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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
“Kraig”, “Kraig Biocraft” “KBLB”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, unless the context otherwise requires.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.
Overview
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, is a corporation organized to develop high strength fibers using recombinant DNA technology for commercial applications including technical textiles. We use genetically engineered silkworms that produce spider silk proteins to create our recombinant spider silk. Applications include performance apparel, workwear, filtration, luxury fashion, flexible composites, medical implants, cosmetics and more. We believe that we are a world leader in the research, development, and production of commercially scalable and cost-effective spider silk fiber. Our primary proprietary fiber technology utilizes natural and engineered variants of spider silk produced in domesticated mulberry silkworms. Our business brings twenty-first century biotechnology to the historical silk industry. We are introducing materials with innovative properties into an established commercial ecosystem of silkworm rearing, silk spinning, weaving, and manufacture of garments and other products.
We are using genetic engineering technologies to develop fibers with greater strength, resiliency, and flexibility for use in our target markets, including the specialty fiber and technical textile industries. We believe that the genetically engineered protein-based fibers we seek to produce have properties that are in some ways superior to the materials currently available in the marketplace. Our technology holds, what we believe to be, the potential for life-saving ballistic resistant materials. Other potential applications for spider silk based recombinant fibers include use as structural material and for any application in which light weight and high strength are required. We believe that fibers made with recombinant protein-based polymers will make significant inroads into the specialty fiber and technical textile markets.
Through our technologies, the introduction of the gene sequence based on those found in native spider silk, results in a germline transformation and is therefore self-perpetuating. Our recombinant spider silk fibers incorporate the silk proteins found in spider silk with native silkworm silk proteins. This combination of native silkworm proteins combined with spider silk protein structures results in new and unique recombinant silk fibers. This technology is in essence a protein expression platform which has other potential applications including diagnostics and pharmaceutical production. Moreover, our technologies are “green” inasmuch as our fibers and textiles are derived from nature and do not use any petrochemicals as an input into the fibers.
The Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to our financial statements as of December 31, 2024 includes an explanatory paragraph stating that our net loss from operations and net capital deficiency at December 31, 2024 raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Corporate Information
Kraig was incorporated in Wyoming in 2006. Our principal executive offices are located at 2723 South State St. Suite 150, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Our website is located at www.kraiglabs.com and we make available, free of charge, on or through our website all of our periodic reports, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such reports with the SEC. Our website and the information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this Annual Report.
Recent Developments
In January 2022, we completed production of the first Dragon Silk yarn produced entirely in Vietnam. The finished recombinant spider silk yarn was spun from raw recombinant spider silk produced by our subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles. While Prodigy Textiles remains focused on ramping up the output of silk cocoons, supporting vendors will play an essential role in processing that silk into finished goods for a wide range of consumer markets. Once we achieve larger scale production, we plan to ship Dragon Silk yarn to various commercial entities including SpydaSilk Enterprises in Singapore, a joint venture partially owned by the Company for weaving into fabrics and finished garments.
Our study of previous production runs indicated that our laboratory strains lacked the necessary robustness to carry out our production objectives. In 2024 we made substantial progress in improving robustness. We are accelerating our hybridization and breeding program to further increase production robustness and cocoon size.
On January 24, 2024, we signed a memorandum of understand with the Vietnam Sericulture Association (VSA) and the Lam Dong Agro-Forestry Research & Experiment Center (LAREC) to enhance sericulture in Vietnam through the expanded application of the Company’s spider silk silkworm technology.
On April 2, 2024, the Company signed final agreements with the VSA and LAREC.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On January 21, 2025, we entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited company (the “Investor”). Capitalized terms used herein, but not otherwise defined, have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the SEPA, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.14.
Pursuant to the SEPA, the Company has the right to sell to the Investor up to $10 million of its shares of common stock, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the SEPA, from time to time during the term of the SEPA. Sales of the shares of common stock to the Investor under the SEPA, and the timing of any such sales, are at the Company’s option, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any shares of common stock to the Investor under the SEPA except in connection with notices that may be submitted by the Investor, in certain circumstances as described below.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions to the Investor’s purchase obligation set forth in the SEPA, including having a registration statement registering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable under the SEPA declared effective by the SEC, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time at its discretion until the SEPA is terminated to direct the Investor to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock (“Advance”) by delivering written notice to the Investor (“Advance Notice”). While there is no mandatory minimum amount for any Advance, it may not exceed an amount equal to 100% of the average of the daily traded amount during the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding an Advance Notice.
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In addition to the satisfaction of the conditions, the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any common stock under the SEPA which, when aggregated with all other common stock beneficially owned by the Investor and its affiliates, would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its affiliates (on an aggregated basis) of a number of shares of common stock exceeding 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of common shares. In addition, in no event shall an Advance exceed the number of common shares registered in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby under the registration statement then in effect.
The Company shall pay the Investor a structuring fee in an amount of $25,000, of which $10,000 has been paid, and $15,000 shall be paid on the earlier of (a) the Closing of the first Advance, or (b) the termination of the SEPA. Additionally, within three days of signing the SEPA (the “Effective Date”), the Company shall pay a commitment fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Commitment Amount (the “Commitment Fee”) consisting of such number of Common Shares that is equal to the Commitment Fee divided by the average of the daily VWAPs of the Common Shares during the 3 Trading Days immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Commitment Shares”). The Commitment Shares issuable hereunder shall be included on the initial Registration Statement.
The SEPA will automatically terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date or (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to the SEPA for shares of common stock equal to the Commitment Amount. The Company has the right to terminate the SEPA at no cost or penalty upon five (5) trading days’ prior written notice to the Investor, provided that there are no outstanding Advance Notices for which shares of common stock need to be issued. Neither the Company nor the Investor may assign or transfer their respective rights and obligations under the SEPA, and no provision of the SEPA may be modified or waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.
The SEPA contains customary representations, warranties, conditions, and indemnification obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in such agreements were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
The net proceeds received by the Company under the SEPA will depend on the frequency and prices at which the Company sells its shares of common stock to the Investor. The Company expects that any proceeds received from such sales to the Investor will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Covid-19
On March 19, 2020, we furloughed non-essential staff in response to governmental regulations relating to COVID. This decision primarily impacted staff at our fully owned subsidiary, Prodigy Textiles, in Vietnam and resulted in the temporary closing of silk production operations. As of the date hereof, we have resumed silk production operations. The Company supported its furloughed staff and paid their salaries during all mandatory closures. During the duration of the furlough, the Company’s CEO voluntarily waved the payment or accrual of his salary. The Company leveraged this forced closure time to improve its production infrastructure based on the lessons learned from its operations. Following the mandated closures, the Company has enhanced its operations with process automation, moved its production headquarters to a facility designed for silk production and created a more self-reliant supply chain. We have also established a microbiology laboratory in the factory for enhanced quality control. Based on lessons learned during Prodigy’s pre-COVID production ramp up, Management views the in-factory microbiology lab as a critical element to successful large-scale production. The global COVID pandemic and government regulations associated with the pandemic continue to evolve. Management continues to stockpile critical inventories and establish alternative supply and vendor chains as a precaution against future pandemics, disasters, or governmental actions. We will continue to monitor the situation closely, including its potential effect on our plans and timelines.
The Product
Our products exploit the unique characteristics of spider silk, specifically dragline silk from Nephila clavipes (golden orb-web spider) and variants thereof. Such fibers possess unique mechanical properties in terms of strength, resilience, and flexibility. Through the use of genetic engineering, we believe that we have produced a variety of unique transgenic silkworm strains that produce recombinant spider silk. Our recombinant spider silk fiber incorporates the silk proteins found in spider silk with the native silkworm silk proteins. This combination of native silkworm proteins combined with spider silk protein structures results in a new and unique recombinant silk fiber.
Monster Silk®
Monster Silk® was the first recombinant spider silk fiber product we developed. Monster Silk incorporates the natural elasticity of spider silk to make a silk fiber which is more flexible that conventional silk fibers and textiles. We have produced sample products using Monster Silk® including knit fabrics, gloves, and shirts in collaboration with textile mills. We expect that Monster Silk® will have market applications across the traditional textile markets where its increased flexibility will provide increased durability and comfort.
Dragon SilkTM
Dragon SilkTM is the next evolution in recombinant spider silk, combining the elasticity of Monster Silk® with additional high strength elements of native spider silk. Some samples of Dragon SilkTM have demonstrated strength beyond that of native spider silk. This combination of strength and elasticity results in a silk fiber which is soft and flexible, yet tougher than leading synthetic fiber available on the market. Based on inquires we have received from end market leaders, we believe that Dragon SilkTM- will have applications in performance apparel, durable workwear, luxury goods, and composites.
Other Products
We are continuing to develop new recombinant silks and other protein-based fibers and materials using our genetic engineering capabilities. The Company leverages the latest in genetic engineering technology to develop new silk and protein technologies that it believes will have significant advantages over our legacy technology which created Dragon Silk and Monster Silk. Chief among these is the potential to produce spider silks with greatly increased purity and performance. Due to the biocompatible and biodegradable properties of silk, we believe that the materials developed using this process will create opportunities for products in the medical industry, including sutures, grafts, and implants.
Our Technology
Our technology builds upon the unique advantages of the domesticated silkworm. The silkworm is an efficient commercial and industrial producer of protein-based polymers, and forty percent (40%) of the caterpillars’ weight is devoted to the silk glands. The silk glands produce large amounts of an insoluble protein called fibroin, which the silkworm spins into a composite protein thread (silk).
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We use our genetic engineering technology to create proprietary recombinant silk polymers from the silkworms. On September 29, 2010, we, along with our collaborators at Notre Dame created approximately twenty different strains of transgenic silkworm which produce recombinant silk polymers. In October of 2017, with the support of funding from the U.S. Army, we transitioned our research operations out of Notre Dame and into our own research and development headquarters.
Our transgenic silkworms are created by inserting the genes expressing spider silk with either natural or engineered amino acid sequences into the embryos of the silkworm. The spider silk sequence is introduced to the embryo of the silkworm and incorporated into the silkworm genome using state of the art molecular biology approaches. The spider sequence is created on a circular loop of DNA called a plasmid. We developed a method to alter the plasmid DNA to more readily allow the mixing and matching of various targeted traits including spider DNA genes, disease resistance, commercially marketable proteins and other physical properties. In this way, we can combine different genetic cassettes to create fibers and proteins with the modified chemical, physical, and mechanical properties more rapidly than through conventional methods.
Production of this material in commercial quantities holds the potential of a life-saving ballistic resistant material, which is lighter, more flexible, and tougher than steel. However, the Company does not currently have any life-saving ballistic products and could be some time before we are able to produce such a product. Other potential applications for spider silk based recombinant fibers include use as structural material and for any application in which light weight and high strength are required. We believe that fibers made with recombinant protein-based polymers will make significant inroads into the specialty fiber and technical textile markets. Our interactions with manufacturers of high-performance textiles, convince us that there is an eager commercial market for our innovative, sustainable, and differentiated technology and products.
Manufacturing
Our spider silk technology is designed for plug and play incorporation into the existing silk production model. We manufacture and plan to continue to manufacture our proprietary spider silk fibers using traditional silkworm production practices (sericulture).
The Company, through Prodigy Textiles, has hired local workers with experience in sericulture production to care for and raise our silkworms through the five instars, or stages, of the silkworm life cycle, including the final instar when the mature caterpillars produce a cocoon comprised of pure silk. These cocoons are then reeled to our specifications to form the final spider silk threads such as Dragon SilkTM and Monster Silk®.
By utilizing existing production methodology in traditional silk regions to produce our high-performance materials, we leverage historical knowledge, available labor, and existing capital infrastructure for production, spinning, and weaving of our spider silk materials. This approach reduces the risk to our manufacturing operations and decreases our need for upfront capital expenditure.
We believe that we will be able to target metric tons of capacity of spider silk fiber per annum from our operations when fully developed. This capacity will allow us to address our anticipated initial demand for applications in the protective, performance, and luxury textile markets.
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The Market
We are focusing our work on the creation of new fibers with unique properties including fibers with potential high performance and technical fiber applications for the performance fiber market. The performance fiber market is currently dominated by two classes of product: aramid fibers, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers. These existing products serve the need for materials with high strength, resilience, but are unable to delivery flexibility. Because these synthetic performance fibers are stronger and tougher than steel, they are used in a wide variety of military, industrial, and consumer applications.
The military and police are among the users of performance fibers for its ballistic protection. The materials are also used for industrial applications requiring superior strength and toughness, e.g., critical cables and abrasion/impact resistant components. Performance fibers are also employed in safety equipment, high strength composite materials for the aero-space industry and for ballistic protection by the defense industry.
The global market for technical textiles was estimated at greater than $200 billion in 2024 and projected to reach $272 billion by 20301.
These are industrial materials which have become essential products for both industrial and consumer applications. The market for technical textiles can be defined as consisting of:
| ● | Medical textiles; |
| ● | Geotextiles; |
| ● | Textiles used in Defense and Military; |
| ● | Safe and Protective Clothing; |
| ● | Filtration Textiles; |
| ● | Textiles used in Transportation; |
| ● | Textiles used in Buildings; |
| ● | Composites with Textile Structure; and, |
| ● | Functional and Sportive Textiles. |
We believe that the superior mechanical characteristics of the next generation of protein-based polymers (in other words, genetically engineered silk fibers), will open up new applications for the technology. The materials which we are working to produce are tougher and stronger than steel.
