 days of court approval of the settlement, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related
to the derivative class action litigation. The settlement resolves all claims asserted against the defendants without any admission, concession
or finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the Company or any defendant.
Other Investigations
In addition, as previously disclosed, following the April 13, 2020
press release and related disclosures (related to COVID-19 rapid test kits), the Securities and Exchange Commission made an inquiry regarding
the disclosures we made in relation to the transaction involving COVID-19 test kits. The Company is continuing to cooperate with the SEC
regarding its investigation arising out of the April 13, 2020 press release and the events thereafter. The Company received a Wells
notice on December 8, 2021 and an amended Wells notice on December 10, 2021. The Wells Notice states that the staff of the Securities
and Exchange Commission has made a preliminary determination to recommend that the Commission file an enforcement action against the Company
which would allege violations of Sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”),
Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c) thereunder.
The Wells Notice also indicates that the staff would seek fines and disgorgement, including pre and post judgment interest in such enforcement
proceeding. The Company did not make a Wells submission to the Commission in response to the Wells Notice. The
Company has since been actively engaged in discussions with the Staff to settle the claims set forth in the Wells Notice.
In April 2020, we received
related inquiries from The Nasdaq Stock Market and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). We cooperated fully with these
agencies, providing information and documents, as requested. We have not had any requests from these agencies since January 2021.
Also in April 2020, as previously
disclosed, we were contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, which was seeking information and documents
from our officers and directors relating primarily to the April 13, 2020 press release concerning COVID-19 rapid test kits. We have cooperated
fully with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in its investigation.
In connection with these
actions and investigations, the Company is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors for costs incurred in defending against these
claims and investigations. Because the Company currently does not have the resources to pay for these costs, its directors and officers
liability insurance carrier has agreed to indemnify these persons. Upon consummation of the settlement of the Consolidated Class Action,
the Company believes it will have satisfied its accrued retention obligations with respect to the insurance coverage.
David Klarman v. SCWorx
Corp. f/k/a Alliance MMA, Inc., Index No. 619536/2019 (N.Y. State Sup. Ct., Suffolk County)
On October 3, 2019, David Klarman, a former employee of Alliance, served
a complaint against SCWorx seeking $400,000.00 for a breach of his employment agreement with Alliance. Klarman claims that Alliance ceased
paying him his salary in March 2018 as well as other alleged contractual benefits. This action was settled on or about December 16, 2021
by the parties without any admission of liability or wrongdoing. In exchange for a release, the Company agreed to settle with Mr. Klarman
with $100,000 of SCWorx shares calculated over a period of 4 months pursuant to an agreed upon schedule with respect to amounts, dates
and a restriction on sales of SCWorx stock to no more than 4,000 shares per trading day. To date, all shares have been issued pursuant
to this agreement.
Available Information
Our website address is www.SCWorx.com.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant
to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), are filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and file or furnish reports, proxy statements,
and other information with the SEC. Such reports and other information filed by us with the SEC are available free of charge on our website
at www.SCWorx.com when such reports become available on the SEC’s website. The public may read and copy any materials filed by SCWorx
Corp. with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549 on official business
days during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov. The contents of the websites referred to above are not incorporated
into this filing. Further, our references to the URLs for these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Certain factors could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. You should carefully consider the
risks and uncertainties described below, in addition to other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our
consolidated financial statements and related notes. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional
risks and uncertainties of which we are unaware, or that we currently believe are not material, may also become important factors that
adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. If any of the following risks occurs, our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price
of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Financial Results and
Financing Plans
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our
business and the business of our hospital customers.
The Company’s operations and business have experienced disruption
due to the unprecedented conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic which spread throughout the United States and the world. The outbreak
adversely impacted new customer acquisition. The Company has followed the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure
risk for its team members since the outbreak.
In addition, the Company’s
customers (hospitals) also experienced extraordinary disruptions to their businesses and supply chains, while experiencing unprecedented
demand for health care services related to COVID-19. As a result of these extraordinary disruptions to the Company’s customers’
business, the Company’s customers were focused on meeting the nation’s health care needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the Company believes that its customers were not able to focus resources on expanding the utilization of the Company’s
services, which has adversely impacted the Company’s growth prospects, at least until the adverse effects of the pandemic subside.
In addition, the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s hospital customers could cause the hospitals to delay payments due
to the Company for services, which could negatively impact the Company’s cash flows.
The Company sought to mitigate
these impacts to revenue through the sale of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and COVID-19 rapid test kits to the health
care industry, including many of the Company’s hospital customers. On March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCWorx
established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct-Worx, LLC to endeavor to source and provide critical, difficult-to-find items for the healthcare
industry. Items had become difficult to source due to unexpected disruptions within the supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
products the Company sought to source included:
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Test Kits — the Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits. |
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PPE — Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes items such as masks, gloves, gowns, shields, etc. Currently the Company has no contracted supply of PPE. |
Regarding PPE and Test Kits,
the Company’s Board of Directors determined during the second quarter of 2020 to limit the Company’s role to acting as an
intermediary between buyers and sellers with commission-based compensation. We are endeavoring to sell our existing inventory of PPE products
primarily through use of our internal and external sales personnel.
The sale of PPE and rapid
test kits for COVID-19 represented a new business for the Company and was subject to the myriad risks associated with any new venture.
The Company encountered great difficulty in attempting to secure reliable sources of supply for both COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits and PPE.
The Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits or PPE. Since the inception of this business, the Company completed
only minimal sales of COVID-19 rapid test kits and PPE. The Company does not expect to generate any significant revenue from the sale
of PPE products or rapid test kits, and as of the date of this report, the Company has not generated any material revenue from the sale
of PPE or rapid test kits.
The Company is no longer actively
seeking to procure and sell Test Kits or PPE. Instead, the Company is focused on selling its current inventory of PPE The Company may
receive commissions for acting as an intermediary with respect to the sale of PPE and/or Test Kits. However, there is no assurance the
Company will realize any material revenue from these activities.
We have a history of losses and may continue
to incur losses in the future.
We have a history of losses
and may continue to incur losses in the future, which could negatively impact the trading value of our common stock. For the year ended
December 31, 2021, our revenues were $4,632,529, and we had a net loss of $3,814,468. For the year ended December 31, 2020, our revenues
were $5,213,118, and we had a net loss of $7,402,350. At December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $24,011,291.
We incurred losses from operations
of $3,814,468 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $6,045,011 for the year ended December 31, 2020. We may continue to incur operating
and net losses in future periods. These losses may increase, and we may never achieve profitability for a variety of reasons, including
increased competition, decreased growth in our target market and other factors described elsewhere in this “Risk Factors”
section. If we cannot achieve sustained profitability, our stockholders may lose all or a portion of their investment in our company.
If we are unable to grow our revenue, we
may never achieve or sustain profitability.
To become profitable, we must, among other things, increase our revenues.
Our total revenues declined approximately $580,000 (11%) to $4,632,529 in the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $5,213,118 in
the year ended December 31, 2020. In order to become profitable and then maintain profitability, we must, among other things, increase
our revenues while dealing with the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This decline in revenue will be exacerbated
if we are unable to develop and market new products, which could help us increase our sales to existing customers or develop new customers.
Even if we are able to grow our revenues, they may not be sufficient to exceed increases in our operating expenses or to enable us to
achieve or sustain profitability.
Risks Related to Our Business
There is substantial doubt about our ability
to continue as a going concern.
Our auditors have indicated
in their report on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 that conditions exist that raise substantial doubt about
our ability to continue as a going concern since we may not have sufficient capital resources from operations and existing financing arrangements
to meet our operating expenses and working capital requirements.
As of December 31, 2021, we
had only limited cash on hand, a working capital deficit of $1,527,830 and accumulated deficit of $24,011,291. During the year ended December
31, 2021, we had a net loss of $3,814,468 and used $1,069,945 of cash in operations. We have historically incurred operating losses and
may continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future. We believe that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern. This may hinder our ability to obtain financing or may force us to obtain financing on less favorable
terms than would otherwise be available. If we are unable to develop sufficient revenues and additional customers for our products and
services, we may not generate enough revenue to sustain our business, and we may fail, in which case our stockholders would suffer a total
loss of their investment. There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue as a going concern.
We currently have an immediate need for
additional capital. If we are unable to obtain additional capital, we will not be able to implement our business strategy or successfully
operate our business; however, additional financings will subject our existing stockholders to dilution.
To continue our growth path, we expect to finance our future expansion
plans through public or private equity offerings or debt financings. Additional funds may not be available when we need them on terms
that are acceptable to us, or at all. We have recently encountered some difficulty in raising funds from external sources. If adequate
funds are not available, we may be required to further delay or reduce the scope of our business plans. To the extent that we raise additional
funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders will experience dilution. In addition, debt financing, if available, may involve
restrictive covenants. We may seek to access the public or private capital markets whenever conditions are favorable, even if we do not
have an immediate need for additional capital at that time. Our access to the financial markets and the pricing and terms we receive in
the financial markets could be adversely impacted by various factors, including changes in financial markets and interest rates.
Our future funding requirements
will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, the costs and timing of our future acquisitions.
A failure to successfully execute our growth
strategy could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Subject to the receipt of
sufficient funding, which we currently do not have, we intend to pursue growth through expanding our [sales force], product offerings
and project skill-sets and capabilities, as well as increasing critical mass to enable us to bid on larger contracts.
We may also consider potential acquisitions if conditions permit. However, we may be unable to find suitable acquisition
candidates or to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. Moreover, any completed acquisition may not result in the intended
benefits. For example, while the historical financial and operating performance of an acquisition target are among the criteria we evaluate
in determining which acquisition targets we will pursue, there can be no assurance that any business or assets we acquire will continue
to perform in accordance with past practices or will achieve financial or operating results that are consistent with or exceed past results.
Any such failure could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, any completed acquisition
may not result in the intended benefits for other reasons and our acquisitions will involve a number of other risks, including:
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Our ongoing business and management’s attention may be disrupted or diverted by transition or integration issues and the complexity of managing geographically or culturally diverse enterprises; |
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We may not realize the anticipated cost savings or other financial benefits we anticipated; |
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We may have difficulty retaining or hiring key personnel, customers and suppliers to maintain expanded operations; |
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Our internal resources may not be adequate to support our operations as we expand, particularly if we are awarded a significant number of contracts in a short time period; |
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We may have difficulty retaining and obtaining any required regulatory approvals, licenses and permits; |
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We may not be able to obtain additional equity or debt financing on terms acceptable to us or at all, and any such financing could result in dilution to our stockholders, impact our ability to service our debt within the scheduled repayment terms and include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations; |
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We may have failed to, or be unable to, discover liabilities of the acquired companies during the course of performing our due diligence; and |
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We may be required to record additional goodwill as a result of an acquisition, which will reduce our tangible net worth. |
Any of these risks could prevent us from executing on any acquisition
we might complete, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. At this time,
we are not considering any acquisition.
Our contracts may require us to perform
extra or change order work, which can result in disputes and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations
and prospects.
Our contracts generally require
us to perform extra or change order work as directed by the customer, even if the customer has not agreed in advance on the scope or price
of the extra work to be performed. This process may result in disputes over whether the work performed is beyond the scope of the work
included in the original project plans and specifications or, if the customer agrees that the work performed qualifies as extra work,
the price that the customer is willing to pay for the extra work. Even when the customer agrees to pay for the extra work, we may be required
to fund the cost of such work for a lengthy period of time until the change order is approved by the customer and we are paid by the customer.
To the extent that actual
recoveries with respect to change orders or amounts subject to contract disputes or claims are less than the estimates used in our financial
statements, the amount of any shortfall will reduce our future revenues and profits, and this could adversely affect our reported working
capital and results of operations. In addition, any delay caused by the extra work may adversely impact the timely scheduling of other
project work and our ability to meet specified contract milestone dates.
We derive a significant portion of our revenue
from a few customers and the loss of one of these customers, or a reduction in their demand for our services, could adversely affect our
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our customer base is highly
concentrated. Due to the size and nature of our contracts, one or a few customers have during any given year, as well as over a period
of consecutive years, represented a substantial portion of our consolidated revenues and gross profits. Two customers accounted for approximately
19% and 13%, respectively, of our revenue in the year ended December 31, 2021. Two customers accounted for approximately 22% and 17%,
respectively, of our revenue in the year ended December 31, 2020. Revenues under our contracts with significant customers may continue
to vary from period to period depending on the timing or volume of work that those customers contract from us. A limited number of customers
may continue to comprise a substantial portion of our revenue for the foreseeable future.
A default or delay in payment
on a significant scale could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. We could lose business
from a significant customer for a variety of reasons, including:
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the consolidation, merger or acquisition of an existing customer, resulting in a change in procurement strategies employed by the surviving entity that could reduce the amount of work we receive; |
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our performance on individual contracts or relationships with one or more significant customers could become impaired due to another reason, which may cause us to lose future business with such customers and, as a result, our ability to generate income would be adversely impacted; |
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key customers could slow or stop spending on initiatives related to projects we are performing for them due to increased difficulty in the markets as a result of economic downturns or other reasons. |
Since many of our customer
contracts allow our customers to terminate the contract without cause, our customers may terminate their contracts with us at will, which
could impair our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our failure to adequately expand our direct
sales force will impede our growth.
We will need to expand and optimize our sales infrastructure in order
to grow our customer base and our business. We plan to expand our account management/sales force when and if we have sufficient capital
to do so. Identifying and recruiting qualified personnel and training them requires significant time, expense and attention. If we are
unable to hire, develop and retain talented account management/sales personnel or if the personnel are unable to achieve desired productivity
levels in a reasonable period of time, we may not be able to realize the intended benefits of this investment or increase our revenue.
If we are unable to attract and retain qualified
executive officers and managers and consultants, we will be unable to operate efficiently, which could adversely affect our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We depend on the continued
efforts and abilities of our management and consultants, to establish and maintain our customer relationships and identify strategic opportunities.
The loss of any one of them could negatively affect our ability to execute our business strategy and adversely affect our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects. Competition for managerial talent with significant industry experience is high, and we
may lose access to executive officers/consultants for a variety of reasons, including more attractive compensation packages offered by
our competitors. Although we have entered into employment agreements with certain of our senior level management, we cannot guarantee
that any of them or other key management/consulting personnel will remain employed by us for any length of time.
Fines, judgments and other consequences
resulting from our failure to comply with regulations or adverse outcomes in litigation proceedings could adversely affect our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
From time to time, we may
be involved in lawsuits and regulatory actions, including class action lawsuits that are brought or threatened against us in the ordinary
course of business. These actions may seek, among other things, compensation for alleged personal injury, workers’ compensation,
violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws, employment discrimination, breach of contract, property damage,
punitive damages, civil penalties, and consequential damages or other losses, or injunctive or declaratory relief.
Please refer to Item 3. Legal
Proceedings of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a detailed description of the pending legal actions and investigations.
Any defects or errors, or
failures to meet our customers’ expectations could result in large damage claims against us. Claimants may seek large damage awards
and, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of any such proceedings. Any failure
to properly estimate or manage cost, or delay in the completion of projects, could subject us to penalties.
The ultimate resolution of
these matters through settlement, mediation or court judgment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows. Regardless of the outcome of any litigation, these proceedings could result in substantial cost and may
require us to devote substantial resources to defend ourselves. When appropriate, we establish reserves for litigation and claims that
we believe to be adequate in light of current information, legal advice and professional indemnity insurance coverage, and we adjust such
reserves from time to time according to developments. If our reserves are inadequate or insurance coverage proves to be inadequate or
unavailable, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may suffer.
