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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2024

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from ___________ to ____________

 

Commission file number 000-56016

 

KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   83-3492907
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

  

4460 Old Dixie Highway

Grant-Valkaria, Florida 32949

 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(833) 452-4825

 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

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 $0.001 per share   KAVL   The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically 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 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, a 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

 

As of June 13, 2024, there were 2,863,002  shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.

 

 

 

KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item   Page
     
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements ii
   
PART I Financial Information  F-1
     
Item 1. Financial Statements F-1
  Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets F-1
  Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations F-2
  Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity F-3
  Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-5
  Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements F-6
Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 1
  Liquidity and Capital Resources 7
  Results of Operations 8
  Emerging Growth Company 10
Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 10
Item 4 Controls and Procedures 10
     
PART II Other Information 11
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 11
Item 1A. Risk Factors 11
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 11
Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities 11
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures 11
Item 5 Other Information 11
Item 6 Exhibits 12
     
Signatures 13

 

i

 

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements and information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2024 (this “Report”) contain or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We generally use the words “may,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “likely,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “will,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future events and results, including, without limitation, statements related to:  

 

  our substantial reliance on, and efforts to diversify our business from, the business of our affiliate Bidi Vapor, LLC (“Bidi”);
     
  our ability to raise required funding in the form of debt or equity both in the near and longer term;
     
  our ability to obtain from, and pay for, Bidi products we distribute;
     
  our ability to integrate and ultimately enter into licenses for or create products relating to the intellectual property assets we acquired from GoFire, Inc. on May 30, 2023;
     
  the impact of the August 2022 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) previous denial of Bidi’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application (“PMTA”) for its non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick electronic nicotine delivery system (“ENDS”), which we are permitted to distribute in the U.S. subject to FDA enforcement and maintenance of all state licenses and permits, and the outcome of the FDA’s pending review of such PMTA, the denial of which could have a substantial adverse impact on our company;
     
  the impact of the FDA’s marketing denial order (“MDO”) in January 2024 regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick tobacco-flavored ENDS product, which has the potential to have a substantial adverse impact on our company;
     
  ●  the outcome of Bidi Vapor’s petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the January 2024 MDO related to Classic BIDI® Stick;
     
  our relationship with, and the results of marketing and sales activity by, Phillip Morris International, to whom we have licensed international rights to distribute Bidi products and from who we are entitled to receive royalty payments;
     
  the influence on our company of Kaival Holdings, LLC, our majority shareholder which is controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of our company, and the potential for conflicts of interests between Kaival Holdings, LLC and our company and our minority stockholders;
     
  our relationships with, and reliance on, third party distributors and brokers to arrange for sales of our products;
     
  the market perception of Bidi products we distribute and related impacts on our reputation;
     
  the impact of black-market goods on our business;
     
  the demand for Bidi products we distribute;
     
  anticipated product performance, and our market and industry expectations;
     
  our ability or plans to diversify our product offerings;
     
  the impact of government regulation, laws or consumer preferences generally, or changes thereto, that could affect our business; and circumstances or developments that may make us unable to implement or realize the anticipated benefits, or that may increase the costs of, our current and planned business initiatives, including matters over which we have little or no control.

 

ii

 

 

Forward-looking statements, including those concerning our expectations, involve significant risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, which may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements, or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. See the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” section contained in this Report and the section “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2023, for a listing of some of the factors that could cause the results anticipated by our forward-looking statements to differ from actual future results. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in this Report.

 

Potential investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, there is no undertaking to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.

 

The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such statements are presented only as a guide about future possibilities and do not represent assured events, and we anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also contains estimates and other statistical data prepared by independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth and other data about our industry. These estimates and data involve a number of assumptions and limitations, and potential investors are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates and data. We have not independently verified the statistical and other industry data generated by independent parties and contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and the future performance of the industries in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk.

 

Potential investors should not make an investment decision based solely on our projections, estimates or expectations.

 

iii

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

 Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.

 Consolidated Balance Sheets

 (Unaudited)

 

                 
    April 30, 2024   October 31, 2023
ASSETS                
CURRENT ASSETS                
Cash   $ 488,083     $ 533,659  
Accounts receivable, net     651,119       1,869,276  
Inventories, net     598,162       4,071,824  
Prepaid expenses     164,289       430,668  
Total current assets     1,901,653       6,905,427  
Fixed assets, net     2,493       2,842  
Intangible assets, net     11,075,110       11,468,309  
Right of use asset - operating lease     910,260       1,008,428  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 13,889,516     $ 19,385,006  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES                
Accounts payable   $ 472,471     $ 374,332  
Accounts payable - related party     1,353,691       2,474,817  
Loans payable, net     281,861       799,471  
Accrued expenses     624,425       736,194  
Customer refund due     331,459       392,406  
Operating lease obligation - short term     194,143       184,568  
Total current liabilities     3,258,050       4,961,788  
                 
LONG TERM LIABILITIES                
Operating lease obligation, net of current portion     767,449       866,207  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES     4,025,499       5,827,995  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)                
                 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
                 
 Preferred stock: 5,000,000 shares authorized                
 Series A Convertible Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively)            
                 
 Series B Convertible Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 900,000 shares authorized, 900,000 issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively)     900       900  
                 
 Common stock ($.001 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 2,863,002 and 2,793,386 shares issued and outstanding as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively)     2,863       2,793  
                 
Additional paid-in capital     44,265,066       44,317,266  
                 
Accumulated deficit     (34,404,812 )     (30,763,948 )
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     9,864,017       13,557,011  
TOTAL LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 13,889,516     $ 19,385,006  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

F-1

 

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

                                 
    For the Three Months Ended April 30,   For the Six Months Ended April 30,
    2024   2023   2024   2023
Revenues                                
Revenues, net   $ 1,991,438     $ 3,046,657     $ 4,982,718     $ 5,482,492  
Revenues - related party     1,800       3,628       3,700       6,713  
Royalty revenue     250,325             490,325       105,572  
Excise tax on products     (17,249 )     (29,983 )     (38,856 )     (48,557 )
Total revenues, net     2,226,314       3,020,302       5,437,887       5,546,220  
                                 
Cost of revenues                                
Cost of revenue - related party     1,726,658       3,145,652       3,740,093       5,131,452  
Cost of revenue - other                        
Total cost of revenue     1,726,658       3,145,652       3,740,093       5,131,452  
                                 
Gross profit (loss)     499,656       (125,350 )     1,697,794       414,768  
                                 
Operating expenses                                
Advertising and promotion     251,400       660,132       656,292       1,249,042  
General and administrative expenses     1,503,968       3,176,666       4,011,836       6,134,735  
Total operating expenses     1,755,368       3,836,798       4,668,128       7,383,777  
                                 
Other income (expense)                                
Loss on extinguishment of Debt                 (98,432 )      
Interest income (expense), net     (271,466 )           (571,383 )     11,952  
Total other income (expense)     (271,466 )           (669,815 )     11,952  
                                 
Loss before income taxes provision     (1,527,178 )     (3,962,148 )     (3,640,149 )     (6,957,057 )
                                 
Benefit from income taxes                 (715 )      
                                 
Net loss   $ (1,527,178 )   $ (3,962,148 )   $ (3,640,864 )   $ (6,957,057 )
Preferred stock dividend     (67,500 )           (135,000 )      
Net loss attributable to common shareholder   $ (1,594,678 )   $ (3,962,148 )   $ (3,775,864 )   $ (6,957,057 )
                                 
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted   $ (0.56 )   $ (1.48 )   $ (1.32 )   $ (2.60 )
                                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     2,863,002       2,674,719       2,858,881       2,674,719  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

F-2

 

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024

(Unaudited)

 

                                                         
    Convertible Preferred Shares  (Series B)   Par Value Convertible Preferred Shares   (Series B)   Common Shares   Par Value Common Shares   Additional Paid-in Capital   Accumulated Deficit   Total
Balances, October 31, 2023     900,000   - $ 900       2,793,386     $ 2,793     $ 44,317,266     $ (30,763,948 )   $ 13,557,011  
Rounding from reverse split                 52,949       53       (53 )            
Common shares issued for services                 16,667       17       61,983             62,000  
Preferred stock dividend        -                     (67,500 )           (67,500 )
Stock option expense                             309,958             309,958  
Net loss                                   (2,113,686 )     (2,113,686 )
Balances, January 31, 2024     900,000    - $ 900       2,863,002     $ 2,863     $ 44,621,654     $ (32,877,634 )   $ 11,747,783  
                                                         
Preferred stock dividend        -                     (67,500 )           (67,500 )
Stock option expense, net of forfeitures                             (289,088 )           (289,088 )
Net loss                                   (1,527,178 )     (1,527,178 )
Balances, April 30, 2024     900,000    - $ 900       2,863,002     $ 2,863     $ 44,265,066     $ (34,404,812 )   $ 9,864,017  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3

 

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

 

    Convertible Preferred Shares   (Series A)   Par Value Convertible Preferred Shares   (Series A)   Common Shares   Par Value Common Shares   Additional Paid-in Capital   Accumulated Deficit   Total
                             
Balances, October 31, 2022         $       2,674,718     $ 2,675     $ 29,429,281     $ (19,631,176 )   $ 9,800,780  
                                                         
Stock option expense                             1,435,787             1,435,787  
Net loss                                   (2,994,909 )     (2,994,909 )
Balances, January 31, 2023         $       2,674,718     $ 2,675     $ 30,865,068     $ (22,626,085 )   $ 8,241,658  
                                                         
Stock option expense                             1,352,938             1,352,938  
Net loss                                   (3,962,148 )     (3,962,148 )
Balances, April 30, 2023         $       2,674,718     $ 2,675     $ 32,218,006     $ (26,588,233 )   $ 5,632,448  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4

 

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 (Unaudited)

 

                 
    For the Six Months Ended   For the Six Months Ended
    April 30, 2024   April 30, 2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Net loss   $ (3,640,864 )   $ (6,957,057 )
                 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                
Stock based compensation     62,000        
Depreciation and amortization     393,547       290  
Amortization of debt discount     144,925        
Loss on extinguishment of debt     98,432        
Stock options expense     20,870       2,788,725  
Bad debt expense     1,925       4,622  
Reserve for credit losses     133,062        
ROU operating lease expense     98,168       94,347  
Write-off of inventory     4,844       105,057  
                 
Changes in current assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     1,083,170       (964,252 )
Other receivable - related party           484,486  
Prepaid expenses     168,379       244,486  
Inventory     3,468,819       (2,512,070 )
Income tax receivable           1,607,302  
Accounts payable     196,139       123,247  
Accounts payable - related party     (1,121,126 )     2,122,452  
Accrued expenses     (246,769 )     (402,281 )
Deferred revenue           (105,572 )
Customer deposits           (32,874 )
Customer refunds due     (60,947 )     921,078  
Operating lease obligations     (89,183 )     (80,028 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     715,391       (2,558,042 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
Cash paid for equipment           (3,480 )
Net cash used in investing activities           (3,480 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES                
Proceeds from loans payable     1,106,731        
Payments on loans payable     (1,867,698 )      
Net cash used in financing activities     (760,967 )      
                 
Net change in cash     (45,576 )     (2,561,522 )
Beginning cash balance     533,659       3,685,893  
Ending cash balance   $ 488,083     $ 1,124,371  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:                
Interest paid   $ 426,458     $  
Income taxes paid   $     $  
                 
NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS                
Preferred Stock Dividend   $ 135,000     $  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5

 

 

KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.

 Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), formerly known as Quick Start Holdings, Inc., was incorporated on September 4, 2018, in the State of Delaware.

 

Current Description of Business

 

The Company is focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature, dominant brands. On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) of certain electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) and related components (the “Products”) with Bidi Vapor, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Bidi”), a related party company that is also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. The Distribution Agreement was amended and restated on May 21, 2020, again on April 20, 2021, again on June 10, 2022, and again on November 17, 2022 (collectively the “A&R Distribution Agreement”), in order to clarify some of the provisions and memorialize the Company’s current business relationship with Bidi. Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi granted the Company an exclusive worldwide right to distribute the Products for sale and resale to non-retail level customers. Currently, the Products consist primarily of the “Bidi Stick.”

 

On August 31, 2020, the Company formed Kaival Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as “Kaival Labs”), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of developing Company-branded and white-label products and services. The Company has not yet launched any Kaival-branded product, nor has it begun to provide white label wholesale solutions for other product manufacturers. On March 11, 2022, the Company formed Kaival Brands International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to as “KBI”), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of entering into an international licensing agreement with Philip Morris Products S.A. (“PMPSA”), a wholly owned affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”).

 

On June 13, 2022, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, KBI, entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, for the development and distribution of ENDS products in certain markets outside of the United States, subject to market (or regulatory) assessment. The PMI License Agreement grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi’s ENDS device, known as the BIDI® Stick in the United States, as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets, outside of the United States.

 

Current Product Offerings

 

Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, the Company sells and resells electronic nicotine delivery systems, which it may refer to herein as “ENDS Products”, or “e-cigarettes”, to non-retail level customers. The sole Product the Company resells is the “BIDI® Stick,” a disposable, tamper-resistant ENDS product that comes in a variety of flavor options for adult cigarette smokers. The Company does not manufacture any of the Products it resells. The BIDI® Stick is manufactured by Bidi. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi provides the Company with all branding, logos, and marketing materials to be utilized by the Company in connection with its marketing and promotion of the Products.

 

Impact of the FDA PMTA Decision and Subsequent Court Actions

 

In September 2021, in connection with the Bidi’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application (“PMTA”) process, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) effectively “banned” flavored ENDS by denying nearly all then-pending PMTAs for such products. Following the issuance of Marketing Denial Orders (“MDO”), manufacturers are required to stop selling non-tobacco flavored ENDS products.

 

F-6

 

 

Bidi, along with nearly every other company in the ENDS industry, received a MDO for its non-tobacco flavored ENDS products. With respect to Bidi, the MDO covered all non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, including its Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick. As a result, beginning in September 2021, Bidi pursued multiple avenues to challenge the MDO. First, on September 21, 2021, separate from the judicial appeal of the MDO in its entirety, Bidi filed a 21 C.F.R. § 10.75 internal FDA supervisory review request specifically of the decision to include the Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick in the MDO. In May 2022, the FDA issued a determination that it views the Arctic BIDI® Stick as a non-tobacco flavored ENDS product, and not strictly a menthol flavored product.

 

On September 29, 2021, Bidi petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the “11th Circuit”) to review the FDA’s denial of the comprehensive PMTAs for its non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick ENDS, arguing that it was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), as well as ultra vires, for the FDA not to conduct any scientific review of Bidi’s comprehensive applications, as required by the Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”), to determine whether the BIDI® Sticks are “appropriate for the protection of the public health”. Bidi further argued that the FDA violated due process and the APA by failing to provide fair notice of the FDA’s new requirement for ENDS companies to conduct long-term comparative smoking cessation studies for their flavored products, and that the FDA should have gone through the notice and comment rulemaking process for this requirement.

 

On October 14, 2021, Bidi requested that the FDA re-review the MDO and reconsider its position that Bidi did not include certain scientific data in its applications sufficient to allow the PMTAs to proceed to scientific review. In light of this request, on October 22, 2021, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. § 10.35(a), the FDA issued an administrative stay of Bidi’s MDO pending its re-review, permitting the Company to continue sales. Subsequently, the FDA decided not to rescind the MDO and lifted its administrative stay on December 17, 2021. Following the lifting of the FDA’s administrative stay, Bidi filed a renewed motion to stay the MDO with the 11th Circuit. On February 1, 2022, the appellate court granted Bidi’s motion to stay (i.e., put on hold) the MDO, again allowing the Company to continue sales pending the litigation on the merits. Oral arguments in the merits-based proceeding were held on May 17, 2022.

 

On August 23, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit set aside the MDO issued to the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks and remanded Bidi’s back to the FDA for further review. Specifically, the Court held that the MDO was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) because FDA failed to consider the relevant evidence before it, specifically Bidi’s aggressive and comprehensive marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans designed to prevent youth appeal and access.

 

The opinion further found indicated that the FDA did not properly review the data and evidence that it has long made clear are critical to the appropriate for the protection of the public health (“APPH”) standard for PMTAs set forth in the Tobacco Control Act including, in Bidi’s case, “product information, scientific safety testing, literature reviews, consumer insight surveys, and details about the company’s youth access prevention measures, distribution channels, and adult-focused marketing practices,” which “target only existing adult vapor product users, including current adult smokers,” as well as the Company’s retailer monitoring program and state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit authentication system. Because a MDO must be based on a consideration of the relevant factors, such as the marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans, the denial order was deemed arbitrary and capricious, and vacated by the FDA.

 

The FDA did not appeal to the 11th Circuit’s decision. The FDA had until October 7, 2022 (45 days from the August 23, 2022, decision) to either request a panel rehearing or a rehearing “en banc” (a review by the entire 11th Circuit, not just the 3-judge panel that issued the decision), and until November 21, 2022 (90 days after the decision) to seek review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. No request for a rehearing was filed, and no petition for a writ of certiorari was made to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the Company anticipates continued ability to market and sell the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, subject to the FDA’s enforcement discretion, for the duration of the PMTA scientific review.

 

F-7

 

 

Separately, on or about May 13, 2022, the FDA placed the tobacco-flavored Classic BIDI® Stick into the final Phase III scientific review. In March 2023, FDA issued a deficiency letter regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick PMTA, to which Bidi submitted in June 2023. Subsequently, on January 22, 2024, FDA issued a MDO for the Classic BIDI® Stick. On January 26, 2024, Bidi filed a petition for review of the MDO with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, followed by a motion to stay the MDO. Bidi is arguing, among other things, that the MDO was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. On February 2, 2024, Bidi filed for a Stay Pending Review, which the court denied on February 18, 2024. The case is now proceeding on the merits, with Bidi’s opening merits brief filed on April 15, 2024. The Company cannot provide any assurances as to the timing or outcome. Unless the MDO is ultimately remanded by the 11th Circuit, the Classic BIDI® Stick is considered an adulterated tobacco product the continued marketing and distribution of which is prohibited.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

FDA has indicated that it is prioritizing enforcement of unauthorized ENDS against companies (1) that never submitted PMTAs, (2) whose PMTAs have been refused acceptance or filing by the FDA, (3) whose PMTAs remain subject to MDOs, and (4) that are continuing to market unauthorized synthetic nicotine products after the July 13, 2022, cutoff. Subject to FDA’s enforcement discretion, until the scientific review process is complete on each of Bidi’s PMTAs, the Company views the risk of FDA enforcement against Bidi as low and is no longer marketing the Classic BIDI® Stick per the MDO. The Company anticipates FDA will move forward with a review of Bidi’s PMTA on remand, as directed by the Court; however, the Company cannot provide any assurances as to the timing or outcome.

 

Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kaival Labs and KBI. Intercompany transactions are eliminated.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim period presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. Notes to the consolidated financial statements, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal period as reported in the 2023 Annual Report, have been omitted.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading have been included. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023.

