UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 3)

 

☒ ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019

 

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

 

Commission file number: 000-24249

 

Interpace BioSciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   22-2919486

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Morris Corporate Center 1, Building C

300 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(855) 776-6419

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   IDXG   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
Emerging Growth Company    

 

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

 

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

 

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2019, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $27,821,137 (based on the closing sales price of the registrant’s common stock on that date). Shares of the registrant’s common stock held by each officer and director and each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock of the registrant have been excluded because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

 

As of April 17, 2020, 4,043,673 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, were issued and outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Portions of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, or the Proxy Statement, to be filed within 165 days of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (as permitted by recent Securities and Exchange Commission guidance, including Release No. 34-88465 and Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 104.18), are incorporated by reference in Part III hereof. Except with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Proxy Statement is not deemed to be filed as part hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item Number and Caption   Page
     
Explanatory Note   2
     
PART II    
     
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures   3
     
PART IV    
     
Item 15. Exhibits   4
     
Signatures   5

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Interpace BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is filing this Amendment No. 3 on Form 10-K/A (this “Amendment”) to its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, which was originally filed on April 22, 2020, as amended on May 29, 2020 and January 19, 2021 (the “Original Filing”), to amend and restate Item 9A of Part II, “Controls and Procedures,” with respect to our conclusions regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

As required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), new certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer are also being filed as exhibits to this Amendment. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing, which continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing. The Amendment does not include any changes to the consolidated financial statements and, except as specifically noted above, this Amendment does not modify or update disclosures in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing or modify or update any related or other disclosures.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation, the then CEO and CFO concluded at that time that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

Subsequent to this evaluation and in light of the restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 relating to the amortization and the impairment of certain intangible assets referenced in Note 1, Restatement of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company’s management, with the participation of the CEO and the CFO, has reevaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 2020, including whether the errors identified were the result of a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on this assessment, management has identified a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting related to properly identifying all the events that could trigger an asset impairment. The Company did not properly amend policies and procedures associated with its valuation process for asset impairment, specifically for intangible assets, and as a result failed to develop appropriate control activities to adequately respond to the triggering events identified. As a result, the CEO and CFO concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2019 as a result of this material weakness.

 

Remediation Plan - The Company plans to amend its control activities designed to mitigate the significant risks identified, including updating its policies and procedures regarding the recognition of asset impairments, specifically to review the procedures identifying and considering all outside triggering events that can cause such impairments. The Company believes implementation of these processes and appropriate testing of their effectiveness will remediate this material weakness.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f).

 

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal controls may vary over time. 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 or procedures may deteriorate. Accordingly, even those systems determined to be effective can provide us only with reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, management excluded the BioPharma business acquired from Cancer Genetics, Inc. on July 15, 2019 from management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. This acquired business was not significant to the registrant’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. Management evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control — Integrated Framework in 2013.

 

In light of the restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 relating to the amortization and the impairment of certain intangible assets, the Company’s management, with the participation of the CEO and the CFO, have reevaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on this assessment, management identified a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting related to properly identifying all the events that could trigger an asset impairment. The Company did not properly amend policies and procedures associated with its valuation process for asset impairment, specifically for intangible assets, and as a result failed to develop appropriate control activities to adequately respond to the triggering events identified.

 

Management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 and concluded that it is not effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP as a result of this material weakness.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
     
31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following person on behalf of the Registrant.

 

Dated: August 20, 2021 Interpace BioSciences, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Thomas W. Burnell
    Thomas W. Burnell
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Freeburg
    Thomas Freeburg
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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