If we are required to reclassify independent
contractors as employees, we may incur additional costs and taxes which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results
of operations and prospects.
We use a significant number
of independent contractors in our operations for whom we do not pay or withhold any federal or state employment tax. There are a number
of different tests used in determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and such tests generally take
into account multiple factors. There can be no assurance that legislative, judicial or regulatory (including tax) authorities will not
introduce proposals or assert interpretations of existing rules and regulations that would change, or at least challenge, the classification
of our independent contractors. Although we believe we have properly classified our independent contractors, the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service or other U.S. federal or state authorities or similar authorities of a foreign government may determine that we have misclassified
our independent contractors for employment tax or other purposes and, as a result, seek additional taxes from us or attempt to impose
fines and penalties. If we are required to pay employer taxes or pay backup withholding with respect to prior periods with respect to
or on behalf of our independent contractors, our operating costs will increase, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects.
Our dependence on subcontractors and suppliers
could increase our cost and impair our ability to complete contracts on a timely basis or at all.
We rely on third-party subcontractors
to perform some of the work on our contracts. We also rely on third-party suppliers to provide materials needed to perform our obligations
under those contracts. We generally do not bid on contracts unless we have the necessary subcontractors and suppliers committed for the
anticipated scope of the contract and at prices that we have included in our bid. Therefore, to the extent that we cannot engage subcontractors
or suppliers, our ability to bid for contracts may be impaired. In addition, if a subcontractor or third-party supplier is unable to deliver
its goods or services according to the negotiated terms for any reason, we may suffer delays and be required to purchase the services
from another source at a higher price. We sometimes pay our subcontractors and suppliers before our customers pay us for the related services.
If customers fail to pay us and we choose, or are required, to pay our subcontractors for work performed or pay our suppliers for goods
received, we could suffer an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Our insurance coverage may be inadequate
to cover all significant risk exposures.
We will be exposed to liabilities
that are unique to the services we provide. While we intend to maintain insurance for certain risks, the amount of our insurance coverage
may not be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities, and we may be forced to bear substantial costs resulting from risks and uncertainties
of our business. It is also not possible to obtain insurance to protect against all operational risks and liabilities. The failure to
obtain adequate insurance coverage on terms favorable to us, or at all, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects.
Risks Related to Our Industry
Our industry is highly competitive, with
a variety of larger companies with greater resources competing with us, and our failure to compete effectively could reduce the number
of new contracts awarded to us or adversely affect our market share and harm our financial performance.
The contracts on which we
bid are generally awarded through a competitive bid process, with awards generally being made to the lowest bidder, but sometimes based
on other factors, such as shorter contract schedules, larger scale to complete projects or prior experience with the customer. Within
our markets, we compete with many other service providers. Price is often the principal factor in determining which service provider is
selected by our customers, especially on smaller, less complex projects. As a result, any organization with adequate financial resources
and access to technical expertise may become a competitor. Smaller competitors are sometimes able to win bids for these projects based
on price alone because of their lower costs and financial return requirements. Additionally, our competitors may develop the expertise,
experience and resources to provide services that are equal or superior in price to our services, and we may not be able to maintain or
enhance our competitive position.
Some of our competitors have
already achieved greater market penetration than we have in the markets in which we compete, and some have greater financial and other
resources than we do. A number of national companies in our industry are larger than we are and, if they so desire, could establish a
presence in our markets and compete with us for contracts. As a result of this competition, we may need to accept lower contract margins
in order to compete against competitors that have the ability to accept awards at lower prices or have a pre-existing relationship with
a customer. If we are unable to compete successfully in our markets, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects
could be adversely affected.
Many of the customers we serve are subject
to consolidation and rapid technological and regulatory change, and our inability or failure to adjust to our customers’ changing
needs could reduce demand for our services.
We derive, and anticipate
that we will continue to derive, a substantial portion of our revenue from customers in the medical industry. This industry is subject
to rapid changes in technology and governmental regulation. Changes in technology may reduce the demand for the services we provide. Additionally,
the medical industry has been characterized by a high level of consolidation that may result in the loss of one or more of our customers.
Our failure to rapidly adopt and master new technologies as they are developed in any of the industries we serve or the consolidation
of one or more of our significant customers could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Further, our customers are
regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services and other regulators. These regulators may interpret the application of their
regulations in a manner that is different than the way such regulations are currently interpreted and may impose additional regulations,
either of which could reduce demand for our services and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Economic downturns could cause capital expenditures
in the industries we serve to decrease, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The demand for our services
has been and may be vulnerable to general downturns in the United States economy. Our customers are affected by economic changes that
decrease the need for or the profitability of their services. This can result in a decrease in the demand for our services and potentially
result in the delay or cancellation of projects by our customers. As a result, some of our customers may opt to defer or cancel pending
projects. A downturn in overall economic conditions also affects the priorities placed on various projects funded by governmental entities
and federal, state and local spending levels.
In general, economic uncertainty makes it difficult to estimate our
customers’ requirements for our services. Subject to receipt of sufficient funding, which we currently do not have, we plan to expand
our sales force to enable us to grow our revenues. If economic factors in any of the regions in which we plan to expand are not favorable
to the growth and development of the medical industry, we may not be able to carry out our growth strategy, which could adversely affect
our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Other Risks Relating to Our Company and Results
of Operations
Our operating results may fluctuate due
to factors that are difficult to forecast and not within our control.
Our past operating results
may not be accurate indicators of future performance, and you should not rely on such results to predict our future performance.
Our operating results have
fluctuated and could fluctuate in the future. Factors that may contribute to fluctuations include:
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Actual results could differ from the estimates
and assumptions that we use to prepare our financial statements.
To prepare financial statements
in conformity with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements that affect
the reported values of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Areas requiring
significant estimates by our management include:
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At the time the estimates
and assumptions are made, we believe they are accurate based on the information available. However, our actual results could differ from,
and could require adjustments to, those estimates.
We exercise judgment in determining our
provision for taxes in the United States that are subject to tax authority audit review that could result in additional tax liability
and potential penalties that would negatively affect our net income.
The amounts we record in intercompany
transactions for services, licenses, funding and other items affects our potential tax liabilities. Our tax filings are subject to review
or audit by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state, local and foreign taxing authorities. We exercise judgment in determining our
worldwide provision for income and other taxes and, in the ordinary course of our business, there may be transactions and calculations
where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Examinations of our tax returns could result in significant proposed adjustments and
assessment of additional taxes that could adversely affect our tax provision and net income in the period or periods for which that determination
is made.
Risks Related to our Common Stock
We may not be able to maintain the minimum $1.00 bid price per
share of our Common Stock, as required by the Nasdaq Stock Market, which could force us to implement a reverse stock split of our Common
Stock.
From February 17, 2022 through
March 21, 2022 (22 trading days), our common stock traded below $1.00 per share, the minimum bid price per share required for continued
inclusion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. There is a risk that the price per share of our Common Stock trades below $1.00 for thirty consecutive
days, in which case we will not be in compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market’s requirements for continued inclusion, as a result
of which our common stock could be subject to delisting from Nasdaq. In such an event, we would, subject to shareholder approval, implement
a reverse stock split so as to increase the price per share of our common stock on a post-split adjusted basis. In such a case, there
is a risk that the price of our common stock could decline on a split-adjusted basis. For example, if our common stock were trading at
$.80 per share and we implemented a 5/1 reverse stock split, there is a risk that our common stock could trade below $4.00 per share on
a split-adjusted basis.
Our common stock price has fluctuated substantially,
and the trading price of our common stock is likely to continue to be volatile, which could result in losses to investors and litigation.
In addition to changes to
market prices based on our results of operations and the factors discussed elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section, the market
price of and trading volume for our common stock may change for a variety of other reasons, not necessarily related to our actual operating
performance. The capital markets have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular
companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock. In addition, the average daily
trading volume of the securities of small companies can be very low, which may contribute to future volatility. Recently , the average
daily trading volume of our common stock has decreased. Factors that could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly
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Any of these factors, as well
as broader market and industry factors, may result in large and sudden changes in the trading volume of our common stock and could seriously
harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. This may prevent stockholders from being able to sell
their shares at or above the price they paid for shares of our common stock, if at all. In addition, following periods of volatility in
the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders often institute securities class action litigation against that company.
Our involvement in any class action suit or other legal proceeding, , could divert our senior management’s attention and could adversely
affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The sale or availability for sale of substantial
amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Sales of substantial amounts
of shares of our common stock, or the perception that these sales could occur, would likely adversely affect the market price of our common
stock and could impair our future ability to raise capital through common stock offerings. As of December 31, 2021 we had 11,293,030 shares
of common stock issued and outstanding, of which 1,706,652 shares were restricted securities and eligible for sale pursuant
to Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC. The sale of these shares into the open market may adversely affect the market price of our common
stock.
As of December 31, 2021, there
were outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,043,525 shares of our common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $2.57
per share, all of which were exercisable as of such date. As of December 31, 2021, there were outstanding options to purchase an aggregate
of 118,388 shares of our common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.25 per share, all of which were exercisable as of such
date. The market price of our common stock also may be adversely affected by our issuance of shares of our capital stock or convertible
securities in connection with future acquisitions, or in connection with our financing efforts.
We have never paid cash dividends on our
common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock.
We have never paid cash dividends
and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain any earnings
to finance our operations and growth. As a result, any short-term return on your investment will depend on the market price of our common
stock, and only appreciation of the price of our common stock, which may never occur, will provide a return to stockholders. The decision
whether to pay dividends will be made by our board of directors in light of conditions then existing, including, but not limited to, factors
such as our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business conditions, and covenants under any applicable
contractual arrangements. Investors seeking cash dividends should not invest in our common stock.
If equity research analysts do not publish
research or reports about our business, or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our common stock, the market price of our
common stock will likely decline.
The trading market for our
common stock will rely in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts, over whom we have no control, publish about
us and our business. We may never obtain research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If no securities or industry analysts
commence coverage of our company, the market price for price of our common stock could decline . In the event we obtain securities or
industry analyst coverage, the market analysts issue unfavorable commentary, even if it is inaccurate, or cease publishing reports about
us or our business.
A failure by us to establish and maintain
effective internal control over financial reporting could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.
Maintaining effective internal
control over financial reporting is necessary for us to produce accurate and complete financial reports and to help prevent financial
fraud. In addition, such control is required in order to maintain the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. While
we have undertaken remedial steps to improve our financial reporting process, including the implementation of a firm-wide accounting information
system that collects, stores and processes financial and accounting data on a consolidated basis for use in meeting our reporting obligations,
our internal control over financial reporting has not been effective . For the year ended December 31, 2021, we did not have effective
controls over financial reporting. Our management has identified material weaknesses in our internal controls related to deficiency in
our ability to have proper segregation of duties.
If we are unable to maintain
adequate internal controls or fail to correct material weaknesses in such controls noted by our management or our independent registered
public accounting firm, our business and operating results could be adversely affected, we could again fail to meet our obligations to
report our operating results accurately and completely and our continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market could be jeopardized. We
have implemented a policy whereby any external communications need to be reviewed and approved by a member of our Board of Directors,
as well as our outside legal counsel.
Complying with the laws and regulations
affecting public companies will increase our costs and the demands on management and could harm our operating results.
As a public company and particularly
after we cease to be an “emerging growth company,” we will incur significant additional legal, accounting, and other expenses.
In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Capital Market impose various requirements
on public companies, including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel devote a substantial
amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations have increased and will continue to increase our
legal, accounting, and financial compliance costs and have made and will continue to make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
For example, these rules and regulations make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance,
and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or to incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage.
These rules and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of
directors or board committees or as executive officers.
If we do not manage our planned growth effectively,
our revenue, business and operating results may be harmed.
Our future expansion strategy
could include possible acquisitions of other SaaS companies. We may not be able to identify, secure and manage future acquisitions successfully.
The acquisition of any future businesses may require a greater than anticipated investment of operational and financial resources as we
seek to institute uniform standards and controls across acquired businesses. Acquisitions may also result in the diversion of management
and resources, increases in administrative costs, including those relating to the assimilation of new employees, and costs associated
with any financings undertaken in connection with such acquisitions. We cannot assure you that any acquisition we undertake, including
those we have already made, will be successful. Future growth will also place additional demands on our management, sales, and marketing
resources, and may require us to hire and train additional employees. We will need to expand and upgrade our systems and infrastructure
to accommodate our growth, and we may not have the resources to do so in the time frames required. The failure to manage any future growth
effectively will materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may explore acquiring additional companies
and such acquisitions may subject us to additional unknown risks.
We may make future acquisitions
of SaaS or other companies in markets that we do not serve now. We may not be able to reach agreements with such companies on favorable
terms or at all. In completing acquisitions, we will rely upon the representations and warranties and indemnities made by the sellers
with respect to each acquisition as well as our own due diligence investigation. We cannot assure you that such representations and warranties
will be true and correct or that our due diligence will uncover all materially adverse facts relating to the operations and financial
condition of the acquired companies or their businesses. To the extent that we are required to pay for undisclosed obligations of an acquired
company, or if material misrepresentations exist, we may not realize the expected economic benefit from such acquisition and our ability
to seek legal recourse from the seller may be limited.
The value of our goodwill and other intangible
assets may decline.
As of December 31, 2021,
there was goodwill of $8,366,467. We evaluate goodwill at least annually, and will do so more frequently if events or circumstances indicate
that impairment may have occurred. Many of the assumptions and estimates that we make in order to estimate the fair value of our intangible
assets directly impact the results of impairment testing, including an estimate of future expected revenues, earnings and cash flows,
and the discount rates applied to expected cash flows. We are able to influence the outcome and ultimate results based on the assumptions
and estimates we choose for testing. To avoid undue influence, we have set criteria that are followed in making assumptions and estimates.
The determination of whether goodwill or acquired intangible assets have become impaired involves a significant level of judgment in the
assumptions underlying the approach used to determine the value of our reporting unit. Changes in our strategy or market conditions could
significantly impact these judgments and require adjustments to recorded amounts of intangible assets.
Any future acquisitions may result in potentially
dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of indebtedness and increased amortization expense.
Any future acquisitions are
likely to result in issuances of equity securities, which will be dilutive to the equity interests of existing stockholders, and may involve
the incurrence of debt, which will require us to maintain cash flows sufficient to make payments of principal and interest, the assumption
of known and unknown liabilities, and the amortization of expenses related to intangible assets, all of which could have an adverse effect
on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, the acquisition of SCWorx resulted in a change of control
of our company involving the issuance of 5,263,158 shares of common stock and 190,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, convertible
into 500,000 shares of common stock (subject to adjustment), and the issuance of warrants to purchase an additional 250,000 shares of
common stock, at an exercise price of $5.70 per share.
We may become involved in litigation which
could harm the value of our business.
Because of the nature of our
business and the exit from lines of business, there is a risk of litigation. Any litigation could cause us to incur substantial expenses
whether or not we prevail, which would reduce the capital available for our operations.
Please refer to Item 3. Legal
Proceedings of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a detailed description of the pending legal actions and investigations.
Economic uncertainty impacts our business
and financial results, and a renewed recession could materially affect us in the future.
Periods of economic slowdown
or recession could lead to a reduction in demand for our software and services, which in turn would reduce our revenues and adversely
affect our results of operations and our financial position. Our business will be dependent upon business discretionary spending and therefore
is affected by business confidence as well as the future performance of the United States and global economies. As a result, our results
of operations are susceptible to economic slowdowns and recessions.
