Biostar Pharmaceuticals (BSPM) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q3, 2017
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Sep 30, 2017, filed Nov 20, 2017
Risk Change Over Time
No filing history is available.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1If we are unable to meet the Nasdaq Stock Market continued listing requirements, our securities may be subject to delisting.
On August 22, 2017, we received a notification letter from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications ("Nasdaq") advising the Company that, since it had not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing. The Company is required within 60 calendar days of the Nasdaq notification to submit a plan of compliance with the foregoing continued listing deficiency. The notification letter stated, in part, that if the Company's plan was approved by the Nasdaq staff, the Company could be eligible for a listing exception of up to 180 calendar days (or until February 12, 2018) to regain compliance. However, if the Nasdaq staff concluded that the Company was not able to cure the deficiency, the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq. We submitted our plan of compliance on October 23, 2017. Upon review, the Nasdaq staff approved the Company's plan of compliance on November 10, 2017 and extended the Company time until November 30, 2017 to regain its compliance with the continued listing deficiency. On November 15, 2017, the Company filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended on June 30, 2017 in furtherance of its plan of compliance. If the Company is successful implementing the plan as approved by the Nasdaq staff, the staff may determine that the Company regained compliance with the continued listing deficiency. Otherwise, if the Company is not able to cure the deficiency, the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq.
- Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 2There is substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern
We have suffered losses from operations and have insufficient liquidity to fund ongoing operations which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, we will need to increase sales volume and obtain additional capital to continue as a going concern and to fund our operations. Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenue to finance our cash requirements, which we may not accomplish, we expect to finance future cash needs primarily through offerings of our debt or equity securities, or strategic collaborations. We do not know whether additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are not able to secure additional funding when needed, we may have to delay, reduce the scope, or eliminate one or more of our programs, or substantially curtail or close our operations altogether.
- Debt & Financing - Risk 3We have limited sources of working capital and will need substantial additional financing
Working capital required to implement our business plan will most likely be provided by funds obtained through offerings of our equity, debt, debt-linked securities, and/or equity-linked securities, and revenues generated by us. No assurance can be given that we will have revenues sufficient to support and sustain our operations or that we would be able to obtain equity/debt financing in the current economic environment. If we do not have sufficient working capital and are unable to generate sufficient revenues or raise additional funds, we may delay the completion of or significantly reduce the scope of our current business plan; delay some of our development and clinical or marketing efforts; postpone the hiring of new personnel; or, under certain dire financial circumstances, substantially curtail or cease our operations. Our current levels of working capital and the need for additional financing raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. We may need substantial additional capital to fund our operations. To date, we have relied almost exclusively on organically generated revenues financing transactions to fund losses from our operations. Our inability to obtain sufficient additional financing would have a material adverse effect on our ability to implement our business plan and, as a result, could require us to significantly curtail or potentially cease our operations. At September 30, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $0.4 million, total current assets of approximately $1.0 million and total current liabilities of approximately $5.3 million. We will need to engage in capital-raising transactions in the near future. Such financing transactions may well cause substantial dilution to our shareholders and could involve the issuance of securities with rights senior to the outstanding shares. Our ability to complete additional financings is dependent on, among other things, the state of the capital markets at the time of any proposed offering, market reception of the Company and the likelihood of the success of its business model, of the offering terms, etc. There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such additional capital as we need to finance our efforts, through asset sales, equity or debt financing, or any combination thereof, on satisfactory terms or at all. Additionally, no assurance can be given that any such financing, if obtained, will be adequate to meet our capital needs and to support our operations. If adequate capital cannot be obtained on a timely basis and on satisfactory terms, our revenues and operations and the value of our common stock and common stock equivalents would be materially negatively impacted and we may cease our operations.
Risk Highlights Q3, 2017
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 45
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1ChangedIf we are unable to meet the Nasdaq Stock Market continued listing requirements, our securities may be subject to delisting.
