Commitments and Contingencies | NOTE 4 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGINCIES A. Commitments 1. On October 11, 2015, OWC entered into a memorandum of understanding with Medmar for the purpose of granting an exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-bearing license, to manufacture, produce, publicize, promote and market the licensed products described therein in the State of Hawaii and the State of Pennsylvania, pursuant to which Medmar has paid OWC $100,000 ($50,000 during each year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015). On February 8, 2016, OWC and Medmar II, an affiliate of Medmar, executed a right of first refusal agreement providing Medmar certain rights in connection with the commercialization of OWC’s Cannabis-Based Medical Products in other states in the USA, pursuant to which Medmar has paid $50,000 to the Company. 1. (cont.) On March 17, 2016, Medmar and OWC executed a consulting and License Agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which OWC granted to Medmar an exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-bearing license, to manufacture, produce, publicize, promote and market certain of OWC’s products (as defined in the Agreement) in the State of Maryland, against payment by Medmar to OWC of a royalty. As part of the Agreement, the Company received from Medmar an amount of $50,000 as a non-refundable advance. In 2016, and as OWC does not have any performance obligation in connection with the agreement, OWC recorded revenues in an amount of $50,000. 2. In April 2015 OWC engaged G.C. Group Ltd., an Israeli corporation specializing in pharmaceutical R&D to provide formulation development services for OWC’s new delivery system in the form of a cannabis soluble tablet. G.C. Group Ltd. successfully completed the first phase of development, a proof of concept of the desired end-product (the soluble tablet) to test the fabric, durability, solidification and other features of the cannabis soluble tablet. The agreement was terminated on December 31, 2015. 3. In August 2017 OWC engaged PharmItBe Ltd, a company specializing in pharmaceutical R&D to develop a second generation of its cannabis soluble tablet. This development is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2018. 4. On November 3, 2016, OWC entered into a Joint Venture Memorandum of Understanding with Michepro Holding Ltd. (“EU Partner”), (“JV” or “MOU”). The EU Partner and OWC have agreed as follows: (i) to establish a strategic marketing and distribution alliance (the “JV”) to promote the sale of OWC’s Products in the European Union (the “EU”); (ii) the interest of the parties in the JV shall be held by the parties such that the EU Partner shall hold 25% of such interest and OWC shall hold the remaining 75% of such interest; (iii) OWC shall provide the JV with OWC’s Products for sale and distribution solely in the EU, at prices to be agreed between the parties from time to time; and (iv) EU Partner shall be responsible for the day-to-day management of the JV, at its own costs, and for this purpose shall make available to the JV its knowledge, business connection and personnel, all in order to maximize the sales of OWC’s Products in the EU through the JV. The JV had not commenced operations and did not have any assets or liabilities as of March 31, 2018. 5. On August 6, 2015, OWC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Emilia Cosmetics Ltd. (“Emilia”), a large Israeli private label manufacturer which operates in the field of development, production, manufacturing and packaging of health and beauty products including for treatment of human skin disease, for the development, manufacture and marketing of a cannabinoid-based topical cream to treat psoriasis. On November 27, 2016, the Company and OWC (the “Group”) entered into a license agreement with Emilia (the “License Agreement”). During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Group completed the development process and then initiated a phase I study at Chaim Sheba Medical Center (“Sheba”) to explore the safety of the topical cream on psoriasis. Prior to entering into the License Agreement, the Group and Emilia conducted a development and evaluation program (as defined in the License Agreement) for the development of a specific product comprising Emilia’s formulation with certain medical cannabis extract provided by the Group for topical treatment of psoriasis. Pursuant to the License Agreement, Emilia granted a limited license to the Group with respect to Emilia’s licensed intellectual property to be developed and commercialized worldwide in the topical treatment of psoriasis in humans with OWC’s Product, as defined in the License Agreement. If such trial proves successful, Emilia will grant the Group an exclusive, worldwide, transferable, royalty-bearing license, with the right to grant sublicenses, to use, sell and commercially exploit the Emilia intellectual property, in consideration for which, from and after the first commercial sales of the licensed product, the Group shall pay to Emilia a royalty at the rate of ten percent of net sales during the period beginning upon the first commercial sale and ending ten years thereafter. In the event the sale of the licensed product during the royalty term reaches the minimum sales targets set forth in the License Agreement, the royalty term will be extended for an additional five-year term. 6. On December 29, 2016, OWC entered into a Research Agreement with Medical Research Infrastructure Development and Health Services Fund (“fund”) by Chaim Sheba Medical Center. Pursuant to the Research Agreement, the Fund shall perform a Phase I, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, maximal dose study (the “Study”) to determine the safety and tolerability of topical cream containing MGC (“Medical Grade Cannabis” or the “Study Drug”) in healthy volunteers, employing the services of Professor. Aviv Barzilay, Director