We are actively pursuing relationships within target end markets to secure product collaborations with key market channel leaders. Due to the unique nature of our product, we received numerous unsolicited requests from leading businesses across a range of attractive end markets requesting materials for applications development. This substantial interest in spider silk materials across the broad spectrum of applications for high performance fibers and textiles, combined with the limited initial production capacity, has, we believe, provided the opportunity to be selective in choosing market channel partners best able to bring our product to market at scale. We are working under non-disclosure agreements to secure these collaborative development agreements and to establish limited channel exclusivity for firms we believe mirror our culture of innovation.
1https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/technical-textiles-market#:~:text=Report%20Overview,4.5%25%20from%202020%20to%202027
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Research and Development
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we have spent approximately 22,206 and 15,126 hours, respectively, on research and development activities, which consisted primarily of laboratory research on genetic engineering by our in-house research operations.
We have initiated production of our recombinant materials, which we have named Monster Silk® and Dragon SilkTM. Additionally, we are accelerating both our microbiology and selective breeding programs.
Our R&D is focused on creating new materials through molecular biology and genetic engineering. One of the main focuses of our work is utilizing the domestic silkworm to create brand-new fibers and materials. We are advancing this work very quickly, creating many new transgenics in the fourth quarter of 2024 and accelerating that work into 2025. We believe these new transgenics could have potentially significant impacts on the apparel and technical textiles markets.
A key aspect of our research program is designed to increase the robustness of our silkworms within the production environment. Working with our contractors we have identified robustness and acclimation of our silkworm lines to the local climate as one of our most significant challenges. In 2024 we made substantial progress in improving robustness. We are accelerating our hybridization and breeding program to further increase production robustness and cocoon size.
Our Intellectual Property Approach
Our intellectual property strategy utilizes a blended approach of licensed technologies and in-house developments. As part of our intellectual property portfolio, we have licensed the exclusive right to use certain patented gene-splicing technologies for use in silkworm.
Under the Notre Dame Agreements, we exercised our right to exclusive commercial use for spider silk technologies developed under that agreement. We have worked collaboratively with the university to develop fibers with the mechanical characteristics of spider silk. We are applying this proprietary genetic engineering technology to domesticated silkworms, which we believe is the best path to economical, commercial scale production of spider silk.
In 2017, we opened a research and development facility to expand on the work conducted at Notre Dame. Since opening this new facility, we have expanded our intellectual property portfolio with multiple additional provisional and utility patent filings based on new discoveries and inventions. We will continue to utilize our in-house research capabilities to expand and strengthen its patent portfolio while also maintaining and growing our trade secrets relating to genetic advancement and spider silk. We are actively working to develop new approaches to the development of genetically engineering silkworms, underlying construction techniques, and fundamental genetic sequences for improved material performance.
The Notre Dame Agreements will last for the duration of the patented materials that we developed with Notre Dame. The new technologies that we are developing in our internal research labs does not rely on the Notre Dame patented materials and as a result will not be impacted by an expiration of those agreements.
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License Agreements/Intellectual Property
We have obtained certain rights to use a number of university created, and patented gene splicing and spider silk protein technologies.
As part of the joint development program with the University of Notre Dame and the Notre Dame Agreements, Kraig Labs negotiated an option for exclusive global commercial rights to technologies jointly developed with Notre Dame. Kraig Labs has exercised that option. As of the date of this filing, four patents relating to the jointly developed technologies have been issued, number 10-1926286 in South Korea, number 2011314072 in Australia, number 26612 in Vietnam, and number 2,812,791 in Canada. These jurisdictions are a mix of silk producing and consuming countries. We believe protecting our technologies in these countries will be beneficial to our future operations.
In addition to the patents related to licensed technologies from Notre Dame listed above, Kraig Labs has filed a number of patent applications and provisional applications based on technologies developed solely within the Company’s own laboratories. Kraig has filed two such patent applications and four provisional patent applications based on technologies developed and discoveries from our own independent research operations.
Table of Patent Applications and Status
| Title | Country | Application No. | Filing Date | Patent No. | Patent Date | Status | ||||||
| Transgenic Silkworms Capable of Producing Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptides and Fibers | United States of America | 14/754946 | 30-Jun-2015 | Under Exam | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses Thereof | Japan | 2017-038829 | 01-Mar-2017 | Under Exam | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | China (People’s Republic) | 201180057127.1 | 28-May-2013 | Pending | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | Korea, Republic of | 10-2017-7005086 | 22-Feb-2017 | 10-1926286 | 30-Nov-2018 | Granted | ||||||
| A Nucleic Acid Encoding a Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptide, Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptide, Composite Fiber Comprising the Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptide and Method of Preparing a Transgenic Silkworm | Vietnam | 1-2013-01306 | 25-Apr-2013 | 26612 | 03-Nov-2020 | Granted | ||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | Canada | 2812791 | 28-Sep-2011 | 2812791 | 14-Jul-2020 | Granted | ||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk Polypeptides and Fibers Uses Thereof | United States of America | 14/754916 | 30-Jun-2015 | Under Exam | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | Japan | 2013-530432 | 26-Mar-2013 | Pending | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | France | 11833071.1 | 26-Apr-2013 | 2621957 | 02-Jun-2021 | Granted | ||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | India | 3574/DELNP/2013 | 22-Apr-2013 | Under Exam | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | Germany | 11833071.1 | 26-Apr-2013 | 602011071095.8 | 02-Jun-2021 | Granted | ||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses Thereof | United States of America | 61/387332 | 28-Sep-2010 | Expired | ||||||||
| Chimeric Spider Silk and Uses thereof | China (People’s Republic) | 201710335250.4 | 12-May-2017 |
* The terms in this column have the following meanings:
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Published: Pending patent applications that have been published by a corresponding state Patent Office (e.g., the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) or international patent authority (e.g., the World Intellectual Property Association).
Pending: Patent applications that have been submitted to a corresponding state Patent Office for examination but that have not been issued or abandoned.
Under Exam: Pending patent applications currently being examined by a corresponding state Patent Office.
Granted: Patent applications that have been allowed by a corresponding state Patent Office and that have passed through the registration process; a granted patent application is synonymous with a “patent” and is conferred the associated patent rights for the given jurisdiction.
In addition to patent protection for intellectual property developed by the Company and through its collaborative research agreements, the Company has developed specialized skills and knowledge in the field of selective breeding, performance selection, and husbandry. This information is considered to be trade secrets and will play a critical role in the development of unique strains of new transgenics with diverse mechanical properties. These operations and knowledge held as trade secrets provide an additional layer of security and protection for the products and technologies we seek to develop.
In 2014, the following six trademarks were issued to the Company; the Company shall use these trademarks for product branding in the future:
Marks
Monster Silk®
Spiderpillar®
Spilk®
Monster Worm®
Spider Worm®
Spider Moth®
Dragon SilkTM
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In 2021, through its Singapore based joint venture the following four trademarks were issued.
Notre Dame Agreements
As discussed above, in 2007 we entered into the first series of Notre Dame Agreements. We provided financial support to ongoing research and development of transgenic silkworms and the creation of recombinant silk fibers. In exchange, we have an option to obtain the exclusive global commercialization rights to the technology developed pursuant to the research effort.
Following the first agreement, we entered into successive intellectual property and collaborative research agreements with Notre Dame to provide different levels of financial support. The trend had been for an increase in financial support for the research and development in nearly every successive agreement. In June 2012, we entered into an Intellectual Property / Collaborative Research Agreement with Notre Dame (“2012 Notre Dame Research Agreement”). On March 4, 2015, we entered into a new Intellectual Property / Collaborative Research Agreement with Notre Dame extending the agreement through March 2016 (“2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement”). Under the 2015 Notre Dame Research agreement, the Company provided approximately $534,000 in financial support. On September 20, 2015, the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement was amended to increase the total funding by approximately $179,000; in February 2016, the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement was extended to July 31, 2016, and in August 2016, the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement was extended to December 31, 2016. In May 2017, the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement was amended to increase the total funding by approximately $189,000 and the duration of the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement was extended to September 30, 2017. With the funding we received from the U.S. Army, we were able to conduct our research and development in-house, at less cost, and therefore we did not extend the 2015 Notre Dame Research Agreement after September 30, 2017.
In 2011, we exercised our option to obtain the global commercialization rights to the technology developed under the Notre Dame Agreements, which resulted in a separate license agreement with Notre Dame (the “2011 Notre Dame Agreement”). Pursuant to the 2011 Notre Dame Agreement, Notre Dame filed an international patent application and numerous national patent applications on technology relating to the creation and use of recombinant spider silks and we received exclusive and non-exclusive rights to certain spider silk and gene-splicing technologies including commercial rights with the right to sublicense such intellectual property. The 2011 Notre Dame Agreement obligates us to reimburse Notre Dame for costs associated with the filing, prosecuting, and maintaining of such patents and patent applications. In exchange for the rights to commercialization, Notre Dame has received 2,200,000 shares of our Common Stock and we have agreed to pay Notre Dame royalties equal to 2% of our gross sales of the licensed products and 10% of any sublicensing fees received by the Company on licensed technology.
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Cooperative Agreement in Vietnam
On December 30, 2015, we entered into a cooperative agreement with a provincial government office in Vietnam for the research and pilot production of hybrid silkworms. In April 2018, we received an investment registration certificate for our subsidiary in Vietnam. Later that month the Company was issued its enterprise registration certificate which allowed us to commence operations.
Other Agreements
On October 15, 2013, we entered into an intellectual property agreement with a scientific researcher relating to the development of new recombinant silk fibers. Under the terms of that agreement, the scientific researcher transferred his rights of intellectual property, inventions, and trade secrets which the researcher develops relating to recombinant silk to us. Upon signing, the researcher received 8,000,000 common stock purchase warrants from the Company, exercisable 24 months from the date of the agreement. As per the terms of the agreement, the researcher received an additional 10,000,000 warrants after creating a new recombinant silk fiber for us that met specified performance characteristics and another 8,000,000 warrants for performing the contract in good faith. The warrants described above all contain a cashless exercise provision and are exercisable on the 24-month anniversary of the date on which they were issuable under the agreement. All warrant under this agreement were exercised.
Governmental Regulations
We are subject to U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations, as well as Vietnam central, provisional, and district laws and regulations. These laws and regulations govern, among other things, labor relations, the labeling and safety of our products, the environment, distribution of products, the production of products, and our molecular biology-based technologies. We believe that we are in material compliance with all such applicable laws and regulations, although no assurance can be provided that this will remain true in the future or that interpretation of laws and regulations will remain a constant. Laws and particularly their interpretations and enforcement can and do change. Social and political trends shift in ways that we cannot predict and which could become less favorable to our technology. With regards to areas where law is vague, lacking, or could be subject to interpretation we endeavor to conform to industry norms.
Environment
Kraig Labs is fully committed to its vision of bringing spider silk technologies to commercial markets while maintaining the highest levels of environmental responsibility. We believe our technology, built on a renewable resource, has a positive environmental impact, and offers significant benefits over competing synthetic textiles. Our production system is derived from nature and does not use any petrochemicals as an input into our fibers.
We seek to comply with and exceed all applicable statutory and administrative requirements concerning environmental quality. Expenditures for compliance with federal state and local environmental laws have not had, and are not expected to have, a material effect on our capital expenditures, results of operations or competitive position.
While being environmentally conscious is the objective of all producers in this industry, the fermentation process used by our competitors produces high levels of carbon dioxide. CO2 is a greenhouse gas and is argued to be a leading cause of global warming. In stark contrast, Kraig Labs’ mulberry trees and the silk from silkworms have proven to be effective at sequestering carbon dioxide and are renewable resources. Mulberry trees also provide essential global green-cover and significantly help in reducing soil erosion in areas.
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Competition
We compete directly with numerous other companies with similar product lines and/or distribution that have extensive capital, resources, market share, and brand recognition.
There are presently three primary competitors that we face in the fledgling spider silk industry, but there are few barriers to entry in our industry. This creates the strong possibility of new competitors emerging, and of others succeeding in developing the same or similar fibers for application that we are trying to develop. The effects of this increased competition may be materially adverse to us and our stockholders. As this is an emergent industry there is no one producer that has captured a significant portion of the market. Bolt Threads, Inc. based in California and Spiber Inc. based in Japan are competitors which have raised the largest amounts of investment capital to date. We also compete with AMSilk, which is based in Germany. We believe that our technology offers more cost-effective methods with lower environmental impact than technologies used by our identified competitors, however, new technologies could be developed that remove this advantage.
These competitors have raised and spent 100’s of millions of dollars in pursuit of spider silk production.
Employees
The Company currently employs between 10-14 people at its U.S. facilities, 7 full-time and up to 7 part-time, including Kim Thompson, our officer and sole director and Jonathan R. Rice, our Chief Operating Officer. The Company employs between 8-30 full time personnel at its Vietnamese subsidiary depending on the production cycle. We plan to hire more persons on as-needed basis.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
As the Company is a smaller reporting company, this item is not applicable.
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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
As the Company is a smaller reporting company, this item is not applicable.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
We
employ processes incorporated into our overall risk management system for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from cybersecurity
threats. These items are designed to help protect our information assets from internal and external threats and protect the
Although
we develop and maintain systems and controls designed to prevent cybersecurity threats from occurring, and we have a process to identify
and mitigate threats, the development and maintenance of these systems, controls and processes is costly and requires ongoing monitoring
and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become increasingly sophisticated. Moreover, despite our
efforts, the possibility of these events occurring cannot be eliminated entirely. As we outsource more of our information systems to
vendors, engage in more electronic transactions with service providers, and rely more on cloud-based information systems, the related
security risks will increase, and we will need to expend additional resources to protect our technology and information systems. In addition,
there can be no assurance that our internal information technology systems or those of our
As
of the date of this Annual Report, we are
Our senior management team conducts the regular assessment and management of material risks from cybersecurity threats, including review with our third-party service providers, while our board of directors has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. All employees and consultants are directed to report to our senior management any irregular or suspicious activity that could indicate a cybersecurity threat or incident.
