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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |||||||||||||
GENERAL |
BiomX Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, BiomX Ltd. and RondinX Ltd., the "Company" or "BiomX" and formerly known as Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp.) 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, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
On July 16, 2019, the Company entered into a merger agreement with BiomX Ltd. ("BiomX Israel"), a company incorporated under the laws of Israel, CHAC Merger Sub Ltd. ("Merger Sub") and Shareholder Representative Services LLC ("SRS"), as amended on October 11, 2019, pursuant to which, among other things, BiomX Israel merged with Merger Sub, with BiomX Israel being the surviving entity in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999, as a wholly owned direct subsidiary of BiomX Inc.
On October 28, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of BiomX Israel (the "Recapitalization Transaction"). Pursuant to the aforementioned merger agreement, in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of BiomX Israel, the Company issued to the shareholders of BiomX Israel a total of 15,069,058 shares of the Company's Common Stock representing approximately 65% of the total shares issued and outstanding after giving effect to the Recapitalization Transaction. As a result of the Recapitalization Transaction, BiomX Israel became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. As the shareholders of BiomX Israel received the largest ownership interest in the Company, BiomX Israel was determined to be the "accounting acquirer" in the reverse recapitalization. As a result, the historical financial statements of the Company were replaced with the financial statement of BiomX Israel for all periods presented.
Following the Recapitalization Transaction, the Company retained $60.1 million held in a trust account, after redemptions of IPO shares held by certain shareholders (refer to Note 11A).
The number of shares and instruments convertible into shares included within these financial statements have been retroactively adjusted based on the equivalent number of shares received by the accounting acquirer in the Recapitalization Transaction.
The Commons Stock of the Company began trading on the NYSE American stock exchange on October 28, 2019 and the Company was renamed BiomX Inc.
Commencing October 29, 2019, the Company's shares of Common Stock, units, and warrants are traded 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.
To date, the Company has not generated revenue from its operations. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had unrestricted cash and cash equivalent balance of approximately $72 million and short-term deposits of approximately $10 million, which management believes is sufficient to fund its operations for more than 12 months from the date of issuance of these financial statements and sufficient to fund its operations necessary to continue development activities of its current proposed products.
Consistent with its continuing R&D activities, the Company expects to continue to incur additional losses 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 and possibly additional grants from the IIA 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 the Company.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the amounts of expenses during the reported years. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |