UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022
or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________ to _____________
 
Commission file number: 001-11460
 
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Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 31-1103425
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

140 58th Street,
10355 Science Center Drive, Suite 2100, Brooklyn, New York150
San Diego, California
 1122092121
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 582-1199
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
Trading symbol
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock,Stock, $0.005 par value per share
 BTX
 NYSE AmericanThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every interactive data file required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes   No ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
  Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☒
 
As of August 12, 2021,June 30, 2022, the registrant had outstanding 51,729,61257,468,597 shares of common stock, $0.005 par value per share.

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Item 1.Financial Statements (unaudited) 
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Item 2.2023
Item 3.3231
Item 4.3231
   
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1.3332
Item 1A.33
Item 2.
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Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
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Item 5.
Other Information
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In this report, “Brooklyn” refers to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) and “Brooklyn LLC” refers to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn Inc. All references to “our company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Brooklyn Inc. and its subsidiaries, including Brooklyn LLC, unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This reportQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined inunder the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the Forward-Looking Statements Safe Harbor, as codified in(“PSLRA”), Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements other thaninclude statements related to future events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including statements related to our strategic plans and targets, revenue generation, product availability and offerings, capital needs, capital expenditures, industry trends and our financial position. Forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us, on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we operate and on the beliefs and assumptions of historical facts could be deemed forward-looking statements. We have tried, whenever possible, to identify thesemanagement. Forward looking statements by usingoften contain words such as “believes,” “estimates,“expects,” “anticipates,” “expects,“could,” “targets,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs, such as“estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “aims,” “intends” or “projects,“would,” and similar expressions, whetherexpressions. In addition, any statements that refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in the negativeour business, and other characterizations of future events or the affirmative. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s beliefs and assumptions,circumstances, are all based on currently available operating, financial and competitive information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties.forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.statements. For us, particular factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include those risks and uncertainties described in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and described in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.
 
We may
Readers are urged not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should notto place undue reliance on ourthe forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements. We have identified important factors in the cautionary statements included, or incorporated by reference, in this report, particularly in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part II of this report, that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from our forward-looking statements.
We intend forward-looking statements toQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which speak only as of the time theydate of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We are made.including this cautionary note to make applicable, and take advantage of, the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA. Except as required by law, we do not undertake, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to disseminate, after the date hereof, any updates or revisions to any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
We believe that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based upon reasonable assumptions at the time made. However, given the risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on any forward- looking statements as a prediction of actual results, developments or other outcomes. You should read these forward-looking statements with the understanding that we may be unable to achieve projected results, developments or other outcomes and that actual results, developments or other outcomes may be materially different from what we expect.

Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “Brooklyn” refer to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., “Brooklyn LLC” refer to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn, and to “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Brooklyn. and its subsidiaries, including Brooklyn LLC, Novellus, Inc. and Novellus Therapeutics Limited.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except par value amount)
(Unaudited)


 
June 30,
2021
  
December 31,
2020
  
March 31,
2022
  
December 31,
2021
 
ASSETS
 (unaudited)
     
    
Current assets:            
Cash $50,164,673  $1,630,455  $23,500  $16,985 
Tax receivable  23,303   0 
Other receivable  835   684 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  1,753,197   102,322   800   1,097 
Total current assets  51,941,173   1,732,777   25,135   18,766 
Property and equipment, net  582,041   594,106   308   670 
Right-of-use assets - operating leases
  2,767,804   2,092,878   1,093   2,567 
Goodwill  2,043,747   2,043,747   2,044   2,044 
In-process research and development
  6,860,000   6,860,000   5,990   5,990 
Investment in non-controlling interest
  385   1,000 
Security deposits and other assets  514,881   453,252   421   488 
Total assets $64,709,646  $13,776,760  $35,376  $31,525 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
        
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
        
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $3,679,311  $1,275,223  $1,106  $1,755 
Accrued expenses  1,916,126   1,051,020   2,384   1,249 
Loans payable  410,000   410,000 
PPP loan, current  309,905   115,972 
Operating lease liabilities, current
  383,923   273,217   149   426 
Other current liabilities  985,233
   0
   45
   247
 
Total current liabilities  7,684,498   3,125,432   3,684   3,677 
Contingent consideration  19,290,000   20,110,000 
Warrant liabilities
  13,315   0 
Operating lease liabilities, non-current
  2,529,422   1,905,395   1,018   2,297 
PPP loan, non-current  0   193,933 
Other liabilities  22,863   22,863   48   48 
Total liabilities  29,526,783   25,357,623   18,065   6,022 
                
Stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit):
        
Class A membership units  0   23,202,005 
Class B membership units  0   1,400,000 
Class C membership units  0   1,000,000 
Common units  0   197,873 
Common stock, $0.005 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 44,707,382 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021; 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020.
  223,537   0 
Series A preferred stock  781
   0
 
Stockholders' equity:
        
Preferred stock, $0.005 par value, 1,000 shares authorized, 156 designated and outstanding of Series A convertible preferred stock at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $156 liquidation preference
  1   1 
Common stock, $0.005 par value, 100,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 57,452 and 52,021 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
  287   260 
Additional paid-in capital  100,134,743   0   167,100   165,944 
Accumulated deficit  (65,176,198)  (37,380,741)  (150,077)  (140,702)
Total stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit)
  35,182,863   (11,580,863)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ and members’ equity (deficit)
 $64,709,646  $13,776,760 
Total stockholders' equity
  17,311   25,503
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 $35,376  $31,525 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)(In thousands, except per share amounts)

  Three months ended June 30,  Six months ended June 30, 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Operating expenses:            
Research and development  5,392,777   985,081   6,912,410   1,376,140 
General and administrative  4,620,353   1,034,120   6,256,910   1,657,595 
Transaction costs  0   0   5,765,407   0 
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  0   0   (820,000)  0 
Total operating expenses  10,013,130   2,019,201   18,114,727   3,033,735 
Loss from operations  (10,013,130)  (2,019,201)  (18,114,727)  (3,033,735)
Other expenses:                
Loss on sale of NTN assets  (50,000)  0   (9,648,173)  0 
Other expense, net  (22,187)  (14,245)  (24,751)  (18,923)
Total other expenses  (72,187)  (14,245)  (9,672,924)  (18,923)
Net loss  (10,085,317)  (2,033,446)  (27,787,651)  (3,052,658)
Series A preferred stock dividend  (7,806)  0   (7,806)  0 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(10,093,123) $
(2,033,446) $
(27,795,457) $(3,052,658)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.24) $(0.12) $(0.79) $(0.17)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted  42,448,188
   17,583,489   35,187,292   17,542,750
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.(Unaudited)


BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)

  Membership Equity  
Common
Stock
  
Series A
Preferred Stock
  
Additional
Paid-in
  Accumulated    
  Class A  Class B  Class C  Common  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Total
 
Balances at April 1, 2021 $0  $0  $0  $0   41,505,998  $207,530   156,112  $781  $50,453,489  $(55,083,075) $(4,421,275)
Common stock to be retained by NTN stockholders  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   (157)  0   (157)
Issuance of common stock from the exercise of stock options  0   0   0   0   1,300   6   0   0   10,196   0   10,202 
Issuance of common stock related to stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, net  0   0   0   0   3,211,942   16,060   0   0   48,508,858   0   48,524,918 
Issuance of common stock in lieu of cash dividend to Series A preferred stockholders  0   0   0   0   202   1   0   0   7,805   (7,806)  0 
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock  0   0   0   0   (12,060)  (60)  0   0   60   0   0 
Stock based compensation  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   1,154,492   0   1,154,492 
Net loss  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   (10,085,317)  (10,085,317)
Balances at June 30, 2021 $0  $0  $0  $0   44,707,382  $223,537   156,112  $781  $100,134,743  $(65,176,198) $35,182,863 
                                             
Balances at January 1, 2021 $23,202,005  $1,400,000  $1,000,000  $197,873   0  $0   0  $0  $0  $(37,380,741) $(11,580,863)
Brooklyn rights offerings membership units  10,500,000   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   0   10,500,000 
Elimination of Brooklyn’s historical members’ equity  (33,702,005)  (1,400,000)  (1,000,000)  (197,873)  -   0   -   0   36,299,878   0   0 
Common stock to be retained by NTN stockholders  0   0   0   0   1,514,373   7,572   0   0   8,169,885   0   8,177,457 
Issuance of Series A preferred stock retained by NTN stockholders  0   0   0   0   0   0   156,112   781   (781)  0   0 
Issuance of common stock to Brooklyn members  0   0   0   0   38,923,957   194,620   0   0   (194,620)  0   0 
Issuance of common stock to Financial Advisor upon consummation of merger  0   0   0   0   1,067,668   5,338   0   0   5,760,069   0   5,765,407 
Issuance of common stock from the exercise of stock options  0   0   0   0   1,300   6   0   0   10,196   0   10,202 
Issuance of common stock related to stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, net  0   0   0   0   3,211,942   16,060   0   0   48,508,858   0   48,524,918 
Issuance of common stock in lieu of cash dividend to Series A preferred stockholders  0   0   0   0   202   1   0   0   7,805   (7,806)  0 
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock  0   0   0   0   (12,060)  (60)  0   0   60   0   0 
Stock based compensation  0   0   -   0   -   0   -   0   1,573,393   0   1,573,393 
Net loss  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   (27,787,651)  (27,787,651)
Balances at June 30, 2021 $0  $0  $0  $0   44,707,382  $223,537   156,112  $781  $100,134,743  $(65,176,198) $35,182,863 

  Membership Equity
  Accumulated
    

 Class A  Class B  Class C  Common  
Deficit
  Total 
Balances at April 1, 2020
 $18,490,192  $1,400,000
  $1,000,000  $129,671  $(11,960,738) $9,059,125 
Stock based compensation:  0   0   0   22,734   0   22,734 
Sale of members’ equity  4,711,813
   0
   0
   0   0   4,711,813 
Net loss  0
   0
   0
   0   (2,033,446)  (2,033,446)
Balances at June 30, 2020
 $23,202,005  $1,400,000  $1,000,000  $152,405  $(13,994,184) $11,760,226 
                         
Balances at January 1, 2020
 $
18,177,692  $
1,400,000  $
1,000,000  $
106,937  $
(10,941,526) $
9,743,103 
Stock based compensation
  0   0   0   45,468   0   45,468 
Sale of members’ equity
  5,024,313   0   0   0   0   5,024,313 
Net loss
  0   0   0   0   (3,052,658)  (3,052,658)
Balances at June 30, 2020
 $
23,202,005  $
1,400,000  $
1,000,000  $
152,405  $
(13,994,184) $
11,760,226 
 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
  2022
  2021
 
Operating expenses:      
Research and development 
$
1,782
  $1,533 
General and administrative  
4,514
   
1,623
 
Transaction costs  
0
   5,765 
Total operating expenses  
6,296
   
8,921
 
Loss from operations  
(6,296
)
  (8,921)
Other expense, net:        
Loss on sale of NTN assets  
0
   (9,598)
Warrant liabilities expense
  (1,322)  0 
Loss on non-controlling investment
  (615)  0 
Other expense, net  (1,142)  (3)
Total other expense, net
  
(3,079
)
  
(9,601
)
Loss before income taxes
  (9,375)  (18,522)
Provision for income taxes
  0   0 
Net loss
 
(9,375) 
(18,522)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
 $(0.17) $(0.67)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted
  53,626
   27,799
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWSSTOCKHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY
For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
(In thousands)

  
For the six months ended
June 30,
 
  2021
  2020
 
Cash flows used in operating activities:      
Net loss $(27,787,651) $(3,052,658)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  63,485   47,638 
Stock-based compensation  1,573,393   45,468 
Amortization of right-to-use asset  148,702   0 
Transaction costs - shares to Financial Advisor  5,765,407   0 
Loss on sale of NTN assets  9,648,173   0 
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  (820,000)  0 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Account receivable  4,680   0 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  (1,509,284)  (79,175)
Security deposits and other non-current assets  (26,909)  (84,915)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  2,844,135   (942,836)
Operating lease liability  (138,895)  (468)
Other liabilities  0   10,324 
Net cash used in operating activities  (10,234,764)  (4,056,622)
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:        
Purchase of property and equipment  0   (26,177)
Purchase of NTN, net of cash acquired  147,262   0 
Proceeds from the sale of NTN assets, net of cash disposed  118,594   0 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  265,856   (26,177)
Cash flows provided by financing activities:        
Net proceeds of common stock issued to Lincoln Park
  48,524,918   0 
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
  10,202   0 
Proceeds from loans payable
  0   309,905 
Repayment of NTN’s PPP Loan  (531,994)  0 
Proceeds from sale of members’ equity  10,500,000   3,858,750 
Net cash provided by financing activities  58,503,126   4,168,655 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents  48,534,218   85,856 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  1,630,455   5,100,819 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $50,164,673  $5,186,675 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid during the period for:        
Interest $0  $0 
Income taxes $0  $0 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Issuance of common stock for Series A preferred stock dividend
 $7,806  $0 
Issuance of Common Stock for business combination $8,177,457  $0 
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock $(60) $0 
Preferred shares issued in connection with reverse merger $781  $0 
Initial measurement of ROU assets and liabilities
 $873,629  $0 
  Membership Equity  Common Stock  
Series A Preferred
Stock
  
Additional
Paid-in
  Accumulated    
  Class A  Class B  Class C  Common  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount ��Capital  Deficit  Total
 
Balances at January 1, 2022 $0  $0  $0  $0   52,021  $260   156  $1  $165,944  $(140,702) $25,503 
Issuance of common stock in connection with private offering
  0   0   0   0   5,500   27   0   0   (27)  0   0 
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock  0   0   0   0   (78)  0   0   0   0   0   0 
Issuance of common stock from vested restricted stock units
  0   0   0   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0 
Stock-based compensation  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   1,183   0   1,183 
Net loss  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   (9,375)  (9,375)
Balances at March 31, 2022 $0  $0  $0  $0   57,452  $287   156  $1  $167,100  $(150,077) $17,311 
                                             
Balances at January 1, 2021 $23,202  $1,400  $1,000  $198   0  $0   0  $0  $0  $(18,141) $7,659 
Brooklyn rights offerings membership units  10,500   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   0   10,500 
Elimination of Brooklyn’s historical members’ equity  (33,702)  (1,400)  (1,000)  (198)  -   0   -   0   36,300   0   0 
Issuance of common stock for business combination  0   0   0   0   1,514   8   0   0   8,170   0   8,178 
Series A preferred stock retained in business combination  0   0   0   0   0   0   156   1   (1)  0   0 
Issuance of common stock to Brooklyn members  0   0   0   0   38,924   195   0   0   (195)  0   0 
Issuance of common stock to Financial Advisor upon consummation of merger  0   0   0   0   1,068   5   0   0   5,760   0   5,765 
Stock-based compensation  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   419   0   419 
Net loss  0   0   0   0   -   0   -   0   0   (18,522)  (18,522)
Balances at March 31, 2021 $0  $0  $0  $0   41,506  $208   156  $1  $50,453  $(36,663) $13,999 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 
 
For the three months ended
March 31,
 
 
 2022
  2021
 
Cash flows used in operating activities:      
Net loss $(9,375) $(18,522)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  36   25 
Stock-based compensation  1,183   419 
Amortization of right-to-use asset  102   70 
Transaction costs - shares to Financial Advisor  0   5,765 
Loss on sale of NTN assets  0   9,598 
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
  371   0 
Gain on lease termination
  (85)  0 
Warrant liabilities expense
  1,322   0 
Loss on non-controlling investment
  615   0 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Other receivable
  (146)  4 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  298   42 
Security deposits and other non-current assets  66   (1)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  486  (766)
Operating lease liability  (103)  (64)
Other liabilities  (202)  0 
Net cash used in operating activities  (5,432)  (3,430)
Cash flows used in investing activities:        
Purchase of property and equipment  (46)  0 
Purchase of NTN, net of cash acquired  0   148 
Proceeds from the sale of NTN assets, net of cash disposed  0   119 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
  (46)  267 
Cash flows provided by financing activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and  warrants in connection with private offering
  11,993   0 
Proceeds from sale of members’ equity  0   10,475 
Repayment of NTN’s PPP loan
  0   (532)
Net cash provided by financing activities  11,993   9,943 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
  6,515   6,780 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  16,985   1,630 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $23,500  $8,410 
 
        
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid during the period for:        
Interest $1  $0 
 
        
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Issuance of common stock for business combination $0  $8,178 
Series A preferred stock retained in business combination
 $0  $1 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
 
1)DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 

Description of Business



Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Brooklyn” or the “Company”), together with its subsidiaries including Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC (“Brooklyn LLC”), Novellus, Inc. (“Novellus”) and Novellus Therapeutics, Ltd. (“Novellus, Ltd.”), is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a cytokine-based therapyutilizing its mRNA technology platform, including mRNA-based cell reprogramming and gene editing technologies, to treat patients with cancer.create next generation mRNA, gene editing and cell therapies, including iPSC therapies for multiple therapeutic indications. As used herein, the “Company” refers collectively to Brooklyn and its subsidiaries.



On August 12, 2020, Brooklyn (then known as “NTN Buzztime, Inc.”), Brooklyn LLC and BIT Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn (the “Merger Sub”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other matters, Merger Sub merged with and into Brooklyn LLC, with Brooklyn LLC continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn and as the surviving company of the merger (the “Merger”). The Merger was closed on March 25, 2021. After the Merger, Brooklyn changed its name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.” The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, within which Brooklyn LLC beingwas deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes.



On March 26, 2021, Brooklyn sold (the “Disposition”) its rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business it operated prior to the Merger, which was operated under the name “NTN Buzztime, Inc., prior to the Merger to eGames.com Holdings LLC (“eGames.com”) in accordance with the terms of an asset purchase agreement dated September 18, 2020, as amended, between Brooklyn and eGames.com (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). (See Note 3.



On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn and its newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. entered into an agreement and plan of acquisition (the “Acquisition Agreement”) with (a) Novellus LLC, (b) Novellus (the sole equity holder of Novellus, Ltd. and, prior to the closing under the Acquisition Agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novellus, LLC), and (c) a seller representative (the “Acquisition”), pursuant to which Brooklyn acquired Novellus and its subsidiary, Novellus, Ltd. As part of the Acquisition, Brooklyn also acquired 25.0% of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite, Inc. (“NoveCite”), a corporation focused on developing an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell product for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, including from COVID-19.



Basis of Presentation



The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 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, the unaudited financial statements include all the normal recurring adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.



As described above, the Merger closed on March 25, 2021. The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, with Brooklyn LLC being deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes. Brooklyn LLC’s historical financial statements have replaced Brooklyn’s historical financial statements with respect to periods prior to the completion of the Merger (when Brooklyn operated under the name “NTN Buzztime, Inc.”. The Company retrospectively adjusted the weighted average shares used in determining loss per common share to reflect the conversion of the outstanding Class A units, Class B units, Class C units, and common units of Brooklyn LLC that converted into shares of Brooklyn’s common stock upon the Merger and to reflect the effect of the 2-to-1 reverse stock split of Brooklyn’s common stock that occurred upon the Merger.


