GEOVAX LABS, INC.
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Illinois
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incorporation or organization)
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2834
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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87-0455038
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1256 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, (404) 727-0971
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
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Robert T. McNally, Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
GeoVax Labs, Inc.
1256 Briarcliff Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
(404) 727-0971
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With a copy to:
T. Clark Fitzgerald III
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 3500
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 879-2455 |
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
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check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. o
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check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated
filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, par value $0.001
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The shares of our common stock being registered hereunder are being registered for sale by
the selling shareholder, as defined in the accompanying prospectus. |
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Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the last sale price of the Registrants
common stock as reported on the over-the-counter bulletin board on June 2, 2008. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary
to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically
states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 6, 2008.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling shareholder may
not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not
soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
40,161,020 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the sale of up to 40,161,020 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par
value, by Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. Fusion Capital is sometimes referred to in this prospectus
as the selling shareholder. The prices at which Fusion Capital may sell the shares will be
determined by the prevailing market price for the shares or in negotiated transactions. We will
not receive proceeds from the sale of our shares by Fusion Capital.
Our common stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board under the symbol GOVX. On June 2, 2008, the last
reported sale price for our common stock as reported on the over-the-counter bulletin board was
$0.20 per share.
Investing in the common stock involves certain risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page 3
for a discussion of these risks.
The selling shareholder is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus is ________, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and in any accompanying
prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
We have not authorized the selling shareholder to make an offer of these shares of common stock in
any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.
You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or prospectus supplement is accurate
as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and in any prospectus
supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information, and if
you receive any unauthorized information you should not rely on it. We have not authorized the
selling shareholder to make an offer of these shares in any place where the offer is not permitted.
The information appearing in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of
its date. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed
since that date.
Business
GeoVax Labs, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in research and
development activities with a mission to develop, license and commercialize the manufacture and
sale of human vaccines for diseases caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other
infectious agents. We have exclusively licensed from Emory University certain Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) vaccine technology that was developed in collaboration with the
National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Our vaccines, initially developed by Dr. Harriet Robinson at Emory University in collaboration
with researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease (NIAID), and the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are
recombinant DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and MVA (Modified Vaccinia Ankara) vaccines. Our focus is
on developing AIDS vaccines comprising the major HIV-1 subtypes (A, B and C). These vaccines could
be used alone or as combinations depending on a local infection. Subtype B is most common in North
America, the EU, Japan and Australia and is our first priority.
When properly administered in series, these AIDS vaccines induce strong cellular and humoral
immunity (protection) in non human primates against multiple HIV-1 proteins (AIDS virus
components). This suggests that our vaccines could provide protection against the development of
AIDS in HIV-1 virus infected people.
The Offering
On May 8, 2008, we entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital Fund II,
LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (Fusion Capital). Under the purchase agreement, Fusion
Capital is obligated, under certain conditions, to purchase shares from us in an aggregate amount
of up to $10.0 million from time to time over a twenty-five (25) month period. Under the terms of
the purchase agreement, Fusion Capital has received a commitment fee consisting of 2,480,510 shares
of our common stock. Also, we will issue to Fusion Capital up to an additional 2,480,510 shares as
a commitment fee pro rata as we receive the up to $10.0 million of future funding. As of May 31,
2008, 743,414,888 shares of our common stock were outstanding (including shares held by
non-affiliates) excluding the up to 37,480,510 of the shares offered by Fusion Capital pursuant to
this Prospectus which we have not yet issued to Fusion Capital. If all of such 37,480,510 shares
were issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, the 40,161,020 shares offered hereby would
represent 4.8% of the total common stock outstanding or 9.2% of the non-affiliate shares
outstanding as of the date hereof. The number of shares ultimately offered for sale by Fusion
Capital is dependent upon the number of shares purchased by Fusion Capital under the purchase
agreement.
Under the purchase agreement and the related registration rights agreement we are required to
register and have included in the offering pursuant to this Prospectus:
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2,480,510 shares which were issued as a commitment fee; |
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200,000 shares which we issued to Fusion Capital as an expense reimbursement; |
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an additional 2,480,510 shares which we may issue in the future as a commitment fee
pro rata as we receive the up to $10.0 million of future funding; and |
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35.0 million shares which we may sell to Fusion Capital after this registration
statement is declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act). |
All 40,161,020 shares are being offered pursuant to this Prospectus. Under the Purchase
Agreement, we have the right but not the obligation to sell more than the 35.0 million shares to
Fusion Capital. As of the date hereof, we do not have any plans or intent to sell to Fusion Capital
any shares beyond this 35.0 million shares. However, if we elect to sell more than the 35.0 million
shares, we must first register under the Securities Act any additional shares we may elect to sell
to Fusion Capital before we can sell such additional shares, which could cause substantial dilution
to our shareholders.
We do not have the right to commence any sales of our shares to Fusion Capital until the SEC
has declared effective the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part. After the SEC
has declared effective such registration statement, generally we have the right but not the
obligation from time to time to sell our shares to Fusion Capital in amounts between $80,000 and
$1.0 million depending on certain conditions. We have the right to control the timing and amount of
any sales of our shares to Fusion Capital, subject to certain limitations. The purchase price of
the shares will be determined pursuant to a formula based upon the market price of our shares
without any fixed discount at the time of each sale. Fusion Capital shall not have the right nor
the obligation to purchase any shares of our common stock on any business day that the price of our
common stock is below $0.05. There are no negative covenants, restrictions on future fundings,
penalties or liquidated damages in the purchase agreement or the registration rights agreement. The
purchase agreement may be terminated by us at any time at our discretion without any cost to us.
We are an Illinois corporation. On March 11, 2008 our Board of Directors determined that it
would be in the best interests of our company and our shareholders to reincorporate in Delaware.
In order to accomplish this reincorporation, we are forming a corporation in Delaware called GeoVax
Labs, Inc.
In conjunction with the reincorporation in Delaware our Board of Directors unanimously adopted
and approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger of GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and
GeoVax Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Reincorporation Merger Agreement). We submitted
this proposal to our shareholders by means of our definitive proxy statement dated April 25, 2008.
The purpose of the Reincorporation Merger Agreement is to change the domicile of our company from
Illinois to Delaware. Provided that the reincorporation is approved by our shareholders at our
annual meeting on June 17, 2008, and the Board of Directors does not exercise its right to
terminate the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, the Reincorporation Merger Agreement will be
entered into, and the reincorporation merger will be consummated as soon as practicable after the
annual meeting of shareholders.
As used herein, GeoVax, the Company, we, our and similar terms include GeoVax Labs,
Inc., an Illinois corporation, and its subsidiaries, and after the reincorporation GeoVax Labs,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Our principal executive offices are located at 1256 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia
30306. Our telephone number is (404) 727-0971. The address of our website is
www.geovax.com. Information on our website is not part of this prospectus.
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and other factors described below
before you decide whether to buy shares of our common stock. Any of the factors could materially
and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects and could
negatively impact the market price of our common stock. Also, you should be aware that the risks
and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and
uncertainties, of which we are not yet aware, or that we currently consider to be immaterial, may
also impair our business operations. You should also refer to the other information contained in
and incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements and the
related notes.
Risks Related to Our Financial Results and Need for Additional Financing
We have a history of operating losses, and we expect losses to continue for the foreseeable future.
Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends on our ability to complete
successfully the development of our product candidates, conduct preclinical tests and clinical
trials, obtain the necessary regulatory approvals and manufacture and market the resulting
products. We have had no product revenue to date. We have experienced operating losses since we
began operations in 2001. As of March 31, 2008, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately
$11.2 million. We expect to incur additional operating losses and expect cumulative losses to
increase as our research and development, preclinical, clinical, manufacturing and marketing
efforts expand.
Our business will require continued funding. If we do not receive adequate funding, we will not be
able to continue our operations.
To date, we have financed our operations principally through the private placement of equity
securities and through government grants. We will require substantial additional financing at
various intervals for our operations, including for clinical trials, for operating expenses
including intellectual property protection and enforcement, for pursuit of regulatory approvals and
for establishing or contracting out manufacturing, marketing and sales functions. There is no
assurance that such additional funding will be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we
are not able to secure the significant funding that is required to maintain and continue our
operations at current levels or at levels that may be required in the future, we may be required to
delay clinical studies, curtail operations or obtain funds through collaborative arrangements that
may require us to relinquish rights to some of our products or potential markets.
We only have the right to receive $80,000 every 4 business days under the agreement with
Fusion Capital unless the market price of our stock equals or exceeds $0.11, in which case we can
sell greater amounts to Fusion Capital as the market price of our common stock increases. Fusion
Capital shall not have the right nor the obligation to purchase any shares of our common stock on
any business day that the market price of our common stock is less than $0.05. Since we are
registering 35.0 million of our shares for sale to Fusion Capital, our sale price of these shares
to Fusion Capital will have to average at least $0.286 per share for us to receive the maximum
proceeds of $10.0 million. Assuming a sale price of $0.20 per share (the closing sale price of the
common stock on June 2, 2008) and the purchase by Fusion Capital of the full 35.0 million shares
under the common stock purchase agreement, proceeds to us would only be $7.0 million. unless we
choose to register and sell more than 35.0 million shares, which we have the right, but not the
obligation, to do. Subject to approval by our Board of Directors, we have the right but not the
obligation to sell more than 35.0 million shares to Fusion Capital. In the event we elect to sell
more than 35.0 million shares, we will be required to file a new registration statement and have it
declared effective by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
The extent we rely on Fusion Capital as a source of funding will depend on a number of factors
including, the prevailing market price of our common stock and the extent to which we are able to
secure working capital from other sources, such as through the sale of our products. Specifically,
Fusion Capital shall not have the right nor the obligation to purchase any shares of our common
stock on any business days that the stock sale price of our common stock is less than $0.05. If
obtaining sufficient financing from Fusion Capital were to prove unavailable or prohibitively
dilutive and if we are unable to commercialize and sell enough of our products, we will need to
secure another source of funding in order to satisfy our working capital needs. Even if we are
able to access the full $10.0 million under the common stock purchase agreement with Fusion
Capital, we may still need additional capital
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to fully implement our business, operating and development plans. Should the financing we
require to sustain our working capital needs be unavailable or prohibitively expensive when we
require it, the consequences could be a material adverse effect on our business, operating results,
financial condition and prospects.
Risks Related to Development and Commercialization of Product Candidates and Dependence on Third
Parties
Our products are still being developed and are unproven. These products may not be successful.
In order to become profitable, we must generate revenue through sales of our products, however
our products are in varying stages of development and testing. Our products have not been proven in
human research trials and have not been approved by any government agency for sale. If we cannot
successfully develop and prove our products, and if we do not develop other sources of revenue, we
will not become profitable and at some point we would discontinue operations.
We have sold no products or generated any product revenues and we do not anticipate any significant
revenues to be generated in the foreseeable future.
We have conducted pre-clinical trials and are conducting clinical trials and will continue to
do so for several more years before we are able to commercialize our technology. Although we have
recognized revenues from government grants, there can be no assurance that we will ever generate
significant product revenues.
Whether we are successful will be dependent, in part, upon the leadership provided by our
management. If we were to lose the services of any of these individuals, our business and
operations may be adversely affected.
Whether our business will be successful will be dependent, in part, upon the leadership
provided by our officers, particularly our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, members
of our Board of Directors and our primary scientist. The loss of the services of these individuals
may have an adverse effect on our operations.
Regulatory and legal uncertainties could result in significant costs or otherwise harm our
business.
In order to manufacture and sell our products, we must comply with extensive international and
domestic regulation. In order to sell our products in the United States, approval from the FDA is
required. The FDA approval process is expensive and time-consuming. We cannot predict whether our
products will be approved by the FDA. Even if they are approved, we cannot predict the time frame
for approval. Foreign regulatory requirements differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may, in
some cases, be more stringent or difficult to meet than FDA requirements. As with the FDA, we
cannot predict if or when we may obtain these regulatory approvals. If we cannot demonstrate that
our products can be used safely and successfully in a broad segment of the patient population on a
long-term basis, our products would likely be denied approval by the FDA and the regulatory
agencies of foreign governments.
We will face intense competition and rapid technological change that could result in products that
are superior to the products we will be commercializing or developing.
The market for vaccines that protect against HIV/AIDS is intensely competitive and is subject
to rapid and significant technological change. We will have numerous competitors in the United
States and abroad, including, among others, large companies with substantially greater resources
than us. These competitors may develop technologies and products that are more effective or less
costly than any of our future products or that could render our products obsolete or
noncompetitive. We expect most of these competitors to have substantially more resources than us.
In addition, the pharmaceutical industry continues to experience consolidation, resulting in an
increasing number of larger, more diversified companies than us. Among other things, these
companies can spread their research and development costs over much broader revenue bases than we
can and can influence customer and distributor buying decisions.
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Our products may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payors and
the medical community. Significant factors in determining whether we will be able to compete
successfully include:
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Our product candidates are based on new technology and, consequently, are inherently risky.
Concerns about the safety and efficacy of our products could limit our future success.
We are subject to the risks of failure inherent in the development of product candidates based
on new technologies. These risks include the possibility that the products we create will not be
effective, that our product candidates will be unsafe or otherwise fail to receive the necessary
regulatory approvals or that our product candidates will be hard to manufacture on a large scale or
will be uneconomical to market.
Many pharmaceutical products cause multiple potential complications and side effects, not all
of which can be predicted with accuracy and many of which may vary from patient to patient. Long
term follow-up data may reveal additional complications associated with our products. The
responses of potential physicians and others to information about complications could materially
affect the market acceptance of our products, which in turn would materially harm our business.
Because we cannot predict whether or when we will obtain regulatory approval to commercialize our
product candidates, we cannot predict the timing of any future revenue from these product
candidates.
We cannot commercialize any of our product candidates until the appropriate regulatory
authorities have reviewed and approved the applications for the product candidates. The regulatory
agencies may not complete their review processes in a timely manner and we may not obtain
regulatory approval for any product candidate we or our collaborators develop. Satisfaction of
regulatory requirements typically takes many years, if approval is obtained at all, is dependent
upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product and requires the expenditure of substantial
resources. Regulatory approval processes outside the United States may include all of the risks
associated with the FDA approval process. In addition, we may experience delays or rejections based
upon additional government regulation from future legislation or administrative action or changes
in FDA policy during the period of product development, clinical trials and FDA regulatory review.
The FDA has substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application
or may decide that our data is insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical,
clinical or other studies. In addition, varying interpretations of the data obtained from
preclinical and clinical testing could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval of a product
candidate.
We may experience delays in our clinical trials that could adversely affect our financial results
and our commercial prospects.
We do not know whether planned clinical trials will begin on time or whether we will complete
any of our clinical trials on schedule or at all. Product development costs will increase if we
have delays in testing or approvals or if we need to perform more or larger clinical trials than
planned. Significant delays may adversely affect our financial results and the commercial prospects
for our products, and delay our ability to become profitable.
We rely heavily on the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), independent clinical investigators,
and other third party service providers for successful execution of our clinical trials, but do not
control many aspects of their activities. We are responsible for ensuring that each of our clinical
trials is conducted in accordance with the general investigational plan and protocols for the
trial. Moreover, the FDA requires us to comply with standards, commonly referred to as Good
Clinical Practices, for conducting and recording and reporting the results of clinical trials to
assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity and
confidentiality of trial participants are protected. Our reliance on third parties that we do not
control does not relieve us of these responsibilities and requirements. Third parties may not
complete activities on schedule, or may not conduct our
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clinical trials in accordance with regulatory requirements or our stated protocols. The
failure of these third parties to carry out their obligations could delay or prevent the
development, approval and commercialization of our product candidates.
Unsuccessful or delayed regulatory approvals required to exploit the commercial potential of our
products could increase our future development costs or impair our future sales.
None of our products or technologies have been approved by the FDA for sales in the United
States or in foreign countries. To exploit the commercial potential of our technologies, we are
conducting and planning to conduct additional pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. This
process is expensive and can require a significant amount of time. Failure can occur at any stage
of testing, even if the results are favorable. Failure to adequately demonstrate safety and
efficacy in clinical trials would prevent regulatory approval and restrict our ability to
commercialize our technologies. Any such failure may severely harm our business. In addition, any
approvals we obtain may not cover all of the clinical indications for which approval is sought, or
may contain significant limitations in the form of narrow indications, warnings, precautions or
contraindications with respect to conditions of use, or in the form of onerous risk management
plans, restrictions on distribution, or post-approval study requirements.
State pharmaceutical marketing compliance and reporting requirements may expose us to regulatory
and legal action by state governments or other government authorities.
In recent years, several states, including California, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico
and West Virginia, have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to establish
marketing compliance programs and file periodic reports on sales, marketing, pricing and other
activities. Similar legislation is being considered in other states. Many of these requirements are
new and uncertain, and available guidance is limited. Unless we are in full compliance with these
laws, we could face enforcement action and fines and other penalties and could receive adverse
publicity, all of which could harm our business.
We may be subject to new federal and state legislation to submit information on our open and
completed clinical trials to public registries and databases.
In 1997, a public registry of open clinical trials involving drugs intended to treat serious
or life-threatening diseases or conditions was established under the Food and Drug Administration
Modernization Act, or the FDMA, in order to promote public awareness of and access to these
clinical trials. Under the FDMA, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other trial sponsors are required
to post the general purpose of these trials, as well as the eligibility criteria, location and
contact information of the trials. Since the establishment of this registry, there has been
significant public debate focused on broadening the types of trials included in this or other
registries, as well as providing for public access to clinical trial results. A voluntary coalition
of medical journal editors has adopted a resolution to publish results only from those trials that
have been registered with a no-cost, publicly accessible database, such as www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Federal legislation was introduced in the fall of 2004 to expand www.clinicaltrials.gov and to
require the inclusion of study results in this registry. The Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America has also issued voluntary principles for its members to make results from
certain clinical studies publicly available and has established a website for this purpose. Other
groups have adopted or are considering similar proposals for clinical trial registration and the
posting of clinical trial results. Failure to comply with any clinical trial posting requirements
could expose us to negative publicity, fines and other penalties, all of which could materially
harm our business.
We will face uncertainty related to pricing and reimbursement and health care reform.
In both domestic and foreign markets, sales of our products will depend in part on the
availability of reimbursement from third-party payors such as government health administration
authorities, private health insurers, health maintenance organizations and other health
care-related organizations. Reimbursement by such payors is presently undergoing reform and there
is significant uncertainty at this time how this will affect sales of certain pharmaceutical
products.
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Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental healthcare programs govern drug coverage and
reimbursement levels in the United States. Federal law requires all pharmaceutical manufacturers to
rebate a percentage of their revenue arising from Medicaid-reimbursed drug sales to individual
states. Generic drug manufacturers agreements with federal and state governments provide that the
manufacturer will remit to each state Medicaid agency, on a quarterly basis, 11% of the average
manufacturer price for generic products marketed and sold under abbreviated new drug applications
covered by the states Medicaid program. For proprietary products, which are marketed and sold
under new drug applications, manufacturers are required to rebate the greater of (a) 15.1% of the
average manufacturer price or (b) the difference between the average manufacturer price and the
lowest manufacturer price for products sold during a specified period.
Both the federal and state governments in the United States and foreign governments continue
to propose and pass new legislation, rules and regulations designed to contain or reduce the cost
of health care. Existing regulations that affect the price of pharmaceutical and other medical
products may also change before any products are approved for marketing. Cost control initiatives
could decrease the price that we receive for any product developed in the future. In addition,
third-party payors are increasingly challenging the price and cost-effectiveness of medical
products and services and litigation has been filed against a number of pharmaceutical companies in
relation to these issues. Additionally, some uncertainty may exist as to the reimbursement status
of newly approved injectable pharmaceutical products. Our products may not be considered cost
effective or adequate third-party reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain price
levels sufficient to realize an adequate return on our investment.
We may not be successful in establishing collaborations for product candidates we may seek to
commercialize, which could adversely affect our ability to discover, develop and commercialize
products.
We expect to seek collaborations for the development and commercialization of product
candidates in the future. The timing and terms of any collaboration will depend on the evaluation
by prospective collaborators of the trial results and other aspects of our vaccines safety and
efficacy profile. If we are unable to reach agreements with suitable collaborators for any product
candidate, we would be forced to fund the entire development and commercialization of such product
candidates, and we may not have the resources to do so. If resource constraints require us to enter
into a collaboration early in the development of a product candidate, we may be forced to accept a
more limited share of any revenues this product may eventually generate. We face significant
competition in seeking appropriate collaborators. Moreover, these collaboration arrangements are
complex and time-consuming to negotiate and document. We may not be successful in our efforts to
establish collaborations or other alternative arrangements for any product candidate. Even if we
are successful in establishing collaborations, we may not be able to ensure fulfillment by
collaborators of their obligations or our expectations.
We do not have sales and marketing experience and our lack of experience may restrict our success
in commercializing our product candidates.
We do not have experience in marketing or selling vaccines. We may be unable to establish
satisfactory arrangements for marketing, sales and distribution capabilities necessary to
commercialize and gain market acceptance for our products. To obtain the expertise necessary to
successfully market and sell our vaccines, will require the development of our own commercial
infrastructure and/or collaborative commercial arrangements and partnerships. Our ability to make
that investment and also execute our current operating plan is dependent on numerous factors,
including, the performance of third party collaborators with whom we may contract. Accordingly, we
may not have sufficient funds to successfully commercialize our vaccines in the United States or
elsewhere.
We may be required to defend lawsuits or pay damages for product liability claims.
Product liability is a major risk in testing and marketing biotechnology and pharmaceutical
products. We may face substantial product liability exposure in human clinical trials and for
products that we sell after regulatory approval. We carry product liability insurance and we
expect to continue such policies. Product liability claims, regardless of their merits, could
exceed policy limits, divert managements attention, and adversely affect our reputation and the
demand for our products.
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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Other parties may claim that we infringe their intellectual property or proprietary rights, which
could cause us to incur significant expenses or prevent us from selling products.
Our success will depend in part on our ability to operate without infringing the patents and
proprietary rights of third parties. The manufacture, use and sale of new products have been
subject to substantial patent rights litigation in the pharmaceutical industry. These lawsuits
generally relate to the validity and infringement of patents or proprietary rights of third
parties. Infringement litigation is prevalent with respect to generic versions of products for
which the patent covering the brand name product is expiring, particularly since many companies
which market generic products focus their development efforts on products with expiring patents.
Pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, universities, research institutions or other
third parties may have filed patent applications or may have been granted patents that cover
aspects of our products or our licensors products, product candidates or other technologies.
Future or existing patents issued to third parties may contain patent claims that conflict
with our products. We expect to be subject to infringement claims from time to time in the ordinary
course of business, and third parties could assert infringement claims against us in the future
with respect to our current products or with respect to products that we may develop or license.
Litigation or interference proceedings could force us to:
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Any litigation or interference proceedings, regardless of their outcome, would likely delay the
regulatory approval process, be costly and require significant time and attention of our key
management and technical personnel.
Any inability to protect intellectual property rights in the United States and foreign countries
could limit our ability to manufacture or sell products.
We will rely on trade secrets, unpatented proprietary know-how, continuing technological
innovation and, in some cases, patent protection to preserve a competitive position. Our patents
and licensed patent rights may be challenged, invalidated, infringed or circumvented, and the
rights granted in those patents may not provide proprietary protection or competitive advantages to
us. We and our licensors may not be able to develop patentable products. Even if patent claims are
allowed, the claims may not issue, or in the event of issuance, may not be sufficient to protect
the technology owned by or licensed to us. If patents containing competitive or conflicting claims
are issued to third parties, we may be prevented from commercializing the products covered by such
patents, or may be required to obtain or develop alternate technology. In addition, other parties
may duplicate, design around or independently develop similar or alternative technologies.
We may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing or using our intellectual
property, and the parties from whom we may license intellectual property may not be able to prevent
third parties from infringing or using the licensed intellectual property. We generally will
attempt to control and limit access to, and the distribution of, our product documentation and
other proprietary information. Despite efforts to protect this proprietary information, however,
unauthorized parties may obtain and use information that we may regard as proprietary. Other
parties may independently develop similar know-how or may even obtain access to these technologies.
The laws of some foreign countries do not protect proprietary information to the same extent
as the laws of the United States, and many companies have encountered significant problems and
costs in protecting their proprietary information in these foreign countries.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the courts have not established a consistent policy
regarding the breadth of claims allowed in pharmaceutical patents. The allowance of broader claims
may increase the incidence
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and cost of patent interference proceedings and the risk of infringement litigation. On the
other hand, the allowance of narrower claims may limit the value of our proprietary rights.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
The sale of our common stock to Fusion Capital may cause dilution and the sale of the shares of
common stock acquired by Fusion Capital could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
In connection with entering into the agreement, we authorized the sale to Fusion Capital of up
to 35.0 million shares of our common stock. The number of shares ultimately offered for sale by
Fusion Capital under this prospectus is dependent upon the number of shares purchased by Fusion
Capital under the agreement. The purchase price for the common stock to be sold to Fusion Capital
pursuant to the common stock purchase agreement will fluctuate based on the price of our common
stock. All 40,161,020 shares registered in this offering are expected to be freely tradable when
sold pursuant to this prospectus. It is anticipated that shares registered in this offering will
be sold over a period of up to 25 months from the date of this prospectus. The 2,480,510 shares
issued as an initial commitment fee may not be sold by Fusion Capital until the earlier of 500 days
from May 8, 2008, or the termination of the common stock purchase agreement, subject to certain
exceptions. Depending upon market liquidity at the time, a sale of shares under this offering at
any given time could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline. Fusion Capital may
ultimately acquire all, some or none of the 37,480,510 shares of common stock not yet issued but
registered in this offering. After it has acquired such shares, it may sell all, some or none of
such shares. Therefore, sales to Fusion Capital by us under the agreement may result in substantial
dilution to the interests of other holders of our common stock.
The agreement with Fusion Capital may adversely impact our other fundraising initiatives.
The sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock under this offering, or
anticipation of such sales, could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related
securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish to effect sales.
However, we have the right to control the timing and amount of any sales of our shares to Fusion
Capital and the agreement may be terminated by us at any time at our discretion without any cost to
us.