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.
Our principal executive office is located at 2723 South State St., Suite 150, Ann Arbor, Michigan. We pay an annual rent of $2,508 for conference facilities, mail, fax, and reception services located at this location.
On September 5, 2019, we signed a two-year lease for a 5,000 square foot property in Lansing, MI that commenced on October 1, 2019, and ends on September 30, 2021, for its research and development headquarters. Pursuant to the lease, it was an annual rent of $42,000 for year one of the lease and $44,800 for year two of the lease. On April 16, 2021, we signed a two-year amendment to this lease, pursuant to which, commencing on July 1, 2021, and ending on September 30, 2022, we pay an annualized rent of $42,000 and from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, we will pay an annual rent of $44,800. On October 1, 2023, the Company extended the terms of the lease through September 30, 2025. From October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, the Company will pay an annual rent of $44,800. From October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, the Company will pay an annual rent of $47,600.
On July 1, 2021, the Company signed a 5-year property lease in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam which consists of 30,000 square meters of property and 6,000 square meter of buildings, which it leases at a rate of approximately $8,645 per year for each of the five years.
On January 31, 2024, the Company signed a five-year lease for a 700 square meter facility in Lam Dong, Vietnam that commenced on February 1, 2024, and ends on January 31, 2029. We were scheduled to pay an annual rent of approximately $7,284 for year one and two of the lease. During the third quarter of 2024, the Company terminated its ROU lease arrangement. The Company does not occupy or use the facility and therefore has determined to impair this asset as there is no future benefit.
On September 20, 2024, the Company signed a six-year lease for a 80 square meter facility in Lam Dong, Vietnam that commenced on September 20, 2024, and ends on December 31, 2030. We pay an annual rent of approximately $7,032 for year one and two of the lease, $7,740 for year three, and $8,520 for years four through six.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
We may from time to time become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business.
To the knowledge of our management, we are currently not a party to any material legal or administrative proceedings and are not aware of any pending or threatened legal or administrative proceedings against us.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Market Information
Our common stock trades on the OTCQB system under the symbol “KBLB.” Our CUSIP number is 50075W.
You should be aware that over-the-counter market quotations may reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. The high and low bid quotations for our shares of our common stock for each full quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal years are (prices set forth below represent inter-dealer quotations, without retail markup, markdown or commission and may not be reflective of actual transactions):
| High | Low | |||||||
| Fiscal 2023 | ||||||||
| Quarter ended March 31, 2023 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.03 | ||||
| Quarter ended June 30, 2023 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.04 | ||||
| Quarter ended September 30, 2023 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.03 | ||||
| Quarter ended December 31, 2023 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.03 | ||||
| Fiscal 2024 | ||||||||
| Quarter ended March 31, 2024 | $ | 0.1496 | $ | 0.0349 | ||||
| Quarter ended June 30, 2024 | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.07 | ||||
| Quarter ended September 30, 2024 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
| Quarter ended December 31, 2024 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.08 | ||||
As of March 27, 2025, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on the OTCQB was $[[ ] per share.
Holders
As of March 28, 2025, in accordance with our transfer agent records, we had 33 record holders of our Class A common stock and 0 holders of our Class B common stock; there is 1 holder of Series A Preferred Stock. This number excludes any estimate by us of the number of beneficial owners of shares held in street name, the accuracy of which cannot be guaranteed.
Dividends
We have never paid cash dividends on any of our capital stock, and we currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. We do not intend to pay cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Sale of Unregistered Securities
Information regarding any equity securities we have sold during the period covered by this Report that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended is set forth below. Each such transaction was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC, unless otherwise noted. Unless stated otherwise: (i) the securities were offered and sold only to accredited investors; (ii) there was no general solicitation or general advertising related to the offerings; (iii) each of the persons who received these unregistered securities had knowledge and experience in financial and business matters which allowed them to evaluate the merits and risk of the receipt of these securities, and that they were knowledgeable about our operations and financial condition; (iv) no underwriter participated in, nor did we pay any commissions or fees to any underwriter in connection with the transactions; and, (v) each certificate issued for these unregistered securities contained a legend stating that the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and setting forth the restrictions on the transferability and the sale of the securities.
On February 16, 2023, the Company issued 2,434,211 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the cashless exercise of 2,500,000 warrants.
On December 26, 2023, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of its class A common stock for services with a fair value of $225,000 ($0.045/share) on the date of grant.
March 26, 2024, the Company issued one share of Series A preferred stock to Mr. Kim Thompson, the Company’s CEO, and founder for $20,000, in the form of debt cancellation by Mr. Thompson.
On January 21, 2025, we issued 1,081,471 shares of Common Stock to Yorkville in connection with the execution of the SEPA as partial consideration for its commitment to enter into the SEPA.
Repurchases of Equity Securities
None.
ITEM 6. RESERVED
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and result of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties contained in this report and the other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
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The following section reflects management’s views on the financial condition as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, and the results of operations and cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. This section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes to the consolidated financial statements contained elsewhere in this report.
Overview
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, is a corporation organized to develop high strength fibers using recombinant DNA technology for commercial applications including technical textiles. We use genetically engineered silkworms that produce spider silk proteins to create our recombinant spider silk. Applications include performance apparel, workwear, filtration, luxury fashion, flexible composites, medical implants, cosmetics and more. We believe that we are a world leader in the research, development, and production of commercially scalable and cost-effective spider silk fiber. Our primary proprietary fiber technology utilizes natural and engineered variants of spider silk produced in domesticated mulberry silkworms. Our business brings twenty-first century biotechnology to the historical silk industry. We are introducing materials with innovative properties into an established commercial ecosystem of silkworm rearing, silk spinning, weaving, and manufacture of garments and other products.
We are using genetic engineering technologies to develop fibers with greater strength, resiliency, and flexibility for use in our target markets, including the specialty fiber and technical textile industries . We believe that the genetically engineered protein-based fibers we seek to produce have properties that are in some ways superior to the materials currently available in the marketplace. Production of our product in commercial quantities holds what we believe to be potential life-saving ballistic resistant material, which we believe is lighter, thinner, more flexible, and tougher than steel. Other potential applications for spider silk based recombinant fibers include use as structural material and for any application in which light weight and high strength are required. We believe that fibers made with recombinant protein-based polymers will make significant inroads into the specialty fiber and technical textile markets.
Through our technologies, the introduction of the gene sequence based on those found in native spider silk, results in a germline transformation and is therefore self-perpetuating. Our recombinant spider silk fibers incorporate the silk proteins found in spider silk with native silkworm silk proteins. This combination of native silkworm proteins combined with spider silk protein structures results in new and unique recombinant silk fibers. This technology is in essence a protein expression platform which has other potential applications including diagnostics and pharmaceutical production. Moreover, our technologies are “green” inasmuch as our fibers and textiles are derived from nature and do not use any petrochemicals as an input into the fibers.
The Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to our financial statements as of December 31, 2023, and as of December 31, 2024, include an explanatory paragraph stating that our net loss from operations and net capital deficiency at December 31, 2024 raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Plan of Operations
During the next twelve months, we expect to take the following steps in connection with the further development of our business and the implementation of our plan of operations:
| ● | We plan to accelerate and expand commercial scale production of our recombinant spider silk. |
| ● | We plan to expand our research and development to accelerate our work in creating next generation materials and to improve the robustness of our recombinant spider silk lines. |
| ● | We plan to create a line of recombinant spider silk fashion wear either under our own brand name or in partnership with existing commercial entities. |
| ● | We plan to continue the expansion of our overseas production operations, including working with local contractors or cooperatives and the hiring of additional direct staff, as needed. |
| ● | We plan to accelerate our microbiology research and development to create more advanced materials. We plan to develop more advanced spider silk and non-spider silk based fibers for select target markets. |
| ● | We will consider buying an established revenue producing company in a compatible business, in order to broaden our financial base and facilitate the commercialization of our products; as of the date hereof, we have not had any formal discussion or entered into any definitive agreements regarding any such purchase. |
| ● | We will also actively consider pursuing collaborative research opportunities with private laboratories in areas of research which overlap the company’s existing research and development. If our financing allows, management will strongly consider increasing the breadth of our research to include protein expression platform technologies. |
| ● | We plan to actively pursue collaborative research and product testing opportunities with companies in the biotechnology, materials, textile, and other industries. |
| ● | We plan to actively pursue additional collaborative commercialization, marketing, and manufacturing opportunities with companies in the textile and material sectors for the fibers we developed and for any new polymers that we create in 2025 and going forward. |
| ● | We plan to actively pursue an uplist to a national exchange if such an opportunity presents itself. |
Limited Operating History
We have not previously demonstrated that we will be able to expand our business through an increased investment in our research and development efforts. We cannot guarantee that the research and development efforts described in this filing will be successful. Our business is subject to risks inherent in growing an enterprise, including limited capital resources, risks inherent in the research and development process and possible rejection of our products in development.
If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue our research and development and other operations. Equity financing will result in dilution to existing stockholders.
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Note Financing
January 2022
On January 18, 2022, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt company (“Yorkville”), pursuant to which Yorkville purchased secured convertible debentures (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) in the aggregate principal amount of USD$3,000,000 (the “Convertible Debentures”), which are convertible into shares of Common Stock (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”), of which a secured convertible debenture (the “First Convertible Debenture”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “First Convertible Debenture Purchase Price”) shall be issued upon signing the Securities Purchase Agreement and a secured convertible debenture (the “Second Convertible Debenture,” together with the First Convertible Debenture, each a “Convertible Debenture” and collectively, the “Convertible Debentures”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “Second Convertible Debenture Purchase Price”) shall be issued on or about the date that the Securities and Exchange Commission declares the registration statement registering the shares of common stock underlying the notes effective (collectively, the First Convertible Debenture Purchase Price and the Second Convertible Debenture Purchase Price shall collectively be referred to as the “Purchase Price”) (the “Yorkville Transaction”). These additional funds, together with those from the previously completed transactions we conducted with Yorkville between December 2020 and March 2021, account for an $8 million total Yorkville investment; as of November 17, 2022, all debentures to Yorkville pursuant thereto have been satisfied. The Company also issued Yorkville a warrant to purchase 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at an initial exercise price of $0.12 per share and a warrant to purchase 4,285,714 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at an initial exercise price of $0.14 per share. The warrants have a term of five (5) years and can be exercised via cashless exercise. If the Company issues or sells securities at a price less than the applicable warrant exercise price, the exercise price of the applicable warrant shall be reduced to such lower price. The warrants also have the same ownership cap as set forth in the Convertible Debentures, as described below.
In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with Yorkville, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register all of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Convertible Debentures and warrants and with respect to subsequent registration statements, if any, such number of shares of Common Stock as requested by Yorkville not to exceed 300% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all Convertible Debentures then outstanding (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) such Convertible Debentures are convertible at the then current conversion price and (y) any such conversion shall not take into account any limitations on the conversion of the Convertible Debentures set forth therein, in each case subject to any cutbacks set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Upon signing the letter of intent for the Yorkville Transaction, the Company paid $10,000 to an affiliate of Yorkville, for due diligence and structuring.
The Securities Purchase Agreement also contained customary representation and warranties of the Company and the Investor, indemnification obligations of the Company, termination provisions, and other obligations and rights of the parties.
The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Convertible Debentures, Warrant, Security Agreement, IP Security Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and Guaranty Agreement is qualified by reference to the full text of the forms of Securities Purchase Agreement, Convertible Debenture and Warrant, which are filed as Exhibits hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Maxim Group LLC received a cash placement agent fee of $230,000.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On January 21, 2025, we entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “SEPA”) with YA II PN, LTD., a Cayman Islands exempt limited company (the “Investor”). Capitalized terms used herein, but not otherwise defined, have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the SEPA, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.14.
Pursuant to the SEPA, the Company has the right to sell to the Investor up to $10 million of its shares of common stock, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the SEPA, from time to time during the term of the SEPA. Sales of the shares of common stock to the Investor under the SEPA, and the timing of any such sales, are at the Company’s option, and the Company is under no obligation to sell any shares of common stock to the Investor under the SEPA except in connection with notices that may be submitted by the Investor, in certain circumstances as described below.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions to the Investor’s purchase obligation set forth in the SEPA, including having a registration statement registering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable under the SEPA declared effective by the SEC, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time at its discretion until the SEPA is terminated to direct the Investor to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock (“Advance”) by delivering written notice to the Investor (“Advance Notice”). While there is no mandatory minimum amount for any Advance, it may not exceed an amount equal to 100% of the average of the daily traded amount during the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding an Advance Notice.
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In addition to the satisfaction of the conditions, the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase or acquire, and shall not purchase or acquire, any common stock under the SEPA which, when aggregated with all other common stock beneficially owned by the Investor and its affiliates, would result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its affiliates (on an aggregated basis) of a number of shares of common stock exceeding 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of common shares. In addition, in no event shall an Advance exceed the number of common shares registered in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby under the registration statement then in effect.
The Company shall pay the Investor a structuring fee in an amount of $25,000, of which $10,000 has been paid, and $15,000 shall be paid on the earlier of (a) the Closing of the first Advance, or (b) the termination of the SEPA. Additionally, within three days of signing the SEPA (the “Effective Date”), the Company shall pay a commitment fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Commitment Amount (the “Commitment Fee”) consisting of such number of Common Shares that is equal to the Commitment Fee divided by the average of the daily VWAPs of the Common Shares during the 3 Trading Days immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Commitment Shares”). The Commitment Shares issuable hereunder shall be included on the initial Registration Statement.