These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended, and as of, December 31, 2020, contained in Brooklyn’s CurrentAnnual Report on Form 8-K10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31, 2021, as amended by an amendment thereto filed with the SEC on AprilJune 30, 2021.2022 (the “10-K/A”). The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 20202021 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that datecontained in the 10-K/A, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be anticipated for the entire year ending December 31, 2021,2022, or any other period.


Reclassifications


Certain reclassifications have been made to Brooklyn’s prior years’ financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on Brooklyn’s previously reported results of operations or accumulated deficit.
2)LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments relating to the recoverability and reclassification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred significant operating losses and has an accumulated deficit as a result of ongoing efforts to develop product candidates, including conducting clinical trials and providing general and administrative support for these operations. As of June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company had a cash balance of $50,164,673approximately $23.5 million and an accumulated deficit of $65,176,198 (inclusive of a non-cash gain of $820,000 relating to change in fair value of contingent consideration and $9,648,173 relating to loss on sale of assets in the Disposition). Duringapproximately $150.1 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company incurred a net loss of $10,085,317$9.4 million, and $27,787,651, respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company used cash in operating activities of $5.4operating activities million. of $10,234,764.
 

On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn entered intoMarch 9, 2022, the Company consummated a private placement of common stock and warrants resulting in net proceeds of approximately $11 million (See Note 10).



In connection with preparing the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s management concluded that there is substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern because it does not expect to have sufficient cash or working capital resources to fund operations for the twelve-month period subsequent to the issuance date of these financial statements. The Company will need to raise additional capital, which could be through the remaining availability under our equity line purchase agreement (the “First Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”(the “Second Purchase Agreement”) (to the extent the Company is permitted to use such agreement) (see Note 10), which providedpublic or private equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means. The Company may also seek governmental grants to support its clinical trials and preclinical trials. The Company currently has no arrangements for such capital and no assurances can be given that Brooklyn could offerit will be able to Lincoln Park up to an aggregate of $20,000,000 of common stock over a 36-month period commencing after May 10, 2021, the date that a registration statement covering the resale of shares of common stock issued under the First Purchase Agreement was declared effective by the SEC. As of June 30, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold an aggregate of 1,127,736 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park pursuant to the First Purchase Agreement, resulting in gross proceeds of $20,000,000.raise such capital when needed, on acceptable terms, or at all.



On May 26, 2021, Brooklyn entered intoThe accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a second common stock purchase agreement (the “Second Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park,going-concern basis, which providescontemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that Brooklyn may offer to Lincoln Park up to an aggregate of $40,000,000 of common stock over a 36-month period commencing after June 4, 2021, the date that a registration statement covering the resale of shares of common stock issued under the Second Purchase Agreement was declared effective by the SEC. As of June 30, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold an aggregate of 2,084,206 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park pursuantresult from uncertainty related to the Second Purchase Agreement, resulting in gross proceeds of $30,496,755.
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company believes its existing cash resources are sufficient to fund its current operating plan for at least the next 12 months from the date these financial statements are being issued.
3)
MERGER, DISPOSITION AND DISPOSITIONACQUISITION TRANSACTIONS
 

Merger


On August 12, 2020, Brooklyn, Brooklyn LLC and the Merger Sub entered into the Merger Agreement. TheAgreement, and the Merger closed on March 25, 2021. After the Merger, Brooklyn changed its name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.” The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition, within which Brooklyn LLC beingwas deemed the acquiring company for accounting purposes. Brooklyn LLC, as the accounting acquirer, recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Brooklyn in the Merger at their fair values as of the acquisition date. Brooklyn’s common stock trades on the NYSE American stock exchange under the ticker symbol “BTX”.
 


Brooklyn LLC was determined to be the accounting acquirer based upon the terms of the Merger and other factors including that (i) Brooklyn LLC members, having received common stock in the Merger that represented 96.35% of Brooklyn’s outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis, as of immediately after the Merger, (ii) all of the directors of Brooklyn immediately after the Merger having beenwere designated by Brooklyn LLC under the terms of the Merger Agreement and (iii) existing members of Brooklyn LLC’s management having becomebecame the management of Brooklyn immediately after the Merger.


At the closing of the Merger, all the outstanding membership interests of Brooklyn LLC converted into the right to receive an aggregate of 39,991,625approximately 39,992,000 shares of common stock, of which 1,067,6681,068,000 shares were issued as compensation to Maxim Group LLC, Brooklyn LLC’s financial advisor (the “Financial Advisor”) for its services to Brooklyn LLC in connection with the Merger.

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The purchase price of $8,177,614,$8.2 million, which represents the consideration transferred in the Merger to stockholders of Brooklyn immediately before the Merger, was calculated based on the fair valueclosing price of the$5.40 per share for approximately 1,514,000 shares common stock that those stockholders owned on March 25, 2021 immediately prior to the Merger because that represented a more reliable measure of the fair value of consideration transferred in the Merger. The purchase price of $8,177,614 was calculated as follows:

Number of shares of common stock owned by Brooklyn stockholders immediately before the Merger  1,514,373 
Multiplied by the fair value per share of common stock (i) $5.40 
Total purchase price $8,177,614 


(i)
Based on the closing price per share (post reverse stock split) of the common stock of Brooklyn as reported on the NYSE American stock exchange on March 25, 2021, immediately before the Merger.


Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price has been allocated to the acquired tangible and intangible assets and assumed liabilities of Brooklyn based on their estimated fair values as of March 25, 2021, the Merger closing date. Because the consideration paid by Brooklyn LLC in the Merger is more than the estimated fair values of Brooklyn’s net assets deemed to be acquired, goodwill is equal to the difference is reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet. The goodwill of $8,588,576approximately $8.6 million, which has been calculated using the fair values of the net assets of Brooklyn as of March 25, 2021.


The preliminary allocation of the estimated purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities deemed to be assumed from Brooklyn, based on their estimated fair values as of March 25, 2021, is as follows:follows (in thousands):

 
Historical Balance
Sheet of
Brooklyn at
March 25, 2020
  
Pro Forma
Fair Value
Adjustment to
Brooklyn
|Pre-Merger
Assets
  
Preliminary
Purchase
Price
Allocation Pro
Forma
Adjustment
  
Historical
Balance
Sheet of
Brooklyn at
March 25, 2021
  
Fair Value
Adjustment
to Brooklyn
Pre-Merger
Assets
  
Price
Purchase
Allocation
 
Cash and cash equivalents 
$
147,728
  
$
0
  
$
147,728
  
$
148
  
$
0
  
$
148
 
Accounts receivable  
102,517
   
0
   
102,517
   
103
   
0
   
103
 
Prepaid expense and other current assets  
329,596
   
0
   
329,596
   
329
   
0
   
329
 
Property and equipment, net  
1,015,370
   
0
   
1,015,370
   
1,015
   
0
   
1,015
 
Software development costs  
1,296,460
   (368,460)  
928,000
   
1,296
   
(368
)
  
928
 
Customers  
0
   
548,000
   
548,000
   
0
   
548
   
548
 
Trade name  
0
   
299,000
   
299,000
   
0
   
299
   
299
 
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities  (3,781,173)  
0
   (3,781,173)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other current            
liabilities  
(3,781
)
  
0
   
(3,781
)
Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill 
$
(889,502
)
 
$
478,540
  
$
(410,962
)
 
$
(890
)
 
$
479
  
$
(411
)
                        
Total consideration 
$
8,177,614
          
$
8,178
         
Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill  (410,962)          
(411
)
        
Goodwill 
$
8,588,576
          
$
8,589
         


Brooklyn LLC was obligated under the Merger Agreement to have $10,000,000$10.0 million in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet at the effective time of the Merger. To ensure Brooklyn LLC had the required funds, certain beneficial holders of Brooklyn LLC’s Class A membership interests entered into contractual commitments to invest $10,000,000$10.0 million into Brooklyn LLC immediately prior to the closing of the Merger. During March 2021, Brooklyn offered to its Class A unit holders an additional 5% rights offering for an additional $500,000$0.5 million to be raised by a rights offering. Funding toBrooklyn received funds from the rights offering was received between February 17, 2021 and April 5, 2021.


Disposition


On March 26, 2021, Brooklyn sold its rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business it operated (under the name NTN Buzztime, Inc.) prior to the Merger to eGames.com in exchange for a purchase price of $2,000,000$2.0 million and assumption of specified liabilities relating to that business. The sale was completed in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. Details of the Disposition are as follows:follows (in thousands):

Proceeds from sale:   
Cash $132 
Escrow  
100
 
Assume advance/loans  
1,700
 
Interest on advance/loans  
68
 
     
Carrying value of assets sold:    
Cash and cash equivalents  
(14
)
Accounts receivable  
(75
)
Prepaids and other current assets  
(124
)
Property and equipment, net  
(1,014
)
Software development costs  
(927
)
Customers  
(548
)
Trade name  
(299
)
Goodwill  
(8,589
)
Other assets  
(103
)
     
Liabilities transferred upon sale:    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  
113
 
Obligations under finance leases  
17
 
Lease liability  
26
 
Deferred revenue  
55
 
Other current liabilities  
149
 
     
Transaction costs  
(265
)
     
Total loss on sale of assets $(9,598)


Acquisition


On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. entered into the Acquisition Agreement. The Acquisition closed contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Acquisition Agreement. At the closing:

Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc. as the result of the merger of Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. with and into Novellus, Inc., following which, Novellus, Inc., as the surviving corporation, became Brooklyn’s wholly owned subsidiary and Novellus Ltd. became Brooklyn’s indirectly owned subsidiary; and

Brooklyn acquired 25.0% of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite.


As consideration for the Acquisition, Brooklyn paid $22.9 million in cash and delivered approximately 7,022,000 shares of common stock, which under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, were valued at a total of $102.0 million based on an agreed upon price of $14.5253 per share. At the date of issuance, the fair value of the shares were approximately $58.6 million.


The Acquisition Agreement contained customary representations, warranties and certain indemnification provisions. Approximately 741,000 of the shares issued as consideration were placed in escrow for a period of up to 12 months in order to secure indemnification obligations to Brooklyn under the Acquisition Agreement. The Acquisition Agreement also contains certain non-competition and non-solicitation provisions pursuant to which Novellus LLC agreed not to engage in certain competitive activities for a period of five years following the closing, including customary restrictions relating to employees. No employees of Novellus Ltd. or Novellus, Inc. prior to the Acquisition continued their employment, or were otherwise engaged by Brooklyn, following the Acquisition.


In connection with the Acquisition, the co-founders of Novellus, Ltd. entered into lock-up agreements with respect to approximately 3,378,000 of the shares of common stock received in the Acquisition, and Brooklyn’s Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and its Chief Executive Officer and President entered into identical lock-up agreements with respect to their current holdings of Brooklyn stock. Each lock-up agreement extends for a period of three years, provided that up to 75% of the shares of common stock subject to the lock-up agreement may be released from the lock-up restrictions earlier if the price of common stock on the Nasdaq exceeds specified thresholds. The lock-up agreements include customary exceptions for transfers during the applicable lock-up period.


The Company expects the Acquisition will advance its evolution into a platform company with a pipeline of next generation engineered cellular, gene editing and cytokine programs. In addition, the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. builds on the License Agreement. (See Note 8). The completion of the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. relieved Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd. certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement. The agreement with Factor Bioscience Limited (“Factor”) under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene editing and cell therapy products, remained unchanged.


Although Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc., the Company accounted for the Acquisition as an asset acquisition (as the assets acquired did not constitute a business as defined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805, Business Combinations), and was measured by the amount of cash paid and by the fair value of the shares of common stock issued. As a result, substantially all of the value acquired was attributed to IPR&D, with the exception of the cash paid for the investment in NoveCite, which is being accounted for as an investment in equity securities, as discussed further below.


Brooklyn paid $22.9 million in cash, net of cash acquired, as part of the consideration for the Acquisition, of which $1.0 million was paid in cash for the investment in NoveCite. Brooklyn also issued approximately 7,022,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, of which approximately 3,644,000 shares are unrestricted and 3,378,000 shares are subject to the three-year lockup. The unrestricted shares were valued at $10.05 per share, which was the closing price of Brooklyn’s common stock on July 16, 2021. The fair value of the restricted shares was discounted by approximately 35% to $6.53 per restricted share, which was derived from the average discount rate between the Black Scholes and Finnerty valuation models. The resulting fair value of the asset acquired is as follows (in thousands):

Proceeds from sale:   
Cash $132,055 
Escrow  50,000 
Assume advance/loans  1,700,000 
Interest on advance/loans  67,945 
     
Carrying value of assets sold:    
Cash and cash equivalents  (13,461)
Accounts receivable  (75,153)
Prepaids and other current assets  (123,769)
Property and equipment, net  (1,013,950)
Software development costs  (927,368)
Customers  (548,000)
Trade name  (299,000)
Goodwill  (8,588,576)
Other assets  (103,173)
     
Liabilities transferred upon sale:    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  113,156 
Obligations under finance leases  16,676 
Lease liability  25,655 
Deferred revenue  54,803 
Other current liabilities  148,987 
     
Transaction costs  (265,000)
     
Total loss on sale of assets $(9,648,173)
  
Fair Value of
Consideration
 
Cash paid 
$
22,882
 
Cash acquired  
(28
)
Unrestricted shares  
36,628
 
Restricted shares  
22,056
 
Total fair value of consideration paid  
81,538
 
Less amount of cash paid for NoveCite investment  
(1,000
)
Fair value of IPR&D acquired 
$
80,538
 

Unaudited Pro Forma Disclosure

The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021IPR&D that is acquired through an asset purchase that has no alternative future uses and 2020 as if the Merger and the Disposition had been completed as of January 1, 2020. Pro forma information primarily reflects adjustments relating to the reversal of transaction costs. Assuming that the Merger and the Disposition had been completed as of January 1, 2020, the transaction costs would have beenno separate economic values from its original intended purpose is expensed in the prior period.period the cost is incurred. Accordingly, the Company expensed the fair value of the IPR&D during the third quarter of 2021 in the amount of $80.5 million.

Investment in NoveCite


As  a  result  of  the  Acquisition,  Brooklyn  acquired  and  currently  owns  25%  of  NoveCite  and  Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Citius”) owns the remaining 75%. A member of the Company’s management holds one of 3 board seats on NoveCite’s board of directors. Citius’ s officers and directors hold the other two board seats. The Company is accounting for its interest in NoveCite under ASC Topic 323, Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures. The investment was recorded at cost, which was $1.0 million and is adjusted for the Company’s share of NoveCite’s earnings or losses, which are reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. The investment may also reflect an equity loss in the event that circumstances indicate an other-than-temporary impairment. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded $0.6 million in losses from its investment in NoveCite, of which $0.5 million relates to NoveCite’s year ended December 31, 2021.
 
  Six months ended June 30,
 
  2021
  2020
 
       
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(27,795,457) $(3,060,464)
         
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders $(0.79) $(0.17)
4)
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS


Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. A fair value hierarchy has been established for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:
Level 1 Inputs – Valued based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs – Valued based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs – Valued based on inputs for which there is little or no market value, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.


The following tables summarize the liabilities that are measured at fair value as of June 30, 2021 and DecemberMarch 31, 2020:
  As of June 30, 2021
 
Description Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Liabilities:         
Contingent consideration  0   0  $19,290,000 
Total $0  $0  $19,290,000 

  As of December 31, 2020
 
Description Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Liabilities:         
Contingent consideration  0   0  $20,110,000 
Total $0  $0  $20,110,000 

The contingent consideration is related to an asset purchase agreement entered into between Brooklyn LLC and IRX Therapeutics (“IRX”) for the acquisition of substantially all of the net assets of IRX, according to which, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay royalties to certain noteholders and shareholders of IRX based on future revenues from any future IRX-2 product sales.

Contingent consideration was initially valued at the transaction price and is subsequently valued at the end of each reporting period using third-party valuation services or other market observable data. The third-party valuation services use industry standard valuation models, including discounted cash flow analysis, to determine the value. After completing its validation procedures as of June 30, 2021, the Company deemed there was no adjustment to record to the carrying amount of the contingent consideration for the three months ended June 30, 2021.  During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company adjusted the carrying amount of its contingent consideration2022 (in thousands).  There were 0 liabilities as follows:
  
Other Liabilities:
Contingent
Consideration
 
Balance as of December 31, 2020 $20,110,000 
Fair value adjustments included in operating expenses  (820,000)
Balance as of June 30, 2021 $19,290,000 

Contingent consideration is measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021:

  As of March 31, 2022 
Description Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Liabilities:         
Warrant liabilities - Pre-Funded Warrants $0  $2,782  $0 
Warrant liabilities - Common Warrants  0   0   10,533 
Total $0  $2,782  $10,533 


On March 9, 2022, the Company issued pre-funded warrants exercisable for approximately 1,357,000 shares of common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) and is basedwarrants exercisable for approximately 6,857,000 shares of common stock (the “Common Warrants”) in connection with the PIPE Transaction (as defined below).  See Note 10 for more information related to the PIPE Transaction.


The Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants were accounted for as liabilities under ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”), as these warrants provide for a cashless settlement provision that does not meet the requirements of the indexation guidance under ASC 815-40.  These warrant liabilities were measured at fair value at inception and are then subsequently measured on significant inputs not observablea recurring basis, with changes in the market, which represents a Level 3 measurementfair value presented within the fair value hierarchy. The valuationCompany’s statement of contingent consideration uses assumptions the Company believes would be made by a market participant. operations.


The Company assesses these estimates on an on-going basis as additional data impacting the assumptions is obtained. Future changes inuses a Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of contingent consideration relatedthe Common Warrants, which is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement.  Certain inputs used in this Black-Scholes pricing model may fluctuate in future periods based upon factors that are outside of the Company’s control.  A significant change in one or more of these inputs used in the calculation of the fair value may cause a significant change to updated assumptions and estimates are recognized within the statementsfair value of the Company’s warrant liabilities, which could also result in material non-cash gains or losses being reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.


Contingent consideration may change significantlyThe estimated fair value of the Pre-Funded Warrants was deemed a Level 2 measurement as development progresses and additional data are obtained, impactingof March 31, 2022, as all significant inputs to the Company’s assumptions regarding probabilities of successful achievement of related milestonesvaluation model used to estimate the fair value of the liabilityPre-Funded Warrants were directly observable from the Company’s publicly-traded common stock.


The fair values of the Common Warrants and the timingPre-Funded Warrants at the issuance date totaled $12.6 million in the aggregate, which was $0.6 million more than the milestones are expected$12.0 million proceeds received in the PIPE Transaction.  The excess $0.6 million represents an inducement to be achieved. In evaluatingthe purchaser to enter into the PIPE Transaction and was recorded in warrant liabilities expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.  Given the Company’s capital requirements and market conditions, the Company consummated this financing on market terms available at the time of the transaction.


