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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ______ to ______

Commission File Number: 000-54748

ICAGEN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		20-0982060
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. employer Identification No.)

4222 Emperor Blvd., Suite 350

Research Triangle Park. Durham, NC, 27703

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(919) 433-3205

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐		Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	☒
			Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of May 20, 2018 was 6,393,107.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In particular, statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including but not limited to, statements regarding the sufficiency of our cash, our ability to finance our operations and business initiatives and obtain funding for such activities; our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plan prospects, or costs and objectives of management for future acquisitions, are forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and may be identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “seeks,” “goals,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” and “continue” or similar words. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are based on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including those identified below, under Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and those identified under Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed, projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason.

NOTE REGARDING COMPANY REFERENCES

Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “Icagen,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Icagen, Inc.

ICAGEN, INC.

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
	PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item l.	Financial Statements	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017	1
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017	2
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017	3
	Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	4
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	31
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	31

	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	32
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	32
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	34
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	34
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	34
Item 5.	Other Information	34
Item 6.	Exhibits	34
SIGNATURES		35

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

ICAGEN, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	March 31,			December 31,
	2018			2017
	(unaudited)
Assets

Current Assets
Cash	$	1,088,857		$	2,763,596
Accounts receivable, net		1,543,575			1,739,895
Inventory		111,756			73,885
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		197,206			213,367
Total Current Assets		2,941,394			4,790,743

Non-Current Assets
Intangibles, net		7,370,825			7,427,071
Plant and equipment, net		2,003,963			2,181,753
Deposits		238,987			238,987
Total Non-Current Assets		9,613,775			9,847,811
Total Assets	$	12,555,169		$	14,638,554

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit

Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	2,142,579		$	1,471,645
Other payables and accrued expenses		2,808,089			2,440,442
Legal settlement accrual		210,000			493,333
Loans payable		85,274			139,394
Deferred revenue		219,828			219,828
Deferred purchase consideration		200,000			206,458
Total Current Liabilities		5,665,770			4,971,100

Non-Current Liabilities
Deferred purchase consideration, net		8,307,433			8,232,664
Loans payable		56,706			71,296
Convertible loans payable		6,197,179			5,861,794
Derivative liability		4,073,878			4,168,964
Total Non-Current Liabilities		18,635,196			18,334,718

Total Liabilities		24,300,966			23,305,818

Commitment and contingencies		-			-

Stockholders’ Deficit
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 authorized, 400,000 shares designated as Series A Preferred Stock and unissued, 3,000,000 shares designated as Series B Preferred stock and unissued, 6,600,000 undesignated and unissued		-			-
Subscription receipts for Series C Preferred shares		500,000			-
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, 6,720,107 shares issued and 6,393,107 outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.		6,392			6,392
Additional paid-in-capital		25,238,160			25,084,252
Treasury stock, at cost 327,000 shares of common stock as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.		(237	)		(237	)
Accumulated deficit		(37,490,112	)		(33,757,671	)
Total Stockholder’s Deficit		(11,745,797	)		(8,667,264	)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit	$	12,555,169		$	14,638,554

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

ICAGEN, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Three months ended			Three months ended
	March 31,			March 31,
	2018			2017

Revenue	$	3,081,149		$	5,819,950

Cost of sales		2,649,315			2,936,610

Gross profit		431,834			2,883,340

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		2,992,321			3,098,274
Depreciation		457,456			384,731
Amortization		56,246			56,246
Total Operating expenses		3,506,023			3,539,251

Operating loss		(3,074,189	)		(655,911	)

Other income (expense)
Other income		6,384			226
Interest expense		(759,722	)		(150,041	)
Derivative liability movement		95,086			-
Total other expense		(658,252	)		(149,815	)

Net loss before income tax		(3,732,441	)		(805,726	)

Income tax		-			-

Net loss		(3,732,441	)		(805,726	)

Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted	$	(0.58	)	$	(0.13	)

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted		6,393,107			6,393,107

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

ICAGEN, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Three months ended			Three months ended
	March 31,			March 31,
	2018			2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(3,732,441	)	$	(805,726	)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation expense		457,456			384,731
Amortization expense		56,246			56,246
Stock based compensation charge		153,908			149,910
Amortization of debt discount		335,385			-
Derivative liability movements		(95,086	)		-
Imputed interest on acquisition of Icagen assets		74,769			149,312
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable		196,320			(35,302	)
Inventory		(37,871	)		-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		16,161			(124,473	)
Accounts payable		670,934			(60,936	)
Deferred subsidy		-			(2,400,000	)
Deferred revenues		-			(614,471	)
Other payables and accrued expenses		79,832			551,991
CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES		(1,824,387	)		(2,748,718	)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of plant and equipment		(279,665	)		(354,946	)
Purchase of intangibles		-			(153,164	)
Proceeds on assets held for resale		-			20,381
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES		(279,665	)		(487,729	)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of Asset financing		(70,687	)		(86,253	)
Subscription receipts		500,000			-
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES		429,313			(86,253	)

NET DECREASE IN CASH		(1,674,739	)		(3,322,700	)
Cash at the beginning of the period		2,763,596			4,936,948
CASH AT END OF PERIOD	$	1,088,857		$	1,614,248

CASH PAID FOR INTEREST AND TAXES:
Cash paid for income taxes	$	-		$	-
Cash paid for interest	$	325,000		$	729

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.	GENERAL INFORMATION

Icagen, Inc. (“the Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is a Delaware corporation. The principal office of the Company is in Durham, North Carolina. The Company was incorporated in November 2003.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

	General

The (a) unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2018, which have been derived from the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and as of December 31, 2017, which have been derived from audited consolidated financial statements, and (b) the unaudited interim statements of operations and cash flows of the Company, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 17, 2018.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).

In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to fairly present the results for the interim periods presented have been made. All adjustments made are of a normal and recurring nature and no non-recurring adjustments have been made in the presentation of these interim financial statements.

All amounts referred to in the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are in United States Dollars ($) unless stated otherwise.

Consolidation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries in which it has a majority voting interest. Investments in affiliates are accounted for under the cost method of accounting, where appropriate. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The entities included in these condensed consolidated financial statements are as follows:

Icagen, Inc. - Parent Company

Icagen Corp - Wholly owned subsidiary

Icagen-T Inc. - Wholly owned subsidiary

Caldera Discovery, Inc. - Wholly owned subsidiary

XRPro Sciences, Inc. - Wholly owned subsidiary

The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts and recovery of long-lived assets. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes 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. Any future changes to these estimates and assumptions could cause a material change to the Company’s reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements. Significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts, the useful life of plant and equipment and intangible assets, the valuation of certain assets and intangibles acquired from a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., Icagen, and assumptions used in assessing impairment of long-term assets and the assumptions used in determining percentage of completion on its long-term contracts.

Concentrations of credit risk

The Company maintains cash with major financial institutions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) provides insurance coverage for deposits of corporations, the current limit of coverage is $250,000. As a result of this coverage the Company has cash balances of $534,464 that are not covered by the FDIC as of March 31, 2018.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Concentration of major customers

The Company derives its revenues from commercial pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as from Government research contracts and Government grants.

The Company derived 74.0% of its services revenue from five major customers during the three months ended March 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company derived 79.1% of its revenue from three major customers. The Company continues to expand its customer base of major customers and partners.

	Three months ended
	March 31, 2018		March 31, 2017

Services revenue	$	3,081,149	$	3,293,795
Subsidy revenue		-		2,400,000
Government grants		-		126,155

	$	3,081,149	$	5,819,950

Accounts receivable and other receivables

The Company has a policy of reserving for uncollectible accounts based on its best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in its existing accounts receivable. As a basis for accurately estimating the likelihood of collection of its accounts receivable, the Company considers a number of factors when determining reserves for uncollectable accounts. The Company believes that it uses a reasonably reliable methodology to estimate the collectability of its accounts receivable. The Company reviews its allowances for doubtful accounts on a regular basis. The Company also considers whether the historical economic conditions are comparable to current economic conditions. If the financial condition of its customers or other parties that it has business relations with were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

The balance of the receivables provision as at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $0 and $0, respectively. The amount charged to bad debt provision for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was $0 and $0 respectively.

Inventory

Inventory consists of laboratory consumables.

The Company values inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value applied on a first-in, first-out basis. The Company identifies and writes down its excess and obsolete inventory to net realizable value based on usage forecasts, order volume and inventory aging.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Revenue recognition

The Company’s revenue recognition policy is consistent with the requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606, Revenue.

We have analyzed our revenue transaction pursuant to ASC 606, Revenue, and we have no material impact as a result of the transition from ASC 605 to 606. Our revenues are recognized when control of the promised services are transferred to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for those services. The Company derives its revenues from the sale of its services, as defined below. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligations under each of its revenue transactions:

	i.	identify the contract with a customer;

	ii.	identify the performance obligations in the contract;

	iii.	determine the transaction price;

	iv	allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and

	v	recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied.

Revenue sources consist of commercial contracts, deferred subsidy revenue and government grants and contracts.

The Company enters into fixed fee commercial development contracts that are associated with the delivery of feasible research on drug candidates and the development of drug candidates. Revenue under such contracts is generally recognized upon delivery or as the development is performed.