 

F-8

 

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insures deposits according to the ownership category in which the funds are insured and how the accounts are titled. The standard deposit insurance coverage limit is $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. The Company had uninsured cash of $142,668 and $252,586 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

Advertising and Promotion

 

All advertising, promotion and marketing expenses, including commissions, are expensed when incurred.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses   

 

Accounts receivable pertain to contracts with customers who are granted credit by the Company in the ordinary course of business and are recorded at the invoiced amount. Accounts receivable does not bear interest. Accounts receivable presented on the consolidated balance sheet are adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowance for credit losses. The Company’s allowance for credit losses is developed by using relevant available information including historical collection and loss experience, current economic conditions, prevailing economic conditions, supportable forecasted economic conditions and evaluations of customer balances. Once a receivable is deemed uncollectible after collection efforts have been exhausted, it is written off against the allowance for credit losses. The Company closely monitors the credit quality of its customers and does not generally require collateral or other security on receivables. The allowance for credit losses is measured on a collective basis when similar risk characteristics exist.

 

As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, based upon management’s assessment of the accounts receivable aging and the customers’ payment history, the Company has determined allowance for credit losses of $133,062 and zero , respectively.   

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recorded an estimated accrual for potential customer returns of the “Classic” products of $155,925 and $113,243 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively, which is included in accrued expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets.

 

Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, which are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of purchases of inventories, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and revenue. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral on trade receivables. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant credit losses.

 

Inventories

 

All product inventory is purchased from a related party, Bidi. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost includes all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Company determines cost based on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the inventories only consisted of finished goods and were located in three locations: the Company’s main warehouse located in Florida and two customer warehouses whose service agreements are on a consignment basis with the Company.

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recognized a full reserve for all remaining “Classic” products on hand amounting to $309,932 and $381,512 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

F-9

 

 

Leases

 

The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at commencement of the arrangement based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates to an asset which the Company does not own. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The Company recognizes lease liabilities at the present value of the future lease payments and a corresponding ROU asset at the lease commencement date. The interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the rate implicit in the lease unless that rate cannot be readily determined. When the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Company’s Incremental Borrowing Rate (“IBR”). The IBR is a hypothetical rate based on the Company’s understanding of what its credit rating would be to borrow and resulting interest the Company would pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over the lease term on a collateralized basis. Periods covered by the Company’s option to extend or terminate the lease are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise its option to extend or not exercise its option to terminate, as applicable.

 

Lease payments may be fixed or variable; however, only fixed payments or in-substance fixed payments are included in the Company’s lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments may include costs such as common area maintenance, utilities, real estate taxes or other costs. Variable lease payments are recognized in operating expenses in the period in which the obligations for those payments are incurred. The Company records rent expense for its operating lease, which has escalating rent payments, on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not have any financing leases.

 

The Company made a policy election not to separate non-lease components from lease components for all its leases; therefore, it accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company also elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify, such that leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which includes definite-lived intangibles, long-lived fixed assets and lease right-of-use assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business or significant negative industry or economic trends. If this evaluation indicates that the value of the long-lived asset may be impaired, the Company makes an assessment of the recoverability of the net carrying value of the asset over its remaining useful life. If this assessment indicates that the long-lived asset is not recoverable, based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the technology over the remaining useful life, the Company reduces the net carrying value of the related asset to fair value and may adjust the remaining useful life. An impairment analysis is subjective and assumptions regarding future growth rates and operating expense levels can have a significant impact on the expected future cash flows and impairment analysis.

 

No impairment was identified for the six months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of promised goods, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the goods. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contracts with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods it transfers to the customer. Under ASC 606, disaggregated revenue from contracts with customers depicts the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows affected by economic factors.

 

F-10

 

 

Deferred Revenue

 

The Company accepts partial payments for orders from wholesale customers, which it holds as deposits or deferred revenue, until the Company has received full payment and orders are shipped to the customer. Revenue for these orders is recognized at the time of shipment to the customer. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had no amounts in deposits from customers.

 

Customer Refunds

 

In the normal course of business, the Company issues credits for product returns and certain customer incentives related to rebates, discounts and promotions. When such credits exceed amounts receivable from customers, the Company recognizes such excess amounts as customer refunds which will be applied against future product purchases. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had customer refunds due in the amounts equal to $331,459 and $392,406, respectively.

 

Products Revenue

 

The Company generates products revenue from the sale of the Products (as defined above) to non-retail customers. The Company recognizes revenue at a point in time based on management’s evaluation of when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied and control of the Products has been transferred to the customer. In most situations, transfer of control is considered complete when the products have been shipped to the customer. The Company determined that a customer obtains control of the Product upon shipment when title of such product and risk of loss transfer to the customer. However, when the Company enters a consignment agreement with a new customer, once it ships and delivers the requested amount of ordered Products to its distribution center for its retail sales locations, the Company retains ownership of the delivered Products until they are delivered to the actual retail stores (as opposed to the Company’s consignment customer). The Company’s shipping and handling costs are fulfillment costs, and such amounts are classified as part of cost of sales. The Company offers credit sales arrangements to non-retail (or wholesale) customers and monitors the collectability of each credit sale routinely.

 

Revenue is measured by the transaction price, which is defined as the amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for providing goods to customers. The transaction price is adjusted for estimates of known or expected variable consideration, which includes refunds and returns as well as incentive offers and promotional discounts on current orders. Estimates for sales returns are based on, among other things, an assessment of historical trends, information from customers, and anticipated returns related to current sales activity. These estimates are established in the period of sale and reduce revenue in the period of the sale. Variable consideration related to incentive offers and promotional programs are recorded as a reduction to revenue based on amounts the Company expects to collect. Estimates are regularly updated, and the impact of any adjustments are recognized in the period the adjustments are identified. In many cases, key sales terms such as pricing and quantities ordered are established at the time an order is placed and incentives have very short-term durations.

 

Amounts billed and due from customers are short term in nature and are classified as receivable since payments are unconditional and only the passage of time related to credit terms is required before payments are due. The Company does not grant payment financing terms greater than one year. Payments received in advance of revenue recognition are recorded as deferred revenue, as noted above.

 

Royalty Revenue

 

On June 13, 2022, KBI entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, effective as of May 13, 2022 (the “PMI Commencement Date”). Pursuant to the PMI License Agreement, KBI granted PMPSA an exclusive irrevocable license to use its technology, documentation, and intellectual property to make, distribute, and sell disposable nicotine e-cigarettes Products based on the intellectual property in certain international markets set forth in the PMI License Agreement (the “PMI Markets”). The Company has the exclusive international distribution rights to the Products and, in order to allow KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI License Agreement, has contributed the international distribution rights for the PMI Markets to KBI as set forth in a Capital Contribution Agreement, dated June 10, 2022. The sublicense granted to PMPSA is exclusive in the PMI Markets and neither KBI nor any of its affiliates can sell, promote, use, or distribute any competing products in the PMI Markets for the duration of the term of the PMI License Agreement and any Sell-Out Period (as defined in the PMI License Agreement). PMSPA will be responsible for any regulatory filings necessary to sell the Products in the PMI Markets. Both KBI and PMPSA agree to work together in the registration and maintenance of the Intellectual Property, but KBI will bear all cost and expense to implement the registration strategy. Finally, PMPSA has agreed to potential future development services with KBI in the PMI Markets and has been granted certain rights with respect to potential future products.

 

F-11

 

 

The initial term of the PMI License Agreement is five (5) years and automatically renews for an additional five-year period unless PMPSA has failed to meet the agreed upon minimum key performance indicators set forth in the PMI License Agreement, in which case the PMI License Agreement will automatically terminate at the end of the initial license term.

 

In consideration for the grant of the licensed rights, PMPSA agreed to pay to KBI a royalty equal to a percentage of the base price of the first sale of each unit of Product manufactured. In addition, before the launch of the first product in a market and each anniversary of such launch, PMPSA agrees to pre-pay to KBI a guaranteed minimum royalty based on the estimated royalties payable by PMPSA to KBI in relation to all markets in the twelve (12)-month period following the first launch or each successive anniversary of the first launch, subject to an aggregate maximum guaranteed royalty payment for all markets for each applicable twelve (12)-month period. PMPSA may require modification of certain products to be sold under the PMI Licensing Agreement to be modified for a PMI Market. Pursuant to the PMI Licensing Agreement, PMPSA has absolute discretion over sales, marketing, product branding and packaging pertaining to sales in the PMI Markets, as well as the right to select the specific PMI Markets in which to launch commercialization and determine what product types are to be promoted in each market, subject to sales and marketing plans and annual business plans set by PMPSA and certain expansion criteria agreed between PMPSA and KBI. Royalty revenue earned from the PMI License Agreement is recognized in the period the sales of the Product manufactured occurs.

 

The PMI License Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnification provisions; however, KBI’s liability under the PMI License Agreement is capped at the greater of: (i) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); or (ii) an amount equal to the total of the royalties due to KBI (but not yet paid) plus the royalties (including the guaranteed royalty payment) paid to KBI pursuant to the PMI License Agreement during the immediately preceding twelve (12) consecutive months, provided that such amount shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).

 

On June 10, 2022, Bidi entered into a License Agreement (the “KBI License Agreement”) with KBI, pursuant to which KBI has the exclusive irrevocable license to use Bidi’s licensed intellectual property to the extent necessary for KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI Licensing Agreement. Such irrevocable license includes: (i) the right of KBI to grant sub-licenses to PMPSA under the PMI License Agreement for the express purposes set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; (ii) the right of KBI to grant to PMPSA the right to grant sub-sub-licenses in the manner set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; and (iii) certain branding rights to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to permit KBI to perform its obligations to PMPSA as set forth in the PMI License Agreement.

 

On August 12, 2023, the Company executed and entered into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to the PMI License Amendment (which has an effective date of June 30, 2023), the following material changes have been made to the PMI License Agreement:

 

1.Royalty Rate. The royalty paid by PMPSA to KBI will no longer be based on sales price of the Product being sold, but rather on the volume of liquid contained within Product being sold. The royalty will be on a sliding scale of between $0.08 to $0.16 per sale based on the volume of liquid contained in the Product, increasing to between $0.10 to $0.20 per sale upon meeting certain sales milestones. For purposes of determining aggregate sales threshold, all sales undertaken since commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement will be counted.

 

2.Elimination of Certain Potential Royalty Adjustments. Certain potential adjustments to the royalties receivable by KBI as provided for in the PMI License Agreement have been eliminated.

 

3.Guaranteed Royalty. The guaranteed royalty payment owed to KBI under the PMI License Agreement has been eliminated. Instead, royalties will be paid on a quarterly basis going-forward based on actual sales. Any unpaid guaranteed royalty has been cancelled.

 

4.Insurance Tail Requirements. KBI’s requirement to keep certain tail insurance after the expiration or termination of the PMI Licensing Agreement was reduced from 6 years to 2 years.

 

5.Markets. The identification of the PMI Markets that PMI may enter has been expanded to cover certain additional territories.

 

F-12

 

 

6.Net Reconciliation Payment to KBI. As a result of the changes to the PMI License Agreement described in paragraphs 1 thought 3 above, the value of such changes was calculated and reconciled as of the date of commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement through June 30, 2023. On September 8, 2023, the Company received the Net Reconciliation Payment from PMPSA of $134,981 pursuant to this provision.

 

The KBI License Agreement provides that KBI shall pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Company paid license fees of approximately $150,000 to Bidi. As of April 30, 2024, no additional license fees are owed to Bidi.

 

As of April 30, 2024, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI license agreement totaled $327,673 of which $327,673 pertain to royalties. As of October 31, 2023, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI License Agreement totaled $1,002,196 of which $289,672 and $712,524 pertain to royalties and reimbursement of certain non-recurring engineering costs, respectively.

 

Net Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of potential common stock equivalents.

 

Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding plus common share equivalents from conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury method and preferred stock using the if-converted method, except when antidilutive. In the event of a net loss, the effects of all potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

Concentration of Revenues and Accounts Receivable

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2024, (i) 20% or $998,905 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from QuikTrip Corporation, and (ii) 15% or $763,562 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from GPM Investments, LLC. Subsequent to April 30, 2024, QuickTrip Corporation terminated its consignment arrangement with the Company.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2023, (i) 21% or $1,169,310 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from FAVS Business (“FAVS”), (ii) 19% or $1,054,646 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from H.T. Hackney Co., (iii) approximately 17% or $914,754 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI Stick, was generated from GPM Investments, LLC (“GPM”), and (iv) approximately 11% or $596,171 of the revenue from the sales of Products was generated from QuikTrip Corporation.

 

QuikTrip Corporation, with an outstanding balance of $171,494 and C Store Master, with an outstanding balance of $100,045 accounted for 53% and 31% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of April 30, 2024.  

 

FAVS Business LLC with an outstanding balance of $302,400, C Store Master with an outstanding balance of $300,590, and QuikTrip Corporation with an outstanding balance of $164,987 accounted for approximately 35%, 35%, and 19% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of October 31, 2023.

 

Share-Based Compensation

 

The Company measures the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments (share-based payments, referred to herein as “SBP”) based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is recognized over the period during which a recipient is required to provide service in exchange for the SBP award—the requisite service period (vesting period). For SBP awards subject to performance conditions, compensation is not recognized until the performance condition is probable of occurrence. The grant-date fair value of share options is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.

 

F-13

 

 

The fair value of each option granted during the fiscal six  month period ended April 30, 2024, and April 30, 2023, was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the weighted average assumptions in the following table:

                 
    As of April   As of April
    30, 2024   30, 2023
Expected dividend yield     0 %       0 %
Expected option term (years)     5.5 - 7         5.17 - 10  
Expected volatility     214.72 - 225.52 %       230.89 - 241.68 %
Risk-free interest rate     3.78 - 4.63 %       3.47 - 4.12 %

 

The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility was based on the volatility in the trading of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate used is based on the published U.S. Department of Treasury interest rates in effect at the time of stock option grant for zero coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities approximating each grant’s expected term. Forfeitures and cancellations are recorded as they occur.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.

 

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 - Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. As of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the Company did not have any financial assets or liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

F-14

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

 

The Company follows the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held. The ASU became effective for the Company on November 1, 2023, and determined that the update applied to accounts receivable. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and did not significantly impact the Company’s accounting policies or estimation methods related to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Not Yet Adopted   

 

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires additional disclosures reconciling the rates of different categories of income tax (i.e. federal, state, foreign, etc.) and a disaggregation of taxes paid and refunded. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and for interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its income tax disclosures.

 

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business within one year after the date the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company’s management evaluates whether there are conditions or events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

The Company will need significant additional funds to satisfy its outstanding payables, fund its working capital, and fully implement its business plan as the Company seeks to grow its revenues. In addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding Bidi’s PMTA process with FDA and outcome of Bidi’s petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the FDA’s January 2024 MDO relating to Classic Bidi® Stick as well as the Company’s significant recurring losses and present need for additional funding. All of these factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Management plans to continue similar operations with increased marketing and enhanced efforts to increase sales, which the Company believes will result in increased revenue and ultimately net income.

 

However, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans will be able to generate expected or greater amounts of revenues or ever achieve profitability due to the factors listed above as well as the regulation and public perception of ENDS products and the various other risks faced by the Company.

 

The accompanying consolidated 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 outcome of these or other risks or uncertainties.

 

Note 4 – Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s intangible assets include patents and technology that were acquired as part of the Asset Purchase Agreement with GoFire, Inc. entered on May 30, 2023. The cost and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets amounted to $11,795,975 and $720,865 as of April 30, 2024, respectively and $11,795,975 and $327,666 as of October 31, 2023, respectively. Amortizable patents and technology have a useful life of 15.0 years with a weighted average remaining useful life of 14.1 years and 14.6 years as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023; respectively.

 

The Company recognized amortization expense of $393,199 and none for the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Amortization expense is included under general and administrative expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated statement of operations.

 

F-15

 

 

Future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

 

         
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     $ 393,200  
Year ended October 31, 2025       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2026       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2027       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2028       786,398  
Thereafter       7,536,318  
Total     $ 11,075,110  

 

Note 5 – Loans Payable

 

On May 9, 2023, the Company entered into two loan agreements which are collateralized by all assets of the Company until the loans are repaid in full. As illustrated in the following table, under the terms of these agreements, the Company received the disclosed Purchase Price and agreed to repay the disclosed Purchase Amount, which is collected by the lenders at the disclosed weekly payment rate. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mosser personally guarantees the performance of these loans. These loans were fully paid on December 4, 2023, upon their maturity.

 

On November 29, 2023, the Company entered into two loan agreements which are collateralized by all assets of the Company until the loans are repaid in full. As illustrated in the following table, under the terms of these agreements, the Company received the disclosed Purchase Price and agreed to repay the disclosed Purchase Amount, which is collected by the lenders at the disclosed weekly payment rate. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mosser personally guarantees the performance of these loans.

 

The Company has accounted for these agreements as loans under ASC 860 because while the Company provided rights to current and future receipts, the Company still had control over the receipts. The difference between the Purchase Amount and the Purchase Price is imputed interest that is recorded as interest expense when paid.

 

The following table shows the loan agreements as of April 30, 2024:

                                           
Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
November 29, 2023   $ 600,000     $ 864,000     $ 140,991     Weekly     30,857     $ 9,009  
November 29, 2023     600,000       864,000       140,870     Weekly     30,857       9,130  
    $ 1,200,000     $ 1,728,000     $ 281,861                 $ 18,139  

 

The following table shows the loan agreements as of October 31, 2023:

 

Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
May 9, 2023   $ 400,000     $ 580,000     $ 53,709     Weekly     20,714     $ 3,434  
May 9, 2023     400,000       580,000       80,467     Weekly     20,714       5,247  
    $ 800,000     $ 1,160,000     $ 134,176                 $ 8,681  

 

On August 9, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with AJB Capital Investments, LLC (“AJB”), pursuant to which the Company sold a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $650,000 (the “Note”) to AJB in a private transaction for a purchase price of $585,000 (giving effect to original issue discount of $65,000). The Note matures on February 8, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”) and bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Interest shall be payable on a monthly basis beginning on the date that is one month following the date of issuance of the Note. Provided no event of default (as defined in the Note) is in effect as of the Maturity Date, the Company may elect to extend the Maturity Date for a period of six (6) months. Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company paid a commitment fee to AJB in the form of 19,048 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment Fee Shares”) with a relative fair value of $130,478 which was recognized as discount to the note. The debt discount and issuance costs are amortized over the term of the note. Amortization expense amounted to $38,273 and zero 0 for the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the carrying value of the loan and unamortized debt discount and issuance costs were zero and $513,295 and zero and $136,705, respectively.

 

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Under the SPA, the Company has the right to repurchase half of the Commitment Fee Shares if the Note is repaid in full prior to maturity. On December 1, 2023, the Company fully paid the loan balance in advance of the maturity date. In connection with the repayment of the Note, the Company agreed that AJB would be permitted to retain all of the Commitment Fee Shares. The Company recognized zero and $98,432 as loss on extinguishment of debt for the three and six months ended April 30, 2024.    

 

On May 20, 2023, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from Westfield Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $342,001 and subject to an effective interest rate of 7.79%. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the remaining balance was zero and $152,000, respectively.

 

Note 6 – Leases

 

The Company does not have financing leases and has only one operating lease for office space and inventory storage space with Just Pick, LLC (“Just Pick”), a related party owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company (see Note 8). Certain of the Company’s leases, have and may in the future, include renewal options, which have been and might be in the future, included in the calculation of the lease liabilities and right of use assets when the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the option.