The Company remeasured the fair value information, considerable judgment is required to interpret the market data used to develop the estimates. The estimates of fair value may not be indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange.  Accordingly, the usewarrant liabilities as of different market assumptions and/or different valuation techniques could result in materially different fair value estimates.


For purposes of this calculation, a royalty equal to 13% of revenue (consisting of the royalty due to University of South FloridaMarch 31, 2022, and the royalty due tofollowing table presents the collaborator) is assumed until 2029 and a royalty of 7% of revenues is assumed from 2030 to 2038. The post patent decline is 50%changes in the first year and 10% thereafter. Income taxes were projected to be 26% of net royalty savings. The cash flows were discounted bywarrant liabilities from the liability specific weighted average cost of capital of 26% using the mid-point convention.
issuance date (in thousands):
 
  
Pre-Funded
Warrants
(Level 2)
  
Common
Warrants
(Level 3)
  
Total Warrant
Liabilities
 
Fair value at January 1, 2022 $0  $0  $0 
Fair value at March 9, 2022 (issuance date)  2,646   9,943   12,589 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities  136   590   726 
Fair value at March 31, 2022 $2,782  $10,533  $13,315 

5)LEASES


The
The Company has operating leases for office and laboratory space in the boroughsborough of Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York, New York and in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which expire in 20252026 and 2026,2028, respectively. InOn March 31, 2022, the Company entered into the Torrey Pines Science Center Lease in San Diego, California (the “San Diego Lease”) with Torrey Pines Science Center Limited Partnership for approximately 5,200 square feet of lab and office space. The term of the San Diego Lease is 62 months and the lease commencement date was April 19, 2022, which is the date the Company will record a right-of-use (“ROU) asset and corresponding operating lease liability. The San Diego Lease will expire in June 2021, 2027.


Base rent for the San Diego Lease is $6.35 per square foot in the first year of the San Diego Lease, with a rent abatement for the second and third full months of the first year. The base rent will increase by approximately 3% on each anniversary of the lease commencement date. The Company is also required to pay its share of operating expenses and property taxes. The San Diego Lease provides for a one-time option to extend the lease term for an additional five years at the then fair rental value.


On March 5, 2022, the Company entered into an additionalAgreement to Assign Space Lease with Regen Lab USA LLC (“Regen”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to assign its Brooklyn, New York lease agreement(the “Brooklyn Lease”) to lease approximately 2,700 square feet of office and laboratory space in Cambridge, Massachusetts for approximately $56.00 per square foot annually.Regen. The lease provides for annual escalationeffective date of the base rent based onassignment was contingent upon, among other things, a consent from BioBat, Inc. (the “Landlord”) to assign the year-over-year increase of the consumer price index, as well as the payment of other customary expenses, such as common area maintenance fees, property taxes, and insurance.  Upon entering into the lease agreement,Brooklyn Lease.  Additionally, Regen agreed to purchase certain equipment from the Company paid a leasefor $50,000, partly reimburse the Company $50,000 toward certain existing unamortized leasehold improvements, and to reimburse the Company for the existing security deposit the Company had under the Brooklyn Lease of $25,331. The lease expires in June 2028.approximately $63,000.



On March 25, 2022, the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with Regen, the consent of which was provided by the Landlord in the Assignment Agreement. The Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842, Leases, on December 31, 2020 usingeffective date of the modified transition method without retrospective application to comparative periods. The Company electedassignment was March 28, 2022. Under the packageAssignment Agreement, Regen (i) accepts the assignment of three practical expedients allowed forthe Brooklyn Lease; (ii) assumes all of the obligations, liabilities, covenants and conditions of the Company’s as tenant under the transition guidance. Accordingly,Brooklyn Lease; (iii) assumes and agrees to perform and observe all of the obligations, terms, requirements, covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by the Company did not reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are/or contain leases; (2)under the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; or (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company has also elected not to recognize right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”)Brooklyn Lease; and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a term(iv) makes all of 12 months or less.the representations and warranties binding under the Brooklyn Lease with the same force and effect as if Regens had executed the Brooklyn Lease originally as the tenant.


Notwithstanding the above assumptions by Regen, the Company shall be and remain liable and responsible for the due keeping, and full performance and observance, of all the provisions of the Brooklyn Lease on the part of the tenant to be kept, performed and observed. As a result of the Assignment Agreement, the Company wrote off the remaining ROU asset balance and the corresponding lease liability.


The Company accounts for leases under ASC 842, Leases. Operating lease liabilities representleases are included in “Right-of use assets - operating leases” within the present value of lease payments not yet paid. ROU assetsCompany’s balance sheets and represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset andfor the lease term. The Company’s related obligation to make lease payments are based upon the operatingincluded in “Operating lease liabilities, adjusted for prepaid or accruednon-current” and “Operating lease liabilities, current” within the Company’s balance sheets. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments initial direct costs,over the lease incentives and impairment of operating lease assets. Asterm. Because the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the Company useduses its incremental borrowing rates based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. To determine the present value ofLease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not yet paid,recorded on the Company estimates secured borrowing rates corresponding tobalance sheet and are recognized as lease expense on a straight-line basis over the maturities of the leases.lease term.



The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate non-lease components from the lease components to which they relate and instead account for each as a single lease component for all underlying asset classes. Some leasing arrangements require variable payments that are dependent on usage or may vary for other reasons, such as payments for insurance, tax payments and other miscellaneous costs. The variable portion of lease payments is not included in the ROU assets or lease liabilities. Rather, variable payments, other than those dependent upon an index or rate, are expensed when the obligation for those payments is incurred and are included in lease expenses. Accordingly, all expenses associated with a lease contract are accounted for as lease expenses.



Operating leases are included in right of use assets - operating leases and operating lease liabilities, current and long-term, on the balance sheet. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative costs in the statements of operations.



The Company recognizes operating lease expense and lease payments from the sublease on a straight-line basis in its statements of operations over the lease terms. During the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, the net operating lease expenses were as follows:follows (in thousands):


  
Three months ended
June 30, 2021
  
Six months ended
June 30, 2021
 
Operating lease expense $163,752  $314,617 
Sublease income  (21,045)  (42,090)
Variable lease expense  1,350   10,352 
Total lease expense $144,057  $282,879 

  Three months ended March 31, 

 2022
  2021
 
Operating lease expense $186  $151 
Sublease income  (21)  (21)
Variable lease expense  3   9 
Total lease expense $168  $139 


The tables below show the beginning balances of the operating ROU assets and lease liabilities as of January 1, 20212022 and the ending balances as of June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, including the changes during the period.period (in thousands).

  
Operating Lease
ROU Assets
 
Operating lease ROU assets at January 1, 2022 $2,567 
Amortization of operating lease ROU assets  (102)
Write off of ROU asset due to lease termination  (1,372)
Operating lease ROU assets at March 31, 2022 $1,093 

  
Operating Lease
ROU Assets
 
    
Operating lease ROU assets at January 1, 2021 $2,092,878 
Amortization of operating lease ROU assets  (148,702)
Addition of operating lease ROU assets  823,628 
Operating lease ROU assets at June 30, 2021 $2,767,804 
  
Operating Lease
Liabilities
 
Operating lease liabilities at January 1, 2022 $2,723 
Principal payments on operating lease liabilities  (103)
Write off of operating lease liability due to lease termination  (1,453)
Operating lease liabilities at March 31, 2022  1,167 
Less non-current portion  1,018 
Current portion at March 31, 2022 $149 

12

  
Operating Lease
Liabilities
 
Operating lease liabilities at January 1, 2021 $2,178,612 
Principal payments on operating lease liabilities  (138,895)
Addition of operating lease liabilities  873,628 
Operating lease liabilities at June 30, 2021  2,913,345 
Less non-current portion  2,529,422 
Current portion at June 30, 2021 $383,923 



As of June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company’s operating leases had a weighted-average remaining life of 5.45.8 years with a weighted-average discount rate of 12.76%10.23%. The maturities of the operating lease liabilities are as follows:follows (in thousands):


  
As of
June 30, 2021
 
2021 $361,318 
2022  751,861 
2023  769,864 
2024  787,275 
2025  805,192 
Thereafter  514,174 
Total payments 
3,989,684 
Less imputed interest  (1,076,339)
Total operating lease liabilities $2,913,345 



Sublease Agreement



On April 18, 2019, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with Nezu Asia Capital Management, LLC (“the Tenant”), whereby the Tenant agreed to sublease approximately 999 square feet of space currently rented by the Company in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York for an initial term of eight years, commencing on May 15, 2019.  The term of the sublease expires on October 31, 2026 with no option to extend the sublease term.  Rent payments provided by the Tenant under the sublease agreement began on September 1, 2019. The sublease agreement stipulates an annual rent increase of 2.25%. The Tenant is also responsible for paying to the Company all tenant energy costs, annual operating costs, and annual tax costs attributable to the subleased space during the term of the sublease.



Future lease payments to be received under the sublease agreement as of June 20, 2021 are as follows:
  
As of
March 31,
 
2022 $201 
2023  270 
2024  272 
2025  274 
2026  267 
Thereafter  245 
Total payments  1,529 
Less imputed interest  (362)
Total operating lease liabilities $1,167 


  
As of
June 30, 2021
 
2021 $40,628 
2022  82,419 
2023  84,194 
2024  86,010 
2025  87,867 
Thereafter  74,590 
  $455,708 



The Company received sublease payments in the amount of $40,054 during the six months ended June 30, 2020. In accordance with ASC Topic 842, the Company treats the sublease as a separate lease, as the Company was not relieved of the primary obligation under the original lease. The Company continues to account for the Manhattan lease as a lessee and in the same manner as prior to the commencement date of the sublease. The Company accounts for the sublease as a lessor of the lease. The sublease is classified as an operating lease, as it does not meet the criteria of a sale-type or direct financing lease.

6)
GOODWILL AND IN-PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
 

In 2018, the Company acquired IRX, which was accounted for as a business combination. The Company recorded goodwill and in-process research and development (“IPR&D”)&D in the amount of $2,043,747 and $6,860,000, respectively,$6.0 million, which represents the fair value assigned to technologies that were acquired in connection with the acquisition of IRX.IRX Acquisition and which have not reached technological feasibility and have no alternative future use. IPR&D assets acquired in a business combination are considered to be indefinite lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development projects. If and when development is complete, which generally occurs upon regulatory approval, and the Company is able to commercialize products associated with the IPR&D assets, these assets are then deemed definite-lived and are amortized based on their estimated useful lives beginning at that point in time. If development is terminated or abandoned, the Company may have a full or partial impairment charge related to the IPR&D assets, calculated as the excess of carrying value of the IPR&D assets over fair value


The Company also recorded goodwill in the amount of $2.0 million related to the IRX Acquisition. Goodwill and indefinite-lived IPR&D assets are not amortized but are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if the Company becomes aware of any events occurring or changes in circumstances that indicate that the fair value of the entity is less than its carrying values.


As of March 31, 2022, the Company performed a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the entity is less than its carrying value. Such qualitative factors include macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance and other relevant events. As a result of the qualitative assessment, the Company determined that due to the decline in the


Company’s stock price of $4.17 per share as of December 31, 2021 to $2.05 per share as of March 31, 2022, there were indications of impairment. Accordingly, the Company engaged a third-party valuation firm to perform a quantitative analysis to compare the entity’s carrying values to its fair value, the results of which showed that the entity’s fair value exceeded its carrying value and there was 0 impairment of the recorded goodwill or IPR&D.
 
7)ACCRUED EXPENSES
 

Accrued expenses consisted of the following:following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30,
2021


December 31,
2020
  
March 31,
2022
  
December 31,
2021
 
Accrued compensation
 $385,935  $293,534  $637  $656 
Accrued research and development expenses  631,563   207,468   311   222 
Accrued general and administrative expenses  719,023   399,893   1,436   371 
Accrued interest  179,605   150,125 
Total accrued expenses $1,916,126  $1,051,020  $2,384  $1,249 


Accrued general and administrative expenses include $0.8 million for legal-related matters.
 
8)DEBT


Loans payable



In connection with the acquisition of IRX in 2018, Brooklyn LLC assumed certain notes payable (the “IRX Notes”) in the amount of $410,000. On January 27, 2020, the IRX Notes were amended to extend the maturity date to the earlier of (i) a change of control, as defined, or (ii) December 31, 2021.  As of June 30, 2021, accrued and unpaid interest on the IRX Notes was $179,605.



Payment Protection Program Loan



On May 4, 2020, Brooklyn LLC issued a note in the principal amount of approximately $309,905 to Silicon Valley Bank evidencing a loan (the “PPP Loan”) Brooklyn LLC received under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “CARES Act”). As of June 30, 2021, the outstanding principal balance of the PPP Loan was $309,905.



The PPP Loan matures on May 5, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum. Brooklyn LLC must make monthly interest only payments beginning on November 4, 2020. One final payment of all unforgiven principal plus any accrued unpaid interest is due at maturity. Funds from the PPP Loan may only be used for payroll costs, rent and utilities.  The Company believes Brooklyn LLC used the funds received from the PPP Loan for qualifying expenses. Under the terms of the PPP, Brooklyn LLC may prepay the PPP Loan at any time with no prepayment penalties, and certain amounts of the PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act. In June 2021, Brooklyn LLC submitted its loan forgiveness application for the PPP Loan. The Company believes Brooklyn LLC will qualify for forgiveness of the PPP Loan, but there can be no assurance that it will obtain full forgiveness based on the legislation.

9)8)
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 

Legal Matters

 

The Company is involved in litigation and arbitrations from time to time in the ordinary course of business. Legal fees and other costs associated with such actions are expensed as incurred. In addition, the Company assesses the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies. The Company reserves for costs relating to these matters when a loss is probable, and the amount can be reasonably estimated.



Merger-Related Shareholder Litigation


Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) and its former directors were named as defendants in ten substantially similar actions arising out of the Merger that were brought by purported pre-Merger stockholders of Brooklyn: Henson v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-08663-LGS (S.D.N.Y.); Monsour v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-08755-LGS (S.D.N.Y.); Amanfo v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-08747-LGS (S.D.N.Y.); Carlson v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-00047-LGS (S.D.N.Y.); Finger v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-00728-LGS (S.D.N.Y.); Falikman v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-05106-EK-SJB (E.D.N.Y.); Haas v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 3:20-cv-02123-BAS-JLB (S.D. Cal.); Gallo v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 3:21-cv-00157-WQH-AGS (S.D. Cal.); Chinta v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-01401-CFC (D. Del.); and Nicosia v. NTN Buzztime, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-00125-CFC (D. Del.) (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”).  Only two of the Stockholder Actions (the Chinta and Nicosia cases) also named Brooklyn.  These actions asserted claims alleging violations of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder and both the Chinta and Nicosia cases alleged that Brooklyn LLC is a controlling person of Brooklyn.  The complaints generally alleged that the defendants failed to disclose allegedly material information in a Form S-4 Registration Statement filed on October 2, 2020, including:  (1) certain details regarding any projections or forecasts of Brooklyn or Brooklyn LLC may have made, and the analyses performed by Brooklyn’s financial advisor, Newbridge Securities Corporation; (2) conflicts concerning the sales process; and (3) disclosures regarding whether or not Brooklyn entered into any confidentiality agreements with standstill and/or “don’t ask, don’t waive” provisions.  The complaints generally alleged that these purported failures to disclose rendered the Form S-4 false and misleading.  The complaints requested: preliminary and permanent injunction of the Merger; rescission of the Merger if executed and/or rescissory damages in unspecified amounts; direction to the individual directors to disseminate a compliant Form S-4; an accounting by Brooklyn for all alleged damages suffered; a declaration that certain federal securities laws had been violated; and reimbursement of costs, including attorneys’ and expert fees and expenses.  On or about February 26, 2021, in order to moot certain of the disclosure claims asserted in the Stockholder Actions, to avoid nuisance, potential expense, and delay, and to provide additional information to Brooklyn’s stockholders, Brooklyn determined to voluntarily supplement the Form S-4 with certain additional disclosures.  In exchange for those disclosures, the plaintiffs in each of the Stockholder Actions agreed to voluntarily dismiss their claims.  All ten actions have now been dismissed.  The parties are presently attempting to resolve a request of plaintiffs’ counsel for an award of attorneys’ fee and expenses based on the purported benefit contended to be conferred on Brooklyn’s stockholders as a result of the supplemental disclosures.  If agreement cannot be reached, plaintiffs’ counsel have reserved their right to seek a fee and defendants have reserved their right to challenge fee application.


Dhesh Govender v. Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics, LLC, et al., Index No. 650847/2021 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. 2021)


On or about February 5, 2021, Dhesh Govender, a former short-term consultant of Brooklyn LLC, filed a complaint against Brooklyn LLC and certain individuals that plaintiff alleges were directors of Brooklyn LLC. The complaint is captioned, Dhesh Govender v. Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics, LLC, et al., Index No. 650847/2021 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. 2021). Plaintiff purports to state claims againstalleges that Brooklyn LLC and the individual defendants under the New York State Executive Lawcertain of its officers and the New York State Administrative Code, as well as other statutory and common law claims for allegeddirectors (“defendants”) engaged in unlawful and discriminatory conduct based on race, national origin and hostile work environment. Plaintiff also asserts various breach of contract, fraud and quantum meruit claims based on an alleged oral agreement pursuant to which he alleges Brooklyn LLC agreed to hire him as an executive once the Merger was completed. In particular, plaintiff alleges that, in exchange for transferring an opportunity to obtain an agreement to acquire a license from Novellus for its mRNA-based gene editing and cell reprogramming technology to Brooklyn LLC, he was promised a $500,000$0.5 million salary and 7% of the equity of Brooklyn LLC. Based on these and other allegations, plaintiff seeks damages of not less than $10 million, a permanent injunction enjoining Brooklyn LLC from exercising the option to acquire such license from Novellus or completing the proposed Merger. On or about February 19, 2021, an amended complaint was filed asserting the same causes of action but withdrawingwithdrawing the request for injunctive relief. On or about April 26, 2021, the parties entered into a stipulation whereby the defendants agreed to accept service of the amended complaint without waiver of any defenses, including jurisdictional defenses, except for improper service, and the plaintiff agreed to extend defendants’ time to respond to the complaint to June 6, 2021. On June 6, 2021, wedefendants filed a motion to compel arbitration or, in the alternative, for partial dismissal of the complaint for failure to state viable fraud, quantum meruit and employment discrimination claims. After obtaining extensions of time to respond, plaintiff opposed the defendants’motiondefendants’ motion on August 9, 2021. The defendants’defendants filed their reply is due on September 3, 2021. The Court heard oral argument on the motion to compel arbitration and/or dismiss and the motion to seal on October 13, 2021. By Order dated November 10, 2021, the Court granted defendants’ motion to compel Govender to arbitrate all of his claims against them, based on the arbitration clause of his consulting agreement with Brooklyn LLC.  Govender thereafter filed his Statement of Claim (the “Demand”) with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), Case No. 01-21-0017-9417, on December 15, 2021 against the same defendants, and served it on defendants’ counsel on February 3, 2022. In his Demand, Govender continues to assert statutory discrimination claims against all defendants, claims against Brooklyn LLC premised on the breach of an alleged oral promise to issue Govender 7% of the equity of Brooklyn LLC and to employ Govender at a $0.5 million annual salary in exchange for allegedly arranging and negotiating the Novellus license, common law fraud claims against Brooklyn LLC and Cherington based on the breach of these same promises and a claim for quantum meruit against the Brooklyn LLC. In his Demand, Govender now claims that the fair and reasonable value of his services on the quantum meruit claim exceeded $100 million and is seeking damages in an amount to be determined at the hearing. Defendants filed an answering statement to the Demand on February 28, 2022 have selected a 3-member arbitration panel. Defendants intend to vigorously defend themselves against these claims. At this stage in the litigation, the Company is not able to predict the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome.