We depend on the services of key executives
and consultants, and the loss of these persons could materially harm our business and our strategic direction if we were unable to replace
them with persons of equal experience and capabilities.
Our future success significantly
depends on the continued service and performance of our key management and other personnel. We cannot prevent members of senior management/consultants
from terminating their employment with us even if we have an employment or consulting agreement with them. Losing the services of members
of senior management/consultants could materially harm our business until a suitable replacement is found, and such replacement may not
have equal experience and capabilities. We have not purchased life insurance covering any members of our senior management.
The markets in which we operate are highly
competitive, rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented, and we may not be able to compete effectively, especially against competitors
with greater financial resources or marketplace presence.
We face competition from other
SaaS companies. Many of the companies with which we will compete have greater financial and technical resources than are available to
us. Our failure to compete effectively could result in a significant loss of customers, which would adversely affect our operating results.
We need additional capital to support our
operations and the growth of our business, and we cannot be certain that this capital will be available on reasonable terms when required,
or at all.
In order for us to grow and
execute our business plan successfully, we require additional financing which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
If such financing is available, it may be dilutive to the equity interests of existing stockholders. Failure to obtain financing will
have a material adverse effect on our financial position. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory
to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support the operation or growth of our business could be significantly impaired and
our operating results may be harmed.
If we fail to meet the continued listing
standards and corporate governance requirements for Nasdaq Capital Market companies, we may be subject to de-listing.
Our common stock is currently
listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. In order to maintain this listing, we are required to comply with various continued listing standards,
including corporate governance requirements, set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules. These standards and requirements include, but are
not limited to, maintaining a minimum bid price for our common stock, as well as having a majority of our Board members qualify as independent.
If we fail to meet any one of these requirements for an extended period of time, we will be subject to possible de-listing.
Our common stock may be affected by limited
trading volume and price fluctuations, which could adversely impact the value of our common stock and our ability to grow our business.
There has been limited trading
in our common stock, and there can be no assurance that an active trading market in our common stock will either develop or be maintained.
Our common stock has experienced, and is likely to experience in the future, significant price and volume fluctuations, which could adversely
affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as
quarterly fluctuations in our financial results and changes in the overall economy or the condition of the financial markets could cause
the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. These fluctuations may also cause short sellers to enter the market periodically
in the belief that we will have poor results in the future. We cannot predict the actions of market participants and, therefore, can offer
no assurances that the market for our common stock will be stable or that our share price will appreciate over time.
Our stock price has been volatile.
The market price of our common
stock has been highly volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control,
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In addition, the securities
markets from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular
companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Offers or availability for sale of a substantial
number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline.
The periodic availability
of shares for sale upon the expiration of any statutory holding period or lockup agreements, could create a circumstance commonly referred
to as an “overhang”, in anticipation of which the market price of our common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang,
whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through
the sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate.
We may be unable to establish, protect or
enforce our intellectual property rights adequately.
Our success will depend in
part on our ability to establish, protect and enforce our intellectual property and other proprietary rights. Our inability to protect
our tradenames, service marks and other intellectual property rights from infringement, piracy, counterfeiting or other unauthorized use
could negatively affect our business. If we fail to establish, protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, we may lose an important
advantage in the market in which we compete. Our intellectual property rights may not be sufficient to help us maintain our position in
the market and our competitive advantages. Monitoring unauthorized uses of and enforcing our intellectual property rights can be difficult
and costly. Legal intellectual property actions are inherently uncertain and may not be successful, and may require a substantial resources
and management attention.
We currently host our solution,
serve our customers, and support our operations in the United States through an agreement with a third party hosting and infrastructure
provider, Rackspace. We incorporate standard IT security measures, including but not limited to; firewalls, disaster recovery,
backup, etc.
Circumstances outside our
control could pose a threat to our intellectual property rights. For example, effective intellectual property protection may not be available
in the United States or other countries in which we seek protection of our marks or our copyrighted works. Also, the efforts we have taken
to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective. Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights may
harm our business or our ability to compete.
Changes in laws, regulations and other requirements
could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.
We are subject to the laws,
regulations and other requirements of the jurisdictions in which we operate. Changes to these laws could have a material adverse impact
on the revenue, profit or the operation of our business.
Disruptions in our information technology
systems or security breaches of confidential customer information or personal employee information could have an adverse impact on our
operations.
Our operations are dependent
upon the integrity, security and consistent operation of various information technology systems and data centers that process transactions,
communication systems and various other software applications used throughout our operations. Disruptions in these systems could have
an adverse impact on our operations. We could encounter difficulties in developing new systems or maintaining and upgrading existing systems.
Such difficulties could lead to significant expenses or to losses due to disruption in our business operations.
In addition, our information
technology systems are subject to the risk of infiltration or data theft. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or
degrade service, or sabotage information technology systems change frequently and may be difficult to detect or prevent over long periods
of time. Moreover, the hardware, software or applications we develop or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture
or other problems that could unexpectedly compromise the security of our information systems. Unauthorized parties may also attempt to
gain access to our systems or facilities through fraud or deception aimed at our employees, contractors or temporary staff. In the event
that the security of our information systems is compromised, confidential information could be misappropriated, and system disruptions
could occur. Any such misappropriation or disruption could cause significant harm to our reputation, lead to a loss of sales or profits
or cause us to incur significant costs to reimburse third parties for damages.
Our current insurance policies may not provide
adequate levels of coverage against all claims, and we may incur losses that are not covered by our insurance.
We believe we maintain insurance
coverage that is customary for businesses of our size and type; however, we may be unable to insure against certain types of losses or
claims, or the cost of such insurance may be prohibitive. For example, although we carry insurance for breaches of our computer network
security, there can be no assurance that such insurance will cover all potential losses or claims or that the dollar limits of such insurance
will be sufficient to provide full coverage against all losses or claims. Uninsured losses or claims, if they occur, could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition, business and results of operations. Our Insurance policies may also be subject to substantial
deductibles/retentions.
We may be required to pay for the defense
of our clients, officers, or directors in accordance with certain indemnification provisions.
Our company provides indemnification
of varying scope to certain customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use
of our services. In accordance with authoritative guidance for accounting for guarantees, we evaluate estimated losses for such indemnification.
Management considers such factors as the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability to make a reasonable estimate
of the amount of loss. To date, no such claims have been filed against our company and, as a result, no liability has been recorded in
our financial statements.
As permitted under Delaware
law, our company has agreements whereby we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or
director is, or was, serving at our company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could
be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, we have directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance coverage that is intended to reduce our financial exposure and may enable us to recover a portion of any such payments.
Please refer to Item 3. Legal
Proceedings of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a detailed description of the various actions and investigations for which we are obligated
to indemnify our officers and directors.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
Our company does not own any
real property. The Company’s principal executive office in New York City is under a month-to-month arrangement. The Company also
had a lease in Greenwich, CT which expired in March 2020 and became a month to month. This tenancy was terminated in April 2021.
We believe that our facilities
are adequate for our current needs.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
In conducting our business,
we may become involved in legal proceedings. We will accrue a liability for such matters when it is probable that a liability has been
incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. When only a range of possible loss can be established, the most probable amount in
the range is accrued. If no amount within this range is a better estimate than any other amount within the range, the minimum amount in
the range is accrued. The accrual for a litigation loss contingency might include, for example, estimates of potential damages, outside
legal fees and other directly related costs expected to be incurred.
Settlement of Consolidated
Securities Class Action
As previously disclosed,
on April 29, 2020, a securities class action case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
against us and our former CEO. The action is captioned Daniel Yannes, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs.
SCWorx Corp. and Marc S. Schessel,. Subsequently, two additional class actions were filed in the same court (Leeburn v. SCWorx, et
ano. and Leonard v. SCWorx et ano.) and thereafter, the three class actions were consolidated (the “Consolidated Class Action”).
The Consolidated Class Action alleged that our company and our former CEO misled investors in connection with our April 13, 2020 press
release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits.
As previously disclosed,
on February 11, 2022, the parties entered into a Stipulation of Settlement (subject to Court approval) to settle the Consolidated Class
Action. The settlement resolves all claims asserted against SCWorx and the other named defendant without any admission, concession or
finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the Company or any defendant. Under the terms of
this agreement, (i) the insurers for the Company and Marc Schessel (former CEO) will make a cash payment to the class plaintiffs (ii)
the former CEO will transfer 100,000 shares of company common stock to the class plaintiffs, and (iii) the Company will issue $600,000 worth
of common stock to the class plaintiffs, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related to the securities
class action litigation. After giving effect to the share issuance by the Company, the Company believes that it will have satisfied the
accrued retention liability of $700,000.
Settlement of Consolidated
Derivative Action
As previously disclosed, on
June 15, 2020, a shareholder derivative claim was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against
Steven Wallitt (current director), Marc S. Schessel, Robert Christie and Charles Miller (former directors) (“Director Defendants”).
The action is captioned Lozano, derivatively on behalf of SCWorx Corp. v. Marc S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants,
and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. The Lozano lawsuit was consolidated with another shareholder derivative lawsuit, Richter, v. Marc
S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants, and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. (the “Consolidated Derivative Action”).
The Consolidated Derivative
Action alleged that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company, including by misleading investors in connection
with our April 13, 2020 press release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits, failing to correct false and misleading statements
and failing to implement proper disclosure and internal controls.
In addition, on October 29,
2020, Hemrita Zarins filed a shareholder derivative action in the Chancery Court in the State of Delaware against Steven Wallitt (current
director) and Marc S. Schessel and Charles Miller (former directors). The action is captioned Hemrita Zarins, v. Marc S. Schessel, Robert
Christie, Steven Wallitt and SCWorx, Nominal Defendant. The Zarins action contains substantially similar allegations as in the Consolidated
Derivative Action.
On February 15, 2022, the
Company and the Director Defendants (Marc Schessel, Steven Wallitt, Charles Miller and Robert Christie) entered into a stipulation of
settlement (subject to Court approval) with the shareholder derivative plaintiffs to settle the Consolidated Derivative Action as well
as the Zarins action. Under the terms of the settlement, (i) the insurers for the Director Defendants will make a cash payment to legal
counsel for the shareholder derivative Plaintiffs to cover their legal fees and (ii) the Company will adopt certain corporate governance
reforms within 60 days of court approval of the settlement, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related
to the derivative class action litigation. The settlement resolves all claims asserted against the defendants without any admission, concession
or finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the Company or any defendant.
Other Investigations
In addition, as previously
disclosed, following the April 13, 2020 press release and related disclosures (related to COVID-19 rapid test kits), the Securities and
Exchange Commission made an inquiry regarding the disclosures we made in relation to the transaction involving COVID-19 test kits. The
Company is continuing to cooperate with the SEC regarding its investigation arising out of the April 13, 2020 press release and the events
thereafter. The Company received a Wells notice on December 8, 2021 and an amended Wells notice on December 10, 2021. The Wells
Notice states that the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has made a preliminary determination to recommend that the Commission
file an enforcement action against the Company which would allege violations of Sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”),
and Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c) thereunder. The Wells Notice also indicates that the staff would seek fines and disgorgement,
including pre and post judgment interest in such enforcement proceeding. The Company did not make a Wells submission to the Commission
in response to the Wells Notice. The Company has since been actively engaged in discussions with
the Staff to settle the claims set forth in the Wells Notice.
In April 2020, we received related inquiries from The Nasdaq Stock
Market and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). We cooperated fully with these agencies, providing information and documents,
as requested. We have not had any requests from these agencies since January 2021.
Also in April 2020, as previously
disclosed, we were contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, which was seeking information and documents
from our officers and directors relating primarily to the April 13, 2020 press release concerning COVID-19 rapid test kits. We have cooperated
fully with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in its investigation.
In connection with these
actions and investigations, the Company is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors for costs incurred in defending against these
claims and investigations. Because the Company currently does not have the resources to pay for these costs, its directors and officers
liability insurance carrier has agreed to indemnify these persons. Upon consummation of the settlement of the Consolidated Class Action,
the Company believes it will have satisfied its accrued retention obligations with respect to the insurance coverage.
David Klarman v. SCWorx
Corp. f/k/a Alliance MMA, Inc., Index No. 619536/2019 (N.Y. State Sup. Ct., Suffolk County)
On October 3, 2019, David
Klarman, a former employee of Alliance, served a complaint against SCWorx seeking $400,000.00 for a breach of his employment agreement
with Alliance. Klarman claims that Alliance ceased paying him his salary in March 2018 as well as other alleged contractual benefits.
This action was settled on or about December 16, 2021 by the parties without any admission of liability or wrongdoing. In exchange for
a release, the Company agreed to settle with Mr. Klarman with $100,000 of SCWorx shares calculated over a period of 4 months pursuant
to an agreed upon schedule with respect to amounts, dates and a restriction on sales of SCWorx stock to no more than 4,000 shares per
trading day. To date, all shares have been issued pursuant to this agreement.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common
Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information for Common Stock
Our common stock was listed
on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMMA” from October 6, 2016 through February 3, 2019. Our symbol was changed
to “WORX” on February 4, 2019 in connection with the closing of the SCWorx acquisition. The following table sets forth for
the indicated periods the high and low closing prices for SCWorx’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
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Low | | |
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First Quarter | |
$ | 3.08 | | |
$ | 1.28 | | |
$ | 3.14 | | |
$ | 1.55 | |
Second Quarter | |
$ | 2.49 | | |
$ | 1.28 | | |
$ | 12.02 | | |
$ | 2.09 | |
Third Quarter | |
$ | 5.00 | | |
$ | 1.45 | | |
$ | 5.75 | | |
$ | 1.29 | |
Fourth Quarter | |
$ | 2.28 | | |
$ | 1.16 | | |
$ | 2.22 | | |
$ | 1.03 | |
Holders of Record
As of March 31, 2021, there
were 11,383,454 outstanding shares of common stock held by 79 stockholders of record.
Dividends
We have never declared or
paid any cash dividends on our shares of common stock, and we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate
that we will retain any earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Any future determination
relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on a number of factors, including
future earnings, capital requirements, financial conditions and future prospects and other factors the Board of Directors may deem relevant.
Furthermore, our ability to pay dividends is limited by the Delaware General Corporation Law, which provides that a corporation may pay
dividends only out of existing “surplus,” which is defined as the amount by which a corporation’s net assets exceeds
its stated capital.
Refer to Note 9, Stockholders’
Equity, in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, for a non–cash dividend related to the decrease in the exercise price
of certain warrants.
Item 6. [Reserved]
Not required under Regulation
S-K for “smaller reporting companies.”
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect
Management’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. You can identify these statements by forward-looking
words such as “may” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate”
and “continue,” or similar words. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations
of us and members of our management team as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned
that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual
results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.
Readers are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Important factors known to us could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. We
undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated
events or changes in the future operating results over time. We believe that its assumptions are based upon reasonable data derived from
and known about our business and operations and the business and operations of our company. No assurances are made that actual results
of operations or the results of our future activities will not differ materially from its assumptions. Factors that could cause differences
include, but are not limited to, expected market demand for our services, fluctuations in pricing for materials, and competition.
Our Business
SCWorx is a provider of data
content and services related to the repair, normalization and interoperability of information for healthcare providers and big data analytics
for the healthcare industry.
SCWorx has developed and markets
health information technology solutions and associated services that improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals.
