2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Notes to Financial Statements | |
NOTE 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Basis of Presentation and Going Concern |
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The accompanying financial statements of CBAI and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has experienced recurring net losses from operations, which losses have caused an accumulated deficit of approximately $53.46 million as of December 31, 2014. In addition, CBAI has notes and loans payable of approximately $1.35 million as of December 31, 2014. The Company thus far has made a payment in cash provided by continuing operations. However, the Company has no available common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2014, and as such, the Company may not be able to issue common stock to retire debt, if cash is not sufficient, until such time as the shareholders approve an increase in the number of shares authorized. The Company has announced a Special Shareholders Meeting to increase the number of shares on April 10, 2015. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about CBAI's ability to continue as a going concern. |
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Since inception, the Company has financed cash flow requirements through the issuance of common stock and warrants for cash, services and loans. However, over the past eleven quarters, the Company has reduced operating expenses, ended investment in its unconsolidated affiliates, and divested its equity stake in both Stellacure and Bio, and received no additional funding from outside sources for working capital. During the year ended December 31, 2014 the Company had positive cash flow from operations of $0.78 million. The Company plans to continue to operate on its cash flows from operations by aligning its expenses with its revenues. If cash flows from operations are significantly less than projected, then the Company would need to either cut back on its budgeted spending, look to outside sources for additional funding or a combination of the two. The Company currently does not have any financing agreements in place for additional funding. If the Company is unable to access sufficient funds when needed, obtain additional external funding or generate sufficient revenue from the sale of our products, it could be forced to curtail or possibly cease operations. |
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In view of these conditions, CBAI's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to meet its financing requirements, and to ultimately achieve profitable operations. Management believes that its current and future plans provide an opportunity to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may be necessary in the event CBAI cannot continue as a going concern. |
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Basis of Consolidation |
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CBAI and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, Cord and Biocordcell Argentina S.A. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. |
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Estimates |
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. |
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Cash |
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Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits in banks with maturities of three months or less, and all highly liquid investments which are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use, and which have original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. |
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The company maintains cash and cash equivalents at several financial institutions. |
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Accounts Receivable |
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Accounts receivable consist of the amounts due for the processing and storage of umbilical cord blood and cord tissue, other birth tissue procurement services. Accounts receivable relating to deferred revenues are netted against deferred revenue for presentation purposes. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated based upon historical experience. The allowance is reviewed quarterly and adjusted for accounts deemed uncollectible by management. Amounts are written off when all collection efforts have failed. |
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Property and Equipment |
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Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Routine maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred while major replacement and improvements are capitalized as additions to the related assets. Sales and disposals of assets are recorded by removing the cost and accumulated depreciation from the related asset and accumulated depreciation accounts with any gain or loss credited or charged to income upon disposition. |
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Intangible Assets |
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Intangible assets consist primarily of customer contracts and relationships as part of the acquisition of the CorCell and CureSource assets in 2007 in addition to the acquisition of Biocordcell in 2010 (Note 3). During 2011 the Company also foreclosed and acquired assets from NeoCells, a subsidiary of ViviCells, as satisfaction of outstanding receivables from Vivicells. Intangible assets are stated at cost. Amortization of intangible assets is computed using the sum of the years’ digits method, over an estimated useful life of 18 years. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $377,443 and $437,951 respectively. |
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets |
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Long-lived assets, other than goodwill, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value. The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at least annually or whenever events or circumstances are more likely than not to reduce the fair value of goodwill below its carrying amount. |
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Equity Investments |
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Cord had a non-controlling equity investment in ViviCells International, Inc., a privately held company in the business of providing cord blood stem cell and adult peripheral blood stem cell preservation services. The Company utilized the equity method of accounting as it owned more than 20% of the outstanding common stock and had the ability to exercise significant influence over this company. As such, the investment was carried at cost less Cord's proportionate share of ViviCells net loss for the period since investment. During 2011 the Company foreclosed on and acquired all the assets of Neocells, a subsidiary of ViviCells, as satisfaction on the outstanding receivable from ViviCells. There is no remaining investment in ViviCells as of December 31, 2012 because of this action. |
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Cord has a minority equity investment in China Stem Cells, Ltd., a Cayman Islands Company, a privately held company organized to conduct a stem cell storage business in China. In 2011, Cord acquired a minority equity investment in VidaPlus, an umbilical cord processing and storage company. The Company utilizes the cost method of accounting as it owns less than 20% of the outstanding common stock and only has the ability to exercise nominal, not significant, influence over these companies. The cost of this investment was $204,062 and represents 7% equity in VidaPlus. At December 31, 2012 the Company had an outstanding loan to VidaPlus in the amount of $246,525. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized an impairment loss on the Vidaplus investments and notes receivable, and wrote-down its equity interest and notes receivable to $0. |
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Deferred Revenue |
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Deferred revenue consists of payments for enrollment in the program and processing of umbilical cord blood and cord tissue by customers whose samples have not yet been collected, as well as the pro-rata share of annual storage fees for customers whose samples were stored during the year. |
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Valuation of Derivative Instruments |
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ASC 815-40 (formerly SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities"), requires that embedded derivative instruments be bifurcated and assessed, along with free-standing derivative instruments such as warrants, on their issuance date and in accordance with ASC 815-40-15 (formerly EITF 00-19 "Accounting for derivative financial instruments indexed to, and potentially settled in, a company's own stock") to determine whether they should be considered a derivative liability and measured at their fair value for accounting purposes. In determining the appropriate fair value, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing formula and present value pricing. At December 31, 2014, the Company adjusted its derivative liability to its fair value, and reflected the change in fair value, in its consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. |
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Revenue Recognition |
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CBAI recognizes revenue under the provisions of ASC 605-25 (previously Staff Accounting Bulletin 104 “Revenue Recognition”). CBAI provides a combination of products and services to customers. This combination arrangement is evaluated under ASC 605-25-25 (previously Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21, "Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables"). ASC 605-25-25 addresses certain aspects of accounting for arrangements under multiple revenue generating activities. |
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Cord and Bio recognize revenue from both enrollment fees and processing fees upon the completion of processing while revenue from storage fees are recognized ratably over the contractual storage period. |
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Franchise revenues are recognized in accordance with ASC 952-605-3, according to requirements for recognizing franchise revenues after “franchise agreement” services are completed and substantially performed. Further, in accordance with ASC 952-605-25-7, the installment or cost recovery accounting method is used to account for franchise fee revenue only in those exceptional cases when revenue is collectible over an extended period and no reasonable basis exists for estimated collectability. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company did not recognize any franchise revenues. |
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Cost of Services |
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Costs are incurred as umbilical cord blood, cord tissue and birth tissue are collected. For Cord and/or Bio these costs include the transportation of the umbilical cord blood, cord tissue and birthing tissue from the hospital, direct material plus labor costs for processing and cryogenic storage, collection kit materials and allocated rent, utility and general administrative expenses. The Company expenses costs in the period incurred. |
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Income Taxes |
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The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period that included the enactment date. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance based on the portion of tax benefits that more likely than not will not be realized. There was a valuation allowance equal to 100% of deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014. |
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The Company follows guidance issued by the FASB with regard to its accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. Such guidance prescribes a recognition threshold of more likely than not and a measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. In making this assessment, a company must determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, based solely on the technical merits of the position and must assume that the tax position will be examined by taxing authorities. Our policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Interest and penalties totaled $0 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. The Company files income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and various state jurisdictions. For jurisdictions in which tax filings are prepared, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by state tax authorities for years through 2007 and by the IRS for years through 2008. |
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Accounting for Stock Option Plan |
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The Company’s share-based employee compensation plans are described in Note 10. On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 718 (previously SFAS 123(R), “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation (Revised 2004)” (“123(R)”), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees, non-employee directors, and consultants, including employee stock options. |
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Earnings (Loss) Per Share |
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Basic earnings per share (EPS) is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS except that the weighted average number of common shares outstanding is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been exercised. The diluted weighted average common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2014 is 895,106,775. Net loss per common share is calculated in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share. Outstanding options to acquire common stock and warrants are not included in the computation of net loss per common share because the effects of inclusion are anti-dilutive. |
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Concentration of Risk |
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Credit risk represents the accounting loss that would be recognized at the reporting date if counterparties failed completely to perform as contracted. Concentrations of credit risk (whether on or off balance sheet) that arise from financial instruments exist for groups of customers or counterparties when they have similar economic characteristics that would cause their ability to meet their contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic or other conditions described below. |
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Relationships and agreements which could potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of the use of one source for the processing and storage of all umbilical cord blood and one source for the development and maintenance of a website. The Company believes that alternative sources are available for each of these concentrations. |
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Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk could consist of cash balances maintained in excess of federal depository insurance limits. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalent balances with high credit quality financial institutions. At times, cash and cash equivalent balances may be in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits. To date, the Company has not experienced any such losses. |
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Fair Value Measurements |
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Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure the fair value. Level inputs, as defined by ASC 820-10, are as follows: |
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● | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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● | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs for the assets or liabilities through corroboration with market data at the measurement date. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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● | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use to price the assets or liabilities at the measurement date. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2014 for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: |
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Cash | | $ | 750,886 | | | $ | -- | | | $ | -- | | | $ | 750,886 | |
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Derivative liability | | | -- | | | | -- | | | | (1,031,630 | ) | | | (1,031,630 | ) |
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Derivative liability was valued under the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions: |
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Risk free interest rate | | 0.12% to 0.51% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expected life | | 0 to 3 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend Yield | | 0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Volatility | | 0% to 103% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2013 for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: |
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| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
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Cash | | $ | 708,760 | | | $ | -- | | | $ | -- | | | $ | 708,760 | |
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Derivative liability | | | -- | | | | -- | | | | (359,407 | ) | | | (359,407 | ) |
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Derivative liability was valued under the Black-Scholes model, with the following assumptions: |
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Risk free interest rate | | 0.12% to 0.51% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expected life | | 1 year or less | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend Yield | | 0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Volatility | | 130% to 165% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The following is a reconciliation of the derivative liability: |
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Value at December 31, 2012 | | $ | 354,654 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in value of derivative | | | 189,562 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Value at December 31, 2013 | | $ | 359,407 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in value of derivative | | | 112,774 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Value at December 31, 2014 | | $ | 1,031,630 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and deferred revenues, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The carrying amounts of the Company’s notes receivable and notes payable approximates fair value based on the prevailing interest rates. |
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Reclassification |
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Amounts listed in connection with the assets held for sale, including liabilities and income or loss related to assets held for sale for Bio, in the December 31, 2013 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the December 31, 2014 presentation. |
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements |
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In May 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on revenue recognition that will be applied to all contracts with customers. The update requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. It also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The guidance will be required to be applied on a retrospective basis, using one of two methodologies, and will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early application not being permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that the guidance will have on the Company's financial condition and results of operations. |