2023 Promissory Notes
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company received $823,500 from 25 zero coupon Promissory Notes (the “Notes”). Three of the notes were from related parties and represented $75,000 of the borrowings. The Notes have a 12-month maturity date with a balloon payment and provide for the issuance of 258,353 common stock warrants at an exercise price of $0.88 and a term of 5 years. The stock price for warrants issued during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $0.16 and was determined based on a 409a valuation as, at the time, there was still some uncertainty about the Business Combination. As discussed in Note 3, during the three months ended June 30, 2023, the probability of the Business Combination was determined to be 100%, and the stock price for those warrants was $0.62. It was based on the conversion ratio of Carmell shares into Alpha shares in connection with the Business Combination and the market price of the shares of Alpha, the acquiring public company.
The warrants became fully vested on the issuance date. As discussed in Note 2, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Alpha (the post-merger entity “New Carmell”). On the maturity dates, the Company will pay to note holders the principal in cash or, at the option of the Company, in shares of common stock of New Carmell at the average of the 10-day volume weighted average price if, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, at the time of such election, New Carmell Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange or is otherwise freely tradeable.
Proceeds from the sales of the Convertible Notes with stock purchase warrants were allocated to the two elements based on the relative fair value of the notes without the warrants and of the warrants themselves at time of issuance. The total amounts allocated to warrants were $55,062 and accounted for as paid-in capital. The discount amount was calculated by determining the aggregate fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. As of June 30, 2023, there was $46,762 of unamortized debt discount. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, there was $8,300 of amortization of debt discount.
Advance from Related Party
The Company received a non-interest bearing advance of $25,000 from a member of the Board of Directors, which is outstanding as of June 30, 2023. Subsequent to June 30, 2023, the advance was converted to a promissory note with the same terms noted above in 2023 Promissory Notes.
NOTE 8 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
On January 30, 2008, the Company and Carnegie Mellon University (“CMU”) entered into a License Agreement, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Amended Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2011, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to the Amended Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2016, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to the Amended Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2020 and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to the Amended Exclusive License Agreement, dated November 23, 2021 (collectively, the “Amended Exclusive License Agreement”). This License Agreement provides the Company an exclusive, worldwide right to use certain technology of CMU relating to biocompatible plasma-based plastics to make, have made, use, and otherwise dispose of licensed products and to create derivatives for the field of use. The Company is required to use its best efforts to effect the introduction of the licensed technology into the commercial market as soon as possible and meet certain milestones as stipulated within the agreement. CMU retains the right to use any derivative technology developed by the Company due to its use of this technology and retains the intellectual property rights to the licensed technology, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
This agreement is effective until January 30, 2028, or until the expiration of the last-to-expire patent relating to this technology, whichever comes later, unless otherwise terminated under another provision within the agreement. Failure to perform in accordance with the agreed-upon milestones is grounds for CMU to terminate the agreement prior to the expiration date. As a partial royalty for the license rights, the Company issued 66,913 shares of the Company’s common stock to CMU. In addition, in 2008, the Company issued a warrant in 2008 for common stock to be exercised upon the earlier of (a) the Company’s cumulative capital funding and/or receipt of cumulative revenues collectively equals the sum of $2,000,000 or (b) thirty (30) days prior to any change in control event that provides for the issuance of shares that, when added to the number of shares then held by CMU, results in an amount equal to 8.2% of the outstanding shares of the Company. In 2011, CMU exercised the warrant in full, and the Company issued 1,607,705 shares of Common Stock. Prior to a qualified initial public offering or a qualified sale, CMU has the right to subscribe for additional equity securities to maintain its then percentage of ownership in the Company.
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