BioSig Technologies, Inc. was initially incorporated on February 24, 2009 under the laws of the State of Nevada and subsequently re-incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2011. The Company is principally devoted to improving the standard of care in electrophysiology with its initial product offering, the PURE EP™ System, designed for enhanced cardiac signal acquisition, digital signal processing, and analysis during ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. The Company has generated minimal revenue to date and consequently its operations are subject to all risks inherent in business enterprises in early commercialization stage.

On November 7, 2018, the Company formed a subsidiary under the laws of the State of Delaware originally under the name of NeuroClear Technologies, Inc. which was renamed to ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ViralClear”) in March 2020. The subsidiary was established to pursue additional applications of the PURE EP™ signal processing technology outside of cardiac electrophysiology, and subsequently in 2020, was repurposed to develop merimepodib, a broad-spectrum anti-viral agent that showed potential for the treatment of COVID-19. Since late 2020, ViralClear has been realigned with its original objective of pursuing additional applications of the PURE EP™ signal processing technology outside of cardiac electrophysiology.

In 2019 and 2020, ViralClear sold an aggregate of 1,965,240 shares of its common stock to investors for net proceeds of $15.6 million and issued an aggregate of 894,869 shares of its common stock in connection with acquiring assets and with know-how agreements. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had a majority interest in ViralClear of 68.44%.  

On July 2, 2020, the Company formed an additional subsidiary, NeuroClear Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.  

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BioSig Technologies, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, NeuroClear Technologies, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as the “Company” or “BioSig”.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 has been derived from audited financial statements.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Company’s Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2021.

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic related to the rapidly spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has led to a global health emergency.  The full public-health impact of the ongoing pandemic is currently indeterminable and rapidly evolving, and the related health crisis has adversely affected and may continue to adversely affect the global economy, resulting in delaying to our commercialization objectives of the PURE EP Systems into 2022.

BioSig Technologies, Inc.’s primary efforts are principally devoted to improving the standard care of electrophysiology with its PURE EP System’s enhanced signal acquisition, digital signal processing, and analysis during ablation of cardiac arrhythmias; NeuroClear’s and ViralClear’s efforts are in developing additional applications of the PURE EP™ signal processing technology outside of cardiac electrophysiology. The Company has experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception and expects these conditions to continue for the foreseeable future. Further, the Company has generated minimal revenues and there is no assurance that the Company will be able to generate cash flow to fund operations. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company's ongoing research and development will be successfully completed or that any product will be commercially viable.

We expect to incur losses from operations for the near future. Additionally, we expect to incur increasing marketing and commercialization expenses related to our PURE EP system in addition to research and development costs relating to PURE EP and other product candidates, including expenses related to clinical trials. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future as we expand our business development, add infrastructure and incur additional costs related to being a public company, including incremental audit fees, investor relations programs and increased professional services.

If additional financing is not available or is not available on acceptable terms, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate our research and development programs, reduce our commercialization efforts or obtain funds through arrangements with collaborative partners or others that may require us to relinquish rights to certain product candidates that we might otherwise seek to develop or commercialize independently.

At September 30, 2021, the Company had working capital of approximately $17.4 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company raised approximately $9.0 million, net of expenses, through the sale of common stock and  $1.3 million, net of expenses, through an At-the-market offering. The Company has begun its commercial operations generating revenues with the sale of the PURE EP device. At September 30, 2021 the Company has effective Forms S-3, shelf registration statements for an aggregate of $107.0 million.

At September 30, 2021, the Company had cash of approximately $17.5 million through the date of the filing of this report and with the expected commercial growth, constitutes sufficient funds for the Company to meet its commercialization efforts, research and development and other funding requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these unaudited financial statements.

The Company follows Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) and ASC 825-10, which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.

Property and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of 3 to 5 years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the related expected lease term. When retired or otherwise disposed, the related carrying value and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the net difference less any amount realized from disposition, is reflected in earnings.

Depreciation expense was $46,205 and $128,152 for three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $19,117 and $52,838 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

Operating leases:

On February 10, 2021 the Company entered into a Sixth Amendment to the Office Lease at 12424 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles dated August 9, 2011 – it is the Fourth Extended Term with respect to Suite 745 and the Expansion Term with respect to Suite 740 which is from July 1, 2021 until June 30, 2022 with a fixed monthly rent equal to $13,702 (down from $16,289); and the security deposit will be reduced by $5,448 so that the balance remaining shall be $27,404.

The Company determined that the Sixth Amendment was a lease modification and accordingly reassessed the lease classification, remeasured the lease liability and adjusted the right-to-use asset. At February 10, 2021 the Company removed the remaining right-to-use net assets of $60,881 and related lease liability of $63,076 and recorded right-to-use assets and related lease liability of $217,903.