The Company received certain deferred subsidy revenue which is utilized to support its operations, maintain the facilities that it operates in and continue the employment of certain employees to provide, if needed, resources to certain of its customers. This deferred subsidy revenue is amortized over a straight-line basis to match the expected expenses to be incurred over the period July 15, 2016 to December 31, 2017.

The Company received and will receive certain revenue in advance of services delivered. This revenue is deferred and only recognized when services have been performed in terms of Master Services Agreements entered into with customers, together with their associated Statements of Work.

The Company accounts for its long-term Firm Fixed Price Government contracts and grants associated with the delivery of research on drug candidates and the development of drug candidates using the percentage-of-completion accounting method. Under this method, revenue is recognized based on the extent of progress towards completion of the long-term contract.

The Company generally uses the cost-to-cost measure of progress for all its long-term contracts, unless it believes another measure will produce a more reliable result. The Company believes that the cost-to-cost measure is the best and most reliable performance indicator of progress on its long-term contracts as all its contract estimates are based on costs that it expects to incur in performing its long-term contracts and it has not experienced any significant variations on estimated to actual costs to date. Under the cost-to-cost measure of progress, the extent of progress towards completion is based on the ratio of costs incurred-to-date to the total estimated costs at the completion of the long-term contract. Revenues, including estimated fees or profits are recorded as costs are incurred.

When estimates of total costs to be incurred on a contract exceed total estimates of revenue to be earned, a provision for the entire loss on the contract is recorded in the period the loss is determined.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Net income (loss) per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period.

Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding. Dilutive securities having an anti-dilutive effect on diluted net income (loss) per share are excluded from the calculation.

Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method for options and warrants. Under this method, “in-the money” options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. Dilution is computed by applying the if-converted method for convertible preferred stocks. Under this method, convertible preferred stock is assumed to be converted at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and preferred dividends (if any) will be added back to determine income applicable to common stock. The shares issuable upon conversion will be added to weighted average number of common stock outstanding. Conversion will be assumed only if it reduces earnings per share (or increases loss per share).

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company adopted the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 for fair value measurements which clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1-Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.

Level 2-Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3-Inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions on what assumptions the market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best available information.

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, other current assets, other assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and notes payable, approximate fair value due to the relatively short period to maturity for these instruments. The Company identified derivative liabilities relating to convertible debt instruments and certain variably priced warrants which are required to be presented on the balance sheets at fair value in accordance with the accounting guidance.

ASC 825-10 “Financial Instruments” allows entities to voluntarily choose to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value (fair value option). The fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable, unless a new election date occurs. If the fair value option is elected for an instrument, unrealized gains and losses for that instrument should be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The Company elected to apply the fair value option to derivative liabilities arising on convertible debt instruments and certain variably priced warrants.

Beneficial conversion feature of convertible notes payable

The Company accounts for convertible notes payable in accordance with guidelines established by the FASB ASC Topic 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options”. The beneficial conversion feature of a convertible note is normally characterized as the convertible portion or feature of certain notes payable that provide a rate of conversion that is below market value or in-the-money when issued. The Company records a beneficial conversion feature related to the issuance of a convertible note when issued and also records the estimated fair value of any warrants issued with those convertible notes. The beneficial conversion features that are contingent upon the occurrence of a future event are recorded when the contingency is resolved.

The beneficial conversion feature of a convertible note is measured by first allocating a portion of the note’s proceeds to any warrants, if applicable, as a discount on the carrying amount of the convertible on a relative fair value basis. The discounted face value is then used to measure the effective conversion price of the note. The effective conversion price and the market price of the Company’s common stock are used to calculate the intrinsic value of the conversion feature. The intrinsic value is recorded in the financial statements as a debt discount from the face amount of the note and such discount is amortized over the expected term of the convertible note (or to the conversion date of the note, if sooner) and is charged to amortization of debt discount on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Derivative Liabilities

The Company has derivative financial instruments as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

ASC 815 generally provides three criteria that, if met, require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free standing derivative financial instruments. These three criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re- measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument subject to the requirements of ASC 815. ASC 815 also provides an exception to this rule when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as described.

The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record the embedded conversion option and warrants at their fair values as of the inception date of the agreement and at fair value as of each subsequent balance sheet date. Any change in fair value is recorded as non-operating, non-cash income or expense for each reporting period at each balance sheet date. The Company reassesses the classification of its derivative instruments at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the contract is reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the reclassification.

The Black-Scholes option valuation model was used to estimate the fair value of the conversion options. The model includes subjective input assumptions that can materially affect the fair value estimates. The expected volatility is estimated based on the most recent historical period of time, of other comparative securities, equal to the weighted average life of the options.

Conversion options are recorded as debt discount and are amortized as interest expense over the life of the underlying debt instrument using effective interest method.

Research and Development

The remuneration of the Company’s research and development staff, materials used in internal research and development activities, and payments made to third parties in connection with collaborative research and development arrangements, are all expensed as incurred. Where the Company makes a payment to a third party to acquire the right to use a product formula which has received regulatory approval, the payment is accounted for as the acquisition of a license or patent and is capitalized as an intangible asset and amortized over the shorter of the license period or the patent life.

The amount expensed for unrecovered research costs, included in Selling, general and administrative expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was $859,195 and $694,788, respectively.

Related parties

Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, its board members and members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company. Parties are also considered related parties if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. The Company discloses all related party transactions. All transactions are recorded at fair value of the goods or services exchanged.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Recent accounting pronouncements

In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-1, Leases (Topic 842), Land Easement practical expedient for Top 842. The amendments in this update provide guidance about:

The amendments in this Update permit an entity to elect an optional transition practical expedient to not evaluate under Topic 842 land easements that exist or expired before the entity’s adoption of Topic 842 and that were not previously accounted for as leases under Topic 840. An entity that elects this practical expedient should apply the practical expedient consistently to all of its existing or expired land easements that were not previously accounted for as leases under Topic 840. Once an entity adopts Topic 842, it should apply that Topic prospectively to all new (or modified) land easements to determine whether the arrangement should be accounted for as a lease. An entity that does not elect this practical expedient should evaluate all existing or expired land easements in connection with the adoption of the new lease requirements in Topic 842 to assess whether they meet the definition of a lease. The amendment in this Update clarifies that an entity should determine whether land easements are leases in accordance with Topic 842 before applying the guidance.

The impact this ASU will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements is expected to be immaterial.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-2, Income Statement- Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income.

The amendments in this Update allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Consequently, the amendments eliminate the stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users. However, because the amendments only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the underlying guidance that requires that the effect of a change in tax laws or rates be included in income from continuing operations is not affected. The amendments in this Update also require certain disclosures about stranded tax effects.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Recent accounting pronouncements (continued)

The amendments in this Update are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments in this Update is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, (1) for public business entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued and (2) for all other entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been made available for issuance. The amendments in this Update should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period (or periods) in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is recognized.

The impact this ASU will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements will be a reduction in the tax effect of net operating losses carried forward.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-3 Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments – Overall (Sub topic 825-10), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.

The amendment clarifies that an entity measuring an equity security using the measurement alternative may change its measurement approach to a fair value method in accordance with Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, through an irrevocable election that would apply to that security and all identical or similar investments of the same issuer. Once an entity makes this election, the entity should measure all future purchases of identical or similar investments of the same issuer using a fair value method in accordance with Topic 820.

The amendment clarifies that the adjustments made under the measurement alternative are intended to reflect the fair value of the security as of the date that the observable transaction for a similar security took place.

The amendment clarifies that remeasuring the entire value of forward contracts and purchased options is required when observable transactions occur on the underlying equity securities.

The amendment clarifies that when the fair value option is elected for a financial liability, the guidance in paragraph 825-10-45-5 should be applied, regardless of whether the fair value option was elected under either Subtopic 815-15, Derivatives and Hedging—Embedded Derivatives, or 825-10, Financial Instruments—Overall.

The amendments clarify that for financial liabilities for which the fair value option is elected, the amount of change in fair value that relates to the instrument specific credit risk should first be measured in the currency of denomination when presented separately from the total change in fair value of the financial liability. Then, both components of the change in the fair value of the liability should be remeasured into the functional currency of the reporting entity using end-of-period spot rates.

The amendment clarifies that the prospective transition approach for equity securities without a readily determinable fair value in the amendments in Update 2016-01 is meant only for instances in which the measurement alternative is applied. An insurance entity subject to the guidance in Topic 944, Financial Services—Insurance, should apply a prospective transition method for Correction or Improvement Summary of Amendments when applying the amendments related to equity securities without readily determinable fair values. An insurance entity should apply the selected prospective transition method consistently to the entity’s entire population of equity securities for which the measurement alternative is elected.

The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2018. Public business entities with fiscal years beginning between December 15, 2017, and June 15, 2018, are not required to adopt these amendments until the interim period beginning after June 15, 2018, and public business entities with fiscal years beginning between June 15, 2018, and December 15, 2018, are not required to adopt these amendments before adopting the amendments in Update 2016-01. For all other entities, the effective date is the same as the effective date in Update 2016-01. All entities may early adopt these amendments for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, as long as they have adopted Update 2016-01.