of the Department of Dermatology- Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, to lead the Study (the “Investigator”). The Study shall be conducted in compliance with the following, as defined in the Research Agreement: (1) the Protocol; (2) the Ministry Guidelines; (3) the instructions and terms specified in the Helsinki Committee’s approval; (4) the ICH-GCP; (5) the Helsinki Declarations; (6) the applicable laws, rules and regulations regulating such studies which are applicable in Israel (the “Applicable Laws”); and (7) written instructions and prescriptions issued by OWC and governing the administration of the Study Drug. Pursuant to the collaboration agreements and the related amendments, OWC is obliged to pay Sheba $170,000 throughout 2017 and 2018 for conducting the safety study for the cream. As of March 31, 2018, OWC has paid Sheba $43,066 as per Sheba’s payment requests. The Company has recorded $28,969 as Research and Development expenses related to the Study in the three months period ended March 31, 2018. On October 22, 2014, OWC entered into a collaboration agreement with Sheba Academic Medical Center, a hospital in Tel-Aviv, Israel, relating to the use of cannabis to treat Myeloma. Within the framework of this collaboration agreement, OWC conducted pre-clinical studies on multiple myeloma, which commenced in April 2015. Pursuant to the collaboration agreements, OWC was required to pay Sheba $170,000 for conducting the multiple myeloma trial between the 3rd quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2016. As of March 31, 2018, the Company has paid Sheba $65,669 as per Sheba’s payment requests. The Company has not recorded any Research and Development expenses related to this agreement in the three months period ended March 31, 2018. At present, OWC uses its available working capital to fund these studies. 7. On January 16, 2018, the Company entered a three-month period exclusivity agreement with Newbridge Securities Corporation (“Newbridge”) effective from December 21, 2017. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company engaged Newbridge to act as its placement agent for a fund raising of up to $7 million. On April 12, 2018, the parties decided to extend the terms of the agreement for another period of three-months. The Company agreed to pay Newbridge a fee of 7.5% of the gross purchase price paid by an investor for securities of the Company at closing of a successful financing. In addition, the Company agreed to issue to Newbridge warrants to purchase the number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to 10% of the aggregate number of fully diluted shares of common stock that have been purchased by an investor. The Warrants shall be exercisable for three years from the financing closing date with an exercise price per share equal to the effective per share price paid for a share of common stock of the Company by an investor. Warrants shall contain customary terms, including provisions for “cashless” exercise, change of control, price based anti-dilution, and customary demand or piggyback registration rights. The Company shall also pay Newbridge warrants solicitation fee equal to 4% of the gross proceeds received by the Company upon cash exercise of any warrants purchased by an investor in connection with the offering. These fees were paid to Newbridge in connection with the transaction described in Note 5. B. Contingencies 1. On February 28, 2017, the Company filed an action for alleged legal malpractice against the NYC law firm of Sichenzia Ross FerenceKesner LLP and Marc J. Ross, Esq. a partner at Sichenzia Ross in New York State Supreme Court in New York County. The Company’s claims arise out of legal services allegedly negligently performed by Ross and Sichenzia Ross. The Company brought the action seeking recovery of monetary damages due to the defendants’ alleged failure to exercise a professional standard of care in their representation of OWCP. The action is currently pending in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York and is in the discovery phase. 2. The Company has sued certain individuals in the Supreme Court of the State of New York regarding defaulted obligations related to 2,354,480 shares granted to them. The matter was conditionally settled as against certain individuals; The Company received during the period a payment of $105,282 from one individual, (see Note 3B) and is now seeking to enforce that settlement agreement in court for additional funds amounting to $120,500. The Company has reserved its right to pursue its claims against one individual for an outstanding sum of approximately $15,000. 3. On November 22, 2017, Mr. Ziv Turner, the Company’s subsidiary’s former General Manager (the “Plaintiff”) filed a claim (the “Claim”) with the Tel Aviv Regional Court of Labor against the Company, its subsidiary and the Company’s CEO. The Plaintiff alleged the right to receive Company’s 4,125,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in connection with options granted to him in 2016 and a cash compensation of approximately $180,000 for breach of rights and damages. On January 23, 2018, the Company filed a statement of defense rejecting all of the Plaintiffs claims. On April 30, 2018, a first mediation meeting was held, at which the parties presented their positions. At this stage the Company is unable to assess the Claim’s probable outcome. 4. In November 2017, the Company signed a two-year rental agreement with a landlord for its principle office located in Ramat Gan, Israel. The rental agreement includes an option for one additional year. The monthly rental fees are approximately $4,200 and the remaining minimum payments total approximately $88,000 as of March 31, 2018. During the option period the monthly rental fees shall increase by approximately 7%. During the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, the Company recorded $12,600 as rental expenses. |