The market price of our common stock is highly volatile.
The market price of our common stock has been and is expected to continue to be highly
volatile. Factors, including announcements of technological innovations by us or other companies,
regulatory matters, new or existing products or procedures, concerns about our financial position,
operating results, litigation, government regulation, developments or disputes relating to
agreements, patents or proprietary rights, may have a significant impact on the market price of our
stock. In addition, potential dilutive effects of future sales of shares of common stock by
shareholders and by the Company, including Fusion Capital pursuant to this prospectus and
subsequent sale of common stock by the holders of warrants and options could have an adverse effect
on the market price of our shares.
Our common stock is and likely will remain subject to the SECs Penny Stock rules, which may make
our shares more difficult to sell.
Because the price of our common stock is currently and may remain less than $5.00 per share,
it is classified as a penny stock. The SEC rules regarding penny stocks may have the effect of
reducing trading activity in our shares, making it more difficult for investors to sell. Under
these rules, broker-dealers who recommend such securities to persons other than institutional
accredited investors must:
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associated with investing in penny stocks and which describe the market for these
penny stocks as well as a purchasers legal remedies; |
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obtain a signed and dated acknowledgement from the purchaser demonstrating that the
purchaser has received the required risk disclosure document before a transaction in a
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These rules make it more difficult for broker-dealers to effectuate customer transactions and
trading activity in our securities and may result in a lower trading volume of our common stock and
lower trading prices.
The sale of our common stock to Fusion Capital may not be possible when we need it, thus limiting
our ability to continue our product development and commercialization.
We cannot begin sales of our common stock to Fusion Capital until the effectiveness of the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and the common stock purchase agreement
may be terminated in the event of a default under the agreement. In addition, we may not require
Fusion Capital to purchase any shares of our common stock if the purchase price is less than $0.05
per share. Thus, we may be unable to sell shares of our common stock to Fusion Capital when we need
the funds, and that could severely harm our business and financial condition and our ability to
continue to develop and commercialize our products. See The Fusion Transaction.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information contained in this prospectus, including the information incorporated by
reference into this prospectus, includes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private
Securities Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such
as may, will, expect, intend, anticipate, believe, estimate, continue, plan and
similar expressions. These statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed for the reasons described in this
prospectus. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
You should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those contained in
the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including:
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We have a history of operating losses, and we expect losses to continue for the
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Our business will require continued funding. If we do not receive adequate funding,
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Our products are still being developed and are unproven. These products may not be
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We have sold no products or generated any product revenues and we do not anticipate
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Whether we are successful will be dependent, in part, upon the leadership provided
by our management. If we were to lose the services of any of these individuals, our
business and operations may be adversely affected; |
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Regulatory and legal uncertainties could result in significant costs or otherwise
harm our business; |
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We will face intense competition and rapid technological change that could result in
products that are superior to the products we will be commercializing or developing; |
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Our product candidates are based on new technology and, consequently, are inherently
risky. Concerns about the safety and efficacy of our products could limit our future
success; |
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Because we cannot predict whether or when we will obtain regulatory approval to
commercialize our product candidates, we cannot predict the timing of any future
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We may experience delays in our clinical trials that could adversely affect our
financial results and our commercial prospects; |
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Unsuccessful or delayed regulatory approvals required to exploit the commercial
potential of our products could increase our future development costs or impair our
future sales; |
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We may be subject to new federal and state legislation to submit information on our
open and completed clinical trials to public registries and databases; |
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We will face uncertainty related to pricing and reimbursement and health care
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We do not have sales and marketing experience and our lack of experience may
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Other parties may claim that we infringe their intellectual property or proprietary
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the shares of common stock acquired by Fusion Capital could cause the price of our
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You should also consider carefully the statements under Risk Factors and other sections of
this prospectus, which address additional factors that could cause our actual results to differ
from those set forth in the forward-looking statements and could materially and adversely affect
our business, operating results and financial condition. All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly
qualified in their entirety by the applicable cautionary statements.
The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except
to the extent required by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement
is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, we cannot assess the
impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors,
may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements.
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BUSINESS
GeoVax is a clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in research and development
activities with a mission to develop, license and commercialize the manufacture and sale of human
vaccines for diseases caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other infectious agents.
We have exclusively licensed from Emory University certain Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) vaccine technology that was developed in collaboration with the National Institutes of
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
GeoVax was originally incorporated under the name of Dauphin Technology, Inc. (Dauphin).
Until December 2003, Dauphin marketed mobile hand-held, pen-based computers and broadband set-top
boxes and provided private, interactive cable systems to the extended stay hospitality industry.
Dauphin was unsuccessful and its operations were terminated in December 2003. On September 28,
2006, Dauphin completed a merger (the Merger) with GeoVax, Inc. Pursuant to the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, GeoVax, Inc. merged with and into GeoVax Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Dauphin. As a result of the Merger, the shareholders of GeoVax, Inc. exchanged their
shares of common stock for Dauphin common stock and GeoVax, Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Dauphin. In connection with the Merger, Dauphin changed its name to GeoVax Labs, Inc., replaced
most of its officers and directors with those of GeoVax, Inc. and moved its offices to Atlanta,
Georgia. GeoVax, Inc. remains in existence as our wholly-owned subsidiary and conducts most of our
business. We currently do not plan to conduct any business other than GeoVax, Inc.s business of
developing new products for the treatment or prevention of human diseases.
Overview of HIV/AIDS
What is HIV?
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a retrovirus that carries its genetic code in the form
of RNA (ribonucleic acid). Retroviruses use RNA and the reverse transcriptase enzyme to create DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) from the RNA template. The HIV virus invades a human cell and produces its
viral DNA which is subsequently inserted into the genetic material (chromosomes) of the cell. This
infection converts helper T-cells (a type of white blood cell) from immunity producing cells into
cells that produce and release HIV virus particles into the blood stream destroying the immune
defense system of the individual.
There are several AIDS-causing HIV-1 virus subtypes, or clades, that are found in different
regions of the world. These subtypes are identified as subtype A, subtype B on through C, D, E, F,
etc. The predominant subtype found in Europe, North America, South America, Japan and Australia is
B whereas the predominant subtypes in Africa are A and C. In India the predominant subtype is C.
Each subtype is at least 20% different in its genetic sequence from other subtypes. These
differences may mean that vaccines against one subtype may only be partially effective against
other subtypes.
HIV-1, even within subtypes, has a high rate of variation or mutation. In drug treatment
programs, virus mutation can result in virus escape, thereby rendering drug therapy ineffective.
Hence, multi-drug therapy is very important. If several drugs are active against virus replication,
the virus must undergo multiple simultaneous mutations to escape which is very unlikely. The same
is true for immune responses. HIV-1 can escape single target immune responses. However, if an
immune response is directed against multiple targets (epitopes), virus escape is much less
frequent. Vaccination against more than one of the proteins found in HIV-1 maximizes the number of
targets for the immune response and increases the chance that HIV will not escape the
vaccine-stimulated immune response, thus resulting in protection against clinical AIDS.
What is AIDS?
AIDS is the final, life-threatening stage of infection with the virus known as HIV-1.
Infection with HIV-1 severely damages the immune system, the bodys defense against disease. HIV-1
infects and gradually destroys T-cells and macrophages, white blood cells that play key roles in
protecting humans against infectious disease caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and other
micro-organisms.
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Opportunistic infections by organisms, normally posing no problem for control by a healthy
immune system, can ravage persons with immune systems damaged by HIV-1 infections. Destruction of
the immune system occurs over years; the average onset of the clinical disease recognized as AIDS
occurs after 3-10 years of HIV-1 infection but can be earlier or later.
AIDS in humans was first identified in the US in 1981, but researchers believe that it was
present in Central Africa as early as 1959. AIDS is most often transmitted sexually from one person
to another but it is also transmitted by blood in shared needles (drug users) and through pregnancy
and childbirth. Heterosexual activity is the most frequent route of transmission worldwide.
Viral load is the best indicator of the speed with which an individual will progress to AIDS,
as well as the frequency with which an individual will spread infection. An estimated 1% or fewer
of those infected have low enough levels of the virus to preclude progression to disease and to not
transmit the infection (they are called long-term non-progressors).
AIDS is considered by many in the scientific and medical community to be the most lethal
infectious disease in the world. According to the 2007 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
published by UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), the total number of people
living with HIV is 33.2 million globally with approximately 2.5 million infected in 2007 alone, the
most recent year reported. Approximately 25 million people infected with HIV have died since the
start of the HIV pandemic in 1981. According to International AIDS Vaccine Research Institute
(IAVI) in a model developed with Advanced Marketing Commitment (AMC) dated June 2005, the global
market for a safe and effective AIDS vaccine is estimated at approximately $4 billion.
The standard approach to treating HIV infection has been to lower viral loads by using drugs,
reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) and protease inhibitors (PIs), or a combination of
these drugs, to inhibit two of the viral enzymes that are necessary for the virus to reproduce.
However, HIV is prone to genetic changes that can produce strains of HIV that are resistant to
currently approved RTIs and PIs. HIV that is resistant to one drug within a class can become
resistant to the entire class, meaning that it may be impossible to re-establish suppression of a
genetically altered strain by substituting different RTI and PI combinations. Furthermore, these
treatments continue to have significant limitations, such as viral resistance, toxicity and patient
non-adherence to the treatment regimens. As a result, over time, many patients develop intolerance
to these medications or simply give up taking the medications due to the side effects.
According to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the cost and complexity of new
treatment advances for AIDS puts them out of reach for most people in the countries where treatment
is needed the most and as noted above, in industrialized nations, where drugs are more readily
available, side effects and increased rates of viral resistance have raised concerns about their
long term use. AIDS vaccines, therefore, are seen by many as the most promising way to end the
HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is expected that vaccines for HIV/AIDS, once developed, will be used
internationally by any organization that provides health care services, including hospitals,
medical clinics, the military, prisons and schools.
AIDS Vaccines Being Developed by the Company
Our vaccines, initially developed by Dr. Harriet Robinson at Emory University in collaboration
with researchers at the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), and the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
are recombinant DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and MVA (Modified Vaccinia Ankara) vaccines. Our focus
is on developing AIDS vaccines comprising the major HIV-1 subtypes (A, B and C). These vaccines
could be used alone or as combinations depending on a local infection. Subtype B is most common in
North America, the EU, Japan and Australia and is our first priority.
When properly administered in series, these AIDS vaccines induce strong cellular and humoral
immunity against the two major HIV-1 proteins, Gag and Env. In non human primate models
vaccinations have been done in non-infected macaque monkeys to prevent the development of disease
should they become infected (Preventative Vaccination) as well as in already infected macaque
monkeys who are on drugs to allow control of virus in the absence of drugs (Therapeutic
Vaccination). Both applications have met with success. The preventative
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immunizations have controlled both SHIV (chimeras of SIV and HIV virus) and SIV infections.
The therapeutic vaccine, which has only been tested with SIV infections, is most effective when
the vaccination regimen is initiated before the destruction of the immune system by the infection.
Because of the difficulty raising antibodies that are capable of totally blocking natural
HIV-1 infections, the GeoVax vaccine approach has focused on raising cellular immune responses in
addition to antibodies, which together better control HIV-1 infections (prevent AIDS) than either
alone. Vaccine induced cellular immune responses are mediated by white blood cells in the body
called T-cells that recognize and respond to the presence of foreign proteins presented by an
infection such as the HIV-1 virus. CD8 T-cells directly combat these infections by destroying HIV
infected cells, while CD4 T-cells provide growth factors that support activation and maintenance of
CD8 T-cell responses. Proteins produced in the cells of a person are the best substrates for
raising CD8 T-cell responses. GeoVax vaccines are expressed in cells of the vaccinated person by
genetically engineered DNA vaccines and live viral vector MVA vaccines.
Our method of stimulating high T-cell frequencies and antibodies in the vaccinated person is
to combine DNA vaccine priming with a recombinant live virus MVA vaccine boost. This prime/boost
combination elicits protective immune responses in preclinical monkey models and holds high promise
for eliciting responses that will protect humans against the development of HIV/AIDS.
DNA as the Priming Vaccine
Proteins that are produced in host cells of the body are the best substrates for raising CD8
T-cell responses. The GeoVax vaccine achieves this cellular stimulation by using DNA vaccines
and/or live viral vectors (MVA) as a system to stimulate T-cells to destroy HIV-1 viruses when they
appear in the body. An effective method for stimulating high frequencies of T-cells in conjunction
with antibodies is to combine DNA priming of the immune response with a recombinant live virus
vectored booster (rMVA) of the immune response.
Priming with GeoVaxs HIV-1/DNA vaccine focuses the immune response on the HIV-1 components
(proteins) expressed by the DNA The proteins expressed by the DNA pose no known risk for infection
because they comprise only part of the AIDS virus. The DNA prime is followed by injection of
GeoVaxs HIV-1/MVA live virus vector booster which enhances the primed response in two ways by
expressing larger amounts of antigen than can be achieved with DNA alone, and by the infection
stimulating pro-inflammatory response that enhances immunity in the individual.
MVA Booster Vaccine
MVA was chosen as the poxvirus vector to boost immunity induced by GeoVax DNA priming
vaccination because of its safety features and because of the excellent protective responses that
it has stimulated in preclinical (non-human primate) models.
MVA was originally developed as a safe smallpox vaccine for use in immuno-compromised humans
by further attenuating the standard smallpox vaccine. During this attenuation (loss of disease
causing ability), MVA also lost essentially all of its ability to replicate in human cells. The
attenuation was accomplished by making over 500 passages of the virus in chicken embryos or chick
embryo fibroblasts (CEF). During passage, the virus underwent 6 large genomic deletions. These
deletions affected the ability of MVA to replicate and cause safety problems in humans, but did not
compromise the ability of MVA to grow on avian cells that are required for manufacturing the virus.
The effectiveness of MVA as a vaccine vector is also accounted for by its loss of immune
evasion genes during its passages in CEF cells. During the years of the dreaded human smallpox
epidemics these immune evasion genes assisted the spread of smallpox infections, even in the
presence of human immune responses.
MVA was safely administered to over 120,000 people in the 1970s to protect them against
smallpox. With the advent of bioterrorism, our choice of the MVA vector becomes even more
important, because of its potential for immunization for smallpox. GeoVax HIV vaccines may serve as
both an HIV and a smallpox vaccine.
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GeoVaxs DNA and MVA vaccines express over 66% of the AIDS virus (HIV-1) protein components in
order to stimulate a broad anti-HIV immune response. The vaccines cannot cause AIDS because they
do not include complete virus. We believe that the vaccines provide multi-target protection
against the AIDS virus, thus largely limiting virus escape, large scale viral replication and the
onset of clinical signs of AIDS in the vaccinated individual.
Preclinical Studies
Our vaccines underwent efficacy trials in non-human primates for a period of over 42 months.
The GeoVax prototype DNA and MVA AIDS vaccines successfully protected rhesus macaque monkeys
against AIDS when a highly virulent AIDS inducing virus (SHIV, a hybrid of simian and human
immunodeficiency virus) was administered to the monkeys seven months after vaccination. In these
pre-clinical trials the vaccines caused no significant side effects and 22 out of 23 monkeys were
protected against AIDS while 5 out of 6 non-vaccinated control animals died of clinical AIDS. This
level of control is comparable to the intrinsic viral control exhibited by the approximately 1% of
the human population that become infected with the HIV virus, but who do not develop clinical signs
of AIDS (long-term non-progressors). Over 66% of the AIDS virus proteins are expressed by our DNA
and MVA vaccines in vaccinated individuals. This broad coverage of HIV components is anticipated to
stimulate broad protective responses in the vaccinated individual thus preventing clinical disease.
Following these animal trials, our vaccines were approved for Phase I trials in humans by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This preclinical work enabling development of the
clinical evaluation of our DNA and MVA vaccines was funded and supported by the NIAID. (See
Government Regulation below for an explanation of how clinical trials are conducted.)
Phase I Human Clinical Trials
A Phase I clinical study in humans, evaluating our DNA-AIDS vaccine for safety began in
January 2003 and was satisfactorily concluded in June 2004. This trial was conducted by the HIV
Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), consortium of trial sites supported by the United States National
Institutes of Health.
The start of a series of four additional human trials evaluating our AIDS vaccines at four
locations in the United States began in April 2006. These Phase Ia/Ib human trials are designed to
determine if our vaccines are safe and will stimulate the level of immune responses (T-cell and
antibody) that may protect against the development of clinical signs of AIDS. These trials are
intended to provide human data that indicates our vaccine is safe and that it has the potential to
protect vaccinated individuals against the development of AIDS.
The first of these four trials evaluated a low dose (1/10th of the vaccine dose)
vaccination program. Results from this trial demonstrated excellent vaccine safety and positive
anti-HIV-1 immune responses to the vaccine in 7 of 9 participants who received the vaccine. All
trial participants were normal, healthy individuals.
The second of four trials, initiated in September 2006, was designed to evaluate results from
full dose administration of our HIV/AIDS vaccines. The results indicate excellent safety in this
full dose trial with positive immune response data in 88% of the 26 vaccine recipients who
completed the trial. This trial protocol included vaccination with two full-doses of GeoVaxs DNA
vaccine to prime the immune response followed by two full-doses of GeoVaxs MVA vaccine to boost
the immune response. From data collected from the 26 participants who completed this trial, the
following positive conclusions were observed:
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In July 2007, we began the third and fourth of this series of Phase I human clinical trials.
The third trial is designed to evaluate a single dose DNA prime followed by two MVA boosts, while
the fourth trial will utilize only GeoVaxs MVA vaccine in a three dose regimen. These trials are
continuing with excellent safety results thus far; immunogenicity results are anticipated later in
2008.
All of our Phase I human clinical trials have been conducted by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network
(HVTN). The HVTN, funded and supported by the NIH, is the largest worldwide clinical trials
program devoted to the development and testing of HIV/AIDS vaccines.
Phase II Human Clinical Trials
Due to the promising positive human vaccine response data from our Phase I trials, the HVTN,
together with GeoVax, have accelerated their plans to conduct Phase II human trials on our AIDS
vaccines. We expect the Phase II trials to commence during the third quarter of 2008. Plans are
for a 225-person trial (150 vaccine recipients and 75 placebo recipients) in low risk individuals
at several sites in the United States, evaluating our DNA and MVA vaccines in a four-dose regimen
similar to the regimen in our most recent trials.
Support from the NIH
All of our human clinical trials to date have been conducted by, and at the expense of, the
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), a division of the National Institutes of Health-National
Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIH-NIAID). Our responsibility for these trials has
been to provide sufficient supplies of vaccine materials and technical expertise when necessary.
The HVTN is also planning to conduct our planned Phase II human clinical trials.
In September 2007, we were the recipient of a $15.0 million Integrated Preclinical/Clinical
AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) Grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine program. This large grant
was awarded by the NIH-NIAID. The grant funding period is over a five year period commencing
October 2007. Only meritorious HIV/AIDS prevention vaccine candidates are considered to receive an
IPCAVD award. Candidate companies are highly scrutinized and must supply substantial positive AIDS
vaccine data to support their application. IPCAVD grants are awarded on a competitive basis and
are designed to support later stage vaccine research, development and human trials. We are
utilizing this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization, production and
human clinical trial testing.
Government Regulation
Regulation by governmental authorities in the United States and other countries is a
significant factor in our ongoing research and development activities and in the manufacture of our
products under development. Complying with these regulations involves a considerable amount of time
and expense.
In the United States, drugs are subject to rigorous federal and state regulation. The Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended (the FDC Act), and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and other federal and state statutes and regulations govern, among other things, the
testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, labeling, storage, record keeping, approval, advertising
and promotion of medications and medical devices. Product development and approval within this
regulatory framework is difficult to predict, takes a number of years and involves great expense.
The steps required before a pharmaceutical agent may be marketed in the United States include:
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the submission to the FDA of an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for human
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efficacy of the product; |
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FDA approval of the New Drug Application prior to any commercial sale or shipment of
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Each of these steps is described further below.
In addition to obtaining FDA approval for each product, each domestic manufacturing
establishment must be registered with, and approved by, the FDA. Domestic manufacturing
establishments are subject to biennial inspections by the FDA and must comply with the FDAs Good
Manufacturing Practices for products, drugs and devices.
Pre-clinical Trials
Pre-clinical testing includes laboratory evaluation of chemistry and formulation, as well as
cell culture and animal studies to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product.
Pre-clinical safety tests must be conducted by laboratories that comply with FDA regulations
regarding Good Laboratory Practices. The results of pre-clinical testing are submitted to the FDA
as part of the IND application and are reviewed by the FDA prior to the commencement of human
clinical trials. Unless the FDA objects to an IND, the IND becomes effective 30 days following its
receipt by the FDA.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials involve the administration of the AIDS vaccines to healthy volunteers or to
patients under the supervision of a qualified principal investigator. Clinical trials are conducted
in accordance with the FDAs Good Clinical Practices standard under protocols that detail the
objectives of the study, the parameters to be used to monitor safety and the efficacy criteria to
be evaluated. Each protocol must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND. Further, each clinical
study must be conducted under the auspices of an independent institutional review board at the
institution where the study will be conducted. The institutional review board will consider, among
other things, ethical factors, the safety of human subjects and the possible liability of the
institution.
Clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may
overlap. In Phase I, the initial introduction of the product into healthy human subjects, the
vaccine is tested for safety (adverse side effects) and dosage tolerance. Phase II is the proof of
principal stage and involves studies in a limited patient population in order to determine the
efficacy of the product for specific, targeted indications, determine dosage tolerance and optimal
dosage and identify possible adverse side effects and safety risks. When there is evidence that the
product may be effective and has an acceptable safety profile in Phase II evaluations, Phase III
trials are undertaken to further evaluate clinical efficacy and to test for safety within an
expanded patient population at geographically dispersed multi-center clinical study sites. The
manufacturer or the FDA may suspend clinical trials at any time if either believes that the
individuals participating in the trials are being exposed to unacceptable health risks.
New Drug Application and FDA Approval Process
The results and details of the pre-clinical studies and clinical studies are submitted to the
FDA in the form of a New Drug Application. If the New Drug Application is approved, the
manufacturer may market the product in the United States.
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International Approval
Whether or not the FDA has approved the drug, approval of a product by regulatory authorities
in foreign countries must be obtained prior to the commencement of commercial sales of the drug in
such countries. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and drug approvals vary
widely from country to country, and the time required for approval may be longer or shorter than
that required for FDA approval.
Other Regulations
In addition to FDA regulations, our business activities may also be regulated by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Toxic Substances Control
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other present and potential future federal,
state or local regulations. Violations of regulatory requirements at any stage may result in
various adverse consequences, including regulatory delay in approving or refusal to approve a
product, enforcement actions, including withdrawal of approval, labeling restrictions, seizure of
products, fines, injunctions and/or civil or criminal penalties. Any product that we develop must
receive all relevant regulatory approvals or clearances before it may be marketed.
Competition
There currently is no FDA licensed and commercialized AIDS vaccine or competitive vaccine
available in the world market.
There are several small and large biopharmaceutical companies pursuing AIDS vaccine research
and development, including Merck, Novartis, Wyeth, Sanofi-Aventis, Glaxo-Smith Kline and the United
States National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vaccine Research Center (VRC). Other AIDS vaccines are
in varying stages of research, testing and clinical trials including those supported by the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the European Vaccine Initiative (EuroVac), and the
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI), as well as others. Following the reported failure
of the Merck vaccine in September 2007, the Merck vaccine program and the NIH VRC vaccine program,
which also uses Ad5 vectors, were placed on hold. To our knowledge none of our competitors
products have, to date, demonstrated the level of protection and duration of protection for a SHIV
challenge elicited by GeoVaxs vaccines in large scale non-human primate trials. Furthermore, many
competitor vaccine development programs require vaccine compositions which are much more
complicated than ours. For these reasons, we believe that it may be possible for our vaccine to
compete successfully in the marketplace if it is approved for sale.
Overall, the biopharmaceutical industry is competitive and subject to rapid and substantial
technological change. Developments by others may render our proposed vaccination technologies
noncompetitive or obsolete, or we may be unable to keep pace with technological developments or
other market factors. Technological competition in the industry from pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies, universities, governmental entities and others diversifying into the field
is intense and is expected to increase. Many of the pharmaceutical companies that compete with us
have significantly greater research and development capabilities than we have, as well as
substantially more marketing, manufacturing, and financial resources. In addition, acquisitions of,
or investments in, small pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies by such large corporations could
increase their research, financial, marketing, manufacturing and other resources. Competitor
technologies may ultimately prove to be safer, more effective or less costly than any vaccine that
we develop.
FDA and other regulatory approvals of our vaccines have not yet been obtained and we have not
yet generated any revenues from product sales. Our future competitive position depends on our
ability to obtain FDA and other regulatory approvals of our vaccines and to license or sell the
vaccines to third parties on favorable terms.
Intellectual Property
We will be able to protect our proprietary rights from unauthorized use by third parties only
to the extent that our proprietary rights are described by valid and enforceable patents or are
effectively maintained as trade secrets. Accordingly, we are pursuing and will continue to pursue
patent protection for our proprietary technologies
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developed through our collaboration between Emory University, the NIH, and the CDC, or
developed by us alone. Patent applications have been filed with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and in specific international markets (countries). Patent applications include
provisions to cover our DNA and MVA based AIDS vaccines, their genetic inserts expressing multiple
HIV protein components, composition, structure, claim of immunization against multiple subtypes of
HIV, routes of administration, safety and other related factors. Patent claims filed for our
vaccines include provisions for protection against two diseases: HIV/AIDS and smallpox.
We are the exclusive, worldwide licensee of a number of patents and patent applications (the
Emory Technology) owned, licensed or otherwise controlled by Emory University (Emory) for HIV
and smallpox vaccines pursuant to a License Agreement originally entered into on August 23, 2002
and restated on June 23, 2004 (the Emory License). Through the Emory License we are also a
non-exclusive licensee of patents owned by the NIH related to the ability of our MVA vector vaccine
as a vehicle to deliver HIV virus antigens, and also to induce an immune response in humans.
Currently, there are 4 issued patents and 6 pending patent applications in the United States
subject to the Emory License, as well as 2 issued patents and 26 pending patent applications in
other countries. The Emory License expires on the expiration date of the last to expire of the
patents licensed thereunder; we will therefore not know the final termination date of the Emory
License until such patents are issued.
We may not use the Emory Technology for any purpose other than the purposes permitted by the
Emory License. Emory also reserved the right to use the Emory Technology for research, educational
and non-commercial clinical purposes. Due to the use of federal funds in the development of the
Emory Technology, the United States Government has the irrevocable, royalty-free, paid-up right to
practice and have practiced certain patents throughout the world, should it choose to exercise such
rights.
We are also the exclusive licensee of five patents from MFD, Inc. (the MFD Patents) pursuant
to a license agreement dated December 26, 2004 (the MFD License Agreement), related to certain
manufacturing processes used in the production of our vaccines. Pursuant to the MFD License
Agreement, we obtained a fully paid, worldwide, irrevocable, exclusive license in and to the MFD
Patents to use, market, offer for sale, sell, lease and import for any AIDS and smallpox vaccine
made with GeoVax technology and non-exclusive rights for other products. The term of the MFD
License Agreement ends on the expiration date of the last to expire of the MFD Patents. These
patents expire in 2017 through 2019.
In addition to patent protection, we also attempt to protect our proprietary products,
processes and other information by relying on trade secrets and non-disclosure agreements with our
employees, consultants and certain other persons who have access to such products, processes and
information. Under the agreements, all inventions conceived by employees are our exclusive
property. Nevertheless, there can be no assurance that these agreements will afford significant
protection against misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure of our trade secrets and
confidential information.
We cannot be certain that any of the current pending patent applications we have licensed, or
any new patent applications we may file or license, will ever be issued in the United States or any
other country. Even if issued, there can be no assurance that those patents will be sufficiently
broad to prevent others from using our products or processes. Furthermore, our patents, as well as
those we have licensed or may license in the future, may be held invalid or unenforceable by a
court, or third parties could obtain patents that we would need to either license or to design
around, which we may be unable to do. Current and future competitors may have licensed or filed
patent applications or received patents, and may acquire additional patents and proprietary rights
relating to products or processes competitive with ours.
We are not a party to any litigation, opposition, interference, or other potentially adverse
proceeding with regard to our patent positions. However, if we become involved in litigation,
interference proceedings, oppositions or other intellectual property proceedings, for example as a
result of an alleged infringement, or a third-party alleging an earlier date of invention, we may
have to spend significant amounts of money and time and, in the event of an adverse ruling, we
could be subject to liability for damages, invalidation of our intellectual property and injunctive
relief that could prevent us from using technologies or developing products, any of which could
have a significant adverse effect on our business financial condition and results of operation. In
addition, any claims relating to the infringement of third-party proprietary rights, or earlier
date of invention, even if not meritorious,
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could result in costly litigation, lengthy governmental proceedings, divert managements
attention and resources and require us to enter royalty or license agreements which are not
advantageous if available at all.
Manufacturing
We do not have the facilities or expertise to manufacture any of the clinical or commercial
supplies of any of our products. To be successful, our products must be manufactured in commercial
quantities in compliance with regulatory requirements and at an acceptable cost. To date, we have
not commercialized any products, nor have we demonstrated that we can manufacture commercial
quantities of our product candidates in accordance with regulatory requirements. If we cannot
manufacture products in suitable quantities and in accordance with regulatory standards, either on
our own or through contracts with third parties, it may delay clinical trials, regulatory approvals
and marketing efforts for such products. Such delays could adversely affect our competitive
position and our chances of achieving profitability. We cannot be sure that we can manufacture,
either on our own or through contracts with third parties, such products at a cost or in quantities
which are commercially viable.
We currently rely and intend to continue to rely on third-party contract manufacturers to
produce vaccines needed for research and clinical trials. We have entered into arrangements with
two third party manufacturers for the supply of our DNA and MVA vaccines for use in our planned
clinical trials. These suppliers operate under current Good Manufacturing Practice and guidelines
established by the FDA and the European Medicines Agency. We anticipate that these suppliers will
be able to provide sufficient vaccine supplies to complete our currently planned clinical trials.
Various contractors are generally available in the United States and Europe for manufacture of
vaccines for clinical trial evaluation, however, it may be difficult to replace existing
contractors for certain manufacturing and testing activities and costs for contracted services may
increase substantially if we switch to other contractors.
Research and Development
Our expenditures for research and development activities were approximately $1,757,000,
$666,000 and $1,641,000 during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. As
our vaccines continue to go through the process to obtain regulatory approval, we expect our
research and development costs to continue to increase significantly as even larger human trials
proceed in the United States and foreign countries. We have not yet formulated any plans for
marketing and sales of any vaccine candidate we may successfully develop. Compliance with
environmental protection laws and regulations have not had a material effect on our capital
expenditures, earnings or competitive position.
Properties
We lease office and laboratory space located at 1256 Briarcliff Road, Emtech Bio Suite 500,
Atlanta, Georgia under a month-to-month lease agreement with Emtech Biotechnology Development,
Inc., a related party associated with Emory University. We also share the lease expense for office
space in the Chicago area for one of our officers and directors, but we are not obligated under the
lease.
Legal Proceedings
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings. We may from time to time
become involved in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business.
Employees
As of May 31, 2008, we had eleven employees. None our employees are covered by collective
bargaining agreements and we believe that our employee relations are good.
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MARKET FOR REGISTRANTS COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information
Our common stock is currently traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board market under the
symbol GOVX. The following table sets forth the high and low bid prices for our common stock for
the periods indicated. The prices represent quotations between dealers and do not include retail
mark-up, markdown, or commission, and do not necessarily represent actual transactions:
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High |
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Low |
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2008 |
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First Quarter |
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$ |
0.19 |
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$ |
0.11 |
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2007 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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$ |
0.36 |
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$ |
0.16 |
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Third Quarter |
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|
0.42 |
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0.25 |
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Second Quarter |
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|
0.38 |
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|
0.22 |
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First Quarter |
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|
0.66 |
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|
|
0.18 |
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2006 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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|
0.68 |
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|
|
0.18 |
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Third Quarter |
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|
0.73 |
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|
|
0.44 |
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Second Quarter |
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|
0.85 |
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|
0.35 |
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First Quarter |
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1.23 |
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0.08 |
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On June 2, 2008, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the over-the-counter
bulletin board was $0.20 per share.
Holders
On May 31, 2008, there were approximately 1,500 holders of record of our common stock. The
number of record holders does not reflect the number of beneficial owners of our common stock for
whom shares are held by brokerage firms and other institutions.
Dividends
We have not paid any dividends since our inception and do not contemplate paying dividends in
the foreseeable future.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data are derived from our audited consolidated financial
statements and interim unaudited consolidated financial statements for the periods and at the dates
indicated below. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the
results to be expected for any future period. You should read the information set forth below in
conjunction with the information contained in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, and our consolidated financial statements and the related
notes, beginning on page F-1 of this prospectus.
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Three
Months Ended March 31, |
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Statement of
Operations Data: |
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Total revenues
(grant income) |
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$ |
599,991 |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
237,004 |
|
|
$ |
852,905 |
|
|
$ |
670,467 |
|
|
$ |
714,852 |
|
|
$ |
992,720 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
(682,510 |
) |
|
|
(587,281 |
) |
|
|
(4,241,796 |
) |
|
|
(584,166 |
) |
|
|
(1,611,086 |
) |
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(2,351,828 |
) |
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(947,804 |
) |
Basic and diluted
net loss per common
share |
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|
(0.00 |
) |
|
|
(0.00 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
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|
(0.00 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
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|
(0.01 |
) |
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|
(0.00 |
) |
Balance Sheet Data: |
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Total assets |
|
|
2,527,370 |
|
|
|
3,246,404 |
|
|
|
3,246,404 |
|
|
|
2,396,330 |
|
|
|
1,685,218 |
|
|
|
1,870,089 |
|
|
|
2,316,623 |
|
Redeemable
convertible
preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,016,555 |
|
|
|
938,475 |
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|
|
866,391 |
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Total stockholders
equity (deficit) |
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|
2,392,702 |
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|
|
2,647,866 |
|
|
|
2,647,866 |
|
|
|
2,203,216 |
|
|
|
(500,583 |
) |
|
|
(389,497 |
) |
|
|
872,406 |
|
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations
should be read together with the discussion under Selected Financial Data and our consolidated
financial statements included in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties because they are based on current expectations and
relate to future events and our future financial performance. Our actual results may differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many important
factors, including those set forth under Risk Factors, Forward Looking Statements, and
elsewhere in this prospectus.
Overview
GeoVax is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing human vaccines for
diseases caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and other infectious agents. We have exclusively
licensed from Emory University certain AIDS vaccine technology that was developed in collaboration
with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Our AIDS vaccine candidates have successfully completed preclinical efficacy testing in
non-human primates and Phase I clinical testing trials in humans. The human trial was conducted by
the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), a division of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was satisfactorily
concluded in June 2004. A series of four additional human trials (conducted by the HVTN)
evaluating our AIDS vaccines at several locations in the United States began in April 2006. One
trial began in April 2006, a second trial began in September 2006, and the third and fourth trials
began in July 2007.
We anticipate beginning a Phase II human clinical trial for our preventative AIDS vaccine
candidate in the third quarter of 2008. The costs of conducting our human clinical trials to date
have been borne by HVTN, with GeoVax incurring costs associated with manufacturing the clinical
vaccine supplies and other study support. We expect that HVTN will also bear the cost of
conducting our Phase II human clinical study planned for 2008, but we can not predict the level of
support we will receive from HVTN for any additional clinical studies. Our operations are also
partially supported by an Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) Grant
from the NIH. This grant will provide approximately $15.0 million to us over a five year period
that began in October 2007. As we progress to the later stages of our vaccine development
activities, government financial support may be more difficult to obtain, or may not be available
at all. It will, therefore, be necessary for us to look to other sources of funding in order to
finance our development activities.
We anticipate incurring additional losses for several years as we expand our drug development
and clinical programs and proceed into higher cost human clinical trials. Conducting clinical
trials for our vaccine candidates in development is a lengthy, time-consuming and expensive
process. We do not expect to generate product sales from our development efforts for several years.
If we are unable to successfully develop and market pharmaceutical products over the next several
years, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely impacted.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Managements discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial
statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and adjusts the estimates as
necessary. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from
other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different
assumptions or conditions.
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Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 2 to our consolidated financial
statements. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant
judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
Other Assets
Other assets consist principally of license agreements for the use of technology obtained
through the issuance of the Companys common stock. These license agreements are amortized on a
straight line basis over ten years.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to
be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the future net
cash flows expected to be generated by such assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired,
the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the
assets exceeds the discounted expected future net cash flows from the assets.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with the SECs Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements, as amended by Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue
Recognition, (SAB No. 104). SAB No. 104 provides guidance in applying U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles to revenue recognition issues, and specifically addresses revenue recognition
for upfront, nonrefundable fees received in connection with research collaboration agreements.
During 2007, our revenue consisted of government grant revenue received directly from the National
Institutes of Health; in prior years our revenue consisted of grant revenue subcontracted to us
from Emory University pursuant to collaborative arrangements. Revenue from these arrangements is
recorded as income as the related costs are incurred.
Stock-Based Compensation
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payments (SFAS No. 123R),
which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payments
made to employees and directors based on estimated fair values on the grant date. SFAS No. 123R
replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes Accounting
Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
We adopted SFAS No. 123R using the prospective application method which requires us to apply
the provisions of SFAS No. 123R prospectively to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased or
cancelled after December 31, 2005. Awards granted after December 31, 2005 are valued at fair value
in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R and recognized on a straight line basis over the
service periods of each award.
Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value
method in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25 and applied the disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123,
as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation and Disclosure.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At March 31, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of $2,120,597, as compared to $1,990,356
and $2,088,149 at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Working capital totaled
$2,187,562 at March 31, 2008, compared to $2,432,276 and $1,933,165 at December 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2006, respectively.
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We are a development-stage company and have no products approved for commercial sale. Due to
our significant research and development expenditures, we have not been profitable and have
generated operating losses since our inception. Our primary sources of cash are from sales of our
equity securities and from government grant funding.
In September 2007, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded us an Integrated
Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine
program. The project period for the grant covers a five year period commencing October 2007, with
an award of approximately $3.0 million per year, or $15.0 million in the aggregate. We are
utilizing this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization, production and
human clinical trial testing including Phase 2 human clinical trials planned for 2008.
In May 2008, we signed a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital which provides
for the sale of up to $10.0 million of shares of our common stock. Once the SEC has declared
effective the registration statement related to the transaction, we will have the right over a
25-month period to sell our shares of common stock to Fusion Capital from time to time in amounts
between $80,000 and $1.0 million, depending on certain conditions as set forth in the agreement.
See The Fusion Transaction.
From November 2007 to May 2008, we received proceeds of $3,977,950 from the sale of our common
stock and warrants to individual accredited investors in a series of privately negotiated
transactions. Upon the execution of the agreement with Fusion Capital, we have discontinued any
further such transactions. We believe that our current working capital, combined with the proceeds
from the IPCAVD grant from the NIH, will be sufficient to support our planned level of operations
into the fourth quarter of 2008, and that future proceeds we may receive under our agreement with
Fusion will help support our operations beyond that time. The availability of funding under the
Fusion agreement is dependent upon the SEC declaring effective a registration statement related to
the transaction and the market price of our common stock. The extent to which we rely on the
Fusion agreement as a source of funding will depend on a number of factors including the prevailing
market price of our common stock and the extent to which we can secure working capital from other
sources if we choose to seek such other sources. While we believe that we will be successful in
obtaining the necessary financing to fund our operations through the agreement with Fusion or
through other sources, there can be no assurances that such additional funding will be available to
us on reasonable terms or at all.
Our capital requirements, particularly as they relate to product research and development,
have been and will continue to be significant. We intend to seek FDA approval of our products,
which may take several years. We will not generate revenues from the sale of our products for at
least several years, if at all. We will be dependent on obtaining financing from third parties in
order to maintain our operations, including our clinical program. If we fail to obtain additional
funding when needed, we would be forced to scale back, or terminate, our operations, or to seek to
merge with or to be acquired by another company.
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that are likely or reasonably likely to have a
material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Contractual Obligations
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
We have entered into manufacturing contracts with third party suppliers for the production of
vaccine to be used in our Phase II human clinical trials planned for 2008. At March 31, 2008,
there is approximately $846,000 of unrecorded contractual commitments associated with these
arrangements, for services expected to be rendered to us during the remainder of 2008. We have no
other significant purchase commitments, lease obligations, long-term debt obligations or other
long-term liabilities.
Net Operating Loss Carryforward
At December 31, 2007, we had consolidated net operating loss carryforwards for income tax
purposes of $68.3 million, which will expire in 2010 through 2027 if not utilized. Approximately
$59.7 million of our net
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operating loss carryforwards relate to the operations of the Company (Dauphin Technology,
Inc.) prior to the Merger. We also have research and development tax credits of $254,000 available
to reduce income taxes, if any, which will expire in 2022 through 2026 if not utilized. The amount
of net operating loss carryforwards and research tax credits available to reduce income taxes in
any particular year may be limited in certain circumstances. Based on an assessment of all
available evidence including, but not limited to, our limited operating history in our core
business and lack of profitability, uncertainties of the commercial viability of our technology,
the impact of government regulation and healthcare reform initiatives, and other risks normally
associated with biotechnology companies, we have concluded that it is more likely than not that
these net operating loss carryforwards and credits will not be realized and, as a result, a 100%
deferred tax valuation allowance has been recorded against these assets.
Results of Operations for the Three Months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
Net Loss
We recorded net losses of $682,510 and $587,281 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. Our operating results typically fluctuate due to the timing of activities and
related costs associated with our vaccine research and development activities. Until such time as
we are successful in obtaining regulatory approval for the sale of any of our vaccine candidates
and begin sales, we anticipate that we will continue to incur operating losses.
Grant Revenue
During the three months ended March 31, 2008 we recorded grant revenue of $599,991, as
compared to $0.00 recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2007. In September 2007, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded to GeoVax an Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS
Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine program. The project period for
this grant covers a five year period which commenced in October 2007, with an award of
approximately $3.0 million per year, or $15.0 million in the aggregate. We are utilizing this
funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization, production and human clinical
trial testing including Phase 2 human clinical trials planned to commence in mid-2008. The revenue
associated with this grant is recorded as the related costs and expenses are incurred. We will
seek additional government grant funding if and when available, but there can be no assurance that
any such funding will be available to us as we progress to the later stages of our vaccine
development activities.
Research and Development
During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we incurred $603,478 of research and development
expense as compared to $212,608 during the three months ended March 31, 2007. These amounts
include non-cash stock compensation expense of $37,917 and $7,813, respectively (see discussion
below). Research and development expenses vary considerably on a period-to-period basis, primarily
depending on our need for vaccine manufacturing and testing of manufactured vaccine by third
parties. The increase in research and development expense from the 2007 period to the 2008 period
is due primarily to costs associated with our vaccine manufacturing activities in preparation for
the commencement of Phase 2 clinical testing later this year, and also due to higher personnel
costs associated with the addition of new personnel. We expect that our research and development
costs will increase as we enter Phase II clinical trials and will continue to increase as we
progress through the human clinical trial process leading up to possible product approval by the
FDA. Research and development costs will also increase as a direct result of our receipt of the
NIH grant discussed above, since a significant portion of the grant funds are intended to be spent
on new projects requiring external resources and new personnel.
General and Administrative Expense
During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, our general and administrative expense
was $705,642 and $399,114, respectively. These amounts include non-cash stock compensation expense
of $308,409 and $37,942, respectively (see discussion below). General and administrative expense
for the 2008 period also includes non-cash charges of $52,270 associated with the issuance of stock
and stock purchase warrants to a third party consultant for investor relations and financial
consulting services. General and administrative costs include
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officers salaries, legal and accounting costs, patent costs, amortization expense associated
with intangible assets, and other general corporate expenses. We expect that our general and
administrative costs will increase in the future in support of expanded research and development
activities and other general corporate activities.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we recorded total stock-based compensation
expense of $346,326, which was allocated to research and development expense ($37,917), or general
and administrative expense ($308,409) according to the classification of cash compensation paid to
the employee, consultant or director to which the stock compensation was granted. During the three
months ended March 31, 2007, we recorded total stock-based compensation expense of $45,755, of
which $7,813 was allocated to research and development expense, and $37,942 to general and
administrative expense. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we also recorded $18,250 of
expense associated with the issuance of our common stock and $34,020 associated with the issuance
of stock purchase warrants, to a third party consultant for investor relations and financial
advisory services. Stock-based compensation expense is calculated and recorded in accordance with
the provisions of SFAS 123R. We adopted SFAS 123R using the prospective application method which
requires us to apply its provisions prospectively to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased
or cancelled after December 31, 2005. Awards granted after December 31, 2005 are valued at fair
value in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R and recognized on a straight line basis over
the service periods of each award.
Other Income & Expense
Interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 was $26,619 and $24,441,
respectively. Variances between periods are primarily attributable to the incremental cash
balances available for investment during each respective period.
Results of Operations for the Three Years Ended December 31, 2007
Net Loss
GeoVax recorded net losses of $4,241,796, $584,166 and $1,611,086 for the years ended December
31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Our operating results will typically fluctuate due to the
timing of activities and related costs associated with our vaccine research and development
activities. The $1,026,920 decrease in our net loss from 2005 to 2006 is attributable to a
reduction in our vaccine research and development activities as we focused our attention on
completing the Merger and reduced our product development activities in order to conserve cash
resources, coupled with an increase of $182,438 in our revenue recorded from government grants. The
increase in our net loss from 2006 to 2007 is primarily attributable to (a) lower grant revenues
during 2007, (b) increased research and development expenditures, (c) overall higher general and
administrative costs and (d) stock-based compensation expense, all of which are described in more
detail below.
Grant Revenue
We recorded grant revenues of $237,004 in 2007, $852,905 in 2006 and $670,467 in 2005. Grant
revenue reported during 2006 and 2005 relates to projects covered by grants from the National
Institutes of Health issued to Emory University and subcontracted to us pursuant to collaborative
arrangements with Emory University. The activities associated with these grants were completed
during 2006 and we received no additional grant funding during the first nine months of 2007. The
project period for the NIH IAPCD grant we were awarded in September 2007 covers a five year period
commencing October 2007, with an award of approximately $3.0 million per year, or $15.0 million in
the aggregate. We will utilize this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development,
optimization, production and human clinical trial testing including Phase 2 human clinical trials
planned for 2008. Grant funding from federal agencies is primarily allocated to basic research
projects; therefore, we expect the availability of federal grant funding to us may decline in the
future as our product development of formulated AIDS vaccines progresses to later stages.
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Research and Development
Our research and development expenses were $1,757,125 in 2007, $665,863 in 2006 and $1,640,814
in 2005. Research and development expenses vary considerably on a period-to-period basis,
primarily depending on our need for vaccine manufacturing and testing of manufactured vaccine by
third parties. Research and development expense declined from 2005 to 2006 as we focused our
attention on completing the Merger and reduced our product development activities in order to
conserve cash resources, but rose again during 2007 as we initiated two new Phase I clinical trials
and began planning for a Phase II clinical trial in 2008. Research and development expense for
2007 also includes stock-based compensation expense of $284,113 (see discussion below).
General and Administrative Expense
Our general and administrative expenses were $2,784,182 in 2007, $843,335 in 2006 and $655,199
in 2005. General and administrative expense for 2007 includes stock-based compensation expense of
$1,234,383 (see discussion below). Excluding stock-based compensation expense, general and
administrative expense for 2007 was $1,549,799. General and administrative costs have
substantially increased during the three year period ending December 31, 2007 primarily as a result
of the Company becoming a publicly-traded entity subsequent to the merger of GeoVax Labs, Inc and
GeoVax, Inc. in September 2006. These higher costs include, among other things, the costs of an
expanded management team (including the engagement of our Chief Financial Officer in October 2006
and our Senior Vice President in January 2007), a newly instituted investor relations program,
costs associated with an expanded Board of Directors, costs associated with our efforts to comply
with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and increased legal and accounting fees associated with
compliance with securities laws. Also contributing to the increase during 2007 were higher patent
costs, including the one-time payment of $137,392 to Emory University to complete our obligation to
Emory for the reimbursement of pre-2002 patent costs.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
During 2007, we recorded total stock-based compensation expense of $1,518,496, which was
allocated to research and development expense ($284,113), or general and administrative expense
($1,234,380) according to the classification of cash compensation paid to the employee, consultant
or director to which the stock compensation was granted. No stock-based compensation expense was
recorded during 2006 or 2005. Stock-based compensation expense is calculated and recorded in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R. We adopted SFAS 123R using the prospective
application method which requires us to apply its provisions prospectively to new awards and to
awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after December 31, 2005. Awards granted after December
31, 2005 are valued at fair value in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R and recognized on
a straight line basis over the service periods of each award. We did not grant or modify any
share-based compensation during 2006, thus no expense was recorded during for that year.
Other Income & Expense
Interest income was $62,507 in 2007, as compared to $72,127 in 2006 and $16,073 in 2005. The
variances between years are primarily attributable to the cash available for investment, which
totaled $1,990,356 at December 31, 2007, $2,088,149 at December 31, 2006 and $1,272,707 at December
31, 2005.
During 2005 we recorded $1,613 of interest expense related to short-term borrowings which were
repaid during the year. We had no outstanding debt at December 31, 2007, 2006 or 2005.
Impact of Inflation
For the three year period ending December 31, 2007, and the first three months of 2008, we do
not believe that inflation and changing prices had a material impact on our operations or on our
financial results.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into off-balance sheet financing arrangements, other than operating
leases.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Our exposure to market risk is limited primarily to interest income sensitivity, which is
affected by changes in the general level of United States interest rates, particularly because a
significant portion of our investments are in short-term debt securities issued by the U.S.
government and institutional money market funds. The primary objective of our investment activities
is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing the income received without
significantly increasing risk. Due to the nature of our short-term investments, we believe that we
are not subject to any material market risk exposure. We do not have any derivative financial
instruments or foreign currency instruments.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table contains information regarding the current members of the Board of
Directors and our executive officers:
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Donald G. Hildebrand
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67 |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Andrew J. Kandalepas
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56 |
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Senior Vice President and Director |
Dean G. Kollintzas
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35 |
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Director |
Robert T. McNally, Ph.D.
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60 |
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Mark W. Reynolds
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46 |
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Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary |
Harriet L. Robinson, Ph.D.
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70 |
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Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Director Nominee |
John N. Spencer, Jr.
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67 |
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Donald G. Hildebrand. Mr. Hildebrand joined the Board of Directors as Chairman and became our
President and Chief Executive Officer upon consummation of the merger with GeoVax, Inc. in
September 2006. Effective April 1, 2008, upon the appointment of Dr. Robert McNally as our
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hildebrand executed a consulting agreement with the
Company and remains as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hildebrand is a founder of GeoVax, Inc., our
wholly-owned subsidiary, and has served as a member of its Board of Directors since June 2001.
Prior to founding GeoVax, Inc., Mr. Hildebrand was employed as North American President and Chief
Executive Officer of Rhone Merieux, Inc., a subsidiary of Rhone Merieux, S.A., a world leader in
the biopharmaceutical and animal health industries. Under Mr. Hildebrands leadership, which began
in 1984 and ended in 1997, Rhone Merieux, Inc. grew its annual sales from $0 to over $200 million
per year. In 1997, Mr. Hildebrand became Global Vice President of Merial Limited, a position that
he held until 2000. Merial Limited, a joint venture formed by Rhone Merieux, S.A. and Merck AgVet,
is the largest animal health company in the world, with annual sales exceeding $1.8 billion. Prior
to joining Rhone Merieux, Inc., Mr. Hildebrand founded Biocraft Ltd., which he sold to Solvay & Cie
of Brussels, Belgium in 1981. Subsequent to that transaction, Mr. Hildebrand was appointed
Director of Global Biological Operations/Research/Development and Manufacturing for
Salsbury/Solvay. Mr. Hildebrand received his BS in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin.