On August 22, 2017, we received a notification letter from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications ("Nasdaq") advising the Company that, since it had not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017, the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing. The Company is required within 60 calendar days of the Nasdaq notification to submit a plan of compliance with the foregoing continued listing deficiency. The notification letter stated, in part, that if the Company's plan was approved by the Nasdaq staff, the Company could be eligible for a listing exception of up to 180 calendar days (or until February 12, 2018) to regain compliance. However, if the Nasdaq staff concluded that the Company was not able to cure the deficiency, the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq. We submitted our plan of compliance on October 23, 2017. Upon review, the Nasdaq staff approved the Company's plan of compliance on November 10, 2017 and extended the Company time until November 30, 2017 to regain its compliance with the continued listing deficiency. On November 15, 2017, the Company filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended on June 30, 2017 in furtherance of its plan of compliance. If the Company is successful implementing the plan as approved by the Nasdaq staff, the staff may determine that the Company regained compliance with the continued listing deficiency. Otherwise, if the Company is not able to cure the deficiency, the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2The loss of Aoxing Pharmaceutical as our operating business would have a material adverse effect on our business and the price of our common stock.
We have no equity ownership interest in Aoxing Pharmaceutical. Our ability to control Aoxing Pharmaceutical and consolidate its financial results is through a series of contractual arrangements between it and our wholly owned subsidiary Shaanxi Biostar. Management of Aoxing Pharmaceutical is an affiliate of us and of Shaanxi Biostar and the stockholders of Aoxing Pharmaceutical are also our stockholders. Thus, the contractual arrangements were not entered into as a result of arms' length negotiations because the parties to such agreements are under common control. While we believe that the contractual arrangements are legal and enforceable under PRC law, our affiliates control the parties to the contractual arrangements, and it could be possible for them to cause Aoxing Pharmaceutical and its shareholders to breach the contractual arrangements, in which event our unaffiliated investors would have little or no recourse because of the inherent difficulties in enforcing their rights since all our assets are located in the PRC. In the event that management of Aoxing Pharmaceutical decides to cause a breach the contractual arrangements, the risk of loss for the affiliated shareholders of Aoxing Pharmaceutical could be lower than that for the unaffiliated investors, and the interests of the management and shareholders of Aoxing Pharmaceutical would be in conflict with the interest of our other stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3The terms of any future financing may adversely affect your interest as stockholders.
If we require additional financing in the future, we may be required to incur indebtedness or issue equity securities, the terms of which may adversely affect your interests in us. For example, the issuance of additional indebtedness may be senior in right of payment to your shares upon our liquidation. In addition, indebtedness may be under terms that make the operation of Aoxing Pharmaceutical's business more difficult because the lender's consent could be required before we take certain actions. Similarly the terms of any equity securities we issue may be senior in right of payment of dividends to your common stock and may contain superior rights and other rights as compared to your common stock. Further, any such issuance of equity securities may dilute your interest in us.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4We may engage in future acquisitions that could dilute the ownership interests of our stockholders, cause us to incur debt and assume contingent liabilities.
We may review acquisition and strategic investment prospects that we believe would complement our current product offerings, augment our market coverage or enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities. From time to time we review investment opportunities in new businesses and we expect to make investments in, and to acquire, businesses, products, or technologies in the future. We expect that when we raise funds from investors for any of these purposes we will be either the issuer or the primary obligor while the proceeds will be forwarded to Aoxing Pharmaceutical and accounted for as a loan to Aoxing Pharmaceutical and eliminated during consolidation. In the event of any future acquisitions, we could: - issue equity securities which would dilute current stockholders' percentage ownership; - incur substantial debt; - assume contingent liabilities; or - expend significant cash. These actions could have a material adverse effect on our operating results or the price of our common stock. Moreover, even if we do obtain benefits in the form of increased sales and earnings, there may be a lag between the time when the expenses associated with an acquisition are incurred and the time when we recognize such benefits. Acquisitions and investment activities also entail numerous risks, including: - difficulties in the assimilation of acquired operations, technologies and/or products; - unanticipated costs associated with the acquisition or investment transaction; - the diversion of management's attention from other business concerns; - adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and customers; - risks associated with entering markets in which Aoxing Pharmaceutical has no or limited prior experience; - the potential loss of key employees of acquired organizations; and - substantial charges for the amortization of certain purchased intangible assets, deferred stock compensation or similar items. purchased intangible assets, deferred stock compensation or similar items. We cannot ensure that we will be able to successfully integrate any businesses, products, technology, or personnel that we might acquire in the future, and our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5Our common shares have historically been thinly traded, and you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you desire to liquidate your shares.
