8. Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company has entered into clinical development contracts with external subcontractors. The Company compensates its suppliers for the services provided on a regular basis. The Company shall not incur material penalty fees for the termination of any of these contracts.
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company may become involved in claims and other legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company investigates these claims as they arise. Although claims are inherently unpredictable, the Company currently is not aware of any matters that may have a material adverse effect on the business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
9. Stockholders’ Equity/(Deficit)
Common Stock
As of September 30, 2023, the subscribed share capital was equal to Euro 4,246,046, divided into 4,241,889 ordinary shares (Class A) with par value equal to Euro 1.00098.
On September 7, 2023, the Shareholders of the Company approved the conversion of all the senior stocks outstanding into such number of ordinary shares (thus acquiring the same rights).
10. Income taxes
The Company has a history of losses and expects to record a loss in 2023.
The Company files income tax returns in the United States and Italy. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company recognized a liability for unrecognized tax benefits for Euro 419,463 (of which Euro 42,626 of interests and Euro 76,148 of penalties) and Euro 399,338 (of which Euro 25,044 of interests and Euro 75,639 of penalties), respectively.
The Company does not expect that its unrecognized tax benefits will materially change in the next twelve months.
A valuation allowance is provided for significant deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized through future operations. Future tax benefits which may arise as a result of these losses have not been recognized in these financial statements, as their realization is determined not likely to occur and accordingly, the Company has maintained a valuation allowance for the future deferred tax assets.
11. Related parties
There are no transactions with related parties of the Company during the periods presented.
12. Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through January 4, 2024, which is the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.
On October 20, 2023, Quince completed the acquisition of the Company. Such acquisition was completed pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2023, (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Quince, the Company, EryDel US, holders of EryDel capital stock and the managers of EryDel (the “EryDel Shareholders”) and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the EryDel Shareholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Quince issued 6,525,315 shares of its common stock, approximately equivalent to $6.5 million, to the EryDel Shareholders, resulting in the EryDel Shareholders owning approximately 15.2% of the outstanding common stock Quince. Up to an additional 725,037 shares of Quince’s common stock may be issued to the EryDel Shareholders upon the first anniversary of the closing of the acquisition. The EryDel Shareholders have a contingent right to receive up to an aggregate of $485,000,000 in potential cash payments, comprised of up to $5,000,000 upon the achievement of a specified development milestone, $25,000,000 at NDA acceptance by the FDA, up to $60,000,000 upon the achievement of specified approval milestones, and up to $395,000,000 upon the achievement of specified on market and sales milestones, with no royalties paid to EryDel.
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