Andrew J. Kandalepas. Mr. Kandalepas was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Dauphin Technology from 1995 until the merger with GeoVax, Inc. in September 2006, at
which time he assumed the position of Senior Vice President and remained a director of the Company.
As an operating company, Dauphin Technology developed and marketed several high tech products
including miniature hand held computers and set top boxes. Dauphin Technology ceased these
operations in 2003. During his 11 year tenure at Dauphin, Mr. Kandalepas raised in excess of $60
million in private and public capital and expanded Dauphins shareholder base from 400 shareholders
in 1995 to approximately 11,000 immediately prior to the merger with GeoVax Inc. Mr. Kandalepas
has a varied 30-plus year career as an entrepreneur and executive manager. After 12 successful
years with GTE and Motorola, he founded Cadserv Corporation, a privately owned engineering and
circuit board solutions boutique service provider to major electronic OEMs. Mr. Kandalepas is an
active participant in the local Greek community and founder of the St. Athanasios, Greek Orthodox
Seminary in Woodstock, Illinois. He earned his Electronics Engineering Degree in 1974, from DeVry
Institute of Technology.
Dean G. Kollintzas. Mr. Kollintzas joined the Board of Directors upon consummation of the
merger with GeoVax, Inc. in September 2006. Since 2001 Mr. Kollintzas has been an Intellectual
Property Attorney specializing in biotechnology and pharmaceutical licensing, FDA regulation, and
corporate/international transactions. He has worked in Israel as a U.S. consultant to the firm of
Baratz, Gilat, Bar-Natan with biotechnology companies such a Clal Biotechnology Industries Limited
and D-Pharm. As an associate with the firm LaFollette, Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, Wisconsin, Mr.
Kollintzas worked with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on various FDA and intellectual
property engagements. Mr. Kollintzas received a Microbiology degree from the University of
Illinois and a J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center. He is a member of the Wisconsin and American
Bar Associations.
Robert T. McNally, Ph. D. Dr. McNally joined the Board of Directors in December 2006 and was
appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2008. Dr. McNally
graduated with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and has over
28 years of experience in academic and corporate clinical investigations, management, research,
business, quality and regulatory affairs. From 2000 to
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March 2008, Dr. McNally served as Chief Executive Officer of Cell Dynamics LLC, a company
which he co-founded. Cell Dynamics is a cGMP laboratory which contracts with organ and tissue
procurement organizations for the recovery of human tissue and processes these tissues into
cellular components necessary for research and development, pharmaceuticals and cell therapy.
Previously, Dr. McNally was co-founder and Senior Vice President of Clinical Research for CryoLife,
Inc., a pioneering company in transplantable human tissues. Dr. McNally is a Fellow of the
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, serves on the advisory boards of the
Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Dupree College of Management at the Georgia Institute of
Technology, and is a past Chairman of Georgia Bio, a trade association. Dr. McNally received
Georgia Bios 2004 Biomedical Industry Growth Award for the State of Georgia.
Mark W. Reynolds, CPA. Mr. Reynolds joined the Company in October 2006 as Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Reynolds has over 20 years of experience with both private
and publicly-held companies. From 2002 to the present, Mr. Reynolds has been a financial
consultant to companies in the biotechnology and consumer healthcare fields, serving as a part-time
Chief Financial Officer. From 2003 to 2006, before being named Chief Financial Officer of GeoVax
Labs, Inc., Mr. Reynolds provided financial and accounting services to GeoVax, Inc. as an
independent contractor. From 2004 to the present, Mr. Reynolds has served as Chief Financial
Officer for HealthWatchSystems, Inc. a privately-held company in the consumer healthcare industry,
a position which he continues to hold. From 2004 to 2006 he served as Chief Financial Officer for
Duska Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-held biotechnology company. From 1988 to 2002 Mr. Reynolds
was first Controller and later Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for CytRx
Corporation, a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Reynolds began his career as an
auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1985 to 1988. He is a licensed CPA and member of the
American Society of CPAs and the Georgia Society of CPAs.
Harriet Latham Robinson, Ph.D. Dr. Robinson is a co-founder of GeoVax, Inc. and has served as
Chief of its Scientific Advisory Board since formation of that company in 2001. She joined the
Company as Senior Vice President, Research and Development on a part-time basis in November 2007
and on a full-time basis in February 2008. She has been nominated for election as a Director at
the annual meeting of shareholders to be held June 17, 2008. Dr. Robinson is recognized as one of
the worlds leading AIDS vaccine researchers. She has devoted over 15 years toward developing
effective and safe AIDS vaccines designed to prevent clinical AIDS. Over the past several years
Dr. Robinson has received over $23 million in Federal grants directly and indirectly supporting our
AIDS vaccine development program. From 1999 to February 2008, Dr. Robinson served as the Asa
Griggs Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia,
and from 1998 to February 2008 as Chief, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National
Primate Center and Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine. She was Professor, Dept.
of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center from 1988 to 1997
and Staff, then Senior, then Principal Scientist at the University of Massachusetts Worcester
Foundation for Experimental Biology from 1977 to 1987. She was also a National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford School of Medicine in Berkeley, California from 1965 to 1967.
Over the past several years she has received numerous honors and awards as guest lecturer and/or
member of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, World Health Organization, American
Academy of Science, National Institutes of Health, Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation,
American Society for Microbiology and several others. She additionally has over 200 scientific
publications. Dr. Robinson has a B.A. degree from Swarthmore College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
John N. (Jack) Spencer, Jr., CPA. Mr. Spencer joined the Board of Directors upon consummation
of the merger with GeoVax, Inc. in September 2006. Mr. Spencer is a certified public accountant
and was a partner of Ernst & Young where he spent more than 38 years until he retired in 2000.
During his career with Ernst & Young, he coordinated that firms services to both public and
private companies primarily in the manufacturing, distribution and medical and information
technology industries. Mr. Spencer has been active in Georgias technology community, where he
served as president and a director of the Business & Technology Alliance and was co-founder and is
the treasurer of the Atlanta Venture Forum. In 2002, Mr. Spencer was awarded the Georgia
Biomedical Partnerships first annual award for being a principal architect of the biomedical
community in Georgia. He also served as president of the Georgia Biomedical Partnership in 2003
and 2004. Mr. Spencer serves as a director of a number of companies, including Firstwave
Technologies, Inc., where he is also chair of the audit committee. Mr. Spencer received a BS
degree from Syracuse University, and he earned an MBA degree from Babson College. He also attended
the Harvard Business School Advance Management Program.
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Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among any of our directors, director nominees, or executive
officers.
Director Independence
Dean G. Kollintzas and John N. Spencer, Jr. are the members of the Board of Directors who are
independent, as that term is defined by Section 301(3)(B) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As
independent directors, Mr. Kollintzas and Mr. Spencer both serve as the sole members of our Audit
and Compensation Committees. Prior to his appointment as our President and Chief Executive Officer
in April 2008, Dr. McNally was also an independent director and served as a member of our Audit and
Compensation Committees.
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
In the paragraphs that follow, we will give an overview and analysis of our compensation
program and policies, the material compensation decisions we have made under those programs and
policies with respect to our executive officers, and the material factors that we considered in
making those decisions.
Named Executive Officers for 2007
The Compensation Committee reviews, analyzes and approves the compensation of our senior
executive officers, including the Named Executive Officers listed in the tables set forth
following this compensation discussion and analysis. The Named Executive Officers for 2007 include
our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer, and one other executive officer whose
total compensation for 2007 exceeded $100,000, calculated in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the SEC. Our Named Executive Officers for 2007 are:
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The tables that follow this Compensation Discussion and Analysis contain specific data about
the compensation earned or paid in 2007 to the Named Executive Officers. The discussion below is
intended to help you understand the detailed information provided in those tables and put that
information into context within our overall compensation program.
Objectives of Our Compensation Program
In general, we operate in a marketplace where competition for talented executives is
significant. The biopharmaceutical industry is highly competitive and includes companies with far
greater resources than ours. We are engaged in the long-term development of drug candidates,
without the benefit of significant current revenues, and therefore our operations involve a high
degree of risk and uncertainty. Continuity of personnel across multi-disciplinary functions is a
critical success factor to our business.
The objectives of our compensation program for our executive officers and other employees is
to provide competitive cash compensation, health, and retirement benefits as well as long-term
equity incentives that offer significant reward potential for the risks assumed and for each
individuals contribution to our long-term performance. Individual performance is measured against
overall corporate goals, scientific innovation, regulatory compliance, new business development,
employee development, and other values designed to build a culture of high performance. These
policies and practices are based on the principle that total compensation should serve to attract
and retain those executives and employees critical to our overall success and are designed to
reward executives for their contributions toward business performance that enhances shareholder
value.
Role of the Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee assists the Board of Directors in discharging its responsibilities
relating to compensation of our executive officers. As such, the Compensation Committee has
responsibility over matters
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relating to the fair and competitive compensation of our executives, employees and
non-employee directors as well as matters relating to all other benefit plans. Each of the members
of our Compensation Committee is independent in accordance with the criteria of independence set
forth in Section 301(3)(B) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We believe that their independence
from management allows the Compensation Committee members to provide unbiased consideration of
various elements that could be included in an executive compensation program and apply independent
judgment about which elements and designs best achieve our compensation objectives. With regard to
executive compensation, the Compensation Committee is charged specifically with annually reviewing
and determining the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer. With regard to our other executive
officers, the Compensation Committee reviews recommendations from our Chief Executive Officer and
provides input on his recommendations as appropriate. The Compensation Committee also approves a
pool of stock options to be granted as recommended by the Chief Executive Officer to our employees
(including other executive officers) and the Board of Directors approves the grant of such options.
Elements of Compensation
To achieve the objectives described above, the three primary compensation elements used for
executive officers are base salary, cash bonus, and stock option awards. We believe that these
three elements are the most effective combination in motivating and retaining the executive
officers at this stage in our development.
Base Salary
Our philosophy is to maintain executive base salary at a competitive level sufficient to
recruit and retain individuals possessing the skills and capabilities necessary to achieve our
goals over the long term. Each individuals base salary is determined after considering a variety
of factors including prospective value to us, the knowledge, experience, and accomplishments of the
individual, the individuals level of responsibility, and the typical compensation levels for
individuals with similar credentials.
Cash Bonus
The purpose of the cash bonus program for executive officers is to motivate and reward the
achievement of corporate goals, along with the achievement of individual performance goals.
Stock Option Awards
Stock option awards are a fundamental element in our executive compensation program because
they emphasize our long-term performance, as measured by creation of shareholder value, and align
the interests of our shareholders and management. In addition, they are crucial to a competitive
compensation program for executive officers, and they act as a powerful retention tool. In our
current pre-commercial state, we view the Company as still facing a significant level of risk, but
with the potential for a high upside, and therefore we believe that stock incentive awards are
appropriate for executive officers. These awards are provided through initial grants at or near the
date of hire and through subsequent periodic grants. The initial grant is designed for the level of
the job that the executive holds and is designed to motivate the officer to make the kind of
decisions and implement strategies and programs that will contribute to an increase in our stock
price over time. Periodic additional stock option awards may be granted to reflect the executives
ongoing contributions to the Company, to create an incentive to remain at the Company, and to
provide a long-term incentive to achieve or exceed our financial goals.
Timing of Annual Awards
In order to assess the performance of a full calendar year, annual awards are generally
determined in December of the each year. We do not currently have any program, plan or practice in
place to time stock option grants to our executives or other employees in coordination with the
release of material non-public information.
Tax Considerations
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, limits tax deductions of
public companies on compensation paid to certain executive officers in excess of $1.0 million. The
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Committee considers the impact of Section 162(m) on its compensation decisions, but has no
formal policy to structure executive compensation so that it complies with the requirements of
Section 162(m). In general, stock options granted under the Companys 2006 Stock Option Plan are
intended to qualify under and comply with the performance based compensation exemption provided
under Section 162(m) thus excluding from the Section 162(m) compensation limitation any income
recognized by executives at the time of exercise of such stock options.
Setting Executive Compensation
Historically, we have not used a quantitative method or mathematical formulas exclusively in
setting any element of executive compensation. We use discretion, guided in large part by the
concept of pay for performance, and we consider all elements of an executives compensation package
when setting each portion of compensation. There is no pre-established policy or target for the
allocation between cash and equity incentive compensation.
When determining compensation for a new executive officer, factors taken into consideration
are the individuals skills, background and experience, the individuals potential impact on our
short-and long-term success, and competitive information from peer companies, industry-specific
sources, and possibly from other prospective candidates interviewed during the recruitment process.
We will generally make a grant of stock options when an executive officer joins us. Options are
granted at no less than 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant. In determining the size
of a stock option grant to an executive officer, we consider company performance, competitive data,
and the individuals scope of responsibility and continuing performance. Most importantly, since
the stock option grant is meant to be a retention tool, we consider the importance to shareholders
of that persons continued service. Stock option grants to executives will generally vest over a
period of three to four years.
The Compensation Committee annually reviews and determines the compensation for our Chief
Executive Officer. Each year recommendations for the compensation for other executive officers
(other than himself) are prepared by the Chief Executive Officer and are reviewed with the
Committee and modified where appropriate.
Donald G. Hildebrand. Mr. Hildebrand became our President and Chief Executive Officer
immediately upon the consummation of our merger with GeoVax, Inc. on September 28, 2006. Effective
on that date, we assumed responsibility for Mr. Hildebrands prior employment agreement with
GeoVax, Inc., dated December 20, 2002. Mr. Hildebrand is a founder of GeoVax, Inc. Mr. Hildebrands
base salary for 2007 was $250,000 annually. At its meeting in December 2007, the Compensation
Committee reviewed Mr. Hildebrands compensation and considered a variety of factors, including his
performance and level of responsibility within our company. Based upon this review, the
Compensation Committee awarded Mr. Hildebrand a salary increase, effective December 3, 2007, to
$270,000 annually. No cash bonus or additional stock option awards were granted to Mr. Hildebrand
for 2007.
On March 20, 2008, we entered into an Employment Agreement with Robert T. McNally, Ph.D. to
become our new President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2008. In order to assist
with the transition of certain duties to Dr. McNally, Mr. Hildebrand entered into a Consulting
Agreement with us on March 20, 2008. Dr. McNallys initial compensation was determined, in part, by
consideration of the fact that Mr. Hildebrand will continue to provide substantial support through
his consulting arrangement. Mr. Hildebrand will also remain as Chairman of the Board. As the
Companys need for Mr. Hildebrands services under his consulting arrangement diminishes, we expect
that Dr. McNallys compensation will be adjusted accordingly. See Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions for a discussion of these agreements.
Andrew J. Kandalepas. Mr. Kandalepas served as our President and Chief Executive Officer
during 2006 until our merger with GeoVax, Inc., at which time he assumed the role of Senior Vice
President. Effective with the merger with GeoVax, Inc., all prior compensation arrangements with
Mr. Kandalepas were terminated and he received no pay for the period from September 30, 2006 to
December 31, 2006, although he continued to provide services to us as our Senior Vice President. In
February 2007, the Compensation Committee reviewed, and provided input on, a recommendation from
Mr. Hildebrand for a compensation arrangement with Mr. Kandalepas. We executed an employment
agreement with Mr. Kandalepas effective February 1, 2007 pursuant to which Mr. Kandalepas received
an annual salary of $210,000. Mr. Kandalepas was also awarded retroactive pay of $40,000 for the
fourth quarter of 2006 and $17,500 for the month of January 2007. Additionally, at its meeting on
March 14, 2007, upon recommendation from the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors awarded
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Mr. Kandalepas a stock option contract for 1,800,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.355 per share. At its
meeting in December 2007, the Compensation Committee reviewed Mr. Kandalepas compensation and
considered a variety of factors, including his performance and level of responsibility within our
company. Based upon this review and input provided to the CEO, the Company awarded Mr. Kandalepas a
salary increase, effective December 3, 2007, to $225,000 annually, and granted Mr. Kandalepas a
cash bonus of $10,000 for 2007. No additional stock option awards were granted to Mr. Kandalepas
for 2007.
Mark W. Reynolds. During 2007, Mr. Reynolds was engaged as our Chief Financial Officer
effective October 1, 2006, under an arrangement whereby he provides services to the Company on a
part-time basis and is paid based on a monthly retainer of $750 plus a fee of $145 per hour. At its
meeting on March 14, 2007, upon recommendation from the Compensation Committee, the Board of
Directors awarded Mr. Reynolds an initial stock option contract for 1,800,000 shares at an exercise
price of $0.355 per share. At its meeting in December 2007, the Compensation Committee reviewed Mr.
Reynolds compensation and considered a variety of factors, including his performance and level of
responsibility within our company. Based upon this review, the Committee deferred to the
recommendation of Mr. Hildebrand to keep Mr. Reynolds salary as per his current contractual
agreement. Upon the discretion of the CEO, and with approval of the Committee, Mr. Reynolds was
also granted as $10,000 bonus for 2007 and a stock option contract for 500,000 shares at an
exercise price of $0.161 per share.
Benefits Provided to Executive Officers
We provide our executive officers with certain benefits that the Compensation Committee
believes are reasonable and consistent with our overall compensation program. The Compensation
Committee will periodically review the levels of benefits provided to our executive officers. In
2007, Mr. Hildebrand received reimbursement of periodic commuting expenses and temporary living
expenses for travel between our offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Mr. Hildebrands home in Athens,
Georgia. Mr. Hildebrand is reimbursed for medical and dental insurance costs per his contractual
agreement and is eligible for standard GeoVax 401(k) benefits. Mr. Kandalepas is eligible for
health insurance and 401(k) benefits at the same level as provided to all other employees. Pursuant
to his contractual agreement with the Company, Mr. Reynolds received no health insurance or 401(k)
benefits during 2007. The amounts shown in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading Other
Compensation represent the value of the Companys matching contributions to the executive
officers 401(k) accounts. Executive officers did not receive any other perquisites or other
personal benefits or property from the Company or any other source.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned during the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 by our Named Executive Officers. Dr. McNally became
our President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2008, but did not serve in that
capacity, or receive any compensation for services as an executive officer during 2007, and is not
included in the table below.
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All Other |
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Name and Principal |
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Bonus |
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Stock Awards |
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Option Awards |
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Compensation |
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Total |
Position |
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Year |
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($) |
Donald G.Hildebrand(1) |
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2007 |
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252,577 |
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3,375 |
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255,952 |
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President & Chief |
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2006 |
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57,500 |
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50,000 |
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574 |
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108,074 |
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Executive Officer |
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Andrew J. Kandalepas |
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2007 |
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205,288 |
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10,000 |
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188,380 |
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403,668 |
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Senior Vice President, |
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2006 |
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173,467 |
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2,400,000 |
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2,573,467 |
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Former President &
Chief |
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Executive Officer |
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Mark W. Reynolds(2) |
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2007 |
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92,102 |
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10,000 |
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190,324 |
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292,426 |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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2006 |
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13,192 |
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2,000 |
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15,192 |
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Mr. Hildebrand became our President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 28, 2006.
All compensation amounts above reflect amounts paid to, or earned by, Mr. Hildebrand from
that date through December 31, 2007. |
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Mr. Reynolds became our Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2006. All compensation
amounts above reflect amounts paid to, or earned by, Mr. Reynolds from that date through
December 31, 2007. |
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The amount shown in the Stock Awards column for Mr. Kandalepas reflects the value assigned
by the Company to 20 million restricted shares issued to Mr. Kandalepas for services rendered
prior to the consummation of our merger with GeoVax, Inc. Due to the accounting treatment
accorded to the merger, our historical financials have been substituted by those of GeoVax,
Inc. prior to the merger date; accordingly, this amount is not reflected in our financial
statements included herein. |
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Amounts shown in the Option Awards columns represent the dollar amount recognized for
financial statement reporting purposes in 2007 for awards and grants made in the current and
previous fiscal years, calculated pursuant to the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment. For a discussion of the various assumptions made and methods used for determining
such amounts, see footnotes 2 and 7 to our 2007 consolidated financial statements contained
herein. |
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Amounts shown in the All Other Compensation column represent employer contributions to the
Companys 401(k) retirement plan. |
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
The following table sets forth the option awards granted to the Named Executive Officers for
the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Securities Under- |
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Price of Option |
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lying Options |
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Donald Hildebrand |
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242,113 |
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Andrew Kandalepas |
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03/14/07 |
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1,800,000 |
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0.355 |
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604,800 |
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Mark Reynolds |
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03/14/07 |
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1,800,000 |
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0.355 |
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604,800 |
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500,000 |
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0.161 |
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70,000 |
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The exercise price for options is the closing trading price of the common shares of the
Company on the on the day of the grant. The grant date is determined by the Compensation
Committee. |
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(2) |
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Compensation expense is recognized for all share-based payments based on the grant date fair
value estimated for financial reporting purposes. For a discussion of the various assumptions
made and methods used for determining such amounts, see footnotes 2 and 7 to our 2007
consolidated financial statements contained herein. |
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(3) |
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On July 31, 2007, the expiration date of a stock option grant previously issued to Mr.
Hildebrand was extended by five years from December 20, 2007 to December 20, 2012. The amount
shown in the table above is the incremental fair value of the award, calculated in accordance
with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. |
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Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to unexercised options
previously awarded to our named executive officers as of December 31, 2007.
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Option Exercise |
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Unexercised Options |
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Date |
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Donald Hildebrand |
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8,895,630 |
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0.0445 |
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12/20/12 |
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8,895,630 |
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0.0445 |
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02/05/09 |
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Andrew Kandalepas |
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600,000 |
(2) |
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1,200,000 |
(2) |
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0.3550 |
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03/14/17 |
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Mark Reynolds |
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600,000 |
(2) |
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1,200,000 |
(2) |
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0.3550 |
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03/14/17 |
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500,000 |
(3) |
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0.1610 |
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12/05/17 |
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On July 31, 2007, the expiration date of this stock option award to Mr. Hildebrand was
extended by five years from December 20, 2007 to December 20, 2012. |
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(2) |
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These stock options were granted on March 14, 2007 and vest in three equal installments on
September 30, 2007, 2008 and 2009. |
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These stock options were granted on December 5, 2007 and vest in three equal installments on
each anniversary of the grant date. |
Potential Payments Upon Termination Or Change Of Control
Mr. Hildebrands employment agreement contained provisions such that, if we terminated Mr.
Hildebrands employment without cause, we were required to provide Mr. Hildebrand thirty days
notice of such termination and Mr. Hildebrand would have been entitled to continue to receive his
base salary for a period of nine months from the effective date of termination. Upon the execution
of Mr. Hildebrands Consulting Agreement, effective April 1, 2008, such provisions from his
employment agreement are no longer applicable. Mr. Hildebrands Consulting Agreement contains
provisions such that, if we terminate the Consulting Agreement without cause, we must give Mr.
Hildebrand at least 30 days notice and we will be required to pay him, as a severance payment,
three months compensation. Likewise, if the Consulting Agreement is terminated due to the death of
Mr. Hildebrand, we will be required to pay his estate three months compensation. If Mr. Hildebrand
wishes to terminate the Consulting Agreement, he must provide us with 30 days notice.
Pursuant to our employment agreements with Mr. Kandalepas, Mr. Reynolds and Mr. McNally, if we
terminate any of their employment agreements without cause, we are required to provide the person
whose employment was terminated with thirty days notice of such termination and he is entitled to
continue to receive his base salary for a period of one week for each year of service.
Director Compensation
The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned during the last
fiscal year by each individual who served as a director at any time during the fiscal year:
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in Cash |
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Option Awards |
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Total |
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($) |
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($) |
Donald Hildebrand(1) |
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Andrew Kandalepas(1) |
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Dean Kollintzas |
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10,750 |
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140,090 |
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150,840 |
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Robert McNally |
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21,950 |
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131,588 |
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153,538 |
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John Spencer |
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25,000 |
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140,090 |
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165,090 |
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Mr. Hildebrand and Mr. Kandalepas, who were employees of the Company during 2007, received no
compensation for their service as directors. |
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(2) |
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Consists of awards of stock options to each of Mr. Kollintzas, Dr. McNally and Mr. Spencer to
purchase 1,820,000 shares with a grant date fair values of $513,520. As of December 31, 2007,
these directors had aggregate awards of options to purchase 5,460,000 shares. Amounts shown
in the table represent the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes
in 2007 for awards and grants made in the current and previous fiscal years, calculated
pursuant to the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. For a discussion of the
various assumptions made and methods used for determining such amounts, see footnotes 2 and 7
to our 2007 consolidated financial statements contained herein. |
Director Compensation Plan
In March 2007, the Board of Directors approved a recommendation from the Compensation
Committee for director compensation (the Director Compensation Plan). The Director Compensation
Plan applies only to non-employee directors. Directors who are employees of the Company receive no
compensation for their service as directors or as members of committees. Non-employee directors
receive an annual retainer of $2,000 (paid quarterly) for service as a member of the Audit
Committee and $1,250 for service as a member of the Compensation Committee. The Chairman of the
Audit Committee receives an annual retainer of $9,000, and the Chairman of the Compensation
Committee receives an annual retainer of $6,000 which retainers are also paid quarterly.
Non-employee directors also receive fees for each Board or Committee meeting attended as follows:
$1,500 per Board meeting, $1,000 per Committee meeting chaired, and $500 per Committee meeting
attended as a non-Chair member. Meetings attended telephonically are paid at lower rates ($750,
$750 and $400, respectively). In March 2008, the Board of Directors approved a recommendation from
the Compensation Committee to modify the Director Compensation Plan to provide for compensation for
a non-employee Chairman of the Board. A non-employee Chairman of the Board will receive an annual
retainer of $25,000 (paid quarterly) and will not be entitled to additional fees for meetings
attended. Non-employee directors receive an automatic grant of options to purchase 1,320,000
shares of common stock on the date that such non-employee director is first elected or appointed.
The Director Compensation Plan currently does not provide a formula for stock option grants to
directors upon their re-election to the Board, or otherwise, but the compensation plan may be
modified in the future; such option grants are currently determined by Board, upon recommendation
by the Compensation Committee based on the Compensation Committees annual deliberations and review
of the director compensation structure of similar companies. At its meeting in December 2007, the
Board determined an annual stock option grant of 500,000 shares to each of its non-employee
members. All directors are reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings
of the Board of Directors and committees.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Procedures for Approval of Related Person Transactions
It is the responsibility of our Audit Committee to review all transactions or arrangements
between our company and any of our directors, officers, principal shareholders or any of their
respective affiliates, associates or related parties.