 

Cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

 

               
    April 30, 2024   April 30, 2023
Other Lease Information                
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:                
Operating cash flows from operating leases   $ (89,183 )   $ (94,347 )

 

The following table provides the maturities of lease liabilities on April 30, 2024: 

 

       
    Operating Leases
     
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     116,140  
Year ended October 31, 2025     238,800  
Year ended October 31, 2026     253,614  
Year ended October 31, 2027     274,946  
Year ended October 31, 2028     175,989  
Total future undiscounted lease payments   $ 1,059,489  
Less: Interest     (97,897 )
Present value of lease liabilities   $ 961,592  

 

At April 30, 2024, the Company had no additional leases which had not yet commenced.

 

Note 7 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On May 30, 2023, the Company issued 900,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock as consideration for the acquisition of the GoFire Purchased Assets. The Series B Preferred Stock carries no voting rights except: (i) with respect to the ability of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (the “Majority Holders”), to nominate a director to the Company’s board of directors, and (ii) that the vote of the Majority Holders is necessary for effecting any amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation that affects the Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of the Company at a redemption price of $15 per share, subject to potential downward adjustments based on the trading price of the Common Stock. Subject to additional limitations in the GoFire APA, the Series B Preferred Stock holds seniority over the Common Stock and each other class of series of securities now existing or hereafter authorized with respect to dividend rights, the distribution of assets upon liquidation, and dissolution and redemption rights. Upon a liquidation and winding up of the Company, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference of $15 per share (the “Liquidation Preference”), though the redemption may be adjusted downward based on the trading price of the Common Stock at the time of liquidation. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a dividend equal to 2% of the Liquidation Preference, accruing from the Closing Date and payable on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date. Amounts payable in respect of the Series B Dividend shall begin to accrue on a daily basis, be cumulative from and including the Original Issue Date, whether or not the Corporation has funds legally available for such dividends or such dividends are declared, shall compound on each six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date and shall be payable in arrears on the 18-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date. No preemptive rights are granted to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. The Majority Holders have the ability to cause a voluntary conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock at a conversion rate of 0.3968 shares of Common Stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock which may only occur on or after the following dates 18-month, 24 month, 36 month, 48 month, and 60 month anniversary of the original issuance date; and only up to 180,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock on each of these dates. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock will automatically convert to Common Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the GoFire APA).

 

F-17

 

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

On January 22, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to affect a 1-for-21 reverse stock split (the “2024 Reverse Stock Split”) of the shares of the Common Stock. The 2024 Reverse Stock Split was effective on January 25, 2024, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the 2024 Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares of the Company’s Common Stock that would have otherwise resulted from the 2024 Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole number. In connection with the 2024 Reverse Stock Split, the Board approved appropriate and proportional adjustments to all outstanding securities or other rights convertible or exercisable into shares of the Common Stock, including, without limitation, all preferred stock, warrants, options, and other equity compensation rights. All historical share and per-share amounts reflected throughout the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and other financial information in this Report have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 2024 Reverse Stock Split as if the split occurred as of the earliest period presented. The par value per share of the Common Stock was not affected by the 2024 Reverse Stock Split.

 

Common Stock

 

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company issued zero 0 and 52,949 shares of common stock, respectively, for rounding of shares related to the Reverse Split.

 

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company issued zero and 16,667 shares of common stock, respectively, to a FINRA member broker-dealer in connection with the termination of its relationship with such broker dealer. The fair value was $62,000 based on the closing price of the common stock on the termination date and recorded as stock-based compensation.

 

Stock Options  

 

Summary of stock options information is as follows:

 

               
                Weighted
        Aggregate       Average
    Aggregate Number   Exercise Price   Exercise Price Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     449,106     $ 14,081,408     $ 10.08-602.28     $ 31.36  
Granted     104,693       529,899       2.81-11.76       5.06  
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (285,978 )     (4,504,492 )     2.81 - 36.12       15.75  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     267,821     $ 10,106,815     $ 2.81-602.28     $ 37.74  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     225,963     $ 9,619,018     $ 3.64-602.28     $ 42.57  

 

During the three months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized ($289,088) and $1,352,938, respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding stock options. During the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized $20,870 and $2,788,725, respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding stock options. The stock option expense is net of forfeitures related to the stock option expense of cancelled stock options during the three and six months ended April 30, 2024 that were reversed. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of the options granted during the fiscal six month periods ended April 30, 2024 and April 30, 2023 was $5.03 and $17.64, respectively.

 

On April 30, 2024, the Company had $144,413 of unrecognized expenses related to options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.30 years. The weighted average remaining contractual life is approximately 8.53 years for stock options outstanding on April 30, 2024. The aggregate intrinsic value of these outstanding options as of April 30, 2024, was $25,920.

 

F-18

 

 

Compensation expense related to performance-based options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, provided that it is probable that performance conditions will be achieved, with probability assessed on a quarterly basis and any changes in expectations recognized as an adjustment to earnings in the period of the change. Compensation cost is not recognized for service- and performance-based awards that do not vest because service or performance conditions are not satisfied, and any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed. If vesting occurs prior to the end of the requisite service period, expense is accelerated and fully recognized through the vesting date.

 

Warrants

 

Warrant information as of the periods indicated is as follows:

 

               
                Weighted
    Aggregate   Aggregate   Exercise Price   Average
    Number   Exercise Price   Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     242,548     $ 13,946,006     $ 12.39-126.00     $ 57.51  
Granted                        
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (36,912 )     (544,025 )     12.39-15.33       14.74  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  

 

The weighted average remaining contractual life is approximately 2.72 years for Common Stock warrants outstanding as of April 30, 2024. As of April 30, 2024, there was no intrinsic value of outstanding stock warrants.

 

Note 8 – Related-Party Transactions

 

In March 2020, the Company commenced business operations as a result of becoming the exclusive distributor of certain ENDS and related components (the “Products”) manufactured by Bidi, a related party company that is also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company.

 

Revenue and Accounts Receivable 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company recognized revenue of $3,700 from one company owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, and/or his wife. There was no accounts receivable balance for these transactions as of April 30, 2024.

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $6,713 from three companies owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, and/or his wife.

 

Concentration of Purchases and Accounts Payable 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2024, 100% of the inventories of Products, consisting solely of the BIDI® Stick, were purchased from Bidi, a related party controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, in the amount of $273,060. As of April 30, 2024, the Company had accounts payable to Bidi of $1,275,000 from purchases of inventory, and Products valued at $598,162 were held in inventory.

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2023, 100% of the inventories of Products, consisting solely of the BIDI® Stick, were purchased from Bidi, a related party controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, in the amount of $6,355,234.

 

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The KBI License agreement provides that KBI shall pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. As of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, no additional license fees are owed to Bidi. As of April 30, 2024, the Company had a payable to Bidi of $78,691 for reimbursement of insurance expense. As of October 31, 2023, the Company had a payable to Bidi of $712,524 for certain non-recurring engineering costs related to the PMI License Agreement which were fully paid in November 2023, and $240,802 for reimbursement of insurance expense.

 

Leased Office Space and Storage Space

 

On June 10, 2022, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement with Just Pick, LLC, owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. The Company had $49,335  and $98,168 in operating lease expenses for the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, respectively, and $47,398  and $94,347 for the three and six months ended April 30, 2023, respectively.

 

Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company follows ASC 450-20, Loss Contingencies, to report accounting for contingencies. Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. There were no commitments or contingencies as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, other than the below:

 

QuikfillRx Service Agreement Amendment

 

Effective as of November 9, 2022, the Company entered into its latest amendment to the Service Agreement with QuikfillRx (collectively with prior amendments, the “Amended Service Agreement”). The November 9, 2022 amendment to the Service Agreement was captioned as the “Fourth Amendment” although it was the fifth amendment to the Service Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended Service Agreement:

 

(a) the term of the Amended Service Agreement was extended (unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of the Amended Service Agreement) from November 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) until October 31, 2025, following which the term shall automatically renew for successive one (1) year period beginning November 1, 2025;

 

(b) QuikfillRx agreed to change its “doing business as” name to “Kaival Marketing Services” within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date;

 

(c) it was provided that either party may terminate the Amended Service Agreement without cause upon not less than ninety (90) days prior written notice to the other party;

 

(d) QuikfillRx was granted a one-time, fully vested, ten-year non-qualified option award to purchase up to 11,905 shares of Company common stock with an exercise price of $20.72 per share (the closing price of the Company’s common stock on November 9, 2022). The option grant was memorialized pursuant to a Nonqualified Option Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, between the Company and QuikfillRx; and

 

(e) the parties agreed to revise the compensation for services as follows: (i) payment of $125,000 per month; (ii) bonus equivalent to 0.27% of the applicable gross quarterly sales and (iii) a grant of 3,000,000 nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of Company common stock which shall vest based on achievement of certain net revenue and profit margin targets up to $180,000,000 in total net revenues over a period of 3 years.

 

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On February 21, 2024, the Company terminated the agreement and all amendments with QuikFillRx. Per the termination, the Company was required to pay $80,000 by March 1, 2024, in full satisfaction of all obligations, debts, and prior services, including but not limited to stock incentives, bonuses, third party obligations, owed by the Company to QuickfillRx. The Company made the required payment on February 28, 2024.

 

The Company accrued zero 0 and $35,338 for a quarterly bonus payable to QuikfillRx, based on the Applicable Gross Quarterly Sales results of the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Note 10 – Subsequent Events 

 

Insurance financing

 

On May 10, 2024, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from First Insurance Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $381,077 and subject to an effective interest rate of 7.45%.

 

On May 10, 2024, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from First Insurance Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $94,404 and subject to an effective interest rate of 11.15%.

 

International Trade Commission claims against the Company  

 

On June 11, 2024, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and RAI Services Company (collectively, the “RJ Reynolds Entities”) filed a patent infringement complaint with the International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) against Bidi, us, and forty (40) other respondents (the “ITC Complaint”) pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Specifically, the ITC Complaint alleges that one or more components or elements of the Bidi Stick infringe U.S. Patent No. 11,925,202,   which is owned by one of the RJ Reynolds Entities. The ITC Complaint requests the ITC grant: (a) temporary and permanent limited exclusion orders pursuant to Section 337(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the importation of the Bidi Stick in the United States; and (b) issue temporary and permanent cease and desist orders pursuant to 337(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of the Bidi Stick in the United States. No damages are recoverable in the proceedings before the ITC.   If the Company or Bidi is prohibited from importing the Bidi Stick, then our business, operations, financial results, and reputation would be significantly adversely impacted.   

 

 

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

 

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is designed to provide a reader of the financial statements with a narrative report on our financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and notes thereto for the six months ended April 30, 2024, included under Item 1 – Financial Statements in this Report and our audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended October 31, 2023, contained in the 2023 Annual Report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Please also see the cautionary language at the beginning of this Report regarding forward-looking statements.

 

Overview

 

Our business is focused on the sales, marketing and distribution of ENDS products, also known as “e-cigarettes”, in a variety of ways. Our primary product is the Bidi® Stick as well as other products manufactured by our affiliate Bidi. We hold the exclusive worldwide right to market and distribute the Bidi® Stick and certain other products manufactured by Bidi. We intend to drive revenue growth primarily through wholesale and traditional retail channels, including convenience stores.

 

Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi granted us an exclusive worldwide right to distribute Bidi’s ENDS and related components (as more particularly set forth in the A&R Distribution Agreement and referred to herein as the products) for sale and resale to both retail level customers and nonretail level customers. Currently, the products consist solely of the “BIDI® Stick”, Bidi’s disposable, tamper resistant ENDS product made with medical grade components, a UL-certified battery and technology designed to deliver a consistent vaping experience for adult smokers 21 and over. We presently distribute products to wholesalers and retailers of ENDS products, having ceased all direct-to-consumer sales in February 2021. Nirajkumar Patel, our Chief Executive Officer and Director and an indirect controlling stockholder of our company, owns Bidi.

 

BIDI® Stick comes in a variety of flavor options for adult cigarette smokers. We do not manufacture any of the products we resell. The BIDI® Stick is manufactured by Bidi. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi provides us with all branding, logos, and marketing materials to use with our commercial partners in connection with our marketing and promotion of the products.

 

We process all sales made only to non-retail customers, with all sales to non-retail customers made through Bidi’s age-restricted website, www.wholesale.bidivapor.com. We ceased all direct-to-consumer sales in February 2021 in order to better ensure youth access prevention and to comply with the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (or PACT) Act. We provide all customer service and support at our own expense through QuikfillRx as described below. We set the minimum prices for all sales made by us. We maintain adequate inventory levels of products in order to meet the demands of our non-retail customers and deliver the products sold to these customers.

 

A key third party collaborator of ours was QuikfillRx, LLC, (“QuikfillRx”) a Florida limited liability company which recently began doing business as “Kaival Marketing Services” to better reflect its contributions to our company. QuikfillRx provides us with certain services and support relating to sales management, website development and design, graphics, content, public communication, social media, management and analytics, and market and other research. QuikfillRx provides these services to us pursuant to a Services Agreement, most recently amended on November 9, 2022, pursuant to which QuikfillRx receives monthly cash compensation and was granted certain equity compensation in the form of options. This Agreement was terminated in February 2024. The company plans to do the sales and marketing in-house.

 

We have also maintained key international licensing agreements with Philip Morris and its affiliates as described under Item 1 – Business.

 

We have also entered into key international licensing agreements with Philip Morris Products S.A. (“PMPSA”), a wholly owned affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”).

 

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On August 31, 2020, we formed Kaival Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as “Kaival Labs”), as a wholly owned subsidiary for the purpose of developing our own branded and white-label products and services, of which none has commenced as of the date of this Report. On March 11, 2022, we formed Kaival Brands International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to as “KBI”), as a wholly owned subsidiary for the purpose of entering into an international licensing agreement with PMPSA.

 

GoFire Asset Acquisition

 

On May 30, 2023, we and Kaival Labs entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “GoFire APA”) with GoFire, Inc. (“GoFire”). Pursuant to the terms of the GoFire APA, we purchased certain intellectual property assets of GoFire consisting of various patents and patent applications (the “Purchased Assets”) in exchange for equity securities of our company and certain contingent cash consideration. The Purchased Assets will be housed in Kaival Labs and consist of 19 existing and 47 pending patents with novel technologies related to vaporization and inhalation technologies. The patents and patent applications cover the U.S. and several international territories. The Purchased Assets also include four registered and two pending trademarks. The goal of this acquisition is to diversify our product offerings and create near and longer-term revenue opportunities in the form of potential licenses of the acquired technology and our development of new products based on the Purchased Assets. In the near term, we expect to seek third-party licensing opportunities in the cannabis, hemp/CBD, nicotine and nutraceutical markets. Longer term, we believe we can utilize the Purchased Assets to create innovative and market-disruptive products, including patent protected vaporizer devices and related hardware and software applications. No assurances can be given, however, that the Purchased Assets will generate revenue for us in the future or otherwise create the value for our company that we anticipate.

 

FDA PMTA Determinations, 11th Circuit Decision and Impact on Our Business

 

In September 2021, in connection with the Bidi’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application (“PMTA”) process for BIDI® Stick, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) effectively “banned” non-tobacco flavored ENDS by denying nearly all then-pending PMTAs for such products (including Bidi’s). Following the issuance of by the FDA of a related Marketing Denial Order (“MDO”) regarding these ENDS products, manufacturers were required to stop selling non-tobacco flavored ENDS products. Bidi, along with nearly every other company in the ENDS industry, received a MDO for its non-tobacco flavored ENDS products. With respect to Bidi, the MDO covered all non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, including its Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick. As a result, beginning in September 2021, Bidi pursued multiple avenues to challenge the MDO. First, on September 21, 2021, separate from the judicial appeal of the MDO in its entirety, Bidi filed a 21 C.F.R. §10.75 internal FDA supervisory review request specifically of the decision to include the Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick in the MDO. In May 2022, the FDA issued a determination that it views the Arctic BIDI® Stick as a non-tobacco flavored ENDS product, and not strictly a menthol flavored product.

 

On September 29, 2021, Bidi petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the “11th Circuit”) to review the FDA’s denial of the PMTAs for its non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick ENDS (including the Arctic BIDI® Stick), arguing that it was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), as well as ultra vires, for the FDA not to conduct any scientific review of Bidi’s comprehensive applications, as required by the Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”), to determine whether the BIDI® Sticks are “appropriate for the protection of the public health”. Bidi further argued that the FDA violated due process and the APA by failing to provide fair notice of the FDA’s new requirement for ENDS companies to conduct long-term comparative smoking cessation studies for their non-tobacco flavored products compared to tobacco-flavored ENDS products, and that the FDA should have gone through the notice and comment rulemaking process for this requirement.

 

On August 23, 2022, the 11th Circuit set aside (i.e., vacated) the MDO issued to the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks and remanded Bidi’s PMTA back to the FDA for further review. Specifically, the 11th Circuit held that the MDO was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the APA because the FDA failed to consider the relevant evidence before it, specifically Bidi’s aggressive and comprehensive marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans designed to prevent youth appeal and access.

 

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The opinion further indicated that the FDA did not properly review the data and evidence that it has long made clear are critical to the appropriate for the protection of the public health (“APPH”) standard for PMTAs set forth in the Tobacco Control Act including, in Bidi’s case, “product information, scientific safety testing, literature reviews, consumer insight surveys, and details about the company’s youth access prevention measures, distribution channels, and adult-focused marketing practices,” which “target only existing adult vapor product users, including current adult smokers,” as well as our retailer monitoring program and state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit authentication system. Because a MDO must be based on a consideration of the relevant factors, such as the marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans, the denial order was deemed arbitrary and capricious, and vacated by the FDA.

 

The FDA did not appeal to the 11th Circuit’s decision. The FDA had until October 7, 2022 (45 days from the August 23, 2022 decision) to either request a panel rehearing or a rehearing “en banc” (a review by the entire 11th Circuit, not just the 3-judge panel that issued the decision), and until November 21, 2022 (90 days after the decision) to seek review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. No request for a rehearing was filed, and no petition for a writ of certiorari was made to the Supreme Court.

 

In light of the 11th Circuit decision, we anticipate having the continued ability to market and sell the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, subject to FDA’s enforcement discretion, for the duration of the PMTA scientific review. The FDA has indicated that it is prioritizing enforcement of unauthorized ENDS against companies (1) that never submitted PMTAs, (2) whose PMTAs have been refused acceptance or filing by the FDA, (3) whose PMTAs remain subject to MDOs, and (4) that are continuing to market unauthorized synthetic nicotine products after the July 13, 2022 cutoff. As none of these scenarios apply to Bidi, we believe the current risk of FDA enforcement is low.

 

Since the PMTA was remanded, Bidi has continued to update its application with the results of new studies, including a nationwide population prevalence study on the BIDI® Stick that has been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

 

Separately, on or about May 13, 2022, FDA placed the tobacco-flavored Classic BIDI® Stick into the final Phase III scientific review, and in September 2022 completed a remote regulatory assessment of Bidi and its contract manufacturer in China, SMISS Technology Co. LTD, in relation to the pending PMTA for the Classic BIDI® Stick. In March 2023, Bidi received a deficiency letter with respect to the tobacco-flavored Classic BIDI® Stick PMTA, to which the company submitted in June 2023. Subsequently, on January 22, 2024, Bidi received a MDO regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick. The MDO identified three highly technical deficiencies related to certain analytical testing and Bidi’s pharmacokinetic (PK) study. On January 26, 2024, Bidi petitioned the 11th Circuit to review the MDO for the Classic BIDI® Stick, arguing that the denial is arbitrary and capricious under the APA, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law, as well as contrary to constitutional right and in excess of statutory authority. On February 2, 2024, Bidi filed a Time Sensitive Motion for a Stay Pending Review, which the court denied on February 18, 2024. The case is now proceeding on the merits, with Bidi’s opening merits brief filed on April 15, 2024. Unless the MDO ultimately remanded by the 11th Circuit, the Classic BIDI® Stick is considered an adulterated tobacco product the continued marketing and distribution of which is prohibited.

