Not Applicable.
The Company’s management, including the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as such is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon their evaluations, the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for the purpose of ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
We are involved in several lawsuits with our principal competitor, EMED Technologies Corporation (“EMED”). EMED has alleged that our needle sets infringe various patents controlled by EMED. Certain of these lawsuits also allege antitrust violations, unfair business practices, and various other business tort claims. We are vigorously defending against all of the lawsuits brought by EMED. Although no assurances can be given, we believe we have meritorious defenses to all of EMED’s claims.
The initial case involving EMED was filed by us in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on September 20, 2013 (the “California case”), in response to a letter from EMED claiming patent infringement by us, and seeking a declaratory judgment establishing the invalidity of the patent referenced in the letter – EMED’s US patent 8,500,703 – “‘703.” EMED answered the complaint and asserted patent infringement of the ‘703 patent and several counterclaims relating generally to claims of unfair business practices against us. We responded by adding several claims against EMED, generally relating to claims of unfair business practices on EMED’s part. Both parties have requested injunctive relief and monetary damages in unspecified amounts. On June 16, 2015, the California court entered a preliminary injunction against KORU Medical making certain statements regarding what products were cleared by the FDA for use, or could be safely used, with KORU Medical’s Freedom60 pump, without voiding the product warranty. On September 11, 2015, we requested an ex parte reexamination of the ‘703 patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The ex parte reexamination resulted in a Final Office Action dated July 19, 2017 rejecting all of EMED’s claims in the patent. On January 25, 2018, EMED filed an Appeal Brief with a Petition for Revival, which was accepted. On April 9, 2018, the USPTO denied EMED’s request for reconsideration of the order rejecting all claims in the ‘703 patent. On June 26, 2019, the Examiner responded to EMED’s appeal brief and maintained all of the final rejections. Both the California case and EMED’s appeal of the USPTO rejections are pending.
The second court case was filed by EMED in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on June 25, 2015, claiming patent infringement on another of its patents (US 8,961,476 – “‘476”), by our needle sets, and seeking unspecified monetary damages (“ED Texas ‘476 matter”). This ‘476 patent is related to the now rejected EMED ‘703 patent.
On September 17, 2015, we requested an inter partes review (“IPR”) of the ‘476 patent, and in response to our request, the Court entered an order staying the ED Texas ‘476 matter until after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the USPTO made a decision regarding the validity of the patent. On January 12, 2017, the PTAB issued its Final Written Decision in our favor, invalidating all but one (“dependent Claim 9”) of the claims in the ‘476 patent. EMED appealed the PTAB’s ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which affirmed the PTAB’s Final Written Decision in our favor on April 3, 2018. On April 18, 2018, EMED filed a petition for en banc rehearing, which was denied. On August 16, 2018, EMED petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari to review the Federal Circuit’s upholding the PTAB’s Final Written Decision. On October 29, 2018 the United States Supreme Court denied EMED’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, thus finally affirming the PTAB’s invalidation of ‘476, save for one dependent claim.
Following the PTAB’s Final Written Decision in the IPR regarding the ‘476 patent, EMED filed a new patent application claiming priority back to the application that issued as ‘703, which is the patent at issue in the California case. Submitted for accelerated examination, this new application issued as US 9,808,576 – “‘576” on November 7, 2017. On this same date, EMED filed a new case (the “third case”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas claiming patent infringement of ‘576, also directed to our needle sets, and seeking unspecified damages and a preliminary injunction against marketing and sales of our needle sets. We filed a Motion to Dismiss or Transfer Venue to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), which resulted in the transfer of the third case to SDNY (“SDNY ‘576 matter”) on May 30, 2018.