Employment Agreement with Robert McNally
On March 20, 2008, GeoVax entered into an Employment Agreement with Robert T. McNally, Ph.D.
to become our President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2008. The Employment
Agreement has no specified term. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, we will pay Dr. McNally an
annual salary of $200,000. The Board of Directors may also recommend the payment of a discretionary
bonus annually. Dr. McNally is eligible for grants of awards from the GeoVax Labs, Inc. 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan and is entitled to participate in any and all
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benefits in effect from time-to-time for executive officers generally. We may terminate the
Employment Agreement, with or without cause. If we terminate the Employment Agreement without
cause, we will be required to give Dr. McNally at least 60 days prior notice of the termination. In
the event of termination not for cause, Dr. McNally will be entitled to one week of severance pay
for each full year of service as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. McNally may terminate
the Employment Agreement at any time by giving us 60 days notice.
Consulting Agreement with Donald Hildebrand
In order to assist with the transition of certain duties to Dr. McNally, Donald G. Hildebrand,
our then current President and Chief Executive Officer, entered into a Consulting Agreement with us
on March 20, 2008. Aside from his duties as a consultant, Mr. Hildebrand will also continue to
serve as Chairman of our Board of Directors. The term of the Consulting Agreement began on April 1,
2008 and will end on December 31, 2009. During the month of April 2008, Mr. Hildebrand received
$22,500 as compensation for his services (equivalent to his salary as President and Chief Executive
Officer). Beginning on May 1, 2008 and continuing through December 31, 2008, Mr. Hildebrand will
provide us with at least 32 hours of service per month and will be paid at the rate of $250 per
hour. Beginning on January 1, 2009 and continuing through December 31, 2009, Mr. Hildebrand will
provide us with at least 16 hours of service per month and will be paid at the rate of $300 per
hour. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, recommend the payment of an annual bonus. We
will also pay Mr. Hildebrands medical and dental coverage through the term of the Consulting
Agreement. We may terminate the Consulting Agreement, with or without cause. If we terminate the
Consulting Agreement without cause, we must give Mr. Hildebrand at least 30 days notice and we will
be required to pay him, as a severance payment, three months compensation. Likewise, if the
Consulting Agreement is terminated due to the death of Mr. Hildebrand, we will be required to pay
his estate three months compensation. If Mr. Hildebrand wishes to terminate the Consulting
Agreement, he must provide us with at least 30 days notice.
Transactions with Emory University
Emory University (Emory) is a significant shareholder of the Company, and our primary
product candidates are based on technology rights subject to a license agreement with Emory (the
Emory License). The Emory License, among other contractual obligations, requires payments based
on milestone achievements, royalties on sales by the Company or on payments to the Company by our
sublicensees, and payment of maintenance fees in the event certain milestones are not met within
the time periods specified in the contract. Additionally, prior patent costs are payable to Emory,
one half of which is due when capital raised subsequent to the date of the Emory License is equal
to $5.0 million and the remainder is due when cumulative capital raised equals $12.5 million.
GeoVax, Inc. reached the first threshold of $5.0 million and fulfilled the first half of this
payment obligation to Emory in 2006. We became obligated to pay the second half of our payment
obligation ($137,392) upon reaching the five year anniversary of the Emory License during 2007. We
made this payment in January 2008. We may terminate the Emory License on three months written
notice. In any event, the Emory License expires on the date of the latest expiration date of the
underlying patents. We are also obligated to reimburse Emory University for certain ongoing costs
in connection with the filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications subject to the
Emory License. Such reimbursements to Emory amounted to $106,261 and $98,842 for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Based solely upon information made available to us, the following table sets forth information
with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of May 31, 2008 by:
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each director and nominee for director; |
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each of our executive officers; |
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all executive officers and directors as a group; and |
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each additional person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our
common stock. |
Except as otherwise indicated, the holders listed below have sole voting and investment power
with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them.
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Number of Shares |
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Percentage of |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner:(1) |
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Beneficially Owned |
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Class(2) |
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Directors and Executive Officers: |
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Donald G. Hildebrand (3) |
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75,522,107 |
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9.9 |
% |
Andrew J. Kandalepas (4) |
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21,890,065 |
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2.9 |
% |
Dean G. Kollintzas (5) |
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440,000 |
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* |
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Robert T. McNally (6) |
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1,057,757 |
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* |
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Mark W. Reynolds (7) |
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630,000 |
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* |
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Harriet L. Robinson (8) |
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68,781,865 |
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9.1 |
% |
John N. Spencer, Jr. (9) |
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570,000 |
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* |
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All executive officers and directors as a group (7 persons) (10) |
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168,891,794 |
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21.9 |
% |
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Other 5% Shareholders: |
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Emory University |
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Administration Building 101 |
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201 Dowman Drive |
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Atlanta, Georgia 30322 |
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233,905,253 |
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31.5 |
% |
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Less than 1% |
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Except as otherwise indicated, the business address of each director and executive officer
listed is c/o GeoVax Labs, Inc., 1256 Briarcliff Road, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30306. |
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This table is based upon information supplied by officers and directors, and with respect to
principal shareholders, Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the SEC. Beneficial ownership is
determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Applicable percentage ownership is based
on 743,414,885 shares of common stock outstanding as of May 31, 2008. In computing the number
of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares
of common stock subject to options currently exercisable, or exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008, are deemed outstanding. |
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Includes options to purchase 17,791,260 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of
May 31, 2008. |
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(4) |
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Includes options to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008. |
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(5) |
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Includes options to purchase 440,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008. |
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(6) |
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Includes options to purchase 440,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008. |
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(7) |
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Includes options to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008. |
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(8) |
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Includes options to purchase 8,895,630 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of
May 31, 2008 |
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(9) |
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Includes options to purchase 440,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of May
31, 2008. |
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(10) |
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Includes options to purchase 29,206,890 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days of
May 31, 2008. |
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THE FUSION TRANSACTION
General
On May 8, 2008, we entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital. Under
the purchase agreement, Fusion Capital is obligated, under certain conditions, to purchase shares
from us in an aggregate amount of up to $10.0 million from time to time over a twenty-five (25)
month period. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Fusion Capital has received a commitment
fee consisting of 2,480,510 shares of our common stock. Also, we will issue to Fusion Capital up to
an additional 2,480,510 shares as a commitment fee pro rata as we receive the up to $10.0 million
of future funding. As of May 31, 2008, there were 743,414,885 shares outstanding (including shares
held by non-affiliates) excluding up to 37,480,510 shares offered by Fusion Capital pursuant to
this prospectus which we have not yet issued to Fusion Capital. If all of such 37,480,510 shares
were issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, the 40,161,020 shares would represent 4.8% of
the total common stock outstanding or 9.2% of the non-affiliate shares outstanding as of the date
hereof. The number of shares ultimately offered for sale by Fusion Capital is dependent upon the
number of shares purchased by Fusion Capital under the Purchase Agreement.
Under the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement we are required to register
and have included in the offering pursuant to this prospectus:
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2,480,510 shares which were issued as a commitment fee, which, subject to certain
exceptions, may not be sold by Fusion Capital until the earlier of 500 days from May
8, 2008, or the termination of the common stock purchase agreement; |
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200,000 shares which we issued to Fusion Capital as an expense reimbursement; |
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an additional 2,480,510 shares which we may issue in the future as a commitment fee
pro rata as we receive the up to $10.0 million of future funding; and |
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35.0 million shares which we may sell to Fusion Capital after this registration
statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. |
All 40,161,020 shares are being offered pursuant to this Prospectus. Under the Purchase
Agreement, we have the right but not the obligation to sell more than the 35.0 million shares to
Fusion Capital. As of the date hereof, we do not have any plans or intent to sell to Fusion Capital
any shares beyond this 35.0 million shares. However, if we elect to sell more than the 35.0 million
shares (which we have the right but not the obligation to do), we must first register under the
Securities Act any additional shares we may elect to sell to Fusion Capital before we can sell such
additional shares, which could cause substantial dilution to our shareholders.
We do not have the right to commence any sales of our shares to Fusion Capital until the SEC
has declared effective the registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part. After the SEC
has declared effective such registration statement, generally we have the right but not the
obligation from time to time to sell our shares to Fusion Capital in amounts between $80,000 and
$1.0 million depending on certain conditions. We have the right to control the timing and amount of
any sales of our shares to Fusion Capital subject to certain limitations. The purchase price of the
shares will be determined pursuant to a formula based upon the market price of our shares without
any fixed discount at the time of each sale. Fusion Capital shall not have the right nor the
obligation to purchase any shares of our common stock on any business day that the price of our
common stock is below $0.05. There are no negative covenants, restrictions on future fundings,
penalties or liquidated damages in the Purchase Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement. The
Purchase Agreement may be terminated by us at any time at our discretion without any cost to us.
Purchase Of Shares Under The Common Stock Purchase Agreement
Under the common stock purchase agreement, we may direct Fusion Capital to purchase up to
$80,000 of our common stock by giving notice (so long as it has been at least four business days
since the last purchase). The purchase price per share is equal to the lesser of:
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the lowest sale price of our common stock on the purchase date; or |
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the average of the three (3) lowest closing sale prices of our common stock during
the twelve (12) consecutive business days prior to the date of a purchase by Fusion
Capital. |
The purchase price will be equitably adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash
dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction occurring during the business days used to
compute the purchase price. We may direct Fusion Capital to make multiple purchases from time to
time in our sole discretion; no sooner then every four business days.
Our Right To Increase the Amount to be Purchased
In addition to purchases of up to $80,000, we may elect to require Fusion Capital to purchase
our shares in an amount up to $100,000 on a single business day provided that our share price is
not below $0.11 during the two business days prior to and on the purchase date. We may increase
this amount to up to $250,000 if our share price is not below $0.20 during the two business days
prior to and on the purchase date. This amount may also be increased to up to $500,000 if our
share price is not below $0.40 during the two business days prior to and on the purchase date.
This amount may be increased to up to $1.0 million if our share price is not below $0.80 during the
two business days prior to and on the purchase date. We may direct Fusion Capital to make multiple
large purchases from time to time in our sole discretion; however, at least three business days
must have passed since the most recent large purchase was completed. The price at which our common
stock would be purchased in this type of larger purchases will be the lesser of (i) the lowest sale
price of our common stock on the purchase date and (ii) the lowest purchase price (as described in
the bullet points above) during the previous ten business days prior to the purchase date.
Minimum Purchase Price
Under the common stock purchase agreement, we have set a minimum purchase price (floor
price) of $0.05. However, Fusion Capital shall not have the right nor the obligation to purchase
any shares of our common stock in the event that the purchase price would be less than the floor
price. Specifically, Fusion Capital shall not have the right or the obligation to purchase shares
of our common stock on any business day that the market price of our common stock is below $0.05.
Events of Default
Generally, Fusion Capital may terminate the common stock purchase agreement without any
liability or payment to the Company upon the occurrence of any of the following events of default:
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the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
of lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order)
or is unavailable to Fusion Capital for sale of our common stock offered hereby and
such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of ten consecutive business days or
for more than an aggregate of thirty business days in any 365-day period; |
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suspension by our principal market (the over-the-counter bulletin board) of our
common stock from trading for a period of three consecutive business days; |
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the de-listing of our common stock from our principal market provided our common
stock is not immediately thereafter trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange; |
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the transfer agents failure for five business days to issue to Fusion Capital shares
of our common stock which Fusion Capital is entitled to under the common stock
purchase agreement; |
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any material breach of the representations or warranties or covenants contained in
the common stock purchase agreement or any related agreements which has or which could
have a material adverse effect on us subject to a cure period of five business days; or |
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any participation or threatened participation in insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings by or against us. |
Our Termination Rights
We have the unconditional right at any time for any reason to give notice to Fusion Capital
terminating the common stock purchase agreement without any cost to us.
No Short-Selling or Hedging by Fusion Capital
Fusion Capital has agreed that neither it nor any of its affiliates shall engage in any direct
or indirect short-selling or hedging of our common stock during any time prior to the termination
of the common stock purchase agreement.
Effect of Performance of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement on Our Shareholders
All 40,161,020 shares registered in this offering are expected to be freely tradable when sold
pursuant to this prospectus. It is anticipated that shares registered in this offering will be
sold over a period of up to 25 months from the date of this prospectus. The sale by Fusion Capital
of a significant amount of shares registered in this offering at any given time could cause the
market price of our common stock to decline and to be highly volatile. Fusion Capital may
ultimately acquire all, some or none of 37,480,510 million shares of common stock not yet issued
but registered in this offering. After it has acquired such shares, it may sell all, some or none
of such shares. Therefore, sales to Fusion Capital by us under the agreement may result in
substantial dilution to the interests of other holders of our common stock. However, we have the
right to control the timing and amount of any sales of our shares to Fusion Capital and the
agreement may be terminated by us at any time at our discretion without any cost to us.
In connection with entering into the agreement, we authorized the sale to Fusion Capital of up
to 35.0 million shares of our common stock The number of shares ultimately offered for sale by
Fusion Capital under this prospectus is dependent upon the number of shares purchased by Fusion
Capital under the agreement. The following table sets forth the amount of proceeds we would
receive from Fusion Capital from the sale of shares at varying purchase prices:
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Number of Shares to |
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be Issued if Full |
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to Fusion Capital Under the |
Purchase Price |
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Purchase |
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to Fusion Capital(1) |
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$0.15 |
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35,000,000
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4.5%
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$5,250,000 |
$0.20(2) |
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35,000,000
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4.5%
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$7,000,000 |
$0.30
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33,333,333
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4.3%
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$10,000,000 |
$0.40
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25,000,000
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3.3%
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$10,000,000 |
$0.50
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20,000,000
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2.6%
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$10,000,000 |
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The denominator is based on 743,414,888 shares outstanding as of May 31, 2008, which includes
the 2,680,205 shares previously issued to Fusion Capital and the number of shares set forth in
the adjacent column. The numerator is based on the number of shares issuable under the common
stock purchase agreement at the corresponding assumed purchase price set forth in the adjacent
column. |
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Closing sale price of our shares on June 2, 2008. |
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SELLING SHAREHOLDER
The following table presents information regarding the selling shareholder. Neither the
selling shareholder nor any of its affiliates has held a position or office, or had any other
material relationship, with us.
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Shares to be Sold |
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in the Offering |
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Assuming The |
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Percentage of |
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Maximum Number of |
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Shares Under the |
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Selling Shareholder |
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Purchase Agreement (1) |
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Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC (2)
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2,680,510 (3)
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Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 743,414,885 shares of our common stock
outstanding as of May 31, 2008, together with securities exercisable or convertible into
shares of Common Stock within sixty days of May 31, 2008, for the selling shareholder.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally
includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of common stock are
deemed to be beneficially owned by the person holding such securities for the purpose of
computing the percentage of ownership of such person, but are not treated as outstanding for
the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. |
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Steven G. Martin and Joshua B. Scheinfeld, the principals of Fusion Capital, are deemed to be
beneficial owners of all of the shares of common stock owned by Fusion Capital. Messrs. Martin
and Scheinfeld have shared voting and disposition power over the shares being offered under
this Prospectus. |
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As of the date hereof, 2,680,510 shares of our common stock have been acquired by Fusion
Capital under the Purchase Agreement, consisting of: (1) 2,480,510 shares which have already
been issued as a commitment fee, (2) 200,000 shares which we have issued to Fusion Capital as
an expense reimbursement. Under the common stock purchase agreement (1) the Company may elect
in its sole discretion to sell to Fusion Capital up to an additional 35.0 million shares and
(2) we may issue to Fusion Capital up to an additional 2,480,510 shares in the future as a
commitment fee pro rata as we receive the up to $10.0 million of future funding. All of such
shares are included in the offering pursuant to this prospectus. Fusion Capital does not
presently beneficially own any of these 37,480,510 shares as determined in accordance with the
rules of the SEC. |
USE OF PROCEEDS
This prospectus relates to shares of our common stock that may be offered and sold from time
to time by Fusion Capital, the selling shareholder. We will receive no direct proceeds from the
sale of shares of common stock in this offering. However, we may receive up to $10.0 million in
proceeds from the sale of up to 35.0 million shares of our common stock to Fusion Capital under the
common stock purchase agreement. Any proceeds from Fusion Capital we receive under the common
stock purchase agreement will be used, together with other funds available to us: (a) to
manufacture vaccine supplies for our planned clinical trials; (b) to provide technical support and
other assistance to the HVTN during the conduct of our planned Phase II clinical trial for a
preventative HIV vaccine; (c) to plan and conduct a Phase II clinical trial investigating the use
of our vaccine as a therapeutic treatment for individuals already infected with HIV; and (d) for
working capital and general corporate purposes.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The common stock offered by this prospectus is being offered by Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC,
the selling shareholder (Fusion Capital). The common stock may be sold or distributed from time
to time by the selling shareholder directly to one or more purchasers or through brokers, dealers,
or underwriters who may act solely as agents at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to the prevailing market prices, at negotiated prices, or at fixed prices, which may
be changed. The sale of the common stock offered by this prospectus may be effected in one or more
of the following methods:
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ordinary brokers transactions; |
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transactions involving cross or block trades; |
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through brokers, dealers, or underwriters who may act solely as agents; |
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at the market into an existing market for the common stock such as the
over-the-counter bulletin board; |
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in other ways not involving market makers or established business markets,
including direct sales to purchasers or sales effected through agents; |
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in privately negotiated transactions; or |
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any combination of the foregoing. |
In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if applicable, the shares may
be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain states,
the shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the state or
an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and complied with.
Brokers, dealers, underwriters, or agents participating in the distribution of the shares as
agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts, or concessions from the
selling shareholder and/or purchasers of the common stock for whom the broker-dealers may act as
agent. The compensation paid to a particular broker-dealer may be less than or in excess of
customary commissions.
Fusion Capital is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Neither we nor Fusion Capital can presently estimate the amount of compensation that any agent
will receive. We know of no existing arrangements between Fusion Capital, any other shareholder,
broker, dealer, underwriter, or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the shares offered by
this prospectus. At the time a particular offer of shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if
required, will be distributed that will set forth the names of any agents, underwriters, or dealers
and any compensation from the selling shareholder, and any other required information.
We will pay all of the expenses incident to the registration, offering, and sale of the shares
to the public other than commissions or discounts of underwriters, broker-dealers, or agents. We
have also agreed to indemnify Fusion Capital and related persons against specified liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to our directors, officers, and controlling persons, we have been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is
therefore, unenforceable.
Fusion Capital and its affiliates have agreed not to engage in any direct or indirect short
selling or hedging of our common stock during the term of the common stock purchase agreement.
We have advised Fusion Capital that while it is engaged in a distribution of the shares
included in this Prospectus it is required to comply with Regulation M promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. With certain exceptions, Regulation M precludes the
selling shareholder, any affiliated purchasers, and any broker-dealer or other person who
participates in the distribution from bidding for or purchasing, or attempting to induce any person
to bid for or purchase any security which is the subject of the distribution until the entire
distribution is complete. Regulation M also prohibits any bids or purchases made in order to
stabilize the price of a
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security in connection with the distribution of that security. All of the foregoing may
affect the marketability of the shares offered hereby this prospectus.
This offering will terminate on the date that all shares offered by this prospectus have been
sold by Fusion Capital.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Our authorized capital stock consists of 910,000,000 shares, which are divided into two
classes consisting of 900,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of May 31, 2008, there were
issued and outstanding 743,414,885 shares of common stock, options to purchase 39,727,757 shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase 67,878,345 shares of common stock. No preferred shares were
outstanding.
Common Stock
Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held in the election of
directors and in all other matters to be voted on by the shareholders. There is no cumulative
voting in the election of directors. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends as
may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available
therefor. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, holders of
common stock are to share in all assets remaining after the payment of liabilities. Holders of
common stock have no pre-emptive or conversion rights and are not subject to further calls or
assessments. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock.
The rights of the holders of the common stock are subject to any rights that may be fixed for
holders of preferred stock. All of the outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and
non-assessable.
Preferred Stock
We are also authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Under the articles of
incorporation, the Board of Directors has the power, without further action by the holders of
common stock, to designate the relative rights and preferences of the preferred stock, and issue
the preferred stock in one or more series as designated by the Board of Directors. The designation
of rights and preferences could include preferences as to liquidation, redemption and conversion
rights, voting rights, dividends or other preferences, any of which may be dilutive of the interest
of the holders of the common stock or the preferred stock of any other series. The Board of
Directors effects a designation of each series of preferred stock by filing with the Illinois
Secretary of State a resolution adopted by the board establishing and designating the series, and
fixing and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof. Documents so filed are matters
of public record and may be examined according to procedures of the Illinois Secretary of State, or
copies may be obtained from the Company. The ability of directors, without shareholder approval, to
issue additional shares of preferred stock could be used as anti-takeover measures. Anti-takeover
measures may result in you receiving less for your stock than you otherwise might. The issuance of
preferred stock creates additional securities with dividend and liquidation preferences over common
stock, and may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control without further
shareholder action and may adversely effect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of the
holders of common stock. In certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock could depress
the market price of the common stock.
Reincorporation in the State of Delaware
We are an Illinois corporation. On March 11, 2008 our Board of Directors determined that it
would be in the best interests of our company and our shareholders to reincorporate in Delaware.
In order to accomplish this reincorporation, we are forming a corporation in Delaware called GeoVax
Labs, Inc. (GeoVax Delaware).
In conjunction with the reincorporation in Delaware our Board of Directors unanimously adopted
and approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger of GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Illinois corporation, and
GeoVax Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Reincorporation Merger Agreement). We submitted
this proposal to our shareholders by means of our definitive proxy statement dated April 25, 2008.
The purpose of the Reincorporation Merger Agreement is to change the domicile of our company from
Illinois to Delaware. Provided that the reincorporation is approved by our shareholders at our
annual meeting on June 17, 2008, and that the Board of Directors does not exercise its right to
terminate the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, the Reincorporation Merger Agreement will be
entered into, and the reincorporation merger will be consummated as soon as practicable after the
annual meeting of shareholders.
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Upon consummation of the reincorporation, each share of our common stock will automatically be
converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of GeoVax Delaware.
Outstanding options and warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of our common stock will
be converted into options and warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire one share of common stock
of GeoVax Delaware for every share of the Companys common stock and otherwise upon the same terms
and conditions as presently set forth in each such option or warrant.
We intend to issue new stock certificates, upon request, to shareholders of record upon the
effective date of the merger and each issued and outstanding share of our common stock immediately
prior to the effective date of the merger will evidence ownership of the shares of common stock of
GeoVax Delaware after the effective date of the merger.
Other than revisions to statutory references necessary to conform with the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (GCL) and as otherwise described herein, GeoVax Delawares
certificate of incorporation and bylaws will be substantially similar to our current articles of
incorporation and bylaws.
Significant Differences between the Corporate Laws of Illinois and Delaware
The corporate laws of Illinois and Delaware differ in many respects. Although all the
differences are not set forth in this proxy statement, the differences that could materially affect
the rights of shareholders are discussed below. This brief summary is qualified in its entirety by
the full text of the statutes that are discussed.
Shareholder Approval of Certain Business Combinations
A number of states have adopted special laws designed to make certain kinds of unfriendly
corporate takeovers, or other transactions involving a corporation and one or more of its
significant shareholders, more difficult.
Both Section 203 of the GCL and Section 11.75 of the Illinois Business Corporation Act of
1983, as amended (the IBA) prohibit a corporation from engaging in a business combination with
an interested stockholder for three years following the date that the person becomes an
interested stockholder. The three year moratorium imposed on business combinations by Section 203
and Section 11.75 does not apply if:
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prior to the date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder the
Board of Directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which
resulted in the person becoming an interested stockholder; |
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the interested stockholder owns 85% of the corporations voting stock upon
consummation of the transaction which made him an interested stockholder; or |
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the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and approved at a
shareholder meeting by the holders of two-thirds of the voting stock not owned by the
interested stockholder. |
Section 203 applies to Delaware corporations that have a class of voting stock that is listed
on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 shareholders. Section 11.75
applies to Illinois corporations that have any equity securities registered under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or are subject to Section 15(d) of that Act and either (i) have
their principal places of business or their principal executive offices located in Illinois or (ii)
own or control assets located within Illinois that have a fair market value of at least $1.0
million and either (A) have more than 10% of their shareholders resident in Illinois, (B) have more
than 10% of their shares owned by Illinois residents, or (C) have 2,000 shareholders resident in
Illinois.
The restrictions of these statutes will not apply to a corporation if:
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governed by the statute; |
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the Board of Directors adopts an amendment to the corporations bylaws within 90
days of the effective date of the statute expressly electing not to be governed by it; |
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the shareholders of the corporation adopt an amendment to its charter or bylaws
expressly electing not to be governed by the statute (so long as such amendment is
approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote); |
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a shareholder becomes an interested stockholder inadvertently and as soon as
practicable divests himself of ownership of sufficient shares so that he ceases to be
an interested stockholder and during the three year period immediately prior to a
business combination would not have been an interested stockholder but for the
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the business combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of a
merger or consolidation, a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition of assets of the corporation or a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50%
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stockholder at a time when the restrictions contained in the statutes did not apply. |
Accordingly, following consummation of the reincorporation merger, the Board of Directors will not
have the power to reject certain business combinations with interested stockholders based on
Section 203.
Indemnification and Limitation of Liability
Illinois and Delaware also have similar laws respecting indemnification by a corporation of
its officers, directors, employees and other agents. The laws of both states also permit
corporations to adopt a provision in the corporations charter eliminating the liability of a
director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the directors
fiduciary duty of care; however, such provision may not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director: (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law; (iii) for the payment of an unlawful dividend or unlawful stock
repurchase or redemption; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. Also, no such provision may eliminate or limit the liability of a director for
any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision became effective. Our Illinois
corporate charter does not include provisions eliminating director liability, and the GeoVax
Delaware charter will not include such a provision.