 

Material Items, Trends and Risks Impacting Our Business

 

We believe that the following items and trends may be useful in better understanding our results of operations.

 

Dependence on Bidi and Nirajkumar Patel

 

We are wholly dependent on Bidi to supply the BIDI® Sticks to us for distribution. Accordingly, any supply or other issues that impact Bidi, indirectly impact us and our ability to operate our business. Moreover, and while we are seeking to diversify our product offerings, the loss of our relationship with Bidi would substantially harm the viability of our business.

 

Bidi is controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. Moreover, Kaival Holdings, an entity controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, is our majority shareholder. In addition, our corporate headquarters is leased to us by an affiliate of Nirajkumar Patel. Therefore, Nirajkumar Patel has the power and ability to control or influence our business.

 

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Ability to Develop and Monetize the GoFire Intellectual Property

 

We purchased certain vaporizer and inhalation-related technology from GoFire in May 2023 with the goal of diversifying our business and lessening our dependence on BIDI Vapor. We do not expect that the acquired assets will generate immediate revenue for us, and while we believe this to be a transformative acquisition for us and we are already seeking to develop and monetize the acquired assets, we can give no assurances at this time that either (i) the patent applications we acquired will eventuate in issued patents or (ii) we will be able to enter into successful monetizing arrangements with respect to these assets.

 

Nature of our Products and Regulation

 

Competition in the market for e-cigarettes from illicit sources may have an adverse effect on our overall sales volume, restricting our ability to increase selling prices and damaging our brand equity and reputation. Illicit trade and tobacco trafficking in the form of counterfeit products, smuggled genuine products, and locally manufactured products on which applicable taxes or regulatory requirements are evaded, represent a significant and growing threat to the legitimate tobacco industry, including the products we sell. Although we combat counterfeiting of our Products by engaging in certain tactics, such as requiring all sales force personnel to randomly collect our Products from retailers in order to be tested by our quality control team, maintaining a quality control group that is responsible for identifying counterfeit products and surveillance of retailers we suspect are selling counterfeit Products through our own secret shopper force, no assurance can be given that we will be able to detect or stop sales of all counterfeit products. In addition, while we may bring suits against retailers and distributors that sell certain counterfeit products, no assurance can be given that we will be successful in any such suits or that such suits will be successful in stopping other retailers or distributors from selling.

 

Counterfeit Products

 

Our Products (included in this context any products that we may develop from the GoFire Purchased Assets) are and will be heavily regulated by the FDA, which has broad regulatory powers. The market for ENDS products is subject to a great deal of uncertainty and is still evolving. ENDS products, having recently been introduced to market over the past 10 to 15 years, are at a relatively early stage of development, and represent core components of a market that is evolving rapidly, highly regulated, and characterized by a number of market participants. Rapid growth in the use of, and interest in, ENDS products is recent, and may not continue on a lasting basis. With respect to the GoFire Purchase Assets, the underlying technology touches on hemp/cannabis, nutraceutical and healthcare applications in addition to nicotine, all of which are heavily regulated by the FDA and other federal and state agencies. The demand and market acceptance for all of these products is subject to a high level of uncertainty. Therefore, we are subject to all the business risks associated with a new enterprise in an evolving market.

 

Some of our Product offerings through Bidi are subject to developing and unpredictable regulation. Our Products are sold through our distribution network and may be subject to uncertain and evolving federal, state, and local regulations, including hemp, non-THC cannabidiol (CBD) and other non-tobacco consumable products. Enforcement initiatives by those authorities are therefore unpredictable and impossible to anticipate. We anticipate that all levels of government, which have not already done so, are likely to seek in some way to regulate these products, but the type, timing, and impact of such regulations remains uncertain. With respect to CBD in particular, on January 26, 2023, the FDA announced that it would not initiate rulemaking to regulate CBD as a dietary food ingredient. Rather, after careful review, the FDA has concluded that a new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed and has further indicated that it is prepared to work with Congress to create a new regulatory pathway for CBD through legislation.

 

In addition to the de facto FDA flavor ban that has resulted from the denial of nearly all PMTAs for flavored ENDS, ENDS products that are non-tobacco flavored continue to face the threat of prohibition at the local level, as many state and local authorities and attorneys general push for bans or request the FDA to deny PMTAs for flavored ENDS. In addition, a number of states and localities have banned the sale of non-tobacco flavored tobacco products. Recently, for example, California passed Proposition 31, which prohibits the sale of non-tobacco flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, in retail locations. Thus, the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks are not permitted to be sold in California retail locations. We anticipate more states and localities will take this approach. Several other states and localities have banned flavored ENDS, including New York, (and New York City), New Jersey, Rhode Island, Illinois (and Chicago) and Massachusetts, with several more considering similar bans (e.g., Maryland, and Connecticut).

 

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Ability to Meet Demand for our Products

 

We believe that the matters described under “FDA PMTA Determinations, 11th Circuit Decision and Impact on Our Business” have increased demand for our Products and has opened new distribution channels for us through which we can sell our Products. However, a sharp increase in demand for the Products will require us to use cash and/or obtain financing in order to purchase Products from Bidi for resale in the marketplace. As a result, we are faced with the risk that such cash or financing will not be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us (or at all) to meet the market demand for the Products. Our inability to fulfill this demand will damage our reputation and could materially impact our ability to increase sales of the Products which, in turn, would adversely impact our results of operations.

 

Inflation

 

Consumer purchases of tobacco products are historically affected by economic conditions, such as changes in employment, salary and wage levels, the availability of consumer credit, inflation, interest rates, fuel prices, sales taxes, and the level of consumer confidence in prevailing and future economic conditions. The U.S. has been experiencing an environment of material inflation in recent quarters, and this condition may impact discretionary consumer purchases, such as the BIDI® Stick. Demand for our Products may also decline during recessionary periods or at other times when disposable income is lower, and taxes may be higher.

 

Supply Chain

 

The spread of COVID-19 throughout the world as well as increasing tensions with China over the past several years has created global economic uncertainty, which may cause partners, suppliers, and potential customers to closely monitor their costs and reduce activities. Any of the foregoing could materially adversely affect the supply chain for Bidi and our Products, and any supply chain distribution for the Products could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

Corporate History

 

We were incorporated on September 4, 2018, in the State of Delaware. Effective July 12, 2019, we changed our corporate name from Quick Start Holdings, Inc. to Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. The name change was effected through a parent/subsidiary short-form merger of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., our wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of the name change, with and into us. We were the surviving entity.

 

Change of Control

 

On February 6, 2019, we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), by and among us, GMRZ Holdings LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“GMRZ”), our then-controlling stockholder, and Kaival Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KH”), pursuant to which, on February 20, 2019, GMRZ sold 24,000,000 shares of our restricted common stock, representing approximately 88.06% of our then issued and outstanding shares of common stock, to KH, and KH paid GMRZ consideration in the amount set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement resulted in a change in control, with KH becoming our largest controlling stockholder. Nirajkumar Patel and Eric Mosser are the sole voting members of KH.

 

Current Product Offerings

 

Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, the Company sells and resells electronic nicotine delivery systems, which it may refer to herein as “ENDS Products”, or “e-cigarettes”, to non-retail level customers. The sole Product the Company resells is the “BIDI® Stick,” a disposable, tamper-resistant ENDS product that comes in a variety of flavor options for adult cigarette smokers. The Company does not manufacture any of the Products it resells. The BIDI® Stick is manufactured by Bidi. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi provides the Company with all branding, logos, and marketing materials to be utilized by the Company in connection with its marketing and promotion of the Products.

 

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Other Potential Product Offerings

 

In addition to the BIDI® Stick, we anticipated launching distribution of the “BIDI® Pouch,” initially outside of the United States. The initial planned February 2021 roll-out of the BIDI® Pouch was delayed due to COVID-19 based manufacturing and supply chain constraints. Due to these complications, and in an effort to prevent future bottlenecks, Bidi decided to move manufacturing in-house. In 2021, Bidi modified the planned formulation of the BIDI® Pouch. The original BIDI® Pouch formulation (which never came to market) intended to utilize a tobacco-free (synthetic) nicotine formulation, along with natural fibers and a chew-base filler in six different flavors. However, production of the BIDI® Pouch was placed on hold domestically due to concerns about the safety of synthetic nicotine and the likelihood of the FDA enforcement of synthetic nicotine products either as unapproved drugs or unauthorized tobacco products. Subsequently, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, signed by President Biden on March 15, 2022, amended the definition of a “tobacco product” in the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and gave the FDA authority to regulate products containing nicotine from any source, including synthetic nicotine. The legislation also gave manufacturers of synthetic nicotine products 60 days to prepare and submit PMTAs by May 14, 2022. Synthetic nicotine products subject to timely submitted PMTAs were allowed to remain on the market without the threat of enforcement for another 60 days, until July 13, 2022. After July 13, 2022, all synthetic nicotine products, regardless of PMTA status, are illegal and subject to FDA enforcement (unless the product has actually been authorized and is subject to a PMTA Marketing Grant Order).

 

Also, on July 14, 2021, we announced plans to launch its first Kaival-branded product, a hemp CBD vaping product. In addition to our branded formulation, we anticipate that we will also provide white label, wholesale solutions for other product manufacturers through our subsidiary, Kaival Labs. We have not yet launched any branded product, nor has have begun to provide white label wholesale solutions for other product manufacturers, but the diversification of the types of products we distribute is an important part of our growth strategy.

 

Assuming we launch a hemp CBD product, of which there can be no assurances, we intend that all CBD products will be produced and distributed strictly in compliance under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (known as the 2018 Farm Bill), which defines hemp as the plant cannabis sativa and any part of the plant with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent by dry weight. According to the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp-derived products can be offered for retail sale in many forms: smoke, pouch, tinctures, topicals, capsules, vape oil and gummies/edibles. We plan to utilize Bidi’s patented BIDI® Stick delivery mechanism in order to provide a similar, premium experience in the initial CBD product line. We expect our industrial-grade hemp CBD formula to provide greater bioavailability than many market peers, resulting in a better consumer experience in less usage. On January 26, 2023, FDA announced that it would not initiate rulemaking to regulate CBD as a dietary food ingredient. Rather, after careful review, the FDA has concluded that a new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed that balances individuals’ desire for access to CBD products with the regulatory oversight needed to manage risks. FDA further indicated that it is prepared to work with Congress on this matter.

 

PMI Licensing Agreement and International Distribution

 

On June 13, 2022, we, through our wholly owned subsidiary, KBI, entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, a wholly owned affiliate of PMI, for the development and distribution of ENDS products in certain markets outside of the United States, subject to market (or regulatory assessment). The PMI License Agreement grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi’s ENDS device, known as the BIDI® Stick in the United States, as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets, outside of the United States.

 

On July 25, 2022, we announced the launch of PMPSA’s custom-branded self-contained e-vapor product, pursuant to the licensing agreement. The product, a self-contained e-vapor device, VEEBA, has been custom developed and was initially distributed in Canada. VEEBA was then commercially launched by PMPSA in Europe in February 2023, with additional market launches planned this year. VEEBA was recently rebranded VEEV NOW.

 

On August 12, 2023, the Company executed and entered into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to the PMI License Amendment (which was effective on June 30, 2023), resulting in a Net Reconciliation Payment to KBI and ongoing quarterly royalty payments.

 

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Going Concern

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business within one year after the date the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company’s management evaluates whether there are conditions or events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

The Company will need significant additional funds to satisfy its outstanding payables, fund its working capital, and fully implement its business plan as the Company seeks to grow its revenues. In addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding Bidi’s PMTA process with FDA and outcome of Bidi’s petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the FDA’s January 2024 MDO relating to Classic Bidi® Stick as well as the Company’s, significant recurring losses and present need for additional funding. All of these factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Management plans to continue similar operations with increased marketing and enhanced efforts to increase sales, which the Company believes will result in increased revenue and ultimately net income.

 

However, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans will be able to generate expected or greater amounts of revenues or ever achieve profitability due to the factors listed above as well as the regulation and public perception of ENDS products and the various other risks faced by the Company. The accompanying consolidated 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 outcome of these or other risks or uncertainties.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We believe we will not have sufficient cash on hand to support our operations for at least twelve months. As of April 30, 2024, we had working capital deficit of $1,356,397 and total cash of $488,083. As discussed above, this condition and other factors raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

We intend to generally rely on cash from operations and equity and debt offerings to the extent necessary and available, to satisfy our liquidity needs. There are several factors that could result in the need to raise additional funds, including a decline in revenue, a lack of anticipated sales growth, increased costs and our potential plan to redeem for cash the shares of our Series B Preferred Stock issued in connection with our GoFire asset purchase in May 2023. Our efforts are directed toward generating positive cash flow and, ultimately, profitability. As our efforts during our fiscal 2023 and since have not generated positive cash flows, we will need to raise additional capital. Should capital not be available to us at reasonable terms, other actions will become necessary, including implementing cost control measures and additional efforts to increase sales. We may also be required to take more strategic actions such as exploring strategic options for the sale of our company, the creation of joint ventures or strategic alliances under which we will pursue business opportunities, or other alternatives. We believe we have, or have access to, the financial resources to weather the impacts of the FDA’s PMTA process and Bidi’s receipt of MDOs from the FDA in 2021 and 2024, which are subject to additional FDA action and ongoing court proceedings, respectively. However, we will require further financing for the next twelve months, given our operating results.

 

Cash Flows:

 

Net cash flows provided by operations was approximately $0.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to approximately $2.6 million net cash flows used in operations for the six months ended April 30, 2023. The increase in cash flow provided by operations for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to the six months ended April 30, 2023 was primarily due to the decrease in inventory and accounts receivable.

 

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The Company had no cash flows used in investing activities for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to approximately $0.003 million cash flow used in investing activities for the six months ended April 30, 2023. The cash used in investing activities for the six months ended April 30, 2023, consisted of cash used for the purchase of warehouse equipment.

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities was approximately $0.8 million for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to no cash flows used in financing activities for the six months ended April 30, 2023. The cash used by financing activities for the six months ended April 30, 2024, consisted primarily of proceeds offset by payments on loans payables.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three months ended April 30, 2024, compared to three months ended April 30, 2023

 

Revenues:

 

Revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2024, were approximately $2.2 million, compared to approximately $3.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2023. Revenues decreased during the three months ended April 30, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in the number of sticks sold to customers.   

 

Cost of Revenue, Net and Gross Profit (Loss):

 

Gross profit for the three months ended April 30, 2024 was approximately $0.5 million, or approximately 22.4% of revenues, net, compared to approximately $(0.1) million gross loss or approximately (4.2%) of revenues, net, for the three months ended April 30, 2023. Total cost of revenue, net was approximately $1.7 million, or approximately 77.6% of revenue, net for the three months ended April 30, 2024, compared to approximately $3.1 million, or approximately 104.2% of revenue, net for the three months ended April 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit   is due to fewer credits issued to customers and a decreased in cost of revenue during the three months ended April 30, 2024.

 

Operating Expenses:

 

Total operating expenses were approximately $1.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024, compared to approximately $3.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2023. For the three months ended April 30, 2024, operating expenses consisted primarily of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $0.3 million, stock option expense of approximately ($0.3) million, professional fees of approximately $0.5 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $1.3 million. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended April 30, 2024 consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, lease expense, project expenses, banking fees, business fees and state and franchise taxes.

 

For the three months ended April 30, 2023, operating expenses consisted primarily of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $0.7 million, stock option expense of approximately $1.4 million, professional fees of approximately $0.8 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $1.0 million. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended April 30, 2023, consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, lease expense, project expenses, banking fees, business fees and state and franchise taxes. We expect future operating expenses to increase while we increase the footprint of our business and generate increased sales growth.  

 

Income Taxes:

 

During the three months ended April 30, 2024, we did not accrue a tax provision for income taxes, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. Similarly, we did not accrue a tax provision for income taxes during the three months ended April 30, 2023, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $4.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2023.

 

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Net Loss:

 

As a result of the items noted above, the net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2024 was approximately $1.5 million, compared to a net loss of approximately $4.0 million, for the three months ended April 30, 2023. The decrease in the net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended April 30, 2023, is primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit and decrease in operating expenses as noted above.

 

Six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to six months ended April 30, 2023

 

Revenues:

 

Revenues for the six months ended April 30, 2024, were approximately $5.4 million, compared to $5.5 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023. Revenues increased during the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to the six months ended April 30, 2023, generally due to an increase in royalty revenues offset by a decrease in the number of sticks sold to customers   

 

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit:

 

Gross profit for the six months ended April 30, 2024, was approximately $1.7 million, compared to gross profit of approximately $0.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023. Total cost of revenue was approximately $3.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to $5.1 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023. Therefore, the increase in gross profit of approximately $1.3 million for the six months ended April 30, 2024 compared to the six months ended April 30, 2023   is primarily driven by the decrease in the cost of revenue, totaling approximately $1.4 million, partially offset by a decrease in overall sales of approximately $0.1 million.  

 

Operating Expenses:

 

Total operating expenses were approximately $4.7 million for the six months ended April 30, 2024, compared to approximately $7.4 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023. For the six months ended April 30, 2024, operating expenses consisted of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $0.7 million, stock option expense of approximately $21 thousand, professional fees of approximately $1.3 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $2.7 million. General and administrative expenses during the six months ended April 30, 2024, consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, lease expense, project expenses, banking fees, business fees and state and franchise taxes.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2023, operating expenses were approximately $7.4 million, consisting primarily of advertising and promotion fees of approximately $1.2 million, stock option expense of $2.8 million, professional fees totaling approximately $1.4 million, and all other general and administrative expenses of approximately $2.0 million. General and administrative expenses during the six months ended April 30, 2023, consisted primarily of salaries and wages, insurance, banking fees, business fees, and other service fees. We expect future operating expenses to increase while we increase the footprint of our business and generate increased sales growth.  

 

Income Taxes:

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2024, we did not accrue a tax provision for income taxes, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $3.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. Similarly, we did not accrue a tax provision for income taxes during the six months ended April 30, 2023, due to the pre-tax loss of approximately $7.0 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023.

 

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Net Loss:

 

The net loss for the first six months ended April 30, 2024, was approximately $3.6 million, compared to net loss for the six months ended April 30, 2023, which was approximately $7.0 million. The decrease in the net loss for the six months ended April 30, 2024, as compared to the six months ended April 30, 2023, is primarily attributable to the increase in gross profit and decrease in operating expenses as noted above.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; therefore actual results could differ from those estimates. Other than the policy changes disclosed in Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies, to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended April 30, 2024 from those disclosed in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our 2023 Annual Report for the year ended October 31, 2023.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Refer to Item 1, Financial Statements, Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” that is exempt from certain financial disclosure and governance requirements for up to five years as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). The JOBS Act eases restrictions on the sale of securities and increases the number of stockholders a company must have before becoming subject to the SEC’s reporting and disclosure rules. We have not elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of the JOBS Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

As a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitations, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President and Interim Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of April 30, 2024, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on that evaluation, the President and Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded that because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of April 30, 2024. Some of those internal controls include multiple levels of review of the accounting and reporting procedures and processes, lack of proper segregation of duties, lack of sufficient and consistent real time remote communications, as well as certain accounting and reporting issues.