The SEPA will automatically terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) 36-month anniversary of the Effective Date or (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to the SEPA for shares of common stock equal to the Commitment Amount. The Company has the right to terminate the SEPA at no cost or penalty upon five (5) trading days’ prior written notice to the Investor, provided that there are no outstanding Advance Notices for which shares of common stock need to be issued. Neither the Company nor the Investor may assign or transfer their respective rights and obligations under the SEPA, and no provision of the SEPA may be modified or waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.
The SEPA contains customary representations, warranties, conditions, and indemnification obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in such agreements were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
The net proceeds received by the Company under the SEPA will depend on the frequency and prices at which the Company sells its shares of common stock to the Investor. The Company expects that any proceeds received from such sales to the Investor will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Results of Operations for the Years ended December 31, 2023, and 2024
Our revenue, operating expenses, and net loss from operations for the years ended December 31, 2024, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, were as follows – some balances on the prior period’s combined financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation:
| Years Ended | % Change | |||||||||||||||
| December 31, | Increase | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | (Decrease) | |||||||||||||
| NET REVENUES | $ | - | $ | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| COSTS OF REVENUES | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| OPERATING EXPENSES: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and Administrative | 1,747,585 | 1,454,295 | 293,290 | 20.17 | % | |||||||||||
| Professional Fees | 290,313 | 125,222 | 165,091 | 131.84 | % | |||||||||||
| Officer’s Salary | 872,289 | 797,406 | 74,883 | 9.39 | % | |||||||||||
| Research and Development | 164,374 | 237,871 | (73,497 | ) | -30.90 | % | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,074,561 | 2,614,794 | 459,767 | 17.58 | % | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (3,074,561 | ) | (2,614,794 | ) | (459,767 | ) | 17.58 | % | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (529,603 | ) | (484,658 | ) | (44,945 | ) | 9.27 | % | ||||||||
| Gain on asset impairement | - | (95,872 | ) | 95,872 | -100.00 | % | ||||||||||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in gold bullion | 133,829 | 55,985 | 77,844 | 139.04 | % | |||||||||||
| Interest income | 71,396 | 109,559 | (38,163 | ) | -34.83 | % | ||||||||||
| Net Loss | $ | (3,398,939 | ) | $ | (3,029,780 | ) | (369,159 | ) | 12.18 | % | ||||||
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Net Revenues: During the year ended December 31, 2024, we realized $0 of revenues from our business. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we realized $0 of revenues from our business. Accordingly, there was no change in revenues between the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Research and development expenses: During the year ended December 31, 2024, we incurred $164,374 of research and development expenses, a decrease of $73,497 or30.90% compared with the same period in 2023. The research and development expenses are attributable to the research and development with the Notre Dame University; the increase was due to the timing of research related activity and costs by insources the Company’s research operations.
Professional Fees: During year ended December 31, 2024, we incurred $290,313 professional expenses, which increased by $165,091 or 131.84% from $125,222 for year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in professional fees expense was attributable to increased expenses related to investor relations services during year ended December 31, 2024.
Officers Salary: During year ended December 31, 2024, officers’ salary expenses increased to $872,289 or 9.39% compared to $797,406 for year ended December 31, 2023. The increase is due to contractual terms of employment. In order to conserve Company resources, the CEO agreed to accrue and not collect a majority of his salary for 2024.
General and Administrative Expense: General and administrative expenses increased by $293,290 or 20.17% to $1,747,585 for year ended December 31, 2024 from $1,454,295 for year ended December 31, 2023. Our general and administrative expenses for year ended December 31, 2024 consisted of other general and administrative expenses (which includes expenses such as Auto, Business Development, SEC Filing, Investor Relations, General Office, warrant Compensation) of $1,052,808, Travel of $65,631, office salary of $467,931, and consulting of $161,215 for a total of $1,747,585. Our general and administrative expenses for year ended December 31, 2023 consisted of other general and administrative expenses (which includes expenses such as Auto, Business Development, SEC Filing, Investor Relations, General Office, warrant Compensation) of $1,031,363, Travel of $44,629, office salary of $368,683, and consulting of $9,620 for a total of $1,454,295.
Interest Expense: Interest expense increased to $529,603, or 9.27% for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $484,658 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to interest on the related party loans and accounts payable and accrued expenses to the related parties.
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Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investment in Gold Bullion: Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in gold bullion increased by $77,844 to $133,829 for the year ended December 31, 2024, from $55,985 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to a net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in gold bullion.
Asset impairment expense: Asset impairment expense decreased to $0, or 100% for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $95,872 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to recognizing impairment expense of a deposit towards the purchase of inventory during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Net Loss: Net loss increased by $369,159, or 12.18%, to a net loss of $3,398,939 for the year ended December 31, 2024, from a net loss of $3,029,780 for the year ended December 31, 2023. This increase in net loss was driven primarily by a increase in warrant compensation, professional fees, officer’s salary and slightly offset by a decrease in research and administration expense and impairment expense.
Capital Resources and Liquidity
Our financial statements have been presented on the basis that we have a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As presented in the financial statements, we incurred a net loss of $3,398,939 during the year ended December 31, 2024, and losses are expected to continue in the near term. The accumulated deficit is $53,085,719 at December 31, 2024. Refer to Note 2 for our discussion of stockholder deficit. We have been funding our operations through private loans and the sale of common stock in private placement transactions. Refer to Note 6 and Note 7 in the financial statements for our discussion of notes payable and shares issued, respectively. Our cash resources are insufficient to meet our planned business objectives without additional financing. These and other factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of our company to continue as a going concern.
Management anticipates that significant additional expenditures will be necessary to develop and expand our business before significant positive operating cash flows can be achieved. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to raise additional capital and to ultimately achieve sustainable revenues and profitable operations. At December 31, 2024, we had $673,264 of cash on hand. These funds are insufficient to complete our business plan and as a consequence, we will need to seek additional funds, primarily through the issuance of debt or equity securities for cash to operate our business. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to us. Even if we are able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in the case of equity financing.
Management has undertaken steps as part of a plan to improve operations with the goal of sustaining our operations for the next twelve months and beyond. These steps include (a) raising additional capital and/or obtaining financing; (b) controlling overhead and expenses; and (c) executing material sales or research contracts. There can be no assurance that the Company can successfully accomplish these steps and it is uncertain that the Company will achieve a profitable level of operations and obtain additional financing. There can be no assurance that any additional financing will be available to the Company on satisfactory terms and conditions, if at all. As of the date of this Report, we have not entered into any formal agreements regarding the above.
In the event the Company is unable to continue as a going concern, the Company may elect or be required to seek protection from its creditors by filing a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or may be subject to an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. To date, management has not considered this alternative, nor does management view it as a likely occurrence.
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Cash, total current assets, total assets, total current liabilities, and total liabilities as of December 31, 2024, as compared to December 31, 2023, were as follows:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Cash | $ | 673,264 | $ | 2,551,834 | ||||
| Inventory | $ | 6,884 | $ | 6,884 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses | $ | 60,137 | $ | 14,902 | ||||
| Total current assets | $ | 740,285 | $ | 2,573,620 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,505,333 | $ | 3,232,822 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | $ | 9,614,428 | $ | 8,885,610 | ||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 9,654,954 | $ | 8,939,978 | ||||
At December 31, 2024, we had a working capital deficit of $8,874,143, compared to a working capital deficit of $6,311,990 at December 31, 2023. Current liabilities increased to $9,614,428 at December 31, 2024 from $8,885,610 at December 31, 2023, primarily as a result of accounts payable.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash used in operations of $1,839,086 was the result of a net loss of $3,398,939 offset by depreciation expense of $26,159, net change in unrealized appreciation in gold bullions of $133,829, warrants issuance of $851,205, imputed interest on related party loans of $81,072, increase in prepaid expenses of $45,235, increase in deposits of $3,656, and a decrease in operating lease right of use of $49,209, an increase of accrued expenses and other payables-related party of $818,538, a decrease in accounts payable of $39,635 and a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $48,172.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in operations of $1,244,483 was the result of a net loss of $3,029,780 offset by depreciation expense of $27,620, asset impairment expense of $95,872, net change in unrealized appreciation in gold bullions of $55,985, stock issued for services of $225,000, warrants issuance of $538,633, imputed interest on related party loans of $80,851, increase in prepaid expenses of $763, decrease in deposits of $2,608, increase in inventory of $304, and a decrease in operating lease right of use of $48,064, an increase of accrued expenses and other payables-related party of $869,640, increase in accounts payable of $1,298 and a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $48,763.
Net cash used in our investing activities were $4,240 and $6,399 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company had purchase of fixed assets of $4,240. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company had net purchases of treasury bills of $2,587,811 and net proceeds from maturities of treasury bills of $2,587,811 and purchase of fixed assets of $6,399.
Our financing activities resulted in a cash inflow of $35,244 for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is represented by $35,244 loan repayment.
Our financing activities resulted in a cash inflow of $60,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, which is represented by $60,000 loan repayment.
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Critical Accounting Policies
Our financial statements and related public financial information are based on the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). GAAP requires the use of estimates; assumptions, judgments and subjective interpretations of accounting principles that have an impact on the assets, liabilities, and revenue and expense amounts reported. These estimates can also affect supplemental information contained in our external disclosures including information regarding contingencies, risk, and financial condition. We believe our use of estimates and underlying accounting assumptions adhere to GAAP and are consistently and conservatively applied. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We continue to monitor significant estimates made during the preparation of our financial statements.
Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 1 of our financial statements. While all these significant accounting policies impact its financial condition and results of operations, we view certain of these policies as critical. Policies determined to be critical are those policies that have the most significant impact on our financial statements and require management to use a greater degree of judgment and estimates. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Our management believes that given current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that applying any other reasonable judgments or estimate methodologies would cause effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity for the periods presented in this report.
RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, to require enhanced disclosures that include reportable segment expenses. The amendments in this update provide that a business entity disclose significant segment expenses, segment profit or loss (after significant segment expenses), and allows reporting of additional measures of a segments profit or loss if used in assessing segment performance. Such disclosures apply to entities with a single reportable segment. These amendments were effective for the Company in 2024 and retrospectively to all prior periods using the significant segment expense categories identified. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, as the requirements impact only segment reporting disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expense, and research and development. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2027, applied prospectively, with early adoption permitted, and interim periods beginning in 2028. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2027 for annual periods and in 2028 for interim periods. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, as the requirements only require more detailed disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-02, Codification Improvements - Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements to remove various references to concepts statements from the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. This guidance is to clarify guidance, simplify wording or structure of guidance, and other minor improvements. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2025. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
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In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards, to clarify whether profits interest and similar awards should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. The guidance applies to all business entities that issue profits interest awards as compensation to employees or nonemployees in exchange for goods or services. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual and interim periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. As the Company does not issue profit interest awards, the impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to require enhanced income tax disclosures to provide information to assess how an entity’s operations and related tax risks, tax planning, and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. The amendments in this update provide that a business entity disclose (1) a tabular income tax rate reconciliation, using both percentages and amounts, (2) separate disclosure of any individual reconciling items that are equal to or greater than 5% of the amount computed by multiplying the income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes by the applicable statutory income tax rate, and disaggregation of certain items that are significant and (3) amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal, state and foreign jurisdictions, including separate disclosure of any individual jurisdictions greater than 5% of total income taxes paid. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2025. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, since the amendments require only enhancement of existing income tax disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
As the Company is a smaller reporting company, this item is not applicable.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
CONTENTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered net losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters are discussed in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB .
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and the significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Going Concern
Due to the net loss, negative cash flows from operations for the year, and working capital deficiency, the Company evaluated the need for a going concern listed in note 2.
Auditing management’s evaluation of a going concern can be a significant judgment given the fact that the Company uses management estimates on future revenues and expenses, which are not able to be easily substantiated.
We evaluated the appropriateness of the going concern, we examined and evaluated the financial information along with management’s plans to mitigate the going concern and management’s disclosure on going concern.