Carlson v. Allen Wolff, Michael Gottlieb, Richard Simtob, Susan Miller, and NTN Buzztime, Inc., C.A. No. 2021-0193-KSJM (Del. Ch. Ct.)


On or about March 12, 2021, Douglas Carlson, a purported stockholder of Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.), filed a verified class action complaint against Brooklyn and its then current members of the board of directors, for allegedly breaching their fiduciary duties and violating Section 211(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  In particular, plaintiff seeks to compel the defendants to hold an annual stockholder meeting.  Plaintiff also moved for summary judgment at the same time that he filed his complaint.  In order to moot the claim addressed in the complaint, Brooklyn agreed to hold its annual meeting on June 29, 2021, which date was subsequently rescheduled to August 20, 2021.  On or about May 6, 2021, the parties entered into a stipulation, which was “so ordered” by the court, extending defendants’ time to respond to the complaint and to file their answering brief in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on or before July 16, 2021 and providing that plaintiff’s reply brief in support of his motion for summary judgment is due on or before August 20, 2021. On or about July 12, 2021, the parties entered in a further amended scheduling order providing that defendants shall respond to the complaint and file their answering brief in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on or before September 16, 2021 and plaintiff shall file its reply brief in support of his motion for summary judgment on or before October 20, 2021. At this stage in the litigation, the Company is not able to predict the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome.


Robert Garfield Matter


On April 29, 2021, Robert Garfield, a purported stockholder of Brooklyn, sent to Brooklyn a demand letter that had purportedly been sent to Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) on or about March 16, 2021. The demand letter asserts that, Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) made material misstatements in a prospectus issued in seeking a stockholder vote on March 15, 2021 with respect to an amendment to Brooklyn’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares from 15 million to 100 million. The demand letter seeks to have Brooklyn deem the amendment to the certificate of incorporation ineffective or seek valid stockholder approval of such amendment  and for Brooklyn to implement internal controls.


Brooklyn has decided to seek stockholder ratification of the March 15, 2021 stockholder vote concerning an amendment to Brooklyn’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares from 15 million to 100 million pursuant to Sections 204 and 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law at the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to take place on August 20, 2021.
Edmund Truell Matter

On May 14, 2021, Edmund Truell, a stockholder of Brooklyn, alleged that he sustained a loss because he was unable to sell shares of common stock timely due to a delay caused by Brooklyn’s issuance of stock certificates in lieu of electronic book entry.

Emerald Private Equity Fund, LLC Matter


By a letter dated July 7, 2021, Emerald Private Equity Fund, LLC (“Emerald”), a stockholder of Brooklyn, made a demand pursuant to 8 Del. C. 220 to inspect certain books and records of Brooklyn. The stated purpose of the demand is to investigate possible wrongdoing by persons responsible for the implementation of the Merger and the issuance of paper stock certificates.  The stockholder states that it is making its demand for the purpose ofcertificates, including investigating whether: (i) Brooklyn’s stock certificates were issued in accordance with the Merger Agreement; (ii) certain restrictions on the sale of Brooklyn common stock following the Merger were proper and applied without favor; (iii) anyone received priority in post-Merger issuances of Brooklyn’s stock certificates that allowed them to benefit from an increase in the trading price of Brooklyn’s common stock; and (iv) it should pursue remedial measures and/or report alleged misconduct to the SEC. Brooklyn has responded to the demand letter and has produced certain information to Emerald in connection with the parties are presently negotiatingdemand, which is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement entered into among the parties, including certain additional stockholders who have subsequently joined as parties to such agreement (including Truell noted above). In October 2021, Emerald requested that will govern the production of certain documents that are responsiveBrooklyn produce additional information related to the demand.authority, purpose and justification for the restriction imposed on the sale of Brooklyn common stock following the Merger and the timing of share delivery to Brooklyn stockholders, following which request Brooklyn agreed to produce certain additional information and emails relating to these topics.


On March 30, 2022, counsel to Emerald advised the Company that it was prepared to file suit against the Company, certain current and former directors of the Company, and the Company’s financial advisor in connection with the Merger, on behalf of Emerald and a class of similarly situated stockholders with respect to some or all of the foregoing matters, alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. Emerald’s counsel expressed a willingness to engage in private pre-suit early resolution discussions with the Company and its financial advisor on behalf of individual stockholders whom counsel represents in addition to Emerald; and the Company since engaged in such discussions. The Company can provide no assurance that such pre-suit early resolution discussions will be successful or that suit will not ultimately be filed against the Company, nor can the Company currently predict the outcome of any such suit, if filed. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against any and all claims. Additionally, on April 7, 2022, the Company received a demand for indemnification from its financial advisor as it relates to the aforementioned potential lawsuit.


John Westman v. Novellus, Inc., Christopher Rohde, and Matthew Angel, Civil Action No. 2181CV01949 (Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Superior Court)


On or about September 7, 2021, John Westman, a former employee of Novellus, Inc. filed a Complaint in Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Superior Court against Novellus, Inc. and the company’s founders and former executives, Christopher Rohde and Matthew Angel (collectively, “Defendants”). The case includes allegations that Novellus, Inc. violated the Massachusetts Wage Act.. Brooklyn acquired Novellus, Inc. on July 16, 2021. Mr. Westman’s claims relate to alleged conduct that took place before Brooklyn acquired Novellus, Inc. Defense and liability in association with any Wage Act claims have been assumed by Mr. Rohde and Mr. Angel. On December 24, 2021, Westman dismissed the case without prejudice so the parties could mediate the matter. The parties’ February 2022 mediation was unsuccessful and the dispute is currently in arbitration.



The company accrued $0.8 million in legal-related expenses during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 for the matters discussed above.


Licensing Agreements

 

USF

 

Brooklyn LLC has license agreements with University of South Florida Research Association, Inc. (“USF”), granting Brooklyn LLC the right to sell, market, and distribute IRX-2, subject to a 7% royalty payable to USF based on a percentage of gross product sales. Under the license agreement with USF, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to repay patent prosecution expenses incurred by USF. To date, Brooklyn LLC has not recorded any product sales, or obligations related to USF patent prosecution expenses. The license agreement terminates upon the expiration of the IRX-2 patents.

 

Novellus, Ltd. and Factor

 

In December 2020, Brooklyn LLC entered into option agreements (the “Option Agreements”) with Novellus, Therapeutics Limited (“Novellus, Ltd.”) and Factor Bioscience Limited (“Factor,” and together with Novellus, Ltd.,(together, the “Licensors”) to obtain the right to exclusively license the Licensors’ intellectual property and mRNA cell reprogramming and gene editing technology for use in the development of certain cell-based therapies to be evaluated and developed for treating human diseases, including certain types of cancer, sickle cell disease, and beta thalassemia (the “Licensed Technology”). The option was exercisable before February 28, 2021 (or April 30, 2021 if the Merger had not closed by that date) and required Brooklyn LLC to pay a non-refundable option fee of $500,000$0.5 million and then an initial license fee of $4.0 million (including the non-refundable fee of $500,000)$0.5 million) in order to exercise the option.



In April 2021, Brooklyn LLC and the Licensors amended the Option Agreements to extend the exercise period to May 21, 2021 and to require Brooklyn, LLC to pay a total $1,000,000$1.0 million of the $4,000,000$4.0 million initial license fees to the Licensors by April 15, 2021.



In April 2021, Brooklyn LLC and the Licensors entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “License Agreement”) pursuant to which Brooklyn LLC acquired an exclusive worldwide license to the Licensed Technology. Under the terms of the License Agreement, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay the Licensors a total of $4.0 million in connection with the execution of the License Agreement, all of which had beenwas paid as of June 30, 2021.


The completion of the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. relieved Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd. certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement. The agreement with Factor under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene editing and cell therapy products, remained unchanged. Accordingly, Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay to the Licensors additional feesFactor a fee of $5,000,000$3.5 million in October 2021 and $7,000,0002022, which will be in addition to a fee of $2.5 million paid to Factor in October 2022.2021.



Brooklyn LLC is also required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones. In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, Brooklyn LLC will be obligated to pay, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, to make milestone payments to the Licensors in specified amounts and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers. In the event Brooklyn LLC fails to timely achieve certain delineated milestones, the Licensors maywill have the right to terminate Brooklyn LLC’s rights under provisions of the License Agreement relating to those milestones. (See Note 13.)


Novellus, Ltd. also has a license agreement with Factor, which was entered into in February 2015, amended in June 2018 and March 2020, and then amended and restated in November 2020. This license agreement provides for Novellus, Ltd. to use over 70 granted patents owned by Factor throughout the world covering synthetic mRNA, RNA-based gene editing, and RNA-based cell reprogramming, in addition to specific patents covering methods for treating specific diseases. There are also more than 60 pending patent applications throughout the world focused on these and other aspects of the technology. The patent coverage includes granted patents and pending patent applications in the United States, Europe, and Japan, along with other major life sciences markets.


Novellus, Ltd. is required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones. In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, Novellus, Ltd. will be obligated, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, to make milestone payments of up to $51.0 million in aggregate to Factor and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers. In the event Novellus, Ltd. fails to timely achieve certain delineated milestones, Factor may have the right to terminate Novellus, Ltd.’s rights under provisions of the License Agreement relating to those milestones.


NoveCite


In October 2020, Novellus, Ltd. (as sublicensor) and NoveCite (as sublicensee) entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “Sublicense”) to license novel cellular therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome, which NoveCite is licensing from Factor. Under the sublicense agreement, NoveCite is required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones. In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, NoveCite will be obligated, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, to make milestone payments to the Novellus, Ltd. in specified amounts and, in the case of commercialization milestones, specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers.


Under the terms of the Sublicense, in the event that Novellus, Ltd. receives any revenue involving the original cell line included in the licensed technology, then Novellus, Ltd. shall remit to NoveCite 50% of such revenue.15



Royalty Agreements

 

Collaborator Royalty Agreement

 

Effective June 22, 2018, IRX terminated its Research, Development and Option Facilitation Agreement and its Options Agreement (the “RDO and Options Agreements”) with a collaborative partner (the “Collaborator”), pursuant to a termination agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). The Termination Agreement was assigned to Brooklyn, LLC in November 2018 when Brooklyn LLC acquired the assets of IRX. In connection with the Termination Agreement, all of the rights granted to the Collaborator under the RDO and Options Agreements were terminated, and Brooklyn LLC has no obligation to refund any payments received from the Collaborator. As consideration for entering into the Termination Agreement, the Collaborator will receive a royalty equal to 6% of revenues from the sale of IRX-2, for the period of time beginning with the first sale of IRX-2 through the later of (i) the twelfth anniversary of the first sale of IRX-2 or (ii) the expiration of the last IRX patent, or other exclusivity of IRX-2.

Investor Royalty Agreement
 

On March 22, 2021, Brooklyn LLC restated its royalty agreement with certain beneficial holders of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors GP LLC and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors LP, whereby such beneficial holders will continue to receive, on an annual basis, royalties in an aggregate amount equal to 4% of the net revenues of IRX-2, a cytokine-based therapy being developed by Brooklyn LLC to treat patients with cancer.

Royalty Agreement with certain former IRX Therapeutics Investors



On May 1, 2012, IRX Therapeutics entered into a royalty agreement (the “IRX Investor Royalty Agreement) with certain investors who participated in a financing transaction. The IRX Investor Royalty Agreement was assigned to Brooklyn LLC in November 2018 when Brooklyn LLC acquired the assets of IRX. Pursuant to the IRX Investor Royalty Agreement, when Brooklyn LLC becomes obligated to pay royalties to USF under the agreement described above under “Licensing Agreements-USF,” it will pay an additional royalty of 1% of gross sales to an entity organized by the investors who participated in such financing transaction. There are no termination provisions in the IRX Investor Royalty Agreement. Brooklyn LLC has not recognized any revenues to date, and no royalties are due pursuant to any of the above-mentioned royalty agreements.


Investor Royalty Agreement

 

On March 22, 2021, Brooklyn LLC restated its royalty agreement with certain beneficial holders of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors GP LLC and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Investors LP, whereby such beneficial holders will continue to receive, on an annual basis, royalties in an aggregate amount equal to 4% of the net revenues of IRX-2, a cytokine-based therapy being developed by Brooklyn LLC to treat patients with cancer.

10)9)
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Equity Incentive PlansStock Options

 

Brooklyn’s stock-based compensation plans consist of the 2019 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) and the 2021 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Inducement Plan”).  Brooklyn’s board of directors has designated its compensation committee as the administrator of the foregoing plans (the “Plan Administrator”). Among other things, the Plan Administrator selects persons to receive awards and determines the number of shares subject to each award and the terms, conditions, performance measures, if any, and other provisions of the award.



The 2020 Plan was approved by stockholders at Brooklyn’s special meeting of stockholders held on March 15, 2021.  The 2020 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 3,368,804 shares of common stock.  Awards under the 2020 Plan may be granted to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company.  Stock options granted under the 2020 Plan may either be incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options, may have a term of up to ten years, and are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair market value on the date of grant.  As of June 30, 2021, thereThere were 0 stock options outstanding underor granted during the 2020 Plan.
three months ended March 31,2021.The following weighted-average assumptions were used for stock options granted during the three months ended March 31,2022:

Due to the approval of the 2020 Plan, no future grants will be made under the 2019 Plan. As of June 30, 2021, all outstanding options under the 2019 Plan were either exercised or had expired in accordance with the terms of the applicable award or the 2019 Plan.
Three months ended
March 31,2022
Weighted average risk-free rate1.92%
Weighted average volatility93%
Dividend yield0%
Expected term5.78 years

In May 2021, Brooklyn’s board of directors adopted the 2021 Inducement Plan, which provides for the grant of up to 1,500,000 share-based awards as material inducement awards to new employees in accordance with the employment inducement grant rules set forth in Section 711(a) of the NYSE American LLC Company Guide.  The 2021 Inducement Plan expires in May 2031.  As of June 30, 2021, there 140,580 stock options and 105,290 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) outstanding under the 2021 Inducement Plan.
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Stock-Based CompensationThe following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months ended March 31,2022:

  Outstanding Options  Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share  Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)  Aggregate Intrinsic Value 
Outstanding January 1, 2022
  3,988,000  $8.40   9.38  $0 
Granted  1,258,000   2.10   -   0 
Cancelled  (67,000)  5.94   -     
Outstanding March 31, 2022
  5,179,000  $6.90   9.32  $134,000 
                 
Options vested and exercisable at March 31, 2022
  10,000  $10.26   9.75  $0 


Stock Options

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation.  The Company estimates the fair value of each stock option award granted with service-based vesting requirements, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company recognizes theper-share weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted asduring the three months ended March 31,2022 was $1.58.


As of March 31,2022, the unamortized stock-based compensation expense onrelated to outstanding unvested options was approximately $18.5 million with a straight-line basisweighted average remaining requisite service period of 3.06 years. The Company expects to amortize this expense over the remaining requisite service period.
period of these stock options.

The risk-free rate is based on
Included in the observed interest rates appropriate for the term of time options are expected to be outstanding. The expected life (estimated period of time outstanding) of the5,179,000 stock options granted is estimated using the “simplified” methodoutstanding as permitted by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110, Share-Based Payment. Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical volatility over the expected life of the stock option granted, and the Company assumes no dividends.

There were 0 stock options granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. There were 3,365,748 stock options granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, including March 31,2022 are 2 stock option grants madethe Company awarded to Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D. upon his appointment as Brooklyn’s chief executive officerthe Company’s Chief Executive Officer and president.
President in April 2021.


Dr. Federoff was granted a nonqualified stock option covering 2,627,915approximately 2,628,000 shares of common stock (the “Time-Based Option”). The Time-Based Option was granted at a per share exercise price equal to the closing price of the common stock on the NYSE American stock exchange on the date of grant. Of the shares covered by the Time-Based Option, 25% will vest on the one-yearone-year anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining shares will vest in substantially 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, so long as Dr. Federoff provides continuous service to the Company throughout the relevant vesting date.


Dr. Federoff was also granted a performance-based nonqualified stock option covering 597,253approximately 597,000 shares of common stock (the “Milestone Option”). The Milestone Option was granted at a per share exercise price equal to the closing price of common stock on the NYSE American stock exchange on the date of grant.grant, and its fair value is $4.3 million. The Milestone Option will fully vest upon the first concurrence by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that a proposed investigation may proceed following review of a Company filed investigational new drug application in connection with that the License Agreement. This milestone is subject to Dr. Federoff’s continuous service with the Company through such vesting date.
As of March 31,2022, the Company has 0t recognized any stock-based compensation expense on the Milestone Option because the Company has determined that it is not yet probable that the performance milestone will be accomplished.


Both the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option were granted outside of Brooklyn’sthe Company’s equity incentive plans discussed above. The unvested portion of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option will be cancelled upon the termination of Dr. Federoff’s employment with the Company for any reason, subject to certain vesting acceleration provisions upon a qualifying termination, as described in his employment agreement with the Company. Unless earlier terminated in accordance with their terms, each of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option will otherwise expire on the tenth anniversary of their respective grant date and be subject to the terms and conditions of the respective option agreement approved by Brooklyn.the Company. Each of the Time-Based Option and the Milestone Option iswas intended to constitute an “employment inducement grant” in accordance with the employment inducement grant rules set forth in Section 711(a)711(a) of the NYSE American LLC Company Guide and was offered as an inducement material to Dr. Federoff in connection with his hiring.

The following weighted-average assumptions were used for grants issued during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021:
Three and six months ended
June 30, 2021
Weighted average risk-free rate1.06%
Weighted average volatility134.30%
Dividend yield0%
Expected term6.08 years

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, there were 1,300 options exercised for total cash proceeds of $10,202.  The options exercised had a total intrinsic value of $57,212.  There were 0 options exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.March 31,2022 and 2021.