SCWorx’s software platform enables healthcare providers to simplify, repair, and organize its data (“data normalization”),
allows the data to be utilized across multiple internal software applications (“interoperability”) and provides the basis
for sophisticated data analytics (“big data”). SCWorx’s solutions are designed to improve the flow of information quickly
and accurately between the existing supply chain, electronic medical records, clinical systems, and patient billing functions. The software
is designed to achieve multiple operational benefits such as supply chain cost reductions, decreased accounts receivables aging, accelerated
and more accurate billing, contract optimization, increased supply chain management and cost visibility, synchronous Charge Description
Master (“CDM”) and control of vendor rebates and contract administration fees.
SCWorx empowers healthcare
providers to maintain comprehensive access and visibility to an advanced business intelligence that enables better decision-making and
reductions in product costs and utilization, ultimately leading to accelerated and accurate patient billing. SCWorx’s software modules
perform separate functions as follows:
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virtualized Item Master File repair, expansion and automation; |
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request for proposal automation; |
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big data analytics modeling; and |
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data integration and warehousing. |
SCWorx continues to provide
transformational data-driven solutions to many healthcare providers in the United States. The Company’s clients are geographically
dispersed throughout the country. The Company’s focus is to assist healthcare providers with issues that they have pertaining to
data interoperability. SCWorx provides these solutions through a combination of direct sales and relationships with strategic partners.
SCWorx’s software solutions
are delivered to its clients within a fixed term period, typically a three-to-five-year contracted term, where such software is hosted
in SCWorx data centers (Amazon Web Service’s “AWS” or RackSpace) and accessed by such clients through a secure connection
in a software as a service (“SaaS”) delivery method.
SCWorx currently sells its
solutions and services in the United States to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force and its distribution and reseller
partnerships.
SCWorx, as part of the acquisition
of Alliance MMA, operates an online event ticketing platform focused on serving regional MMA (“mixed martial arts”) promotions
which it has paused due to COVID-19.
We currently host our solutions,
serve our customers, and support our operations in the United States through an agreement with a third party hosting and infrastructure
provider, RackSpace. We incorporate standard IT security measures, including but not limited to; firewalls, disaster recovery, backup,
etc. Our operations are dependent upon the integrity, security and consistent operation of various information technology systems and
data centers that process transactions, communication systems and various other software applications used throughout our operations.
Disruptions in these systems could have an adverse impact on our operations. We could encounter difficulties in developing new systems
or maintaining and upgrading existing systems. Such difficulties could lead to significant expenses or to losses due to disruption in
our business operations.
In addition, our information
technology systems are subject to the risk of infiltration or data theft. The techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or
degrade service, or sabotage information technology systems change frequently and may be difficult to detect or prevent over long periods
of time. Moreover, the hardware, software or applications we develop or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture
or other problems that could unexpectedly compromise the security of our information systems. Unauthorized parties may also attempt to
gain access to our systems or facilities through fraud or deception aimed at our employees, contractors or temporary staff. In the event
that the security of our information systems is compromised, confidential information could be misappropriated, and system disruptions
could occur. Any such misappropriation or disruption could cause significant harm to our reputation, lead to a loss of sales or profits
or cause us to incur significant costs to reimburse third parties for damages.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s discussion
and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements. These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
in the United States which requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues
and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. By their nature, these estimates and judgments are subject
to an inherent degree of uncertainty. We evaluate our estimates based on our historical experience and various other assumptions that
are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates relate to revenue recognition, the assessment of recoverability
of goodwill and intangible assets, the assessment of useful lives and the recoverability of property, plant and equipment, the valuation
and recognition of stock-based compensation expense, recognition and measurement of deferred income tax assets and liabilities, the assessment
of unrecognized tax benefits, and others. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and material effects on our consolidated operating
results and consolidated financial position may result. Refer to Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements, for a full description of our accounting policies.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance to U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SCWorx and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash
Cash is maintained with various
financial institutions. Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash
deposits. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Management applies fair value
accounting for significant financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed
at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Management defines fair value as the price that would be
received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities, which are required to be recorded at fair value, management
considers the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that
market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as risks inherent in valuation techniques, transfer restrictions
and credit risk. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value
into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to
the fair value measurement: Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 - Observable inputs
other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities
in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term
of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 - Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions
that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Concentration of Credit and Other Risks
Financial instruments that
potentially subject our company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, accounts receivable and warrants.
We believe that any concentration of credit risk in its accounts receivable is substantially mitigated by our evaluation process, relatively
short collection terms and the high level of credit worthiness of its customers. We perform ongoing internal credit evaluations of its
customers’ financial condition, obtain deposits and limit the amount of credit extended when deemed necessary but generally require
no collateral.
For the year ended December
31, 2021, we had two customers representing 19% and 13% of aggregate revenues. or the year ended December 31, 2020, we had two customers
representing 22% and 17% of aggregate revenues. At December 31, 2021, we had three customers representing 17%, 16% and 14% of aggregate
accounts receivable. At December 31, 2020, we had three customers representing 35%, 32% and 10% of aggregate accounts receivable.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Our company continually monitors
customer payments and maintains a reserve for estimated losses resulting from our customers’ inability to make required payments.
In determining the reserve, we evaluate the collectability of our accounts receivable based upon a variety of factors. In cases where
we become aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations, we record a specific
allowance against amounts due. For all other customers, we recognize allowances for doubtful accounts based on our historical write-off
experience in conjunction with the length of time the receivables are past due, customer creditworthiness, geographic risk and the current
business environment. Actual future losses from uncollectible accounts may differ from our estimates. The Company recorded an allowance
for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 of $421,736 and $183,277, respectively.
Leases
We determine if an arrangement
is a lease at inception. The current portion of lease obligations are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated
balance sheets. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities
represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement
date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our
incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease, which are included in the lease ROU asset when it is reasonably
certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
We have lease agreements with lease components only, none with non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately.
Business Combinations
Our company includes the results
of operations of a business we acquire in our consolidated results as of the date of acquisition. We allocate the fair value of the purchase
consideration of our acquisition to the tangible assets, liabilities and intangible assets acquired, based on their estimated fair values.
The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as
goodwill. The primary items that generate goodwill include the value of the synergies between the acquired businesses and our company.
Intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The fair value of contingent consideration (earn out) associated with
acquisitions is remeasured each reporting period and adjusted accordingly. Acquisition and integration related costs are recognized separately
from the business combination and are expensed as incurred. For additional information regarding our acquisitions, refer to Note 5, Business
Combinations.
Goodwill and Identified Intangible Assets
Goodwill
Goodwill is recorded as the
difference between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the net tangible and identified intangible
assets acquired under a business combination. Goodwill also includes acquired assembled workforce, which does not qualify as an identifiable
intangible asset. Management reviews impairment of goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or circumstances
indicate that the goodwill might be impaired. We first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the
quantitative goodwill impairment test. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, we determine that it is not more likely
than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the quantitative goodwill impairment test is unnecessary.
Identified intangible assets
Identified finite-lived intangible
assets consist of ticketing software and promoter relationships resulting from the February 1, 2019 business combination. Our identified
intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 5 to 7 years. Management makes
judgments about the recoverability of finite-lived intangible assets whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the useful life is
shorter than originally estimated or that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist,
we assess recoverability by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over
their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of the carrying amount over
the fair value of those assets. If the useful life is shorter than originally estimated, we would accelerate the rate of amortization
and amortize the remaining carrying value over the new shorter useful life.
For further discussion of
goodwill and identified intangible assets, refer to Note 5, Business Combinations.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are
recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the related assets’
estimated useful lives. Equipment, furniture and fixtures are being amortized over a period of three years.
Expenditures that materially
increase asset life are capitalized, while ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance
with Topic 606 to depict the transfer of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects
to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of Topic 606
we perform the following steps:
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Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer |
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Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract |
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Step 3: Determine the transaction price |
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Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract |
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Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation |
We follow the accounting revenue
guidance under Topic 606 to determine whether contracts contain more than one performance obligation. Performance obligations
are the unit of accounting for revenue recognition and generally represent the distinct goods or services that are promised to the customer.
Management has identified
the following performance obligations in our contracts with customers:
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Data Normalization: which includes data preparation, product and vendor mapping, product categorization, data enrichment and other data related services, |
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Software-as-a-service (“SaaS”): which is generated from clients’ access of and usage of our hosted software solutions on a subscription basis for a specified contract term, which is usually annually. In SaaS arrangements, the client cannot take possession of the software during the term of the contract and generally has the right to access and use the software and receive any software upgrades published during the subscription period, |
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Maintenance: which includes ongoing data cleansing and normalization, content enrichment, and optimization, and |
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Professional Services: mainly related to specific customer projects to manage and/or analyze data and review for cost reduction opportunities. |
A contract will typically
include Data Normalization, SaaS and Maintenance, which are distinct performance obligations and are accounted for separately. The transaction
price is allocated to each separate performance obligation on a relative stand-alone selling price basis. Significant judgement is required
to determine the stand-alone selling price for each distinct performance obligation and is typically estimated based on observable transactions
when these services are sold on a stand-alone basis. At contract inception, an assessment of the goods and services promised in the contracts
with customers is performed and a performance obligation is identified for each distinct promise to transfer to the customer
a good or service (or bundle of goods or services). To identify the performance obligations, management considers all the goods or
services promised in the contract regardless of whether they are explicitly stated or are implied by customary business practices. Revenue
is recognized when the performance obligation has been met. We consider control to have transferred upon delivery because we have
a present right to payment at that time, we have transferred use of the good or service, and the customer is able to direct the use of,
and obtain substantially all the remaining benefits from, the good or service.
Our SaaS and Maintenance contracts
typically have termination for convenience without penalty clauses and accordingly, are generally accounted for as month-to-month agreements.
If it is determined that we have not satisfied a performance obligation, revenue recognition will be deferred until the performance obligation
is deemed to be satisfied.
Revenue recognition for our
performance obligations are as follows:
Data Normalization and Professional Services
Our Data Normalization and
Professional Services are typically fixed fee. When these services are not combined with SaaS or Maintenance revenues as a single unit
of accounting, these revenues are recognized as the services are rendered and when contractual milestones are achieved and accepted by
the customer.
SaaS and Maintenance
SaaS and Maintenance revenues
are recognized ratably over the contract terms beginning on the commencement date of each contract, which is the date on which our service
is made available to customers.
We do have some contracts
that have payment terms that differ from the timing of revenue recognition, which requires us to assess whether the transaction price
for those contracts include a significant financing component. We have elected the practical expedient that permits an entity to not adjust
for the effects of a significant financing component if it expects that at the contract inception, the period between when the entity
transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will be one year or less. We do
not maintain contracts in which the period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer
pays for that good or service exceeds the one-year threshold.
As of December 31, 2021, we
had $472,750 of remaining performance obligations recorded as deferred revenue. We expect to recognize sales relating to these existing
performance obligations of during 2022.
Costs to Fulfill a Contract
Costs to fulfill a contract
typically include costs related to satisfying performance obligations as well as general and administrative costs that are not explicitly
chargeable to customer contracts. These expenses are recognized and expensed when incurred in accordance with ASC 340-40.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenues primarily
represent data center hosting costs, consulting services and maintenance of our large data array that were incurred in delivering professional
services and maintenance of our large data array during the periods presented.
Contract Balances
Contract assets arise when
the revenue associated prior to our unconditional right to receive a payment under a contract with a customer (i.e., unbilled revenue)
and are derecognized when either it becomes a receivable or the cash is received. There were no contract assets as of December 31, 2021
and 2020.
Contract liabilities arise
when customers remit contractual cash payments in advance of our company satisfying our performance obligations under the contract and
are derecognized when the revenue associated with the contract is recognized when the performance obligation is satisfied. Deferred revenue
for contract liabilities were $472,750 and $2,025,333 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Income Taxes
Our company converted to a
corporation from a limited liability company during 2018.
We use the asset and liability
method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, “Income
Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year
and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial
statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income
in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Valuation allowances are provided
if, based upon the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, we evaluated available evidence and concluded that we may not realize all the benefits of our
deferred tax assets; therefore, a valuation allowance was established for our deferred tax assets.
ASC Topic 740-10-30 clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold
and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a
tax return. ASC Topic 740-10-40 provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods,
disclosure, and transition. We have no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
On December 22, 2017, the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax
regime by, including but not limited to, lowering the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 34% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, implementing
a territorial tax system, imposing a one-time transition tax on previously untaxed accumulated earnings and profits of foreign subsidiaries,
and creating new taxes on foreign sourced earnings. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we completed the accounting for
tax effects of the Tax Act under ASC 740. There were no impacts to the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Stock-based Compensation Expense
The Company accounts for stock-based
compensation expense in accordance with the authoritative guidance on share-based payments. Under the provisions of the guidance, stock-based
compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the option or warrant using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period.
The authoritative guidance
also requires that the Company measure and recognize stock-based compensation expense upon modification of the term of stock award. The
stock-based compensation expense for such modification is accounted for as a repurchase of the original award and the issuance of a new
award.
Calculating stock-based compensation
expense requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the stock-based awards, stock price volatility,
and the pre-vesting option forfeiture rate. The Company estimates the expected life of options granted based on historical exercise patterns,
which are believed to be representative of future behavior. The Company estimates the volatility of the Company’s common stock on
the date of grant based on historical volatility. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent the
Company’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.
As a result, if factors change and the Company uses different assumptions, its stock-based compensation expense could be materially different
in the future. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares
expected to vest. The Company estimates the forfeiture rate based on historical experience of its stock-based awards that are granted,
exercised and cancelled. If the actual forfeiture rate is materially different from the estimate, stock-based compensation expense could
be significantly different from what was recorded in the current period. The Company also grants performance based restricted stock awards
to employees and consultants. These awards will vest if certain employeeconsultant-specific or company-designated performance targets
are achieved. If minimum performance thresholds are achieved, each award will convert into a designated number of the Company’s
common stock. If minimum performance thresholds are not achieved, then no shares will be issued. Based upon the expected levels of achievement,
stock-based compensation is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The expected levels of achievement
are reassessed over the requisite service periods and, to the extent that the expected levels of achievement change, stock-based compensation
is adjusted in the period of change and recorded on the statements of operations and the remaining unrecognized stock-based compensation
is recorded over the remaining requisite service period. Refer to Note 9, Stockholders’ Equity, for additional detail.
Loss Per Share
We compute earnings (loss)
per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing the loss available to common
shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect
to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock
using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares
assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect
is anti-dilutive. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had 1,161,913 and 790,847, respectively, common stock equivalents outstanding.
Indemnification
We provide indemnification
of varying scope to certain customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use
of our software. In accordance with authoritative guidance for accounting for guarantees, we evaluate estimated losses for such indemnification.
We consider such factors as the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability to make a reasonable estimate of the amount
of loss. To date, no such claims have been filed against our company and no liability has been recorded in our financial statements.
As permitted under Delaware
law, we have agreements whereby we indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director
is, or was, serving at our company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required
to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited. In addition, we have directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance coverage that is intended to reduce our financial exposure and may enable us to recover any payments above the applicable policy
retention.
In connection with the Class
Action claims and investigations described in Item 3. Legal Proceedings of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company is obligated to
indemnify its officers and directors for costs incurred in defending against these claims and investigations.