On August 2, 2021, the Company exercised its option to extend its Rochester, Minnesota lease of approximately 1,400 square feet of office space for two additional years expiring on October 31, 2023 with a fixed monthly rate of $3,513, increasing to $3,618 for the second year.

The Company determined that the lease option exercised was a lease modification and accordingly reassessed the lease classification, remeasured the lease liability and adjusted the right-to-use asset. On August 2, 2021 the Company removed the remaining right-to-use net assets of $10,247 and related lease liability of $10,400 and recorded right-to-use assets and related lease liability of $89,629. At the lease modification date, the Company estimated the lease liability and the right of use assets at present value using the Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate of 6.5%.

On August 3, 2021, the Company entered into a sublease agreement whereby the Company leased approximately 6,590 square feet of office space at 55 Greens Farms Road, Westport, Connecticut commencing September 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2024 (40 months) at the initial rate beginning January 1, 2022 of $14,828 with escalating payments. In connection with the lease, the Company paid a security deposit of $14,232. There is no option to extend the lease past its initial term. At the lease commencement date, the Company estimated the lease liability and right-to-use assets at present value using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate of 6.5% and determined their initial present values, at inception, of $492,876. In conjunction with the lease, the Company terminated, without penalty, the sublease at 54 Wilton Road, Westport, CT effective September 4, 2021 and removed the remaining right-to-use assets of $36,756 and related lease liability of $37,625 with a credit to rent expense of $868 relating to the lease termination.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had outstanding five leases with aggregate payments of $17,315 per month, expiring through December 31, 2024.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $120,127 and $365,366 and $124,437 and $370,656 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 as lease expense to current period operations, respectively.

Lease expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was comprised of the following:

Series C 9% Convertible Preferred Stock

On January 9, 2013, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of up to 4,200 shares of 9% Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”).

The Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to preference over holders of junior stock upon liquidation in the amount of $1,000 plus any accrued and unpaid dividends; entitled to dividends as a preference to holders of junior stock at a rate of 9% per annum of the stated value of $1,000 per share, payable quarterly beginning on September 30, 2013 and are cumulative.  The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock vote together with the holders of our common stock on an as-converted basis but may not vote the Series C Preferred Stock in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation of the Series C Preferred Stock.  The beneficial ownership limitation is 4.99% of our then outstanding shares of common stock following such conversion or exercise, which may be increased to up to 9.99% of our then outstanding shares of common stock following such conversion or exercise upon the request of an individual holder.  The beneficial ownership limitation is determined on an individual holder basis, such that the as-converted number of shares of one holder is not included in the shares outstanding when calculating the limitation for a different holder.

As a result of an amendment to the conversion price of our Series C Preferred Stock, the conversion price effective as of December 31, 2020 was $3.75 per share, subject to certain reset provisions. On August 17, 2021, the conversion price was reset to $2.98 per share. The effect was de minimis.

The Series C Preferred Stock contains triggering events which would, among other things, require redemption (i) in cash, at the greater of (a) 120% of the stated value of $1,000 or (b) the product of (I) the variable weighted average price of our common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the triggering event and (II) the stated value divided by the then conversion price or (ii) in shares of our common stock, equal to a number of shares equal to the amount set forth in (i) above divided by 75%. As of September 30, 2021, the aggregate stated value of our Series C Preferred Stock was $105,000. The triggering events include our being subject to a judgment of greater than $100,000 or our initiation of bankruptcy proceedings. If any of the triggering events contained in our Series C Preferred Stock occur, the holders of our Series C Preferred Stock may demand redemption, an obligation the Company may not have the ability to meet at the time of such demand.  The Company will be required to pay interest on any amounts remaining unpaid after the required redemption of our Series C Preferred Stock, at a rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. Accordingly, the Company has classified the Series C Preferred Stock as a mezzanine obligation in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding totaled 105 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.  As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has accrued $79,285 and $72,517 dividends payable on the Series C Preferred Stock.

Shareholder rights plan

On July 14, 2020, our board of directors adopted a stockholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of BioSig’s common stock to stockholders of record on July 27, 2020, and one right will be issued for each new share of common stock issued thereafter. Each right will initially trade with common stock, and will allow its holder to purchase from BioSig one one-thousandth of a share of Series F Junior Participating Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, for an exercise price of $50.00, once the rights become exercisable. In the event that a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 12% or more of BioSig’s then outstanding common stock, subject to certain exceptions, each right would entitle its holder (other than such person or members of such group) to purchase additional shares of BioSig’s common stock having a market value of two times the exercise price of the right. In addition, at any time after a person or group acquires 12% or more of BioSig’s outstanding common stock (unless such person or group acquires 50% or more), the Board may exchange one share of BioSig’s common stock for each outstanding right (other than rights owned by such person or group, which would have become void). The Rights Plan could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of BioSig or a large block of our common stock without the approval of our board of directors. The rights expired on July 13, 2021, unless terminated earlier by our board of directors. 