 

Remediation of Material Weaknesses

 

We are committed to maintaining a strong internal control environment and implementing measures designed to help ensure that all material weaknesses are remediated as soon as possible. Management will continue to work to improve its disclosure controls and procedures during fiscal 2024 with the goal of improvement in the effectiveness of its systems in our internal controls during the next 12 months. We intend to hire additional staff and to take such other actions as may be necessary to address its material weaknesses. The Company did add additional financial and accounting personnel during its fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, and as such, we believe we have made progress in the implementation of certain internal controls, such as multiple levels of review and analysis of the accounting and reporting procedures and processes, and of journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Due to the identification of certain material weaknesseswe continue to work on strengthening our internal control structure. We made no other changes in internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during the quarter ended April 30, 2024, that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

From time to time, we may become party to litigation or other legal proceedings that we consider to be a part of the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently involved in legal proceedings that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, or results of operations. To the best of our knowledge, no adverse legal activity is anticipated or threatened.

 

While we are not a party to the legal or regulatory proceedings involving Bidi described in Item 1 – Business – FDA PMTA and MDO Determinations, Related Court Actions and the Impact on Our Business, the outcome of those or related proceedings could have a material adverse or positive impact on our ability to operate our business given our reliance on Bidi.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.

 

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

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith as a part of this Quarterly Report.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
     
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
     
32.1   Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code*
     
32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code*
     
33.1    Amendment to Interim Chief Financial Officer Services Agreement 

 

101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document*
     
101.SCH   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
     
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
     
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
     
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
     
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document*
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*

 

(1) Schedules and Exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) (10) (iv) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however, that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any Schedule or Exhibit so furnished

 

*filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  KAIVAL BRANDS INNOVATIONS GROUP, INC.
     
Date: June 18, 2024 A /s/ Nirajkumar Patel
     Nirajkumar Patel
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: June 18, 2024 By: /s/ Eric Morris
    Eric Morris
    Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

I, Nirajkumar Patel , certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: June 18, 2024 By: /s/ Nirajkumar Patel
     Nirajkumar Patel
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

I, Eric Morris, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: June 18, 2024 By: /s/ Eric Morris
    Eric Morris
    Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

 

Pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company”) does hereby certify, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2024 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: June 18, 2024 By: /s/ Nirajkumar Patel
    Nirajkumar Patel
    Chief Executive Officer

 

The certifications set forth above are being furnished as an exhibit solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. and will be retained by Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

 

Pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company”) does hereby certify, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, that:

 

  1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2024 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: June 18, 2024 By: /s/ Eric Morris
    Eric Morris
    Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

The certifications set forth above are being furnished as an exhibit solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. and will be retained by Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

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Total revenues, net 2,226,314 3,020,302 5,437,887 5,546,220
Cost of revenues        
Cost of revenue - related party 1,726,658 3,145,652 3,740,093 5,131,452
Cost of revenue - other 0 0 0 0
Total cost of revenue 1,726,658 3,145,652 3,740,093 5,131,452
Gross profit (loss) 499,656 (125,350) 1,697,794 414,768
Operating expenses        
Advertising and promotion 251,400 660,132 656,292 1,249,042
General and administrative expenses 1,503,968 3,176,666 4,011,836 6,134,735
Total operating expenses 1,755,368 3,836,798 4,668,128 7,383,777
Other income (expense)        
Loss on extinguishment of Debt 0 0 (98,432) 0
Interest income (expense), net (271,466) 0 (571,383) 11,952
Total other income (expense) (271,466) 0 (669,815) 11,952
Loss before income taxes provision (1,527,178) (3,962,148) (3,640,149) (6,957,057)
Benefit from income taxes 0 0 (715) 0
Net loss (1,527,178) (3,962,148) (3,640,864) (6,957,057)
Preferred stock dividend (67,500) 0 (135,000) 0
Net loss attributable to common shareholder $ (1,594,678) $ (3,962,148) $ (3,775,864) $ (6,957,057)
Net loss per common share - basic $ (0.56) $ (1.48) $ (1.32) $ (2.60)
Net loss per common share - diluted $ (0.56) $ (1.48) $ (1.32) $ (2.60)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic 2,863,002 2,674,719 2,858,881 2,674,719
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted 2,863,002 2,674,719 2,858,881 2,674,719
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($)
Convertible Preferred Stock Series A [Member]
Convertible Preferred Stock Series B [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Total
Beginning balance, value at Oct. 31, 2022 $ 2,675 $ 29,429,281 $ (19,631,176) $ 9,800,780
Beginning balance, shares at Oct. 31, 2022   2,674,718      
Stock option expense 1,435,787 1,435,787
Net loss   (2,994,909) (2,994,909)
Ending balance, value at Jan. 31, 2023 $ 2,675 30,865,068 (22,626,085) 8,241,658
Ending balance, shares at Jan. 31, 2023   2,674,718      
Beginning balance, value at Oct. 31, 2022 $ 2,675 29,429,281 (19,631,176) 9,800,780
Beginning balance, shares at Oct. 31, 2022   2,674,718      
Net loss           (6,957,057)
Ending balance, value at Apr. 30, 2023 $ 2,675 32,218,006 (26,588,233) 5,632,448
Ending balance, shares at Apr. 30, 2023   2,674,718      
Beginning balance, value at Jan. 31, 2023 $ 2,675 30,865,068 (22,626,085) 8,241,658
Beginning balance, shares at Jan. 31, 2023   2,674,718      
Stock option expense 1,352,938 1,352,938
Net loss   (3,962,148) (3,962,148)
Ending balance, value at Apr. 30, 2023 $ 2,675 32,218,006 (26,588,233) 5,632,448
Ending balance, shares at Apr. 30, 2023   2,674,718      
Beginning balance, value at Oct. 31, 2023 $ 900 $ 2,793 44,317,266 (30,763,948) 13,557,011
Beginning balance, shares at Oct. 31, 2023   900,000 2,793,386      
Rounding from reverse split   $ 53 (53)
Rounding from reverse split, shares     52,949      
Common shares issued for services   $ 17 61,983 62,000
Common shares issued for services, shares     16,667      
Preferred stock dividend (67,500) (67,500)
Stock option expense   309,958 309,958
Net loss   (2,113,686) (2,113,686)
Ending balance, value at Jan. 31, 2024 $ 900 $ 2,863 44,621,654 (32,877,634) 11,747,783
Ending balance, shares at Jan. 31, 2024   900,000 2,863,002      
Beginning balance, value at Oct. 31, 2023 $ 900 $ 2,793 44,317,266 (30,763,948) 13,557,011
Beginning balance, shares at Oct. 31, 2023   900,000 2,793,386      
Net loss           (3,640,864)
Ending balance, value at Apr. 30, 2024 $ 900 $ 2,863 44,265,066 (34,404,812) 9,864,017
Ending balance, shares at Apr. 30, 2024   900,000 2,863,002      
Beginning balance, value at Jan. 31, 2024 $ 900 $ 2,863 44,621,654 (32,877,634) 11,747,783
Beginning balance, shares at Jan. 31, 2024   900,000 2,863,002      
Preferred stock dividend (67,500) (67,500)
Stock option expense, net of forfeitures   (289,088) (289,088)
Net loss   (1,527,178) (1,527,178)
Ending balance, value at Apr. 30, 2024 $ 900 $ 2,863 $ 44,265,066 $ (34,404,812) $ 9,864,017
Ending balance, shares at Apr. 30, 2024   900,000 2,863,002      
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Net loss $ (3,640,864) $ (6,957,057)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:    
Stock based compensation 62,000 0
Depreciation and amortization 393,547 290
Amortization of debt discount 144,925 0
Loss on extinguishment of debt 98,432 (0)
Stock options expense 20,870 2,788,725
Bad debt expense 1,925 4,622
Reserve for credit losses 133,062 0
ROU operating lease expense 98,168 94,347
Write-off of inventory 4,844 105,057
Changes in current assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable 1,083,170 (964,252)
Other receivable - related party 0 484,486
Prepaid expenses 168,379 244,486
Inventory 3,468,819 (2,512,070)
Income tax receivable 0 1,607,302
Accounts payable 196,139 123,247
Accounts payable - related party (1,121,126) 2,122,452
Accrued expenses (246,769) (402,281)
Deferred revenue 0 (105,572)
Customer deposits 0 (32,874)
Customer refunds due (60,947) 921,078
Operating lease obligations (89,183) (80,028)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 715,391 (2,558,042)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Cash paid for equipment 0 (3,480)
Net cash used in investing activities 0 (3,480)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
Proceeds from loans payable 1,106,731 0
Payments on loans payable (1,867,698) 0
Net cash used in financing activities (760,967) 0
Net change in cash (45,576) (2,561,522)
Beginning cash balance 533,659 3,685,893
Ending cash balance 488,083 1,124,371
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:    
Interest paid 426,458 0
Income taxes paid 0 0
NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS    
Preferred Stock Dividend $ 135,000 $ 0
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Organization and Description of Business
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business

Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business

 

Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), formerly known as Quick Start Holdings, Inc., was incorporated on September 4, 2018, in the State of Delaware.

 

Current Description of Business

 

The Company is focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature, dominant brands. On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) of certain electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) and related components (the “Products”) with Bidi Vapor, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Bidi”), a related party company that is also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. The Distribution Agreement was amended and restated on May 21, 2020, again on April 20, 2021, again on June 10, 2022, and again on November 17, 2022 (collectively the “A&R Distribution Agreement”), in order to clarify some of the provisions and memorialize the Company’s current business relationship with Bidi. Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi granted the Company an exclusive worldwide right to distribute the Products for sale and resale to non-retail level customers. Currently, the Products consist primarily of the “Bidi Stick.”

 

On August 31, 2020, the Company formed Kaival Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as “Kaival Labs”), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of developing Company-branded and white-label products and services. The Company has not yet launched any Kaival-branded product, nor has it begun to provide white label wholesale solutions for other product manufacturers. On March 11, 2022, the Company formed Kaival Brands International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to as “KBI”), as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of entering into an international licensing agreement with Philip Morris Products S.A. (“PMPSA”), a wholly owned affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”).

 

On June 13, 2022, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, KBI, entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, for the development and distribution of ENDS products in certain markets outside of the United States, subject to market (or regulatory) assessment. The PMI License Agreement grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi’s ENDS device, known as the BIDI® Stick in the United States, as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets, outside of the United States.

 

Current Product Offerings

 

Pursuant to the A&R Distribution Agreement, the Company sells and resells electronic nicotine delivery systems, which it may refer to herein as “ENDS Products”, or “e-cigarettes”, to non-retail level customers. The sole Product the Company resells is the “BIDI® Stick,” a disposable, tamper-resistant ENDS product that comes in a variety of flavor options for adult cigarette smokers. The Company does not manufacture any of the Products it resells. The BIDI® Stick is manufactured by Bidi. Pursuant to the terms of the A&R Distribution Agreement, Bidi provides the Company with all branding, logos, and marketing materials to be utilized by the Company in connection with its marketing and promotion of the Products.

 

Impact of the FDA PMTA Decision and Subsequent Court Actions

 

In September 2021, in connection with the Bidi’s Premarket Tobacco Product Application (“PMTA”) process, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) effectively “banned” flavored ENDS by denying nearly all then-pending PMTAs for such products. Following the issuance of Marketing Denial Orders (“MDO”), manufacturers are required to stop selling non-tobacco flavored ENDS products.

 

Bidi, along with nearly every other company in the ENDS industry, received a MDO for its non-tobacco flavored ENDS products. With respect to Bidi, the MDO covered all non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, including its Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick. As a result, beginning in September 2021, Bidi pursued multiple avenues to challenge the MDO. First, on September 21, 2021, separate from the judicial appeal of the MDO in its entirety, Bidi filed a 21 C.F.R. § 10.75 internal FDA supervisory review request specifically of the decision to include the Arctic (menthol) BIDI® Stick in the MDO. In May 2022, the FDA issued a determination that it views the Arctic BIDI® Stick as a non-tobacco flavored ENDS product, and not strictly a menthol flavored product.

 

On September 29, 2021, Bidi petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the “11th Circuit”) to review the FDA’s denial of the comprehensive PMTAs for its non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Stick ENDS, arguing that it was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), as well as ultra vires, for the FDA not to conduct any scientific review of Bidi’s comprehensive applications, as required by the Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”), to determine whether the BIDI® Sticks are “appropriate for the protection of the public health”. Bidi further argued that the FDA violated due process and the APA by failing to provide fair notice of the FDA’s new requirement for ENDS companies to conduct long-term comparative smoking cessation studies for their flavored products, and that the FDA should have gone through the notice and comment rulemaking process for this requirement.

 

On October 14, 2021, Bidi requested that the FDA re-review the MDO and reconsider its position that Bidi did not include certain scientific data in its applications sufficient to allow the PMTAs to proceed to scientific review. In light of this request, on October 22, 2021, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. § 10.35(a), the FDA issued an administrative stay of Bidi’s MDO pending its re-review, permitting the Company to continue sales. Subsequently, the FDA decided not to rescind the MDO and lifted its administrative stay on December 17, 2021. Following the lifting of the FDA’s administrative stay, Bidi filed a renewed motion to stay the MDO with the 11th Circuit. On February 1, 2022, the appellate court granted Bidi’s motion to stay (i.e., put on hold) the MDO, again allowing the Company to continue sales pending the litigation on the merits. Oral arguments in the merits-based proceeding were held on May 17, 2022.

 

On August 23, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit set aside the MDO issued to the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks and remanded Bidi’s back to the FDA for further review. Specifically, the Court held that the MDO was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) because FDA failed to consider the relevant evidence before it, specifically Bidi’s aggressive and comprehensive marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans designed to prevent youth appeal and access.

 

The opinion further found indicated that the FDA did not properly review the data and evidence that it has long made clear are critical to the appropriate for the protection of the public health (“APPH”) standard for PMTAs set forth in the Tobacco Control Act including, in Bidi’s case, “product information, scientific safety testing, literature reviews, consumer insight surveys, and details about the company’s youth access prevention measures, distribution channels, and adult-focused marketing practices,” which “target only existing adult vapor product users, including current adult smokers,” as well as the Company’s retailer monitoring program and state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit authentication system. Because a MDO must be based on a consideration of the relevant factors, such as the marketing and sales-access-restrictions plans, the denial order was deemed arbitrary and capricious, and vacated by the FDA.

 

The FDA did not appeal to the 11th Circuit’s decision. The FDA had until October 7, 2022 (45 days from the August 23, 2022, decision) to either request a panel rehearing or a rehearing “en banc” (a review by the entire 11th Circuit, not just the 3-judge panel that issued the decision), and until November 21, 2022 (90 days after the decision) to seek review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. No request for a rehearing was filed, and no petition for a writ of certiorari was made to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, the Company anticipates continued ability to market and sell the non-tobacco flavored BIDI® Sticks, subject to the FDA’s enforcement discretion, for the duration of the PMTA scientific review.

 

Separately, on or about May 13, 2022, the FDA placed the tobacco-flavored Classic BIDI® Stick into the final Phase III scientific review. In March 2023, FDA issued a deficiency letter regarding the Classic BIDI® Stick PMTA, to which Bidi submitted in June 2023. Subsequently, on January 22, 2024, FDA issued a MDO for the Classic BIDI® Stick. On January 26, 2024, Bidi filed a petition for review of the MDO with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, followed by a motion to stay the MDO. Bidi is arguing, among other things, that the MDO was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. On February 2, 2024, Bidi filed for a Stay Pending Review, which the court denied on February 18, 2024. The case is now proceeding on the merits, with Bidi’s opening merits brief filed on April 15, 2024. The Company cannot provide any assurances as to the timing or outcome. Unless the MDO is ultimately remanded by the 11th Circuit, the Classic BIDI® Stick is considered an adulterated tobacco product the continued marketing and distribution of which is prohibited.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

FDA has indicated that it is prioritizing enforcement of unauthorized ENDS against companies (1) that never submitted PMTAs, (2) whose PMTAs have been refused acceptance or filing by the FDA, (3) whose PMTAs remain subject to MDOs, and (4) that are continuing to market unauthorized synthetic nicotine products after the July 13, 2022, cutoff. Subject to FDA’s enforcement discretion, until the scientific review process is complete on each of Bidi’s PMTAs, the Company views the risk of FDA enforcement against Bidi as low and is no longer marketing the Classic BIDI® Stick per the MDO. The Company anticipates FDA will move forward with a review of Bidi’s PMTA on remand, as directed by the Court; however, the Company cannot provide any assurances as to the timing or outcome.

 

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kaival Labs and KBI. Intercompany transactions are eliminated.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim period presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. Notes to the consolidated financial statements, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal period as reported in the 2023 Annual Report, have been omitted.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading have been included. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023.

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insures deposits according to the ownership category in which the funds are insured and how the accounts are titled. The standard deposit insurance coverage limit is $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. The Company had uninsured cash of $142,668 and $252,586 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

Advertising and Promotion

 

All advertising, promotion and marketing expenses, including commissions, are expensed when incurred.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses   

 

Accounts receivable pertain to contracts with customers who are granted credit by the Company in the ordinary course of business and are recorded at the invoiced amount. Accounts receivable does not bear interest. Accounts receivable presented on the consolidated balance sheet are adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowance for credit losses. The Company’s allowance for credit losses is developed by using relevant available information including historical collection and loss experience, current economic conditions, prevailing economic conditions, supportable forecasted economic conditions and evaluations of customer balances. Once a receivable is deemed uncollectible after collection efforts have been exhausted, it is written off against the allowance for credit losses. The Company closely monitors the credit quality of its customers and does not generally require collateral or other security on receivables. The allowance for credit losses is measured on a collective basis when similar risk characteristics exist.

 

As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, based upon management’s assessment of the accounts receivable aging and the customers’ payment history, the Company has determined allowance for credit losses of $133,062 and zero , respectively.   

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recorded an estimated accrual for potential customer returns of the “Classic” products of $155,925 and $113,243 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively, which is included in accrued expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets.

 

Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, which are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of purchases of inventories, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and revenue. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral on trade receivables. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant credit losses.

 

Inventories

 

All product inventory is purchased from a related party, Bidi. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost includes all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Company determines cost based on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the inventories only consisted of finished goods and were located in three locations: the Company’s main warehouse located in Florida and two customer warehouses whose service agreements are on a consignment basis with the Company.

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recognized a full reserve for all remaining “Classic” products on hand amounting to $309,932 and $381,512 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

Leases

 

The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at commencement of the arrangement based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates to an asset which the Company does not own. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The Company recognizes lease liabilities at the present value of the future lease payments and a corresponding ROU asset at the lease commencement date. The interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the rate implicit in the lease unless that rate cannot be readily determined. When the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Company’s Incremental Borrowing Rate (“IBR”). The IBR is a hypothetical rate based on the Company’s understanding of what its credit rating would be to borrow and resulting interest the Company would pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over the lease term on a collateralized basis. Periods covered by the Company’s option to extend or terminate the lease are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise its option to extend or not exercise its option to terminate, as applicable.

 

Lease payments may be fixed or variable; however, only fixed payments or in-substance fixed payments are included in the Company’s lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments may include costs such as common area maintenance, utilities, real estate taxes or other costs. Variable lease payments are recognized in operating expenses in the period in which the obligations for those payments are incurred. The Company records rent expense for its operating lease, which has escalating rent payments, on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not have any financing leases.