The amendments in this update are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-4 Investments – Debt Securities (Topic 320) and Regulated Operations (Topic 980), Amendments to SEC Paragraphs pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin no. 117 and SEC Release No. 33-9273. The amendments in this update provide guidance about:

Certain amendments made to SEC materials and staff guidance relating to Investments – Debt Securities (Topic 320) and Regulated Operations (Topic 980).

The amendments in this update are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES (continued)

Recent accounting pronouncements (continued)

In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-5, Income Taxes (Topic 740) Amendments to SEC paragraphs pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118

These amendments affect the wording of SEC paragraphs in the accounting standard codification dealing with Income Taxes (Topic 740).

The amendments in this update are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Any new accounting standards, not disclosed above, that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements upon adoption.

3.	GOING CONCERN

As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $(3,732,441) for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and $(6,110,434) for the year ended December 31, 2017, respectively. As of the three months ended March 31, 2018, and the year ended December 31, 2017 the Company had accumulated deficits of $37,490,112 and $33,757,671, respectively. The Company’s working capital deficit increased from $(180,357) to $(2,724,376). The Company’s working capital is insufficient to meet its short-term cash requirements and fund any future operating losses. These operating losses create an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s plan, through the acquisition of the assets of Sanofi and Icagen and the continued promotion of its services to existing and potential customers is to generate sufficient revenues to cover its anticipated expenses. The Company closed its first tranche of a preferred stock equity raise on April 4, 2018, raising $2,000,000. Although no assurances can be given as to the Company’s ability to deliver on its revenue plans, or that unforeseen expenses may arise, the management of the Company believes that the revenue to be generated from operations together with additional issuances of equity or other potential financing will provide the necessary funding for the Company to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company is economically dependent upon future capital or financing to fund ongoing operations.

4.	INVENTORY

Inventory represents the value of certain consumables utilized in the Company’s biological screening processes. These consumables are purchased in bulk and expensed as they are utilized.

5.	PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017

Prepaid insurance		41,338		75,774
Prepaid maintenance		146,285		129,260
Prepaid rent		2,500		2,500
Prepaid subscriptions		7,083		5,833
	$	197,206	$	213,367

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

6.	INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets consist of the following:

	March 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
	Cost		Amortization and Impairment			Net book value		Net book value

Cell lines	$	5,153,664	$	-		$	5,153,664	$	5,153,664
Discovery platform		1,450,500		(398,887	)		1,051,613		1,087,875
Trade names and trademarks		637,500		-			637,500		637,500
Assembled workforce		282,500		(77,688	)		204,812		211,875
Patents		972,000		(648,764	)		323,236		336,157

	$	8,496,164		(1,125,339	)	$	7,370,825	$	7,427,071

The aggregate amortization expense charged to operations was $56,246 and $56,246 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively

Amortization expense for future periods is summarized as follows:

	Amount

2018	$	168,738
2019		224,984
2020		224,984
2021		224,984
2022 and thereafter		735,971

Total	$	1,579,661

7.	PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Plant and equipment consists of the following:

	March 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
	Cost		Amortization and Impairment			Net book value		Net book value

Laboratory equipment	$	2,467,509	$	(1,133,779	)	$	1,333,730	$	1,396,617
Computer software		1,583,692		(970,931	)		612,761		716,860
Computer equipment		82,170		(44,971	)		37,199		43,816
Leasehold improvements		38,974		(18,701	)		20,273		24,460

	$	4,172,345		(2,168,382	)	$	2,003,963	$	2,181,753

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was $457,456 and $384,731, respectively.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

8.	OTHER PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Other payables and accrued expenses consist of the following:

The Company accrues for vacation pay and bonus accruals in anticipation of making payments based on the achievement of predetermined goals.

	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017

Bonus and vacation accrual	$	2,213,563	$	1,871,488
Payroll liabilities		69,901		44,858
Severance cost accrual		152,709		262,966
Interest accrual		135,694		108,333
Other		236,222		152,797
	$	2,808,089	$	2,440,442

9.	LEGAL SETTLEMENT LIABILITIES

The legal settlement liabilities consists of the following:

	March 31,		December 31,
	2018		2017
Settlement liability accruals
Dentons dispute	$	200,000	$	400,000
Eisenschenk matter		-		83,333
Other		10,000		10,000
		210,000		493,333
Disclosed as follows:
Short-term portion		210,000		493,333
	$	210,000	$	493,333

The Company has reached a Settlement and Release Agreement with Dentons and had agreed to pay Dentons the sum of $1,400,000 over a fourteen-month period of which $1,200,000 was paid to date.

10.

DEFERRED REVENUE

Deferred revenue represents payments received in advance from customers in terms of MSA agreements entered into with them. Revenue is recognized as and when the work is performed.

11.

DEFERRED PURCHASE CONSIDERATION

In terms of the Icagen asset purchase agreement entered into on July 1, 2015, with a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc, now known as Pfizer Research (NC), Inc., the Company has the following deferred purchase price obligations:

●

commencing May 30, 2017, the Company is obligated to pay additional purchase price consideration calculated (“Earn Out Payment”) at the greater of (i) 10% (ten percent) of gross revenues per quarter (exclusive of revenue paid by Sanofi to Icagen-T) and (ii) $250,000 per quarter up to an aggregate maximum of $10,000,000 (the Maximum Earn Out Payment”), subject to the next paragraph. These earn out payments are payable quarterly, 60 days after the completion of each calendar quarter. There are no indications that the Company will not meet the maximum earn out payment.

The Company amended its agreement with Pfizer Research (NC), Inc. (the Second Amendment”), whereby the Company, at its option, may defer payment of any amount exceeding $50,000 of the minimum additional purchase price consideration of $250,000 per quarter until March 31, 2019 such that the Company is only required to pay $50,000 per quarter for the quarters ending March 2017 to December 2018. Deferred purchase consideration bears interest at a rate of 12.5% per annum, which interest is payable quarterly. The deferred purchase consideration in terms of this agreement is payable, together with the deferred purchase consideration for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, as one lump sum. The Second Amendment also provides that if there is an Insolvency Event (as such term is defined in the Second Amendment) prior to the time that Pfizer Research (NC), Inc. has received the Maximum Earn Out Payment, then upon such Insolvency Event, the full amount of any Earn Out Shortfall (the difference between the Maximum Earn Out Payment and the amount of all Earn Out Payments paid to date) shall be due and payable without further notice, demand or presentment for payment.

●

The $500,000 deferred purchase consideration due on July 1, 2017, was not earned by Pfizer due to Pfizer not meeting its $4,000,000 revenue target. This liability of $500,000 was reversed as other income during the year ended December 31, 2017.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

11.

DEFERRED PURCHASE CONSIDERATION (continued)

Deferred purchase consideration is disclosed as follows:


	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Deferred purchase consideration
Opening balance	$	9,856,458		$	10,500,000
Reversal of unearned purchase consideration		-			(500,000	)
Interest due on deferred purchase consideration		20,903			25,578
Repayment		-			(169,120	)
Closing balance		9,877,361			9,856,458

Present value discount on future payments
Opening balance		(1,417,336	)		(1,712,689	)
Imputed interest expense		74,769			300,511
Fair value adjustments		-			(5,158	)
Closing balance		(1,342,567	)		(1,417,336	)

Deferred purchase consideration, net		8,534,794			8,439,122

Disclosed as follows:
Short-term portion		200,000			206,458
Interest disclosed under other payables		27,361			-
Long-term portion		8,307,433			8,232,664
Deferred purchase consideration, net	$	8,534,794		$	8,439,122

12.

LOANS PAYABLE

Loans payable consist of the following:

	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017

Asset purchase arrangements	$	141,980	$	210,690
		141,980		210,690
Disclosed as follows:
Short-term portion		85,274		139,394
Long-term portion		56,706		71,296
	$	141,980	$	210,690

Future principal payments under loans payable are as follows:

	Amount

Within 1 year	$	85,274
Within 1 - 2 years		56,706
	$	141,980

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12.

LOANS PAYABLE (continued)

Asset Purchase arrangements

The Company acquired laboratory equipment from Nanion Technologies on April 21, 2016 pursuant to the terms of a lease agreement. The lease consists of twelve equal monthly instalments of $28,751 each with a remaining balance due of $225,000 at the end of the twelve-month period. In terms of US GAAP, the total purchase consideration was discounted back to present value at the Company’s estimated weighted average cost of capital of 6.7%, resulting in an estimated present value of future payments of $533,290. The discount of $36,722 was expensed as an additional interest expense over the period in which the payments were made.

In July 2017, the Company agreed to purchase the equipment from Nanion for a purchase consideration of $225,000 for a total of 8 installments of $28,751 each, totaling $230,008, the installments bearing interest at an effective interest rate of 5.9% per annum. The Company owed $28,751 as of March 31, 2018

The Company acquired additional laboratory equipment on August 11, 2017 for a purchase consideration of $59,320 in terms of a deferred purchase arrangement whereby a deposit of $5,932 was paid and twenty-four monthly instalments of $2,472 will be paid commencing on September 11, 2017. The installments bearing interest at an effective rate of 10.33% per annum. The Company owed $41,673 as of March 31, 2018.