We cannot predict the extent to which an active public market for our common stock will develop or be sustained. Our common stock commenced trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on April 23, 2010 and is currently trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Our common stock was previously quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, where they have historically been sporadically or "thinly traded", meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common shares at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained. The market price for our common stock is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively small company with a small and thinly traded "float" that could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. The price at which you purchase our common stock may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market. You may be unable to sell your common stock at or above your purchase price if at all, which may result in substantial losses to you. The market for our common shares is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, as noted above, our common shares are sporadically and/or thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our common shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, we are a speculative or "risky" investment due to our fluctuating level of revenues or profits to date and uncertainty of future market acceptance for our current and potential products. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-averse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned issuer. The following factors may add to the volatility in the price of our common shares: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or annual operating results; adverse outcomes; the termination of our contractual arrangements with Aoxing Pharmaceutical; and additions or departures of our key personnel, as well as other items discussed under this "Risk Factors" section, as well as elsewhere in this report. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common shares, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our common shares will be at any time, including as to whether our common shares will sustain their current market prices, or as to what effect that the sale of shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price. Stockholders should be aware that the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2) manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities. The occurrence of these patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share price.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6Techniques employed by manipulative short sellers in Chinese small cap stocks may drive down the market price of our common stock.
Short selling is the practice of selling securities that the seller does not own but rather has, supposedly, borrowed from a third party with the intention of buying identical securities back at a later date to return to the lender. The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the value of the securities between the sale of the borrowed securities and the purchase of the replacement shares, as the short seller expects to pay less in that purchase than it received in the sale. As it is therefore in the short seller's best interests for the price of the stock to decline, many short sellers (sometime known as "disclosed shorts") publish, or arrange for the publication of, negative opinions regarding the relevant issuer and its business prospects in order to create negative market momentum and generate profits for themselves after selling a stock short. While traditionally these disclosed shorts were limited in their ability to access mainstream business media or to otherwise create negative market rumors, the rise of the Internet and technological advancements regarding document creation, videotaping and publication by weblog ("blogging") have allowed many disclosed shorts to publicly attack a company's credibility, strategy and veracity by means of so-called research reports that mimic the type of investment analysis performed by large Wall Street firms and independent research analysts. These short attacks have, in the past, led to selling of shares in the market, on occasion in large scale and broad base. Issuers with business operations based in the PRC and who have limited trading volumes and are susceptible to higher volatility levels than U.S. domestic large-cap stocks, can be particularly vulnerable to such short attacks. These short seller publications are not regulated by any governmental, self-regulatory organization or other official authority in the U.S., are not subject to the certification requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Regulation AC (Regulation Analyst Certification) and, accordingly, the opinions they express may be based on distortions of actual facts or, in some cases, fabrications of facts. In light of the limited risks involved in publishing such information, and the enormous profit that can be made from running just one successful short attack, unless the short sellers become subject to significant penalties, it is more likely than not that disclosed shorts will continue to issue such reports. While we intend to strongly defend our public filings against any such short seller attacks, often times we are constrained, either by principles of freedom of speech, applicable state law (often called "Anti-SLAPP statutes"), or issues of commercial confidentiality, in the manner in which we can proceed against the relevant short seller. You should be aware that in light of the relative freedom to operate that such persons enjoy – oftentimes blogging from outside the U.S. with little or no assets or identity requirements – should we be targeted for such an attack, our stock will likely suffer from a temporary, or possibly long term, decline in market price should the rumors created not be dismissed by market participants.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7Volatility in our common share price may subject us to securities litigation.
The market for our common stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management's attention and resources.
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