 

The Company made a policy election not to separate non-lease components from lease components for all its leases; therefore, it accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company also elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify, such that leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which includes definite-lived intangibles, long-lived fixed assets and lease right-of-use assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business or significant negative industry or economic trends. If this evaluation indicates that the value of the long-lived asset may be impaired, the Company makes an assessment of the recoverability of the net carrying value of the asset over its remaining useful life. If this assessment indicates that the long-lived asset is not recoverable, based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the technology over the remaining useful life, the Company reduces the net carrying value of the related asset to fair value and may adjust the remaining useful life. An impairment analysis is subjective and assumptions regarding future growth rates and operating expense levels can have a significant impact on the expected future cash flows and impairment analysis.

 

No impairment was identified for the six months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of promised goods, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the goods. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contracts with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods it transfers to the customer. Under ASC 606, disaggregated revenue from contracts with customers depicts the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows affected by economic factors.

 

Deferred Revenue

 

The Company accepts partial payments for orders from wholesale customers, which it holds as deposits or deferred revenue, until the Company has received full payment and orders are shipped to the customer. Revenue for these orders is recognized at the time of shipment to the customer. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had no amounts in deposits from customers.

 

Customer Refunds

 

In the normal course of business, the Company issues credits for product returns and certain customer incentives related to rebates, discounts and promotions. When such credits exceed amounts receivable from customers, the Company recognizes such excess amounts as customer refunds which will be applied against future product purchases. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had customer refunds due in the amounts equal to $331,459 and $392,406, respectively.

 

Products Revenue

 

The Company generates products revenue from the sale of the Products (as defined above) to non-retail customers. The Company recognizes revenue at a point in time based on management’s evaluation of when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied and control of the Products has been transferred to the customer. In most situations, transfer of control is considered complete when the products have been shipped to the customer. The Company determined that a customer obtains control of the Product upon shipment when title of such product and risk of loss transfer to the customer. However, when the Company enters a consignment agreement with a new customer, once it ships and delivers the requested amount of ordered Products to its distribution center for its retail sales locations, the Company retains ownership of the delivered Products until they are delivered to the actual retail stores (as opposed to the Company’s consignment customer). The Company’s shipping and handling costs are fulfillment costs, and such amounts are classified as part of cost of sales. The Company offers credit sales arrangements to non-retail (or wholesale) customers and monitors the collectability of each credit sale routinely.

 

Revenue is measured by the transaction price, which is defined as the amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for providing goods to customers. The transaction price is adjusted for estimates of known or expected variable consideration, which includes refunds and returns as well as incentive offers and promotional discounts on current orders. Estimates for sales returns are based on, among other things, an assessment of historical trends, information from customers, and anticipated returns related to current sales activity. These estimates are established in the period of sale and reduce revenue in the period of the sale. Variable consideration related to incentive offers and promotional programs are recorded as a reduction to revenue based on amounts the Company expects to collect. Estimates are regularly updated, and the impact of any adjustments are recognized in the period the adjustments are identified. In many cases, key sales terms such as pricing and quantities ordered are established at the time an order is placed and incentives have very short-term durations.

 

Amounts billed and due from customers are short term in nature and are classified as receivable since payments are unconditional and only the passage of time related to credit terms is required before payments are due. The Company does not grant payment financing terms greater than one year. Payments received in advance of revenue recognition are recorded as deferred revenue, as noted above.

 

Royalty Revenue

 

On June 13, 2022, KBI entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, effective as of May 13, 2022 (the “PMI Commencement Date”). Pursuant to the PMI License Agreement, KBI granted PMPSA an exclusive irrevocable license to use its technology, documentation, and intellectual property to make, distribute, and sell disposable nicotine e-cigarettes Products based on the intellectual property in certain international markets set forth in the PMI License Agreement (the “PMI Markets”). The Company has the exclusive international distribution rights to the Products and, in order to allow KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI License Agreement, has contributed the international distribution rights for the PMI Markets to KBI as set forth in a Capital Contribution Agreement, dated June 10, 2022. The sublicense granted to PMPSA is exclusive in the PMI Markets and neither KBI nor any of its affiliates can sell, promote, use, or distribute any competing products in the PMI Markets for the duration of the term of the PMI License Agreement and any Sell-Out Period (as defined in the PMI License Agreement). PMSPA will be responsible for any regulatory filings necessary to sell the Products in the PMI Markets. Both KBI and PMPSA agree to work together in the registration and maintenance of the Intellectual Property, but KBI will bear all cost and expense to implement the registration strategy. Finally, PMPSA has agreed to potential future development services with KBI in the PMI Markets and has been granted certain rights with respect to potential future products.

 

The initial term of the PMI License Agreement is five (5) years and automatically renews for an additional five-year period unless PMPSA has failed to meet the agreed upon minimum key performance indicators set forth in the PMI License Agreement, in which case the PMI License Agreement will automatically terminate at the end of the initial license term.

 

In consideration for the grant of the licensed rights, PMPSA agreed to pay to KBI a royalty equal to a percentage of the base price of the first sale of each unit of Product manufactured. In addition, before the launch of the first product in a market and each anniversary of such launch, PMPSA agrees to pre-pay to KBI a guaranteed minimum royalty based on the estimated royalties payable by PMPSA to KBI in relation to all markets in the twelve (12)-month period following the first launch or each successive anniversary of the first launch, subject to an aggregate maximum guaranteed royalty payment for all markets for each applicable twelve (12)-month period. PMPSA may require modification of certain products to be sold under the PMI Licensing Agreement to be modified for a PMI Market. Pursuant to the PMI Licensing Agreement, PMPSA has absolute discretion over sales, marketing, product branding and packaging pertaining to sales in the PMI Markets, as well as the right to select the specific PMI Markets in which to launch commercialization and determine what product types are to be promoted in each market, subject to sales and marketing plans and annual business plans set by PMPSA and certain expansion criteria agreed between PMPSA and KBI. Royalty revenue earned from the PMI License Agreement is recognized in the period the sales of the Product manufactured occurs.

 

The PMI License Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnification provisions; however, KBI’s liability under the PMI License Agreement is capped at the greater of: (i) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); or (ii) an amount equal to the total of the royalties due to KBI (but not yet paid) plus the royalties (including the guaranteed royalty payment) paid to KBI pursuant to the PMI License Agreement during the immediately preceding twelve (12) consecutive months, provided that such amount shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).

 

On June 10, 2022, Bidi entered into a License Agreement (the “KBI License Agreement”) with KBI, pursuant to which KBI has the exclusive irrevocable license to use Bidi’s licensed intellectual property to the extent necessary for KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI Licensing Agreement. Such irrevocable license includes: (i) the right of KBI to grant sub-licenses to PMPSA under the PMI License Agreement for the express purposes set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; (ii) the right of KBI to grant to PMPSA the right to grant sub-sub-licenses in the manner set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; and (iii) certain branding rights to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to permit KBI to perform its obligations to PMPSA as set forth in the PMI License Agreement.

 

On August 12, 2023, the Company executed and entered into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to the PMI License Amendment (which has an effective date of June 30, 2023), the following material changes have been made to the PMI License Agreement:

 

1.Royalty Rate. The royalty paid by PMPSA to KBI will no longer be based on sales price of the Product being sold, but rather on the volume of liquid contained within Product being sold. The royalty will be on a sliding scale of between $0.08 to $0.16 per sale based on the volume of liquid contained in the Product, increasing to between $0.10 to $0.20 per sale upon meeting certain sales milestones. For purposes of determining aggregate sales threshold, all sales undertaken since commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement will be counted.

 

2.Elimination of Certain Potential Royalty Adjustments. Certain potential adjustments to the royalties receivable by KBI as provided for in the PMI License Agreement have been eliminated.

 

3.Guaranteed Royalty. The guaranteed royalty payment owed to KBI under the PMI License Agreement has been eliminated. Instead, royalties will be paid on a quarterly basis going-forward based on actual sales. Any unpaid guaranteed royalty has been cancelled.

 

4.Insurance Tail Requirements. KBI’s requirement to keep certain tail insurance after the expiration or termination of the PMI Licensing Agreement was reduced from 6 years to 2 years.

 

5.Markets. The identification of the PMI Markets that PMI may enter has been expanded to cover certain additional territories.

 

6.Net Reconciliation Payment to KBI. As a result of the changes to the PMI License Agreement described in paragraphs 1 thought 3 above, the value of such changes was calculated and reconciled as of the date of commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement through June 30, 2023. On September 8, 2023, the Company received the Net Reconciliation Payment from PMPSA of $134,981 pursuant to this provision.

 

The KBI License Agreement provides that KBI shall pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Company paid license fees of approximately $150,000 to Bidi. As of April 30, 2024, no additional license fees are owed to Bidi.

 

As of April 30, 2024, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI license agreement totaled $327,673 of which $327,673 pertain to royalties. As of October 31, 2023, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI License Agreement totaled $1,002,196 of which $289,672 and $712,524 pertain to royalties and reimbursement of certain non-recurring engineering costs, respectively.

 

Net Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of potential common stock equivalents.

 

Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding plus common share equivalents from conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury method and preferred stock using the if-converted method, except when antidilutive. In the event of a net loss, the effects of all potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

Concentration of Revenues and Accounts Receivable

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2024, (i) 20% or $998,905 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from QuikTrip Corporation, and (ii) 15% or $763,562 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from GPM Investments, LLC. Subsequent to April 30, 2024, QuickTrip Corporation terminated its consignment arrangement with the Company.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2023, (i) 21% or $1,169,310 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from FAVS Business (“FAVS”), (ii) 19% or $1,054,646 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from H.T. Hackney Co., (iii) approximately 17% or $914,754 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI Stick, was generated from GPM Investments, LLC (“GPM”), and (iv) approximately 11% or $596,171 of the revenue from the sales of Products was generated from QuikTrip Corporation.

 

QuikTrip Corporation, with an outstanding balance of $171,494 and C Store Master, with an outstanding balance of $100,045 accounted for 53% and 31% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of April 30, 2024.  

 

FAVS Business LLC with an outstanding balance of $302,400, C Store Master with an outstanding balance of $300,590, and QuikTrip Corporation with an outstanding balance of $164,987 accounted for approximately 35%, 35%, and 19% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of October 31, 2023.

 

Share-Based Compensation

 

The Company measures the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments (share-based payments, referred to herein as “SBP”) based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is recognized over the period during which a recipient is required to provide service in exchange for the SBP award—the requisite service period (vesting period). For SBP awards subject to performance conditions, compensation is not recognized until the performance condition is probable of occurrence. The grant-date fair value of share options is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.

 

The fair value of each option granted during the fiscal six  month period ended April 30, 2024, and April 30, 2023, was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the weighted average assumptions in the following table:

                 
    As of April   As of April
    30, 2024   30, 2023
Expected dividend yield     0 %       0 %
Expected option term (years)     5.5 - 7         5.17 - 10  
Expected volatility     214.72 - 225.52 %       230.89 - 241.68 %
Risk-free interest rate     3.78 - 4.63 %       3.47 - 4.12 %

 

The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility was based on the volatility in the trading of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate used is based on the published U.S. Department of Treasury interest rates in effect at the time of stock option grant for zero coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities approximating each grant’s expected term. Forfeitures and cancellations are recorded as they occur.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.

 

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 - Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. As of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the Company did not have any financial assets or liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

 

The Company follows the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held. The ASU became effective for the Company on November 1, 2023, and determined that the update applied to accounts receivable. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and did not significantly impact the Company’s accounting policies or estimation methods related to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Not Yet Adopted   

 

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires additional disclosures reconciling the rates of different categories of income tax (i.e. federal, state, foreign, etc.) and a disaggregation of taxes paid and refunded. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and for interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its income tax disclosures.

 

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Going Concern
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Going Concern

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business within one year after the date the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company’s management evaluates whether there are conditions or events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

The Company will need significant additional funds to satisfy its outstanding payables, fund its working capital, and fully implement its business plan as the Company seeks to grow its revenues. In addition, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding Bidi’s PMTA process with FDA and outcome of Bidi’s petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the FDA’s January 2024 MDO relating to Classic Bidi® Stick as well as the Company’s significant recurring losses and present need for additional funding. All of these factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Management plans to continue similar operations with increased marketing and enhanced efforts to increase sales, which the Company believes will result in increased revenue and ultimately net income.

 

However, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans will be able to generate expected or greater amounts of revenues or ever achieve profitability due to the factors listed above as well as the regulation and public perception of ENDS products and the various other risks faced by the Company.

 

The accompanying consolidated 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 outcome of these or other risks or uncertainties.

 

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Intangible Assets
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

Note 4 – Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s intangible assets include patents and technology that were acquired as part of the Asset Purchase Agreement with GoFire, Inc. entered on May 30, 2023. The cost and accumulated amortization of the intangible assets amounted to $11,795,975 and $720,865 as of April 30, 2024, respectively and $11,795,975 and $327,666 as of October 31, 2023, respectively. Amortizable patents and technology have a useful life of 15.0 years with a weighted average remaining useful life of 14.1 years and 14.6 years as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023; respectively.

 

The Company recognized amortization expense of $393,199 and none for the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Amortization expense is included under general and administrative expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated statement of operations.

 

Future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

 

         
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     $ 393,200  
Year ended October 31, 2025       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2026       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2027       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2028       786,398  
Thereafter       7,536,318  
Total     $ 11,075,110  

 

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Loans Payable
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Loans Payable

Note 5 – Loans Payable

 

On May 9, 2023, the Company entered into two loan agreements which are collateralized by all assets of the Company until the loans are repaid in full. As illustrated in the following table, under the terms of these agreements, the Company received the disclosed Purchase Price and agreed to repay the disclosed Purchase Amount, which is collected by the lenders at the disclosed weekly payment rate. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mosser personally guarantees the performance of these loans. These loans were fully paid on December 4, 2023, upon their maturity.

 

On November 29, 2023, the Company entered into two loan agreements which are collateralized by all assets of the Company until the loans are repaid in full. As illustrated in the following table, under the terms of these agreements, the Company received the disclosed Purchase Price and agreed to repay the disclosed Purchase Amount, which is collected by the lenders at the disclosed weekly payment rate. The Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mosser personally guarantees the performance of these loans.

 

The Company has accounted for these agreements as loans under ASC 860 because while the Company provided rights to current and future receipts, the Company still had control over the receipts. The difference between the Purchase Amount and the Purchase Price is imputed interest that is recorded as interest expense when paid.

 

The following table shows the loan agreements as of April 30, 2024:

                                           
Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
November 29, 2023   $ 600,000     $ 864,000     $ 140,991     Weekly     30,857     $ 9,009  
November 29, 2023     600,000       864,000       140,870     Weekly     30,857       9,130  
    $ 1,200,000     $ 1,728,000     $ 281,861                 $ 18,139  

 

The following table shows the loan agreements as of October 31, 2023:

 

Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
May 9, 2023   $ 400,000     $ 580,000     $ 53,709     Weekly     20,714     $ 3,434  
May 9, 2023     400,000       580,000       80,467     Weekly     20,714       5,247  
    $ 800,000     $ 1,160,000     $ 134,176                 $ 8,681  

 

On August 9, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with AJB Capital Investments, LLC (“AJB”), pursuant to which the Company sold a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $650,000 (the “Note”) to AJB in a private transaction for a purchase price of $585,000 (giving effect to original issue discount of $65,000). The Note matures on February 8, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”) and bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Interest shall be payable on a monthly basis beginning on the date that is one month following the date of issuance of the Note. Provided no event of default (as defined in the Note) is in effect as of the Maturity Date, the Company may elect to extend the Maturity Date for a period of six (6) months. Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company paid a commitment fee to AJB in the form of 19,048 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment Fee Shares”) with a relative fair value of $130,478 which was recognized as discount to the note. The debt discount and issuance costs are amortized over the term of the note. Amortization expense amounted to $38,273 and zero 0 for the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the carrying value of the loan and unamortized debt discount and issuance costs were zero and $513,295 and zero and $136,705, respectively.

 

Under the SPA, the Company has the right to repurchase half of the Commitment Fee Shares if the Note is repaid in full prior to maturity. On December 1, 2023, the Company fully paid the loan balance in advance of the maturity date. In connection with the repayment of the Note, the Company agreed that AJB would be permitted to retain all of the Commitment Fee Shares. The Company recognized zero and $98,432 as loss on extinguishment of debt for the three and six months ended April 30, 2024.    

 

On May 20, 2023, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from Westfield Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $342,001 and subject to an effective interest rate of 7.79%. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the remaining balance was zero and $152,000, respectively.

 

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Leases
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Leases  
Leases

Note 6 – Leases

 

The Company does not have financing leases and has only one operating lease for office space and inventory storage space with Just Pick, LLC (“Just Pick”), a related party owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company (see Note 8). Certain of the Company’s leases, have and may in the future, include renewal options, which have been and might be in the future, included in the calculation of the lease liabilities and right of use assets when the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the option.

 

Cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

 

               
    April 30, 2024   April 30, 2023
Other Lease Information                
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:                
Operating cash flows from operating leases   $ (89,183 )   $ (94,347 )

 

The following table provides the maturities of lease liabilities on April 30, 2024: 

 

       
    Operating Leases
     
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     116,140  
Year ended October 31, 2025     238,800  
Year ended October 31, 2026     253,614  
Year ended October 31, 2027     274,946  
Year ended October 31, 2028     175,989  
Total future undiscounted lease payments   $ 1,059,489  
Less: Interest     (97,897 )
Present value of lease liabilities   $ 961,592  

 

At April 30, 2024, the Company had no additional leases which had not yet commenced.

 

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Stockholders’ Equity
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders’ Equity

Note 7 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On May 30, 2023, the Company issued 900,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock as consideration for the acquisition of the GoFire Purchased Assets. The Series B Preferred Stock carries no voting rights except: (i) with respect to the ability of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (the “Majority Holders”), to nominate a director to the Company’s board of directors, and (ii) that the vote of the Majority Holders is necessary for effecting any amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation that affects the Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of the Company at a redemption price of $15 per share, subject to potential downward adjustments based on the trading price of the Common Stock. Subject to additional limitations in the GoFire APA, the Series B Preferred Stock holds seniority over the Common Stock and each other class of series of securities now existing or hereafter authorized with respect to dividend rights, the distribution of assets upon liquidation, and dissolution and redemption rights. Upon a liquidation and winding up of the Company, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference of $15 per share (the “Liquidation Preference”), though the redemption may be adjusted downward based on the trading price of the Common Stock at the time of liquidation. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a dividend equal to 2% of the Liquidation Preference, accruing from the Closing Date and payable on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date. Amounts payable in respect of the Series B Dividend shall begin to accrue on a daily basis, be cumulative from and including the Original Issue Date, whether or not the Corporation has funds legally available for such dividends or such dividends are declared, shall compound on each six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date and shall be payable in arrears on the 18-month anniversary of the Original Issue Date. No preemptive rights are granted to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock. The Majority Holders have the ability to cause a voluntary conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock at a conversion rate of 0.3968 shares of Common Stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock which may only occur on or after the following dates 18-month, 24 month, 36 month, 48 month, and 60 month anniversary of the original issuance date; and only up to 180,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock on each of these dates. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock will automatically convert to Common Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the GoFire APA).