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RSUs


Outstanding RSUs are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock on the vesting date of the award. An RSU award is settled only to the extent vested. Vesting generally requires the continued employment or service by the award recipient through the respective vesting date. Because RSUs are settled in an equal number of shares of common stock without any offsetting payment by the recipient, the measurement of cost is based on the quoted market price of the stock at the measurement date, which is the grant date. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, Brooklyn granted 105,290


There were 0 RSUs with a weighted average grant date fair value of $19.60.  NaN RSUs wereoutstanding or granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.  NaN RSUs vested duringMarch 31,2021.The following table summarizes RSU activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.March 31,2022:

  Outstanding Restricted Stock Units  Weighted Average Fair Value per Share 
January 1, 2022
  240,000  $13.80 
Granted  1,101,000   1.93 
Released  (9,000)  4.21 
Cancelled  (9,000)  4.21 
March 31 2022
  1,323,000  $4.05 
         
Balance expected to vest at March 31, 2022
  772,000     


During the three months ended March 31,2022, the Company issued approximately 1,101,000 performance based RSUs (the “2022 PSUs”) to its employees, of which approximately 414,000 were awarded to Dr. Federoff. The 2022 PSUs are subject to the achievement of 4 performance goals, which are weighted equally. Once a performance goal is achieved, the tranche of shares allocated to that performance goal will be earned and will begin to vest over a three-year annual basis beginning on the date the performance goal was achieved. If a performance goal is not achieved, the tranche of shares allocated to that performance goal will be unearned and forfeited.


The Company recognizes the intrinsicfair value of RSUs granted as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
For performance based RSUs, the Company will begin recognizing the expense once the achievement of the related performance goal is probable. As of March 31,2022, the unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs, including performance based RSUs that have been deemed probable, was approximately $3.6 million with a weighted average remaining requisite service period of 2.59 years. The Company expects to amortize this expense over the remaining requisite service period of the RSUs.



Restricted Stock


Pursuant to the Merger, Brooklyn LLC’s 3,427approximately 3,000 outstanding restricted common units were exchanged for 629,643approximately 630,000 shares of Brooklyn’s restricted common stock. There were no changes to any conditions and requirements toof the restricted common stock. The shares vest quarterly beginning on March 31,2021 and continuing through December 31, 2022.2022, contingent on continued service. Due to the modification of the restricted common units, the fair value of the restricted common stock immediately after the Merger was compared to the fair value of the restricted common units immediately prior to the Merger, and the change in fair value of $249,905$0.3 million was recognized in the statement of operations forduring the sixthree months ended June 30, March 31,2021. The Company recognizes the fair value of restricted common stock as an expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
During the quarter ended March 31,2022, approximately 78,000 shares of unvested restricted common stock were forfeited due to the holders of such shares no longer providing services to the Company. As of March 31,2022, there were 0 shares of unvested restricted stock outstanding.

Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $1,154,492 and $22,734, respectively.  Stock based compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $1,573,393 (including the $249,905

Stock-Based Compensation Expense



Stock-based compensation is recorded in general and administrative expense and research and development expense in the statement of operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, stock-based compensation expense recorded in general and administrative expense was $0.8 million and $17,000, respectively. For both of the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, stock-based compensation expense recorded in research and development expense was $0.4 million.

11)10)
STOCKHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)



Private Placement of Equity


On March 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an investor (the “PIPE Investor”) providing for the private placement (the “PIPE Transaction”) to the PIPE Investor of approximately 6,857,000 units (collectively, the “Units”), each Unit consisting of (i) 1 share of the Company’s common stock (or, in lieu thereof, one pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock) and (ii) 1 warrant (the “Common Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock, for an aggregate gross purchase price of approximately $12.0 million (the “Subscription Amount”). The PIPE Transaction closed on March 9, 2022.

  

Equity Line Offerings

On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn and Lincoln Park executed the First Purchase Agreement and a related registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn had the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $20,000,000Each Pre-Funded Warrant has an exercise price of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock. Sales$0.005 per share of common stock, by Brooklyn, ifwas immediately exercisable, may be exercised at any weretime, has no expiration date and is subject to certain limitations, and could occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion. For entering intocustomary adjustments. The Pre-Funded Warrants may not be exercised if the First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to Lincoln Park 56,041 sharesaggregate number of common shares as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $20,000,000 in shares of common stock. During the three months ending June 30, 2021, Brooklyn issued and sold to Lincoln Park a total of 1,127,736 shares of common stock for gross proceedsbeneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 9.99% immediately after exercise thereof. Upon the closing of $20,000,000,the transaction, the Company issued 5,500,000 shares of common stock and 0 furtherissued Pre-Funded Warrants representing approximately 1,357,000 shares of common stock.


Each Common Warrant has an exercise price of $1.91 per share, becomes exercisable six months following the closing of the PIPE Transaction, expires five-and-one-half years from the date of issuance and is subject to customary adjustments. The Common Warrants may not be soldexercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 4.99% immediately after exercise thereof, subject to Lincoln Park underincrease to 9.99% at the First Purchase Agreement.option of the holder.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had 6,857,000 Common Warrants outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $1.91 per share and a weighted average contractual life of 5.45 years. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had 1,357,000 Pre-Funded Warrants outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $0.005 per share. The Pre-Funded Warrants do not expire.

 

On May 26, 2021, Brooklyn executedThe Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants were accounted for as liabilities under ASC 815-40, as these warrants provide for a cashless settlement provision that does not meet the Second Purchase Agreementrequirements of the indexation guidance under ASC 815-40. These warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a related registration rights agreement. Pursuant torecurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the Second Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $40,000,000statement of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock. Sales of common stock by Brooklyn, if any, are subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion. For entering into the Second Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to Lincoln Park 50,000 shares of common shares as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $40,000,000 in shares of common stock.
operations.

Under

The fair values of the Second Purchase Agreement,Common Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants at the issuance date totaled $12.6 million in the aggregate, which was $0.6 million more than the Subscription Amount. The excess $0.6 million represents an inducement to the PIPE Investor to enter into the transaction and was recorded in warrant liabilities expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. Given the Company’s capital requirements and market conditions, the Company consummated this financing on any business day selected by Brooklyn, Brooklyn may direct Lincoln Parkmarket terms available at the time of the transaction.


The Company incurred fees of $1.0 million through March 31, 2022 related to purchase upthe PIPE Transaction, which were allocated to 60,000the fair value of the Common Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants and recorded in other expense, net on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations.

In connection with the PIPE Transaction, the Company and the PIPE Investor also entered into a registration rights agreement, dated March 6, 2022, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC no later than 15 days following the filing date of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Annual Report”) to register the resale of the shares of common stock on such business day (each, a “Regular Purchase”), provided, however, that (i) the Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 80,000 shares, provided that the closing sale price of the common stock is not below $5.50 on the purchase date, and (ii) the Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 120,000 shares, provided that the closing sale price of the common stock is not below $7.00 on the purchase date. In each case, Lincoln Park’s maximum commitment in any single Regular Purchase may not exceed $1,000,000 under the First Purchase Agreement and $2,000,000 under the Second Purchase Agreement. The purchase price per share for each such Regular Purchase will be based off of prevailing market prices of common stock immediately preceding the time of sale. In addition to Regular Purchases, Brooklyn may direct Lincoln Park to purchase other amounts as accelerated purchases or as additional accelerated purchases if the closing sale price of the common stock exceeds certain threshold prices as set forthincluded in the Second Purchase Agreement.

The Second Purchase Agreement also prohibits Brooklyn from directing Lincoln Park to purchase anyUnits and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants. The Company agreed to use its best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, subject to certain specified penalties if those shares, when aggregatedtimely effectiveness is not achieved. The Company filed the 2021 Annual Report on April 15, 2022 and the registration statement on April 29, 2022. The registration statement became effective on May 11, 2022.


Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company is obligated to pay the PIPE Investor liquidated damages equal to 2% of the Subscription Amount per month, with all other sharesa maximum aggregate payment of common stock then beneficially owned by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, would result12% of the Subscription Amount, in Lincoln Park and its affiliates having beneficial ownership, at any single point in time, ofthe event the PIPE Investor is not permitted to use the registration statement to resell the securities registered for resale thereunder for more than 4.99%10 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period.


On May 24, 2022, the Company provided the PIPE Investor with notice that it was not able to resell the securities registered for resale under the registration agreement because the Company had not timely filed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Q1 2022 10-Q”) with the SEC, and that the PIPE Investor could not use the registration statement to resell the related securities until the Company filed the Q1 2022 10-Q. Because the PIPE Investor was unable to use the registration statement for at least 10 consecutive calendar days, the Company accrued $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 for the estimated contingent loss the Company expected to incur as a result of the then total outstanding shareslate Q1 2022 10Q filing, which is recorded in other expense, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of common stock. Brooklyn has the right to terminate the Second Purchase Agreement at any time, at no cost or penalty.operations.

Actual sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Second Purchase Agreements depend on a variety of factors to be determined by Brooklyn from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the common stock and determinations by Brooklyn as to the appropriate sources of funding for Brooklyn and its operations. The Company expects that any net proceeds received by Brooklyn from such sales to Lincoln Park will be used for research and development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
As of June 30, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold 3,211,942 shares of common stock under the First Purchase Agreement and the Second Purchase Agreement for total net proceeds of $48,508,585.

Reverse Stock-Split


On March 25, 2021, immediately prior to the Merger, Brooklyn filed an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a reverse stock split. As a result of the reverse stock split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock immediately prior to the reverse stock split was reduced into a smaller number of shares, such that every two shares of common stock held by a stockholder of Brooklyn immediately prior to the reverse stock split were combined and reclassified into one share of common stock after the reverse stock split.

 

Immediately following the reverse stock split there were approximately 1,514,3731,514,000 shares of common stock outstanding prior to the Merger. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split.

 

Merger



Under the terms of the Merger Agreement (see Notes 1 and(see Note 3), on March 25, 2021, Brooklyn issued shares of common stock to the equity holders of Brooklyn LLC. The 86,66787,000 Class A units of Brooklyn LLC were converted into 22,274,718approximately 22,275,000 shares of common stock; the 15,000,000 Class B units were converted into 2,514,714approximately 2,515,000 shares of common stock; the 10,000,000 Class C units were converted into 1,676,308approximately 1,676,000 shares of common stock; 629,643approximately 630,000 shares of common units were converted into 629,643approximately 630,000 shares of common stock, and 10,500,000 rights options were converted into 11,828,575approximately 11,828,000 shares of common stock. Brooklyn also issued 1,067,879approximately 1,068,000 shares of common stock to the Financial Advisor pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
11)EARNINGS PER SHARE


Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period including the weighted average effect of the Pre-Funded Warrants the Company issued in connection with the PIPE Transaction, the exercise of which requires little or no consideration for the delivery of shares of common stock. The Company determined that the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants requires nominal consideration for the delivery of shares of common stock, and as such, has considered the 1,357,000 shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants to be outstanding effective on March 9, 2022 for the purposes of calculating basic EPS. Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (including the weighted average effect of the Pre-Funded Warrants) plus dilutive securities. Stock options, RSUs, warrants and other convertible securities are considered potential common shares and are included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share using the treasury method when their effect is dilutive. Diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share in periods where the effect of potentially dilutive shares of common stock are antidilutive. The following table presents the amount of stock options, RSUs, warrants and convertible preferred stock that were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share for three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, as their effect was anti-dilutive:

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2022  2021 
Stock options  5,179,000   0 
RSUs  1,323,000   0 
Warrants  6,857,000   0 
Preferred stock converted into common stock  48,000   42,000 
Total potential common shares excluded from computation  13,407,000   42,000 

12)
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 


In May 2021, There were no recent accounting pronouncements issued during the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), DebtModifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), CompensationStock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and HedgingContracts in Entitys Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Issuers Accounting for Certain Modificationsthree months ended March 31, 2022 that would have impacted the Company’s financial statements or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options. ASU 2021-04 addresses the accounting for certain modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options. ASU 2021-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company)and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on our financial statements.operations.

13)SUBSEQUENT EVENT
 

On May 24, 2022, Dr. Federoff resigned as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President effective May 26, 2022, and the Board appointed Dr. Matthew Angel as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer.


In connection with Dr. Federoff’s resignation, the Company entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release with Dr. Federoff (the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which Dr. Federoff resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as an officer, director and employee of the Company and all subsidiaries. Dr. Federoff’s resignation from the Board was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices. In consideration for Dr. Federoff’s execution of the Separation Agreement and non-revocation of a waiver and release of claims relating thereto, Dr. Federoff is entitled to the following benefits under the Separation Agreement:

a lump sum cash severance benefit in the amount of $0.2 million, representing Dr. Federoff’s target bonus for 2022;


payment of Dr. Federoff’s annual base salary for a period of twelve months after the expiration of the applicable revocation period (the “Separation Period”), for a total gross amount equal to $0.5 million;

payment of Dr. Federoff’s premiums for continued health benefits provided under COBRA for the Separation Period;

full acceleration of the vesting of all outstanding options (with the exception of the Milestone Options) that would have vested during the Separation Period, and such options, together with outstanding options that vested prior to the Separation Date, representing collectively 1,420,095 shares of common stock, may be exercised for a period of thirty-six months after the Separation Date;


acceleration and vesting of 25/36th of the Milestone Options, representing collectively 414,759 shares of common stock, may be exercised for a period of thirty-six months after the Separation Date; and

a lump sum cash severance benefit in the amount of $0.1 million, representing the value Dr. Federoff would have received if he was entitled to receive a settlement of a pro rata portion of his performance restricted stock units through the expiration of the Separation Period, assuming the performance metrics were waived and assuming a per share value of $0.81.


The Separation Agreement also includes certain other customary representations, warranties and covenants of Dr. Federoff, and provides for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by Dr Federoff. The Separation Agreement supersedes all other agreements or arrangements between Dr. Federoff and the Company regarding the subject matter of the agreement, including those with respect to severance payments and benefits.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

You should read this discussion together with the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q together with our audited consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other information contained in the Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 30, 2022 (the “10-K/A”), as well as the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Original 10-K”), filed with the SEC on April 15, 2022, to the extent the information contained in the Original 10-K was not superseded by the information contained in the 10-K/A. The following discussion contains assumptions, estimates and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including those discussed under “Risk Factors,” in Part I, Item 1A of the 10-K/A and as described from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. These risks could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are a biopharmaceutical company utilizing our mRNA technology platform, including mRNA-based cell reprogramming and gene editing technologies, to create next generation mRNA, gene-editing and cell therapies, including iPSC therapies for multiple therapeutic indications.  Our mRNA technology platform, which includes novel lipid nanoparticles (“LNPs”) for mRNA delivery and targeted transgene insertion, was acquired through a license with Factor Bioscience Limited, or Factor, and through our acquisition of Novellus, Inc. and Novellus, Ltd. in July 2021, which we refer to as the Acquisition.  We are also evaluating our strategy for IRX-2, a novel cytokine-based therapy, to treat patients with cancer.

Acquisition of Novellus

On July 16, 2021, Brooklynwe acquired Novellus, Inc. and its newly formed,Novellus, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. entered into an agreement and plan of acquisition (the “Acquisition Agreement”) with (a) Novellus LLC, (b) Novellus, Inc., the sole equity holder of Novellus, Ltd. and, prior to the closing under the Acquisition Agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novellus, LLC, and (c) a seller representative. Novellus, Ltd. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company organized under the laws of Ireland that is developing engineered cellular medicines using its licensed, patented non-immunogenic mRNA, high-specificity gene editing, mutation-free and footprint-free cell reprogramming and serum-insensitive mRNA lipid delivery technologies.

The closingBrooklyn also acquired 25.0% of the transaction contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition”) was held contemporaneously with the execution and deliverytotal outstanding equity interests of the Acquisition Agreement. At the closing:

Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc. as the result of the merger of Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. with and into Novellus, Inc., following which, Novellus, Inc., as the surviving corporation, became Brooklyn’s wholly owned subsidiary and Novellus Ltd. became Brooklyn's indirectly owned subsidiary.

Brooklyn acquired 25.0% of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite, Inc., a corporation focused on bringing an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell (“MSC”) product to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, including from COVID-19.

Brooklyn deliveredNoveCite, Inc.  As consideration for the Acquisition, totaling $124,022,181, which consisted of (a) $22,822,181we paid $22.9 million in cash and (b) 7,022,230delivered 7,022,000 shares of common stock, which under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, were valued at a total of $102,000,000,$102.0 million based on aan agreed upon price of $14.5253 per share.

The Acquisition Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and certain indemnification provisions. A total  At the date of 740,766issuance, the fair value of the shares issued as consideration have been placed in escrow for a period of up to 12 months in order to secure indemnification obligations to Brooklyn under the Acquisition Agreement. The Acquisition Agreement also contains non-competition and non-solicitation provisions pursuant to which Novellus LLC has agreed not to engage in certain competitive activities for a period of five years following the closing, including customary restrictions relating to employees. No employees of Novellus Ltd. or Novellus, Inc. prior to the Acquisition continued their employment, or were otherwise engaged by Brooklyn, following the Acquisition.approximately $58.7 million.

In connectionMerger with the Acquisition, the co-founders of Novellus, Ltd. entered into lock-up agreements with respect to 3,377,690 of the shares received in the Acquisition, and Brooklyn’s Chair of the Board of Directors and its Chief Executive Officer and President entered into identical lock-up agreements with respect to their current holdings of Brooklyn stock. Each lock-up agreement extends for a period of three years, provided that up to 75% of the shares of common stock subject to the lock-up agreement may be released from the lock-up restrictions earlier if the price of common stock on the NYSE American stock exchange exceeds specified thresholds. The lock-up agreements include customary exceptions for transfers during the applicable lock-up period.
NTN Buzztime, Inc.

The Company expects the Acquisition will advance its evolution into a platform company with a pipeline of next-generation engineered cellular, gene editing and cytokine programs. In addition, the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. builds on the License Agreement. (See Note 9.) The completion of the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. relieves Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd. certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement. The agreement with Factor under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene editing and cell therapy products, remains unchanged.


The Company is currently assessing the proper accounting treatment for the Acquisition under ASC 805, Business Combinations.
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to, and should be read with, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this report, to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, the changes in our financial condition and our results of operations.

Background
On March 25, 2021, BITwe completed the Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn (then known aswith NTN Buzztime, Inc.) merged with and into Brooklyn LLC, with Brooklyn LLC surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn. This transaction, which we refer to as the Merger, was completed in In accordance with the terms of an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization dated August 12, 2020 among Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.), BIT Merger Sub, Inc. and Brooklyn LLC. In accordance with such agreement and plan of merger,Agreement, on March 25, 2021, Brooklyn amended its restated certificate of incorporation in order to effect:

prior to the Merger, a reverse stock split of its common stock, par value $0.005 per share, at a ratio of one-for-two; and
following the Merger, a change in its corporate name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.”

prior to the Merger, a reverse stock split of its common stock, par value $0.005 per share, at a ratio of one-for-two, which we refer to as the Reverse Split; and

following the Merger, a change in its corporate name from “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” to “Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.”
On March 26, 2021, Brooklynwe sold itsthe rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business it operated prior to the Merger, which it had operated under the name “NTN Buzztime, Inc., prior to the Merger to eGames.com Holdings LLC, or eGames.com, in exchange for eGames.com’s payment of a purchase price of $2.0 million and assumption of specified liabilities relating to such pre-Merger business. This transaction, which we refer to as the Disposition, was completed in accordance with the terms of an asset purchase agreement dated September 18, 2020, as amended, between Brooklynus and eGames.com.
Following the completion of the Merger and the Disposition, our business consists exclusively of the business conducted by Brooklyn LLC.

