Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

General

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
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GENERAL
NOTE 1 - GENERAL

 

  A. General information:

 

BiomX Inc., (individually, and together with its subsidiaries, BiomX Ltd. and RondinX Ltd., the “Company” or “BiomX”) was incorporated as a blank check company on November 1, 2017, under the laws of the state of Delaware, for the purpose of entering into a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

 

On October 29, 2019, the Company merged with BiomX Israel, who survived the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of BiomX Inc. The Company acquired all outstanding shares of BiomX Israel. In exchange, shareholders of BiomX Israel received 15,069,058 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, representing 65% of the total shares issued and outstanding after the acquisition (“Recapitalization Transaction”). BiomX Israel was deemed the “accounting acquirer” due to the largest ownership interest in the Company. The Company’s shares of Common Stock, units, and warrants are traded on the NYSE American under the symbols PHGE, PHGE.U, and PHGE.WS, respectively.

 

On February 6, 2020, the Company’s Common Stock also began trading on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. On July 6, 2022, the Company announced a voluntary delisting of its shares of Common Stock from the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange which became effective on October 6, 2022.

 

BiomX is developing both natural and engineered phage cocktails designed to target and destroy harmful bacteria in chronic diseases, focusing its efforts at this point on cystic fibrosis and to a lesser degree on atopic dermatitis. BiomX discovers and validates proprietary bacterial targets and customizes phage compositions against these targets. The Company’s headquarters are located in Ness Ziona, Israel.

 

On March 6, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (“APT”), and certain other parties, as a result of which APT became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Acquisition”). See note 1D  for further information regarding the Acquisition.

 

  B. Israel-Hamas war

 

On October 7, 2023, an unprecedented attack was launched against Israel by terrorists from the Hamas terrorist organization that infiltrated Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and in other areas within the state of Israel attacking civilians and military targets while simultaneously launching extensive rocket attacks on the Israeli population. These attacks resulted in extensive deaths, injuries and kidnapping of civilians and soldiers. In response, the Security Cabinet of the State of Israel declared war against Hamas and a military campaign against these terrorist organizations commenced in parallel to their continued rocket and terror attacks. In addition, Hezbollah, an Islamist terrorist group that controls large portions of southern Lebanon, has attacked military and civilian targets in Northern Israel, to which Israel has responded.

 

To date, the State of Israel continues to be at war with Hamas and on an armed conflicts with Hezbollah.

 

BiomX headquarters and principal offices and most of its operations are located in the State of Israel. In addition, all of the key employees and officers are residents of Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding region may directly affect its business.

 

While a few employees of the Company were called to reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces, the ongoing war with Hamas has not, since its inception, materially impacted BiomX business or operations. Furthermore, BiomX does not expect any delays to its programs as a result of the situation. However, at this time, it is not possible to predict the intensity or duration of Israel’s war against Hamas, nor predict how this war will ultimately affect BiomX business and operations or Israel’s economy in general.

 

  C. Going concern

 

The Company has incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations and incurred an accumulated deficit of $162,970 as of December 31, 2023. The Company expects to continue to incur additional losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future. The Company plans to continue to fund its current operations, as well as other development activities relating to additional product candidates, through future issuances of debt and/or equity securities, loans and possibly additional grants from the Israel Innovation Authority (“IIA”) (see note 10A) and other government institutions. The Company’s ability to raise additional capital in the equity and debt markets is dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the market demand for the Company’s Common Stock, which itself is subject to a number of development and business risks and uncertainties, as well as the uncertainty that the Company would be able to raise such additional capital at a price or on terms that are favorable to it. If the Company is unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, it may be forced to delay or reduce its research and development programs. Subsequent to December 31, 2023, the Company raised approximately $50 million in a private placement in March 2024 (the “March 2024 PIPE”). Management believes that its available funds as of the issuance date of the financial statements, which includes the funds received under the March 2024 PIPE, will be sufficient to fund its operations for at least one year from the issuance date of these financial statements. However, the conversion of the Series X Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (as defined below) that was issued in connection with the March 2024 PIPE and the Acquisition is subject to stockholder approval and there is no assurance that such approval will be received. If such approval is not received, the Company may be required to redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock at its fair value. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of such circumstances.

 

D. Merger Agreement

 

On March 6, 2024, the Company, entered into the Merger Agreement with BTX Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“First Merger Sub”), BTX Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Second Merger Sub”), and APT. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, First Merger Sub merged with and into APT, with APT being the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”). Immediately following the First Merger, APT merged with and into Second Merger Sub, pursuant to which Second Merger Sub was the surviving entity (together with the First Merger, the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  

 

On March 15, 2024, the effective time of the Acquisition, APT’s former stockholders were issued an aggregate of 9,164,968 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, 40,470 shares of the Company’s Series X non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Convertible Preferred Stock”) and Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,166,497 shares of the Company Common stock (“Merger Warrants”). Each share of Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into an aggregate of 1,000 shares of Common Stock. The Merger Warrants will be exercisable at any time after the date of the receipt of BiomX stockholder approval at an exercise price of $5.00 per share and will expire on January 28, 2027. In the event the Convertible Preferred Stock is not converted by the earlier to occur of (i) the time that BiomX Stockholders’ Meeting is ultimately concluded or (ii) 150 days after the initial issuance of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company may be required to pay to each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock an amount in cash equal to the fair value of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which such investors purchased an aggregate of 216,417 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (“PIPE Preferred Shares”) and Private Placement Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 108,208,500 shares of the Company’s Common stock (“Private Placement Warrants”), at a combined price of $231.10 per share. The PIPE Preferred Shares and the Private Placement Warrants were issued in a private placement pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act for aggregate gross proceeds of $50 million.

 

Immediately following the Acquisition, and without taking into account the PIPE Preferred Shares and the Private Placement Warrants, the Company’s stockholders prior to the Acquisition owned approximate 55% the Company and APT’s stockholders prior to the Acquisition owned approximately 45% of the Company.

 

D. Merger Agreement (Cont.)

 

The Acquisition will be accounted in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” using the acquisition method of accounting. The Company was identified as the accounting acquirer, based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the post-Acquisition board of directors of the Company consists of seven directors, out of which the Company designated four board seats, with the Company’s chair of the board prior to the Acquisition continuing in his position, i.e. the majority of the post-closing board was designated by the Company.

 

  The Chief Executive Officer and the majority of management roles are held by individuals who were affiliated with the Company prior to the Acquisition.