The Company acquired laboratory software during September 2017 for a purchase consideration of $98,446 in terms of a deferred purchase arrangement whereby a deposit of $10,546 was paid and the balance payable in 35 monthly instalments of $2,750 each, which commenced on September 30, 2017. The installments bear interest at an effective rate of 6.15% per annum. The Company owed $71,556 as of March 31, 2018.

13.

CONVERTIBLE DEBT

On May 15, 2017, the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Icagen-T, Inc. (“Icagen-T”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which (i) the Company issued to the Purchaser a three year Senior Secured Convertible Note (“Company Note”), maturing on May 15, 2020, bearing interest at the rate of 13% per annum (which interest rate increases to 18% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Company Note), in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 for cash proceeds of $1,920,000 after an original issue discount of 4% or $80,000, before deal related expenses; and (ii) Icagen-T issued to the Purchaser a three year Senior Secured Convertible Note (“Icagen-T Note”), maturing on May 15, 2020, bearing interest at the rate of 13% per annum, in the aggregate principal amount of $8,000,000 for cash proceeds of $7,680,000 after an original issue discount of 4% or $320,000, before transaction related expenses. The Company Note and the Icagen-T Note (collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) are each convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $3.50 per share.

The Purchaser may elect to have the Company and/or Icagen-T redeem the Convertible Notes upon the occurrence of certain events, including upon a certain Events of Default (as defined in the Notes). The Convertible Notes contain customary Events of Default.

In addition, any time after issuance, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and/or is continuing, each of the Company and Icagen-T, has the right to redeem all or part of each Convertible Note then outstanding, with a minimum prepayment amount of $500,000, at any time upon five (5) business days’ notice to the Purchaser by paying an amount in cash equal to: a range between 101% and 103% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed if paid in full and if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing the Purchaser has the right to require the Company to redeem the Conversion Amount for an amount of cash equal to a range between 116% and 118% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed. The “Conversion Amount” is defined as the sum of (a) the portion of the principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, (b) all accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such portion of such principal, (c) all accrued and unpaid late charges with respect to such portion of such principal and such Interest, if any, and (d) all other amounts due hereunder.

The Notes contain certain covenants, such as restrictions on the incurrence of indebtedness, the existence of liens, the payment of restricted payments, redemptions, the payment of cash dividends and the transfer of assets. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares underlying the Notes, it will be subject to certain buy-in provisions.

In addition, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and Icagen-T have agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Conversion Shares underlying the Icagen-T Note and, if Rule 144 under the Securities Act, is unavailable, for the Warrant Shares and Conversion Shares underlying the Company Note.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

13.

CONVERTIBLE DEBT (continued)

In addition, pursuant to the Convertible Notes, neither the Company nor Icagen-T shall enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Convertible Notes) unless (i) the Successor Entity (as defined in the Convertible Notes) assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company, Icagen-T and each Subsidiary under the Convertible Notes and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and approved by the Purchaser prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to the Purchaser in exchange for the Convertible Note and securities of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having principal amounts, interest rates and late charges equal to the payment rights and amounts, principal amounts then outstanding, the interest rates and late charges in the Notes as well as having the conversion rights, redemption rights, rankings, Events of Default the same as in the Notes and satisfactory to the Purchaser, and (ii) the Successor Entity is a trading issuer whose common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is quoted and/or listed for trading on a Qualifying Market.

The Convertible Notes also contain certain anti-dilution provisions that apply in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization and, sales of securities below the conversion price of the Notes.

In addition, subject to limited exceptions, a holder of the Company Note and Icagen-T Note will not have the right to convert any portion of such note if such holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. A holder of the Company Note and Icagen-T Note may adjust the Beneficial Ownership Limitation upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Parent, provided that such Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event shall exceed 9.99%.

The Company used the proceeds from the Company Note to repay the $1,500,000 aggregate principal amount of the 8% bridge notes issued in April 2017 and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon and to pay an amount of $500,000 owed by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Dentons settlement agreement, Icagen-T has been using the net proceeds from the purchase price paid to Icagen-T for its general corporate and working capital purposes; provided, however, neither the Company nor Icagen-T may use any of their respective net proceeds for (a) the repayment of any indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Convertible Notes), (b) the redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company, Icagen-T or their Subsidiaries, or (c) except for the payments pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the settlement of any outstanding litigation; provided, further, Icagen-T will not use any of such proceeds in violation of its arrangements with Sanofi.

In connection with the Convertible Notes, the Company issued a warrant (the “Purchaser Warrant”) to purchase initially up to 857,143 shares of Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $3.50 per share, subject to applicable adjustments. The Purchaser Warrant expires on May 15, 2022.

In addition, subject to limited exceptions, a holder of the Purchaser Warrant will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Purchaser Warrant if such holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to its conversion (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). A holder of the Purchaser Warrant may adjust the Beneficial Ownership Limitation upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, provided that such Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event shall exceed 9.99%.

The Purchaser Warrant also contain certain anti-dilution provisions that apply in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization and, issuances of securities at prices below the conversion price or similar transactions.

If, at the time a holder exercises the Purchaser Warrant, there is no effective registration statement available for an issuance of the shares underlying the Purchaser Warrant to the holder, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of our Common Stock determined according to a formula set forth in the Purchaser Warrant. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares underlying the Purchaser Warrants, it will be subject to certain buy-in provisions.

The Purchaser Warrant also provides that the Company will not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Purchaser Warrant) unless (i) the Successor Entity (as defined in the Purchaser Warrant) assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under the Purchaser Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, including agreements to deliver to the Purchaser in exchange for the Purchaser Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Purchaser Warrant; (ii) the Parent or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) agrees at the election of the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) to purchase the Purchaser Warrant from the Purchaser by paying to the Purchaser cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined in the Purchaser Warrant); or (iii) the Purchaser, at its election, requires the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) to purchase the Purchaser Warrant from the Purchaser by paying to the Purchaser cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

13.

CONVERTIBLE DEBT (continued)

The Company Note is secured by a security interest in all of the existing and future assets of the Company and the domestic subsidiaries, other than Icagen-T, including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the Domestic Subsidiaries, other than Icagen-T, subject to existing security interests, for the benefit of the Purchaser, to secure the Company obligations under the Company Note, as evidenced by (i) a security and pledge agreement, and (ii) a guaranty executed by each Domestic Subsidiary, other than Icagen-T, pursuant to which the domestic subsidiaries, other than Icagen-T, guaranteed all obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents.

The Icagen-T Note is secured by a security interest in all of the existing and future assets of the Company, Icagen-T and the other Domestic Subsidiaries, including a pledge of all of the capital stock of each of the Domestic Subsidiaries, other than Icagen-T, subject to existing security interests, for the benefit of the Purchaser, to secure Icagen-T’s obligations under the Icagen-T Note, as evidenced by (i) a security and pledge agreement, and (ii) a guaranty executed by the Company and each Domestic Subsidiary, other than Icagen-T, pursuant to which the Company and the Domestic Subsidiaries, other than Icagen-T, guaranteed all of the obligations of Icagen-T under the Transaction Documents.

In addition, the Company and Icagen-T entered into a Subordinated Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents, Fixture Filing and Security Agreement with the trustee named therein and the Purchaser as beneficiary, securing all of Icagen-T’s obligations to the Purchaser by a senior priority security interest in the Property/Facilities, which is subordinated only to a Deed of Trust entered into with Sanofi.

Upon an Event of Default, the Purchaser may, among other things, collect or take possession of the Company collateral or Icagen-T collateral, as the case may be, proceed with the foreclosure of the security interest in the collateral or sell, lease or dispose of the collateral. Each of the Subsidiaries has also guaranteed all of the Company’s obligations under the Company Note pursuant to the terms of the Company Guaranty and the Icagen-T Guaranty.

The transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement closed and funded on May 15, 2017.

The movement on convertible debt is as follows:

	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017

Convertible debt
Opening balance	$	-		$	-
Convertible debt issued		10,000,000			10,000,000
Closing balance		10,000,000			10,000,000

Debt discount
Opening balance		(4,138,206	)		-
Original issue discount		-			(400,000	)
Fair value of warrants and beneficial conversion feature of notes		-			(4,518,277	)
Amortization of debt discount		335,385			780,071
Closing balance		(3,802,821	)		(4,138,206	)

Convertible debt, net		6,197,179			5,861,794

Disclosed as follows:
Short-term portion		-			-
Long-term portion		6,197,179			5,861,794

Convertible debt, net	$	6,197,179		$	5,861,794

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

14.

DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

The Convertible Notes, together with the Purchaser Warrants issued to the note holders, disclosed in note 13 above, have variable priced conversion rights which may adjust whenever new securities are issued at prices lower than the current conversion and exercise price of the Convertible Notes and Purchaser Warrants issued to note holders. This gives rise to a derivative financial liability, which was initially valued upon the issue of the Convertible Notes and Purchaser Warrants using a Black-Scholes valuation model. The Beneficial conversion feature of the Convertible Notes was valued at $3,069,649 and the Purchaser Warrants issued in connection with the Convertible Notes were valued at $1,448,629.

The value of the derivative liability is re-assessed periodically and a mark-to-market adjustment, if applicable will be recorded in the statement of operations. The value of the derivative liability was re-assessed on March 31, 2018 and a mark-to-market gain of $95,086 was credited to the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes valuation model.