The Merger has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition in accordance with United StatesU.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Brooklyn LLC was deemed the “acquiring” company and Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Operations prior to the Merger are those of Brooklyn LLC, and the historical financial statements of Brooklyn LLC became the historical financial statements of Brooklyn with respect to periods prior to the completion of the Merger. The weighted average shares used in determining loss per common share were retrospectively adjusted to reflect the conversion of the outstanding Class A, Class B, Class C and common units of Brooklyn LLC into shares of Brooklyn’s common stock upon the Merger, and all share and per share amounts of common stock have been retrospectively restated to reflect the Reverse Split.

IRX-2

We areIRX-2 is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine-based therapy can have on the immune system in treating patientsmixed, human-derived cytokine product with cancer, both as a single agent and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies. We are seeking to develop IRX‑2, a novel cytokine-based therapy, to treat patients with cancer. IRX‑2multiple active constituents namelyincluding Interleukin-2, or IL‑2,IL2, and other key cytokines. Together, these cytokines are postulatedbelieved to signal, enhance and restore immune function suppressed by the tumor, thus enabling the immune system to attack cancer cells, unlike many existing cancer therapies, which rely on targeting the cancer directly. We also are exploring opportunities to advance oncology,IRX-2 is prepared from the supernatant of pooled allogeneic peripheral blood disorder,mononuclear cells, known as PBMCs, that have been stimulated using a proprietary process employing a specific population of cells and monogenic disease therapies using gene-editing cell‑therapy technology through a license with Factor Bioscience Limited, or Factor, and through our acquisition of Novellus, Inc. and Novellus Therapeutics Limited, or Novellus, Ltd.
specific mitogen.

Unlike existing recombinant IL2 therapies, IRX-2 is derived from human blood cells. We believe this may promote better tolerance, broader targeting and a natural molecular conformation leading to greater activity, and may permit low physiologic dosing, rather than the high doses needed in other existing IL2 therapies.  Enrollment in the ongoing Phase 2b INSPIRE trial, or the INSPIRE trial, has been completed, with top-line data estimated to be available by the third quarter of 2022.  Once INSPIRE trial data are released, we plan to use those results in addition to data from the other clinical trials in the program to evaluation our strategy with IRX-2.
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
our product candidates has been, and could continue to be, disrupted and materially adversely affected by past and continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is largely a result of measures imposed by the governments and hospitals in affected regions, businesses and schools were suspended due to quarantines intended to contain this outbreak. The spread of COVID-19 from China to other countries resulted in the Director General of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020. Despite progress in vaccination efforts, the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our development plans and on the ability to conduct our clinical trials remains uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence. COVID-19 could continue to disrupt production and cause delays in the supply and delivery of products used in our operations, may affect our operations, including the conduct of clinical studies, or the ability of regulatory bodies to grant approvals or supervise our candidates and products, may further divert the attention and efforts of the medical community to coping with the COVID-19 and disrupt the marketplace in which we operate and may have a material adverse effects on our operations. COVID-19 may also affect our employees and employees and operations at suppliers that may result in delays or disruptions in supply. In addition, a recession or market correction resulting from the spread of COVID-19 could materially affect our business and the value of our common stock. Additionally, if the COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on our business and financial results for an extended period of time, our liquidity and cash resources could be negatively impacted. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global efforts to contain its spread will impact our operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, and include the duration, severity and scope of the pandemic and the actions taken to contain or treat the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the specific clinical outcomes, or future pandemic related impacts of emerging COVID-19 variants cannot be reliably predicted.

Engineered Cellular and Genetic Medicines

We also are exploring opportunities to advanceadvancing our gene-editing and cell therapy technology in oncology, blood disorders and monogenic disease therapies using gene-editing and cell therapy technologydisorders through a license with Factor and through our acquisitionthe Acquisition of Novellus, Inc. and Novellus, Ltd. in July 2021. TheWe expect that the first-generation product candidates resulting from the acquisitionAcquisition will initiate withbe derived from unedited (that is, not gene modified), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)(“iPSC”)-derived allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells or iMSCs.(“iMSC”). We willexpect to begin preclinical development of iMSCs towardsiMSC for clinical indications wherefor which inhibiting inflammation and/or supporting recovery of bone marrow stromal cells areis required. The prior work of Novellus and NoveCite Inc., or NoveCite, with iMSCs showiMSC shows evidence for preclinical efficacy in inflammatory conditions (for example, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS) and interactions. Interactions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA provided guidance on Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls or CMC,(“CMC”), and manufacturing plans, which will be undertaken in a similar manner for additional iMSC applications. SecondWe expect that second generation iMSC products will involve gene editing.  Here,editing, for which we anticipate using the step-wisestepwise addition of genes usingprovided by the in-licensed Factor Bioscience gene editing machinery, NoveSlice, to efficiently place genes and regulatory sequences into safe harbor locations. Development of processes to advance CMC and manufacturing will follow the experience from first generation iMSCs. ClinicaliMSC products. We expect clinical indications for gene-modified iMSCsiMSC will include solid tumors and other conditions associated with episodic and/or chronic inflammation.
IRX-2
IRX‑2 is a mixed human cytokine product with multiple active constituents including Interleukin-2, or IL‑2,  We are also exploring opportunities to advance in vivo gene therapies for monogenic and other key cytokines. Together, these cytokines are believed to signal, enhance and restore immune function suppresseddiseases by combining the tumor, thus enablingNoveSlice gene editing technology in combination with ToRNAdoTM, the immune system to attack cancer cells, unlike existing cancer therapies, which rely on targeting the cancer directly. IRX-2 is prepared from the supernatant of pooled allogeneic peripheral blood mononuclear cells, known as PBMNCs, that have been stimulated using a proprietary process employing a specific population of cells and a specific mitogen.in-licensed LNP technology.
While IRX‑2 is a cytokine mixture, one of its active components is IL‑2, a cytokine-signaling molecule in the immune system. IL‑2 is a protein that regulates the activities of white blood cells (leukocytes and often lymphocytes) that are responsible for immunity. IL‑2 is part of the body’s natural response to microbial infection, and in discriminating between foreign (“non-self”) and “self,” IL‑2 mediates its effects by binding to IL‑2 receptors, which are expressed by lymphocytes. The major sources of IL‑2 are activated CD4+ T cells and activated CD8+ T cells.
Unlike existing recombinant IL‑2 therapies, IRX‑2 is naturally derived from human blood cells. This may promote better tolerance, broader targeting and a natural molecular conformation leading to greater activity, and may permit low physiologic dosing, rather than the high doses needed in other existing IL‑2 therapies.
Aside from optimizing IRX-2 manufacture, we are also modifying our manufacturing process to allow us to develop additional drugs with a variety of cytokine mixtures to expand our product offerings.
Regarding IRX-2 development, our strategy is:

Advance our product candidate IRX-2 through clinical development. IRX-2 is a human blood-based IL 2 therapy being studied for multiple types of cancer, including squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. Treatment of patients in the INSPIRE trial has been completed, and patients who participated in the trial are currently being monitored for event-free survival with top-line data estimated to be available in the first half of 2022.

Advance combination trials with checkpoint inhibitors. Once INSPIRE trial data are released, we plan to use those results as a catalyst in addition to data from the other clinical trials in the program with multiple data read-outs anticipated in 2022 and later.

Pursue partnerships to advance the IRX-2 clinical program. We are pursuing partnering opportunities with leading biopharmaceutical companies for the development and commercialization of IRX-2.

Regulatory strategy. We believe that our assets may be deemed to be unique and to represent potential breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer and other indications. We will endeavor to seek breakthrough therapy designation with regulatory agencies for IRX-2 for one or more indications. We cannot, however, assure that we will receive breakthrough therapy designation for any future indications or that any breakthrough therapy designation we do receive will necessarily lead to a faster approval time.

Intellectual Property. We continue to pursue additional intellectual property based on data from IRX clinical studies.
Pre-Clinical Results
Our findings to date from nonclinical studies of IRX‑2 include murine acute toxicology as well as acute and chronic primate studies. These studies detected circulating associated cytokines yet were associated with benign toxicological findings. A further murine study demonstrated PD/PDL‑1 synergy when additively administered with IRX‑2.
Recent Developments

PIPE Transaction
Clinical Program
On March 6, 2022, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an investor (the “PIPE Investor”) providing for the private placement (the “PIPE Transaction”) to the PIPE Investor of approximately 6,857,000 units (the “Units”), each of  which consisted of (i) one share of our common stock (or, in lieu thereof, one pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock) and (ii) one warrant (the “Common Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $12.0 million (the “Subscription Amount”). The PIPE Transaction closed on March 9, 2022. We incurred fees of $1.0 million through March 31, 2022 related to the PIPE Transaction.

IRX‑2 currently remains under developmentEach Pre-Funded Warrant has an exercise price of $0.005 per share of common stock, was immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time and has no expiration date and is subject to customary adjustments. The Pre-Funded Warrants may not yet been approved for marketing authorization in any jurisdiction.be exercised if the aggregate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 9.99% immediately after exercise thereof.

Each Common Warrant has an exercise price of $1.91 per share, becomes exercisable six months following the closing of the PIPE Transaction, expires five-and-one-half years from the date of issuance, and is subject to customary adjustments. The ongoing development program is investigating useCommon Warrants may not be exercised if the aggregate number of IRX‑2 as an immunotherapeutic neoadjuvant (pre-surgical) and adjuvant (post-operative) treatment for advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, or HNSCC, and other solid tumors.shares of common stock beneficially owned by the holder thereof would exceed 4.99% immediately after exercise thereof, subject to increase to 9.99% at the option of the holder.

The Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants were accounted for as liabilities under ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, as these warrants provide for a cashless settlement provision that fails the requirement of the indexation guidance under ASC 815-40.  The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the statement of operations.
HNSCC
The HNSCC development program is being conducted under FDA Investigational New Drug #11,137 filed on June 30, 2003fair values of the Common Warrants and is ongoing. The HNSCC program has received fast track designation, approved November 7, 2003, and orphan drug designation, conferred on July 7, 2005, from the FDA. We have not submitted a request for orphan drug designationPre-Funded Warrants at the issuance date totaled $12.6 million in the European Union, although we may seek such designationaggregate, which was $0.6 million more than the Subscription Amount.  The excess $0.6 million represents an inducement to the PIPE Investor to enter into the PIPE Transaction and was recorded in warrant liabilities expense in the future.
Clinical studies in humans involving IRX‑2 show immune marker activation in patients treated with IRX‑2. In a prior phase 2a clinical trial, a correlation was shown between marker activation and disease-free survival in head and neck cancer. Results from this study were used to support the initiationaccompanying consolidated statement of the INSPIRE study, a Phase 2B study involving 105 patients with HNSCC. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02609386).
operations.

Other Indications
Other thanIn connection with the INSPIRE study, all clinical studies using IRX-2 are investigator-sponsored studies forPIPE Transaction, we and the PIPE Investor also entered into a registration rights agreement, dated March 6, 2022, pursuant to which we are providing IRX‑2 as study drugagreed to prepare and financial support to conduct the trial. These studies include:

Monotherapy studies:

BR-101 - A study involving 16 patients with neoadjuvant breast cancer performed at the Providence Portland Medical Center. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02950259).

CIN-201 - An open label single arm Phase 2 trial of the IRX‑2 regimen in women with cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia 3 or squamous vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia 3. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03267680).
Combination studies:


BAS-104 - A basket study originally intended to enroll 100 patients with metastatic bladder, renal, non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC, melanoma, and head and neck cancer being held at the Moffitt Cancer Center, using IRX‑2 in conjunction with Opdivo (Nivolumab), an immunotherapy cancer treatment marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. This trial was discontinued after 11 subjects were enrolled due to insurance reimbursement challenges. Details of this trial can be found on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03758781).

HCC-107 - A study involving 28 patients with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC, being held at City of Hope Medical Center, HonorHealth Research Institute, and Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Simmons Cancer Center using IRX‑2 in conjunction with Opdivo, a cancer treatment marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03655002).


GI-106 - A study involving 20 patients with metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers (GI) being held at City of Hope Medical Center, HonorHealth Research Institute, and Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Simmons Cancer Center using IRX‑2 in conjunction with Keytruda (Pembrolizumab), an immunotherapy cancer treatment marketed by Merck. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03918499).

MHN-102 - A study involving 15 patients with metastatic head and neck cancer being held at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and University of Michigan Health System using IRX‑2 in conjunction with Imfinzi (Durvalumab), a cancer treatment marketed by AstraZeneca plc. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03381183).

BR-202 - A study involving 30 patients with neoadjuvant triple negative breast cancer, held at the Providence Portland Medical Center using IRX‑2 in conjunction with a programmed cell death protein 1, or PD1, and chemotherapy treatments. Details of this trial can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04373031).
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
The development of our product candidates has been, and could continue to be, disrupted and materially adversely affected by past and continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This isfile a result of measures imposed by the governments and hospitals in affected regions, businesses and schools were suspended due to quarantines intended to contain this outbreak. The spread of SARS CoV‑2 from China to other countries resulted in the Director General of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020. While the constraints of the pandemic are being lifted, we are still assessing the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our development plans, and on the ability to conduct our clinical trials There can be no assurance that this analysis will enable us to avoid or remediate part or all of any impact from the spread of COVID-19 or its consequences, including downturns in business sentiment generally. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing global efforts to contain its spread will impact our operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time, and include the duration, severity and scope of the pandemic and the actions taken to contain or treat the COVID‑19 pandemic. Further, the specific clinical outcomes, or future pandemic related impacts of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants cannot be reliably predicted
The patients in our clinical trials have conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19, and as a result we have seen slowdowns in enrollment in our clinical trials. While our Phase 2b clinical study in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, known as the INSPIRE study, is fully populated, our other clinical studies are likely to continue to encounter delays in enrollment as a result of the pandemic. Further, with respect to the INSPIRE study, we anticipate that the COVID-19 pandemic will slow our ability to close out trial sites and report trial data.
IRX‑2 is a product containing among others, IL‑2, as well as IL-6 and IL-8, IL-10 and TNF-a types of cytokine-signaling molecules in the immune system. While many of the mechanisms of action of COVID-19 are still unknown, there is evidence that some patients with severe COVID-19 cases may experience “cytokine release syndrome” or “cytokine storm.”  In these cases, the body releases cytokines into the body too quickly, which can create symptoms such as high fever, inflammation, severe fatigue and nausea and can lead to severe or life-threatening symptoms. In addition, a paper published in the British Medical Journal in 2020 reported increased proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-2R, IL-6, IL-8, TNF and IL-10, and an obvious association with both COVID-19 severity and in-hospital mortality.
In June 2020 the Journal of Medical Virology published a letter submitted by Wen Luo, Jia-Wen Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yuan-Long Lin and Qi Wang, supported by grants from the State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Technology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, stating that, based on a review of 25 patients admitted to intensive care units with a confirmed infection of COVID-19, cytokine storm of a number of interleukins, including IL‑2, was absent. The letter therefore suggested that the severity of COVID-19 symptoms is not directly associated with circulating levels of IL‑2. There can be no assurance, however, that further study will bear this out or that patients treated with IRX‑2, who are already at higher risk for COVID-19 due to their underlying diagnosis, will not be adversely affected.
For additional information regarding our business, please see Item 8.01 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filedregistration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC, on May 11, 2021.

Second Quarter 2021 and Recent Developments

License Agreements

On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn LLC entered into an exclusive license agreement, or(the “SEC”) to register the License Agreement, with Novellus, Ltd. and Factor, or the Licensors,  to license the Licensors’ intellectual property and mRNA cell reprogramming and gene editing technology for use in the development of certain cell-based therapies to be evaluated and developed for treating human diseases, including certain types of cancer, sickle cell disease, and beta thalassemia. Through the License Agreement, Brooklyn LLC acquired an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize certain cell-based therapies to treat cancer and rare blood disorders, including sickle cell disease, based on patented technology and know-how of Novellus, Ltd.

The License Agreement provides that Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay the Licensors a total of $4,000,000 in connection with the execution of the License Agreement, all of which has been paid. Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay to the Licensors additional fees of $5,000,000 in October 2021 and $7,000,000 in October 2022.
The completion of our acquisition of Novellus, Inc., formerly the sole equity holder of Novellus, Ltd., on July 16, 2021 relieves us from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd. certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement. The agreements with Factor under the License Agreement remains unchanged. Brooklyn LLC is obligated to pay Factor $2,500,000 in October 2021 and $3,500,000 in October 2022.
Under the terms of the License Agreement, Brooklyn LLC is required to use commercially reasonably efforts to achieve certain delineated milestones, including specified clinical development and regulatory milestones and specified commercialization milestones. In general, upon its achievement of these milestones, Brooklyn LLC will be obligated, in the case of development and regulatory milestones, to make milestone payments to Licensor in specified amounts and, in the case of commercialization milestones, to specified royalties with respect to product sales, sublicense fees or sales of pediatric review vouchers. In the event Brooklyn LLC fails to timely achieve certain delineated milestones, the Licensors may have the right to terminate the rights of Brooklyn LLC under provisions of the License Agreement relating to those milestones.
The Licensor is responsible for preparing, filing, prosecuting and maintaining all patent applications and patents under the License Agreement. If, however, the Licensors determine not to maintain a particular licensed patent or not to prepare, file and prosecute a licensed patent, Brooklyn LLC will have the right, but not the obligation, to assume those responsibilities in the territory at its expense.
Novellus, Ltd. is a pre-clinical development, manufacturing, and technology licensing entity focused on engineered cellular medicines. Novellus, Ltd. has created, developed, and patented mRNA-based cell reprogramming and gene editing technologies to create engineered cellular medicines. The synthetic mRNA developed by Novellus, Ltd. is non-immunogenic—it is capable of successfully evading the immune system while being recognized by cellular processes. The synthetic mRNA is then capable of expressing high levels of proteins for cell reprogramming and gene editing. The mRNA may be formulated for injection into target tissues for cellular uptake and therapeutic treatment.
The synthetic mRNA technology may be used to edit gene mutations through mRNA chemistry or expressed gene-editing proteins to treat genetic and rare diseases. It may also be used to reprogram human non-pluripotent cells and IPSCs. The IPSCs may then be differentiated into pure populations of varying therapeutic cell types. The reprogramming technology offers a rapid, cost-effective and patient specific therapy using the engineered stem cells created from IPSCs.
Novellus, Ltd. has licenses from Factor to use over 45 granted patents throughout the world covering synthetic mRNA, RNA-based gene editing, and RNA-based cell reprogramming, in addition to specific patents covering methods for treating specific diseases. There are also more than 50 pending patent applications throughout the world focused on these and other aspects of the technology. The patent coverage includes granted patents and pending patent applications in the United States, Europe, and Japan, along with other major life sciences markets.
There can be no assurance that Brooklyn LLC can successfully develop and commercialize the technology licensed under the License Agreement.