Preferred stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value preferred stock. As of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company has designated 200 shares of Series A preferred stock, 600 shares of Series B preferred stock, 4,200 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, 1,400 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, 1,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock and 200,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock. As of September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, there were no outstanding shares of Series A, Series B, Series D, Series E and Series F preferred stock.

Common stock

BioSig Technologies, Inc.

The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had 35,254,860 and 30,764,792 shares issued and outstanding, respectively.

In January 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 658,868 shares of its common stock for services at a fair value previously recorded in 2020 of $2,658,224. 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 853,271 shares of common stock for services at a fair value of $3,271,340.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 9,375 shares of common stock in exchange for proceeds of $27,750 from the exercise of options.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 216,834 shares of its common stock for vested restricted stock units.

Sale of common stock

On July 2, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. (the “Underwriter”), relating to an underwritten public offering of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share. All of the shares were sold by the Company. The public offering price of the shares was $4.00 per share, and the Underwriter agreed to purchase the shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $3.68 per share. After the underwriting discount, offering and other related expenses, the Company received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $9.0 million. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also granted the Underwriter an option to purchase up to 375,000 additional shares of common stock, or 15% of the number of shares sold in the offering, at a price of $3.68 per share, for a period of 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, of which none were exercised.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company issued to the Underwriter or its designees warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 125,000 shares of common stock, or 5% of the number of shares sold in the offering (the “Underwriter Warrants”). The Underwriter Warrants are exercisable following the date of issuance, July 7, 2021 and ending five years from the date of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, July 2, 2026, at a price per share equal to $4.80 per share (120% of the public offering price per share) and are exercisable on a “cashless” basis.

Open Market Sale Agreement

On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC to act as the Company’s sales agent and/or principal (“Jefferies” or the “Agent”), with respect to the issuance and sale of up to $45.0 million of the Company’s shares of common stock from time to time in an at-the-market offering.

Upon delivery of a placement notice and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Jefferies may sell the Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company may sell the common stock in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company from time to time subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, but it has no obligation to sell any of the shares under the Sales Agreement. The Company or Jefferies may suspend or terminate the offering of shares upon notice to the other party and subject to other conditions. Jefferies will act as sales agent on a commercially reasonable efforts basis consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq.

The Company paid Agent a commission equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Company has also agreed to provide Jefferies with customary indemnification and contribution rights.

The offering of shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all common stock subject to the Sales Agreement or (ii) termination of the Sales Agreement in accordance with its terms.

The common stock was sold and issued pursuant the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-230448), which was previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a related prospectus.

From January 15, 2021 through February 16, 2021, the Company sold 251,720 shares of its common stock through the Open Market Sales Agreement for net proceeds of $1,300,135, after transactional costs of $40,365.

On March 25, 2021, the Company delivered written notice to Jefferies to terminate the Sales Agreement effective as of April 8, 2021, pursuant to Section 7(b)(i) thereof. The Company was not subject to any termination penalties related to the termination of the Sales Agreement.

BioSig Technologies, Inc.

2012 Equity Incentive Plan

On October 19, 2012, the Board of Directors of BioSig Technologies, Inc. approved the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and terminated the Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”). The Plan (as amended) provides for the issuance of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units to purchase up to 14,474,450 shares of the Company’s common stock to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company. Under the terms of the Plan the Company may issue Incentive Stock Options as defined by the Internal Revenue Code to employees of the Company only and nonstatutory options. The Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof administers the Plan and determines the exercise price, vesting and expiration period of the grants under the Plan.

However, the exercise price of an Incentive Stock Option should not be less than 110% of fair value of the common stock at the date of the grant for a 10% or more stockholder and 100% of fair value for a grantee who is not 10% stockholder. The fair value of the common stock is determined based on the quoted market price or in absence of such quoted market price, by the administrator in good faith.

Additionally, the vesting period of the grants under the Plan will be determined by the administrator, in its sole discretion, with an expiration period of not more than ten years. There are 3,606,901 shares remaining available for future issuance of awards under the terms of the Plan as of September 30, 2021.

Options

Option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions. The fair value of stock-based payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option model with a volatility figure derived from an index of historical stock prices of comparable entities until sufficient data exists to estimate the volatility using the Company’s own historical stock prices. Management determined this assumption to be a more accurate indicator of value. The Company accounts for the expected life of options based on the contractual life of options for non-employees.