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We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013
March 28, 2025
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Balance Sheets
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Inventory | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| Property and Equipment, net | ||||||||
| Investment in gold bullions
(cost $ | ||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use asset, net | ||||||||
| Security deposit | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Note payable - related party | ||||||||
| Royalty agreement payable - related party | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability, current | ||||||||
| Loan payable | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Long Term Liabilities | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability, net of current | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Preferred stock,
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| Preferred stock Series A, | ||||||||
| Common stock Class A, | ||||||||
| Common stock Class B, | ||||||||
| Common Stock Issuable, and shares, respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Operations
| For the Years Ended | ||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operating Expenses | ||||||||
| General and Administrative | ||||||||
| Professional Fees | ||||||||
| Officer’s Salary | ||||||||
| Research and Development | ||||||||
| Total Operating Expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from Operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other Income/(Expenses) | ||||||||
| Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in gold bullion | ||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Amortization of debt issue costs | ||||||||
| Gain on Asset Impairment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||
| Total Other Income/(Expenses) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net (Loss) before Provision for Income Taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Provision for Income Taxes | ||||||||
| Net (Loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Basic and Diluted | $ | ) | $ | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period - Basic and Diluted | ||||||||
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
| Preferred Stock - Series A | Common Stock - Class A | Common Stock - Class B | To be issued | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Par | Shares | Par | Shares | Par | Shares | Par | APIC | Deficit | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 (Audited) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants issued for services - related parties | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants issued for services | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for services | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued in connection with cashless warrants exercise | - | - | - | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Imputed interest - related party | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beneficial conversion feature | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2023 | - | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 (Audited) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preferred share issued in connection with debt cancellation - related party | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants issued for services - related parties | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrants issued for services | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Options issued for services | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Imputed interest - related party | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 | - | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 (Audited) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
| For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Cash Flows From Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net Loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations | ||||||||
| Depreciation expense | ||||||||
| Asset impairment expense | ||||||||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation in gold bullions | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Imputed interest - related party | ||||||||
| Stock issuable for services | ||||||||
| Fair value of options issued for services | ||||||||
| Warrants issued/(cancelled) to consultants | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| (Increase) in inventory | ( | ) | ||||||
| (Increase) Decrease prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| (Increase) in deposits | ( | ) | ||||||
| Decrease in operating lease right-of-use, net | ||||||||
| Increase in accrued expenses and other payables - related party | ||||||||
| Decrease in accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Decrease in operating lease liabilities, current | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Cash Used In Operating Activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Cash Used In Investing Activities | ||||||||
| Purchase of treasury bills | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from maturity of treasury bills | ||||||||
| Purchse of fixed assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows From Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Principal payments on debt | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year | ||||||||
| Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Year | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Shares issued in connection with cashless warrants exercise | $ | $ | ||||||
| Adoption of lease standard ASC 842 | $ | $ | ||||||
| Adoption of lease standard ASC 842 | $ | $ | ||||||
| Reduction of right of use asset and associated lease liability due to lease cancellation | $ | $ | ||||||
| Preferred share issued in connection with debt cancellation - related party | $ | $ | ||||||
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023
NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ORGANIZATION
Organization
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Wyoming on April 25, 2006. The Company was organized to develop high strength, protein based fiber, using recombinant DNA technology, for commercial applications in the textile and specialty fiber industries.
On January 24, 2024, the Company signed a memorandum of understand with the Vietnam Sericulture Association (“VSA”) and the Lam Dong Agro-Forestry Research & Experiment Center (“LAREC”) to enhance sericulture in Vietnam through the expanded application of the Company’s spider silk silkworm technology.
On March 5, 2018, the Company issued a board resolution authorizing investment in a Vietnamese subsidiary and appointing a representative for the subsidiary.
On April 24, 2018, the Company announced that it had received its investment registration certificate for its new Vietnamese subsidiary Prodigy Textiles Co., Ltd.
On May 1, 2018, the Company announced that it had received its enterprise registration certificate for its new Vietnamese subsidiary Prodigy Textiles Co., Ltd
Foreign Currency
The assets and liabilities of Prodigy Textiles, Co., Ltd. (the Company’s Vietnamese subsidiary) whose functional currency is the Vietnamese Dong, are translated into US dollars at period-end exchange rates prior to consolidation. Income and expense items are translated at the average rates of exchange prevailing during the period. The adjustments resulting from translating the Company’s financial statements are reflected as a component of other comprehensive (loss) income. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are recognized in net earnings based on differences between foreign exchange rates on the transaction date and settlement date.
Use of Estimates
In preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits at financial institutions, money market funds, and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company had $
Basic and diluted net loss per common share is computed based upon the weighted average common shares outstanding as defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB” Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 260, “Earnings per Share.” For December 31, 2024, and 2023, warrants were not included in the computation of income/ (loss) per share because their inclusion is anti-dilutive.
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Stock Warrants (Exercise price - $- $/share) | ||||||||
| Stock Options (Exercise price - $/Share) | ||||||||
| Convertible Preferred Stock | ||||||||
| Common Stock Payable | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
Research and Development Costs
The Company expenses all research and development costs as incurred for which there is no alternative future use. These costs also include the expensing of employee compensation and employee stock based compensation.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company had $
Advertising Expense
The
Company follows the policy of charging the costs of advertising to expense as incurred. There was
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB Codification Topic 740-10-25 (“ASC 740-10-25”). Under ASC No. 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under ASC No. 740-10-25, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
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The Company accounts for stock-based compensation for employees and directors in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the statement of operations based on their fair values. Under the provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation costs are measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and are recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). The fair value of the Company’s common stock options are estimated using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: expected volatility, dividend rate, risk free interest rate and the expected life (The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The Company expenses stock-based compensation by using the straight-line method. In accordance with ASC 718 and, excess tax benefits realized from the exercise of stock-based awards are classified as cash flows from operating activities. All excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies (including tax benefits of dividends on share-based payment awards) are recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards issued to non-employees for services, as prescribed by ASC 718-10, at either the fair value of the services rendered or the instruments issued in exchange for such services, whichever is more readily determinable, using the measurement date guidelines enumerated in ASU 2018-07.
RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, to require enhanced disclosures that include reportable segment expenses. The amendments in this update provide that a business entity disclose significant segment expenses, segment profit or loss (after significant segment expenses), and allows reporting of additional measures of a segments profit or loss if used in assessing segment performance. Such disclosures apply to entities with a single reportable segment. These amendments were effective for the Company in 2024 and retrospectively to all prior periods using the significant segment expense categories identified. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, as the requirements impact only segment reporting disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expense, and research and development. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2027, applied prospectively, with early adoption permitted, and interim periods beginning in 2028. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2027 for annual periods and in 2028 for interim periods. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, as the requirements only require more detailed disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-02, Codification Improvements - Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements to remove various references to concepts statements from the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. This guidance is to clarify guidance, simplify wording or structure of guidance, and other minor improvements. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2025. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) - Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards, to clarify whether profits interest and similar awards should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. The guidance applies to all business entities that issue profits interest awards as compensation to employees or nonemployees in exchange for goods or services. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual and interim periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. As the Company does not issue profit interest awards, the impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to require enhanced income tax disclosures to provide information to assess how an entity’s operations and related tax risks, tax planning, and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. The amendments in this update provide that a business entity disclose (1) a tabular income tax rate reconciliation, using both percentages and amounts, (2) separate disclosure of any individual reconciling items that are equal to or greater than 5% of the amount computed by multiplying the income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes by the applicable statutory income tax rate, and disaggregation of certain items that are significant and (3) amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal, state and foreign jurisdictions, including separate disclosure of any individual jurisdictions greater than 5% of total income taxes paid. These amendments are effective for the Company for annual periods in 2025, applied prospectively, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. The Company intends to adopt the amendments in this update prospectively in 2025. The impact of the adoption of the amendments in this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations, since the amendments require only enhancement of existing income tax disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Equipment
The Company values property and equipment at cost and depreciates these assets using the straight-line method over their expected useful life.
In accordance with FASB ASC No. 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company carries long-lived assets at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value. Impairment is evaluated by estimating future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flow is less than the carrying amount of the assets, an impairment loss is recognized. Fair value, for purposes of calculating impairment, is measured based on estimated future cash flows, discounted at a market rate of interest.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We hold certain financial assets, which are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“ASC Topic 820-10”). ASC Topic 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). ASC Topic 820-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Level 1 instruments include cash and cash equivalents, account receivable, prepaid expenses, inventory and account payable and accrued liabilities. The carrying values are assumed to approximate the fair value due to the short term nature of the instrument.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820-10 are described below:
| ● | Level 1 - Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that an entity has the ability to access. We believe our carrying value of level 1 instruments approximate their fair value at December 31, 2024, and 2023. | |
| ● | Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. | |
| ● | Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. We consider depleting assets, asset retirement obligations and net profit interest liability to be Level 3. We determine the fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities utilizing various inputs, including NYMEX price quotations and contract terms. |
The following are the major categories of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis: as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, using quoted prices in active markets for identical liabilities (Level 1); significant other observable inputs (Level 2); and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):
The Company has consistently applied the valuation techniques in all periods presented. The following table presents the Company’s assets which were measured at fair value at December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair Value Measurement Using | Fair Value Measurement Using | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment in gold | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market fund | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Board of Directors, who serves as the Custodian, is responsible for the safekeeping of gold bullion owned by the Company.
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Valuation of Gold Bullion
The investment in Bullion is classified as a level 1 asset, as the Company’s investment in Bullion is calculated using unadjusted quoted prices from primary market sources.
Gains and Losses on Gold Bullion
Fair value of the gold bullion held by the Company is based on that day’s London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) Gold Price PM. “LBMA Gold Price PM” is the price per fine troy ounce of gold, stated in U.S. dollars, determined by ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) following an electronic auction consisting of one or more 30-second rounds starting at 3:00 p.m. (London time), on each day that the London gold market is open for business and published shortly thereafter.
The Company holds gold bullion as part of its strategy to manage inflation risk and diversify its assets. Upon acquisition, the Company elected the Fair Value Option under ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments – Fair Value Option to account for its investment in gold bullion. This election is irrevocable and was made to better reflect the Company’s intent to manage the assets based on fair value fluctuations.
Accounting Policy and Election
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides guidance for determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
The Company recognizes changes in fair value of the investment in Bullion as changes in unrealized gains or losses on investment in Bullion through the Statement of Operations.
In accordance with ASC 825-10, the Company has elected to measure its gold bullion at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The gold bullion qualifies for the fair value option as it is a non-financial asset that is managed and evaluated on a fair value basis.
| ● | The fair value option was elected at initial recognition of the gold bullion. |
| ● | Changes in fair value are recognized in “Other (Income) Expense, Net” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. |
For
the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized an unrealized gain of $
Storage and Custody
The Company holds its gold bullion in a segregated vault operated by an independent third-party custodian. The Company periodically verifies the existence and condition of the gold through physical inspections and independent third-party audits.
The following tables summarize activity in gold bullion for the year ended December 31, 2024:
| Year Ended December 31, 2024 | Ounces | Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||
| Balance December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gain | ||||||||||||
| Balance December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Net change in unrealized gain | ||||||||||||
| Balance December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
Money Market Funds
Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents and U.S. government-backed securities are measured at fair value based on quoted prices in active markets, which are considered Level 1 inputs. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers in and/or out of the fair value hierarchy as of the date in which the event or change in circumstances caused the transfer.
Revenue Recognition
Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC No. 606 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under ASC No. 606, the Company recognizes revenue from the commercial sales of products, licensing agreements and contracts by applying the following steps: (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied.
For the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized $ and $ respectively in revenue.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The
Company at times has cash and cash equivalents in banks in excess of FDIC insurance limits. At December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023,
the Company had approximately $
On
March 12, 2023, the U.S. government took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon
Valley Bank, assuring all depositors at the failed institution that they could access all their money quickly, even as another major
bank was shut down. The Company had no exposure to a failed bank. The Company averts risks associated with such a crisis by holding minimum
cash balances required for uninterrupted operations, federal funds money market fund, and U.S. government-backed securities. As of December
31, 2024, the Company held $
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Original Issue Discount
For certain notes issued, the Company provides the debt holder with an original issue discount. The original issue discount is recorded as a debt discount, reducing the face amount of the note, and is amortized to amortization of original issue discount in the consolidated statements of operations over the life of the debt.
Debt Issue Cost
Debt issuance cost paid to lenders, or third parties are recorded as debt discounts and amortized to interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations, over the life of the underlying debt instrument.
Investments without a Readily Determinable Fair Value (Cost Method)
Investments in nonmarketable entities in which the Company is not able to exercise significant influence, our “Cost Method Investments,” are accounted for at our initial cost, minus any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.
The
Company holds a
Segment Reporting
Operating
segments are defined as components of an enterprise that have the following characteristics: (i) they engage in business activities from
which they may earn revenue and incur expense, (ii) their operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker
(“CODM”) for resource allocation decisions and performance assessment, and (iii) their discrete financial information is
available. Our CODM is our Chief Executive Officer, who manages and allocates resources to our operations on a consolidated basis. We
operate as
NOTE 2 GOING CONCERN
As
reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company has a working capital deficiency of $
Management believes that actions presently being taken to obtain additional funding and implement its strategic plans provide the opportunity for the Company to continue as a going concern.
NOTE 3 EQUIPMENT
At December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, property and equipment, net, is as follows:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | Estimated Lives (Years) | ||||||||||
| Automobile | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Laboratory Equipment | ||||||||||||
| Office Equipment | ||||||||||||
| Leasehold Improvements | ||||||||||||
| Less: Accumulated Depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total Property and Equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||||||
Depreciation
expense for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, was $
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NOTE 4 - RIGHT TO USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITY
We determine if an arrangement is a lease, or contains a lease, at inception and record the leases in our financial statements upon lease commencement, which is the date when the underlying asset is made available for use by the lessor.
We have a lease agreement with lease and non-lease components and have elected to utilize the practical expedient to account for lease and non-lease components together as a single combined lease component, from both a lessee and lessor perspective with the exception of direct sales-type leases and production equipment classes embedded in supply agreements. From a lessor perspective, the timing and pattern of transfer are the same for the non-lease components and associated lease component and, the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease.
We have elected not to present short-term leases on the balance sheet as these leases have a lease term of 12 months or less at lease inception and do not contain purchase options or renewal terms that we are reasonably certain to exercise. All other lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. Because our lease does not provide an implicit rate of return, we used our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
In general, leases, where we are the lessee, may include options to extend the lease term. These leases may include options to terminate the lease prior to the end of the agreed upon lease term. For purposes of calculating lease liabilities, lease terms include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such options.
Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term as cost of revenues or operating expenses depending on the nature of the leased asset. Certain operating leases provide for annual increases to lease payments based on an index or rate. We calculate the present value of future lease payments based on the index or rate at the lease commencement date.
Differences between the calculated lease payment and actual payment are expensed as incurred. Amortization of finance lease assets is recognized over the lease term as cost of revenues or operating expenses depending on the nature of the leased asset.
Interest expense on finance lease liabilities is recognized over the lease term in interest expense.