Contingencies
From time to time, we may
be involved in legal and administrative proceedings and claims of various types. We record a liability in our consolidated financial statements
for these matters when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Management reviews these estimates
in each accounting period as additional information becomes known and adjusts the loss provision when appropriate. If the loss is not
probable or cannot be reasonably estimated, a liability is not recorded in the consolidated financial statements. If a loss is probable
but the amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated, we disclose the loss contingency and an estimate of possible loss or range of loss
(unless such an estimate cannot be made). We do not recognize gain contingencies until they are realized. Legal costs incurred in connection
with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. Refer to Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies, for further information.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated
financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and
disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related
to allowance for doubtful accounts, the estimated useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, equity component of convertible
debt, stock-based compensation, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on
current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses
that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from
the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results
of operations will be affected.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
From time to time, new accounting
pronouncements are issued by FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. If not discussed, management believes
that the impact of recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial
statements upon adoption.
Results of Operations
The COVID-19 Pandemic has disrupted our
business and the business of our hospital customers.
Our operations and business
have experienced disruption due to the unprecedented conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic which spread throughout the United States
and the world. The Company has followed the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its team members
since the outbreak.
In addition, the Company’s
customers (hospitals) also experienced extraordinary disruptions to their businesses and supply chains, while experiencing unprecedented
demand for health care services related to COVID-19. As a result of these extraordinary disruptions to the Company’s customers’
business, the Company’s customers were focused on meeting the nation’s health care needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the Company believes that its customers were not able to focus resources on expanding the utilization of the Company’s
services, which has adversely impacted the Company’s growth prospects, at least until the adverse effects of the pandemic subside.
In addition, the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s hospital customers could cause the hospitals to delay payments due
to the Company for services, which could negatively impact the Company’s cash flows.
The Company had sought to
mitigate these impacts to revenue through the sale of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and COVID-19 rapid test kits to
the health care industry, including many of the Company’s hospital customers.
The sale of PPE and rapid
test kits for COVID-19 represented a new business for the Company and was subject to the myriad risks associated with any new venture.
The Company encountered great difficulty in attempting to secure reliable sources of supply for both COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits and PPE.
The Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits or PPE. Since the inception of this business, the Company completed
only minimal sales of COVID-19 rapid test kits and PPE. The Company does not expect to generate any significant revenue from the sale
of PPE products or rapid test kits, and as of the date of this report, the Company has not generated any material revenue from the sale
of PPE or rapid test kits.
The Company is no longer actively
seeking to procure and sell Test Kits or PPE. Instead, the Company is focused on selling its current inventory of PPE. The Company may
receive commissions for acting as an intermediary with respect to the sale of PPE and/or Test Kits. However, there is no assurance the
Company will realize any material revenue from these activities.
Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to
Year Ended December 31, 2020
The following summary of our
results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and
2020.
Our operating results for
the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are summarized as follows:
| |
Years Ended | | |
| |
| |
December 31,
2021 | | |
December 31,
2020 | | |
Difference | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| |
Revenue | |
$ | 4,632,529 | | |
$ | 5,213,118 | | |
$ | (580,589 | ) |
Cost of revenues | |
| 2,782,509 | | |
| 3,515,279 | | |
| (732,770 | ) |
General and administrative | |
| 5,664,488 | | |
| 7,742,850 | | |
| (2,078,362 | ) |
Other (expense) income | |
| - | | |
| (1,357,339 | ) | |
| 1,357,339 | |
Provision for income taxes | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Net loss | |
| (3,814,468 | ) | |
| (7,402,350 | ) | |
| 3,587,882 | |
Revenues
Revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2021 was $4,632,529, compared to $5,213,188 in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decline in revenue is primarily
related to decreases in revenues from PPE sales of approximately $410,000 as we have pivoted away from direct PPE inventory sales and
a decrease of approximately $125,000 in ticket sales upon the suspension of our Cagetix operations due to COVID-19.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2021 was $2,782,509, compared to $3,515,279 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The $732,770 decrease is primarily
related to a decrease of approximately $103,000 in costs related to ticket sales revenue which was suspended in 2021 and decrease of approximately
$127,000 in costs related to PPE inventory sales with the remaining decrease related to lowered salary costs of revenue in the current
year.
Expenses
General and administrative
expenses decreased $2,078,362 to $5,664,488 for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $7,742,850 in the same period of 2020.
This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in salary expense of approximately $70,000, a decrease in stock-based compensation (non-cash)
of approximately $600,000, a decrease in legal and professional fees of $1,080,000, a decrease in travel expense of $170,000, a decrease
in accounting fees of $40,000, and a decrease in commission expense of $170,000, partially offset by an increase in inventory expense
of $367,000. We expect general and administrative expenses to remain relatively flat during 2022, unless we complete a capital raise,
in which case we would expect expenses to grow as we ramp our sales force.
We had other expense of $1,357,339
during the year ended December 31, 2020. Other expense in 2020 related to net losses on the settlement of accounts payable due to the
fair value of the shares issued in settlement being greater than the value of the accounts payable.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Going Concern
Management has concluded on
our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 that conditions exist that raise substantial doubt about our
ability to continue as a going concern since we may not have sufficient capital resources from operations and existing financing arrangements
to meet our operating expenses and working capital requirements. As of December 31, 2021, we had a working capital deficit of $1,527,830
and accumulated deficit of $24,011,291. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $3,814,468 and used $1,069,945 of
cash in operations. We have historically incurred operating losses and may continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future.
We believe that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. This may hinder our future
ability to obtain financing or may force us to obtain financing on less favorable terms than would otherwise be available. If we are unable
to develop sufficient revenues and additional customers for our products and services, we may not generate enough revenue to sustain our
business, and we may fail, in which case our stockholders would suffer a total loss of their investment. There can be no assurance that
we will be able to continue as a going concern.
Recent Fundraising
On May 5, 2020, the Company
obtained a $293,972 unsecured loan payable through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was enacted as part of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES ACT”). The funds were received from Bank of America through
a loan agreement pursuant to the CARES Act. The CARES Act was established in order to enable small businesses to pay employees during
the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 by providing forgivable loans to qualifying businesses for up to 2.5 times their average monthly
payroll costs. The amount borrowed under the CARES Act and used for payroll costs, rent, mortgage interest, and utility costs during the
24 week period after the date of loan disbursement is eligible to be forgiven provided that (a) the Company uses the PPP Funds during
the eight week period after receipt thereof, and (b) the PPP Funds are only used to cover payroll costs (including benefits), rent, mortgage
interest, and utility costs. While the full loan amount may be forgiven, the amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if, among other
reasons, the Company does not maintain staffing or payroll levels or less than 60% of the loan proceeds are used for payroll costs. Principal
and interest payments on any unforgiven portion of the PPP Funds (the “PPP Loan”) will be deferred to the date the SBA remits
the borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender or, if the borrower does not apply for loan forgiveness, 10 months after the
end of the borrower’s loan forgiveness period for six months and will accrue interest at a fixed annual rate of 1.0% and carry a
two year maturity date. There is no prepayment penalty on the CARES Act Loan. The Company expects the loan to be fully forgiven.
On March 17, 2021, we received
$139,595 in financing from the U.S. government’s Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”). We entered into a loan agreement
with Bank of America. This loan agreement was pursuant to the CARES Act. The CARES Act was established in order to enable small businesses
to pay employees during the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 by providing forgivable loans to qualifying businesses for up to 2.5
times their average monthly payroll costs. The amount borrowed under the CARES Act is eligible to be forgiven provided that (a) the Company
uses the PPP Funds during the eight week period after receipt thereof, and (b) the PPP Funds are only used to cover payroll costs (including
benefits), rent, mortgage interest, and utility costs. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if, among other reasons, the Company
does not maintain staffing or payroll levels. Principal and interest payments on any unforgiven portion of the PPP Funds (the “PPP
Loan”) will be deferred for six months and will accrue interest at a fixed annual rate of 1.0% and carry a two year maturity date.
There is no prepayment penalty on the CARES Act Loan. The Company expects the loan to be fully forgiven.
On September 17, 2021, The
Company issued units at $1.79 per unit comprised in the aggregate of 298,883 shares of common stock and 298,883 5 year warrants to purchase
shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $525,000.
During May 2020, we received
$515,000 from the sale of 135,527 shares of common stock (at a price of $3.80 per share) and warrants to purchase 169,409 shares of common
stock, at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. Of the $515,000 investment, $125,000 is subject to execution of definitive documents.
Liquidity
We are currently experiencing
a working capital deficiency, have limited cash on hand, and we are experiencing negative cash flows from operations. Consequently, we
have an immediate need for additional capital to fund our operations and the implementation of our business plan.
Based on our current business
plan, if we had sufficient capital resources, we anticipate that our operating activities would use approximately $400,000 in cash per
month over the next twelve months, or approximately $4.8 million. Currently we have only limited cash on hand, and consequently, we are
unable to implement our current business plan. Accordingly, we have an immediate need for additional capital to fund our operating activities.
In order to remedy this liquidity
deficiency, we have cut spending and are actively seeking to raise additional funds through the sale of equity and debt securities. Ultimately,
we will need to generate substantial positive operating cash flows. Our internal sources of funds will consist of cash flows from operations,
but not until we begin to realize substantial additional revenues from the sale of our products and services. As previously stated, our
operations are generating negative cash flows, and thus adversely affecting our liquidity. If we are able to secure sufficient funding
in the first half of 2022 to fully implement our business plan, we expect that our operations could begin to generate positive cash flows
by the end of 2022, which should ameliorate our liquidity deficiency. If we are unable to raise additional funds in the near
term, we will not be able to fully implement our business plan, in which case there could be a material adverse effect on our results
of operations and financial condition.
In the event we do not generate
sufficient funds from revenues or financing through the issuance of common stock or from debt financing, we will be unable to fully implement
our business plan and pay our obligations as they become due, any of which circumstances would have a material adverse effect on our business
prospects, financial condition, and results of operations. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might
be required should the Company be unable to recover the value of its assets or satisfy its liabilities (see Note 2 to the Financial Statements
- Liquidity/Going Concern).
Based on our current limited
availability of funds, we expect to spend minimal amounts on expansion of our sales organization, software development and capital expenditures.
We expect to fund any future software development expenditures through a combination of cash flows from operations and proceeds from equity
and/or debt financing. If we are unable to generate positive cash flows from operations, and/or raise additional funds (either through
debt or equity), we will be unable to fund our software development expenditures, in which case, there could be an adverse effect on our
business and results of operations.
Cash Flows
| |
Years ended December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Net cash used in operating activities | |
$ | (1,069,945 | ) | |
$ | (959,070 | ) |
Net cash used in investing activities | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | |
| 764,595 | | |
| 847,542 | |
Change in cash | |
$ | (305,350 | ) | |
$ | (111,528 | ) |
Our operations through December
31, 2021 have resulted in negative cash flows from operations of $1,069,945. If we are able to raise additional capital during first
half of 2022 and generate additional revenue through the acquisition of new customers, and provided we realize a reduction in legal and
accounting expenses, which we anticipate, we believe we may begin to generate positive operating cash flows by the end of
2022. However, there is no assurance we will be able to increase our revenue sufficiently so as to generate positive operating cash flows
within this time frame.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating
activities was $1,069,945 for the year ended December 31, 2021, mainly related to the net loss of $3,814,46 and decreases of $452,284
in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $690,083 in deferred revenue, partially offset by non-cash stock-based compensation of
$2,687,901 related to various equity awards to employees and non-employees, $163,917 in bad debt expense, and a $475,000 decrease in inventory.
Net cash used in operating
activities was $959,070 for the year ended December 31, 2020, mainly related to the net loss of $7,402,350, a $523,440 increase in inventory
and a $76,470 increase in prepaid expenses, partially offset by non-cash stock-based compensation of $3,284,570 related to various equity
awards to employees and non-employees, $1,612,538 in non-cash losses related to the settlement of accounts payable, an $848,473 increase
in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
Investing Activities
The Company did not have any
investing activities during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing
activities was $764,595 for the year ended December 31, 2021. This consisted of $139,595 in proceeds from a loan payable, $100,000 advanced
by the Company’s former CEO (also a significant shareholder), and $525,000 from a common stock placement.
Net cash provided by financing
activities was $847,542 for the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily related to $515,000 in proceeds from equity financing and $293,972
in proceeds from a note payable.
Contractual Cash Obligations
Refer to Note 8, Commitments
and Contingencies, in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional detail.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2021, we
did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting
company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information under this item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data
The consolidated financial
statements are included in Part IV, Item 15 (a) (1) of this Report.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
On October 14, 2020, Withum
Smith + Brown (“Withum”), SCWorx Corp.’s independent registered public accounting firm, notified SCWorx Corp. (the “Company”
or “Registrant”) that it would no longer be able to provide audit and review services to the Company, effective October 14,
2020. The audit and review services were discontinued for reasons unrelated to the reviews or audited financials of the Company. Withum
had audited the Company’s financial statements since 2019.
Withum’s report on the
Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion,
nor was such report qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle, except for an explanatory paragraph
relating to a substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. During the fiscal year ended December
31, 2019, and through October 14, 2020, there were no disagreements with Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to Withum’s satisfaction, would have caused Withum to
make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report.
During the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2019, and through October 14, 2020, there were no “reportable events” as defined under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation
S-K, except for material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
On October 20, 2020, the Company
appointed Sadler Gibb & Associates, LLC (“SG”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately,
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. This appointment was authorized and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s
Board of Directors.
During the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2019 and 2018 and through October 20, 2020, the Company did not consult with SG on the application of accounting principles
to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or consult with SG for the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements, where a written report or oral advice was provided that SG concluded was an important
factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue. In addition, the
Company did not consult with SG on the subject of any disagreement, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related
instructions or on any “reportable events” as identified under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
As previously disclosed in
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 21, 2021, on April 15, 2021, Sadler Gibb & Associates, LLC notified the
Company that it was (i) terminating its engagement to provide audit and review services to the Company, effective April 14, 2021, and
(ii) withdrawing its consent and association with the Completed Interim Review of the consolidated financial statements performed by SG
for the period ended September 30, 2020. SG’s Letter stated that, in reaching this conclusion, it believed that it cannot rely on
the representations of management and that there are disagreements between the Company and SG on matters of accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of SG, would have
caused SG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Company disagreed with SG’s belief regarding the representations of management and requested the opportunity to explain its
position to SG, but SG declined such request. The Company and SG also disagreed about the number of reporting units the Company has for
financial reporting purposes. The Company’s CFO discussed with SG the number of reporting units. In addition, the Company engaged
an independent technical accounting expert who also discussed the Company’s position with SG.
On April 19, 2021, the Company
appointed BF Borgers CPA PC (“BFB”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. This appointment was authorized and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board
of Directors.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Management’s Conclusions Regarding Effectiveness
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management conducted an evaluation
of the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of December 31, 2021, the
end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Exchange Act. The
Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, based on the 2013 framework and criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly,
even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon
this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, due to deficiencies caused by a lack of segregation
of duties, our Disclosure Controls were not effective as of December 31, 2021, such that the information required to be disclosed
by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive
and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
Management Report on Internal Controls over
Financial Reporting
Our management has identified
material weaknesses in our internal controls related to a lack of segregation of duties. Management continues to work with the Audit Committee
to discuss remediation efforts, which are expected to be resolved during 2022,. Our management is actively looking
for additional accounting and finance personnel to assist in the remediation efforts.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that the consolidated financial statements
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and
cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
We may in the future identify
other material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in connection with our internal control over financial reporting. Material weaknesses
and significant deficiencies that may be identified in the future will need to be addressed as part of our quarterly and annual evaluations
of our internal controls over financial reporting under Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Any future disclosures of
a material weakness, or errors as a result of a material weakness, could result in a negative reaction in the financial markets and a
decrease in the price of our common stock.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting.
