Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ampio” or the “Company”) is a pre-revenue stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of a potential treatment for osteoarthritis as part of its OA-201 program. The OA-201 development program is seeking to advance Ampio’s unique and proprietary small molecule formulation to take forward through pain and chondroprotection pre-clinical studies and the next phases of drug development. Ampio’s primary strategy is to address the large and attractive opportunity for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee (“OAK”) and other joints. Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, such financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the financial statements include all adjustments necessary, which are of a normal and recurring nature, for the fair presentation of the financial position and of the results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods presented. On November 9, 2022, the Company effected a 15-to-1 reverse stock split. On September 12, 2023, the Company effected a 20-to-1 reverse stock split. The Company has applied and retroactively applied, the reverse stock splits to share and per share amounts in the condensed financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022. Additionally, pursuant to their terms, a proportionate adjustment was made to the per share exercise price and number of shares issuable under all the Company’s outstanding options under the 2010 / 2019 Stock and Incentive Plans and warrants, with any fractional shares rounded up to the next whole share. The number of shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Company’s 2023 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”) was not impacted by the 20-to-1 reverse stock split (see Note 9 for additional information). The Company also applied and retroactively applied such adjustments in the notes to the condensed financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022. The reverse stock split did not reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock and did not alter the par value. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and accompanying notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2022 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2022 Annual Report”). The results of operations for the interim period shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. The information as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 is unaudited. The balance sheet at December 31, 2022 was derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Concentrations of Credit Risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company has no off-balance-sheet concentrations of credit risk, such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or foreign currency hedging arrangements. The Company consistently maintains its cash and cash equivalent balances in the form of bank demand deposits, United States federal government backed treasury securities and fully liquid money market fund accounts with financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy. The Company periodically monitors its cash positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which it invests. As of and subsequent to March 31, 2023, the Company no longer maintains balances in excess of federally insured limits. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses, and related disclosures in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions primarily include the Company’s projected current and long-term liquidity needs and availability and the amount and collectability of the insurance recovery receivable representing amounts advanced by the Company in excess of the previously paid $2.5 million self-insured retention for defense costs relating to currently pending lawsuits and the SEC investigation that is expected to be covered and paid by its directors’ and officers’ insurance. The Company develops these estimates using its judgment based upon the facts and circumstances known to it at the time. Liquidity / Going Concern The Company is a pre-revenue stage biopharmaceutical company that has incurred an accumulated deficit of $240.5 million as of September 30, 2023. The Company expects to generate continued operating losses for the foreseeable future as it pursues the continued development and advancement of the OA-201 program, with the plan that it will source the requisite liquidity primarily through capital raising efforts. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $6.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and an insurance recovery receivable of $0.5 million. Based on the current cash / liquidity position, current projection of operating expenses and assumption regarding the collectability in full of the insurance recovery receivable, the Company believes it will have sufficient liquidity to fund business operations into the first quarter of 2024. Cash resources and capital needs are based upon management’s estimates as to future operating expenses and the timing of collection of the insurance recovery receivable, which involve significant judgment. If the Company is able to successfully optimize a small molecule formulation to advance into development, it intends to fund the future development of the OA-201 program through one or more offerings of its equity securities. The Company also may seek to raise equity capital, which could lead to a possibility of a cure of non-compliance with the $6.0 million minimum stockholders’ equity requirement of the NYSE American exchange. Accordingly, the Company may require a greater amount of capital than presently anticipated or may require capital more quickly than presently anticipated, or both. Additionally, as the Company’s board of directors continues to evaluate strategic alternatives, the forecasts regarding the sufficiency of liquidity are based upon maintaining current operations. Additional financing may not be available in the amount or at the time the Company needs it or may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company raises additional equity financing, our stockholders may experience significant dilution of their ownership interests and the value of shares of our common stock could decline. The Company’s efforts to raise additional funds from the sale of equity may be hampered by the currently depressed trading price of the common stock and the restrictions on ATM agreement sales or other offering types based on the current market capitalization of the Company. If the Company raises additional equity financing, new investors may demand rights, preferences, or privileges senior to those of existing holders of common stock. Based on the above, these existing and ongoing factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. These financial statements do not include any separate adjustments relating to the recovery of recorded assets or the classification of liabilities, which adjustments may be necessary in the future should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Adoption of Recent Accounting Pronouncements In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt (Subtopic 470-20); Debt with Conversion and Other Options and Derivatives and Hedging (Subtopic 815-40) Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”. The updated guidance is part of the FASB’s simplification initiative, which aims to reduce unnecessary complexity in U.S. GAAP. Consequently, more convertible debt instruments will be reported as single liability instruments with no separate accounting for embedded conversion features. The ASU 2020-06 also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, which will permit more equity contracts to qualify for the exception. In addition, ASU 2020-06 also simplifies the diluted net income per share calculation in certain areas. The updated guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted for periods beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2020-06 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Recent Accounting Pronouncements This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not discuss recent pronouncements that are not anticipated to have a current and/or future impact on or are unrelated to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or disclosures.
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