Since
September of 2015, we rent office space at 2723 South State Street, Suite 150, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, which is our principal place
of business. We pay an annual rent of $
On
September 5, 2019, we signed a -year lease for a
On
May 9, 2019, the Company signed a
On
July 1, 2021, the Company signed a
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On
January 31, 2024, the Company signed a -year lease for a
On
September 20, 2024, the Company signed a -year lease for an
| Lease Term | Annual Rent | |||||
| $ | ||||||
| $ | ||||||
| $ | ||||||
The tables below present information regarding the Company’s operating lease assets and liabilities at December 31, 2024:
At December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company had no financing leases as defined in ASC 842, “Leases.”
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Operating lease - right-of-use asset - non-current | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Operating lease liability | $ | $ | ||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (three months) | ||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate | % | % | ||||||
| The components of lease expense were as follows: | ||||||||
| Operating lease costs | ||||||||
| Amortization of right-of-use operating lease asset | $ | $ | ||||||
| Impairment of right of use asset | $ | |||||||
| Total operating lease costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases was as follows: | ||||||||
| Operating cash outflows from operating lease (obligation payment) | $ | $ | ||||||
| Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for new operating lease liability | $ | $ | ||||||
| Impairment of right of use asset | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Net | $ | $ | ||||||
Future minimum lease payments required under leases that have initial or remaining non-cancellable lease terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2024:
| 2025 | $ | |||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| 2028 | ||||
| 2029 | ||||
| Total lease payments | ||||
| Less: amount representing interest | ( | ) | ||
| Total lease obligations | ||||
| Less: current portion of operating lease liability | ( | ) | ||
| Long-term portion operating lease liability | $ |
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NOTE 5 NOTE PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY
Between
June 6, 2016, and December 1, 2020 the Company received a total of $
On
January 26, 2022, the Company repaid $
Total
loan payable to the founder and CEO for as of December 31, 2024, is $
Total
loan payable to the founder and CEO as of December 31, 2023, is $
During
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $
During
the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $
NOTE 6 LOAN PAYABLE
On
March 1, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured promissory note with Notre Dame - an unrelated party in the amount of $
1.
$
2.
$
3.
$
4.
Final payment of all remaining balance, in the amount of $
On
July 8, 2021, the Company entered into an amendment to the March 1, 2019 agreement. As of the date of the amendment, the remaining outstanding
balance was $
| 1. | $ |
| 2. | Final
payment of the remaining balance in the amount of $ |
The
Company has continued to make $
During
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company paid $
NOTE 7 STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(A) Common Stock Issued for Cash
None issued for the year ended December 31, 2024.
(B) Common Stock Issued for Services
Shares issued for services as mentioned below were valued at the closing price of the stock on the date of grant.
None issued for the year ended December 31, 2024.
On
December 26, 2023, the Company issued shares of its class A common stock for services with a fair value of $
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(C) Common Stock Warrants and Options
On October 1, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options will vest upon certain triggering events as defined by the Company in the Employee Stock Option Plan, as long as the employee remains with the Company at vesting date. Options will be exercisable on August 6, 2031. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On August 6, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options will vest upon certain triggering events as defined by the Company in the Employee Stock Option Plan, as long as the employee remains with the Company at vesting date. Options will be exercisable on August 6, 2031. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $as an expense for options issued.
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On August 6, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options will vest upon certain triggering events as defined by the Company in the Employee Stock Option Plan, as long as the employee remains with the Company at vesting date. Options will be exercisable on August 6, 2031. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On August 6, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options will vest upon certain triggering events as defined by the Company in the Employee Stock Option Plan, as long as the employee remains with the Company at vesting date. Options will be exercisable on August 6, 2031. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On August 6, 2024 the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options will vest upon certain triggering events as defined by the Company in the Employee Stock Option Plan, as long as the employee remains with the Company at vesting date. Options will be exercisable on August 6, 2026. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On April 13, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share to a related party for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options vest on grant date. Options are exercisable October 12, 2025, and for a period expiring on October 10, 2032. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $as an expense for options issued.
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On April 13, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share to a related party for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options vest on grant date. Options are exercisable on August 12, 2026, and for a period expiring on August 10, 2033. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On April 8, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options vest on grant date. Options are exercisable on April 7, 2026, and for a period expiring on October 6, 2030. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On April 3, 2024, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share for services rendered. The expected life for awards uses the simplified method for all “plain vanilla” options, as defined in ASC 718-10-S99, and the contractual term for all other employee and non-employee awards. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options vest on grant date. Options are exercisable on October 2, 2026, and for a period expiring on October 1, 2030. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On January 4, 2024, the Company cancelled warrants issued to a consultant on August 8, 2019.
On February 16, 2023, the Company issued shares of Common Stock in exchange for the cashless exercise of warrants.
On December 13, 2023 the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share to a related party for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. Options vest on grant date. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On
December 13, 2023, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per
share to a related party for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model on the date of grant.
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On
December 13, 2023, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per
share to a related party for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model on the date of grant.
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On
January 25, 2021, the Company issued a -year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per
share to a related party for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model on the date of grant.
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On February 19, 2020, the Company issued a 10-year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share to a related party for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the . During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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On February 19, 2020, the Company issued a 7-year option to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ per share to employees for services rendered. The options had a fair value of $, based upon the . During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $ as an expense for options issued.
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Warrant activity as of December 31, 2024 is summarized as follows:
| Warrants | Number of Warrants | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | ||||||||||||
| Outstanding – December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Exercisable – December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Exercised | $ | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Cancelled/Forfeited | ( | ) | $ | - | - | |||||||||||
| Outstanding – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Exercisable – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2024, the following warrants were outstanding:
Exercise Price Warrants Outstanding | Warrants Exercisable | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||
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(C) Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
On February 16, 2009, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to amend the number and class of shares the Company is authorized to issue as follows:
| ● | Common
stock Class A, number of shares authorized, |
| ● | Common
stock Class B, number of shares authorized, |
| ● | Preferred
stock, number of shares authorized, |
Effective
December 17, 2013, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to designate a Series A
On March 26, 2024, the Company increased the total authorized Series A preferred stock to shares as approved by the board of directors.
On
March 26, 2024, the Company issued share of Series A preferred stock to Mr. Thompson, our CEO and founder. In consideration for the
share of Series A preferred stock, Mr. Thompson paid twenty thousand dollars ($
NOTE 8 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
On
November 10, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with its CEO, effective January 1, 2011 through the December 31,
2015. The term of the agreement is a
On
January 20, 2015, the board of directors appointed Mr. Jonathan R. Rice as our Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Rice’s employment agreement
has a term of one year and can be terminated by either the Company or Mr. Rice at any time. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Rice
is entitled to an annual cash compensation of $
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As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company owes $
On
July 3, 2019, the board of directors appointed Mr. Kenneth Le as the Company’s Director of Government relations and President of
Prodigy Textiles. Mr. Le’s employment agreement has a term of one year and can be terminated by either the Company or Mr. Rice
at any time. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Le is entitled to annual cash compensation of $
Legal Matters
The Company may be involved in legal actions and claims arising in the ordinary course of business, from time to time, none of which at the time are considered to be material to the Company’s business or financial condition.
(A) License Agreement
On
May 8, 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the Company paid a non- refundable
license fee of $
On
October 28, 2011, the Company entered into a license agreement with the University of Notre Dame. Under the agreement, the Company received
exclusive and non-exclusive rights to certain spider silk technologies including commercial rights with the right to sublicense such
intellectual property. In consideration of the licenses granted under the agreement, the Company agreed to issue to the University of
Notre Dame shares of its common stock and to pay a royalty of
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On
December 26, 2006, the Company entered into an addendum to the intellectual property transfer agreement with Mr. Thompson, its CEO. In
accordance with FASB ASC No 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, the Company determined that the present value of the
payment of $
(B) Operating Lease Agreements
Since
September of 2015, we rent office space at 2723 South State Street, Suite 150, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, which is our principal place
of business. We pay an annual rent of $
On
September 20, 2024, the Company signed a -year lease for an
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On
January 31, 2024, the Company signed a -year lease for a
On
July 1, 2021, the Company signed a
On
September 13, 2017, the Company signed a two year lease with a 2 year option commencing on October 1, 2017 and ending on September 31,
2019. The Company paid an annual rent of $
NOTE 9 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party consists of the following:
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| Total accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party | $ | $ | ||||||
Between
June 6, 2016, and December 1, 2020, the Company received a total of $
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On
January 26, 2022, the Company repaid $
Total
loan payable to principal stockholder for as of December 31, 2024, is $
Total
loan payable to this principal stockholder as of December 31, 2023, is $
On
February 2, 2024, the Company repaid $
During
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded $
In
addition, the Company recorded accrued interest payable of $
As of December 31, 2024, total interest
payable is $
During
year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $
In addition, the Company recorded
accrued
interest payable of $
As of December 31, 2023, total interest payable
is $
As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, there was $
As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, there was $
As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, there was $
In
aggregate as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company owed $
As
of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company owed $
NOTE 10 SEGMENT INFORMATION
We
operate as
Our Chief Executive Officer, as the CODM, uses consolidated net loss to evaluate our expenditures and monitor budget versus actual results. The monitoring of budget versus actual results and cash on hand are used in assessing the performance of the segment and in establishing resource allocation across the organization.
Factors used in determining the reportable segment include the nature of our operating activities, the organizational and reporting structure and the type of information reviewed by the CODM to allocate resources and evaluate financial performance.
Significant expenses within net loss include general and administrative, professional fees, officers’ salary, research and development, interest expense, interest income and other, net and income tax expense, which are each separately presented on our consolidated statements of operations.
The following table presents information about the segment’s loss:
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| Consolidated net loss | $ |
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Segment Assets:
As
of December 31, 2024, total segment assets amounted to $
NOTE 11 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has analyzed its operations subsequent to March 28, 2025 through the date these financial statements were issued, and other than those listed below, has determined that it does not have any material subsequent events to disclose.
On January 14, 2025, the Company was granted a new Investment Registration Certificate and Enterprise Registration Certificate for its production operations in Vietnam.
On
January 21, 2025, the Company entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement with an investor granting the Company the rights to sell
up to $
On
March 14, 2025, the Company issued shares of Common Stock in exchange for the cashless exercise of
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2024. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective as of December 31, 2024, 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.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Our Chief Executive Officer, as the principal executive officer (chief executive officer) and principal financial officer (chief financial officer), is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, our internal controls and procedures may not prevent or detect misstatements. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.
Our management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. The framework used by management in making that assessment was the criteria set forth in the document entitled “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that assessment, our management has determined that as of December 31, 2024, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective for the purposes for which it is intended based on the following material weaknesses:
| – | Lack of internal audit function. During 2024, the Company, upon review of the independent auditors, made some adjustments to its financial statements, including recording an impairment expense against prepaid inventory. Management believes that the foregoing is due to the fact that the Company lacks qualified resources to perform the internal audit functions properly and that the scope and effectiveness of the internal audit function are yet to be developed. Specifically, the reporting mechanism between the accounting department and the Board of Directors and the CEO was not effective, therefore resulting in the delay of recording and reporting. |
| – | No Segregation of Duties Ineffective controls over financial reporting: As of December 31, 2024, we had no full-time employees with the requisite expertise in the key functional areas of finance and accounting. As a result, there is a lack of proper segregation of duties necessary to ensure that all transactions are accounted for accurately and in a timely manner. |
| – | Lack of a functioning audit committee: Due to a lack of a majority of independent members and a lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors, and no audit committee has been elected, the oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures is inadequate. |
| – | Written Policies & Procedures: Due to lack of written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting, the Company did not establish a formal process to close our books monthly and account for all transactions. |
| – | Lack of controls over related party transactions: As of December 31, 2024, the Company did not establish a formal written policy for the approval, identification, and authorization of related party transactions. |
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We are developing a plan to ensure that all information will be recorded, processed, summarized, and reported accurately, and as of the date of this report, we have hired a payroll service firm to manage all payroll functions including tax withholdings. We will take the following steps to address the above-referenced material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting:
| 1. | We will continue to educate our management personnel to increase its ability to comply with the disclosure requirements and financial reporting controls; and |
| 2. | We will increase management oversight of accounting and reporting functions in the future; and |
| 3. | As soon as we can raise sufficient capital or our operations generate sufficient cash flow, we will hire personnel to handle our accounting and reporting functions. |
While the first two steps of our remediation process are ongoing, we do not expect to remediate the weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting until the time when we start to commercialize a recombinant fiber (and, therefore, may have sufficient cash flow for hiring personnel to handle our accounting and reporting functions).
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in our system of internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) There is nothing that the Company would be required to report on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of the year covered by this Form 10-K that the Company has not reported on a Form 8-K.
(b)
During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, none of our officers or directors, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), informed us of the
The
Company has
During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, the Company has not adopted, modified, or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
Not applicable.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Our executive officers and sole director as of the date of this report are as follows:
| NAME | AGE | POSITION | DATE APPOINTED | |||
| Kim Thompson | 63 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director | April 25, 2006 | |||
| Jonathan R. Rice | 45 | Chief Operating Officer | January 20, 2015 | |||
| Kenneth Le | 61 | President of Prodigy Textiles | July 2019 |
The following summarizes the occupation and business experience during the past five years for our officers and sole director.