None
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding
Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
Not applicable.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Description of Business
Nature of Business
SCWorx, LLC (n/k/a SCW FL
Corp.) (“SCW LLC”) was a privately held limited liability company which was organized in Florida on November 17, 2016. On
December 31, 2017, SCW LLC acquired Primrose Solutions, LLC (“Primrose”), a Delaware limited liability company, which became
its wholly-owned subsidiary and focused on developing functionality for the software now used and sold by SCWorx Corp. (the “Company”
or “SCWorx”). The majority interest holders of Primrose were interest holders of SCW LLC and based upon Staff Accounting Bulletin
Topic 5G, the technology acquired has been accounted for at predecessor cost of $0. To facilitate the planned acquisition by Alliance
MMA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alliance”), on June 27, 2018, SCW LLC merged with and into a newly-formed entity, SCWorx
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SCW Acquisition”), with SCW Acquisition being the surviving entity. Subsequently,
on August 17, 2018, SCW Acquisition changed its name to SCWorx Corp. On November 30, 2018, the Company and certain of its stockholders
agreed to cancel 6,510 shares of common stock. In June 2018, the Company began to collect subscriptions for common stock. From June to
November 2018, the Company collected $1,250,000 in subscriptions and issued 3,125 shares of common stock to new third-party investors.
In addition, on February 1, 2019, (i) SCWorx Corp. (f/k/a SCWorx Acquisition Corp.) changed its name to SCW FL Corp. (to allow Alliance
to change its name to SCWorx Corp.) and (ii) Alliance acquired SCWorx Corp. (n/k/a SCW FL Corp.) in a stock-for-stock exchange transaction
and changed Alliance’s name to SCWorx Corp., which is the Company’s current name, with SCW FL Corp. becoming the Company’s
subsidiary. On March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCWorx established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct-Worx, LLC.
Operations of the Business
SCWorx is a provider of data
content and services related to the repair, normalization and interoperability of information for healthcare providers and big data analytics
for the healthcare industry.
SCWorx has developed and markets
health information technology solutions and associated services that improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals.
SCWorx’s software platform enables healthcare providers to simplify, repair, and organize its data (“data normalization”),
allows the data to be utilized across multiple internal software applications (“interoperability”) and provides the basis
for sophisticated data analytics (“big data”). SCWorx’s solutions are designed to improve the flow of information quickly
and accurately between the existing supply chain, electronic medical records, clinical systems, and patient billing functions. The software
is designed to achieve multiple operational benefits such as supply chain cost reductions, decreased accounts receivables aging, accelerated
and more accurate billing, contract optimization, increased supply chain management and cost visibility, synchronous Charge Description
Master (“CDM”) and control of vendor rebates and contract administration fees.
SCWorx empowers healthcare
providers to maintain comprehensive access and visibility to an advanced business intelligence that enables better decision-making and
reductions in product costs and utilization, ultimately leading to accelerated and accurate patient billing. SCWorx’s software modules
perform separate functions as follows:
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virtualized Item Master File repair, expansion and automation; |
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request for proposal automation; |
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big data analytics modeling; and |
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data integration and warehousing. |
SCWorx continues to provide
transformational data-driven solutions to some of the finest, most well-respected healthcare providers in the United States. Clients are
geographically dispersed throughout the country. The Company’s focus is to assist healthcare providers with issues they have pertaining
to data interoperability. SCWorx provides these solutions through a combination of direct sales and relationships with strategic partners.
SCWorx’s software solutions
are delivered to clients within a fixed term period, typically a three-to-five-year contracted term, where such software is hosted in
SCWorx data centers (Amazon Web Service’s “AWS” or RackSpace) and accessed by the client through a secure connection
in a software as a service (“SaaS”) delivery method.
SCWorx currently sells its
solutions and services in the United States to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force and its distribution and reseller
partnerships.
SCWorx, as part of the acquisition
of Alliance MMA, acquired an online event ticketing platform focused on serving regional MMA (“mixed martial arts”) promotions.
Due to the Covid restrictions which were put in place for large gatherings, SCWorx has paused this business activity.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Company’s operations
and business have experienced disruption due to the unprecedented conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic which spread throughout
the United States and the world. The outbreak adversely impacted new customer acquisition. The Company has followed the recommendations
of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its team members since the outbreak.
In addition, the Company’s
customers (hospitals) also experienced extraordinary disruptions to their businesses and supply chains, while experiencing unprecedented
demand for health care services related to COVID-19. As a result of these extraordinary disruptions to the Company’s customers’
business, the Company’s customers were focused on meeting the nation’s health care needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the Company believes that its customers were not able to focus resources on expanding the utilization of the Company’s
services, which has adversely impacted the Company’s growth prospects, at least until the adverse effects of the pandemic subside.
In addition, the financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s hospital customers could cause the hospitals to delay payments due
to the Company for services, which could negatively impact the Company’s cash flows.
The Company sought to mitigate
these impacts to revenue through the sale of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and COVID-19 rapid test kits to the health
care industry, including many of the Company’s hospital customers. On March 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SCWorx
established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct-Worx, LLC to endeavor to source and provide critical, difficult-to-find items for the healthcare
industry. Items had become difficult to source due to unexpected disruptions within the supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
products the Company sought to source included:
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Test Kits — the Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits. |
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PPE — Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes items such as masks, gloves, gowns, shields, etc. Currently the Company has no contracted supply of PPE. |
Regarding PPE and Test Kits,
the Company’s Board of Directors determined in during the second quarter of 2020 to limit the Company’s role to acting as
an intermediary between buyers and sellers with commission based compensation. We are endeavoring to sell our existing inventory of PPE
products primarily through use of our internal and external sales personnel.
The sale of PPE and rapid
test kits for COVID-19 represented a new business for the Company and was subject to the myriad risks associated with any new venture.
The Company encountered great difficulty in attempting to secure reliable sources of supply for both COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits and PPE.
The Company currently has no contracted supply of Rapid Test Kits or PPE. Since the inception of this business, the Company completed
only minimal sales of COVID-19 rapid test kits and PPE. The Company does not expect to generate any significant revenue from the sale
of PPE products or rapid test kits, and as of the date of this report, the Company has not generated any material revenue from the sale
of PPE or rapid test kits.
The Company is no longer actively
seeking to procure and sell Test Kits or PPE. Instead, the Company is focused on selling its current inventory of PPE The Company may
receive commissions for acting as an intermediary with respect to the sale of PPE and/or Test Kits. However, there is no assurance the
Company will realize any material revenue from these activities.
Note 2. Liquidity
and Going Concern
Liquidity and Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), which
contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal
course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment that might become necessary should the Company
be unable to continue as a going concern.
The Company has suffered recurring
losses from operations and incurred a net loss of $3,814,468 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $7,402,350 for the year ended December
31, 2020. The accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2021 was $24,011,291 The Company has not yet achieved profitability and expects to
continue to incur cash outflows from operations. It is expected that its operating losses will continue and, as a result,
the Company will eventually need to generate significant increases in product revenues to achieve profitability. These conditions indicate
that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the financial statement
issuance date.
As of the filing date of this
Report, the Company has only limited cash on hand, and management believes that there may not be sufficient capital resources from operations
and existing financing arrangements in order to meet operating expenses and working capital requirements for the next twelve months.
Accordingly, we are evaluating
various alternatives, including reducing operating expenses, securing additional financing through debt or equity securities to fund future
business activities and other strategic alternatives. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the level of
operating revenues in its business plan, or if additional sources of financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If no
additional sources of financing are available, our future operating prospects may be adversely affected. The financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Principles of
Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance to U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”).
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements include the accounts of SCWorx and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash
Cash is maintained with various
financial institutions. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally
of cash deposits. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000.
Amounts in excess of the FDIC insured limit for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were zero and $113,361, respectively.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Management applies fair value
accounting for significant financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed
at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis. Management defines fair value as the price that would be
received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities, which are required to be recorded at fair value, management
considers the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that
market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as risks inherent in valuation techniques, transfer restrictions
and credit risk. Fair value is estimated by applying the following hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value
into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to
the fair value measurement: Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 - Observable inputs
other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities
in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term
of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 - Inputs that are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimate of assumptions
that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Concentration of Credit and Other Risks
Financial instruments that
potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, accounts receivable, due from
shareholder, convertible notes receivable and warrants. The Company believes that any concentration of credit risk in its accounts receivable
is substantially mitigated by the Company’s evaluation process, relatively short collection terms and the high level of credit worthiness
of its customers. The Company performs ongoing internal credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition, obtains deposits
and limits the amount of credit extended when deemed necessary but generally requires no collateral.
For the year ended December
31, 2021, we had two customers representing 19% and 13% of aggregate revenues. or the year ended December 31, 2020, we had two customers
representing 22% and 17% of aggregate revenues. At December 31, 2021, we had three customers representing 17%, 16% and 14% of aggregate
accounts receivable. At December 31, 2020, we had three customers representing 35%, 32% and 10% of aggregate accounts receivable.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company continually monitors
customer payments and maintains a reserve for estimated losses resulting from its customers’ inability to make required payments.
In determining the reserve, the Company evaluates the collectability of its accounts receivable based upon a variety of factors. In cases
where the Company becomes aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations,
the Company records a specific allowance against amounts due. For all other customers, the Company recognizes allowances for doubtful
accounts based on its historical write-off experience in conjunction with the length of time the receivables are past due, customer creditworthiness,
geographic risk and the current business environment. Actual future losses from uncollectible accounts may differ from the Company’s
estimates. The Company recorded an allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 of $421,736 and $183,277, respectively.
Inventory
The inventory balance at December
31, 2021 is related to the Company’s Direct-Worx, LLC subsidiary and consisted of approximately 87,000 gowns. These items are tracked
based on average cost and carried on the consolidated balance sheet at the lower of cost or market.
During the year ended December
31, 2021, the Company recorded a write down on the fair value of its inventory of $366,840. Inventory assets as of December 31, 2021 and
2020 consisted of the following:
| |
December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Inventory | |
$ | 523,440 | | |
$ | 998,440 | |
Allowance for obsolescence | |
| (366,840 | ) | |
| - | |
Net inventory value | |
$ | 156,600 | | |
$ | 998,440 | |
Leases
The Company determines if
an arrangement is a lease at inception. The current portion of lease obligations are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
on the consolidated balance sheets. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset
for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating
lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.
As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information
available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s lease terms may include options
to extend or terminate the lease, which are included in the lease ROU asset when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise
that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has lease agreements
with lease components only, none with non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately (refer to Note 7, Leases, for
additional detail).
Goodwill and Purchased Identified Intangible
Assets
Goodwill
Goodwill is recorded as the
difference, if any, between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the net tangible and identified
intangible assets acquired under a business combination. Goodwill also includes acquired assembled workforce, which does not qualify as
an identifiable intangible asset. The Company reviews impairment of goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events
or circumstances indicate that the goodwill might be impaired. The Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it
is necessary to perform the quantitative goodwill impairment test. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company
determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the quantitative
goodwill impairment test is unnecessary.
Identified intangible assets
Identified finite-lived intangible
assets consist of ticketing software and promoter relationships resulting from the February 1, 2019 business combination. The Company’s
identified intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 5 to 7 years. The
Company makes judgments about the recoverability of finite-lived intangible assets whenever facts and circumstances indicate that the
useful life is shorter than originally estimated or that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances
exist, the Company assesses recoverability by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or
group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of
the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. If the useful life is shorter than originally estimated, the Company would accelerate
the rate of amortization and amortize the remaining carrying value over the new shorter useful life.
For further discussion of
goodwill and identified intangible assets, refer to Note 5, Business Combinations.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are
recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the related assets’
estimated useful lives. Equipment, furniture and fixtures are being amortized over a period of three years.
Expenditures that materially
increase asset life are capitalized, while ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.
Depreciation expense for the
years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $76,156 and $29,043, respectively.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue
in accordance with Topic 606 to depict the transfer of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which
an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the
scope of Topic 606 the Company performs the following steps:
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Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer |
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Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract |
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Step 3: Determine the transaction price |
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Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract |
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Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation |
The Company follows the accounting
revenue guidance under Topic 606 to determine whether contracts contain more than one performance obligation. Performance obligations
are the unit of accounting for revenue recognition and generally represent the distinct goods or services that are promised to the customer.
The Company has identified
the following performance obligations in its SaaS contracts with customers:
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1) |
Data Normalization: which includes data preparation, product and vendor mapping, product categorization, data enrichment and other data related services, |
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Software-as-a-service (“SaaS”): which is generated from clients’ access of and usage of the Company’s hosted software solutions on a subscription basis for a specified contract term, which is usually annually. In SaaS arrangements, the client cannot take possession of the software during the term of the contract and generally has the right to access and use the software and receive any software upgrades published during the subscription period, |
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Maintenance: which includes ongoing data cleansing and normalization, content enrichment, and optimization, and |
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4) |
Professional Services: mainly related to specific customer projects to manage and/or analyze data and review for cost reduction opportunities. |
A contract will typically
include Data Normalization, SaaS and Maintenance, which are distinct performance obligations and are accounted for separately. The transaction
price is allocated to each separate performance obligation on a relative stand-alone selling price basis. Significant judgement is required
to determine the stand-alone selling price for each distinct performance obligation and is typically estimated based on observable transactions
when these services are sold on a stand-alone basis. At contract inception, an assessment of the goods and services promised in the contracts
with customers is performed and a performance obligation is identified for each distinct promise to transfer to the customer
a good or service (or bundle of goods or services). To identify the performance obligations, the Company considers all the goods
or services promised in the contract regardless of whether they are explicitly stated or are implied by customary business practices.
Revenue is recognized when the performance obligation has been met. The Company considers control to have transferred upon delivery
because the Company has a present right to payment at that time, the Company has transferred use of the good or service, and the customer
is able to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all the remaining benefits from, the good or service.
The Company’s SaaS and
Maintenance contracts typically have termination for convenience without penalty clauses and accordingly, are generally accounted for
as month-to-month agreements. If it is determined that the Company has not satisfied a performance obligation, revenue recognition will
be deferred until the performance obligation is deemed to be satisfied.
Revenue recognition for the
Company’s performance obligations are as follows:
Data Normalization and Professional Services
The Company’s Data Normalization
and Professional Services are typically fixed fee. When these services are not combined with SaaS or Maintenance revenues as a single
unit of accounting, these revenues are recognized as the services are rendered and when contractual milestones are achieved and accepted
by the customer.
SaaS and Maintenance
SaaS and Maintenance revenues
are recognized ratably over the contract terms beginning on the commencement date of each contract, which is the date on which the Company’s
service is made available to customers.
The Company does have some
contracts that have payment terms that differ from the timing of revenue recognition, which requires the Company to assess whether the
transaction price for those contracts include a significant financing component. The Company has elected the practical expedient that
permits an entity to not adjust for the effects of a significant financing component if it expects that at the contract inception, the
period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service
will be one year or less. The Company does not maintain contracts in which the period between when the entity transfers a promised good
or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service exceeds the one-year threshold.
In periods prior to the adoption
of ASC 606, the Company recognized revenues when persuasive evidence of an arrangement existed, delivery had occurred, the sales price
was fixed or determinable, and the collectability of the resulting receivable was reasonably assured. The adoption of Topic 606 did not
result in a cumulative effect adjustment to the Company’s opening retained earnings since there was no significant impact upon adoption
of Topic 606. There was also no material impact to revenues, or any other financial statement line items for the year ended December
31, 2018 as a result of applying ASC 606.
The Company has one revenue
stream, from the SaaS business, and believes it has presented all varying factors that affect the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenues
and cash flows.