	Three months ended March 31, 2018

Calculated stock price		$3.50
Risk free interest rate		2.39 to 2.56%
Valuation period		2.1 to 4.1 years
expected volatility of underlying stock		44.6 to 53.3%
Expected dividend rate		0%

	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017

Opening balance	$	4,168,964		$	-
Derivative liability on beneficial conversion feature of convertible debt and warrants issued to note holders		-			4,518,278
Mark-to-market adjustment		(95,086	)		(349,314	)
Closing balance		4,073,878			4,168,964

15.

COMMON STOCK

Common stock consists of 50,000,000 authorized shares of $0.001 each, 6,720,107 shares issued and 6,393,107 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

16.

WARRANTS

A summary of the Company’s warrant activity during the period January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 is as follows:

	No. of shares			Exercise price per share	Weighted average exercise price

Outstanding January 1, 2017		2,147,641		$3.50 to $11.40	$	3.57
Granted		1,107,143		3.50		3.50
Forfeited/cancelled		(75,000	)	4.20		4.20
Exercised		-		-		-
Outstanding December 31, 2017		3,179,784		$3.50 to $4.20		3.50
Granted		-		-		-
Forfeited/cancelled		(60,000	)	4.20		4.20
Exercised		-		-		-
Outstanding March 31, 2018		3,119,784		$3.50 to $4.20	$	3.52

The following table summarizes warrants outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2018:

	Warrants outstanding						Warrants exercisable
Exercise price	No. of shares		Weighted average remaining years		Weighted average exercise price		No. of shares		Weighted average exercise price

$3.50		2,961,383		2.81				2,961,383
$3.85		143,401		2.25				143,401
$4.20		15,000		-				15,000

		3,119,784		2.77	$	3.52		3,119,784	$	3.52

17.

STOCK OPTIONS

A summary of all of our option activity during the period January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 is as follows:

	No. of shares			Exercise price per share	Weighted average exercise price

Outstanding January 1, 2017		1,333,291		$0.40 to $11.42	$	3.59
Granted		120,000		3.50		3.50
Forfeited/cancelled		(33,332	)	3.50		3.50
Exercised		-		-		-
Outstanding December 31, 2017		1,419,959		$0.40 to $11.42		3.59
Granted		-		-		-
Forfeited/cancelled		(37,014	)	3.50		3.50
Exercised		-		-		-
Outstanding March 31, 2018		1,382,945		$0.40 to $11.42	$	3.59

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

17.

STOCK OPTIONS (continued)

The following tables summarize information about stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2018:

	Options outstanding						Options exercisable
Exercise price	No. of shares		Weighted average remaining years		Weighted average exercise price		No. of shares		Weighted average exercise price

$0.40		15,000		4.58				15,000
$3.00		312,500		5.45				312,500
$3.50		902,154		8.17				476,656
$4.00		8,791		2.28				8,791
$5.00		128,500		3.24				128,500
$11.42		16,000		3.92				16,000

		1,382,945		6.47		3.59		957,447		3.63

No options were granted during the three months ended March 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, there were unvested options to purchase 425,498 shares of common stock. Total expected unrecognized compensation cost related to such unvested options is $942,868 which is expected to be recognized over a period of 39 months.

Stock option based compensation expense totaled $153,908 and $149,910 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively

Stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2018 as disclosed in the above table, have an intrinsic value of $202,750.

18.

INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest expense consists of the following:

	Three months ended March 31, 2018			Three months ended March 31, 2017

Imputed interest	$	(74,769	)	$	(149,312	)
Debt discount amortization		(335,385	)		-
Interest expense		(349,028	)		-
Other		(540	)		(729	)
	$	(759,722	)	$	(150,041	)

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

19.

NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

For the three ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, the following convertible securities, options and warrants were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per shares as the result of the computation was anti-dilutive:

	Three months ended March 31, 2018		Three months ended March 31, 2017

Stock options		1,382,945		1,453,291
Warrants		3,119,784		2,147,641
Convertible securities		2,857,143		-
		7,359,872		3,600,932

20.

OPERATING LEASES

The Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Icagen, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., whereby certain assets were acquired from Icagen, Inc., the agreement included the sub-letting of premises located at Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina. The lease terminates on April 30, 2019. The rental expense for the three months ended March 31, 2018 amounted to $49,060.

Future annual minimum payments required under operating lease obligations as of March 31, 2018, are as follows:

	Amount

2018		144,979
2019		66,950

Total	$	211,929

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

21.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

As a result of the agreements that the Company entered into with Pfizer and Sanofi, the Company is obligated; (i) to continue to retain certain employees at its Icagen-T facility until July 15, 2018, which it estimates will require additional compensation of $2,705,000 at its Icagen-T facility; (ii) make additional payments in terms of the Asset Purchase and Collaboration Agreement that it entered into on June 26, 2015 with Pfizer including beginning in 2017, a quarterly earn out payment (the “Earn Out Payment”) of 10% of revenue earned during the quarter, with a minimum payment of $250,000 per quarter, up to a maximum aggregate payment of $10,000,000, such minimum being reduced to $50,000 for the quarters ending March 2017 to December 2018 and the difference between $250,000 or the quarterly amount paid and the actual calculation of deferred purchase consideration at 10% of gross revenue per quarter is being deferred and paid as one lump sum with the payment being made the quarter ended March 31, 2019, bearing interest at 12.5% per annum, which interest is payable quarterly; (iii) make minimum lease payments in terms of a sub-lease agreement entered into with Pfizer for the period July l, 2015 to April 30, 2019 with annual escalations of 3.5%, estimated to be $288,697.

The Company reached a Settlement and Release Agreement with Dentons and has agreed to pay Dentons the sum of $1,400,000 over a period of fourteen months of which $1,200,000 was paid to date.

On May 15, 2017, the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Icagen-T, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which (i) the Company issued to the Purchaser the Company Note which is a three year Senior Secured Convertible Note, maturing on May 15, 2020, bearing interest at the rate of 13% per annum (which interest rate increases to 18% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default, as defined in the Note), in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 for cash proceeds of $1,920,000 after an original issue discount of 4% or $80,000, before deal related expenses; and (ii) Icagen-T issued to the Purchaser the Icagen-T note which is a three year Senior Secured Convertible Note, maturing on May 15, 2020, bearing interest at the rate of 13% per annum, in the aggregate principal amount of $8,000,000 for cash proceeds of $7,680,000 after an original issue discount of 4% or $320,000, before deal related expenses. The Company Note and the Icagen-T Note are each convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $3.50 per share.

On June 19, 2017, the Company entered into a four-year employment agreement with Douglas Krafte, Ph.D., pursuant to which Dr. Krafte is entitled to an annual base salary of $285,000 and will be eligible for annual discretionary performance bonus payments of up to 35% of his base salary payable in cash, which bonus, if any, will be awarded in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company’s board of directors and the compensation committee of the board of directors. Dr. Krafte continues to be engaged as the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer.

22.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Private Placement

We have offered on a best efforts basis up to a maximum of forty (40) units and a minimum of ten (10) units, at a purchase price of $100,000 per unit, each unit consisting of 28,571 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and a seven year Warrant to acquire 28,571 shares of our common stock, par value, $0.001 per share, at an exercise price of $3.50 per share. On April 4, 2018, we closed the first tranche of the Offering and entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with one accredited investor that is a trust of which a member of our Board of Directors is the trustee, pursuant to which we offered and sold an aggregate of twenty (20) Units. The sale of the twenty (20) Units resulted in gross offering proceeds of $2,000,000.

The Series C Preferred Stock ranks senior to the shares of our common stock, and any other class or series of stock issued by us with respect to dividend rights, redemption rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to a cumulative dividend at the rate of 12.0% per annum, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock classifying the Series C Preferred Stock, a form of which is attached as an annex to the Purchase Agreement (the “Certificate of Designation”). The Series C Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holders at any time into such number of shares of common stock as shall be equal to the $3.50 plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on such share of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Accreted Value”) divided by the conversion price, which initially is $3.50 per share, subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments. In addition, the Series C Preferred Stock automatically converts into shares of our common stock based upon the then effective conversion price upon the (i) closing of a sale of shares of common stock to the public in a Qualifying Public Offering (as defined below) or a reverse merger into a publicly reporting company that has its common stock listed or quoted and traded on a Trading Market ( as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) or (ii) the date and time, or the occurrence of an event, specified by vote or written consent of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Requisite Holders”) (the time of such closing or the date and time specified of the event specified in such vote or written consent is referred to herein as the “Mandatory Conversion Date”). A “Qualifying Public Offering” is defined as the first firm commitment underwritten public offering by the Company on or following the initial issuance date of the Series C Preferred in which shares of common stock are sold for its account solely for cash to the public resulting in proceeds to it and/or its subsidiary, Icagen-T, Inc. of no less than $8,000,000 (after deduction only of underwriter discounts and commissions) and where the shares of common stock registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and sold in such public offering are simultaneously listed and commence trading on a Trading Market ( as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation)

ICAGEN, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

22.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a preference on liquidation equal to $5.25 per share of Series C Preferred Stock plus all accrued and unpaid dividends.