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

On January 22, 2024, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to affect a 1-for-21 reverse stock split (the “2024 Reverse Stock Split”) of the shares of the Common Stock. The 2024 Reverse Stock Split was effective on January 25, 2024, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the 2024 Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares of the Company’s Common Stock that would have otherwise resulted from the 2024 Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole number. In connection with the 2024 Reverse Stock Split, the Board approved appropriate and proportional adjustments to all outstanding securities or other rights convertible or exercisable into shares of the Common Stock, including, without limitation, all preferred stock, warrants, options, and other equity compensation rights. All historical share and per-share amounts reflected throughout the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and other financial information in this Report have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 2024 Reverse Stock Split as if the split occurred as of the earliest period presented. The par value per share of the Common Stock was not affected by the 2024 Reverse Stock Split.

 

Common Stock

 

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company issued zero 0 and 52,949 shares of common stock, respectively, for rounding of shares related to the Reverse Split.

 

During the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company issued zero and 16,667 shares of common stock, respectively, to a FINRA member broker-dealer in connection with the termination of its relationship with such broker dealer. The fair value was $62,000 based on the closing price of the common stock on the termination date and recorded as stock-based compensation.

 

Stock Options  

 

Summary of stock options information is as follows:

 

               
                Weighted
        Aggregate       Average
    Aggregate Number   Exercise Price   Exercise Price Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     449,106     $ 14,081,408     $ 10.08-602.28     $ 31.36  
Granted     104,693       529,899       2.81-11.76       5.06  
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (285,978 )     (4,504,492 )     2.81 - 36.12       15.75  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     267,821     $ 10,106,815     $ 2.81-602.28     $ 37.74  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     225,963     $ 9,619,018     $ 3.64-602.28     $ 42.57  

 

During the three months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized ($289,088) and $1,352,938, respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding stock options. During the six months ended April 30, 2024, and 2023, the Company recognized $20,870 and $2,788,725, respectively, of stock option expense related to outstanding stock options. The stock option expense is net of forfeitures related to the stock option expense of cancelled stock options during the three and six months ended April 30, 2024 that were reversed. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of the options granted during the fiscal six month periods ended April 30, 2024 and April 30, 2023 was $5.03 and $17.64, respectively.

 

On April 30, 2024, the Company had $144,413 of unrecognized expenses related to options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.30 years. The weighted average remaining contractual life is approximately 8.53 years for stock options outstanding on April 30, 2024. The aggregate intrinsic value of these outstanding options as of April 30, 2024, was $25,920.

 

Compensation expense related to performance-based options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, provided that it is probable that performance conditions will be achieved, with probability assessed on a quarterly basis and any changes in expectations recognized as an adjustment to earnings in the period of the change. Compensation cost is not recognized for service- and performance-based awards that do not vest because service or performance conditions are not satisfied, and any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed. If vesting occurs prior to the end of the requisite service period, expense is accelerated and fully recognized through the vesting date.

 

Warrants

 

Warrant information as of the periods indicated is as follows:

 

               
                Weighted
    Aggregate   Aggregate   Exercise Price   Average
    Number   Exercise Price   Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     242,548     $ 13,946,006     $ 12.39-126.00     $ 57.51  
Granted                        
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (36,912 )     (544,025 )     12.39-15.33       14.74  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  

 

The weighted average remaining contractual life is approximately 2.72 years for Common Stock warrants outstanding as of April 30, 2024. As of April 30, 2024, there was no intrinsic value of outstanding stock warrants.

 

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Related-Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related-Party Transactions

Note 8 – Related-Party Transactions

 

In March 2020, the Company commenced business operations as a result of becoming the exclusive distributor of certain ENDS and related components (the “Products”) manufactured by Bidi, a related party company that is also owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company.

 

Revenue and Accounts Receivable 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2024, the Company recognized revenue of $3,700 from one company owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, and/or his wife. There was no accounts receivable balance for these transactions as of April 30, 2024.

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2023, the Company recognized revenue of $6,713 from three companies owned by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, and/or his wife.

 

Concentration of Purchases and Accounts Payable 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2024, 100% of the inventories of Products, consisting solely of the BIDI® Stick, were purchased from Bidi, a related party controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, in the amount of $273,060. As of April 30, 2024, the Company had accounts payable to Bidi of $1,275,000 from purchases of inventory, and Products valued at $598,162 were held in inventory.

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2023, 100% of the inventories of Products, consisting solely of the BIDI® Stick, were purchased from Bidi, a related party controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, in the amount of $6,355,234.

 

The KBI License agreement provides that KBI shall pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. As of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, no additional license fees are owed to Bidi. As of April 30, 2024, the Company had a payable to Bidi of $78,691 for reimbursement of insurance expense. As of October 31, 2023, the Company had a payable to Bidi of $712,524 for certain non-recurring engineering costs related to the PMI License Agreement which were fully paid in November 2023, and $240,802 for reimbursement of insurance expense.

 

Leased Office Space and Storage Space

 

On June 10, 2022, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement with Just Pick, LLC, owned and controlled by Nirajkumar Patel, the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. The Company had $49,335  and $98,168 in operating lease expenses for the three and six months ended April 30, 2024, respectively, and $47,398  and $94,347 for the three and six months ended April 30, 2023, respectively.

 

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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company follows ASC 450-20, Loss Contingencies, to report accounting for contingencies. Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. There were no commitments or contingencies as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, other than the below:

 

QuikfillRx Service Agreement Amendment

 

Effective as of November 9, 2022, the Company entered into its latest amendment to the Service Agreement with QuikfillRx (collectively with prior amendments, the “Amended Service Agreement”). The November 9, 2022 amendment to the Service Agreement was captioned as the “Fourth Amendment” although it was the fifth amendment to the Service Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended Service Agreement:

 

(a) the term of the Amended Service Agreement was extended (unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of the Amended Service Agreement) from November 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) until October 31, 2025, following which the term shall automatically renew for successive one (1) year period beginning November 1, 2025;

 

(b) QuikfillRx agreed to change its “doing business as” name to “Kaival Marketing Services” within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date;

 

(c) it was provided that either party may terminate the Amended Service Agreement without cause upon not less than ninety (90) days prior written notice to the other party;

 

(d) QuikfillRx was granted a one-time, fully vested, ten-year non-qualified option award to purchase up to 11,905 shares of Company common stock with an exercise price of $20.72 per share (the closing price of the Company’s common stock on November 9, 2022). The option grant was memorialized pursuant to a Nonqualified Option Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, between the Company and QuikfillRx; and

 

(e) the parties agreed to revise the compensation for services as follows: (i) payment of $125,000 per month; (ii) bonus equivalent to 0.27% of the applicable gross quarterly sales and (iii) a grant of 3,000,000 nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of Company common stock which shall vest based on achievement of certain net revenue and profit margin targets up to $180,000,000 in total net revenues over a period of 3 years.

 

On February 21, 2024, the Company terminated the agreement and all amendments with QuikFillRx. Per the termination, the Company was required to pay $80,000 by March 1, 2024, in full satisfaction of all obligations, debts, and prior services, including but not limited to stock incentives, bonuses, third party obligations, owed by the Company to QuickfillRx. The Company made the required payment on February 28, 2024.

 

The Company accrued zero 0 and $35,338 for a quarterly bonus payable to QuikfillRx, based on the Applicable Gross Quarterly Sales results of the three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 10 – Subsequent Events 

 

Insurance financing

 

On May 10, 2024, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from First Insurance Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $381,077 and subject to an effective interest rate of 7.45%.

 

On May 10, 2024, the Company obtained a nine-month loan from First Insurance Bank to finance the annual D&O insurance. The principal amount was $94,404 and subject to an effective interest rate of 11.15%.

 

International Trade Commission claims against the Company  

 

On June 11, 2024, RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and RAI Services Company (collectively, the “RJ Reynolds Entities”) filed a patent infringement complaint with the International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) against Bidi, us, and forty (40) other respondents (the “ITC Complaint”) pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Specifically, the ITC Complaint alleges that one or more components or elements of the Bidi Stick infringe U.S. Patent No. 11,925,202,   which is owned by one of the RJ Reynolds Entities. The ITC Complaint requests the ITC grant: (a) temporary and permanent limited exclusion orders pursuant to Section 337(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the importation of the Bidi Stick in the United States; and (b) issue temporary and permanent cease and desist orders pursuant to 337(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of the Bidi Stick in the United States. No damages are recoverable in the proceedings before the ITC.   If the Company or Bidi is prohibited from importing the Bidi Stick, then our business, operations, financial results, and reputation would be significantly adversely impacted.   

 

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kaival Labs and KBI. Intercompany transactions are eliminated.

 

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s most recent audited financial statements contained within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim period presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. Notes to the consolidated financial statements, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal period as reported in the 2023 Annual Report, have been omitted.

 

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading have been included. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

Cash

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023.

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insures deposits according to the ownership category in which the funds are insured and how the accounts are titled. The standard deposit insurance coverage limit is $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category. The Company had uninsured cash of $142,668 and $252,586 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

Advertising and Promotion

Advertising and Promotion

 

All advertising, promotion and marketing expenses, including commissions, are expensed when incurred.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses   

 

Accounts receivable pertain to contracts with customers who are granted credit by the Company in the ordinary course of business and are recorded at the invoiced amount. Accounts receivable does not bear interest. Accounts receivable presented on the consolidated balance sheet are adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowance for credit losses. The Company’s allowance for credit losses is developed by using relevant available information including historical collection and loss experience, current economic conditions, prevailing economic conditions, supportable forecasted economic conditions and evaluations of customer balances. Once a receivable is deemed uncollectible after collection efforts have been exhausted, it is written off against the allowance for credit losses. The Company closely monitors the credit quality of its customers and does not generally require collateral or other security on receivables. The allowance for credit losses is measured on a collective basis when similar risk characteristics exist.

 

As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, based upon management’s assessment of the accounts receivable aging and the customers’ payment history, the Company has determined allowance for credit losses of $133,062 and zero , respectively.   

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recorded an estimated accrual for potential customer returns of the “Classic” products of $155,925 and $113,243 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively, which is included in accrued expenses in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets.

 

Credit Risk

Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, which are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of purchases of inventories, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and revenue. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral on trade receivables. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant credit losses.

 

Inventories

Inventories

 

All product inventory is purchased from a related party, Bidi. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost includes all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Company determines cost based on the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the inventories only consisted of finished goods and were located in three locations: the Company’s main warehouse located in Florida and two customer warehouses whose service agreements are on a consignment basis with the Company.

 

On January 22, 2024, the FDA issued an MDO on Bidi Vapor’s “Classic” BIDI ® Stick PMTA. The Company evaluated the impact of this MDO to the financial statements and recognized a full reserve for all remaining “Classic” products on hand amounting to $309,932 and $381,512 as of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively.

 

Leases

Leases

 

The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at commencement of the arrangement based on whether it has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of an identified asset and whether it has the right to direct the use of an identified asset in exchange for consideration, which relates to an asset which the Company does not own. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The Company recognizes lease liabilities at the present value of the future lease payments and a corresponding ROU asset at the lease commencement date. The interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the rate implicit in the lease unless that rate cannot be readily determined. When the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Company’s Incremental Borrowing Rate (“IBR”). The IBR is a hypothetical rate based on the Company’s understanding of what its credit rating would be to borrow and resulting interest the Company would pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment over the lease term on a collateralized basis. Periods covered by the Company’s option to extend or terminate the lease are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise its option to extend or not exercise its option to terminate, as applicable.

 

Lease payments may be fixed or variable; however, only fixed payments or in-substance fixed payments are included in the Company’s lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments may include costs such as common area maintenance, utilities, real estate taxes or other costs. Variable lease payments are recognized in operating expenses in the period in which the obligations for those payments are incurred. The Company records rent expense for its operating lease, which has escalating rent payments, on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not have any financing leases.

 

The Company made a policy election not to separate non-lease components from lease components for all its leases; therefore, it accounts for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company also elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify, such that leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which includes definite-lived intangibles, long-lived fixed assets and lease right-of-use assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the Company’s overall business or significant negative industry or economic trends. If this evaluation indicates that the value of the long-lived asset may be impaired, the Company makes an assessment of the recoverability of the net carrying value of the asset over its remaining useful life. If this assessment indicates that the long-lived asset is not recoverable, based on the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the technology over the remaining useful life, the Company reduces the net carrying value of the related asset to fair value and may adjust the remaining useful life. An impairment analysis is subjective and assumptions regarding future growth rates and operating expense levels can have a significant impact on the expected future cash flows and impairment analysis.

 

No impairment was identified for the six months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”). The Company recognizes revenue when a customer obtains control of promised goods, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to receive in exchange for the goods. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contracts with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods it transfers to the customer. Under ASC 606, disaggregated revenue from contracts with customers depicts the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows affected by economic factors.

 

Deferred Revenue

Deferred Revenue

 

The Company accepts partial payments for orders from wholesale customers, which it holds as deposits or deferred revenue, until the Company has received full payment and orders are shipped to the customer. Revenue for these orders is recognized at the time of shipment to the customer. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had no amounts in deposits from customers.

 

Customer Refunds

Customer Refunds

 

In the normal course of business, the Company issues credits for product returns and certain customer incentives related to rebates, discounts and promotions. When such credits exceed amounts receivable from customers, the Company recognizes such excess amounts as customer refunds which will be applied against future product purchases. As of April 30, 2024, and October 31, 2023, the Company had customer refunds due in the amounts equal to $331,459 and $392,406, respectively.

 

Products Revenue

Products Revenue

 

The Company generates products revenue from the sale of the Products (as defined above) to non-retail customers. The Company recognizes revenue at a point in time based on management’s evaluation of when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied and control of the Products has been transferred to the customer. In most situations, transfer of control is considered complete when the products have been shipped to the customer. The Company determined that a customer obtains control of the Product upon shipment when title of such product and risk of loss transfer to the customer. However, when the Company enters a consignment agreement with a new customer, once it ships and delivers the requested amount of ordered Products to its distribution center for its retail sales locations, the Company retains ownership of the delivered Products until they are delivered to the actual retail stores (as opposed to the Company’s consignment customer). The Company’s shipping and handling costs are fulfillment costs, and such amounts are classified as part of cost of sales. The Company offers credit sales arrangements to non-retail (or wholesale) customers and monitors the collectability of each credit sale routinely.

 

Revenue is measured by the transaction price, which is defined as the amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for providing goods to customers. The transaction price is adjusted for estimates of known or expected variable consideration, which includes refunds and returns as well as incentive offers and promotional discounts on current orders. Estimates for sales returns are based on, among other things, an assessment of historical trends, information from customers, and anticipated returns related to current sales activity. These estimates are established in the period of sale and reduce revenue in the period of the sale. Variable consideration related to incentive offers and promotional programs are recorded as a reduction to revenue based on amounts the Company expects to collect. Estimates are regularly updated, and the impact of any adjustments are recognized in the period the adjustments are identified. In many cases, key sales terms such as pricing and quantities ordered are established at the time an order is placed and incentives have very short-term durations.

 

Amounts billed and due from customers are short term in nature and are classified as receivable since payments are unconditional and only the passage of time related to credit terms is required before payments are due. The Company does not grant payment financing terms greater than one year. Payments received in advance of revenue recognition are recorded as deferred revenue, as noted above.

 

Royalty Revenue

Royalty Revenue

 

On June 13, 2022, KBI entered into the PMI License Agreement with PMPSA, effective as of May 13, 2022 (the “PMI Commencement Date”). Pursuant to the PMI License Agreement, KBI granted PMPSA an exclusive irrevocable license to use its technology, documentation, and intellectual property to make, distribute, and sell disposable nicotine e-cigarettes Products based on the intellectual property in certain international markets set forth in the PMI License Agreement (the “PMI Markets”). The Company has the exclusive international distribution rights to the Products and, in order to allow KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI License Agreement, has contributed the international distribution rights for the PMI Markets to KBI as set forth in a Capital Contribution Agreement, dated June 10, 2022. The sublicense granted to PMPSA is exclusive in the PMI Markets and neither KBI nor any of its affiliates can sell, promote, use, or distribute any competing products in the PMI Markets for the duration of the term of the PMI License Agreement and any Sell-Out Period (as defined in the PMI License Agreement). PMSPA will be responsible for any regulatory filings necessary to sell the Products in the PMI Markets. Both KBI and PMPSA agree to work together in the registration and maintenance of the Intellectual Property, but KBI will bear all cost and expense to implement the registration strategy. Finally, PMPSA has agreed to potential future development services with KBI in the PMI Markets and has been granted certain rights with respect to potential future products.

 

The initial term of the PMI License Agreement is five (5) years and automatically renews for an additional five-year period unless PMPSA has failed to meet the agreed upon minimum key performance indicators set forth in the PMI License Agreement, in which case the PMI License Agreement will automatically terminate at the end of the initial license term.

 

In consideration for the grant of the licensed rights, PMPSA agreed to pay to KBI a royalty equal to a percentage of the base price of the first sale of each unit of Product manufactured. In addition, before the launch of the first product in a market and each anniversary of such launch, PMPSA agrees to pre-pay to KBI a guaranteed minimum royalty based on the estimated royalties payable by PMPSA to KBI in relation to all markets in the twelve (12)-month period following the first launch or each successive anniversary of the first launch, subject to an aggregate maximum guaranteed royalty payment for all markets for each applicable twelve (12)-month period. PMPSA may require modification of certain products to be sold under the PMI Licensing Agreement to be modified for a PMI Market. Pursuant to the PMI Licensing Agreement, PMPSA has absolute discretion over sales, marketing, product branding and packaging pertaining to sales in the PMI Markets, as well as the right to select the specific PMI Markets in which to launch commercialization and determine what product types are to be promoted in each market, subject to sales and marketing plans and annual business plans set by PMPSA and certain expansion criteria agreed between PMPSA and KBI. Royalty revenue earned from the PMI License Agreement is recognized in the period the sales of the Product manufactured occurs.

 

The PMI License Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnification provisions; however, KBI’s liability under the PMI License Agreement is capped at the greater of: (i) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); or (ii) an amount equal to the total of the royalties due to KBI (but not yet paid) plus the royalties (including the guaranteed royalty payment) paid to KBI pursuant to the PMI License Agreement during the immediately preceding twelve (12) consecutive months, provided that such amount shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).

 

On June 10, 2022, Bidi entered into a License Agreement (the “KBI License Agreement”) with KBI, pursuant to which KBI has the exclusive irrevocable license to use Bidi’s licensed intellectual property to the extent necessary for KBI to fulfill its obligations set forth in the PMI Licensing Agreement. Such irrevocable license includes: (i) the right of KBI to grant sub-licenses to PMPSA under the PMI License Agreement for the express purposes set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; (ii) the right of KBI to grant to PMPSA the right to grant sub-sub-licenses in the manner set forth in the PMI License Agreement, but for no other purpose; and (iii) certain branding rights to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to permit KBI to perform its obligations to PMPSA as set forth in the PMI License Agreement.

 

On August 12, 2023, the Company executed and entered into a Deed of Amendment No. 1 (the “PMI License Amendment”) with PMPSA, Bidi and KBI. Pursuant to the PMI License Amendment (which has an effective date of June 30, 2023), the following material changes have been made to the PMI License Agreement:

 

1.Royalty Rate. The royalty paid by PMPSA to KBI will no longer be based on sales price of the Product being sold, but rather on the volume of liquid contained within Product being sold. The royalty will be on a sliding scale of between $0.08 to $0.16 per sale based on the volume of liquid contained in the Product, increasing to between $0.10 to $0.20 per sale upon meeting certain sales milestones. For purposes of determining aggregate sales threshold, all sales undertaken since commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement will be counted.