PPE Inventory sales
Revenues
from the sale of inventory are typically recognized upon shipment to a customer as long as the Company has met all performance obligations
related to the sale in accordance to Topic 606.
Brokered PPE sales
PPE
revenues are recognized once the customer obtains physical possession of the product(s). Because the Company acts as an agent in arranging
the relationship between the customer and the supplier, PPE revenues are presented net of related costs, including product procurement,
warehouse and shipping fees, etc.
Remaining Performance Obligations
As of December 31, 2021, we
had $472,750 of remaining performance obligations recorded as deferred revenue. We expect to recognize sales relating to these existing
performance obligations of during 2022.
Costs to Fulfill a Contract
Costs to fulfill a contract
typically include costs related to satisfying performance obligations as well as general and administrative costs that are not explicitly
chargeable to customer contracts. These expenses are recognized and expensed when incurred in accordance with ASC 340-40.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenues primarily
represent data center hosting costs, consulting services and maintenance of the Company’s large data array that were incurred in
delivering professional services and maintenance of the Company’s large data array during the periods presented.
Contract Balances
Contract assets arise when
the revenue associated prior to the Company’s unconditional right to receive a payment under a contract with a customer (i.e.,
unbilled revenue) and are derecognized when either it becomes a receivable or the cash is received. There were no contract assets as of
December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Contract liabilities arise
when customers remit contractual cash payments in advance of our company satisfying our performance obligations under the contract and
are derecognized when the revenue associated with the contract is recognized when the performance obligation is satisfied. Contract liabilities
were $472,750 and $2,025,333 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset
and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740,
“Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for
the current year and (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s
financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable
income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
Valuation allowances are provided
if, based upon the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has evaluated available evidence and concluded that the Company may not realize all the
benefits of its deferred tax assets; therefore, a valuation allowance has been established for its deferred tax assets.
ASC Topic 740-10-30 clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold
and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a
tax return. ASC Topic 740-10-40 provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods,
disclosure, and transition. The Company has no material uncertain tax positions for any of the reporting periods presented.
On December 22, 2017, the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax
regime by, including but not limited to, lowering the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 34% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, implementing
a territorial tax system, imposing a one-time transition tax on previously untaxed accumulated earnings and profits of foreign subsidiaries,
and creating new taxes on foreign sourced earnings. The Company completed the accounting for tax effects of the Tax Act under ASC 740.
There were no impacts to the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based
compensation expense in accordance with the authoritative guidance on share-based payments. Under the provisions of the guidance, stock-based
compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the option or warrant using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period.
The authoritative guidance
also requires that the Company measures and recognizes stock-based compensation expense upon modification of the term of stock award.
The stock-based compensation expense for such modification is accounted for as a repurchase of the original award and the issuance of
a new award.
Calculating stock-based compensation
expense requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the stock-based awards, stock price volatility,
and the pre-vesting option forfeiture rate. The Company estimates the expected life of options granted based on historical exercise patterns,
which are believed to be representative of future behavior. The Company estimates the volatility of the Company’s common stock on
the date of grant based on historical volatility. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent the
Company’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.
As a result, if factors change and the Company uses different assumptions, its stock-based compensation expense could be materially different
in the future. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares
expected to vest. The Company estimates the forfeiture rate based on historical experience of its stock-based awards that are granted,
exercised and cancelled. If the actual forfeiture rate is materially different from the estimate, stock-based compensation expense could
be significantly different from what was recorded in the current period. The Company also grants performance based restricted stock awards
to employees and consultants. These awards will vest if certain employeeconsultant-specific or company-designated performance targets
are achieved. If minimum performance thresholds are achieved, each award will convert into a designated number of the Company’s
common stock. If minimum performance thresholds are not achieved, then no shares will be issued. Based upon the expected levels of achievement,
stock-based compensation is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The expected levels of achievement
are reassessed over the requisite service periods and, to the extent that the expected levels of achievement change, stock-based compensation
is adjusted in the period of change and recorded on the statements of operations and the remaining unrecognized stock-based compensation
is recorded over the remaining requisite service period. Refer to Note 9, Stockholders’ Equity, for additional detail.
Loss Per Share
The Company computes earnings
(loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing the loss available to common
shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect
to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock
using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares
assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect
is anti-dilutive. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had 1,161,913 and 790,847, respectively, common stock equivalents outstanding.
Indemnification
The Company provides indemnification
of varying scope to certain customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from the use
of the Company’s software. In accordance with authoritative guidance for accounting for guarantees, the Company evaluates estimated
losses for such indemnification. The Company considers such factors as the degree of probability of an unfavorable outcome and the ability
to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of loss. To date, no such claims have been filed against the Company and no liability has
been recorded in its financial statements.
As permitted under Delaware
law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer
or director is, or was, serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company
could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited. In addition, the Company has directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance coverage that is intended to reduce its financial exposure and may enable it to recover any payments
above the applicable policy retention.
In connection with the Class
Action and derivative claims and investigations described in Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies, the Company is obligated to indemnify
its officers and directors for costs incurred in defending against these claims and investigations.
Contingencies
The Company records a liability
when the Company believes that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the Company
determines that a loss is reasonably possible, and the loss or range of loss can be estimated, the Company discloses the possible loss
in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. The Company reviews the developments in its contingencies that could affect the
amount of the provisions that has been previously recorded, and the matters and related possible losses disclosed. The Company adjusts
provisions and changes to its disclosures accordingly to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel,
and updated information. Significant judgment is required to determine both the probability and the estimated amount.
Legal costs associated with
loss contingencies are accrued based upon legal expenses incurred by the end of the reporting period.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated
financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and
disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related
to the allowance for doubtful accounts, the estimated useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, equity component of convertible
debt, stock-based compensation, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on
current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses
that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from
the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results
of operations will be affected. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
From time to time, new accounting
pronouncements are issued by FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. If not discussed, management believes
that the impact of recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial
statements upon adoption.
Note 4. Related Party Transactions
At December 31, 2021 and 2020
Company had amounts due to officers in the amount of $153,838.
During April, 2020, a company
affiliated with a shareholder advanced $475,000 in cash on the Company’s behalf, to the supplier of test kits for their purchase.
In May 2021, the company returned the test kits pursuant to its sales contract in full satisfaction of the $475,000 previously advanced.
On January 19, 2021, Marc.
S. Schessel’s employment as CEO of SCWorx, Corp., a Delaware corporation, ceased by mutual agreement, and the Company and Mr. Schessel
concurrently entered into a consulting agreement under which Mr. Schessel will provide consulting services to the Company. The Consulting
Agreement provides for annual consulting fees of $295,000. In addition, such agreement provides for cash and equity bonuses based on revenue
generation. The Consulting Agreement is for a term of two years, but may be terminated by the Company for “cause” (as defined)
or by either party for any reason or no reason upon sixty days prior notice. The Consulting Agreement also contains non-competition and
non-solicitation provisions which are applicable during the term of the Consulting Agreement and for a period of two years thereafter.
During September 2021, the
Company’s former CEO (also a significant shareholder) advanced $100,000 in cash to the Company for short term capital requirements.
This amount is non-interest bearing and payable upon demand and included in Shareholder advance on the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet as of December 31, 2021
Note 5. Business Combinations
Purchase accounting
On February 1, 2019, the Company’s
shareholders exchanged all of its outstanding shares in exchange for 5,263,158 shares of Alliance common stock. Due to the Company’s
shareholders acquiring a controlling interest in Alliance after acquisition, the transaction was treated as a reverse merger for accounting
purposes, with SCWorx being the reporting company. In accordance with purchase accounting rules under ASC 805, the purchase consideration
was $11,765,491.
The acquisition was accounted
for under the acquisition method of accounting. The assets acquired, liabilities assumed and purchase allocation, which is based on valuations
of management, are as follows:
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Fair Value | |
Cash | |
$ | 5,441,437 | |
Goodwill | |
| 8,366,467 | |
Identifiable intangible assets: | |
| | |
Ticketing software | |
| 64,000 | |
Promoter relationships | |
| 176,000 | |
Total identifiable intangible assets | |
| 240,000 | |
Account payable | |
| (1,901,624 | ) |
Current liabilities - discontinued operations | |
| (380,789 | ) |
Aggregate purchase price | |
$ | 11,765,491 | |
Identified intangible assets
consist of the following:
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| |
December 31, 2020 | |
Intangible assets | |
Useful
life | |
Gross
assets | | |
Accumulated amortization | | |
Net | |
Ticketing software | |
2 years | |
$ | 64,000 | | |
$ | (64,000 | ) | |
$ | - | |
Promoter relationships | |
2 years | |
| 176,000 | | |
| (176,000 | ) | |
| - | |
Total intangible assets | |
| |
$ | 240,000 | | |
$ | (240,000 | ) | |
$ | - | |
During the year ended December
31, 2020, the Company determined that while its ticketing platform was still active, the negative impact that COVID 19 had on the overall
MMA industry where it is currently being utilized had potentially lessened its useful life as currently deployed. Because of this potential
impact, management has chosen to shorten the projected useful life of these assets and accelerate their amortization accordingly.
Amortization expense for the
year ended December 31, 2020 was $205,219.
Goodwill
There were no changes to the
carrying value of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Note 6. Loan Payable
Receipt of CARES funding
On May 5, 2020, the Company
obtained a $293,972 unsecured loan payable through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was enacted as part of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES ACT”). The funds were received from Bank of America through
a loan agreement pursuant to the CARES Act. The CARES Act was established in order to enable small businesses to pay employees during
the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 by providing forgivable loans to qualifying businesses for up to 2.5 times their average monthly
payroll costs. The amount borrowed under the CARES Act and used for payroll costs, rent, mortgage interest, and utility costs during the
24 week period after the date of loan disbursement is eligible to be forgiven provided that (a) the Company uses the PPP Funds during
the eight week period after receipt thereof, and (b) the PPP Funds are only used to cover payroll costs (including benefits), rent, mortgage
interest, and utility costs. While the full loan amount may be forgiven, the amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if, among other
reasons, the Company does not maintain staffing or payroll levels or less than 60% of the loan proceeds are used for payroll costs. Principal
and interest payments on any unforgiven portion of the PPP Funds (the “PPP Loan”) will be deferred to the date the SBA remits
the borrower’s loan forgiveness amount to the lender or, if the borrower does not apply for loan forgiveness, 10 months after the
end of the borrower’s loan forgiveness period for six months and will accrue interest at a fixed annual rate of 1.0% and carry a
two year maturity date. There is no prepayment penalty on the CARES Act Loan. The Company expects the loan to be fully forgiven.
On March 17, 2021, we received
$139,595 in financing from the U.S. government’s Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”). We entered into a loan agreement
with Bank of America. This loan agreement was pursuant to the CARES Act. The CARES Act was established in order to enable small businesses
to pay employees during the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 by providing forgivable loans to qualifying businesses for up to 2.5
times their average monthly payroll costs. The amount borrowed under the CARES Act is eligible to be forgiven provided that (a) the Company
uses the PPP Funds during the eight week period after receipt thereof, and (b) the PPP Funds are only used to cover payroll costs (including
benefits), rent, mortgage interest, and utility costs. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if, among other reasons, the Company
does not maintain staffing or payroll levels. Principal and interest payments on any unforgiven portion of the PPP Funds (the “PPP
Loan”) will be deferred for six months and will accrue interest at a fixed annual rate of 1.0% and carry a two year maturity date.
There is no prepayment penalty on the CARES Act Loan. The Company expects the loan to be fully forgiven.
Note 7. Leases
Operating Leases
The Company’s principal
executive office in New York City is under a month-to-month arrangement. The Company also had a lease in Greenwich, CT which expired in
March 2020 and became a month to month. This tenancy was terminated in April 2021.
The Company has operating
leases for corporate, business and technician offices. Leases with a probable term of 12 months or less, including month-to-month agreements,
are not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, unless the arrangement includes an option to purchase the underlying asset,
or an option to renew the arrangement, that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise (short-term leases). The Company recognizes
lease expense for these leases on a straight-line bases over the lease term. The Company’s only remaining lease is month-to-month.
As a practical expedient, the Company elected, for all office and facility leases, not to separate non-lease components (common-area maintenance
costs) from lease components (fixed payments including rent) and instead to account for each separate lease component and its associated
non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate for purposes of discounting lease payments.
As of December 31, 2021,
assets recorded under operating leases were $0. Operating lease right of use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease
commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The discount rate used to determine the commencement
date present value of lease payment is the Company’s incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized
basis over a similar term at an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Certain adjustments to the right-of-use
asset may be required for items such as initial direct costs paid or incentives received.
For the year ended December
31, 2021 and 2020, the components of lease expense were as follows:
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For the years ended | |
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December 31, | |
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2021 | | |
2020 | |
Operating lease cost | |
$ | 14,196 | | |
$ | 61,895 | |
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| | | |
| | |
Total lease cost | |
$ | 14,196 | | |
$ | 61,895 | |
Other information related
to leases was as follows:
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For the years ended | |
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December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities: | |
| | |
| |
Operating cash flows for operating leases | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 61,895 | |
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| | | |
| | |
Weighted average remaining lease term (months) – operating leases | |
| - | | |
| - | |
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| | | |
| | |
Weighted average discount rate– operating leases | |
| N/A | | |
| N/A | |
As of December 31, 2021 and
2020, the Company has no additional operating leases, other than those noted above, and no financing leases.
Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies
Settlement of Consolidated
Securities Class Action
As previously disclosed,
on April 29, 2020, a securities class action case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
against us and our former CEO. The action is captioned Daniel Yannes, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs.
SCWorx Corp. and Marc S. Schessel,. Subsequently, two additional class actions were filed in the same court (Leeburn v. SCWorx, et
ano. and Leonard v. SCWorx et ano.) and thereafter, the three class actions were consolidated (the “Consolidated Class Action”).
The Consolidated Class Action alleged that our company and our former CEO misled investors in connection with our April 13, 2020 press
release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits.
As previously disclosed,
on February 11, 2022, the parties entered into a Stipulation of Settlement (subject to Court approval) to settle the Consolidated Class
Action. The settlement resolves all claims asserted against SCWorx and the other named defendant without any admission, concession or
finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the Company or any defendant. Under the terms of
this agreement, (i) the insurers for the Company and Marc Schessel (former CEO) will make a cash payment to the class plaintiffs (ii)
the former CEO will transfer 100,000 shares of company common stock to the class plaintiffs, and (iii) the Company will issue $600,000 worth
of common stock to the class plaintiffs, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related to the securities
class action litigation. After giving effect to the share issuance by the Company, the Company believes that it will have satisfied the
accrued retention liability of $700,000.
Settlement of Consolidated
Derivative Action
As previously disclosed, on
June 15, 2020, a shareholder derivative claim was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against
Steven Wallitt (current director), and Marc S. Schessel, Robert Christie and Charles Miller (former directors) (“Director Defendants”).
The action is captioned Lozano, derivatively on behalf of SCWorx Corp. v. Marc S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants,
and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. The Lozano lawsuit was consolidated with another shareholder derivative lawsuit, Richter, v. Marc
S. Schessel, Charles K. Miller, Steven Wallitt, Defendants, and SCWorx Corp., Nominal Defendant. (the “Consolidated Derivative Action”).
The Consolidated Derivative
Action alleged that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company, including by misleading investors in connection
with our April 13, 2020 press release with respect to the sale of COVID-19 rapid test kits, failing to correct false and misleading statements
and failing to implement proper disclosure and internal controls.