Both Illinois and Delaware law permit indemnification of any person who was or is a party or
threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding so long as the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. No person may be indemnified in an action
brought on behalf of the corporation by a third party if that person is judged to be liable to the
corporation unless the Court of Chancery (as to a Delaware corporation) or the court in which the
action or suit was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of
all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. A
corporation must indemnify a present or former director or officer of a corporation who has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in a defense of any action, suit or proceeding. Whether or
not a person has acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, the best interests of the corporation will be determined by a majority vote of the directors
who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or by a
committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of the directors, even though less than a
quorum, or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the shareholders.
Illinois law requires a corporation that indemnifies or advances expenses to a director or
officer in an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to report the indemnification or
advance in writing to the shareholders with or before the notice of the next shareholders meeting.
Delaware law has no comparable provision.
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In Illinois and Delaware, indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by or
granted pursuant to the law is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Our bylaws contain, and the bylaws of
GeoVax Delaware will also contain, provisions providing for indemnification of officers, directors,
employees and agents.
Both Illinois law and Delaware law permit the purchase of insurance for the benefit of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation.
Dividends and Repurchase of Shares
Under Illinois law, a corporation may not make any distribution or repurchase its shares if,
after giving effect to the distribution or repurchase:
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Delaware law permits a corporation to declare and pay dividends out of surplus or, if there is
no surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or for the
preceding fiscal year as long as the amount of capital of the corporation following the declaration
and payment of the dividend is not less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by the
issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets. In
addition, Delaware law generally provides that a corporation may redeem or repurchase its shares
only if the capital of the corporation is not impaired and the redemption or repurchase would not
impair the capital of the corporation.
To date, we have not paid any cash dividends on our outstanding shares of common stock and we
do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.
Voting and Shareholder Approval Requirements
Authority to Call a Special Meeting of Shareholders. In Illinois, a special meeting of the
shareholders may be called by the corporations president, by its Board of Directors, or by the
holders of not less than one-fifth of all the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the matter for
which the meeting is called or by such other officers or persons as may be provided in the articles
of incorporation or the bylaws. In Delaware, a special meeting of the shareholders may be called by
the Board of Directors or by such person or persons as may be authorized by the certificate of
incorporation or by the bylaws.
Use of Written Consent in lieu of a Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of
incorporation or in the IBA, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
the shareholders of a corporation, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the
shareholders, may be taken without a meeting and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed (i) by the holders of outstanding shares having not less
than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voting or (ii) by all of the
shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. If such consent is signed
by less than all of the shareholders entitled to vote, then it will become effective only if at
least five days prior to the execution of the consent a notice in writing is delivered to all the
shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof and, after the effective
date of the consent, prompt notice of the taking of the action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent is delivered in writing to those shareholders who have not consented in
writing.
Under Delaware law, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action
to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding
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stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent must be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing and who, if
the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting.
Voting and Voting Rights. In Illinois, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is
entitled to one vote in each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders and in all
elections for directors, except in the case of filling vacancies. Shareholders are entitled to
cumulate votes unless the corporations articles of incorporation eliminate the right.
In Delaware, each share of voting stock is entitled to one vote, unless the certificate of
incorporation provides for more or less than one vote per share. Delaware law also allows
cumulative voting for directors if the certificate of incorporation so provides. Except as
otherwise discussed herein, all shareholder actions, including the approval of a merger or
consolidation, require the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present at the meeting and
entitled to vote on the subject matter.
Amending the Corporate Charter. In Illinois, the holders of the outstanding shares of a class
are entitled to vote as a class upon a proposed amendment if the articles of incorporation so
provide or if the amendment would:
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effect an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of all or part of the shares
of such class; |
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change the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or
special or relative rights of the shares of such class; |
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in the case of a preferred or special class of shares, divide the shares of such
class into series and fix or authorize the Board of Directors to fix the variations in
the relative rights and preferences between the shares of such series; |
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change the shares of such class into the same or a different number of shares of the
same class or another class or classes; |
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create a right of exchange of all or any part of the shares of another class into
the shares of such class; |
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create a new class of shares having rights and preferences prior, superior or
substantially equal to those of the shares of such class, or increase the rights and
preferences of any class having rights and preferences prior, superior or substantially
equal to those of the shares of such class, or increase the rights and preferences of
any class having rights and preferences subordinate to those of such class if such
increase would then make the rights and preferences substantially equal to or superior
to those of such class; |
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limit or deny the existing preemptive rights of the shares of such class; |
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cancel or otherwise affect dividends on the shares of such class which had
accumulated but had not been declared; or |
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limit or deny the voting rights of the shares of such class. |
The holders of the outstanding shares of a class are not entitled to vote as a class upon a
proposed amendment if the class is divided into series, and the proposed amendment would affect one
or more but not all of the series in one or more of the ways described above. In that event, the
holders of the outstanding shares of any series to be affected by the proposed amendment will be
entitled to vote as a class thereon.
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In Delaware, in order to amend a certificate of incorporation, the holders of the outstanding
shares of a class are entitled to vote as a class on a proposed amendment, whether or not they are
entitled to vote thereon by the certificate of incorporation, if the amendment would increase or
decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of such class, increase or decrease the par
value of the shares of such class, or alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of
the shares of such class so as to affect them adversely. If any proposed amendment would alter or
change the powers, preferences, or special rights of one or more series of any class so as to
affect them adversely, but does not so affect the entire class, then only the shares of the series
so affected by the amendment shall be considered a separate class for the purposes of voting.
Shareholder Consent to Merger. Neither Illinois law nor Delaware law requires a shareholder
vote of the surviving corporation in a merger if:
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each share of the stock of the surviving corporation outstanding immediately before
the merger is an identical outstanding share after the merger; and |
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either no shares of common stock of the surviving corporation and no securities
convertible into common stock are to be delivered under the plan of merger, or the
authorized unissued shares or the treasury shares of common stock of the surviving
corporation to be delivered under the plan of merger plus those initially issuable upon
conversion of any other securities to be delivered under the plan do not exceed 20% of
the shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger. |
Both Illinois law and Delaware law include provisions allowing the merger of a parent owning
at least 90% of a subsidiary to be consummated without shareholder approval. However, Illinois law
requires the subsidiary corporation to be solvent and it requires the parents Board of Directors
to adopt a plan of merger that must be sent to the shareholders of the subsidiary along with a
notice informing the shareholders of their right to dissent. The parent corporation must wait 30
days after this mailing to file the articles of merger. In Delaware, no vote of the shareholders of
either corporation is required unless the subsidiary will be the surviving corporation, in which
case the vote of the shareholders of the parent must be obtained. In the event all of the stock of
a subsidiary Delaware corporation is not owned by the parent corporation immediately prior to the
merger, the shareholders of the subsidiary have appraisal rights.
In Illinois, a plan of merger must be approved by the shareholders of each corporation
involved in the transaction. Unless a corporations articles of incorporation require a smaller or
larger vote (but not less than a majority) the plan of merger must receive the affirmative votes of
at least two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote. If a class or series of shares of either
corporation is entitled to vote as a class on the plan, then the plan of merger will be approved
when the corporation receives the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the shares of each
such class or series.
In Delaware, a plan of merger must be approved by a majority of the outstanding stock of the
corporation entitled to vote thereon.
Sale of Corporate Assets. Under Illinois law, a sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the assets of a corporation that is not done in the ordinary course of
business must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the shares entitled to
vote. If a class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a class in respect thereof, then the
sale will be approved when the corporation receives the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of
the shares of each such class or series. Shareholders will have a right to dissent in this matter.
Under Delaware law, a corporation may sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its
property and assets so long as the transaction is adopted by the holders of a majority of the
outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon at a meeting duly called upon at
least 20 days notice. The notice of the meeting must state that such a resolution will be
considered. Shareholders have no right to appraisal in this matter.
Dissenters or Appraisal Rights. In Illinois, a shareholder of a corporation is entitled to
dissent from, and obtain payment for his or her shares in the event of any of the following
corporate actions:
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an amendment of the articles of incorporation that materially and adversely affects
rights in respect of a dissenters shares because it (i) alters or abolishes a
preferential right of such shares; (ii) alters or abolishes a right in respect of
redemption, including a provision respecting a sinking fund for the redemption or
repurchase, of such shares; (iii) in the case of a corporation incorporated prior to
January 1, 1982, limits or eliminates cumulative voting rights with respect to such
shares; or (iv) any other corporate action taken pursuant to a shareholder vote if the
articles of incorporation, by-laws, or a resolution of the Board of Directors provide
that shareholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares. |
A shareholder may assert dissenters rights only if the shareholder delivers to the corporation
before the vote is taken a written demand for payment for his or her shares if the proposed action
is consummated, and the shareholder does not vote in favor of the proposed action.
Under Delaware law, unless the certificate of incorporation provides for appraisal rights upon
the sale of all or substantially all of its assets, a shareholder only has appraisal rights in the
event of a merger or consolidation and only so long as the shares are not either listed on a
national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 shareholders. This limitation
does not apply if the shareholder will receive for his shares anything other than shares of the
corporation surviving the consummation of the merger or consolidation, shares of a corporation
which at the effective date of the merger or consolidation will be listed on a national securities
exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 shareholders, cash in lieu of fractional shares or
any combination of shares and cash. The shareholder must hold his shares on the date that he makes
a demand for appraisal, must continuously hold his shares through the effective date of the merger
or consolidation and may not have voted in favor of, or consented to, the merger or consolidation.
Any shareholder electing to demand appraisal must deliver to the corporation, before the vote is
taken, a written demand for appraisal of his shares. Like Illinois, Delaware law also provides an
exemption to a corporation surviving a merger if no vote of the shareholders of the surviving
corporation is required to approve the merger.
Directors
In Illinois a corporations Board of Directors may consist of one or more individuals. The
number of directors must be fixed by the bylaws, except the number of initial directors may be
fixed by the incorporators in the articles of incorporation or at the organizational meeting. The
number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to the bylaws. The
bylaws may establish a variable range for the size of the board by prescribing a minimum and
maximum (which may not exceed the minimum by more than five) number of directors. If a variable
range is established, the number of directors may be fixed or changed from time to time, within the
minimum and maximum, by the directors or the shareholders without further amendment to the bylaws.
The terms of all directors expire at the next annual shareholders meeting following their election
unless their terms are staggered. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the
next annual shareholders meeting at which his or her predecessors term would have expired. The
term of a director elected as a result of an increase in the number of directors expires at the
next annual shareholders meeting unless the term is staggered. If the Board of Directors consists
of six or more members, in lieu of electing the membership of the whole Board of Directors
annually, the articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide that the directors can be divided
into either two or three classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as is possible. At
each annual meeting after such classification, the number of directors equal to the number of the
class whose terms expire at the time of such meeting shall be elected to hold office until the
second succeeding annual meeting, if there be two classes, or until the third succeeding annual
meeting, if there be three classes. If the articles of incorporation authorize dividing the shares
into classes or series, the articles may also authorize the election of all or a specified number
or percentage of directors by the holders of one or more authorized classes or series of shares.
Delaware law requires a corporation to have at least one director who is a natural person.
Delaware law allows the directors of a corporation, by the certificate of incorporation or by an
initial bylaw, or by a bylaw adopted
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by a vote of the shareholders, to be divided into one, two or three classes; the term of
office of those of the first class expires at the first annual meeting held after such
classification becomes effective; of the second class one year thereafter; of the third class two
years thereafter; and at each annual election held after such classification becomes effective,
directors will be chosen for a full term to succeed those whose terms expire. The certificate of
incorporation may confer upon holders of any class or series of stock the right to elect one or
more directors.
Inspection of Records
Under Illinois law, any person who is a shareholder of record shall have the right to examine,
in person or by agent, at any reasonable time or times, the corporations books and records of
account, minutes, voting trust agreements filed with the corporation and record of shareholders,
and to make extracts therefrom, but only for a proper purpose. In order to exercise this right, a
shareholder must make written demand upon the corporation, stating with particularity the records
sought to be examined and the purpose therefor. If a shareholder seeks to examine books or records
of account the burden of proof is upon the shareholder to establish a proper purpose. If the
purpose is to examine minutes or the record of shareholders or a voting trust agreement, the burden
of proof is upon the corporation to establish that the shareholder does not have a proper purpose.
Upon written demand, Delaware law allows shareholders to inspect the corporations stock
ledger, a list of shareholders and other books and records for purposes reasonably related to the
persons interests as a shareholder.
Dissolution
Under Illinois law, the Board of Directors may adopt a resolution to dissolve a corporation or
shareholders holding at least one-fifth of the voting power may propose the dissolution to the
Board of Directors. Written notice of the shareholders meeting to consider the voluntary
dissolution of the corporation must be given to each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote
at the meeting. A resolution to voluntarily dissolve the corporation requires for its adoption the
affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the votes of the shares entitled to vote on
dissolution, unless any class of shares is entitled to vote as a class in respect thereof, in which
case the resolution must receive the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of (i) the votes of
the shares of each class of shares entitled to vote as a class and (ii) the total shares entitled
to vote on dissolution.
Under Delaware law, if the Board of Directors deems it advisable that a corporation should be
dissolved, the board must call a meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote on the adoption of
the resolution. A majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote must vote
for the proposed dissolution. Dissolution of a corporation may also be authorized without action of
the directors if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereon consent.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, which requires
us to file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the
SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains such information regarding issuers that file
electronically, such as GeoVax Labs, Inc. The public may inspect our filings over the Internet at
the SECs home page at www.sec.gov. The public may also read and copy any document we file
at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Information
on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by the public by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
EXPERTS
The audited consolidated financial statements of GeoVax, Labs, Inc. and subsidiary for the
years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the period of time considered part of the
development stage from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007, included in the Registration Statement
have been audited by Porter Keadle Moore LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as
set forth in their report appearing herein. Such financial statements have been so included in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The audited consolidated financial statements of GeoVax Labs, Inc. and subsidiary for the year
ended December 31, 2005 and for the period from inception of the development stage (June 27, 2001)
to December 31, 2005, included in the Registration Statement have been audited by Tripp, Chafin &
Causey LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report
appearing herein. Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the reports of
such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the shares of our common stock offered by the selling shareholder will be
passed upon by the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Atlanta, Georgia.
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INDEX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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F-1
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
To the Board of Directors
GeoVax Labs, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of
GeoVax Labs, Inc. and subsidiary (a development stage company)
(the Company) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders equity, and cash flows for the years then
ended, and for the period of time considered part of the
development stage from January 1, 2006 to December 31,
2007, except we did not audit the Companys financial
statements for the period from June 27, 2001 to
December 31, 2005 which were audited by other auditors,
whose latest report dated February 8, 2006 on those
financial statements included an explanatory paragraph
expressing substantial doubt about the Companys ability to
continue as a going concern. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the 2006 consolidated financial statements
referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of GeoVax Labs, Inc. and subsidiary as of
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements, the Company has suffered negative cash
flows from operations since inception. This raises substantial
doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern. Managements plans in regard to these matters are
also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
this uncertainty.
Our audit of the consolidated financial statements also included
the financial statement schedule of the Company, listed in
Item 15(a) of this
Form 10-K.
This schedule is the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on
our audit of the consolidated financial statements. In our
opinion, the financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as
a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
GeoVax Labs, Inc. and subsidiarys internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on
criteria established in Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and our report
dated February 15, 2008, expressed an unqualified opinion
on the effectiveness of GeoVax Labs, Inc.s internal
control over financial reporting.
/s/ PORTER
KEADLE MOORE LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
February 15, 2008
F-2
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Board of Directors
GeoVax, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of GeoVax, Inc.
(a Georgia corporation in the development stage) as of
December 31, 2005 and the related statements of operations,
stockholders deficiency and cash flows for the two years
then ended and for the period from inception (June 27,
2001) to December 31, 2005. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the audited standards
generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As
discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the
Companys recurring losses and negative cash flows from
operations raise substantial doubt about the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern. Managements plans
concerning these matters are also described in Note 1. The
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to
the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts
or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be
necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going
concern.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of GeoVax, Inc. as of December 31, 2005, and the results of
its operations and its cash flows for the two years then ended
and for the period from inception (June 27, 2001) to
December 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ TRIPP,
CHAFIN & CAUSEY, LLC
Marietta, Georgia
February 8, 2006
F-3
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31,
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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1,990,356
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$
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2,088,149
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Grant funds receivable
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93,260
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Stock subscriptions receivable
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897,450
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Prepaid expenses and other
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49,748
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38,130
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Total current assets
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3,030,814
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2,126,279
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of
$76,667 and $47,092 at December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively
|
|
|
75,144
|
|
|
|
104,719
|
|
Other assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licenses, net of accumulated amortization of $109,390 and
$84,504 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
|
|
|
139,466
|
|
|
|
164,352
|
|
Deposits
|
|
|
980
|
|
|
|
980
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other assets
|
|
|
140,446
|
|
|
|
165,332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
3,246,404
|
|
|
$
|
2,396,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
390,993
|
|
|
$
|
83,983
|
|
Amounts payable to Emory University (a related party)
|
|
|
156,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued salaries
|
|
|
51,320
|
|
|
|
109,131
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
598,538
|
|
|
|
193,114
|
|
Commitments (Note 4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $.001 par value, 900,000,000 shares
authorized 731,627,926 and 711,167,943 shares outstanding
at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
|
|
|
731,628
|
|
|
|
711,168
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
12,441,647
|
|
|
|
7,775,661
|
|
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
|
|
|
(10,525,409
|
)
|
|
|
(6,283,613
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
2,647,866
|
|
|
|
2,203,216
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$
|
3,246,404
|
|
|
$
|
2,396,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying report of independent registered public
accounting firm and notes to financial statements.
F-4
GEOVAX
LABS. INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From Inception
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(June 27,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001) to
|
|
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Grant revenue
|
|
$
|
237,004
|
|
|
$
|
852,905
|
|
|
$
|
670,467
|
|
|
$
|
3,648,185
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
1,757,125
|
|
|
|
665,863
|
|
|
|
1,640,814
|
|
|
|
8,750,174
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
2,784,182
|
|
|
|
843,335
|
|
|
|
655,199
|
|
|
|
5,628,057
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,541,307
|
|
|
|
1,509,198
|
|
|
|
2,296,013
|
|
|
|
14,378,231
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(4,304,303
|
)
|
|
|
(656,293
|
)
|
|
|
(1,625,546
|
)
|
|
|
(10,730,046
|
)
|
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
62,507
|
|
|
|
72,127
|
|
|
|
16,073
|
|
|
|
210,306
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,613
|
)
|
|
|
(5,669
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,507
|
|
|
|
72,127
|
|
|
|
14,460
|
|
|
|
204,637
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(4,241,796
|
)
|
|
$
|
(584,166
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,611,086
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10,525,409
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per common share
|
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
Weighted average shares
|
|
|
714,102,311
|
|
|
|
414,919,141
|
|
|
|
312,789,565
|
|
|
|
368,183,870
|
|
See accompanying report of independent registered public
accounting firm and notes to financial statements.
F-5
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(DEFICIENCY)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
During the
|
|
|
Stockholders
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid In
|
|
|
Subscription
|
|
|
Development
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Receivable
|
|
|
Stage
|
|
|
(Deficiency)
|
|
|
Capital contribution at inception (June 27, 2001)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170,592
|
)
|
|
|
(170,592
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170,592
|
)
|
|
|
(170,582
|
)
|
Sale of common stock for cash
|
|
|
139,497,711
|
|
|
|
139,498
|
|
|
|
(139,028
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
470
|
|
Issuance of common stock for technology license
|
|
|
35,226,695
|
|
|
|
35,227
|
|
|
|
113,629
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
148,856
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(618,137
|
)
|
|
|
(618,137
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
174,724,406
|
|
|
|
174,725
|
|
|
|
(25,389
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(788,729
|
)
|
|
|
(639,393
|
)
|
Sale of common stock for cash
|
|
|
61,463,911
|
|
|
|
61,464
|
|
|
|
2,398,145
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,459,609
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(947,804
|
)
|
|
|
(947,804
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
236,188,317
|
|
|
|
236,189
|
|
|
|
2,372,756
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,736,533
|
)
|
|
|
872,412
|
|
Sale of common stock for cash and stock subscription receivable
|
|
|
74,130,250
|
|
|
|
74,130
|
|
|
|
2,915,789
|
|
|
|
(2,750,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
239,919
|
|
Cash payments received on stock subscription receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
Issuance of common stock for technology license
|
|
|
2,470,998
|
|
|
|
2,471
|
|
|
|
97,529
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,351,828
|
)
|
|
|
(2,351,828
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
312,789,565
|
|
|
|
312,790
|
|
|
|
5,386,074
|
|
|
|
(2,000,000
|
)
|
|
|
(4,088,361
|
)
|
|
|
(389,497
|
)
|
Cash payments received on stock subscription receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,611,086
|
)
|
|
|
(1,611,086
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
312,789,565
|
|
|
|
312,790
|
|
|
|
5,386,074
|
|
|
|
(500,000
|
)
|
|
|
(5,699,447
|
)
|
|
|
(500,583
|
)
|
Cash payments received on stock subscription receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Conversion of GeoVax, Inc. preferred stock to common stock in
connection with merger
|
|
|
177,542,538
|
|
|
|
177,543
|
|
|
|
897,573
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075,116
|
|
Common shares issued to Dauphin Technology, Inc. in the merger
on September 28, 2006
|
|
|
217,994,566
|
|
|
|
217,994
|
|
|
|
1,494,855
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,712,849
|
|
Issuance of common stock for cashless warrant exercise
|
|
|
2,841,274
|
|
|
|
2,841
|
|
|
|
(2,841
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(584,166
|
)
|
|
|
(584,166
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
711,167,943
|
|
|
|
711,168
|
|
|
|
7,775,661
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,283,613
|
)
|
|
|
2,203,216
|
|
Sale of common stock for cash
|
|
|
20,336,433
|
|
|
|
20,336
|
|
|
|
3,142,614
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,162,950
|
|
Issuance of common stock upon stock option exercise
|
|
|
123,550
|
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
4,876
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518,496
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,241,796
|
)
|
|
|
(4,241,796
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
731,627,926
|
|
|
$
|
731,628
|
|
|
$
|
12,441,647
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(10,525,409
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,647,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying report of independent registered public
accounting firm and notes to financial statements.
F-6
GEOVAX
LABS. INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From Inception
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(June 27,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001) to
|
|
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(4,241,796
|
)
|
|
$
|
(584,166
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,611,086
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10,525,409
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
54,461
|
|
|
|
49,095
|
|
|
|
37,450
|
|
|
|
186,057
|
|
Accretion of preferred stock redemption value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
58,561
|
|
|
|
78,080
|
|
|
|
346,673
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense
|
|
|
1,518,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518,496
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
(11,618
|
)
|
|
|
124,701
|
|
|
|
(159,648
|
)
|
|
|
(49,748
|
)
|
Grant funds receivable
|
|
|
(93,260
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(93,260
|
)
|
Stock subscriptions receivable
|
|
|
(897,450
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(897,450
|
)
|
Deposits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(980
|
)
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
405,424
|
|
|
|
(123,227
|
)
|
|
|
(335,298
|
)
|
|
|
598,538
|
|
Unearned grant revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(852,905
|
)
|
|
|
183,433
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total adjustments
|
|
|
976,053
|
|
|
|
(743,775
|
)
|
|
|
(195,983
|
)
|
|
|
1,608,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(3,265,743
|
)
|
|
|
(1,327,941
|
)
|
|
|
(1,807,069
|
)
|
|
|
(8,917,083
|
)
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of property and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(69,466
|
)
|
|
|
(48,485
|
)
|
|
|
(151,811
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(69,466
|
)
|
|
|
(48,485
|
)
|
|
|
(151,811
|
)
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds from sale of common stock
|
|
|
3,162,950
|
|
|
|
2,212,849
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
10,325,807
|
|
Net proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
Net proceeds from sale of preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
728,443
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of note payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
Repayment of note payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
3,167,950
|
|
|
|
2,212,849
|
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
11,059,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(97,793
|
)
|
|
|
815,442
|
|
|
|
(355,554
|
)
|
|
|
1,990,356
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
2,088,149
|
|
|
|
1,272,707
|
|
|
|
1,628,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
1,990,356
|
|
|
$
|
2,088,149
|
|
|
$
|
1,272,707
|
|
|
$
|
1,990,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information Interest paid
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,613
|
|
|
$
|
5,669
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing
activities:
In connection with the Merger discussed in Note 6, all of
the outstanding shares of the Companys mandatory
redeemable convertible preferred stock were converted into
shares of common stock as of September 28, 2006.
See accompanying report of independent registered public
accounting firm and notes to financial statements.
F-7
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 and
Period from Inception (June 27, 2001) to
December 31, 2007
|
|
1.
|
Description
of Company and Nature of Business
|
GeoVax Labs, Inc. (GeoVax or the
Company), is a development stage biotechnology
company engaged in research and development activities with a
mission to develop, license and commercialize the manufacture
and sale of human vaccines for diseases caused by Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other infectious agents. The
Company has exclusively licensed from Emory University certain
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) vaccine technology
which was developed in collaboration with the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
GeoVax was originally incorporated under the laws of Illinois as
Dauphin Technology, Inc. (Dauphin). Until December
2003, Dauphin marketed mobile hand-held, pen-based computers and
broadband set-top boxes and provided private, interactive cable
systems to the extended stay hospitality industry. The Company
was unsuccessful and its operations were terminated in December
2003. On September 28, 2006, Dauphin completed a merger
(the Merger) with GeoVax, Inc. which was
incorporated on June 27, 2001 (date of
inception). As a result of the Merger, the
shareholders of GeoVax, Inc. exchanged their shares of common
stock for Dauphin common stock and GeoVax, Inc. became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Dauphin. In connection with the
Merger, Dauphin changed its name to GeoVax Labs, Inc., replaced
its officers and directors with those of GeoVax, Inc. and moved
its offices to Atlanta, Georgia. The Company currently does not
plan to conduct any business other than GeoVax, Inc.s
business of developing new products for the protection from, and
treatment of, human diseases.