 

2.Elimination of Certain Potential Royalty Adjustments. Certain potential adjustments to the royalties receivable by KBI as provided for in the PMI License Agreement have been eliminated.

 

3.Guaranteed Royalty. The guaranteed royalty payment owed to KBI under the PMI License Agreement has been eliminated. Instead, royalties will be paid on a quarterly basis going-forward based on actual sales. Any unpaid guaranteed royalty has been cancelled.

 

4.Insurance Tail Requirements. KBI’s requirement to keep certain tail insurance after the expiration or termination of the PMI Licensing Agreement was reduced from 6 years to 2 years.

 

5.Markets. The identification of the PMI Markets that PMI may enter has been expanded to cover certain additional territories.

 

6.Net Reconciliation Payment to KBI. As a result of the changes to the PMI License Agreement described in paragraphs 1 thought 3 above, the value of such changes was calculated and reconciled as of the date of commencement of the PMI Licensing Agreement through June 30, 2023. On September 8, 2023, the Company received the Net Reconciliation Payment from PMPSA of $134,981 pursuant to this provision.

 

The KBI License Agreement provides that KBI shall pay Bidi license fees equivalent to 50% of the adjusted earned royalty payments, after any offsets due to jointly agreed costs such development costs incurred for entry to specific international markets. During the year ended October 31, 2023, the Company paid license fees of approximately $150,000 to Bidi. As of April 30, 2024, no additional license fees are owed to Bidi.

 

As of April 30, 2024, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI license agreement totaled $327,673 of which $327,673 pertain to royalties. As of October 31, 2023, amounts receivable from PMPSA in connection with the PMI License Agreement totaled $1,002,196 of which $289,672 and $712,524 pertain to royalties and reimbursement of certain non-recurring engineering costs, respectively.

 

Net Loss Per Share

Net Loss Per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of potential common stock equivalents.

 

Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding plus common share equivalents from conversion of dilutive stock options and warrants using the treasury method and preferred stock using the if-converted method, except when antidilutive. In the event of a net loss, the effects of all potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation as their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

Concentration of Revenues and Accounts Receivable

Concentration of Revenues and Accounts Receivable

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2024, (i) 20% or $998,905 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from QuikTrip Corporation, and (ii) 15% or $763,562 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from GPM Investments, LLC. Subsequent to April 30, 2024, QuickTrip Corporation terminated its consignment arrangement with the Company.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2023, (i) 21% or $1,169,310 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI® Stick, was generated from FAVS Business (“FAVS”), (ii) 19% or $1,054,646 of the revenue from the sale of the Products was generated from H.T. Hackney Co., (iii) approximately 17% or $914,754 of the revenue from the sale of Products, solely consisting of the BIDI Stick, was generated from GPM Investments, LLC (“GPM”), and (iv) approximately 11% or $596,171 of the revenue from the sales of Products was generated from QuikTrip Corporation.

 

QuikTrip Corporation, with an outstanding balance of $171,494 and C Store Master, with an outstanding balance of $100,045 accounted for 53% and 31% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of April 30, 2024.  

 

FAVS Business LLC with an outstanding balance of $302,400, C Store Master with an outstanding balance of $300,590, and QuikTrip Corporation with an outstanding balance of $164,987 accounted for approximately 35%, 35%, and 19% of the total accounts receivable from customers, respectively, as of October 31, 2023.

 

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

 

The Company measures the cost of services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments (share-based payments, referred to herein as “SBP”) based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is recognized over the period during which a recipient is required to provide service in exchange for the SBP award—the requisite service period (vesting period). For SBP awards subject to performance conditions, compensation is not recognized until the performance condition is probable of occurrence. The grant-date fair value of share options is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.

 

The fair value of each option granted during the fiscal six  month period ended April 30, 2024, and April 30, 2023, was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the weighted average assumptions in the following table:

                 
    As of April   As of April
    30, 2024   30, 2023
Expected dividend yield     0 %       0 %
Expected option term (years)     5.5 - 7         5.17 - 10  
Expected volatility     214.72 - 225.52 %       230.89 - 241.68 %
Risk-free interest rate     3.78 - 4.63 %       3.47 - 4.12 %

 

The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility was based on the volatility in the trading of the Company’s common stock. The risk-free interest rate used is based on the published U.S. Department of Treasury interest rates in effect at the time of stock option grant for zero coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities approximating each grant’s expected term. Forfeitures and cancellations are recorded as they occur.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.

 

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 - Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. These financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. As of April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, the Company did not have any financial assets or liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

 

The Company follows the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held. The ASU became effective for the Company on November 1, 2023, and determined that the update applied to accounts receivable. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and did not significantly impact the Company’s accounting policies or estimation methods related to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Not Yet Adopted

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Not Yet Adopted   

 

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires additional disclosures reconciling the rates of different categories of income tax (i.e. federal, state, foreign, etc.) and a disaggregation of taxes paid and refunded. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and for interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on its income tax disclosures.

 

v3.24.1.1.u2
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of weighted average assumptions
                 
    As of April   As of April
    30, 2024   30, 2023
Expected dividend yield     0 %       0 %
Expected option term (years)     5.5 - 7         5.17 - 10  
Expected volatility     214.72 - 225.52 %       230.89 - 241.68 %
Risk-free interest rate     3.78 - 4.63 %       3.47 - 4.12 %
v3.24.1.1.u2
Intangible Assets (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of future amortization expense of intangible assets
         
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     $ 393,200  
Year ended October 31, 2025       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2026       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2027       786,398  
Year ended October 31, 2028       786,398  
Thereafter       7,536,318  
Total     $ 11,075,110  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Loans Payable (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of loan agreements
                                           
Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
November 29, 2023   $ 600,000     $ 864,000     $ 140,991     Weekly     30,857     $ 9,009  
November 29, 2023     600,000       864,000       140,870     Weekly     30,857       9,130  
    $ 1,200,000     $ 1,728,000     $ 281,861                 $ 18,139  

 

The following table shows the loan agreements as of October 31, 2023:

 

Inception Date   Purchase Price   Purchased Amount   Outstanding Balance   Payment frequency   Payment Rate   Deferred Finance Fees
May 9, 2023   $ 400,000     $ 580,000     $ 53,709     Weekly     20,714     $ 3,434  
May 9, 2023     400,000       580,000       80,467     Weekly     20,714       5,247  
    $ 800,000     $ 1,160,000     $ 134,176                 $ 8,681  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Leases (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Leases  
Schedule of cash flow information related to leases
               
    April 30, 2024   April 30, 2023
Other Lease Information                
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:                
Operating cash flows from operating leases   $ (89,183 )   $ (94,347 )
Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities
       
    Operating Leases
     
Remaining period in 2024 (six months)     116,140  
Year ended October 31, 2025     238,800  
Year ended October 31, 2026     253,614  
Year ended October 31, 2027     274,946  
Year ended October 31, 2028     175,989  
Total future undiscounted lease payments   $ 1,059,489  
Less: Interest     (97,897 )
Present value of lease liabilities   $ 961,592  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Stockholders’ Equity (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Schedule of stock options
               
                Weighted
        Aggregate       Average
    Aggregate Number   Exercise Price   Exercise Price Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     449,106     $ 14,081,408     $ 10.08-602.28     $ 31.36  
Granted     104,693       529,899       2.81-11.76       5.06  
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (285,978 )     (4,504,492 )     2.81 - 36.12       15.75  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     267,821     $ 10,106,815     $ 2.81-602.28     $ 37.74  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     225,963     $ 9,619,018     $ 3.64-602.28     $ 42.57  
Schedule of warrant information
               
                Weighted
    Aggregate   Aggregate   Exercise Price   Average
    Number   Exercise Price   Range   Exercise Price
Outstanding, October 31, 2023     242,548     $ 13,946,006     $ 12.39-126.00     $ 57.51  
Granted                        
Exercised                        
Cancelled, forfeited, or expired     (36,912 )     (544,025 )     12.39-15.33       14.74  
Outstanding, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  
Exercisable, April 30, 2024     205,636     $ 13,401,981     $ 39.90-126.00     $ 65.19  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Expected dividend yield 0.00% 0.00%
Minimum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Expected option term (years) 5 years 6 months 5 years 2 months 1 day
Expected volatility 214.72% 230.89%
Risk-free interest rate 3.78% 3.47%
Maximum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Expected option term (years) 7 years 10 years
Expected volatility 225.52% 241.68%
Risk-free interest rate 4.63% 4.12%
v3.24.1.1.u2
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 08, 2023
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Oct. 31, 2023
Product Information [Line Items]        
Cash equivalents   $ 0   $ 0
FDIC insured amount   250,000    
Uninsured cash   142,668   252,586
Allowance for credit losses   133,062   0
Accrued liabilities   155,925   113,243
Inventory reserves   309,932   381,512
Impairment   0 $ 0  
Deposits from customers   0   0
Customer refund due   $ 331,459   392,406
Description of royalty rate   The royalty paid by PMPSA to KBI will no longer be based on sales price of the Product being sold, but rather on the volume of liquid contained within Product being sold. The royalty will be on a sliding scale of between $0.08 to $0.16 per sale based on the volume of liquid contained in the Product, increasing to between $0.10 to $0.20 per sale upon meeting certain sales milestones.    
Revenue not from contract with customer   $ 998,905 1,169,310  
Revenue from sale   763,562 1,054,646  
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Quik Trip Corporation [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Outstanding balance   171,494   $ 164,987
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Quik Trip Corporation [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Concentration risk percentage       19.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | C Store Master [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Outstanding balance   $ 100,045   $ 300,590
Accounts Receivable [Member] | C Store Master [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Concentration risk percentage   31.00%   35.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Quik Trip [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Concentration risk percentage   53.00%    
Accounts Receivable [Member] | FAVS Business LLC [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Outstanding balance       $ 302,400
Accounts Receivable [Member] | FAVS Business LLC [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Concentration risk percentage       35.00%
BIDI Stick [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Revenue not from contract with customer     914,754  
Quik Trip Corporation [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Revenue not from contract with customer     $ 596,171  
PMI License Agreement [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Liabilities   $ 10,000,000    
Royalty payment   30,000,000    
PMI License Agreement [Member] | PMPSA [Member]        
Product Information [Line Items]        
Royalty payment received $ 134,981      
License agreement amount   327,673   $ 1,002,196
Reimbursement amount   $ 327,673   712,524
Royalty amount       $ 289,672
v3.24.1.1.u2
Intangible Assets (Details)
Apr. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Remaining period in 2024 (six months) $ 393,200
Year ended October 31, 2025 786,398
Year ended October 31, 2026 786,398
Year ended October 31, 2027 786,398
Year ended October 31, 2028 786,398
Thereafter 7,536,318
Total $ 11,075,110
v3.24.1.1.u2
Intangible Assets (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Oct. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]      
Cost of intangible assets $ 11,795,975   $ 11,795,975
Accumulated amortization of intangible asset $ 720,865   $ 327,666
Weighted average remaining useful life 14 years 1 month 6 days   14 years 7 months 6 days
Amortization expense $ 393,199 $ 0  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Loans Payable (Details) - USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2024
Oct. 31, 2023
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Purchase Price $ 1,200,000 $ 800,000
Purchased Amount 1,728,000 1,160,000
Outstanding Balance 281,861 134,176
Deferred Finance Fees 18,139 8,681
November 29, 2023 [Member]    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Purchase Price 600,000  
Purchased Amount 864,000  
Outstanding Balance 140,991  
Payment Rate 30,857  
Deferred Finance Fees 9,009  
November 29, 2023 [Member]    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Purchase Price 600,000  
Purchased Amount 864,000  
Outstanding Balance 140,870  
Payment Rate 30,857  
Deferred Finance Fees $ 9,130  
May 9, 2023 [Member]    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Purchase Price   400,000
Purchased Amount   580,000
Outstanding Balance   53,709
Payment Rate   20,714
Deferred Finance Fees   3,434
May 9, 2023 [Member]    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Purchase Price   400,000
Purchased Amount   580,000
Outstanding Balance   80,467
Payment Rate   20,714
Deferred Finance Fees   $ 5,247
v3.24.1.1.u2
Loans Payable (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Oct. 31, 2023
May 20, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Commitment fee shares 19,048      
Amortization expense $ 38,273 $ 0    
Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs 513,295   $ 136,705  
Loss on extinguishment of debt 98,432      
Promissory note principal amount $ 281,861   134,176  
Westfield Bank [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Promissory note principal amount       $ 342,001
Interest rate       7.79%
Loan, reamaining balance     $ 152,000  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Leases (Details) - USD ($)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:    
Operating cash flows from operating leases $ (89,183) $ (94,347)
v3.24.1.1.u2
Leases (Details 1)
Apr. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Leases  
Remaining period in 2024 (six months) $ 116,140
Year ended October 31, 2025 238,800
Year ended October 31, 2026 253,614
Year ended October 31, 2027 274,946
Year ended October 31, 2028 175,989
Total future undiscounted lease payments 1,059,489
Less: Interest (97,897)
Present value of lease liabilities $ 961,592
v3.24.1.1.u2
Stockholders' Equity (Details ) - Equity Option [Member]
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Offsetting Assets [Line Items]  
Aggregate number of shares outstanding, Beginning | shares 449,106
Aggregate exercise price outstanding, Beginning | $ $ 14,081,408
Weighted average exercise price outstanding, Beginning $ 31.36
Aggregate number of shares, Granted | shares 104,693
Aggregate exercise price, Granted | $ $ 529,899
Weighted average exercise price, Granted $ 5.06
Aggregate number of shares, Exercised | shares 0
Aggregate exercise price, Exercised | $ $ 0
Exercise price range, Exercised $ 0
Weighted average exercise price, Exercised $ 0
Aggregate number of shares, Cancelled forfeited or expired | shares (285,978)
Aggregate exercise price, Cancelled forfeited or expired | $ $ (4,504,492)
Weighted average exercise price, Cancelled forfeited or expired $ 15.75
Aggregate number of shares outstanding, Ending | shares 267,821
Aggregate exercise price outstanding, Ending | $ $ 10,106,815
Weighted average exercise price outstanding, Ending $ 37.74
Aggregate number of shares, Exercisable | shares 225,963
Aggregate exercise price, Exercisable | $ $ 9,619,018
Weighted average exercise price, Exercisable $ 42.57
Minimum [Member]  
Offsetting Assets [Line Items]  
Exercise price range outstanding, Beginning 10.08
Exercise price range, Granted 2.81
Exercise price range, Cancelled forfeited or expired 2.81
Exercise price range outstanding, Ending 2.81
Exercise price range, Exercisable 3.64
Maximum [Member]  
Offsetting Assets [Line Items]  
Exercise price range outstanding, Beginning 602.28
Exercise price range, Granted 11.76
Exercise price range, Cancelled forfeited or expired 36.12
Exercise price range outstanding, Ending 602.28
Exercise price range, Exercisable $ 602.28
v3.24.1.1.u2
Stockholders' Equity (Details 1) - Warrant [Member]
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]  
Aggregate number of shares outstanding, Beginning | shares 242,548
Aggregate exercise price outstanding, Beginning | $ $ 13,946,006
Weighted average exercise price outstanding, Beginning $ 57.51
Aggregate number of shares, Granted | shares 0
Aggregate exercise price, Granted | $ $ 0
Exercise price range, Granted $ 0
Weighted average exercise price, Granted $ 0
Aggregate number of shares, Exercised | shares 0
Aggregate exercise price, Exercised | $ $ 0
Exercise price range, Exercised $ 0
Weighted average exercise price, Exercised $ 0
Aggregate number of shares, Cancelled forfeited or expired | shares (36,912)
Aggregate exercise price, Cancelled forfeited or expired | $ $ (544,025)
Weighted average exercise price, Cancelled forfeited or expired $ 14.74
Aggregate number of shares outstanding, Ending | shares 205,636
Aggregate exercise price outstanding, Ending | $ $ 13,401,981
Weighted average exercise price outstanding, Ending $ 65.19
Aggregate number of shares, Exercisable | shares 205,636
Aggregate exercise price, Exercisable | $ $ 13,401,981
Weighted average exercise price, Exercisable $ 65.19
Minimum [Member]  
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]  
Exercise price range outstanding, Beginning 12.39
Exercise price range, Cancelled forfeited or expired 12.39
Exercise price range outstanding, Ending 39.90
Exercise price range, Exercisable 39.90
Maximum [Member]  
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]  
Exercise price range outstanding, Beginning 126.00
Exercise price range, Cancelled forfeited or expired 15.33
Exercise price range outstanding, Ending 126.00
Exercise price range, Exercisable $ 126.00
v3.24.1.1.u2
Stockholders’ Equity (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jan. 22, 2024
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Oct. 31, 2023
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Reverse stock split 1-for-21 reverse stock split          
Rounding from reverse split, shares   0   52,949    
Common stock shares, issued   0   16,667    
Stock-based compensation       $ 62,000    
Weighted average grant date fair value       $ 5.03 $ 17.64  
Unrecognized expenses       $ 144,413    
Weighted-average period       1 year 3 months 18 days    
Weighted average remaining contractual life       8 years 6 months 10 days    
Aggregate intrinsic value   $ 25,920   $ 25,920    
Common Stock Warrants [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Weighted average remaining life       2 years 8 months 19 days    
Equity Option [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Stock option expense   $ (289,088) $ 1,352,938 $ (20,870) $ (2,788,725)  
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock, shares issued   900,000   900,000   900,000
Preferred stock redemption price per share   $ 15   $ 15    
Preferred stock liquidation preference per share   $ 15   $ 15    
Preferred stock, conversion basis       The Majority Holders have the ability to cause a voluntary conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock at a conversion rate of 0.3968 shares of Common Stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock which may only occur on or after the following dates 18-month, 24 month, 36 month, 48 month, and 60 month anniversary of the original issuance date; and only up to 180,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock on each of these dates.    
v3.24.1.1.u2
Related-Party Transactions (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Oct. 31, 2023
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Recognized revenue $ 1,800 $ 3,628 $ 3,700 $ 6,713  
Inventory quality control expenses     273,060 6,355,234  
Operating lease expense 49,335 $ 47,398 98,168 94,347  
KBI License Agreement [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
License fee 0   0   $ 0
Ceded premiums payable 78,691   78,691   240,802
Non-recurring engineering costs         $ 712,524
Nirajkumar Patel [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Recognized revenue     3,700 $ 6,713  
Bidi Vapor [Member]          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Accounts payable $ 1,275,000   1,275,000    
Proceeds from sale of productive assets     $ 598,162    
v3.24.1.1.u2
Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Feb. 21, 2024
Apr. 30, 2024
Apr. 30, 2023
Apr. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]        
Service agreement description       (i) payment of $125,000 per month; (ii) bonus equivalent to 0.27% of the applicable gross quarterly sales and (iii) a grant of 3,000,000 nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of Company common stock which shall vest based on achievement of certain net revenue and profit margin targets up to $180,000,000 in total net revenues over a period of 3 years.
Payment on service agreement $ 80,000      
Sale of products   $ 0 $ 35,338  
v3.24.1.1.u2
Subsequent Events (Details Narrative) - USD ($)
May 10, 2024
Apr. 30, 2024
Oct. 31, 2023
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Principal amount   $ 281,861 $ 134,176
First Insurance Bank [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Principal amount $ 381,077    
Interest rate 7.45%    
First Insurance Bank 1 [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Principal amount $ 94,404    
Interest rate 11.15%    

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