In addition, on October 29,
2020, Hemrita Zarins filed a shareholder derivative action in the Chancery Court in the State of Delaware against Steven Wallitt (current
director) and Marc S. Schessel and Charles Miller (former directors). The action is captioned Hemrita Zarins, v. Marc S. Schessel, Robert
Christie, Steven Wallitt and SCWorx, Nominal Defendant. The Zarins action contains substantially similar allegations as in the Consolidated
Derivative Action.
On February 15, 2022, the
Company and the Director Defendants (Marc Schessel, Steven Wallitt, Charles Miller and Robert Christie) entered into a stipulation of
settlement (subject to Court approval) with the shareholder derivative plaintiffs to settle the Consolidated Derivative Action as well
as the Zarins action. Under the terms of the settlement, (i) the insurers for the Director Defendants will make a cash payment to legal
counsel for the shareholder derivative Plaintiffs to cover their legal fees and (ii) the Company will adopt certain corporate governance
reforms within 60 days of court approval of the settlement, in exchange for which all parties will be released from all claims related
to the derivative class action litigation. The settlement resolves all claims asserted against the defendants without any admission, concession
or finding of any fault, liability or wrongdoing by the Company or any defendant.
Other Investigations
In addition, as previously
disclosed, following the April 13, 2020 press release and related disclosures (related to COVID-19 rapid test kits), the Securities and
Exchange Commission made an inquiry regarding the disclosures we made in relation to the transaction involving COVID-19 test kits. The
Company is continuing to cooperate with the SEC regarding its investigation arising out of the April 13, 2020 press release and the events
thereafter. The Company received a Wells notice on December 8, 2021 and an amended Wells notice on December 10, 2021. The Wells
Notice states that the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has made a preliminary determination to recommend that the Commission
file an enforcement action against the Company which would allege violations of Sections 17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”),
and Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c) thereunder. The Wells Notice also indicates that the staff would seek fines and disgorgement,
including pre and post judgment interest in such enforcement proceeding. The Company did not make a Wells submission to the Commission
in response to the Wells Notice. The Company has since been actively engaged in discussions with
the Staff to settle the claims set forth in the Wells Notice.
In April 2020, we received
related inquiries from The Nasdaq Stock Market and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). We cooperated fully with these
agencies, providing information and documents, as requested. We have not had any requests from these agencies since January 2021.
Also in April 2020, as previously
disclosed, we were contacted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, which was seeking information and documents
from our officers and directors relating primarily to the April 13, 2020 press release concerning COVID-19 rapid test kits. We have cooperated
fully with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in its investigation.
In connection with these
actions and investigations, the Company is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors for costs incurred in defending against these
claims and investigations. Because the Company currently does not have the resources to pay for these costs, its directors and officers
liability insurance carrier has agreed to indemnify these persons. Upon consummation of the settlement of the Consolidated Class Action,
the Company believes it will have satisfied its accrued retention obligations with respect to the insurance coverage.
David Klarman v. SCWorx
Corp. f/k/a Alliance MMA, Inc., Index No. 619536/2019 (N.Y. State Sup. Ct., Suffolk County)
On October 3, 2019, David Klarman, a former employee of Alliance, served
a complaint against SCWorx seeking $400,000.00 for a breach of his employment agreement with Alliance. Klarman claims that Alliance ceased
paying him his salary in March 2018 as well as other alleged contractual benefits. This action was settled on or about December 16, 2021
by the parties without any admission of liability or wrongdoing. In exchange for a release, the Company agreed to settle with Mr. Klarman
with $100,000 of SCWorx shares calculated over a period of 4 months pursuant to an agreed upon schedule with respect to amounts, dates
and a restriction on sales of SCWorx stock to no more than 4,000 shares per trading day. To date, all shares have been issued pursuant
to this agreement.
Note 9. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock
Authorized Shares
The Company has 45,000,000
common shares authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share.
Common Stock
Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Conversion of
Series A Preferred Stock
During February 2021, the
Company issued 52,632 shares of common stock to a holder of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock upon the conversion of 20,000 of
such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
During July 2021, the Company
issued 65,953 shares of common stock to a holder of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock upon the conversion of 25,062 of such shares
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
Issuance of Shares for Equity Financing
On January 6, 2021, The Company
issued 72,369 shares of common stock and 90,461 5-year warrants to purchase shares of common stock at $4.00 per share pursuant to the
prior receipt of $275,000 in equity financing.
Issuance of Shares for Common Stock Placement
On September 17, 2021, The
Company issued 298,883 shares of common stock and 298,883 5 year warrants to purchase shares of common stock at $1.79 for aggregate gross
proceeds of $525,000.
Issuance of Shares for Vested Restricted Stock
Units
Between January 25, 2021 and
August 13, 2021, the company issued a total of 504,965 shares of common stock to holders of fully vested restricted stock units.
Between October 4, 2021 and
October 14, 2021, the company issued a total of 157,582 shares of common stock to holders of fully vested restricted stock units.
Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Settlement of
Accounts Payable
On June 1, 2021, the Company
issued 96,757 shares of common stock in full settlement of $132,557 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $1.37 per share.
On July 14, 2021, the Company
issued 29,025 shares of common stock in full settlement of $85,622 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $2.95 per share.
On August 10, 2021, the Company
issued 11,611 shares of common stock in full settlement of $29,607 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $2.55 per share.
On August 10, 2021, the Company
issued 5,458 shares of common stock in full settlement of $13,919 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $2.55 per share.
On September 14, 2021, the
Company issued 27,403 shares of common stock in full settlement of $61,930 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $2.26 per
share.
On November 1, 2021, the Company
issued 15,988 shares of common stock in full settlement of $27,178 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $1.70 per share.
On November 29, 2021, the
Company issued 12,522 shares of common stock in full settlement of $17,781 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $1.42 per
share.
On December 28, 2021, the
Company issued 23,037 shares of common stock in full settlement of $29,027 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $1.26
Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Legal Settlement
On December 12, 2021, the Company
issued 16,666 shares of common stock in settlement of $25,000 pursuant to a legal settlement.
Issuance of Shares for the Exercise of Options
On October 4, 2021, the Company
issued 6,579 shares of common stock in a cashless exercise of outstanding options.
Equity Financing
During May 2020, the Company
received $515,000 of a committed $565,000 from the sale of units (at a price of $3.80 per unit) comprised in the aggregate of 135,527
shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 169,409 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. As of December
310, 2021, the full amount had not been received and only $415,000 worth of the shares and warrants have been issued. The remaining $125,000
is included in equity financing within current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.
Stock Incentive Plan
The number of shares of the
Company’s common stock that are issuable pursuant to warrant and stock option grants with time-based vesting as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2021 are:
| |
Warrant Grants | | |
Stock Option Grants | | |
Restricted
Stock Units | |
| |
Number of
shares
subject to
warrants | | |
Weighted-
average
exercise
price per
share | | |
Number of
shares
subject to
options | | |
Weighted-
average
exercise
price per
share | | |
Number of shares
subject to
restricted
stock units | |
Balance at December 31, 2020 | |
| 672,459 | | |
$ | 8.09 | | |
| 118,388 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| 2,301,053 | |
Granted | |
| 389,344 | | |
| 2.30 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 894,885 | |
Exercised | |
| (6,579 | ) | |
| 1.96 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (884,348 | ) |
Cancelled/Expired | |
| (11,699 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (150,833 | ) |
Balance at December 31, 2021 | |
| 1,043,525 | | |
$ | 2.57 | | |
| 118,388 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| 2,160,757 | |
Exercisable at December 31, 2021 | |
| 1,043,525 | | |
$ | 2.57 | | |
| 118,388 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| 1,631,924 | |
The number of shares of the
Company’s common stock that are issuable pursuant to warrant and stock option grants with time-based vesting as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2020 are:
| |
Warrant Grants | | |
Stock Option Grants | | |
Restricted Stock Units | |
| |
Number of
shares
subject to
warrants | | |
Weighted-
average
exercise
price per
share | | |
Number of
shares
subject to
options | | |
Weighted-
average
exercise
price per
share | | |
Number of
shares
subject to
restricted
stock units | | |
Weighted-
average
exercise
price per
share | |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | |
| 1,311,916 | | |
$ | 9.35 | | |
| 338,595 | | |
$ | 5.26 | | |
| 630,303 | | |
$ | - | |
Granted | |
| 146,053 | | |
| 4.51 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 2,222,984 | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| (681,619 | ) | |
| 5.57 | | |
| (160,291 | ) | |
| 4.78 | | |
| (77,234 | ) | |
| - | |
Expired | |
| (103,891 | ) | |
| 35.54 | | |
| (59,916 | ) | |
| 10.55 | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cancelled/Forfeited | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (475,000 | ) | |
| - | |
Balance at December 31, 2020 | |
| 672,459 | | |
$ | 8.09 | | |
| 118,388 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| 2,301,053 | | |
$ | - | |
Exercisable at December 31, 2020 | |
| 672,459 | | |
$ | 8.09 | | |
| 118,388 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| 2,301,053 | | |
$ | - | |
The Company has classified
the warrant as having Level 2 inputs, and has used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value the warrant. The fair value at the
issuance dates for the above warrants issued during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were based upon the following management
assumptions:
| |
Issuance date | |
Risk-free interest rate | |
| 0.49 - 0.88 | % |
Expected dividend yield | |
| - | % |
Expected volatility | |
| 100 | % |
Term | |
| 5 years | |
Fair value of common stock | |
| 1.95 - 2.24 | |
The Company’s outstanding warrants and options
at December 31, 2021 are as follows:
Warrants Outstanding | |
Warrants Exercisable |
Exercise
Price Range | |
Number
Outstanding | | |
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years) | | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price | | |
Number
Exercisable | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price | | |
Intrinsic
Value | |
$ |
1.79 - $20.90 | |
| 1,043,525 | | |
| 2.98 | | |
$ | 2.57 | | |
1,043,525 | |
$ | 2.57 | | |
| - | |
Options Outstanding | |
Options Exercisable |
Exercise
Price Range | |
Number Outstanding | | |
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years) | | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price | | |
Number
Exercisable | |
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price | | |
Intrinsic
Value | |
$ |
2.64 - $28.50 | |
| 118,388 | | |
| 2.69 | | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
118,388 | |
$ | 3.25 | | |
| - | |
As of December 31, 2021 and
2020, the total unrecognized expense for unvested stock options and restricted stock awards was approximately $1.0 million and $2.5 million,
respectively, to be recognized over a one to three-year period for restricted stock awards and one year for option grants from the date
of grant.
Stock-based compensation expense
for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:
| |
For the years ended | |
| |
December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | |
$ | 2,687,901 | | |
$ | 3,284,570 | |
Stock-based compensation expense
categorized by the equity components for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
| |
For the years ended | |
| |
December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Common stock | |
$ | 2,687,901 | | |
$ | 3,169,470 | |
Transfer of common stock by founders to contractors | |
| - | | |
| 115,100 | |
Total | |
$ | 2,687,901 | | |
$ | 3,284,570 | |
Stock compensation is included
in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations
Note 10. Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per share is
computed by dividing net loss for the period by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted net
loss per share is computed by dividing net loss for the period by the weighted average shares of common stock, common stock equivalents
and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. The Company uses the treasury stock method to determine whether there
is a dilutive effect of outstanding option grants.
The following securities were
excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the periods presented because including them would have been anti-dilutive:
| |
For the years ended | |
| |
December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Stock options | |
| 118,388 | | |
| 118,388 | |
Warrants | |
| 1,043,525 | | |
| 672,459 | |
Total common stock equivalents | |
| 1,161,913 | | |
| 790,847 | |
Note 11. Income Taxes
By virtue of a merger of the
limited liability company into a corporation, the Company became a corporation during 2018.
The significant items comprising
the Company’s net deferred taxes as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:
| |
As of December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Net operating loss | |
$ | 8,286,577 | | |
$ | 7,377,962 | |
Stock options and compensation | |
| 2,100,042 | | |
| 1,491,232 | |
Deferred revenue | |
| 107,078 | | |
| - | |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | |
| 95,523 | | |
| 41,512 | |
Valuation allowance | |
| (10,589,220 | ) | |
| (8,893,457 | ) |
Total deferred tax asset | |
| - | | |
| 17,249 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Basis difference fixed assets | |
| - | | |
| (17,249 | ) |
Total deferred tax liability | |
| | | |
| (17,249 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net deferred tax asset (liability) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
The components of the provision
for (benefit from) income taxes consist of the following:
| |
As of December 31, | |
| |
2021 | | |
2020 | |
Current tax: | |
| | |
| |
Federal | |
| - | | |
| - | |
State | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Total | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Deferred tax: | |
| | | |
| | |
Federal | |
$ | (1,572,231 | ) | |
$ | (1,673,758 | ) |
State | |
| (123,532 | ) | |
| (131,510 | ) |
Less: change in valuation allowance | |
| 1,695,763 | | |
| 1,805,268 | |
| |
| - | | |
| - | |
Total | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
The provision for (benefit
from) income taxes varies from the amount computed by applying the statutory rate for reasons summarized below:
| |
As of December 31, 2021 | | |
As of December 31, 2020 | |
Net loss before tax per financial statements | |
$ | (3,814,468 | ) | |
| | | |
$ | (7,402,350 | ) | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Statutory rate | |
| (801,038 | ) | |
| 21.00 | % | |
| (1,554,494 | ) | |
| 21.00 | % |
State tax rate | |
| (62,939 | ) | |
| 1.65 | % | |
| (122,139 | ) | |
| 1.65 | % |
Permanent items | |
| (831,786 | ) | |
| 21.81 | % | |
| (128,636 | ) | |
| 1.74 | % |
Rate change | |
| - | | |
| 0.00 | % | |
| - | | |
| 0.00 | % |
Change in valuation allowance | |
| 1,695,763 | | |
| (44.46 | ) | |
| 1,805,268 | | |
| (24,39 | )% |
| |
$ | - | | |
| 0.00 | % | |
$ | - | | |
| 0.00 | % |
As of December 31, 2021 and
2020, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $36.6 million and $32.6 million, respectively, available
to offset future taxable income. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had state loss carry-forwards of approximately
$16 million and $15.1, respectively. Future utilization of net operating losses may be limited due to potential ownership changes under
Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The federal net operating loss carryforwards can
be carried forward indefinitely and state loss carryforwards begin to expire in 2039.
The valuation allowance as
of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $10,589,220 and $8,893,457, respectively. The net change in valuation allowance for the years ended
December 31, 2021 and 2020 was an increase of $1,695,763 and $1,805,268, respectively. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax
assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be
realized. The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the
periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred income tax liabilities,
projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based on consideration of these items, management
has determined that enough uncertainty exists relative to the realization of the deferred income tax asset balances to warrant the application
of a full valuation allowance as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
The Company had no unrecognized
tax benefits during 2021 or 2020. By statute, all tax years are open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company
is subject.
Note 12. Subsequent Events
Issuance of Shares for Vested Restricted Stock
Units
Between January 20, 2022 and
March 1, 2022, the company issued a total of 18,666 shares of common stock to holders of fully vested restricted stock units.
Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Legal Settlement
Between January 18,
2022 and March 18, 2022, the Company issued 71,758 shares of common stock in settlement of an aggregate $75,000 pursuant to a legal settlement.
Issuance of Shares Pursuant to Settlement of
Accounts Payable
On March 21, 2022, the Company
issued 12,196 shares of common stock in full settlement of $10,000 of accounts payable. The shares had a fair value of $0.82 per share.