KIM THOMPSON
Mr. Kim Thompson was a founder of the California law firm of Ching & Thompson, which was established in 1997. His work focused primarily on commercial litigation. He has been a founder and partner in the Illinois law firm of McJessy, Ching & Thompson, where he also emphasizes commercial and civil rights litigation. In his civil rights practice, Mr. Thompson was, and remains a staunch defender of constitutional rights with a focus on freedom of speech, Fourth Amendment protections, and combating racial discrimination. Prior to founding Kraig Labs, Mr. Thompson joined the firm of Shearson, Lehman, Hutton where he specialized in equity trading and research of small-cap companies. His experience in those small-cap equity markets has proven to be invaluable both in his legal and business successes. Mr. Thompson received his bachelor’s degree in applied economics from James Madison College, Michigan State University, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Triple Nine Society for persons with documented genius level IQs (having tested above the 99.9th percentile). He is the named inventor or co-inventor on a number of issued patents, pending patent applications, and provisional patent applications, including inventions relating to biotechnology and mechanics. Mr. Thompson is the inventor of the technology concept that led to the formation of the Company. For his efforts in disrupting the textile markets, Mr. Thompson was recognized as one of the top 20 Pioneering CEO’s of 2019. We believe that Mr. Thompson is well suited to serve as our director because of his knowledge of biotechnology, legal expertise, and business background.
JONANTHAN R. RICE
Jonathan R. Rice had worked at Ultra Electronics, Adaptive Materials Inc., a Michigan company (“UEA”) since 2002. At UEA, he worked as the Director of Advanced Technologies, where he was responsible for new products development and commercialization. He was also the Corporate Facility Security Officer for UEA since 2006, where Mr. Rice ensured UEA’s compliance with federal regulations under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual and completed its annual security audit. During 2004 through 2007 while working as an Engineering Manager at UEA, Mr. Rice, among other things, led the design and development of multiple fuel cell and power management systems, established a team to identify and eliminate production and performance limitation, authored technical progress and final reports for customers and provided training to military personnel on use of fuel cell systems. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Rice had also served as UEA’s Production Manager in charge of developing manufacturing process and techniques and sourcing the production equipment for UEA’s products. Mr. Rice graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2002 with a degree of Bachelors of Science Chemical Engineering. Mr. Rice received his Masters of Business Administration at Michigan State University in 2016.
KENNETH LE
Mr. Le was appointed as our Director of government relations and the President of Prodigy Textiles in July 2019. In light of his position with our subsidiary and the duties associated with such position, we believe Mr. Le meets the definition of “executive officer” as such term is defined in the Exchange Act. Kenneth Le has over 25 years of successful international business experience specializing in entrepreneurial enterprises. As previous managing partner of Pacific Bay Ventures, Mr. Le worked on a joint venture developing 1,550 hectares as a mixed use residential industrial park in conjunction with Dat Quang Chu Lai Industrial Park, JSP in Tam An city in Chu Lai province, Vietnam’s first international open economic trade zone. He was Managing Director of Minh Nhat Company, which was developing Da Deh Lake, an eco-resort of over 500 hectares in a surrounded lake in the Lam Dong province, the third and the largest plateau province on the Central Highlands three hours outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Mr. Le has extensive high-level business contacts in Southeast Asia, many of which he has helped bring together acting as international liaison. Management believes that Mr. Le’s work has been instrumental in helping the Company establish and grow its operations in Southeast Asia.
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Term of Office
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual general meeting of our shareholders or until removed from office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed by the board. Mr. Thompson is employed as the CEO and CFO of the company pursuant to a five-year employment contract.
Our sole director was appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual general meeting of our shareholders or until removed from office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed by the board.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of the Company’s knowledge, none of the following events occurred during the past ten years that are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of any of our executive officers, directors, or promoters:
(1) A petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;
(2) Convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
(3) Subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:
(i) Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
(ii) Engaging in any type of business practice; or
(iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;
(4) Subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described by such activity;
(5) Found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
(6) Found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
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(7) Subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:
(i) Any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or
(ii) Any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or
(iii) Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
(8) Subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S. C 78c(a)(26)), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
Committees
Our board of directors has not established any committees, including an audit committee, a compensation committee, a nominating committee, or any committee performing a similar function. The functions of those committees are being undertaken by our sole Board member. Because we have only one director and do not have any independent directors, the establishment of committees of the Board of Directors would not provide any benefits to our company and could be considered more form than substance. In addition, we do not have an “audit committee financial expert,” because our sole director does not qualify as such within the applicable definition of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
During its fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Board of Directors did not meet on any occasion, but rather transacted business by unanimous written consent.
Code of Ethics
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. This Code of Ethics was previously filed as an exhibit to our annual report on Form 10-KSB on March 26, 2008, and has been included in this annual report as Exhibit 14.1.
Corporate Governance
The business and affairs of the Company are managed under our sole board member. In addition to the contact information in this annual report, each stockholder will be given specific information on how he/she can direct communications to the officers and directors of the Company at our annual stockholders’ meetings. All communications from stockholders are relayed to the board of member.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships by between or among the members of the Board or other executive officers of the Company.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following summary compensation table sets forth all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to the named executive officer during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 in all capacities for the accounts of our executive, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
| Name and principal position | Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Stock Awards ($) | Option Awards ($) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) | Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) | All Other Compensation ($) | Total ($) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Thompson President, CEO, CFO and Director | 2024 | $ | 474,789 | (1) | $ | 94,958 | (2) | $ | $ | $ | $ | 59,651 | (3) | $ | 629,398 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | $ | 447,914 | (4) | $ | 89,583 | (5) | $ | 260,000 | (6) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 56,574 | (7) | $ | 867,081 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jonathan R. Rice COO | 2024 | $ | 180,000 | (8) | $ | 50,000 | (9) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | 4,040 | (10) | $ | 234,040 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | $ | 180,243 | (11) | $ | 20,000 | (12) | $ | - | $ | 162,000 | (13) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,080 | (14) | $ | 366,323 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Le President of Prodigy Textiles (13) | 2024 | $ | 60,000 | (15) | $ | 10,000 | (16) | $ | $ | 682,450 | (17) | $ | $ | $ | $ | 752,450 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | $ | 60,000 | (18) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 108,000 | (19) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 168,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) | This represents the annual salary payable to Mr. Thompson pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. See the section, “Employment Agreements” below for additional information regarding certain accruals and deferrals regarding Mr. Thompson’s compensation.
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| (2) | This represents the annual bonus payable to Mr. Thompson pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. See the section, “Employment Agreements” below for additional information regarding certain accruals and deferrals regarding Mr. Thompson’s compensation.
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| (3) | This amount includes: $47,121 in medical insurance and medical reimbursement we agreed to cover for Mr. Thompson pursuant to his employment agreement and $12,530 in reimbursement for office and travel related expenses.(*) |
| (4) | This represents the annual salary payable to Mr. Thompson pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. See the section, “Employment Agreements” below for additional information regarding certain accruals and deferrals regarding Mr. Thompson’s compensation.
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| (5) | This represents the annual bonus payable to Mr. Thompson pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. See the section, “Employment Agreements” below for additional information regarding certain accruals and deferrals regarding Mr. Thompson’s compensation.
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| (6) | In December 2023, Mr. Thompson was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
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| (7) | This amount includes: $50,880 in medical insurance and medical reimbursement we agreed to cover for Mr. Thompson pursuant to his employment agreement and $5,694 in reimbursement for office and travel related expenses.
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| (8) | This represents the annual salary paid to Mr. Rice pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. In 2024, Mr. Rice’s annual base salary was $180,000. In addition to his annual base salary Mr. Rice was reimbursed for $3,000 in medical insurance premiums and $1,040 in phone service expenses, pursuant to his employment agreement recorded and reported under “all other compensation”.
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| (9) | This represents the annual bonus payable to Mr. Rice pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement.
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| (10) | In 2024, Mr. Rice received $3,000 in medical insurance and medical reimbursement and $1040 in phone service expenses, pursuant to his employment agreement.
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| (11) | This represents the annual salary paid to Mr. Rice pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. In 2023, Mr. Rice’s annual base salary was $180,000. In addition to his annual base salary Mr. Rice was reimbursed for $3,000 in medical insurance premiums and $1080 in phone service expenses, pursuant to his employment agreement recorded and reported under “all other compensation”.
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| (12) | This represents the annual bonus payable to Mr. Rice pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement.
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| (13) | In December 2023, Mr. Rice was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
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| (14) | In 2023, Mr. Rice received $3,000 in medical insurance and medical reimbursement and $1080 in phone service expenses, pursuant to his employment agreement.
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| (15) | This represents the annual salary paid to Mr. Le pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement.
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| (16) | This represents the annual bonus payable to Mr. Le pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement.
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| (17) | In April 2024, Mr. Le was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.08225 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
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| (18) | This represents the annual salary paid to Mr. Le pursuant to the then current terms of his employment agreement. |
| (19) | In December 2023, Mr. Le was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 4,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan. |
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Disclosure of Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation
In response to Item 402(w) of Regulation S-K, there was no time during or after the last completed fiscal year that the Company was required to either prepare an accounting restatement that required recovery of erroneously awarded compensation pursuant to the Company’s compensation recovery policy, or had an outstanding balance as of the end of the last completed fiscal year of erroneously awarded compensation to be recovered from the application of the policy to a prior restatement
2024 POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELATED TO THE GRANT OF CERTAIN EQUITY AWARDS
In response to Item 402(x)(1) of Regulation S-K, the Company does not currently grant new awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, or similar option-like instruments within four business days before or one business day after the release of a Form 10-Q, 10-K, or 8-K that discloses material nonpublic information (MNPI). Accordingly, the Company has no specific policy or practice on the timing of awards of such options in relation to the disclosure of material nonpublic information by the Company. In the event the Company determines to grant new awards of such options, the Board will evaluate the appropriate steps to take in relation to the foregoing.
Employment Agreements
CEO
On November 10, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Kim Thompson, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and sole director, effective January 1, 2011, through the December 31, 2015. The agreement was for a term of five years at an annual salary of $210,000 in 2011, with a 6% annual increase thereafter. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the annual salary was $281,027, but in light of the Company’s cash position, Mr. Thompson deferred such compensation. On January 1, 2016, the agreement was renewed with the same terms for another 5 years with an annual salary of $297,889 for the year ended December 31, 2016, but in light of the Company’s cash position, Mr. Thompson deferred such compensation. On January 1, 2017, the agreement renewed with the same terms for another 5 years, but with an annual salary of $315,764 for the year ended December 31, 2017, but in light of the Company’s cash position, Mr. Thompson deferred such compensation. On January 1, 2018, the agreement renewed again with the same terms for another 5 years, but with an annual salary of $334,708 for the year ended December 31, 2018, but in light of the Company’s cash position, Mr. Thompson deferred such compensation. On January 1, 2019, the agreement renewed again with the same terms for another 5 years, but with an annual salary of $354,791 for the year ended December 31, 2019. On January 1, 2020, the agreement renewed again with the same terms for another 5 years, but with an annual salary of $376,078 for the year ended December 31, 2020. On January 1, 2021, the agreement renewed again with the same terms for another 5 years, but with an annual salary of $447,915 for the year ended December 31, 2023. In order to conserve Company resources, the CEO agreed to accrue a majority of his salary. As of December 31, 2024, the accrued salary balance is $3,951,133. See, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, And Director Independence - Accrued Salaries and Officer Loans – Mr. Thompson, CEO/President.”
On December 13, 2023, Mr. Thompson was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan; this warrant fully vested on the grant date and will expire on December 13, 2033.
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded $0 and $260,000 for the warrants issued to related party.
Base pay will be increased each January 1st, for the subsequent twelve-month periods by 6%. Mr. Thompson will also be entitled to life, disability, health, and dental insurance as well as an annual bonus in an amount equal to 20% of the base salary. In light of the Company cash position, Mr. Thompson declined the life and disability insurance.
The agreement also calls for the retention of the executive as a consultant following the termination of employment with compensation during such consultancy based upon the Company reaching certain milestones:
Upon the expiration or termination of this agreement for any reason, or by either party, Company agrees that it will employ Executive as a consultant for a period of four (4) years and at a rate of $4,500 per month.
| (a) | In the event that Company achieves gross sales of five million dollars ($5,000,000) or more, or one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more in net income, in any year during the term of this agreement, or upon the Company’s achieving an average market capitalization over a 240 consecutive calendar day period, in excess of $70,000,000 during the term of this agreement, then the consulting period will be for five (5) years and the consulting rate will be increased to $5,500 per month. |
| (b) | In the event that Company achieves gross sales of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or more, or two million dollars ($2,000,000) or more in net income, in any year during the term of this agreement, or upon the Company’s achieving an average market capitalization over a 240 consecutive calendar day period, in excess of $90,000,000 during the term of this agreement, then the consulting period will be for six (6) years and the consulting rate will be increased to $7,500 per month. |
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COO
On January 20, 2015, the Company entered into an at-will employment agreement with Mr. Jonathan R. Rice, its Chief Operating Officer (the “2015 COO Employment Agreement”). Although the 2015 COO Employment Agreement has been superseded (as described below), on January 23, 2015, Mr. Rice was issued a three-year warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.001 per share pursuant to the COO Employment Agreement (the “January 2015 Warrant”) and on May 28, 2015, the Company issued a three-year warrant to purchase 3,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.001 per share (the “May 2015 Warrant”). The May 2015 share warrant fully vested on October 28, 2016, and will expire on May 28, 2022. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded $121,448 for the warrants issued to Mr. Rice.
On January 14, 2016, the Company entered into a new at-will employment agreement with Mr. Rice (the “2016 COO Employment Agreement”). The 2016 COO Employment Agreement had a term of one year and can be terminated by either the Company or Mr. Rice at any time. Under the 2016 COO Employment Agreement, Mr. Rice is entitled to an annual cash compensation of $140,000, which includes salary, health insurance, 401K retirement plan contributions, and other benefits. In addition, on March 30, 2016, Mr. Rice was issued a three-year warrant to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.001 per share pursuant to the 2016 COO Employment Agreement; this warrant fully vested on February 20, 2017, and will expire on May 20, 2026. Additionally, on August 4, 2016, the Company approved a performance retention bonus to Mr. Rice of $20,000 which was paid in 2021.
The Company extended the 2016 COO Employment Agreement to a term ending on January 31, 2019. On March 25, 2019, the Company signed an extension of its at-will employment agreement with its COO, extending the term to January 31, 2020. On May 19, 2020, the Company signed an extension of its at-will employment agreement with its COO, extending the term to January 31, 2021. On March 5, 2021, the Company signed an extension of its at-will employment agreement with its COO, extending the term to January 1, 2022. On February 24, 2022, the Company signed an extension of its at-will employment agreement with its COO, extending the term to January 1, 2023. The COO Employment Agreement can be terminated by either the Company or Mr. Rice at any time.
On January 9, 2018, the Company extended the expiration date of the January 2015 Warrant from January 19, 2018, to January 31, 2020. On January 10, 2020, the Company extended the expiration date of the January 2015 Warrant from January 31, 2020, to January 10, 2025.
On April 26, 2019, the Company signed an agreement to increase Mr. Rice’s base salary by $20,000 per year and issue a one-time $20,000 bonus.
On October 21, 2019, the Company signed another agreement to increase Mr. Rice’s base salary by another $20,000 per year (effective August 15, 2019).
On August 8, 2019, Mr. Rice was issued a set of three five-year warrants to purchase a total of 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.2299 per share pursuant to his employment agreement.
On December 13, 2023, Mr. Rice was issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan; this warrant fully vested on December 13, 2027, and will expire on December 13, 2033.
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded $0 and $136,670, respectively for the warrants issued to related party.
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Compensation of Directors
Directors are permitted to receive fixed fees and other compensation for their services as directors. The Board of Directors has the authority to fix the compensation of directors. No amounts have been paid to, or accrued to, directors in such capacity.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock and Series A preferred stock as of the date hereof by (a) each stockholder who is known to us to own beneficially 5% or more of our outstanding Common Stock, (b) directors, (c) our executive officers, and (d) all executive officers and directors as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, and generally means that person has beneficial ownership of a security if he or she possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security and includes options, warrants and other securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock, provided that such securities are currently exercisable or convertible or exercisable or convertible within 60 days of the date hereof. Each director or officer, as the case may be, has furnished us with information with respect to their beneficial ownership. Except as otherwise indicated, all persons listed below have (i) sole voting power and investment power with respect to their Common Stock, except to the extent that authority is shared by spouses under applicable law, and (ii) record and beneficial ownership with respect to their Common Stock.
Title of Class | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Amount and Nature of Beneficial | Percent of Class (1) | Percent of All Voting Classes (6) | ||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock | ||||||||||||||
| Kim Thompson | 201,587,925 | (2) | 19.32 | % | 12.26 | % | ||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| Jonathan R. Rice | 24,096,683 | (3) | 2.31 | % | 1.14 | % | ||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Le | 7,400,000 | (4) | 0.71 | % | 0.45 | % | ||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| All executive officers and directors as a group (3 Persons) | 233,084,605 | 22.33 | % | 14.18 | % | |||||||||
| George Roland Gill 160 King Street Sydney NSW 2000, Australia | 55,3000,000 | (5) | 5.3 | % | 3.36 | % | ||||||||
| Series A Preferred Stock | ||||||||||||||
| Kim Thompson | 3 | 100 | % | 36.5 | % | |||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| Jonathan R. Rice | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Le | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| 2723 South State St Suite 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | ||||||||||||||
| All executive officers and directors as a group (3 Persons) | 3 | 100 | % | 36.5 | % | |||||||||
(1) The percent of class is based on 1,043,646,733 shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date hereof.
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(2) Such shares include 201,587,922 shares of Common Stock that are owned by Mr. Thompson, and 3 shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of the Series A preferred stock that are owned by Mr. Thompson. In addition to this, Mr. Thompson owns 30,000,000 warrant shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants no sooner than February 19, 2025.
(3) Such shares include 5,378,201 shares of Common Stock that are owned by Mr. Rice and 18,718,482 shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of warrants Mr. Rice owns. Additionally, Mr. Rice owns warrants to purchase up to 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock, which are not exercisable at this time.
(4) These shares represent shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of warrants Mr. Le owns. Mr. Le owns warrants to purchase up to 12,400,000 shares of Common Stock, which are not exercisable at this time.
(5) Such Shares include 55,300,000 shares of Common Stock that are controlled by Mr. Gill.
(6) The percent of all voting classes is based on 1,643,646,733 votes, which includes 1,043,646,733 votes from the holders of our issued and outstanding Common Stock and 600,000,0000 votes from the holder of our issued and outstanding Series A preferred stock.
Change in Control
As of the date of this Report, there were no arrangements which may result in a change in control of the Company.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table discloses information as of December 31, 2024, with respect to compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance, aggregated as follows:
| Plan category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) | |||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | ||||||||||
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders | 63,681,000 | 0 | 127,477,720 | |||||||||
| Total | 63,681,000 | 0 | 127,477,720 | |||||||||
2019 Employee Stock Option Plan
Effective December 9, 2019, we adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan (“Plan”), with 80,000,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Plan. Beginning on January 1, 2020 and continuing on each January 1st that the Plan is in place, an additional number of shares equal to the lesser of: (i) 2% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (fully-diluted) on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) such lower number of shares as may be determined by the Board or committee, shall be added to the number of shares issuable under the Plan. As of the date hereof, 67,101,000 options have been issued pursuant to the Plan (although some have been cancelled) and 127,477,720 shares remain issuable pursuant to the Plan, based on the terms of the Plan as set forth above.
Eligibility. The Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options to our employees and any parent and subsidiary corporations’ employees and for the grant of nonqualified share options, restricted shares, restricted share units, share appreciation rights, share bonuses and performance awards to our employees, directors and consultants and our parent and subsidiary corporations’ employees and consultants.
Administration. The Plan is administered by the Board or by a committee of not fewer than 2 members, each of whom is an outside Director and all of whom are disinterested, designated by the Board to administer the Plan. The plan administrator determines the terms of all awards.
Types of Awards. The Plan allows for the grant of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, restricted share options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses and performance awards.
Award Agreements. All awards under the Plan are evidenced by an award agreement which shall set forth the number of shares subject to the award and the terms and conditions of the award, which shall be consistent with the Plan.
Term of Awards. The term of awards granted under the Plan is ten years.
Vesting Schedule and Price. The plan administrator has the sole discretion in setting the vesting period and, if applicable, exercise schedule of an award, determining that an award may not vest for a specified period after it is granted and accelerating the vesting period of an award. The plan administrator determines the exercise or purchase price of each award, to the extent applicable.
Transferability. Unless the plan administrator provides otherwise, the Plan does not allow for the transfer of awards other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Unless otherwise permitted by the plan administrator, options may be exercised during the lifetime of the optionee only by the optionee or the optionee’s guardian or legal representative.
Adjustments. In the event the Board or committee determines that any dividend or distribution, recapitalization, stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidate, split-up, spin-off, or other similar corporate transact or event affects the shares subject to the Plan such that an adjustment is determined by the Board or committee to be appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits intended to be made under the Plan, appropriate adjustments will be made to the share maximums and exercise prices, as applicable.
Governing Law and Compliance with Law. The Plan and awards granted under it are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Wyoming. Shares will not be issued under an award unless the issuance is permitted by applicable law.
Amendment and Termination. The Plan terminates ten years from the date it was approved unless it is terminated earlier by our Board. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the plan, including, without limitation, any amendment, alternation, suspension, discontinuation, or termination that would impart the rights of any participant, or any other holder or beneficiary of any award theretofore granted, without the consent of any share owner, participant, other holder or beneficiary of an award, or other person, unless required by applicable law.
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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTION, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Except as disclosed herein, no director, executive officer, shareholder holding at least 5% of shares of our common stock, or any family member thereof, had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction, or proposed transaction since January 1, 2023, in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at the year-end for the last two completed fiscal years.
Related Party Transactions
Accrued Salaries and Officer Loans
Mr. Thompson, CEO/President
In order to conserve Company resources, Mr. Thompson agreed to defer a significant portion of the compensation and other payments, as set forth below, owed to him.
| ● | Annual Compensation: Between December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2024, Kim Thompson, our CEO accrued $3,951,133 of unpaid salary, which represents a portion of the annual compensation owed to him pursuant to the terms of his employment agreements during such time period. As of December 31, 2024, there was $3,128,768 in accrued interest on Mr. Thompson’s accrued salary; such interest accrues at the rate of 3% per annum. As a result of these accruals, as of December 31, 2024, we owed Mr. Thompson $7,079,901 in salary and interest related payments. | |
| ● | Company Loans: As of December 31, 2024, Mr. Thompson loaned the Company an aggregate of $1,617,000. As of December 31, 2024, there was $3,065,743 in loan interest; such interest accrues at the rate of 3% per annum. | |
| ● | Royalty Payments: Mr. Thompson was entitled to certain royalties as compensation for the transfer of intellectual property he owned to the Company. As of December 31, 2024, there was $65,292 in royalty payments payable to Mr. Thompson. | |
| ● | As of December 31, 2024, there was $296,154 included in accounts payable and accrued expense payable to Mr. Thompson, which includes rent payments owed on the Texas Property (as hereinafter defined). |
The Company is not a subsidiary of any company.
Warrants
On December 13, 2023, the Company issued Mr. Thompson warrants to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan. See “Executive Compensation” for additional details.
On December 13, 2023, the Company issued Mr. Rice warrants to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan. See “Executive Compensation” for additional details.
On December 13, 2023, the Company issued Mr. Le warrants to purchase 4,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.04 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan. See “Executive Compensation” for additional details.
On April 3, 2024, the Company issued a consultant warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.082 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
On April 8, 2024, the Company issued a consultant warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.0834 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
On April 13, 2024, the Company issued Mr. Le warrants to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.08225 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan. See “Executive Compensation” for additional details
On August 6, 2024, the Company issued four employees warrants to purchase a total of 6,050,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.1024 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
On October 1, 2024, the Company issued an employee warrants to purchase 461,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.08685 per share pursuant to the 2019 Employee Stock Option Plan.
Director Independence
National stock exchange listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent within one year of our initial public offering. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. We have identified persons who meet these requirements and are qualified to serve on our board; we anticipate appointing such persons to our Board at such time as is required to meet the applicable listing standards.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Audit Fees | $ | 29,050 | $ | 30,000 | ||||
| Audit-Related Fees | $ | 11,500 | $ | 14,000 | ||||
| Tax Fees | $ | 4,600 | $ | 4,600 | ||||
| All Other Fees | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Total | $ | 45,150 | $ | 48,600 | ||||
Audit Fees
For the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, we were billed approximately $ 29,050 and $30,000 for professional services rendered for the audit and review of our financial statements.
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Audit Related Fees
For the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, we were billed approximately $11,500 and $14,000 for audit related services.
Tax Fees
For the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we were billed approximately $4,600 for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning For the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, we were billed $4,600 for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.
All Other Fees
The Company did not incur any other fees related to services rendered by our principal accountant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023.
Effective May 6, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules that require that before our auditor is engaged by us to render any auditing or permitted non-audit related service, the engagement be:
| ● | approved by our audit committee; or |
| ● | entered into pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures established by the audit committee, provided the policies and procedures are detailed as to the particular service, the audit committee is informed of each service, and such policies and procedures do not include delegation of the audit committee’s responsibilities to management. |
We do not have an audit committee. Our entire board of directors pre-approves all services provided by our independent auditors.
The pre-approval process has just been implemented in response to the new rules. Therefore, our board of directors does not have records of what percentages of the above fees were pre-approved. However, all of the above services and fees were reviewed and approved by the entire board of directors either before or after the respective services were rendered.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a)
| 1. | The financial statements listed in the “Index to Financial Statements” at page F-1 are filed as part of this report. The financial statements listed in the “Index to Financial Statements” at page F-1 are filed as part of this report. |
| 2. | Financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto. |
| 3. | Exhibits included or incorporated herein: see index to Exhibits. |
(b) Exhibits
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| 31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer. * | |
| 31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer. * | |
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. + | |
| 32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. + | |
| 101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
| 101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| 101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| 101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
| 101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
| 101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |
* Filed herewith
+ Furnished and not filed
(1) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Reg. No. 333-146316) filed with the SEC on September 26, 2007.
(2) Incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2010.
(3) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-162316) filed with the SEC on October 2, 2009.
(4) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 29, 2011.
(5) Incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2013.
(6) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 22, 2013.
(7) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 19, 2013.
(8) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-175936) filed with the SEC on August 1, 2011.
(9) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-199820) filed with the SEC on November 3, 2014.
(10) Incorporated by reference to our Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Reg. No. 333-199820) filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015.
(11) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 21, 2015.
(12) Incorporated by reference to our Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Reg. No. 333-199820) filed with the SEC on January 30, 2015.
(13) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2008.
(14) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2015
(15) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2015
(16) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2020
(17) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 26, 2021.
(18) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2021.
(19) Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 20, 2022.
(20) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2024.
(21) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2024.
(22) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2024.
(23) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 21, 2025.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. | ||
| Dated: March 28, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kim Thompson |
| Kim Thompson | ||
| President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this annual report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Kim Thompson | President, Chief Executive Officer, | March 28, 2025 | ||
| Kim Thompson | Chief Financial Officer, and Sole Director |
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