Each holder of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the right to cast the number of votes equal to three times the number of shares into which the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible and the Series C holders as a group, shall have the right to elect one director on our Board of Directors. The Company cannot take the following actions without the approval of the Requisite Holders and the consent of our Board of Directors, including the Series C Preferred Stock director: (i) liquidate, dissolve or wind up our business, (ii) amend our Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, (iii) create any new class of stock unless it ranks junior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to dividends and liquidation, (iv) amend or alter any class of stock pari passu with the Series C Preferred Stock to make it senior with respect to dividends and liquidation, (v) purchase or redeem any other shares of our stock, or (vi) increase the size of our Board of Directors.

Upon the occurrence of a Cash Liquidity Event, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock can require the Company to redeem their shares for Series C Preferred Stock for a price per share equal to $5.25 subject to adjustments. In addition, the Company has the right to redeem the shares at any time for a price per share equal to $5.25 subject to adjustments. A “Cash Liquidity Event” is defined as the closing of any sale, lease or licensing transaction relating to a single asset or multiple assets other than in our ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to a sale of a building, sale of biological assets or other upfront payments, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds received by us at closing or closings in a transaction or transactions during any twelve (12) month period in excess of $40,000,000.

As part of the Unit, the Company issued the Warrant to the Purchaser at an initial exercise price of $3.50 per share (subject to applicable adjustments) (the “Exercise Price”). The Warrant expires seven years after the issuance date.

In addition, subject to limited exceptions, a holder of the Warrant will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant if such holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. A holder of the Warrant may adjust this limitation upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, provided that such limitation in no event shall exceed 9.99%.

The Warrants also contain certain anti-dilution provisions that apply in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, recapitalization and issuances of securities at prices below the conversion price or similar transactions.

If, at the time a holder exercises its Warrant, there is no effective registration statement available for an issuance of the shares underlying the Warrant to the holder, then in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the Warrant. If the Company fails to timely deliver the shares underlying the Warrant, it will be subject to certain buy-in provisions.

The Warrant also provides that the Company will not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity (as defined in the Warrant) assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Parent under the Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, including agreements to deliver to the Purchaser in exchange for the Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Warrant; (ii) the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) agrees at the election of the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) to purchase the Warrant from the Purchaser by paying to the Purchaser cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined in the Warrant); or (iii) the Purchaser, at its election, requires the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) to purchase the Warrant from the Purchaser by paying to the Purchaser cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value.

On April 3, 2018, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware establishing the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock which entitles each holder of Series C Preferred Stock to a cumulative dividend at the rate of 12.0% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears.

The Series C Preferred Stock ranks senior to the shares of the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock issued by the Company with respect to dividend rights, redemption rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company.

On April 4, 2018, the Company closed on its first tranche of its best efforts offering of Series C Preferred stock and warrants, by entering into a Securities Purchase Agreement with a trust of which one member of the board of directors is the trustee pursuant to which the Company issued to the purchaser twenty (20) units, at a purchase price of $100,000 per unit. An Aggregate of 571,428 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and warrant to purchase an aggregate of 571,428 shares of common stock were sold at the initial closing. The gross cash proceeds from the sale of the twenty (20) units was $2,000,000 of which $500,000 was advanced in March 2018 and $1,500,000 was received in April 2018.

Registration Rights

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company granted to the holder of the Series C Preferred Stock certain demand registration and piggyback registration rights, subject to certain rights of our lender.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and has concluded that no such events or transactions took place that would require disclosure herein.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis is intended as a review of significant factors affecting our financial condition and results of operations for the periods indicated. The discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes presented herein and the consolidated financial statements and the other information set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018. In addition to historical information, the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ significantly from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors discussed herein and any other periodic reports filed and to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Overview and Financial Condition

Icagen is a biotech company with expertise in drug discovery. Our team is derived from two key acquisitions of drug discovery experts in Neuroscience (Pfizer acquisition) and Rare Disease (Sanofi acquisition). Our business model is focused on research collaborations and partnerships with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and foundations who we partner with to support the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals.

Our current business is divided into three sources of revenue: research funding provided to Icagen from collaborations with third parties for research provided as well as future milestone and royalty payments; potential licensing fees and other related fees paid for the licensing of our technology; and our integrated drug discovery services that we have been providing to third parties since our inception.

For the past two years, a significant portion of our revenue has been derived from our operations as a partner research organization providing integrated drug discovery services with unique expertise in the field of ion channel, transporter, neuroscience, muscle biology and rare disease targets while also covering many other classes of drug discovery targets and therapeutic areas. Our partners are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to whom we offer our industry-leading scientific expertise and technologies to aid in their determination of which molecules to advance into late stage preclinical studies and ultimately clinical trials. The core of our offering is the discovery of pre-clinical drug candidates (PDC’s), which are lead molecules (Leads) that are selected to enter into in-vivo studies during the pre-clinical phase of drug discovery. We offer a full complement of pre-clinical drug discovery capabilities which include; assay development technologies (including high throughput fluorescence, manual and automated electrophysiology and radiotracer flux assays), cell line generation, high-throughput and ultra-high-throughput screening, medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry and custom assay development to our partners. Our capabilities also include molecular biology and the use of complex functional assays, electrophysiology, bioanalytics and pharmacology. We believe that this integrated set of capabilities enhances our ability to identify drug candidates.

Subsequent to our acquisition of certain assets from Pfizer and Sanofi, a substantial portion of our revenue has been derived from our operations as a partner research organization from two commercial customers. As anticipated and in accordance with the terms of our MSA with Sanofi, the revenue derived from Sanofi has decreased during the first quarter of 2018 and the revenue derived from Sanofi comprised a smaller percentage of our overall revenue during such quarter.

More recently, we have begun to focus on partnership and collaboration opportunities with third parties, to provide us with an opportunity to fund research programs with the objective of discovering product candidates. This research funding is expected to derive revenue not only from our standard fees for integrated early discovery services but also from future milestone and royalty revenue from product candidates that may be developed and commercialized with our aid. We have developed in house a portfolio of assets targeting different indications that we believe would be ideal candidates for partnership opportunities.

In May, 2018 we entered into our first collaboration with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to work on a project focused on the discovery of therapeutics to treat patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) caused by nonsense mutations. The CF Foundation brings extensive resources and expertise to the project and, additionally, has awarded us up to USD $11 million to support an integrated, multi-year drug discovery initiative. We expect to screen over 2 million compounds as well as leverage our state-of-the-art in silico drug discovery platform to interrogate an additional ten million virtual structures for molecules that suppress nonsense mutations. Through these efforts, we intend to discover and evolve families of molecules that are suitable for clinical development.

Since inception, we have financed our operations primarily through private sales of our securities and settlement of legal matters. On April 4, 2018, we closed the first tranche of our best efforts offering of preferred stock and warrants and entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with a trust of which one member of our Board of Directors is the trustee, pursuant to which we issued to the Purchaser twenty (20) units, at a purchase price of $100,000 per unit. An aggregate of 571,428 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and a warrant to purchase an aggregate of 571,428 shares of common stock were sold at the initial closing. The gross cash proceeds to us from the sale of the twenty (20) units was $2,000,000. We expect to continue to seek to obtain our required capital through the private sale of securities and revenue derived for the services we provide.

Discussions with respect to our operations included herein include the operations of our operating subsidiaries, Icagen Corp and Icagen-T, Inc. We have another two subsidiary companies, Caldera Discovery Inc. and XRpro Sciences Inc., which have always been dormant.

Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the three months ended March 31, 2017.

Revenues

We had revenues totaling $3,081,149 and $5,819,950 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, a decrease of $2,738,801 or 47.1%. Included in the prior year revenues was a subsidy of $2,400,000 (41.2% of revenues) which was utilized to cover operating expenses of the Tucson site, in accordance with the terms of our MSA agreement with Sanofi, the subsidy expired in 2017. The current year to date service revenue of $3,081,149 (2017: $3,293,795) decreased by $212,646 or 6.5% over the prior year, this is primarily due to the timing of work performed and we do not believe this is indicative of a negative trend. In fact, we anticipate recognizing an additional $1,000,000 in revenue for work performed during the prior year and the first quarter of 2018 that to date we have been unable to recognize due to prolonged contract negotiations which has recently closed but for which we have already incurred expenses. Prior year revenues also included Government grant revenue of $126,155, we no longer perform any Government grant work and anticipate limited to no Government grants in the foreseeable future.

We continue to market our services to several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. We believe that we now have a comprehensive product offering and substantial credibility to offer a full range of products including the advantages and value propositions of the XRPro® technology. While we are optimistic about our prospects, there can be no assurance about whether or when our products will generate sufficient revenues with adequate margins in order for us to be profitable.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales totaled $2,649,315 and $2,936,610 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, a decrease of $287,295 or 9.8%. Cost of sales is primarily comprised of direct expenses related to providing our services to our customers. These direct expenses include salary expenses directly related to our statements of work and research contracts including those of our scientific personnel expenses, recoverable expenses incurred on contracts, the cost of outside consultants, and direct materials used on our contracts. Included in cost of sales is certain material costs and labor costs for work performed on the Cystic Fibrosis project for which we had no revenues due the prolonged contract negotiations, which has recently closed.