On April 23, 2018, EMED filed a new civil case (the “fourth case”) against us in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas asserting antitrust, defamation and unfair business practice claims, and seeking unspecified damages, similar to those previously presented in the California case, described above. The fourth case also names Andrew Sealfon, then President and CEO of KORU Medical, individually as a defendant. As the result of a hearing on November 14, 2018, on December 7, 2018, the Court entered an order transferring the fourth case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (the “California Court”). The California Court set an initial schedule for a preliminary motion phase and on August 30, 2019 EMED filed a second amended complaint. On September 30, 2019, KORU Medical and Sealfon filed a motion to dismiss that complaint, and Sealfon filed a separate motion to dismiss the case as to him for lack of jurisdiction. Ultimately, we expect this case to be coordinated or consolidated with the California case, or dismissed, as the California Court sees fit.
At the same hearing on November 14, 2018, the Texas Court granted EMED leave to amend its infringement contentions, following the IPR decision invalidating all but one claim of the ‘476 patent, in order to assert infringement of that sole remaining claim, namely dependent Claim 9. The Texas Court’s order allowing EMED’s amendment of its infringement contentions against us was entered on December 7, 2018.
The ED Texas ‘476 matter proceeded under EMED’s amended infringement contention to incorporate the surviving dependent Claim 9, which incorporates Claims 1 and 8 of the ‘476 patent, meaning that, to prove infringement on the part of us, EMED must prove more elements of infringement than it originally charged against us. In April 2019, EMED served its damages expert’s report opining that EMED’s past infringement damages amount to $1.5 million, and in May KORU Medical served its damages expert’s rebuttal report opining that EMED’s expert miscalculated damages which if properly calculated would amount to less than $100,000. The Texas Court had set a trial date of August 19, 2019, for the trial of the ED Texas ‘476 matter. On June 24, 2019, the Texas Court Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation decision finding no infringement, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, by KORU Medical’s accused products. EMED filed its objections on June 26, 2019. On June 28, 2019 the United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas issued a Final Judgment in favor of KORU Medical and adopted the decision of the Magistrate Judge that was issued on June 24, 2019, overruled EMED’s objections, awarded court costs to KORU Medical, and dismissed the case. A final judgment has been entered. KORU Medical has submitted its Bill of Costs for approximately $16,000 and moved to declare the case exceptional and for recovery of its attorney fees and expenses of approximately $2.3 million in defense of EMED’s assertion of the ‘476 Patent. EMED has objected to our Bill of Costs, opposed the motion for fees, and filed a notice of appeal of the non-infringement judgment to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On September 16, 2019, EMED filed its opening appeal brief. KORU Medical plans to oppose EMED’s appeal. The ED Texas court has stayed proceedings in the district court until the appeal process is completed. KORU Medical’s fee motion remains pending lifting of the stay.
The SDNY ‘576 matter proceeded in the New York court through claim construction on the ‘576 Patent, whereupon KORU Medical sought permission from the New York court to file a motion for summary judgement, to which EMED objected. The New York court granted KORU Medical’s request, and on July 10, 2019, KORU Medical filed its motion for summary judgement. EMED opposed that motion, and on August 30, 2019, the New York court granted summary judgement, and dismissed the lawsuit. A final judgement has been entered. KORU Medical has submitted a Bill of Costs for approximately $1,500, to which EMED has objected, and has moved the New York court to declare the case exceptional and for recovery of its attorney fees and expenses of at least $1.16 million. EMED has opposed that motion, which is now fully briefed and has been referred to a United States District Court Magistrate Judge to prepare a report and recommendation. EMED also has appealed the New York court’s judgment of non-infringement to the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, which matter is pending. EMED’s opening appeal brief is currently due November 8, 2019.
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As is required by the respective Courts in both the SDNY ‘576 matter and the ED Texas ‘476 matter, the parties are engaging in settlement discussions and have conducted a court-sponsored mediation session, which did not result in settlement.
Although we believe KORU Medical has meritorious claims and defenses in all of the above-described actions and proceedings, their outcomes cannot be predicted with any certainty. If any of these actions against us are successful, they could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common stock. The following are material changes to our risk factors since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018:
Our common stock is now listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market) and is no longer subject to penny stock regulations.