The Merger was accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting as a reverse acquisition in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Under this
method of accounting, Dauphin was treated as the
acquired company and, for accounting purposes, the
Merger was treated as the equivalent of GeoVax, Inc. issuing
stock for the net monetary assets of Dauphin, accompanied by a
recapitalization of GeoVax, Inc. Accordingly, comparative
financial information for periods prior to the Merger date
presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements, or in the notes herein, as well as any references to
operations prior to that date, are those of GeoVax, Inc.
As discussed in Note 2, the Company is a development stage
enterprise and we are devoting substantially all of our present
efforts to research and development. We have funded our
activities to date almost exclusively from equity financings and
government grants. We will continue to require substantial funds
to continue our research and development activities, including
preclinical studies and clinical trials of our product
candidates, and to commence sales and marketing efforts, if the
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or
other regulatory approvals are obtained. The proceeds from a
recent government grant received by us (see
Note 9) and from recent equity offerings (see
Note 7) will not be sufficient to fund our planned
research and development activities through the end of 2008. In
order to meet our current and future operating cash flow
requirements we are considering additional offerings of our
common stock, debt or convertible debt instruments. While we
believe that we will be successful in obtaining the necessary
financing to fund our operations, there can be no assurances
that such additional funding will be achieved and that we will
succeed in our future operations. These matters raise
substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue
as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the
realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and
commitments in the normal course of business. The financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the
recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or
amounts of liabilities that might be necessary should the
Company be unable to continue in existence.
F-8
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
Basis
of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
As more thoroughly discussed in Note 6, the accompanying
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
GeoVax, Inc. from inception together with those of GeoVax Labs,
Inc. from September 28, 2006. All intercompany transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Development-Stage
Enterprise
The Company is a development stage enterprise as defined by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
No. 7, Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage
Enterprises. All losses accumulated since inception have
been considered as part of the Companys development stage
activities.
Use of
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may
differ from those estimates.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity of
three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Our
cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of bank deposits and
high yield money market accounts. The recorded values
approximate fair market values due to the short maturities.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments and Concentration of Credit
Risk
Financial instruments that subject us to concentration of credit
risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. These
assets are maintained by reputable third party financial
institution custodians. The carrying values reported in the
balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximate fair
values.
Property
and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for
maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred,
while additions and improvements are capitalized. Depreciation
is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of the assets which range from three to five years.
Depreciation expense was $29,575, $24,210 and $12,563 during the
years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Other
Assets
Other assets consist principally of license agreements for the
use of technology obtained through the issuance of the
Companys common stock. These license agreements are
amortized on a straight line basis over ten years. Amortization
expense related to these agreements was $24,886 during each of
the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively, and is expected to remain the same for each of the
next five years.
F-9
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an
asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be
held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount
of the assets to the future net cash flows expected to be
generated by such assets. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the
amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the
discounted expected future net cash flows from the assets.
Accrued
Liabilities
As part of the process of preparing our financial statements, we
estimate expenses that we believe we have incurred, but have not
yet been billed by our third party vendors. This process
involves identifying services and activities that have been
performed by such vendors on our behalf and estimating the level
to which they have been performed and the associated cost
incurred for such service as of each balance sheet date in our
financial statements. Examples of expenses for which we accrue
include fees for professional services, and fess owed to
contract manufacturers in conjunction with the manufacture of
vaccines for our clinical trials. We make these estimates based
upon progress of activities related to contractual obligations
and also information received from vendors.
Restatement
for Recapitalization
All share amounts and per share figures in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements and the related footnotes have
been restated for the 2006 recapitalization discussed in
Note 6, based on the 29.6521 exchange ratio indicated
therein.
Net
Loss Per Share
Basic and diluted loss per common share are computed based on
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Common
share equivalents (which may consist of options and warrants)
are excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share
since the effect would be antidilutive. Common share equivalents
which could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the
future, and which were excluded from the computation of diluted
loss per share, totaled 93,637,594, 56,431,032 and
36,086,606 shares at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
Revenue
Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with the SECs Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in
Financial Statements, as amended by Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition,
(SAB No. 104). SAB No. 104
provides guidance in applying U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles to revenue recognition issues, and
specifically addresses revenue recognition for upfront,
nonrefundable fees received in connection with research
collaboration agreements. During 2007, our revenue consisted of
government grant revenue received directly from the National
Institutes of Health (see Note 9); in prior years our
revenue consisted of grant revenue subcontracted to us from
Emory University pursuant to collaborative arrangements. Revenue
from these arrangements is recorded as income as the related
costs are incurred.
Research
and Development and Patent Costs
All research and development costs, including all related
salaries, clinical trial expenses, regulatory expenses and
facility costs are charged to expense when incurred. Our
expenditures related to obtaining and
F-10
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
protecting patents are also charged to expense when incurred,
and are included in general and administrative expense.
Period
to Period Comparisons
Our operating results are expected to fluctuate for the
foreseeable future. Therefore, period-to-period comparisons
should not be relied upon as predictive of the results for
future periods.
Income
Taxes
We account for income taxes using the liability method. Under
this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized
for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to
differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of
existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted
rates in effect for the year in which temporary differences are
expected to be recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets are
reduced by a valuation allowance unless, in the opinion of
management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all
of the deferred tax assets will be realized.
Stock-Based
Compensation
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payments (SFAS No. 123R), which
requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense
for all share-based payments made to employees and directors
based on estimated fair values on the grant date.
SFAS No. 123R replaces SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
(SFAS No. 123), and supersedes
Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
We adopted SFAS No. 123R using the prospective
application method which requires us to apply the provisions of
SFAS No. 123R prospectively to new awards and to
awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after
December 31, 2005. Awards granted after December 31,
2005 are valued at fair value in accordance with the provisions
of SFAS No. 123R and recognized on a straight line
basis over the service periods of each award.
Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted for stock-based
compensation using the intrinsic value method in accordance with
APB Opinion No. 25 and applied the disclosure provisions of
SFAS No. 123, as amended by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation and Disclosure. The following table illustrates
the effect on net loss and net loss per share in 2005 had we
applied the fair value recognition provisions of
SFAS No. 123 to stock-based employee compensation
arrangements.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Net loss, as reported
|
|
$
|
(1,611,086
|
)
|
Deduct stock-based compensation expense determined under fair
value method
|
|
|
(105,955
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net loss
|
|
$
|
(1,717,041
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share (basic and diluted):
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
Pro forma
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
See Note 7 for additional stock-based compensation
information.
F-11
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
New
Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109
(FIN No. 48), which seeks to reduce
the diversity in practice associated with the accounting and
reporting for uncertainty in income tax positions. This
Interpretation prescribes a comprehensive model for the
financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and
disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be
taken in an income tax return. FIN No. 48 presents a
two-step process for evaluating a tax position. The first step
is to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that a tax
position will be sustained upon examination, based on the
technical merits of the position. The second step is to measure
the benefit to be recorded from tax positions that meet the
more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, by determining the
largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than
50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate
settlement, and recognizing that amount in the financial
statements. FIN No. 48 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2006. We adopted
FIN No. 48 effective January 1, 2007; such
adoption did not have a material impact on our results of
operations, financial position, or cash flows.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
(SFAS No. 157), which provides
enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. SFAS No. 157 provides a common definition
of fair value and establishes a framework to make the
measurement of fair value under generally accepted accounting
principles more consistent and comparable.
SFAS No. 157 also requires expanded disclosures to
provide information about the extent to which fair value is used
to measure assets and liabilities, the methods and assumptions
used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value
measures on earnings. We adopted SFAS No. 157
effective January 1, 2008. We do not expect the adoption of
SFAS No. 157 will have a material impact on our
results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.
In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value
Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
(SFAS No. 159). SFAS No. 159
permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value that are not currently
required to be measured at fair value. We adopted
SFAS No. 159 effective January 1, 2008. We do not
expect the adoption of SFAS No. 159 to have a material
impact on our results of operations, financial position, or cash
flows.
In June 2007, FASB ratified the consensus reached by the
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) on EITF Issue
No. 07-3,
Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or
Services to Be Used in Future Research and Development
Activities (EITF
No. 07-3).
EITF
No. 07-3
addresses the diversity that exists with respect to the
accounting for the non-refundable portion of a payment made by a
research and development entity for future research and
development activities. Under EITF
No. 07-3,
an entity would defer and capitalize non-refundable advance
payments made for research and development activities until the
related goods are delivered or the related services are
performed. We adopted EITF
No. 07-3
effective January 1, 2008. We do not expect the adoption of
EITF
No. 07-3
to have a material impact on our results of operations,
financial position, or cash flows.
We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet
effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have
a material effect on our financial statements.
During 2002, we entered into a license agreement with Emory
University (the Emory License), a related party, for
technology required in conjunction with certain products under
development by us in exchange for 35,226,695 shares of our
common stock valued at $148,856. The Emory License, among other
F-12
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
contractual obligations, requires payments based on milestone
achievements (as defined), royalties on our sales or on payments
to us by our sublicensees, and payment of maintenance fees in
the event certain milestones (as defined) are not met within the
time periods specified in the contract. We may terminate the
Emory License on three months written notice. In any
event, the Emory License expires on the date of the latest
expiration date of the underlying patents.
Pursuant to the Emory License, prior patent costs (pre-2002) are
payable to Emory University, one half of which is due when
capital raised subsequent to the date of the Emory License is
equal to $5 million and the remainder is due when
cumulative capital raised equals $12.5 million, or upon the
earlier occurrence of the fifth anniversary of the agreement. We
reached the first threshold of $5 million in December 2005,
and fulfilled the first half of our payment obligation
($137,392) in January 2006. The second financing threshold has
not been reached, but we became obligated to pay the second half
of our payment obligation ($137,392) upon reaching the five year
anniversary of the Emory License during 2007. We made this
payment in January 2008, and the amount is included in accrued
liabilities on our December 31, 2007 Consolidated Balance
Sheet and is recorded in general and administrative expense for
2007. We are also obligated to reimburse Emory University for
certain ongoing costs in connection with the filing, prosecution
and maintenance of patent applications subject to the Emory
License. The expense associated with these ongoing patent cost
reimbursements to Emory amounted to $106,261, $98,842 and
$96,938 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively.
We also entered into a license agreement with another entity
during 2004 in exchange for 2,470,998 shares of our common
stock valued at $100,000. Pursuant to this agreement, we
obtained a fully paid, worldwide, irrevocable exclusive license
to certain patents covering technology that may be employed by
our products.
Leases
We lease the office and laboratory space used for our operations
in Atlanta under a lease agreement on a month-to-month basis
from Emtech Biotechnology Development, Inc., a related party
associated with Emory University. We also share the lease
expense for office space in the Chicago area for one of our
officers and directors, but we are not obligated under any lease
agreement for such space. Rent expense totaled $56,588, $38,921
and $27,444 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively.
Manufacturing
Contracts
In June 2007, we entered into two manufacturing contracts with
third party suppliers for the production of vaccine to be used
in our Phase II human clinical trials planned for 2008. We
recorded $476,963 associated with these contracts during 2007.
At December 31, 2007, there is approximately $964,000 of
unrecorded contractual commitments associated with these
arrangements, for services expected to be rendered to us during
2008.
At December 31, 2007, we have a consolidated federal net
operating loss (NOL) carryforward of approximately
$68.3 million, available to offset against future taxable
income which expires in varying amounts in 2010 through 2027.
Additionally, we have approximately $254,000 in research and
development (R&D) tax credits that expire in
2022 through 2026 unless utilized earlier. No income taxes have
been paid to date.
As a result of the Merger discussed in Note 6, our NOL
carryforward increased substantially due to the addition of
approximately $59.7 million of historical NOL carryforwards
for Dauphin Technology, Inc.
F-13
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
However, Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code contains
provisions that may limit our utilization of NOL and R&D
tax credit carryforwards in any given year as a result of
significant changes in ownership interests that have occurred in
past periods or may occur in future periods.
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effect of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts
used for income tax purposes. Significant components of our
deferred tax assets and liabilities included the following at
December 31, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
23,573,099
|
|
|
$
|
22,527,726
|
|
Research and development tax credit carryforward
|
|
|
254,285
|
|
|
|
254,285
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense
|
|
|
516,289
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
24,343,673
|
|
|
|
22,795,611
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
4,750
|
|
|
|
3,308
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
4,750
|
|
|
|
3,308
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
|
24,338,923
|
|
|
|
22,792,303
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(24,338,923
|
)
|
|
|
(22,792,303
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We have established a full valuation allowance equal to the
amount of our net deferred tax assets due to uncertainties with
respect to our ability to generate sufficient taxable income to
realize these assets in the future.
A reconciliation of the income tax benefit on losses at the
U.S. federal statutory rate to the reported income tax
expense is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
U.S. federal statutory rate applied to pretax loss
|
|
$
|
(1,442,211
|
)
|
|
$
|
(198,616
|
)
|
|
$
|
(547,769
|
)
|
Permanent differences
|
|
|
4,691
|
|
|
|
22,208
|
|
|
|
26,976
|
|
Research and development credits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
51,863
|
|
|
|
74,636
|
|
Change in valuation allowance (excluding impact of the Merger
discussed in Note 6)
|
|
|
1,437,520
|
|
|
|
124,545
|
|
|
|
446,157
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reported income tax expense
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.
|
Merger
and Recapitalization
|
In January 2006, Dauphin Technology, Inc. and GeoVax, Inc.
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger
Agreement), which was consummated on September 28,
2006. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, as amended,
Dauphins wholly-owned subsidiary, GeoVax Acquisition
Corp., merged with and into GeoVax, Inc., which survived the
merger and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dauphin (the
Merger). Dauphin then changed its name to GeoVax
Labs, Inc. Following the Merger, common shareholders of GeoVax,
Inc. and holders of GeoVax, Inc. redeemable convertible
preferred stock received 29.6521 shares of the
Companys common stock for each share of GeoVax, Inc.
common or preferred stock, or a total of
F-14
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
490,332,103 shares (approximately 69.2%) of the
Companys 708,326,669 shares of common stock then
outstanding.
We accounted for the Merger under the purchase method of
accounting as a reverse acquisition in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
for accounting and financial reporting purposes. Under this
method of accounting, Dauphin was treated as the
acquired company. In accordance with guidance
applicable to these circumstances, the Merger was considered to
be a capital transaction in substance. Accordingly, for
accounting purposes, the Merger was treated as the equivalent of
GeoVax, Inc. issuing stock for the net monetary assets of
Dauphin, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net monetary
assets of Dauphin (consisting primarily of cash) were stated at
their fair values, essentially equivalent to historical costs,
with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. The
deficit accumulated during the development stage of GeoVax, Inc.
was carried forward after the Merger. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements reflect the operations of
GeoVax, Inc. prior to the Merger, and of the combined companies
subsequent to the Merger.
Common
Stock Transactions
In November 2006, we issued 2,841,274 shares of our common
stock in connection with a cashless exercise of a previously
issued stock purchase warrant.
In January 2007, we sold 1,543,210 shares of our common
stock to two individual accredited investors for an aggregate
purchase price of $250,000. We also issued to the investors
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 771,605 shares of
common stock at a price of $0.75 per share, expiring on
December 31, 2009.
In January 2007, we issued 123,550 shares of our common
stock to a former employee for an aggregate purchase price of
$5,000, pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
In July 2007, we entered into a Subscription Agreement with an
institutional investor (the Investor), pursuant to
which we agreed to sell shares of our common stock at a price of
$0.155 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $7,500,000.
The transaction was to be consummated in two closings, during
August and November. We also agreed to issue to the Investor a
3 year stock purchase warrant to purchase shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share. In
September 2007, the Investor advanced $300,000 to us as payment
towards its obligation associated with the first closing, but
defaulted on its remaining obligation. In December 2007, we
settled with the Investor through the issuance of a pro rata
portion of the shares (1,935,484 shares) and warrants
(1,571,429 warrants) which would have been issued upon the first
closing, in exchange for the $300,000 advanced to us.
In November and December 2007, we sold an aggregate of
16,857,739 shares of our common stock to twenty-six
individual accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price
of $2,612,950, $897,450 of which was paid in January 2008 and is
recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as a
subscription receivable. We also issued to the investors
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 26,733,470 shares of
common stock at a price of $0.33 per share, 15,096,774 of which
have a 5 year term, with the remainder having a four year
term.
Stock
Options
In 2006 we adopted the GeoVax Labs, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan (the 2006 Plan) for the granting of qualified
incentive stock options (ISOs), nonqualified
stock options, restricted stock awards or restricted stock
bonuses to employees, officers, directors, consultants and
advisors of the Company. The exercise price for any option
granted may not be less than fair value (110% of fair value for
ISOs granted to certain
F-15
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
employees). Prior to adoption of the 2006 Plan, stock option
awards were subject to the GeoVax, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan and
Incentive Plan (the 2002 Plan) which has been
discontinued. All outstanding stock options issued pursuant to
the 2002 Plan were assumed by the 2006 Plan. Options granted
under the plans have a maximum ten-year term and generally vest
over four years. The Company has reserved 51,000,000 shares
of its common stock for issuance under the 2006 Plan.
A summary of our stock option activity under the 2006 Plan as of
December 31, 2007, and changes during the year then ended
is presented below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
of Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Term (Yrs)
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
34,431,032
|
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
11,810,000
|
|
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(123,550
|
)
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited or expired
|
|
|
(6,256,392
|
)
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
39,861,090
|
|
|
$
|
0.12
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
$
|
3,614,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
31,872,249
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
|
|
$
|
3,583,216
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional information concerning our stock options for the
years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period
|
|
$
|
0.30
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
Intrinsic value of options exercised during the period
|
|
|
22,181
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fair value of options vested during the period
|
|
|
1,156,020
|
|
|
|
104,837
|
|
|
|
105,955
|
|
During 2007 and 2006 we used a Black-Scholes model for
determining the grant date fair value of our stock option
grants. During 2005 (prior to adoption of
SFAS No. 123R) we used a minimum value option-pricing
model to estimate the fair values of stock option grants. These
models utilize certain information, such as the interest rate on
a risk-free security with a term generally equivalent to the
expected life of the option being valued and requires certain
other assumptions, such as the expected amount of time an option
will be outstanding until it is exercised or expired, to
calculate the fair value of stock options granted. The
significant assumptions we used in our fair value calculations
were as follows (during 2006, we did not grant any stock
options; therefore, fair value calculations were not required):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Weighted average risk-free interest rates
|
|
|
4.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
Expected life of option
|
|
|
6.8 yrs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.0 yrs
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
135
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
Stock-based compensation expense related to the 2006 Plan was
$1,296,196, $-0- and $-0- during the years ended
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The 2007
expense includes $242,113 associated with a 5 year
extension of a previously issued stock option grant (which is
accounted for as a reissuance) to our President and Chief
Executive Officer, which was due to expire in December 2007. For
the year ended December 31, 2007, total stock-based
compensation expense of $1,296,196 was allocated $284,113 to
research
F-16
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
and development expense and $1,012,083 to general and
administrative expense. As of December 31, 2007, there was
$2,450,577 of unrecognized compensation expense related to
stock-based compensation arrangements. The unrecognized
compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a
weighted average remaining period of 1.9 years.
Compensatory
Warrants
We may, from time to time, issue stock purchase warrants to
consultants or others in exchange for services. A summary of our
compensatory warrant activity as of December 31, 2007, and
changes during the year then ended is presented below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
of Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Term (Yrs)
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
2,700,000
|
|
|
|
0.33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited or expired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
2,700,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.33
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional information concerning our compensatory warrants for
the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value of warrants granted during the period
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Intrinsic value of warrants exercised during the period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fair value of warrants vested during the period
|
|
|
266,760
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We use a Black-Scholes model for determining the grant date fair
value of our compensatory warrants. The significant assumptions
we used in our fair value calculations were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Weighted average risk-free interest rates
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected life of option
|
|
|
3 yrs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
113.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expense associate with compensatory warrants was $222,300, $-0-
and $-0- during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2007,
all of such expense was allocated to general and administrative
expense. As of December 31, 2007, there was $444,600 of
unrecognized compensation expense related to our compensatory
warrant arrangements. The unrecognized compensation expense is
expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining
period of 0.7 years.
Investment
Warrants
In addition to outstanding stock options and compensatory
warrants, as of December 31, 2007 we have a total of
51,076,504 outstanding stock purchase warrants issued to
investors with exercise prices ranging from
F-17
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
$0.07 to $0.75. Such warrants have a weighted-average exercise
price of $0.22 and a weighted-average remaining contractual life
of 3.2 years.
We participate in a multi-employer defined contribution
retirement plan (the 401k Plan) administered by a
third party service provider, and has contributed to the 401k
Plan on behalf of its employees based upon a matching formula.
During the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 our
contributions to the 401k Plan were $6,535, $6,744 and $7,473,
respectively.
In September 2007, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
awarded us an Integrated Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine
Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine
program. The project period for the grant covers a five year
period commencing October 2007, with an award of approximately
$3 million per year, or $15 million in the aggregate.
We will utilize this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine
development, optimization, production and human clinical trial
testing including Phase 2 human clinical trials planned for
2008. We will record revenue associated with the grant as the
related costs and expenses are incurred. During 2007, we
recorded $237,004 of revenue associated with the grant, $93,260
of which was received in January 2008 and is recorded as a
receivable (Other Current Assets) at December 31, 2007 in
the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet.
|
|
10.
|
Selected
Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
|
A summary of selected quarterly financial data for 2007 and 2006
is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31
|
|
|
June 30
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
December 31
|
|
|
Revenue from grants
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
237,004
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
(587,281
|
)
|
|
|
(1,333,126
|
)
|
|
|
(1,165,519
|
)
|
|
|
(1,155,870
|
)
|
Net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31
|
|
|
June 30
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
December 31
|
|
|
Revenue from grants
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
478,853
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
374,052
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
(432,856
|
)
|
|
|
196,163
|
|
|
|
(283,434
|
)
|
|
|
(64,039
|
)
|
Net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
|
|
(0.00
|
)
|
In January 2008, we entered into an agreement with a third party
consultant for investor relations and financial consulting
services. The agreement provides for the issuance, during 2008,
of 500,000 shares of our common stock and a three year
warrant to purchase a total of 2,700,000 shares of our
common stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share. Concurrent
with the execution of this agreement, we terminated a prior
agreement with the consultant, resulting in the cancellation of
2,700,000 previously issued warrants. Neither the shares
issuable pursuant to the agreement nor the common stock
underlying the warrant have been registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and no registration rights were granted
to the consultant.
F-18
GEOVAX
LABS, INC.
SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
|
|
|
Charged to
|
|
|
Charged to
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
|
|
|
|
Beginning
|
|
|
Costs and
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
End
|
|
Description
|
|
of Period
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
Accounts
|
|
|
Deductions
|
|
|
of Period
|
|
|
Reserve Deducted in the Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From the Asset to Which it Applies:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2007
|
|
$
|
22,740,440
|
|
|
$
|
1,082,194
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
23,822,634
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
2,257,226
|
|
|
|
20,483,214
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
22,740,440
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2005
|
|
|
1,600,555
|
|
|
|
656,671
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,257,226
|
|
F-19
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
2,120,597 |
|
|
$ |
1,990,356 |
|
Grant funds receivable |
|
|
119,936 |
|
|
|
93,260 |
|
Stock subscriptions receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
897,450 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
|
|
81,697 |
|
|
|
49,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
2,322,230 |
|
|
|
3,030,814 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $83,134 and
$76,667 at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively |
|
|
70,915 |
|
|
|
75,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licenses, net of accumulated amortization of $115,611 and $109,390
at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively |
|
|
133,245 |
|
|
|
139,466 |
|
Deposits |
|
|
980 |
|
|
|
980 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other assets |
|
|
134,225 |
|
|
|
140,446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
2,527,370 |
|
|
$ |
3,246,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
$ |
129,483 |
|
|
$ |
390,993 |
|
Amounts payable to Emory University (a related party) |
|
|
5,185 |
|
|
|
156,225 |
|
Accrued salaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
51,320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
134,668 |
|
|
|
598,538 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments (Note 4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $.001 par value, 900,000,000 shares authorized
731,927,926 and 731,627,926 shares outstanding at
March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively |
|
|
731,928 |
|
|
|
731,628 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
12,868,693 |
|
|
|
12,441,647 |
|
Deficit accumulated during the development stage |
|
|
(11,207,919 |
) |
|
|
(10,525,409 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity |
|
|
2,392,702 |
|
|
|
2,647,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
$ |
2,527,370 |
|
|
$ |
3,246,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-20
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From Inception |
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
(June 27, 2001) to |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant revenue |
|
$ |
599,991 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
4,248,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
599,991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,248,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development |
|
|
603,478 |
|
|
|
212,608 |
|
|
|
9,353,652 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
705,642 |
|
|
|
399,114 |
|
|
|
6,333,699 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,309,120 |
|
|
|
611,722 |
|
|
|
15,687,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(709,129 |
) |
|
|
(611,722 |
) |
|
|
(11,439,175 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
26,619 |
|
|
|
24,441 |
|
|
|
236,925 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,669 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,619 |
|
|
|
24,441 |
|
|
|
231,256 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss and comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(682,510 |
) |
|
$ |
(587,281 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,207,919 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per common share |
|
$ |
(0.00 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.00 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding |
|
|
731,794,959 |
|
|
|
712,772,280 |
|
|
|
383,791,705 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-21
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
|
during the |
|
|
Stockholders |
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional |
|
|
Subscription |
|
|
Development |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Paid In Capital |
|
|
Receivable |
|
|
Stage |
|
|
(Deficiency) |
|
Capital contribution at inception (June 27, 2001) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170,592 |
) |
|
|
(170,592 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170,592 |
) |
|
|
(170,582 |
) |
Sale of common stock for cash |
|
|
139,497,711 |
|
|
|
139,498 |
|
|
|
(139,028 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
470 |
|
Issuance of common stock for technology license |
|
|
35,226,695 |
|
|
|
35,227 |
|
|
|
113,629 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
148,856 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(618,137 |
) |
|
|
(618,137 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002 |
|
|
174,724,406 |
|
|
|
174,725 |
|
|
|
(25,389 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(788,729 |
) |
|
|
(639,393 |
) |
Sale of common stock for cash |
|
|
61,463,911 |
|
|
|
61,464 |
|
|
|
2,398,145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,459,609 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(947,804 |
) |
|
|
(947,804 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003 |
|
|
236,188,317 |
|
|
|
236,189 |
|
|
|
2,372,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,736,533 |
) |
|
|
872,412 |
|
Sale of common stock for cash and stock
subscription
receivable |
|
|
74,130,250 |
|
|
|
74,130 |
|
|
|
2,915,789 |
|
|
|
(2,750,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
239,919 |
|
Cash payments received on stock subscription
receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,000 |
|
Issuance of common stock for technology license |
|
|
2,470,998 |
|
|
|
2,471 |
|
|
|
97,529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,351,828 |
) |
|
|
(2,351,828 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004 |
|
|
312,789,565 |
|
|
|
312,790 |
|
|
|
5,386,074 |
|
|
|
(2,000,000 |
) |
|
|
(4,088,361 |
) |
|
|
(389,497 |
) |
Cash payments received on stock subscription
receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,500,000 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,611,086 |
) |
|
|
(1,611,086 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2005 |
|
|
312,789,565 |
|
|
|
312,790 |
|
|
|
5,386,074 |
|
|
|
(500,000 |
) |
|
|
(5,699,447 |
) |
|
|
(500,583 |
) |
Cash payments received on stock subscription
receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
Conversion of preferred stock to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock |
|
|
177,542,538 |
|
|
|
177,543 |
|
|
|
897,573 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075,116 |
|
Common stock issued in connection with merger |
|
|
217,994,566 |
|
|
|
217,994 |
|
|
|
1,494,855 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,712,849 |
|
Issuance of common stock for cashless warrant
exercise |
|
|
2,841,274 |
|
|
|
2,841 |
|
|
|
(2,841 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(584,166 |
) |
|
|
(584,166 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2006 |
|
|
711,167,943 |
|
|
|
711,168 |
|
|
|
7,775,661 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,283,613 |
) |
|
|
2,203,216 |
|
Sale of common stock for cash |
|
|
20,336,433 |
|
|
|
20,336 |
|
|
|
3,142,614 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,162,950 |
|
Issuance of common stock upon stock option exercise |
|
|
123,550 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
4,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518,496 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,518,496 |
|
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,241,796 |
) |
|
|
(4,241,796 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2007 |
|
|
731,627,926 |
|
|
|
731,628 |
|
|
|
12,441,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,525,409 |
) |
|
|
2,647,866 |
|
Continued on following page
F-22
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
|
during the |
|
|
Stockholders |
|
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional |
|
|
Subscription |
|
|
Development |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Paid In Capital |
|
|
Receivable |
|
|
Stage |
|
|
(Deficiency) |
|
Balance at December 31, 2007 |
|
|
731,627,926 |
|
|
|
731,628 |
|
|
|
12,441,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,525,409 |
) |
|
|
2,647,866 |
|
Issuance of common stock for
consulting services (unaudited) |
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
46,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,000 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense (unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
380,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
380,346 |
|
Net loss for the three months ended
March 31, 2008 (unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(682,510 |
) |
|
|
(682,510 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2008 (unaudited) |
|
|
731,927,926 |
|
|
$ |
731,928 |
|
|
$ |
12,868,693 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(11,207,919 |
) |
|
$ |
2,392,702 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-23
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
From Inception |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
(June 27, 2001) to |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
March 31, 2008 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(682,510 |
) |
|
$ |
(587,281 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,207,919 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
12,688 |
|
|
|
13,910 |
|
|
|
198,745 |
|
Accretion of preferred stock redemption value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
346,673 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
380,346 |
|
|
|
45,755 |
|
|
|
1,898,842 |
|
Stock issued to consultant in lieu of cash |
|
|
18,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,250 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant funds receivable |
|
|
(26,676 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(119,936 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
(3,199 |
) |
|
|
10,355 |
|
|
|
(52,947 |
) |
Deposits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(980 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
(463,870 |
) |
|
|
(113,126 |
) |
|
|
134,668 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total adjustments |
|
|
(82,461 |
) |
|
|
(43,106 |
) |
|
|
2,423,315 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(764,971 |
) |
|
|
(630,387 |
) |
|
|
(8,784,604 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of property and equipment |
|
|
(2,238 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(154,049 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(2,238 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(154,049 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds from sale of common stock |
|
|
897,450 |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
10,325,807 |
|
Net proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Net proceeds from sale of preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
728,443 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of note payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
Repayment of note payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(250,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
897,450 |
|
|
|
255,000 |
|
|
|
11,059,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
130,241 |
|
|
|
(375,387 |
) |
|
|
2,120,597 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
1,990,356 |
|
|
|
2,088,149 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
2,120,597 |
|
|
$ |
1,712,762 |
|
|
$ |
2,120,597 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
5,669 |
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-24
GEOVAX LABS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT-STAGE ENTERPRISE)
NOTES TO INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2008
1. Description of Company and Basis of Presentation
GeoVax Labs, Inc. (GeoVax or the Company), is a development stage biotechnology company engaged
in research and development activities with a mission to develop, license and commercialize the
manufacture and sale of human vaccines for diseases caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
and other infectious agents. The Company has exclusively licensed from Emory University certain
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) vaccine technology which was developed in collaboration
with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
GeoVax was originally incorporated under the laws of Illinois as Dauphin Technology, Inc.
(Dauphin). Until December 2003, Dauphin marketed mobile hand-held, pen-based computers and
broadband set-top boxes and provided private, interactive cable systems to the extended stay
hospitality industry. The Company was unsuccessful and its operations were terminated in December
2003. On September 28, 2006, Dauphin completed a merger (the Merger) with GeoVax, Inc. which was
incorporated on June 27, 2001 (date of inception). As a result of the Merger, the shareholders
of GeoVax, Inc. exchanged their shares of common stock for Dauphin common stock and GeoVax, Inc.
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dauphin. In connection with the Merger, Dauphin changed its
name to GeoVax Labs, Inc., replaced its officers and directors with those of GeoVax, Inc. and moved
its offices to Atlanta, Georgia. The Company currently does not plan to conduct any business other
than GeoVax, Inc.s business of developing new products for protection from, and treatment of,
human diseases.
The Merger was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting as a reverse acquisition in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Under this method of accounting,
Dauphin was treated as the acquired company and, for accounting purposes, the Merger was treated
as the equivalent of GeoVax, Inc. issuing stock for the net monetary assets of Dauphin, accompanied
by a recapitalization of GeoVax, Inc. Accordingly, all financial information prior to September
28, 2006 presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, or in the notes
herein, as well as any references to prior operations, are those of GeoVax, Inc.
The Company is a development stage enterprise as defined by Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (SFAS) No. 7, Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises, and we are
devoting substantially all of our present efforts to research and development. We have funded our
activities to date almost exclusively from equity financings and government grants. We will
continue to require substantial funds to continue our research and development activities,
including preclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates, and to commence sales
and marketing efforts, if the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other
regulatory approvals are obtained.
In September 2007, the National Institutes of Health awarded the Company a grant of approximately
$15 million to be funded over a 5 year period (see Note 7). The proceeds from this grant, combined
with our existing cash resources and recent sales of our equity securities (see Note 8), will be
sufficient to fund our planned research and development activities into the fourth quarter of 2008,
but additional funds will be necessary to meet our future operating cash flow requirements. In May
2008, we entered into a $10,000,000 common stock purchase agreement with a third party
institutional fund (see Note 9) which we anticipate will provide the operating capital necessary to
fund our operations for at least the next two years. This financing arrangement commences upon the
date on which a registration statement related to the transaction is declared effective by the U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). While we believe that we will be successful in obtaining
the necessary financing to fund our operations through the aforementioned financing arrangement or
through other sources, there can be no assurances that such additional funding will be achieved and
that we will succeed in our future operations. These matters raise substantial doubt about the
Companys ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the
satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of
recorded asset amounts or amounts of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be
unable to continue in existence.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2008 and for the three month
periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting of
normal recurring entries, which the Companys management believes to be necessary for a fair
presentation of the dates and periods presented. Interim results are not
F-25
necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the Companys audited financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Our operating results are expected to fluctuate for the
foreseeable future. Therefore, period-to-period comparisons should not be relied upon as predictive
of the results in future periods.
The Company disclosed in Note 2 to its financial statements included in the Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007 those accounting policies that it considers significant in determining its
results of operations and financial position. There have been no material changes to, or
application of, the accounting policies previously identified and described in the Form 10-K.
2. New Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), which provides
enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. SFAS 157 provides a
common definition of fair value and establishes a framework to make the measurement of fair value
under generally accepted accounting principles more consistent and comparable. SFAS 157 also
requires expanded disclosures to provide information about the extent to which fair value is used
to measure assets and liabilities, the methods and assumptions used to measure fair value, and the
effect of fair value measures on earnings. The adoption of SFAS 157 had no impact on our results of
operations, financial position, or cash flows.
Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159,
The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (SFAS 159). SFAS 159
permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair
value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The adoption of SFAS 159 had no
impact on our results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.
Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted FASB Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 07-3, Accounting
for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to Be Used in Future Research and
Development Activities (EITF 07-3). EITF No. 07-3 addresses the diversity that exists with
respect to the accounting for the non-refundable portion of a payment made by a research and
development entity for future research and development activities. Under EITF 07-3, an entity
would defer and capitalize non-refundable advance payments made for research and development
activities until the related goods are delivered or the related services are performed. The
adoption of EITF 07-3 did not have a material impact on our results of operations, financial
position, or cash flows.
In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141(R), Business
Combinations (SFAS 141(R)). SFAS 141(R) requires the acquiring entity in a business combination
to recognize all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction, establishes the
acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired and liabilities
assumed, and requires the acquirer to disclose the nature and financial effect of the business
combination. SFAS 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. If and
when GeoVax acquires one or more entities in the future, we will apply SFAS 141(R) for the purposes
of accounting for such acquisitions.
In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160,
Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements (SFAS 160). SFAS 160 amends
Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, to establish accounting
and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation
of a subsidiary. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. GeoVax
presently has no such noncontrolling interests. If and at such time as such an interest exists, we
will apply SFAS 160.
In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures
about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 amends and expands the
disclosure requirements of SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging. SFAS 161
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. We will adopt SFAS 161 in the
first quarter of 2009 and we are currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption will have
on our financial statements.
We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if
currently adopted would have a material effect on our financial statements.
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3. Basic and Diluted Loss Per Common Share
Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of
common shares and potentially dilutive common shares outstanding during the period. Potentially
dilutive common shares primarily consist of employee stock options and warrants. Common share
equivalents which potentially could dilute basic earnings per share in the future, and which were
excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share, as the effect would be anti-dilutive,
totaled approximately 93.6 million and 66.2 million shares at March 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
4. Stockholders Equity
Common Stock Transactions
In January 2008, we entered into an agreement with a third party consultant for investor relations
and financial consulting services. The agreement provides for the issuance, during 2008, of an
aggregate 500,000 shares of our common stock, 300,000 of which were issued during the three months
ended March 31, 2008. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we issued 300,000 shares of
our common stock pursuant to this arrangement which were valued at $47,000; $18,250 of which is
recorded as general and administrative expense and $28,750 of which is recorded as a prepaid
expense.
Stock Options
We currently have one equity-based compensation plan from which stock-based compensation awards can
be granted to employees, directors and consultants. The following table summarizes stock option
activity for the three months ended March 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average |
|
|
Number of Shares |
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2007 |
|
|
39,861,090 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited or Expired |
|
|
(133,333 |
) |
|
|
0.36 |
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at March 31, 2008 |
|
|
39,727,757 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at March 31, 2008 |
|
|
34,658,916 |
|
|
$ |
0.10 |
|
For the three month period ending March 31, 2008, we recorded total stock-based compensation
expense of $380,346, which was allocated $37,917 to research and development expense and $308,409
to general and administrative expense. For the three month period ending March 31, 2007, total
stock-based compensation expense was $45,755, and was allocated $7,813 to research and development
expense and $37,942 to general and administrative expense. As of March 31, 2008, there was
$2,011,716 of unrecognized compensation expense related to stock-based compensation arrangements,
which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.7 years.
The following table sets forth fair value per share information, including related weighted average
assumptions, used to determine stock-based compensation cost for our stock options consistent with
the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payments (SFAS 123R). We use a Black-Scholes model for determining the grant date fair value of
our stock option grants.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value per share of options granted |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
Weighted average assumptions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
107.91 |
|
Expected annual dividend yield |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Risk-free rate of return |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
4.46 |
% |
Expected option term (years) |
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
Compensatory Warrants
We may, from time to time, issue stock purchase warrants to consultants or others in exchange for
services.
The following table summarizes our compensatory warrant activity for the three months ended March
31, 2008:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average |
|
|
Number of Shares |
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2007 |
|
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
Granted |
|
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited or Expired |
|
|
(2,700,000 |
) |
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at March 31, 2008 |
|
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at March 31, 2008 |
|
|
1,080,000 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
Expense associated with compensatory warrants was $34,020 for three month period ending March 31,
2008, all of which was allocated to general and administrative expense. No expense was recorded
for the comparable period in 2007. As of March 31, 2008, there was $102,060 of unrecognized
compensation expense related to compensatory warrant arrangements, which is expected to be
recognized over a weighted average period of 0.8 years.
We use a Black-Scholes model for determining the grant date fair value of our compensatory
warrants. The significant assumptions we used in our fair value calculations were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value per share of options granted |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
Weighted average assumptions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility |
|
|
94.86 |
% |
|
|
n/a |
|
Expected annual dividend yield |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
n/a |
|
Risk-free rate of return |
|
|
2.01 |
% |
|
|
n/a |
|
Expected option term (years) |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
Investment Warrants
In addition to outstanding stock options and compensatory warrants, as of March 31, 2008 we have a
total of 51,076,504 outstanding stock purchase warrants issued to investors with exercise prices
ranging from $0.07 to $0.75. Such warrants have a weighted-average exercise price of $0.22 and a
weighted-average remaining contractual life of 3.0 years.
5. Commitments Manufacturing Contracts
We have entered into manufacturing contracts with third party suppliers for the production of
vaccine to be used in our Phase II human clinical trials planned for 2008. At March 31, 2008,
there is approximately $846,000 of unrecorded contractual commitments associated with these
arrangements, for services expected to be rendered to us during the remainder of 2008.
6. Income Taxes
Because of our historically significant net operating losses, we have not been subject to income
tax since inception. We maintain deferred tax assets that reflect the net tax effects of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
and the amounts used for income tax purposes. These deferred tax assets are comprised primarily of
net operating loss carryforwards and also include amounts relating to nonqualified stock options
and research and development credits. The net deferred tax asset has been fully offset by a
valuation allowance because of the uncertainty of our future profitability and our ability to
utilize the deferred tax assets. Utilization of operating losses and credits may be subject to
substantial annual limitations due to ownership change provisions of Section 382 of the Internal
Revenue Code. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and
credits before utilization.
7. Receipt of NIH Grant
In September 2007, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded us an Integrated
Preclinical/Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development (IPCAVD) grant to support our HIV/AIDS vaccine
program. The project period for the grant covers a five year period commencing October 2007, with
an award of approximately $3 million per year, or $15 million in the aggregate. We will utilize
this funding to further our HIV/AIDS vaccine development, optimization, production and human
clinical trial testing including Phase 2 human clinical trials planned for 2008. We record revenue
associated with the grant
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as the related costs and expenses are incurred. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we
recorded $599,991 of revenue associated with the grant, $119,936 of which was received in April
2008 and is recorded as a receivable at March 31, 2008 in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet.
8. Subsequent Event Private Placement of Common Stock and Warrants
In April and May 2008, we sold an aggregate of 4,677,419 shares of our common stock to individual
accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $725,000. We also issued to the investors
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,846,774 shares of common stock at a price of $0.33 per share
with a four year term.
9. Subsequent Event Common Stock Purchase Agreement
In May 2008, we signed a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC, an
Illinois limited liability company (Fusion) which provides for the sale of up to $10 million of
shares of our common stock. Concurrently with entering into the common stock purchase agreement,
we entered into a registration rights agreement with Fusion. Under the registration rights
agreement, we agreed to file a registration statement related to the transaction with the SEC
covering the shares that have been issued or may be issued to Fusion under the common stock
purchase agreement. Once the SEC has declared effective the registration statement related to the
transaction, we will have the right over a 25-month period to sell our shares of common stock to
Fusion from time to time in amounts between $80,000 and $1 million, depending on certain conditions
as set forth in the agreement, up to an aggregate of $10 million.
The purchase price of the shares related to the $10.0 million of future funding will be based on
the prevailing market prices of our shares at the time of sales without any fixed discount, and we
will control the timing and amount of any sales of shares to Fusion. Fusion shall not have the
right or the obligation to purchase any shares of our common stock on any business day that the
purchase price of our common stock is below $0.05. The common stock purchase agreement may be
terminated by us at any time at our discretion without any additional cost to us. There are no
negative covenants, restrictions on future financings, penalties or liquidated damages in the
agreement.
In consideration for entering into the agreement, upon execution of the common stock purchase
agreement we issued to Fusion 2,480,510 shares of our common stock as a commitment fee. Also, we
agreed to issue to Fusion up to an additional 2,480,510 shares as a commitment fee, on a pro rata
basis, as we receive the $10 million of future funding. We had previously issued 200,000 shares of
our common stock to Fusion (together with a nominal cash advance) against expenses upon execution
of the related term sheet. We have reserved 37,480,510 of our authorized but unissued shares, in
the aggregate, for issuance pursuant to the common stock purchase agreement (including the
2,480,510 unissued commitment fee shares).
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
|
|
|
ITEM 13. |
|
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses of the Registrant in connection
with the offering described in the registration statement.
|
|
|
|
|
SEC registration fee |
|
$ |
316 |
|
Legal fees and expenses |
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$ |
80,000 |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
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$ |
7,500 |
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Miscellaneous |
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$ |
7,500 |
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TOTAL |
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$ |
95,316 |
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ITEM 14. |
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
In accordance with the IBA, we have adopted bylaws that require us to indemnify any person who
was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any proceeding by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was our director, officer, employee or agent or a fiduciary of any our
employee benefit plans or who served at our request as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such
proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, our best interests (or, in the case of a fiduciary, the best interests of
the plan and plan participants) and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, or conviction, will not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in
good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best
interests or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, create a presumption that the person did not
have reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
We have also adopted bylaws that require us to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or
is threatened to be made a party to any action by or in our right to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director, officer, employee or agent or a
fiduciary described above, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of the action, if he or she
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to our
best interests (or, in the case of a fiduciary, the best interests of the plan and plan
participants), except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter as to which
the person was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to us,
unless, and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought determines that
despite the adjudication of liability, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification for expenses as determined by the court after taking into account the circumstances
of the case.
Our bylaws and the IBA provide that to the extent that a present or former director, officer
or employee has been successful in the defense of any action referred to above, he or she shall be
indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the action if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, our best interests.
The bylaws of GeoVax Delaware contain substantially similar provisions. Therefore, after the
reincorporation, our directors and officers will be entitled to substantially similar
indemnification rights. See Description of Securities in the prospectus contained in Part I
which is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 15. |
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities. |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
In
September 2006, we issued 490,332,103 shares of our common stock to the former shareholders
of GeoVax, Inc. in connection with the Merger whereby GeoVax, Inc. became our wholly owned
subsidiary. In January 2006, we also issued 20,000,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Andrew J.
Kandalepas, our former Chief Executive Officer and President, for services rendered in connection
with the Merger.
In June 2006, we issued $2 million in convertible promissory notes to an individual accredited
investor. The notes were converted into 6,666,666 shares of our common stock upon the amendment of
our articles of incorporation increasing our authorized common stock to 850,000,000 shares which
occurred in September 2006.
In November 2006, we issued 2,841,274 shares of our common stock to Crescent International
Ltd. (Crescent) pursuant to a cashless exercise of all remaining stock purchase warrants held
by Crescent. As a result of the cashless exercise, we withheld from the warrant exercise
2,315,139 shares valued at $0.395 per share, the fair market value of the shares on the exercise
date.
In January 2007, we issued an aggregate of 1,543,210 shares of our common stock to two
individual accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $250,000. In January 2007, we
also issued 123,550 shares of our common stock to a former employee for an aggregate purchase price
of $5,000 pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
In November and December 2007, we issued an aggregate of 16,857,739 shares of our common stock
and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 26,733,470 shares of our common stock at $0.33 per share
to 29 individual accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $2,612,950. We also
granted these investors certain piggyback registration rights.
In December 2007, we also issued 1,935,484 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 1,571,429 shares of our common stock at $0.33 per share to an institutional
investor for an aggregate purchase price of $300,000. We also granted this investor certain
piggyback registration rights.
In January and March 2008, we issued an aggregate of 300,000 shares of our common stock and a
warrant to purchase 2,700,000 shares of our common stock at $0.33 per share to Equinox One
Consulting, LLC (Equinox One) for public and financial relations services to be rendered to us
during 2008. The warrant vests in installments with 1,080,000 shares already vested and 540,000
shares scheduled to vest in each of June 30, September 30, and December 31, 2008. Pursuant to our
consulting agreement with Equinox One, we expect to issue 100,000 additional shares of our common
stock on each of June 30 and September 30, 2008.
During April and May 2008, we sold to fifteen individual accredited investors 8,806,451 shares
of our common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 14,104,839 shares of common stock at
an exercise price of $0.33 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1,365,000. We also
granted these investors certain piggyback registration rights.
On May 8, 2008, we entered into a $10.0 million common stock purchase agreement with Fusion
Capital Fund II, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company. We issued to Fusion Capital 2,480,510
shares as a commitment fee. We had previously issued 200,000 shares to Fusion Capital as an
expense reimbursement upon execution of the related term sheet. See The Fusion Transaction.
No underwriters or placement agents were used in the above transactions. We relied upon the
exemptions from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506
promulgated thereunder as to all of the transactions, as the investors were either deemed to be
sophisticated with respect to the investment in the securities due to their financial condition
and/or involvement in our business or were accredited investors. Restrictive legends were placed on
the certificates evidencing the securities issued in all of the above transactions.
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ITEM 16. |
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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
(a) Exhibits.
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Exhibit |
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Number |
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Description |
3.1
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Articles of Incorporation (1) |
3.2
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Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (2) |
3.3
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Articles of Merger, dated September 16, 1991 (3) |
3.4
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Bylaws, as amended December 7, 2006 (4) |
5.1*
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Opinion of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC |
10.2**
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Employment Agreement with Andrew Kandalepas (4) |
10.3**
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Employment Agreement with Mark Reynolds (5) |
10.4**
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GeoVax Labs, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (6) |
10.5
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License Agreement (as amended and restated) between GeoVax, Inc. and Emory University, dated
August 23, 2002 (3) |
10.6
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Technology Sale and Patent License Agreement between GeoVax, Inc. and MFD, Inc., dated
December 26, 2004 (3) |
10.7
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Equipment and Ground Sublease between GeoVax, Inc. and EmTech Biotechnology Development,
Inc., dated December 1, 2001, together with amendment dated August 18, 2003 (3) |
10.8
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Equipment and Ground Sublease Amendment dated November 22, 2006 (4) |
10.9
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Consulting Agreement and Warrant Agreement between GeoVax Labs, Inc. and Equinox One
Consulting LLC (7) |
10.10**
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Employment Agreement with Robert T. McNally (8)
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10.11**
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Consulting Agreement with Donald G. Hildebrand (8) |
10.13
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Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2008, by and between the GeoVax Labs,
Inc. and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC. (9) |
10.14
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2008, by and between the GeoVax Labs, Inc.
and Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC (9) |
21.1
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Subsidiaries of the Registrant (4) |
23.1*
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Consent of Porter Keadle Moore LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm |
23.2*
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Consent of Tripp, Chafin & Causey LLC, an independent registered public accounting firm |
23.3*
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Consent of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1 hereof) |
99.1*
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Consent of Harriet L. Robinson, Ph.D., Director nominee |
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* |
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Filed herewith |
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** |
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Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement |
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(1) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2006. |
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(2) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007. |
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(3) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2006. |
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(4) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2007. |
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(5) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2008. |
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(6) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants definitive Information Statement (Schedule
14C) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2006. |
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(7) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2008. |
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(8) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2008. |
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(9) |
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Incorporated by reference from the registrants current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2008. |
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(b) |
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Financial Statement Schedules. |
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Schedule IIValuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006
and 2005 (unaudited) is included in the Financial Statements at
page F-19. |
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All other financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or
not required or because the information is included elsewhere in the Consolidated Financial
Statements or the Notes thereto. |
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a. |
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
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1. |
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
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i. |
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To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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ii. |
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the
effective registration statement; and |
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iii. |
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To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement. |
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2. |
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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3. |
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. |
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4. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in
a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to
sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
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i. |
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of
the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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ii. |
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or
used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
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iii. |
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The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
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iv. |
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Any other communication that is an offer in
the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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(b) |
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the small business issuer pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. |
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In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the small business issuer of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the small business issuer in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the small business issuer will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia,
on the 5th day of June, 2008.
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GEOVAX LABS, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Robert T. McNally
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Robert T. McNally Ph.D. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert T. McNally and Mark W. Reynolds, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Name |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/ Donald G. Hildebrand
Donald G. Hildebrand |
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Director
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June 4, 2008 |
/s/ Andrew J. Kandalepas
Andrew J. Kandalepas |
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Director
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June 5, 2008 |
/s/ Dean G. Kollintzas
Dean G. Kollintzas |
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Director
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June 4, 2008 |
/s/ Robert T. McNally
Robert T. McNally, Ph.D. |
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Director
President & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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June 4, 2008 |
/s/ Mark W. Reynolds
Mark W. Reynolds |
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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June 4, 2008 |
/s/ John N. Spencer, Jr.
John N. Spencer, Jr. |
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Director
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June 4, 2008 |
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