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The salary expense included in cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 respectively was $1,623,190 and $1,960,083, a decrease of $336,893 or 17.2%. The decrease is primarily due to the number of personnel located at our Tucson site working on internal research projects. For additional information regarding salary expense reference is made to the discussion of total salary expense in selling, general and administrative expenses below.

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The laboratory supplies and direct materials included in cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, amounted to $852,719 and $652,407, an increase of $200,312 or 30.7%, the increase is primarily due to an increase in the utilization of certain expensive consumables based on the type of work we are performing.

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Outside contractors’ cost included in cost of sales for the three months ended March, 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, amounted to $121,065, and $292,816 a decrease of $171,751 or 58.7%, the decrease is due to the non-renewal of third party laboratory maintenance contracts for the Tucson Facility and the employment of several contractors during October in the prior year, who were previously employed as outside laboratory contractors.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $431,834 and $2,883,340 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, a decrease in gross profit of $2,451,506 or 85.0%. The decrease in gross profit is primarily due to the decrease in deferred subsidy revenue of $2,400,000 and the increase in service revenues offset by an increase in cost of sales during the current quarter.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $2,992,321 and $3,098,274 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, a decrease of $105,953 or 3.4%.

The major expenses making up selling, general and administrative expenses included the following:

	Three months ended March 31,				Increase/			Percentage
	2018		2017		(decrease)			change

Marketing and selling expenses	$	35,262	$	125,090	$	(89,828	)		(71.8	)%

Payroll expense		766,228		947,956		(181,728	)		(19.2	)%

Research and development salaries		859,195		694,888		164,307			23.6	%

Directors fees		55,000		55,000		-			-	%

Stock option compensation charge		153,907		149,910		3,997			2.7	%

Legal fees		118,197		110,244		7,953			7.2	%

Consulting fees		136,470		161,691		(25,221	)		(15.6	)%

Facilities expense		601,119		579,546		21,573			3.7	%

Travel expenditure		24,562		83,136		(58,574	)		(70.5	)%

Other expenses		242,381		190,813		51,568			27.0	%

	$	2,992,321	$	3,098,274	$	(105,953	)		(3.4	)%

The decrease in marketing expenditure over the prior period is primarily due a change in strategy with less reliance placed on developing a comprehensive CRO business model, therefore less marketing effort was required during the current period.

Total payroll expenses are allocated to the various expense categories detailed below:

	Three months ended March 31,				Increase/			Percentage
	2018		2017		(decrease)			change

Cost of sales	$	1,623,190	$	1,960,083	$	(336,893	)		(17.2	)%

Selling, general and administrative expenses		766,228		947,956		(181,728	)		(19.2	)%

Research and development salaries		859,195		694,888		164,307			23.6	%

	$	3,248,613	$	3,602,927	$	(354,314	)		(9.8	)%

The decrease in total payroll expenditure is primarily due to the restructure of our operations with the release of our business development team due the change in our market focus from CRO to early stage drug discovery.

The total payroll expense included in cost of sales decreased by $336,893, primarily due to a reduction in the level of sales activity in the current period.

The payroll expense charged to selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $181,728 primarily due the restructure of the organization and the release of the business development team and lower bonus and vacation accruals during the current period.

The payroll expense charged to research and development increased by $164,307. The increase is due to higher utilization of scientific personnel on commercial and internal projects during the current period.

Directors fees remained the same as the prior period, there was no increase in fee or directors’ headcount.

The stock option compensation charge increased by $3,997. The charge for each period is dependent upon the number of options issued, any new options issued, value of the options and the vesting schedule of these options. During the prior period in July and August 2016, options were issued to management of our North Carolina and Tucson facilities and in March 2017, options were issued to our directors and certain members of management. These option grants all have vesting periods ranging from 36 to 48 months and are expensed over the vesting period.

Legal fees increased by $7,953. The increase is in line with expectations.

Consulting expenses decreased by $25,221 over the prior period, primarily due to a reduction in consulting required in both the North Carolina and Tucson facilities to support our sales effort with Government agencies and technical consulting.

Facilities expense increased by $21,573 over the prior period, the increase is primarily due to expenditure incurred at the Tucson facility for maintenance contracts entered into to maintain the facilities.

Travel expenditure decreased by $58,574 due to the release of our business development team and the travel associated with their sales efforts.

Other expenses consist of various small expenses which are individually insignificant.

Depreciation and Amortization

We recognized depreciation expenses of $457,456 and $384,731 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 respectively, an increase of $72,725 or 19.0%, the increase is primarily due to the acquisition of software at our Tucson site that was previously paid for by Sanofi.

Amortization expense was $56,246 and $56,246 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Interest expense

Interest expense totaled $759,722 and $150,041 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The interest expense consists of the following:

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Imputed interest on deferred purchase consideration on the acquisition of the North Carolina facility and equipment purchases of $74,769 and $142,904 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, a decrease of $67,543 or 47.3%, this is due to a revaluation exercise undertaken in the prior year whereby the expected payment schedule was revised to reflect current expectations.

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The amortization of debt discount of $335,385 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Debt discount arose on the beneficial conversion feature and the Purchaser Warrants on the May 2017 debt funding during the prior year.

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Interest expense of $349,028 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily due to interest incurred on the Convertible Debt in the current period.

Derivative liability movement

Derivative liability movement was $95,086 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2018, respectively. The movement during the current period represents the mark to market of the derivative liability raised on the warrants issued and the beneficial conversion feature of the convertible debt, with variable pricing options.

Net loss

Net loss totaled $3,732,441 and $805,726 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, an increase of $2,926,715 or 363.2%. The increase is primarily due to the cessation of subsidy revenues received in the prior year amounting to $2,400,000 and an increase in interest expense, discussed above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have a history of annual losses from operations since inception and we have primarily funded our operations through sales of our unregistered equity securities and cash flows generated from government contracts and grants, settlement of lawsuits and more recently from debt funding, commercial customers and subsidy income. Although, we are generating funds from commercial customers, we continue to experience losses and may need to raise additional funds in the future to meet our working capital requirements. To date, we have never generated sufficient cash from operations to pay our operating expenses. We have received $24,875,000 from Sanofi and despite the $7,125,000 we expect to derive from Icagen-T for services provided to and operating expense contributions to be paid by Sanofi over the next two and a half years, we expect our expenses to increase as our operations expand and our expenses may continue to exceed such revenue. As of March 31, 2018, we had not generated sufficient additional revenue from operations to pursue our business strategy, to respond to new competitive pressures or to take advantage of opportunities that may arise. These factors raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 with respect to this uncertainty. We anticipate that our current cash and cash equivalents, including cash derived from the Series C Preferred Stock issued will not be sufficient to meet our operating needs for at least the next six months. However, if we should require additional capital, we may consider multiple alternatives, including, but not limited to, additional equity financings, debt financings and/or funding from partnerships or collaborations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to complete any such transactions on acceptable terms or otherwise.

As of March 31, 2018, we had cash totaling $1,088,857, other current assets totaling $1,852,537 and total assets of $12,555,169. We had total current liabilities of $5,665,770 and a net working capital deficit of $2,724,376. Total liabilities were $24,300,966, including deferred purchase consideration of $8,507,433. The deferred purchase consideration includes a net present value discount of $1,342,567 (made up of a gross present value discount of $2,468,700 less imputed interest movements of $1,126,133), the gross amount still due in terms of the acquisition agreement is $9,850,000 after the payment of $150,000 to date, based on a potential earn out charge of the greater of (i)10% of gross revenues commencing in January 2017 per quarter and (ii) $250,000 per quarter, up to a maximum of $10,000,000 of which amounts in excess of $50,000 can be deferred and $200,000 was deferred for the quarters ended June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017. The deferred amount bears interest at a rate of 12.5% per annum. Our stockholders’ deficit amounted to $11,745,797.

On April 4, 2018, we closed the first tranche of our best efforts offering of preferred stock and warrants and entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with a trust of which one member of our Board of Directors is the trustee, pursuant to which we issued to the Purchaser twenty (20) units, at a purchase price of $100,000 per unit. An aggregate of 571,428 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and a warrant to purchase an aggregate of 571,428 shares of common stock were sold at the initial closing. The gross cash proceeds to us from the sale of the twenty (20) units was $2,000,000. However, as stated above, the proceeds from the sale of the Series C Preferred Stock in addition to revenue generated is not sufficient to meet our operating needs for at least the next six months.

Should we not achieve our forecasted operating results, or should strategic opportunities present themselves such that additional financial resources would present attractive investing opportunities for us, we may decide in the future to issue debt or sell our equity securities in order to raise additional cash. We cannot provide any assurances as to whether we will be able to secure any additional financing, or the terms of any such financing transaction if one were to occur.

An analysis of our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, is provided below:

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase/		Percentage
	2018			2017			(decrease)		change

Net cash used in operating activities	$	(1,824,387	)	$	(2,748,718	)	$	924,331		(33.6	)%

Net cash used in investing activities		(279,665	)		(487,729	)		208,064		(42.7	)%

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		429,313			(86,253	)		515,566		(597.7	)%

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	$	(1,674,739	)	$	(3,322,700	)	$	1,647,961		(49.6	)%

Net cash used in operating activities was $1,824,387 and $2,748,718 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily due to the following:

	Three months ended March 31,						Increase/			Percentage
	2018			2017			(decrease)			change

Net loss	$	(3,732,441	)	$	(805,726	)	$	(2,926,715	)		363.2	%

Adjustments for non cash items		982,678			740,199			242,479			32.8	%

Changes in operating assets and liabilities		925,376			(2,683,191	)		3,608,567			(134.5	)%

Net cash used in operating activities	$	(1,824,387	)	$	(2,748,718	)	$	924,331			(33.6	)%

The increase in net loss is discussed under net loss in the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The change in adjustments for non-cash items amounting to $242,479 is primarily due to; i) the amortization of debt discount of $335,385 during the current year, offset by; ii) the derivative liability movement of $95,086.