If we fail to continue to meet the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), our common stock may be delisted, which could have a material adverse effect on the liquidity of our common stock.
Our common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq has requirements that a company must meet in order to remain listed on Nasdaq. In particular, Nasdaq rules require us to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share of our common stock. If the closing bid price of our common stock were to fall below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive trading days or we do not meet other listing requirements, we would fail to be in compliance with Nasdaq listing standards. There can be no assurance that we will continue to meet the minimum bid price requirement, or any other requirement in the future. If we fail to meet the minimum bid price requirement, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC may initiate the delisting process. In addition, we may be unable to meet other applicable Nasdaq listing requirements, including maintaining minimum levels of stockholders’ equity or market values of our common stock in which case, our common stock could be delisted. If our common stock were to be delisted, the liquidity of our common stock would be adversely affected and the market price of our common stock could decrease.
PART II – ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On February 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company approved non-employee director compensation of $50,000 annually effective January 1, 2019, and an additional $10,000 annually for the chair of each Board committee effective February 20, 2019, in each case to be paid quarterly half in cash and half in common stock at the end of each fiscal quarter. The Company issued an aggregate of 12,447 and 47,143 shares of common stock to its non-employee directors during the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
Pursuant to Daniel S. Goldberger’s employment agreement dated October 12, 2018, on February 1, 2019, when Donald B. Pettigrew was appointed to President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Goldberger was awarded a performance bonus in the amount of $270,000, half in cash and half in common stock, to be paid on April 1, 2019. The number of shares of common stock issued was 90,604 based upon the closing price of the Common Stock of the Company on February 1, 2019 as reported by the OTCQX.
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, 350,000 options were issued to key employees under the Company’s 2015 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). There are 6,000,000 options authorized for issuance under the Plan. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, 95,000 options were exercised at an exercise price of $0.36.
The following table describes the options issued to Company key employees for the three months ended September 30, 2019:
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Date Issued | | Options Awarded | | Vesting Schedule | | Exercise Price $ |
7/1/2019 | | 250,000 | | Vest 25% annually on anniversary date | | 2.83 |
8/19/2019 | | 100,000 | | Vest 25% annually on anniversary date | | 3.15 |
All of the securities issued by the Company as described in this Item were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration under Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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PART II – ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
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31.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
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31.2 | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
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32.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
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32.2 | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
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101* | Interactive Data Files of Financial Statements and Notes. |
* In accordance with Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files in Exhibit 101 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed”.
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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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| REPRO MED SYSTEMS, INC. |
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November 6, 2019 | /s/ Donald B. Pettigrew |
| Donald B. Pettigrew, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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November 6, 2019 | /s/ Karen Fisher |
| Karen Fisher, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) |
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EXHIBIT 31.1
RULE 13A-14(A) / 15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION OF
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, Donald B. Pettigrew, Principal Executive Officer, certify that:
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1) | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Repro Med Systems, Inc. (the “Report”); |
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2) | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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3) | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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4) | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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5) | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: November 6, 2019
/s/ Donald B. Pettigrew
Donald B. Pettigrew
President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 31.2
RULE 13A-14(A) / 15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION OF
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, Karen Fisher, Principal Financial Officer, certify that:
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1) | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Repro Med Systems, Inc. (the “Report”); |
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2) | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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3) | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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4) | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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| (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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| (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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| (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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| (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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5) | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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| (a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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| (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: November 6, 2019
/s/ Karen Fisher
Karen Fisher
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADDED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Repro Med Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, Donald B. Pettigrew, Principal Executive Officer, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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| (1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
Date: November 6, 2019
/s/ Donald B. Pettigrew
Donald B. Pettigrew
President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADDED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Repro Med Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, I, Karen Fisher, Principal Financial Officer, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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| (1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
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| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
Date: November 6, 2019
/s/ Karen Fisher
Karen Fisher
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer