As described in Note 1, on August 19, 2020, the Company completed its Merger with Adgero in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. To determine the accounting for this transaction under ASU 2017-01, an assessment must be made as to whether an integrated set of assets and activities should be accounted for as an acquisition of a business or an asset acquisition. The guidance requires an initial screen test to determine if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset or group of similar assets. If that screen is met, the set is not a business. In connection with the Merger, substantially all of the fair value is concentrated in in-process research and development (“IPR&D”). As such, the Merger has been treated as an acquisition of Adgero assets and an assumption of Adgero liabilities.  

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon closing of the Merger, the Company issued 11,439,013 shares of Company common stock and 2,313,904 stock purchase warrants to the security holders of Adgero (“Adgero Warrants”). The Adgero Warrants are exercisable at $3.18 per share (note 6). The Adgero Warrants were valued using a Black-Scholes valuation with a weighted-average risk-free interest rate of 0.21%, a term of one year, a volatility of 115.96%, and a dividend rate of 0%. The estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock at the date of measurement is based on the historical volatility of the Company. The risk-free interest rate is based on rates published by the government for bonds with a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the instrument at the valuation date. The expected term has been estimated using the remaining life of the warrant. Also, in conjunction with the Merger, the Company issued 571,951 shares of common stock to the placement agent as a success fee. The shares of common stock issued to the former Adgero stockholders as well as the success fee shares, have been value at $1.34 per share which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on August 19, 2020, the date the Merger closed.

The Company incurred approximately $1.55 million of legal, consulting and other professional fees related to the Merger, of which approximately $1.1 million had been incurred in the year ended June 30, 2020. The transaction costs have been classified as merger expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

The following summarizes total consideration transferred to the Adgero stockholders under the Merger as well as the assets acquired and liabilities assumed under the Merger:

The fair value of the IPR&D assets has been expensed as a charge in the condensed consolidated interim statements of operations for the six months ended December 31, 2020 as there is no alternative use for these assets.  Property and equipment include office furniture that was subsequently sold and laboratory equipment that has not yet been put into use.

The milestone payment liability relates to an asset purchase agreement with St. Cloud Investments, LLC (“St. Cloud”) that Adgero has regarding the acquisition of REM-001.  The Agreement, as amended, is dated November 26, 2012 (the “St. Cloud Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the St. Cloud Agreement, the Company is obligated to make certain payments under the agreement. The future contingent amounts payable under that agreement are as follows:

With respect to the $300,000 and $700,000 potential milestone payments referenced above (each a “Milestone Payment”), if either such Milestone Payment becomes payable, and in the event the Company elects to pay either such Milestone Payment in shares of its common stock, the value of the common stock will equal the average of the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock over the twenty (20) trading days following the first public announcement of the applicable event described above.

The milestone payment liability has been determined using the discounted cash flow value of the two respective milestone payments.  A discount rate of 79% has been used which accounts for the probability of success given the phase of clinical development of REM-001. The term is based on an estimate of the planned timing of completion of the respective milestones that would result in payment of the milestones. As at December 31, 2020, the Company has reviewed its estimates with respect to the planned timing of completion of the respective milestones and adjusted the liability accordingly.