The change in operating assets and liabilities of $3,608,567 consisted primarily of i) a decrease in unamortized subsidy of $2,400,000; ii) the movement in deferred revenues of $614,471 and an increase in accounts payable movements of $731,870, due the timing of payments to our suppliers at month end.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $208,064, primarily due to; i) the purchase of cell lines for the Tucson facility during the prior year; ii) a decrease in overall asset purchases, consisting primarily of software.

Net cash used in financing activities increased by $515,566, primarily due to subscription receipts from the Series C shares issued subsequent to the period end.

Capital Expenditures

Our current plan is to purchase equipment and software to ensure that our recent acquisition of the Tucson Facility and North Carolina Facility functions efficiently and that we are able to support the commercialization efforts of the Company. We anticipate that we would need to spend an additional $1,200,000 on software licensing towards the end of the fiscal year.

As a result of the agreements that we entered into with Pfizer and Sanofi, we are obligated; (i) to continue to retain certain employees at our Icagen-T facility until July 15, 2018, which we estimate will require additional compensation of $2,705,000 at our Icagen-T facility; (ii) make additional payments in terms of the Asset Purchase and Collaboration Agreement that we entered into on June 26, 2015 with Pfizer including beginning in 2017, a quarterly earn out payment (the “Earn Out Payment”) of 10% of revenue earned during the quarter, with a minimum payment of $250,000 per quarter, up to a maximum aggregate payment of $10,000,000, such minimum being reduced to $50,000 for the quarters ending March 2017 to December 2018 and the difference between $250,000 or the quarterly amount paid and the actual calculation of deferred purchase consideration at 10% of gross revenue per quarter is being deferred and paid as one lump sum with the payment being made the quarter ended March 31, 2019, bearing interest at 12.5% per annum, which interest is payable quarterly; (iii) make minimum lease payments in terms of a sub-lease agreement entered into with Pfizer for the period July l, 2015 to April 30, 2019 with annual escalations of 3.5%, estimated to be $199,000, for the remainder of the lease period.

In addition, we are required to make monthly interest payments of $108,333 under the terms of the notes issued in May 2017.

In terms of a Settlement and Release Agreement entered into between Dentons and us, we agreed to pay Dentons $1,400,000, of which $1,200,000 has been paid as of March 31, 2018.

Future annual minimum payments required under operating lease obligations as of March 31, 2018, are as follows:

	Amount

2018	144,979
2019		66,950

Total	$	211,929

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that we believe 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 from these estimates.

Please refer Note 2 Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The recent Accounting Pronouncements are fully disclosed in note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have an effect on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

We do not maintain off-balance sheet arrangements, nor do we participate in non-exchange traded contracts requiring fair value accounting treatment.

Inflation

The effect of inflation on our revenue and operating results was not significant.

Climate Change

We believe that neither climate change, nor governmental regulations related to climate change, have had, or are expected to have, any material effect on our operations.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company has adopted and maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is collected, recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required under Exchange Act Rule 13a-15, the Company’s management, including the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, has conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that due to a lack of segregation of duties the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Subject to receipt of additional financing or revenue generated from operations, the Company intends to retain additional individuals to remedy the ineffective controls.

Changes in Internal Control

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during our fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

The following information updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the information disclosed in Part 1, Item IA, “Risk Factors,” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018. Except as disclosed below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Risks Related to the Company

We have a history of losses and there can be no assurance that we will generate or sustain positive earnings.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we had a net loss of $(3,732,411) and for the year ended December 31, 2017 we had a net loss of $(6,110,434). The only year that we had net income was the year ended December 31, 2014 when we received proceeds from the settlement of the LANS matter. We cannot be certain that our business strategy will ever be successful. Future revenues and profits, if any, will depend upon various factors, including the success, if any, of our expansion plans and our services to biotechnical and pharmaceutical customers, marketability of our instruments and services, our ability to maintain favorable relations with manufacturers and customers, and general economic conditions. There is no assurance that we can operate profitably or that we will successfully implement our plans. There can be no assurance that we will ever generate positive earnings.

A significant portion of our net revenue has been generated from services provided to a limited number of our customers.

The termination of our relationship with Sanofi would adversely affect our business. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 we derived 100% of our revenue from commercial contracts (of which 74.0% of our services revenue was for services provided to five large pharmaceutical customers and one Biotech company For the year ended December 31, 2017, we derived 56.2% of our revenues from commercial contracts of which 78.8% of our revenue was for services provided to five large pharmaceutical customers; 42.4% of our revenue was from subsidy revenue and the remaining 1.4% was derived from Government contracts. Prior to the acquisition of certain of the assets of Icagen we derived substantially all of our revenue from services we performed for two governmental agencies. Our business model which now concentrates on commercial customers is relatively new and there can be no assurance that we will be able to increase the revenue derived from commercial customers to a significant amount. Our MSA with Sanofi guaranteed $32 million over a five-year period of which: (i) $24,625,000 has been received; ii) a further $1,375,000 million is expected to be paid in year 2; (iii) $3 million is expected to be paid in year 3; (iv) $2 million is expected to be paid in year 4; and (v) $1 million is expected to be paid in year 5, all subject to us meeting certain terms and conditions. There can be no assurance that we will attract a sufficient number of other pharmaceutical companies to provide our services to or that Pfizer will continue to use our services or that Sanofi will increase the scope of the services required. We do not have enough information regarding our new business model to assess its success.

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern.

Although we have generated revenue, our operating losses, negative cash flows from operations and limited alternative sources of revenue raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, and 2016 we did not generate enough revenue from operations to sustain our operations. We will be required to increase our revenue from customers and/or obtain additional financing in order to pay existing contractual obligations (which include the guaranteed payments to employees and amounts required to maintain the facility in Tucson and the amounts owed under the Convertible Notes) and to continue to cover operating losses and working capital needs. We cannot assure you that our revenue generated from operations or any future funds we raise will be sufficient to support our continued operations.

The audit report of RBSM LLP for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 contained a paragraph that emphasizes the substantial doubt as to our continuance as a going concern. If we cannot raise adequate capital on acceptable terms we will need to revise our business plans.

If we cannot establish profitable operations, we will need to raise additional capital to fully implement our business plan, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and which may dilute your investment.

We incurred a net loss of $(3,732,411) for the three months ended March 31, 2018, a net loss of $(6,110,434) for the year ended December 31, 2017 and a net loss of $(5,504,412) for the year ended December 31, 2016. Achieving and sustaining profitability will require us to increase our revenues and manage our product, operating and administrative expenses. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in achieving profitability. Pursuant to the terms of the Pfizer APA, as amended July 15, 2016, we are required to pay Pfizer, commencing May 2017, minimum quarterly payments of $50,000 each for the period May 2017 to March 31, 2019, including interest on the difference between the unpaid deferred purchase consideration and the $50,000, a lump sum of unpaid deferred purchase consideration due for the period January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018, the deferred portion of the quarterly payments from March 2017 until December 31, 2018 on March 31, 2019 and thereafter a minimum payment of $250,000 each quarter up to a maximum of $10,000,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Sanofi APA, Icagen-T agreed to retain 46 employees at an estimated remaining cost to Icagen-T of $2,705,000 and to maintain and pay the maintenance costs of the Sanofi chemical libraries that remain at the Tucson Facility. We are also required to make significant payments under the terms of the Convertible Notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient revenues to pay our expenses and our existing sources of cash and cash flows are otherwise insufficient to fund our activities, we will need to raise additional funds to continue our operations at their current level and in order to fully implement our business plan. We do not have any commitments in place for additional funds. If needed, additional funds may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. As of the date hereof, we expect that our current cash and revenues generated from services, our private placement financings will provide us with enough funds to continue our operations at our current level for the next four months. Unless we raise additional funds or increase revenues we will be forced to curtail our operations and limit our marketing expenditures. Furthermore, if we issue equity or debt securities to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders may experience dilution, and the new equity or debt securities, such as senior secured notes, may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. If we are unsuccessful in achieving profitability and we cannot obtain additional funds on commercially reasonable terms or at all, we may be required to curtail significantly or cease our operations significantly, it could result in the loss of all of your investment in our stock.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None that have not been previously reported.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

3.1		Certificate of Designation of Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-54748) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2018)

4.1		Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-54748) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2018)

10.1		Form of Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Icagen, Inc. and the Purchaser named therein(incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (File No. 000-54748) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2018)

31.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	ICAGEN, INC.

Date: May 21, 2018	By:	/s/ Richard Cunningham
		Richard Cunningham President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: May 21, 2018	By:	/s/ Mark Korb
		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Icagen, Inc. - FORM 10-Q - May 21, 2018

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