For employees, the Company accounts for the expected life of options in accordance with the “simplified” method, which is used for “plain-vanilla” options, as defined in the accounting standards codification. The risk-free interest rate was determined from the implied yields of U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with a remaining life consistent with the expected term of the options.  The fair value of stock-based payment awards during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was estimated using the Black-Scholes pricing model.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company granted an aggregate of 917,000 options to officers, directors and key consultants.

The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding tables represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based on options with an exercise price less than the stock price of BioSig Technologies, Inc. of $2.98 as of September 30, 2021, which would have been received by the option holders had those option holders exercised their options as of that date.

On January 12, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted 387,500 options to purchase the company stock in connection with the services rendered at the exercise price of $4.23 per share for a term of ten years with one-third vesting on the one-year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning January 12, 2022 for two years.

On February 16, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted 102,000 options to purchase the company stock in connection with the services rendered at the exercise price of $4.97 per share for a term of ten years with one-third vesting on the one year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning February 16, 2022 for two years.

On April 9, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted 90,000 options to purchase the company stock in connection with the services rendered at the exercise price of $4.38 per share for a term of ten years with one-third vesting on the one-year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning April 9, 2022 for two years.

On April 13, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted 25,000 options to purchase the company stock in connection with the services rendered at the exercise price of $4.42 per share for a term of ten years with one-third vesting on the one-year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning April 13, 2022 for two years.

On May 18, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted 150,000 options to purchase the company stock in connection with the services rendered at the exercise price of $3.20 per share for a term of ten years with one-third vesting on the one year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning May 18, 2022 for two years.

On August 3, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted an aggregated of 75,000 options to purchase shares of its common stock to three employees. The options are exercisable at $3.61 per share for ten years with one-third vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the remaining two-thirds vesting in substantially equal quarterly installments over the following two years.

On August 31, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted an aggregated of 47,500 options to purchase shares of its common stock to three employees. The options are exercisable at $2.98 per share for ten years with immediate vesting.

On September 17, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. granted an aggregated of 40,000 options to purchase shares of its common stock to two employees. The options are exercisable at $2.99 per share for ten years with one-third vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the remaining two-thirds vesting in substantially equal quarterly installments over the following two years.

On June 28, 2021, in connection with the exit of two members of the Company’s board of directors, the Company extended the life of 145,000 previously issued director options from the contractual 90 days from termination of service to the earlier of the initial life or June 28, 2023. The change in estimated fair value of the modified options of $182,514 was charged to current period operations.

The following assumptions were used in determining the change in fair value of the modified options at June 28, 2021:

On June 30, 2021, in connection with the resignation of a member of the Company’s board of directors, the Company entered into a one-year consulting contract and extended the life of 221,240 previously issued director options from the contractual 90 days from termination of service to the earlier of the initial life or two years after service contract completion. The change in estimated fair value of the modified options of $111,402 was charged to current period operations.

The following assumptions were used in determining the change in fair value of the modified options on June 30, 2021:

The fair value of all options vesting during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 of $759,931 and $1,950,623 and $483,110 and $4,734,983 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, was charged to current period operations.  Unrecognized compensation expense of $3,720,260 at September 30, 2021 will be expensed in future periods.

Warrants

The following table summarizes information with respect to outstanding warrants to purchase common stock of BioSig Technologies, Inc. at September 30, 2021: 

On July 7, 2021, BioSig Technologies, Inc. issued warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of its common stock at $4.80 per share, expiring on July 2, 2026, for placement agent services in connection with the sale of the company’s common stock.

The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding tables represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based on options with an exercise price less than the company’s stock price of $2.98 of September 30, 2021, which would have been received by the option holders had those option holders exercised their options as of that date.

Restricted Stock Units

On January 4, 2021, the Company granted 220,000 restricted stock units for services with 105,000 vesting one-third on the one-year anniversary and two-thirds vesting quarterly thereafter beginning January 4, 2022 for two years and with 115,000 vesting quarterly for one year.

On March 8, 2021 the Company granted 31,000 restricted stock units for services vesting on August 31, 2021.

On June 1, 2021, in connection with the termination of an employee, the Company accelerated vesting of 30,000 previously granted restricted stock units from a three-year period to fully vested. The change in vesting of the modified restricted stock unit resulted in a $109,725 charge to current period operations.

On June 30, 2021, in connection with the resignation of a member of the Company’s board of directors, the Company accelerated vesting of 50,000 previously granted restricted stock units from a three-year period to fully vested. The change in vesting of the modified restricted stock unit resulted in a $232,375 charge to current period operations.