Purchase Agreements

On April 26, 2021, Brooklyn and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, or Lincoln Park, executed a purchase agreement, or the First Purchase Agreement, and a related registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn had the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $20.0 million of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock. Sales of common stock by Brooklyn, if any, were subject to certain limitations, and could occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion. For entering into the First Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to Lincoln Park 56,041 shares of common shares as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $20.0 million in shares of common stock. During the three months ending June 30, 2021, Brooklyn issued and sold to Lincoln Park a total of 1,127,736 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $20,000,000, and no further shares may be sold to Lincoln Park under the First Purchase Agreement.
On May 26, 2021, Brooklyn executed a purchase agreement, or the Second Purchase Agreement, and a related registration rights agreement. Pursuant to the Second Purchase Agreement,Brooklyn has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park would be obligated to purchase, up to $40,000,000 of shares of Brooklyn’s common stock. Sales of common stock by Brooklyn, if any, are subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at Brooklyn’s sole discretion. For entering into the Second Purchase Agreement, Brooklyn issued to Lincoln Park 50,000 shares of common shares as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase up to $40,000,000 in shares of common stock.
Under the Second Purchase Agreement, on any business day selected by Brooklyn, Brooklyn may direct Lincoln Park to purchase up to 60,000 shares of common stock on such business day, which we refer to as a Regular Purchase, provided, however, that (i) the Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 80,000 shares, provided that the closing sale price of the common stock is not below $5.50 on the purchase date, and (ii) the Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 120,000 shares, provided that the closing sale price of the common stock is not below $7.00 on the purchase date. In each case, Lincoln Park’s maximum commitment in any single Regular Purchase may not exceed $1,000,000 under the First Purchase Agreement and $2,000,000 under the Second Purchase Agreement. The purchase price per share for each such Regular Purchase will be based off of prevailing market prices of common stock immediately preceding the time of sale. In addition to Regular Purchases, Brooklyn may direct Lincoln Park to purchase other amounts as accelerated purchases or as additional accelerated purchases if the closing sale price of the common stock exceeds certain threshold prices as set forth in the Second Purchase Agreement.

The Second Purchase Agreement also prohibits Brooklyn from directing Lincoln Park to purchase any shares of common stock if those shares, when aggregated with all other shares of common stock then beneficially owned by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, would result in Lincoln Park and its affiliates having beneficial ownership, at any single point in time, of more than 4.99% of the then total outstanding shares of common stock. Brooklyn has the right to terminate the Second Purchase Agreement at any time, at no cost or penalty.
Actual sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Second Purchase Agreements depend on a variety of factors to be determined by Brooklyn from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the common stock and determinations by Brooklyn as to the appropriate sources of funding for Brooklyn and its operations. We expect that any net proceeds received by Brooklyn from such sales to Lincoln Park will be used for research and development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
As of June 30, 2021, Brooklyn had issued and sold 3,211,942 shares of common stock under the First Purchase Agreement and the Second Purchase Agreement for total net proceeds of $48.5 million.
Acquisition of Novellus
On July 16, 2021, Brooklyn and its newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. entered into an agreement and plan of acquisition, or the Acquisition Agreement, with (a) Novellus LLC, (b) Novellus, Inc., the sole equity holder of Novellus, Ltd. and, prior to the closing under the Acquisition Agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novellus, LLC, and (c) a seller representative. Novellus, Ltd. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company organized under the laws of Ireland that is developing engineered cellular medicines using its licensed, patented non-immunogenic mRNA, high-specificity gene editing, mutation-free and footprint-free cell reprogramming and serum-insensitive mRNA lipid delivery technologies.

The closing of the transaction contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, or the Acquisition, was held contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the Acquisition Agreement. At the closing:

Brooklyn acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Novellus, Inc. as the result of the merger of Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc. with and into Novellus, Inc., following which Novellus, Inc., as the surviving corporation, became Brooklyn’s wholly owned subsidiary and Novellus Ltd. became Brooklyn’s indirectly owned subsidiary.

Brooklyn acquired 25.0% of the total outstanding equity interests of NoveCite, Inc., a corporation focused on bringing an allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell, or MSC, product to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, including from COVID-19.
Brooklyn delivered consideration for the Acquisition totaling approximately $124.0 million, which consisted of (a) $22.8 million in cash and (b) 7,022,230 shares of common stock, which under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement were valued at a total of $102.0 million, based on a price of $14.5253 per share.
The Acquisition Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and certain indemnification provisions. A total of 740,766 of the shares issued as consideration have been placed in escrow for a period of up to 12 months in order to secure indemnification obligations to Brooklyn under the Acquisition Agreement. The Acquisition Agreement also contains non-competition and non-solicitation provisions pursuant to which Novellus LLC has agreed not to engage in certain competitive activities for a period of five years following the closing, including customary restrictions relating to employees. No employees of Novellus Ltd. or Novellus, Inc. prior to the Acquisition continued their employment, or were otherwise engaged by Brooklyn, following the Acquisition.
In connection with the Acquisition, the co-founders of Novellus, Ltd. entered into lock-up agreements with respect to 3,377,690 of the shares received in the Acquisition, and Brooklyn’s Chair of the Board of Directors and its Chief Executive Officer and President entered into identical lock-up agreements with respect to their current holdings of Brooklyn stock. Each lock-up agreement extends for a period of three years, provided that up to 75%resale of the shares of common stock subject toincluded in the lock-up agreement may be released fromUnits and the lock-up restrictions earlier if the priceshares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants. We agreed to use our best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, subject to certain specified penalties if timely effectiveness is not achieved.  We filed such registration statement on April 29, 2022, which became effective on May 11, 2022.

Pursuant to the NYSE American stock exchange exceeds specified thresholds. The lock-up agreements include customary exceptionsregistration rights agreement, we are obligated to pay the PIPE Investor liquidated damages equal to 2% of the Subscription Amount per month, with a maximum aggregate payment of 12% of the Subscription Amount, in the event the PIPE Investor is not permitted to use the registration statement to resell the related securities for transfersmore than 10 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period.

On May 24, 2022, we provided the PIPE Investor with notice that it was not able to resell the securities under the registration agreement because we did not timely file this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Q1 2022 10-Q”) with the SEC, and that the PIPE Investor could not use the registration statement to resell the related securities until we filed the Q1 2022 10-Q.  Because the PIPE Investor was unable to use the registration statement for at least 10 consecutive calendar days, we accrued $0.2 million during the applicable lock-up period.
Wethree months ended March 31, 2022 for the estimated contingent loss we expect the Acquisition will advance our evolution intoto incur as a platform company with a pipeline of next-generation engineered cellular, gene editing and cytokine programs. In addition, the acquisition of Novellus, Ltd. builds on the License Agreement. (See “__Second Quarter 2021 and Recent Developments—License Agreements” above.) The completionresult of the acquisitionlate Q1 2022 10Q filing, which is recorded in other expense, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of Novellus, Ltd. relieves Brooklyn LLC from potential obligations to pay Novellus, Ltd. certain upfront fees, clinical development milestone fees and post-registration royalties under the License Agreement. The agreement with Factor under the License Agreement, which grants Brooklyn LLC exclusive rights to develop certain next-generation mRNA gene editing and cell therapy products, remains unchanged.
operations.

Basis of Presentation

Revenues

Revenues
We are a development stage company and have had no revenues from product sales to date. We will not have revenues from product sales until such time as we receive regulatory approval of our drugproduct candidates, successfully commercialize our products or enter into a licensing agreement which may include up-front licensing fees, of which there can be no assurance.

General and Administrative Expenses
 Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits and other costs, including stock-based compensation, for our executive and administrative personnel, legal and other professional fees; travel, insurance, and other corporate costs.

Research and Development Expenses

We expense our research and development costs as incurred. Our research and development expenses consist of costs incurred for company-sponsored research and development activities, as well as support for selected investigator-sponsored research. Upfront payments and milestone payments made for the licensing of technology are expensed as research and development in the period in which they are incurred if the technology is not expected to have any alternative future uses other than the specific research and development project for which it was intended. In-Process Research and Development (“IPR&D”) that is acquired through an asset acquisition and has no alternative future uses and, therefore, no separate economic values, is expensed to research and development costs at the time the costs are incurred.

The major components of research and development costs include preclinical study costs, clinical manufacturing costs, clinical study and trial expenses, insurance coverage for clinical trials, expensed licensed technology, consulting, scientific advisors and other third-party costs, salaries and employee benefits, stock-based compensation expense, supplies and materials and allocations of various overhead costs related to our product development efforts.


In the normal course of our business, we contract with third parties to perform various clinical study and trial activities in the on-going development and testing of potential products. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation and vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. Payments under the contracts depend on factors such as the achievement of certain events or milestones, the successful enrollment of patients, the allocation of responsibilities among the parties to the agreement, and the completion of portions of the clinical study or trial or similar conditions. Preclinical and clinical study and trial associated activities such as production and testing of clinical material require significant up-front expenditures. We anticipate paying significant portions of a study’s or trial’s cost before such begins and incurring additional expenditures as the study or trial progresses and reaches certain milestones.

General and Administrative Expenses

Critical Accounting PoliciesOur general and Estimates
There were no significant changes inadministrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits and other costs, including equity-based compensation, for our critical accounting estimates during the threeexecutive and six months ended June 30, 2021 to augment the critical accounting estimates disclosed under “Item 2. Management’s Discussionadministrative personnel, legal and Analysis of Financial Conditionother professional fees, travel, insurance, and Results of Operations--Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Part I of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021.
other corporate costs.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Three and Six Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020

  Three months ended June 30,       
  2021  2020  Change  % Change 
             
Operating expenses:            
Research and development  5,392,777   985,081   4,407,696   447%
General and administrative  4,620,353   1,034,120   3,586,233   347%
Total operating expenses  10,013,130   2,019,201   7,993,929   396%
Loss from operations  (10,013,130)  (2,019,201)  (7,993,929)  396%
                 
Other expenses:                
Loss on sale of NTN assets  (50,000)  -   (50,000)  N/A 
Other expense, net  (22,187)  (14,245)  (7,942)  56%
Total other expenses  (72,187)  (14,245)  (57,942)  407%
Net loss  (10,085,317)  (2,033,446)  (8,051,871)  396%
Series A preferred stock dividend  (7,806)  -   (7,806)  N/A 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(10,093,123) $(2,033,446) $(8,059,677)  396%

 Three months ended March 31,    

 2022  2021  Change 
  (in thousands) 
Operating expenses:         
Research and development 
$
1,782
  
$
1,533
   
249
 
General and administrative  
4,514
   
1,623
   
2,891
 
Transaction costs  
-
   
5,765
   
(5,765
)
Total operating expenses  
6,296
   
8,921
   
(2,625
)
             
Loss from operations  
(6,296
)
  
(8,921
)
  
2,625
 
             
Other expense, net:            
Loss on sale of NTN assets  -   
(9,598
)
  9,598 
Warrant liabilities expense  (1,322)  
-
   (1,322)
Loss on non-controlling investment  (615)  
-
   (615)
Other expense, net  
(1,142
)
  
(3
)
  
(1,139
)
Total other expense, net  
(3,079
)
  
(9,601
)
  
6,522
 
             
Loss before income taxes  
(9,375
)
  
(18,522
)
  
9,147
 
Provision for income taxes  
-
   -   - 
             
Net loss 
$
(9,375
)
 
$
(18,522
)
 
$
9,147
 

  Six months ended June 30,       
  2021  2020  Change  % Change 
             
Operating expenses:            
Research and development  6,912,410   1,376,140   5,536,270   402%
General and administrative  6,256,910   1,657,595   4,599,315   277%
Transaction costs  5,765,407   -   5,765,407   N/A 
Change in fair value of contingent consideration  (820,000)  -   (820,000)  N/A 
Total operating expenses  18,114,727   3,033,735   15,080,992   497%
Loss from operations  (18,114,727)  (3,033,735)  (15,080,992)  497%
                 
Other expenses:                
Loss on sale of NTN assets  (9,648,173)  -   (9,648,173)  N/A 
Other expense, net  (24,751)  (18,923)  (5,828)  31%
Total other expenses  (9,672,924)  (18,923)  (9,654,001)  51017%
Net loss  (27,787,651)  (3,052,658)  (24,734,993)  810%
Series A preferred stock dividend  (7,806)  -   (7,806)  N/A 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(27,795,457) $(3,052,658) $(24,742,799)  811%

Revenues

We had no revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 or 2020.
2021.

Research and Development Expenses

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2022  2021  Change 
  (in thousands) 
Payroll-related 
$
1,383
  
$
863
  
$
520
 
Clinical trials  
230
   
435
   
(205
)
Other expenses, net  
169
   
235
   
(66
)
Total research and development expenses 
$
1,782
  
$
1,533
  
$
249
 

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, our research and development expenses increased primarily due to increased headcount, offset by a decrease in clinical trial expense and other miscellaneous research and development expenses when compared to the same period in 2021.

On January 3, 2022, we completed a reduction in our workforce (the “Reduction”), involving eight research and development employees (53% of our workforce at that time). We believe the Reduction will enable us to better align our workforce with the needs of our business and focus more of our capital resources on our cell therapy and gene editing platform.. In connection with the Reduction, we incurred approximately $0.5 million for severance and termination-related costs, which we recorded during the first quarter of 2022.

General and Administrative Expenses

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2022  2021  Change 
  (in thousands) 
Stock-based compensation $761  $17  $744 
Payroll-related  749   33   716 
Insurance  367   33   334 
Professional fees  1,198   1,256   (58)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets  271   -   271 
Other expenses, net  1,168   284   884 
Total general and administrative expenses $4,514  $1,623  $2,891 

The increase in general and administrative expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 was primarily related to increased legal, accounting and consulting fees associated with merger and acquisition activity, costs associated with being a publicly traded company and increasednon-cash stock-based compensation resultingexpense from the issuance ofincreased equity awards, increased headcount, increased premiums for public company insurance policies, increased other expenses, net, primarily due to legal-related matters, and losses on the disposal of fixed assets when compared to the same periodsperiod in 2020.2021.
We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods as we increase our business activities and incur costs associated with being a publicly traded company.

Research and Development Expenses

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, our research and development expenses increased due to upfront payments associated with licensed technology, increased clinical trial expenses and stock-based compensation for the issuance of equity awards when compared to the same periods in 2020.
We expect research and development expenses to grow as we expand our clinical trial activities.

Transaction Costs

There were noThe $5.8 million in transaction costs forduring the three months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 transaction costs related to the issuance of common stock to ourBrooklyn LLC’s financial advisor upon consummation of the Merger.

Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration
ThereMerger, and there were no changes to the fair value of contingent considerationcomparable transaction costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, change in fair value of contingent consideration was $0 and $820,000, respectively.
March 31, 2022.

Other Expense, Net
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, other expense, net increased primarily due to interest accrued on notes payable of $410,000 that we assumed as part of the acquisition of the assets of IRX Therapeutics, LLC in 2018. The notes bear interest at the rate of 14% and were due on December 31, 2019. On January 27, 2020, the notes were amended to extend the maturity date to the earlier of (i) a change of control and (ii) December 31, 2021, whichever comes first.

Loss on Sales of NTN Assets

LossThe $9.6 million loss on salesthe sale of NTN assets for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 was incurred when we completed the Disposition.
Disposition, and there was no comparable loss on sale for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Warrant Liabilities Expense

The $1.3 million of warrant liabilities expense is includes (1) $0.6 million related to the excess fair value of the Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrant issued in connection with the PIPE Transaction over the $12.0 million gross proceeds received and (2) the change in the aggregate fair value of the Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants of approximately $0.7 million from the March 9, 2022 issuance date to March 31, 2022.  There was no comparable expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Loss on Non-Controlling Investment

The $0.6 million of loss on non-controlling investment, of which $0.5 million relates to the prior year, is related to our 25% share of NoveCite’s earnings or losses.  We account for our investment in NoveCite under the equity method.  There was no comparable expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Other Expense, Net

  Three months ended March 31, 
  2022  2021  Change 
  (in thousands) 
PIPE transaction fees
 
$
(992
)
 
$
-
  
$
(992
)
Liquidated damages
  
(240
)
  -
   
(240
)
Interest expense, net
  
(1
)
  
(14
)
  
13
 
Other (expense) income , net
  
91
   
11
   
80
 
Total other expense, net 
$
(1,142
)
 
$
(3
)
 
$
(1,139
)

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recognized an increase in other expense, net of approximately $1.4 million compared to the same period in 2021, primarily as a result of $1.0 million of other expense related to fees allocated to the PIPE Transaction, which was allocated to the warrants issued in connection with the transaction. Additionally, we accrued for a loss for the estimated liquidated damages we expected to incur as a result of not timely filing the Q1 2022 10Q with the SEC.  These increases in expense were offset by a decrease in interest expense of $13,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021 due to the payoff of certain long-term debt at December 31, 2021.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $50,164,673.  During the second quarter of 2021,approximately $23.5 million. On March 9, 2022, we entered into the First Purchase Agreement and Second Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which we have the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to an aggregate of $60,000,000 inissued 5,500,000 shares of our common stock. Future sales of common stock by us, if any, are subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at our sole discretion. As of August 12, 2021, we had issued and sold 3,211,942Pre-Funded Warrants representing approximately 1,357,000 shares of common stock for total gross proceeds of $50.5 million and net proceeds of $48.5 million. For further information, see “—Recent Developments—approximately $11.0 million in connection with the PIPE Transaction.  Pursuant to the purchase agreement entered into in respect of the PIPE Transaction, we are prohibited from issuing equity in variable rate transactions for a period of one-year following consummation of the PIPE Transaction, including issuing equity under the Second Purchase Agreements.”Agreement.

We have to date incurred operating losses, and we expect these losses to increase in the future as we expand our drugproduct development programs and operate as a publicly traded company.  We anticipate using current cash on handDeveloping product candidates, conducting clinical trials and commercializing products are expensive, and we will need to raise substantial additional funds to achieve our net proceeds from sales of common stock under the Second Purchase Agreement to finance these activities.strategic objectives. It will likely be some years before we obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to commercialize one or more of our drugproduct candidates. Based on our current financial condition and forecasts of available cash, including as mentioned above, we believe we do not have sufficient funds to fund our operations for the next twelve months.months from the filing of the financial statements contained in this Q1 2022 10-Q. There can be no assurance that we will ever be in a position to commercialize IRX-2 or any other drugproduct candidate we may acquire, or that we will obtain any additional financing that we require in the future or, even if such financing is available, that it will be obtainable on terms acceptable to us.

In that regard, our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing and other agreements that we may establish;

the cost and timing of regulatory approvals;

the scope, rate of progress and cost of our clinical trials and other product development activities;

the cost and delays in product development as a result of any changes in regulatory oversight applicable to our products;

future clinical trial results;

the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities;

the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing and other agreements that we may establish;

the effect of competition and market developments;

the cost and timing of regulatory approvals;

the cost of filing and potentially prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights;

the cost and delays in product development as a result of any changes in regulatory oversight applicable to our products;

the scope, rate of progress and cost of our clinical trials and other product development activities; and

the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities;

future clinical trial results.

the effect of competition and market developments; and

the cost of filing and potentially prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights.
We plan to raise additional funds to support our product development activities and working capital requirements through the remaining availability under the Second Purchase Agreement (to the extent we are permitted to use such agreement), public or private equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means. We may also seek governmental grants to support our clinical trials and preclinical trials. Further, we may seek to raise capital to fund additional product development efforts even if we have sufficient funds for our planned operations. Any sale by us of additional equity or convertible debt securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. There can be no assurance that any such required additional funding will be available to us at all or available on terms acceptable to us.

Further, to the extent that we raise additional funds through collaborative arrangements, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights to our technologies or grant sublicenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If we are not able to secure additional funding when needed, we may have to delay the commercialize of our products, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more research and development programs, which could have an adverse effect on our business.

Sources of Funds

PIPE Transaction

On March 9, 2022, we issued 5,500,000 shares of common stock, Pre-Funded Warrants exercisable for approximately 1,357,000 shares of common stock and Common Warrants exercisable for approximately 6,857,000 shares of common stock for net proceeds of approximately $11.0 million in connection with the PIPE Transaction.  Pursuant to the purchase agreement entered into in respect of the PIPE Transaction, we are prohibited from issuing equity in variable rate transactions for a period of one-year following consummation of the PIPE Transaction, including issuing equity under the Second Purchase Agreement.

Equity Securities


During the second quarter, we entered into the First Purchase Agreement and the Second Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which, subject to specified terms and conditions, we have the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to an aggregate of $60.0 million in shares of our common stock. As of August 12, 2021, we had issued and sold 3,211,942 shares of common stock for total gross proceeds of $50.5 million and net proceeds of $48.5 million. For further information, see “—Recent Developments—Purchase Agreements.”
As a condition to the closing of the Merger, we were required to have at least $10.0 million in cash and cash equivalents at the effective time of the Merger. In furtherance of, and prior to, the Merger, certain of our members entered into agreements pursuant to which those members purchased units of Brooklyn LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $10.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.


As a condition to the closing of the Merger, Brooklyn LLC was required to have at least $10.0 million in cash and cash equivalents at the effective time of the Merger. In furtherance of, and prior to, the Merger, certain of its members entered into agreements pursuant to which those members purchased additional units of Brooklyn LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $10.5 million.
Disposition.

On March 26, 2021, Brooklynwe completed the Disposition, in which itwe sold to eGames.com itsour rights, title and interest in and to the assets relating to the business itwe operated prior to the Merger under the name “NTN Buzztime, Inc.” in exchange for eGames.com’s payment of a purchase price of $2.0 million and assumption of specified liabilities relating to such pre-Merger business.

Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan.
On May 4, 2020, Brooklyn LLC issued a note in the principal amount of approximately $309,905 to Silicon Valley Bank evidencing the loan, or the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan, Brooklyn LLC received under the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, or the CARES Act. As of June 30, 2021, the outstanding principal balance of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan was $309,905.
The Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan matures on May 5, 2022 and bears interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum.  Brooklyn LLC must make monthly interest-only payments beginning on November 4, 2020. One final payment of all unforgiven principal plus any accrued unpaid interest is due at maturity. Funds from the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan may only be used for payroll costs, rent and utilities.  We believe Brooklyn LLC used the funds received from the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan for qualifying expenses. Under the terms of the PPP, we may prepay the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan at any time with no prepayment penalties, and certain amounts of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan may be forgiven if they are used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act. In June 2021, Brooklyn LLC submitted our loan forgiveness application for the PPP Loan. We believe Brooklyn LLC will qualify for forgiveness of the Brooklyn LLC PPP Loan, but there can be no assurance that Brooklyn LLC will obtain full forgiveness based on the legislation.

Uses of Funds

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities.

Our operations used $10.2$5.4 million during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2021. March 31, 2022 compared to $3.4 million in the comparable period. Our results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 include approximately $1.0 million of fees incurred through March 31, 2022 related to the PIPE Transaction.  These fees were allocated to the fair value of the Common Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants and recorded in other expense, net on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Our cash use for operating activities is influenced by the level of our net loss and the amount of cash we invest in personnel and technology development to support anticipated growth in our business.

License Obligations.

We are obligated to pay certain amounts to Factor pursuant to the license agreement we entered into in April 2021, including $3.5 million in October 2022.  The license agreement also provides for milestone payments and royalties on the net sale of product developed under the license agreement.

Lease Obligations.

We are obligated to pay approximately $660,000$0.7 million per year for our facilities leases, subject to annual increases and to a sharing of common area expenses with other tenants in the building. The leases expire at varying times between December 20252026 and June 2028.


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Brooklyn PPP Loan. On April 18, 2020, Brooklyn (then known as NTN Buzztime, Inc.) was granted a loan, which we refer to as
There were no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the Brooklyn PPP Loan,three months ended March 31, 2022 from those described in the aggregate amount“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of $1,625,000, pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act. Under the termsFinancial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the PPP, certain amounts of the Brooklyn PPP Loan could be forgiven if they were used for qualifying expenses as described in the CARES Act. In October 2020 the U.S. Small Business Administration approved the forgiveness of $1,093,000 of the $1,625,000 principal amount of the Brooklyn PPP Loan, leaving a principal balance of approximately $532,000, all of which, plus accrued and unpaid interest, was due and, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, paid by Brooklyn upon the closing of the Merger.
10-K/A.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

A discussion ofThere were no recent accounting pronouncements is included in Note 12 toissued during the condensed consolidatedthree months ended March 31, 2022 that would have impacted our financial statements included in this report.
or operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in our financial condition, expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Under SECthe rules and regulations of the SEC, as a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this item.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act, of 1934, designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we were required to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. We have carried out an evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this reportQ1 2022 10-Q under the supervision, and with the participation, of our management, including our interim Chief Executive Officer and President (who serves as our principal executive officer) and our Vice President of FinanceChief Financial Officer (who serves as our principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures.
Based on that evaluation, our interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Q1 2022 10-Q in providing reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives due primarily to the material weaknesses discussed below.
Management’s Plan for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
Upon completion of the Merger in March 2021 and the resulting change in our business model and strategy, we experienced a complete turnover of our employees, including all of the members of our executive management team, which resulted in, among other things, our having insufficient accounting staff available to enable and ensure adequate segregation of duties and our lacking appropriate and complete documentation of policies and procedures critical to the accomplishment of financial reporting objectives. The accounting personnel and documentation deficiencies each increase the risk that a material misstatement of our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Based on this evaluation,

Additionally, we were unable to timely file our Chief Executive OfficerQ1 2022 10Q with the SEC due to identifying errors in our financial statements reported in the Original 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2021 and President and2020 during our Vice Presidentpreparation of Financethe financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.  Management concluded that asthe errors were the result of accounting personnel’s’ lack of technical proficiency in complex matters.   We filed Form 10-K/A for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 on June 30, 2022 to correct the errors in our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020, March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective and did not provide reasonable assurance of achievingSeptember 30, 2021.  See the desired control objectives.Form 10-K/A for further detail on the restatement.
 

Management plans to implement measures designed to ensure that the deficiencies contributing to the ineffectiveness of our disclosureinternal controls and proceduresover financial reporting are promptly remediated, such that the internal controls and procedures are designed, implemented and operating effectively. The remediation actions planned include:

hiring and employing additional accounting personnel in a number, and with experience, to allow for proper segregation of duties; and
developing and implementing, and then monitoring the effectiveness of, written policies and procedures required to achieve our financial reporting objectives in a timely manner, including policies and procedures relating to internal control over financial reporting.
hiring additional accounting personnel in a number, and with experience, to allow for proper segregation of duties and the accurate application of GAAP, including a chief financial officer, whom we hired in May of 2022;

developing and implementing, and then monitoring the effectiveness of, written policies and procedures required to achieve our financial reporting objectives in a timely manner, including policies and procedures relating to internal control over financial reporting;

providing additional training to accounting personnel; and.

consulting with an accounting advisor for technical, complex and non-recurring matters.

We are committed to developing a strong internal control environment, and we believe the remediation efforts that we have implemented and will implement will result in significant improvements in our control environment. We hired our Vice President of Finance in the second quarter of 2021 to oversee all accounting and financial reporting matters, including implementing a framework for internal controls over financial reporting.reporting, and we hired a full-time controller at the beginning of 2022. Also, during the fourth quarter of 2021, we engaged a third-party consulting firm with expertise in implementing the framework for internal controls over financial reporting, and we are making progress on developing this framework, including identifying key controls, creating process narratives or flowcharts, developing test plans, and beginning the testing of the key controls to ensure the framework is complete and effective. Our management will continue to monitor and evaluate the relevance of our risk-based approach and the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and is committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary.

Changes in Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting

Other than described above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2021most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We will continue to review and document our disclosure controls and procedures, including our internal control over financial reporting, and may from time to time make changes to enhance their effectiveness and ensure that our systems evolve with our business.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.

This information is set forth under “Note 9—8—Commitments and Contingencies—Legal Matters” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this reportQ1 2022 10-Q and is incorporated in this Item 1 by reference.

From time to time we may become involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Except as described above, we do not believe there is any litigation pending that could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below and inunder Item 1A of Part I of the “Risk Factors” section of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 11, 2021,10-K/A, together with all other information contained or incorporated by reference in this report, before you invest in common stock.Q1 2022 10-Q. If any of the risks described in this reportQ1 2022 10-Q or in such Current Reportthe 10-K/A occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected. Under these circumstances, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
As of the date of this Q1 2022 10-Q, we do not believe that there have been any material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in the 10-K/A except as follows:.

Because our gene-editing and cell therapy product candidates are based on novel technologies, we cannot assure you that we will be successful, or predict the related cost and time we will spend, in initiating, conducting and completing clinical development, and obtaining the necessary regulatory and reimbursement approvals, required for commercialization.

Cell programming technology and platform for generating cell therapy products using allogenic MSCs derived from iPSCs represent novel therapeutic approaches, and to our knowledge no iPSC-derived cell productsWe are currently approved for commercial sale anywhereoperating in the world. As such, it is difficult to accurately predict the typea period of economic uncertainty and scope of challenges that we will incur during development of our respective product candidates,capital markets disruption, which has been significantly impacted by geopolitical instability, an ongoing military conflict between Russia and we thus face uncertainties associated with the preclinicalUkraine, and clinical development, manufacture, and regulatory compliance for the initiation and conduct of clinical trials, regulatory approval, and reimbursement required for successful commercialization of product candidates. In addition, because the iPSC-derived cell product candidates are in the pre-clinical stage, no human data are yet available to assess the long-term effects of treatment. Animal models and assays may not accurately predict the safety and efficacy of our product candidate in our target patient populations, and appropriate models and assays may not exist for demonstrating the safety and purity of the product candidates, as required by the FDA and other regulatory authorities for ongoing clinical development and regulatory approval.
The pre-clinical and clinical development, manufacture, and regulatory requirements for approval of the product candidates may be more expensive and take longer than for other more well-known or extensively studied pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical product candidates due to a lack of prior experiences on the side of both developers and regulatory agencies. Additionally, due to the uncertainties associated with the pre-clinical and clinical development, manufacture, and regulatory requirements for approval of the product candidates, we may be required to modify or change pre-clinical and clinical development plans or manufacturing activities and plans, or be required to meet stricter regulatory requirements for approval. Any such modifications or changes could delay or prevent our ability to develop, manufacture, obtain regulatory approval or commercialize the product candidates, which would adversely affect ourrecord inflation. Our business, financial condition and results of operations.operations could be materially adversely affected by any negative impact on the global economy and capital markets resulting from the conflict in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, or record inflation.

U.S. and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the escalation of geopolitical tensions and the start of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In February 2022, a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops began. Although the length and impact of the ongoing military conflict is highly unpredictable, the conflict in Ukraine has led to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions, which has contributed to record inflation globally. We are continuing to monitor inflation, the situation in Ukraine and global capital markets and assessing its potential impact on our business.

Although, to date, our business has not been materially impacted by the ongoing military conflict between Russian and Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, or record inflation, it is impossible to predict the extent to which our operations will be impacted in the short and long term, or the ways in which such matters may impact our business. The extent and duration of the conflict in Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, record inflation and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict but could be substantial. Any such disruptions may also magnify the impact of other risks described in the 10-K/A.

Cellular immunotherapies, and stem cell therapies and iPSC-derived cell therapies in particular, represent relatively new therapeutic areas, and the FDA has cautioned consumers about potential safety risks associated with cell therapies. To date, there are relatively few approved cell therapies. As a result, the regulatory approval process for a gene-editing or cellular therapy product candidate is uncertain and may be more expensive and take longer than the approval process for product candidates based on other, better known or more extensively studied technologies and therapeutic approaches. For example, there are currently no FDA approved products with a label designation that supports the use of a product to treat and reduce the severity of ARDS in patients with COVID-19, which makes it difficult to determine the clinical endpoints and data required to support an application or regulatory approval, and the time and cost required to obtain regulatory approval in the United States for our product candidate.
Regulatory requirements in the United States governing cell therapy products have changed frequently and the FDA or other regulatory bodies may change the requirements, or identify different regulatory pathways, for approval of the product candidates. For example, within the FDA, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, or CBER, restructured and created a new Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies to better align its oversight activities with FDA Centers for Drugs and Medical Devices. It is possible that over time new or different divisions may be established or be granted the responsibility for regulating cell and/or gene therapy products, including iPSC-derived cell products. As a result, we may be required to change its regulatory strategy or to modify its applications for regulatory approval, which could delay and impair its ability to complete the pre-clinical and clinical development and manufacture of, and obtain regulatory approval for, our product candidates. Changes in regulatory authorities and advisory groups, or any new requirements or guidelines they promulgate, may lengthen the regulatory review process, require us to perform additional studies, increase its development and manufacturing costs, lead to changes in regulatory pathways, positions and interpretations, delay or prevent approval and commercialization of the product candidates or lead to significant post-approval limitations or restrictions. As we advance our product candidates, we will be required to consult with the FDA and other regulatory authorities, and our product candidates will likely be reviewed by an FDA advisory committee. We also must comply with applicable requirements, and if we fail to do so, we may be required to delay or discontinue development of our product candidates. Delays or unexpected costs in obtaining, or the failure to obtain, the regulatory approval necessary to bring the product candidates to market could impair our ability to generate sufficient product revenues to maintain our respective businesses.

We own only a 25% interest in NoveCite, Inc., and that interest may be diluted unless we invest additional funds.
In July 2021, we acquired 25% of the outstanding common stock of NoveCite, Inc. As a result, we will only be entitled to a portion of any benefits that flow from the development by NoveCite, Inc. of any product candidates. In the event that NoveCite, Inc. issues additional equity securities in the future, our percentage ownership would be diluted unless we were to invest additional funds. Dilution of our equity ownership would decrease our portion of any benefit that might be derived from a NoveCite, Inc. drug candidate’s successful development. If we were to determine that it would be in the best interests of our company and stockholders to invest additional amounts in NoveCite, Inc. to prevent dilution of our interests, the required funds may not be available to us on reasonable terms, or at all.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.

Item 5.
Other Information.

None.

Set forth below is information regarding shares of common stock issued by us during the three months ended June 30, 2021 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Included is the consideration, if any, we received for such shares and information relating to the section of the Securities Act of 1933, or the rule of the SEC, under which exemption from registration was claimed.

On April 26, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, or Lincoln Park, pursuant to which we issued to Lincoln Park an aggregate of 1,127,736 shares of common stock from April 26, 2021 through May 19, 2021, of which (a) 56,041 shares of common stock were issued as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase shares of common stock under our April 26, 2021 purchase agreement, and (b) 1,071,695 shares were issued to Lincoln Park pursuant to the purchase agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $20.0 million. We intend to us the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital.

On May 26, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with Lincoln Park pursuant to which we issued to Lincoln Park an aggregate of 2,084,206 shares of common stock from May 26, 2021 through June 29, 2021, of which (a) 50,000 shares of common stock were issued as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase shares of common stock under our May 26, 2021 purchase agreement, and (b) 2,034,206 shares were issued to Lincoln Park pursuant to the purchase agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $30.5 million. Pursuant to our purchase agreement with Lincoln Park, we have the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to an additional $9.5 million in shares of common stock, subject to certain limitations, from time to time on or before June 4, 2024. We intend to us the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including working capital.

The securities described in this Item 2 were issued to investors in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as set forth in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder relative to transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, to the extent an exemption from such registration was required. The recipients of securities in the transactions described above represented that they were accredited investors and were acquiring the securities for their own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof and that they could bear the risks of the investment and could hold the securities for an indefinite period of time and appropriate legends were affixed to the instruments representing such securities issued in such transactions.

Item 6.Exhibits.

ExhibitDescription Incorporated By Reference
Securities Purchase Agreement, and Plan of Acquisition, dated as of July 16, 2021, by and amongMarch 6, 2022, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., Brooklyn Acquisition Sub, Inc., Novellus LLC, Novellus, Inc., and the Sellers’ Representative.purchaser party thereto. 
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021March 9, 2022
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2021, by and amongMarch 6, 2022, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and the individuals and entities named therein.purchaser party thereto. 
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021March 9, 2022
Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2021 and effective as of April 16, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and
Howard J. Federoff.
 Form of Pre-Funded Warrant
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2021March 9, 2022
Form of Indemnification Agreement 
Form of Common Stock Warrant.
Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2021March 9, 2022
Schedule identifying agreements substantially identical to the form of indemnification agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2(a) Exhibit
Agreement to Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2021Assign Space Lease dated March 5, 2022 between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, LLC and Regen Lab USA LLC.
Filed herewith
Purchase Agreement, dates as
Assignment and Assumption of May 26, 2021,Lease dated March 25, 2022 between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc.LLC and Lincoln Park Capital Fund,Regen Lab USA LLC
 Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
10.4(b)Filed herewith
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLCExhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, between Factor Bioscience Limited, Novellus Therapeutics Limited and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLCExhibit to Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. 2021 Inducement Stock Incentive PlanExhibit to Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2021
Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2021 and effective as of June 28, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and Kevin D’Amour.Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2021
Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2021 and effective as of June 21, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and Sandra Gurrola.Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2021
Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2021 and effective as of July 15, 2021, between Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. and Jay Sial.Exhibit to Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2021
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Filed herewith
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Filed herewith
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Furnished herewith
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
Furnished herewith
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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*Certain information redacted and replaced with “[***]”.
+Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
§Certain addenda have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. We hereby undertake to furnish copies of the omitted addenda upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that we may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b‑2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the addenda so furnished.
Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 BROOKLYN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
   
Date: August 13, 2021June 30, 2022By:
/s/ Howard J. FederoffAndrew Jackson
  Howard J. FederoffAndrew Jackson
  Chief ExecutiveFinancial Officer and President


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