Per the License and Royalty Agreement with Lifecell, there is a $1,000,000 cap on the amount of royalty due to the Company per year and a $10,000,000 cap on the amount of royalties due to the Company for the term of the License and Royalty Agreement. Since inception of the License and Royalty Agreement, the Company has recorded approximately $6,700,000 in royalty income due under the terms of the License and Royalty Agreement, of which, Lifecell has paid the Company approximately $6,200,000 as of August 31, 2018. The balance of approximately $500,000 is reflected as Accounts Receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for the three months ended August 31, 2018 was $2,486,180 as compared to $1,977,475 for the same period in 2017, representing a 26% increase. Cost of sales includes wages and supplies associated with process enhancements to the existing production procedures and quality systems in the processing of cord blood specimens at the Company’s facility in Oldsmar, Florida and depreciation expense of approximately $42,000 and $25,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Also, included in Cost of Sales is $27,740 and $206,072 related to the costs associated with production of the Prepacyte®-CB processing and storage system for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2017, respectively. On July 12, 2017, the Company entered into a First Amendment to License Agreement (the “Amendment”) to pay $100,000 as royalties for the licenses granted and per the Amendment the license will be fully paid and no further royalty payments or license fees will be due or owed now or in the future. As of the three months ended August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2017, royalty expense associated with Prepacyte®-CB included in Cost of Sales is $0 and $94,800, respecitvely.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended August 31, 2018 were $4,390,614 as compared to $3,432,648 for the 2017 period, representing a 28% increase. Selling, general and administrative expenses is primarily comprised of expenses for selling and marketing expenses, salaries and wages for personnel and professional fees. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses is in part due to costs associated with the Purchase Agreement with CordUse. As of the three months ended August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2107, $735,000 and $0, respectively, of selling, general and administrative expenses are associated with the CordUse purchase. These expenses arenon-recurring expenses related to the acquisition of CordUse. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses is also due to an increase of approximately $354,000 in bad debt expense and an increase of approximately $163,000 in salaries.
Research, Development and Related Engineering Expenses. Research, development and related engineering expenses for the three months ended August 31, 2018 were $22,234 as compared to $226 for the 2017 period.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization (not included in Cost of Sales) for the three months ended August 31, 2018 was $52,072 compared to $33,359 for the 2017 period.
Interest Expense. Interest expense during the three months ended August 31, 2018, was $410,366 compared to $314,890 during the comparable quarter in 2017. Interest expense for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2017 consists of $232,946 and $134,162, respectively, related to the credit and subordination agreements with Texas Capital Bank, National Association and CrowdOut Capital LLC as described in Note 5. The remaining interest expense is comprised of amounts due to the parties to the Company’s revenue sharing agreements based on the Company’s storage revenue collected.
Income Taxes. U.S. income tax expense for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and August 31, 2017 was $244,749 and $437,326, respectively.
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